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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2014
Applicants:

Piolax, Inc., Yokohama-shi, JP;

Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Sayama-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Kenta Mihara, Yokohama, JP;

Kazunari Nakaya, Sakura, JP;

Masato Shinozaki, Sakura, JP;

Masaru Sawano, Sakura, JP;

Assignees:

PIOLAX, INC., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;

YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sayama-Shi, Saitama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/18 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); F16K 24/04 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2013.01); F02M 25/0836 (2013.01); F16K 24/044 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03289 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03571 (2013.01); Y10T 137/741 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7404 (2015.04);
Abstract

A fuel tank valve device includes a housing in which a partition wall defines a lower valve chamber and an upper ventilation chamber, and a first opening and a second opening are provided to establish a communication between the lower valve chamber and the upper ventilation chamber, a first float valve that is accommodated in a first valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the first opening when a fuel level in a fuel tank nearly reaches a set full fuel level, and a second float valve that is accommodated in a second valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the second opening when the fuel level in the fuel tank rises abnormally.


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