Fuel tank for use in a motor vehicle

Patent · Tue Feb 25 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5775171

Tanahashi, T; Ito, T; Uranishi, K

This patent describes a fuel tank for use in a motor vehicle. This tank consists of: a canister housing located at a fuel inlet position of the fuel tank and has a thick wall at an upper end thereof. The thick wall has a threaded bore formed therein and a flat inner face defining a first valve seat. The canister housing has an activated carbon contained therein; a fuel inlet pipe connected to the fuel tank; a valve body made of a resilient material and arranged in the upper portion of the fuel inlet pipe, the valve body having a lower end portion fixed to an inner wall of the fuel inlet pipe and having an annular flat upper end valve portion which is located between the first valve seat and the second valve seat and cooperating with a lower end portion of the cap for seating the valve portion on the second valve seat.

• Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
• Patent Number(s): US 4572394
• OSTI ID: 5775171
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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