Feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10024284-B2
Application number	US-201514945764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Priority date	Jan 19, 2015
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

In a tank which stores lubricating oil or fuel therein, a strainer for lubricating oil or fuel is arranged at the bottom portion of the inside of the tank. The tank and the lubricating oil or fuel which is stored in the tank carry a positive charge. A self-discharge type static eliminator is placed on the outer surface of the bottom floor of the tank which corresponds to the back side of the inside surface of the tank which faces the strainer to thereby eliminate static electricity from the lubricating oil or fuel which flows into the strainer by the self-discharge type static eliminator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A feed system of one of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle, comprising:
a tank which stores a lubricating oil or fuel and has a bottom wall formed from a nonconductive plastic material,
a strainer for lubricating oil or fuel, which is arranged at a bottom portion of the tank, said tank, the nonconductive bottom wall of said tank and the lubricating oil or fuel which is stored in said tank carrying a positive charge, and
a self-discharge type static eliminator to lower an amount of charge carried on a wall surface of the nonconductive bottom wall of said tank in a limited range centered at a location of placement of said static eliminator, said self-discharge type static eliminator being placed on an outer side surface of the nonconductive bottom wall of said tank which corresponds to a back side of an inside surface of the nonconductive bottom wall of said tank which faces said strainer to thereby eliminate static electricity from lubricating oil or fuel which flows into said strainer by said self-discharge type static eliminator, wherein the width of said self-discharge type static eliminator does not vertically exceed the width of said strainer.

2. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a pump for sucking lubricating oil or fuel from a bottom portion of an inside of the tank through said strainer, and said self-discharge type static eliminator is placed on an outside surface of said pump.

3. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a flow pipe through which lubricating oil or fuel which is sucked from a bottom portion of an inside of the tank through said strainer, and said self-discharge type static eliminator is placed on an outside surface of said flow pipe.

4. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has corner portions to generate self-discharge.

5. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has an elongated rectangular planar shape.

6. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a flow pipe through which lubricating oil or fuel which is sucked from a bottom portion of an inside of the tank through said strainer, and said self-discharge type static eliminator is placed on an outside surface of said flow pipe.

7. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator is comprised of metal foil which is bonded to the outside surface of the bottom wall of the tank by a conductive adhesive.

8. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has corner portions to generate self-discharge.

9. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has an elongated rectangular planar shape.

10. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator is comprised of metal foil which is bonded to the outside surface of the bottom wall of the tank by a conductive adhesive.

11. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has corner portions to generate self-discharge.

12. The feed system of lubricating oil or fuel of a vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said self-discharge type static eliminator has an elongated rectangular planar shape.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanahashi Toshio
• Kanehara Yoji
• Yamada Koshi

Classifications

• H05F3/04

  by means of spark gaps or other discharge devices (devices providing for corona discharge per se H01T19/00) · CPC title

• B60R16/06 Primary

  for removing electrostatic charges (carrying-off electrostatic charges in general H05F3/00) · CPC title

• B60K2015/03401

  for preventing electrostatic charges · CPC title

• F02M37/22 Primary

  Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines, e.g. arrangements in the feeding system · CPC title

• B60K15/03 Primary

  Fuel tanks · CPC title