Fuel supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10493841-B2
Application number	US-201715459234-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2017
Priority date	Apr 1, 2016
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

There is provided a fuel supply device comprising a filler neck body provided in a tubular shape to include an opening which a fueling gun is inserted in and a connection port formed on a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body and configured to form a fuel passage; and a neck integrated component located on an inner side of the filler neck body and configured to form an insertion passage. The neck integrated component is arranged to engage with inside of the filler neck body on a fuel tank side or with a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body. This configuration suppresses a fueling gun from being stuck during insertion and reduces the possibility that the engagement part of the filler neck body and the neck integrated component is damaged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel supply device configured to supply a liquid fuel to a fuel tank, comprising:
a filler neck body made of a resin and provided in a tubular shape to include an opening which a fueling gun used to supply the liquid fuel is inserted in and a connection port formed on a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body and configured to form a fuel passage that introduces the supplied liquid fuel from the opening to the connection port; and
a neck integrated component located on an inner side in a radial direction of the filler neck body, the neck integrated component being configured to form an insertion passage which the fueling gun is inserted in, wherein
the neck integrated component is arranged to engage with inside of the filler neck body on a fuel tank side or with a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body,
a fuel tank-side end of the neck integrated component is located on the fuel tank side of a fueling gun end that is a fuel tank-side end of the inserted fueling gun,
the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body on the fuel tank side of the fueling gun end
the filler neck body includes a first groove provided on the fuel tank side of the fueling gun end and configured to increase a diameter of the fuel passage,
the neck integrated component includes a first pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the first pawl is engaged with the first groove, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

2. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes an annular projection provided on an outer circumference on the fuel tank side and configured to engage with inside of a tube that is arranged to connect the fuel supply device with the fuel tank.

3. The fuel supply device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a first stepped portion provided on an opening side of the fueling gun end and configured to reduce the diameter of the fuel passage, and
the neck integrated component includes a second stepped portion formed along the first stepped portion.

4. The fuel supply device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a second pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the neck integrated component includes a projection protruded outward in the radial direction, wherein
the second pawl is engaged with a second groove that is formed by the projection and an outer circumferential face of the neck integrated component, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

5. The fuel supply device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a second pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the neck integrated component includes a projection protruded outward in the radial direction, wherein
the second pawl is engaged with a second groove that is formed by the projection and an outer circumferential face of the neck integrated component, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

6. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a first stepped portion provided on an opening side of the fueling gun end and configured to reduce the diameter of the fuel passage, and
the neck integrated component includes a second stepped portion formed along the first stepped portion.

7. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a first stepped portion provided on an opening side of the fueling gun end and configured to reduce the diameter of the fuel passage, and
the neck integrated component includes a second stepped portion formed along the first stepped portion.

8. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a second pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the neck integrated component includes a projection protruded outward in the radial direction, wherein
the second pawl is engaged with a second groove that is formed by the projection and an outer circumferential face of the neck integrated component, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

9. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a second pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the neck integrated component includes a projection protruded outward in the radial direction, wherein
the second pawl is engaged with a second groove that is formed by the projection and an outer circumferential face of the neck integrated component, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

10. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the filler neck body includes a second pawl configured to change an amount of protrusion in the radial direction, and
the neck integrated component includes a projection protruded outward in the radial direction, wherein
the second pawl is engaged with a second groove that is formed by the projection and an outer circumferential face of the neck integrated component, such that the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body.

11. The fuel supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the neck integrated component includes a first neck component configured to engage with the inside of the filler neck body, and a second neck component arranged on the fuel tank side of the first neck component and configured such that a position of the second neck component along a flow direction of the liquid fuel is restricted by a fuel tank-side end of the first neck component, wherein
a fuel tank-side end of the second neck component is located on the fuel tank side of the fueling gun end.

12. A fuel supply device configured to supply a liquid fuel to a fuel tank, comprising:
a filler neck body made of a resin and provided in a tubular shape to include an opening which a fueling gun used to supply the liquid fuel is inserted in and a connection port formed on a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body and configured to form a fuel passage that introduces the supplied liquid fuel from the opening to the connection port; and
a neck integrated component located on an inner side in a radial direction of the filler neck body, the neck integrated component being configured to form an insertion passage which the fueling gun is inserted in, wherein
the neck integrated component has an engaging portion to engage with inside of the filler neck body on a fuel tank side or with a fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body,
the engaging portion is allowed to be expanded and contracted in a radial direction of the insertion passage,
a fuel tank-side end of the neck integrated component is located on the fuel tank side of a fueling gun end that is a fuel tank-side end of the inserted fueling gun,
the neck integrated component is engaged with the inside of the filler neck body or with the fuel tank-side end of the filler neck body on the fuel tank side of the fueling gun end

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Kito Hiroaki
• Hiramatsu Yoshinari
• NORO Sanae

Classifications

• B60K15/04 Primary

  Tank inlets (B60K15/077 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K2015/048

  Arrangements for sealing the fuel inlet during filling · CPC title

• B67D7/42

  Filling nozzles · CPC title

• B60K2015/0477

  Details of the filler neck tank side · CPC title