Fuel tank for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10605645-B2
Application number	US-201715822598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 6, 2016
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a fuel tank for a vehicle in which a fuel measure bar provided in a vertical direction in a fuel storing body in which a fuel combusted in an engine is stored and capable of measuring a fuel amount using an ultrasonic wave includes a first fuel measure bar fixed to a bottom surface of the fuel storing body and a second fuel measuring bar easily coupled to the first fuel measuring bar to easily enter the fuel storing body and exit from the fuel storing body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel tank for a vehicle, comprising:
a fuel storing body in which a fuel is stored; and
a fuel supplying unit including a fuel pump provided in the fuel storing body and supplying the fuel to an engine through a fuel channel connected to the engine and a fuel measuring bar formed in a vertical direction at one side of the fuel pump and measuring a fuel amount in the fuel storing body using an ultrasonic wave,
wherein the fuel measuring bar includes:
a first fuel measuring bar including a first fuel measuring bar body including a first fuel measuring path formed to be hollowed, and an ultrasonic sensor unit disposed at a lower end of the first fuel measuring bar body, including an ultrasonic sensor, formed to be fixed to a bottom surface of the fuel storing body;
a second fuel measuring bar including a second fuel measuring bar body having a lower end formed to be coupled to an upper end of the first fuel measuring bar body and including a second fuel measuring path hollowed so as to be in communication with the first fuel measuring path and forming a fuel measuring path by coupling to the first fuel measuring path, and
a decoupling space is formed above the second fuel measuring bar to decouple and couple the second fuel measuring bar in the fuel storing body, the decoupling space having a vertical length greater than a length of a lower insertion portion of the second fuel measuring bar body.

2. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first fuel measuring bar includes a fitting portion formed at the upper end of the first fuel measuring bar body and including fitting grooves formed in an outer peripheral surface of the first fuel measuring path, and
the second fuel measuring bar includes a sliding portion formed at the lower end of the second fuel measuring bar body and including sliding protrusions formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second fuel measuring path so as to be fitted into the fitting grooves.

3. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the sliding portion has two or more sliding protrusions formed at both sides thereof in a horizontal direction so as to protrude in a downward direction, and the fitting grooves of the fitting portion have a shape corresponding to that of the sliding protrusions.

4. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the fuel supplying unit further includes a fixing portion including a fuel pump fixing portion and a fuel measuring bar fixing portion, the fuel pump fixing portion being formed at one side of the fuel pump facing the fuel measuring bar, and the fuel measuring bar fixing portion being formed at one side of the second fuel measuring bar facing the fuel pump fixing portion so as to be fixed to the fuel pump fixing portion.

5. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the fuel measuring path has a predetermined angle so that a diameter thereof in a horizontal direction becomes wide toward an upward direction.

6. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the fuel supply unit further includes a bracket portion including a first bracket portion and a second bracket portion, the first bracket portion including a first bracket formed on the bottom surface of the fuel storing body so that a lower end of the fuel pump is fixed thereto, and the second bracket portion including a second bracket formed on the bottom surface of the fuel storing body so that a lower end of the ultrasonic sensor unit is fixed thereto.

7. The fuel tank for a vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the first bracket portion includes a first bracket auxiliary portion extended in an upward direction so as to surround the fuel pump, and the second bracket portion includes a second bracket auxiliary portion extended in the upward direction so as to surround the ultrasonic sensor unit.

8. A fuel tank for a vehicle, comprising:
a fuel storing body in which a fuel is stored; and
a fuel supplying unit including a fuel pump provided in the fuel storing body and supplying the fuel to an engine through a fuel channel connected to the engine and a fuel measuring bar formed in a vertical direction at one side of the fuel pump and measuring a fuel amount in the fuel storing body using an ultrasonic wave,
wherein the fuel measuring bar includes:
a first fuel measuring bar including a first fuel measuring bar body including a first fuel measuring path formed to be hollowed, and an ultrasonic sensor unit disposed at a lower end of the first fuel measuring bar body, including an ultrasonic sensor, formed to be fixed to a bottom surface of the fuel storing body;
a second fuel measuring bar including a second fuel measuring bar body having a lower end formed to be coupled to an upper end of the first fuel measuring bar body and including a second fuel measuring path hollowed so as to be in communication with the first fuel measuring path and forming a fuel measuring path by coupling to the first fuel measuring path,

the fuel supplying unit further includes a fixing portion including a fuel pump fixing portion and a fuel measuring bar fixing portion, the fuel pump fixing portion being formed at one side of the fuel pump facing the fuel measuring bar, and the fuel measuring bar fixing portion being formed at one side of the second fuel measuring bar facing the fuel pump fixing portion so as to be fixed to the fuel pump fixing portion,
the fuel pump fixing portion includes a guide path formed in the vertical direction and a fixing jaw formed at a lower side of the guide path to protrude toward the fuel measuring bar, and
the fuel measuring bar fixing portion includes a tongs body having a shape corresponding to that of the guide path to be fitted into the guide path and a fixing protrusion formed at a distal end of the tongs body and formed to be fixed to the fixing jaw.

9. A fuel tank for a vehicle, comprising:
a fuel storing body in which a fuel is stored; and
a fuel supplying unit including a fuel pump provided in the fuel storing body and supplying the fuel to an engine through a fuel channel connected to the engine and a fuel measuring bar formed in a vertical direction at one side of the fuel pump and measuring a fuel amount in the fuel storing body using an ultrasonic wave,
wherein the fuel measuring bar includes:
a first fuel measuring bar including a first fuel measuring bar body including a first fuel measuring path formed to be hollowed, and an ultrasonic sensor unit disposed at a lower end of the first fuel measuring bar body, including an ultrasonic sensor, formed to be fixed to a bottom surface of the fuel storing body;
a second fuel measuring bar including a second fuel measuring bar body having a lower end formed to be coupled to an upper end of the first fuel measuring bar body and including a second fuel measuring path hollowed so as to be in communication with the first fuel measuring path and forming a fuel measuring path by coupling to the first fuel measuring path,

the first fuel measuring bar includes a fitting portion formed at the upper end of the first fuel measuring bar body and including fitting grooves formed in an outer peripheral surface of the first fuel measuring path,
the second fuel measuring bar includes a sliding portion formed at the lower end of the second fuel measuring bar body and including sliding protrusions formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second fuel measuring path so as to be fitted into the fitting grooves, and
the fitting portion includes an elastic portion formed on a lower surface of the fitting groove and made of an elastic material.

Assignees

• Coavis

Inventors

• Kim In Gon
• Kim Se Jin
• Yoon Jong Hyuk

Classifications

• B60K15/03006

  Gas tanks (B60K15/07 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K2015/03243

  characterised by special pumps, the mounting thereof · CPC title

• B60K2015/03467

  by clip or snap fit fittings · CPC title

• B60K2015/03223

  comprising at least two level fuel sensors · CPC title

• F02M37/0076

  Details of the fuel feeding system related to the fuel tank (vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/03) · CPC title