Valve device for fuel tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10967734-B2
Application number	US-201916458807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Priority date	Jul 27, 2018
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

In a valve device for a fuel tank, a fuel liquid level of filling-up fuel feed and an allowable fuel amount of additional fuel feed can be easily and appropriately changed by replacing only a part of components forming the valve device. A first valve chamber has a structure of positioning an open end below a support portion of a first float having a passage portion for a fluid. A second valve chamber includes a support portion of a second float having a passage portion for the fluid. The first valve chamber and the second valve chamber are formed by fitting a lower-portion including the support portion and the open end of the first float and the support portion of the second float relative to an upper-portion including a first valve opening and a second valve opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve device for a fuel tank, comprising:
an upper-portion including a first valve opening and a second valve opening for communicating inside and outside of a fuel tank;
a lower-portion assembled with the upper-portion, and including a first valve chamber formed below the first valve opening, a second valve chamber formed below the second valve opening and partitioned from the first valve chamber, a partition wall separating the first valve chamber and the second valve chamber, a first support portion having a passage portion for a fluid so that the first valve chamber has an open end below the first support portion, and a second support portion having another passage portion for a fluid;
a first float disposed inside the first valve chamber and supported on the first support portion to be movable up and down; and
a second float disposed inside the second valve chamber and supported on the second support portion to be movable up and down,
wherein the first valve chamber and the second valve chamber are assembled by fitting the lower-portion including the first support portion for the first valve and the second support portion for the second float to the upper-portion, and
the upper-portion forming the first valve chamber includes a fitted portion having an oval shape in a horizontal cross section, and the lower-portion fitting into the fitted portion has a fitting portion in a horizontal cross section substantially matching with the oval shape of the fitted portion when the upper-portion and the lower-portion fit together.

2. A valve device for a fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the fitted portion and the fitting portion fit together in an airtight state.

3. A valve device for a fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the fitted portion and the fitting portion fit together in such a way so as to position one of the fitted portion and the fitting portion inside another of the fitted portion and the fitting portion.

4. A valve device for a fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the upper-portion and the lower-portion are made of synthetic resin, and at least one of the fitted portion and the fitting portion is formed thinner than another of the fitted portion and the fitting portion.

5. A valve device for a fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the first float is a valve member for a filling-up fuel-feed detection valve, and the second float is a valve member for a roll-over valve.

Assignees

• Nifco Inc

Inventors

• Sui Xiaohui
• Kato Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• F16K17/36

  actuated in consequence of extraneous circumstances, e.g. shock, change of position · CPC title

• Y10T137/6004

  Assembling or disassembling float or float valve · CPC title

• Y10T137/7436

  Float rigid with valve · CPC title

• B60K15/03519 Primary

  Valve arrangements in the vent line · CPC title

• B60K15/03 Primary

  Fuel tanks · CPC title