Refueling port

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11679667-B2
Application number	US-202217739165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2022
Priority date	May 27, 2021
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure provides a refueling port capable of simplifying a structure for restricting rotation of a nozzle guide with respect to a refueling port body. One of the refueling port body and the nozzle guide includes guide ribs formed between an inner peripheral surface of a body cylinder portion and an outer peripheral surface of a guide cylinder portion to sandwich a reflux port in the circumferential direction, and guiding fuel vapor flowing in from the reflux port in a direction toward a filler pipe connection port. The other one of the refueling port body and the nozzle guide includes a locking portion formed between the inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion and the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion, and locked in both directions in the circumferential direction to the guide ribs to restrict relative rotation between the refueling port body and the nozzle guide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refueling port, comprising:
a refueling port body which is formed for inserting a nozzle of a refueling gun and to which a filler pipe is connected; and
a nozzle guide which is cylindrical and arranged inside the refueling port body for guiding the nozzle,
wherein the refueling port body comprises a body cylinder portion that is formed in a cylindrical shape and has a nozzle insertion port which is located at one end for inserting the nozzle, a filler pipe connection port which is located at the other end and connected to the filler pipe, and a reflux port which is folioed on a peripheral surface and into which fuel vapor recirculated via a breather pipe flows,
the nozzle guide comprises:
a guide cylinder portion which is formed in a cylindrical shape and arranged with an outer peripheral surface facing the reflux port inside the body cylinder portion; and
a backflow suppression portion which is formed to protrude outward in a radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion and extend in a circumferential direction of the guide cylinder portion and is in contact with a position on an inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion on a nozzle insertion port side with respect to the reflux port,

wherein one of the refueling port body and the nozzle guide comprises a pair of guide ribs which are formed between the inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion and the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion to sandwich the reflux port in the circumferential direction and guides the fuel vapor flowing in from the reflux port in a direction toward the filler pipe connection port, and
the other one of the refueling port body and the nozzle guide comprises a pair of locking ribs or a pair of locking grooves, which are formed between the inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion and the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion and are locked in both directions in the circumferential direction to the pair of guide ribs to restrict relative rotation between the refueling port body and the nozzle guide.

2. The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of guide ribs and the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves have a locking position that is located on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the filler pipe connecting port of the body cylinder portion, is located on an outer side in the radial direction with respect to an outer peripheral surface of an end opposite to the nozzle insertion port in the guide cylinder portion of the nozzle guide, and is provided at a position visible from a filler pipe connection port side.

3. The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the refueling port body comprises the pair of guide ribs,
the pair of guide ribs protrude inward in the radial direction from the inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion,
the nozzle guide comprises the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves, and
the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves are a pair of locking ribs that protrude outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion and extends in an axial direction of the guide cylinder portion.

4. The refueling port according to claim 3 , wherein each of the pair of locking ribs is formed to be lower than a protruding height of each of the pair of guide ribs.

5. The refueling port according to claim 4 , wherein each of the pair of locking ribs is locked only to a tip of each of the pair of guide ribs in a protruding direction.

6. The refueling port according to claim 4 , wherein each of the pair of locking ribs is locked in a range from the tip of each of the pair of guide ribs in the protruding direction to a middle portion of each of the pair of guide ribs in the protruding direction.

7. The refueling port according to claim 3 , wherein the pair of locking ribs comprise a pair of inner locking ribs that are arranged on opposing surface sides of the pair of the guide ribs respectively for the pair of the guide ribs.

8. The refueling port according to claim 3 , wherein the pair of locking ribs comprise a pair of outer locking ribs that are arranged on back surface sides of surfaces, where the pair of the guide ribs face each other, respectively for the pair of the guide ribs.

9. The refueling port according to claim 3 , wherein the pair of locking ribs comprise:
inner locking ribs that are arranged on opposing surface sides of the pair of the guide ribs for the pair of guide ribs; and
outer locking ribs that are arranged on back surface sides of surfaces, where the pair of the guide ribs face each other, for the pair of guide ribs.

10. The refueling port according to claim 7 , wherein the pair of guide ribs are formed to extend in parallel to the axial direction of the body cylinder portion, and
the inner locking ribs comprise tapered portions that are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the guide cylinder portion at the end opposite to the nozzle insertion port and are inclined in a direction away from opposing surfaces of the pair of guide ribs toward a side opposite to the nozzle insertion port.

11. The refueling port according to claim 8 , wherein the pair of guide ribs are formed to extend in parallel to the axial direction of the body cylinder portion, and
the outer locking ribs comprise tapered portions that are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the guide cylinder portion at the end opposite to the nozzle insertion port and are inclined in a direction away from back surfaces of the pair of guide ribs toward a side opposite to the nozzle insertion port.

12. The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the refueling port body comprises the pair of guide ribs,
the pair of guide ribs protrude inward in the radial direction from the inner peripheral surface of the body cylinder portion,
the nozzle guide comprises the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves, and
the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves are the pair of locking grooves, each of pair of the locking grooves is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder portion and extends in an axial direction of the guide cylinder portion and into which a tip of the guide rib in a protruding direction is inserted.

13. The refueling port according to claim 12 , wherein the pair of locking ribs or the pair of locking grooves comprise the pair of the locking grooves into which tips of the pair of the guide ribs in the protruding direction are inserted respectively.

14. The refueling port according to claim 12 , wherein the pair of guide ribs are formed to extend in parallel to the axial direction of the body cylinder portion, and
the locking grooves have:
inner groove side surfaces located on opposing surface sides of the pair of the guide ribs for the pair of guide ribs; and
outer groove side surfaces located on back surface sides of surfaces, where the pair of the guide ribs face each other, for the pair of guide ribs,
wherein the inner groove side surfaces comprise tapered portions which are inclined with respect to the axial direction of the guide cylinder portion at the end opposite to the nozzle insertion port and are inclined in a direction away from opposing surfaces of the pair of guide ribs toward a side opposite to the nozzle insertion port.

15. The refueling port according to claim 12 , wherein the pair of guide ribs are formed to extend in parallel to the axial direction of the body cylinder p

Assignees

• Sumitomo Riko Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakazaki Kazushige
• Shimojo Makoto
• Park Eunjin
• Kobayashi Takayuki

Classifications

• B60K15/04 Primary

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

• B60K15/035

  characterised by venting means · CPC title

• B60K2015/03328

  Arrangements or special measures related to fuel tanks or fuel handling · CPC title

• B60K2015/03538

  the venting tube being connected with the filler tube · CPC title

• F02M37/0076

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