VEHICLE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/014719

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The disclosed vehicle fuel tank assembly (30) comprises a fuel pump unit (35) and a flat fuel tank (31) that is mounted inclined in the front-back direction of a straddled vehicle (1) and is longer in the front-back direction. The fuel pump unit (35) is equipped with a main body (37), a support section (38) that extends from the top of the main body (37) in a manner so as to follow the lengthwise direction of the fuel tank (31), and a fuel level gauge (39) that extends supported by the support section (38). The fuel level gauge (39) is equipped with a fuel level gauge main body (40), a float arm (41) of which the base end (41a) is supported oscillatably in the vertical direction by the fuel level gauge main body (40), and a float (42) that is supported at the tip (41b) of the float arm (41). The float arm extends along the lengthwise direction of the fuel tank (31), and can assume an upward oscillation limit position at roughly the center level of the height of the fuel tank (31). As a result, the fuel level can be detected across a wide range.

JP4441016	How to inspect the functionality of the tank vent in a vehicle
WO/2008/049762	DEVICE FOR DELIVERING FUEL
JP2582282	[Name of invention] Fuel recovery chamber

NISHIMURA SHIN (JP)
KINOSHITA KEITA (JP)
SUNAGA TAKASHI (JP)
SHOMURA TAKAAKI (JP)

PCT/JP2011/066350

February 02, 2012

July 19, 2011

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HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
NISHIMURA SHIN (JP)
KINOSHITA KEITA (JP)
SUNAGA TAKASHI (JP)
SHOMURA TAKAAKI (JP)

B60K15/077; B62J35/00; B62J37/00

JP2007118628A	2007-05-17
JPH0364316B2	1991-10-04
JP2003112677A	2003-04-15
JP2005138712A	2005-06-02
JP2005343212A	2005-12-15
JP2007321608A	2007-12-13
JPH0364316B2	1991-10-04

See also references of EP 2599700A4

EHARA, Nozomu et al. (JP)
Nozomu Ehara (JP)

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