Fueling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020141373-A1
Application number	US-201916666880-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	Nov 1, 2018
Publication date	May 7, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fueling device mounted on a vehicle, includes: a flow path forming member forming a flow path extending from a fueling port to a fuel tank of the vehicle; and a stay joined to a vehicle body, wherein the stay supports an outer end portion of the flow path forming member.

First claim

1 . A fueling device mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
a flow path forming member forming a flow path extending from a fueling port to a fuel tank of the vehicle; and a stay joined to a vehicle body, wherein the stay supports an outer end portion of the flow path forming member.

2 . The fueling device according to claim 1 , wherein the flow path forming member includes a filler pipe extending to the fuel tank and an outer tubular member into which an outer end portion of the filler pipe is inserted and which defines the fueling port,
the stay is joined to the filler pipe via the outer tubular member, and the outer tubular member has s protrusion that protrudes radially outward and the stay supports the protrusion.

3 . The fueling device according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion includes multiple tongues arranged to be spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction.

4 . The fueling device according to claim 3 , wherein the stay is joined to the protrusion via a fastener, and the fastener includes multiple screws or pins which are inserted in mounting holes provided in the tongues and the stay and have mutually different axial directions.

5 . The fueling device according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusion includes a pair of tongues arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and the stay has a base end joined to the vehicle body, a middle portion joined to one of the tongues, and a free end joined to another of the tongues.

6 . The fueling device according to claim 5 , wherein the tongues are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction by an angle of about 180 degrees.

7 . The fueling device according to claim 5 , wherein the mounting hole provided in the one of the tongues has an axis extending in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of the outer tubular member and the mounting hole provided in the other of the tongues has an axis extending in parallel to the axial direction of the outer tubular member.

8 . The fueling device according to claim 2 , further comprising: an electrically conductive inner tubular member that covers an inner circumferential surface, an end surface, and an outer circumferential surface of the outer end portion of the filler pipe and is engaged with the filler pipe; and an electrically conductive spring piece that is engaged with one of the stay and the inner tubular member and elastically abuts against another of the stay and the inner tubular member,
wherein the stay is electrically conductive and is grounded via the vehicle body.

9 . The fueling device according to claim 8 , wherein the outer tubular member is formed with a cutout extending from an inner end thereof in an outward direction such that the spring piece is received in the cutout.

10 . The fueling device according to claim 8 , wherein the inner tubular member is snap-fitted to the outer tubular member.

11 . The fueling device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the flow path forming member on a downstream side of the outer end portion is joined to the vehicle body by use of an auxiliary stay.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tomimatsu Masaru
• Nakagawa Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60K15/013

  of gas conduits · CPC title

• B60K2015/0474

  Arrangement of fuel filler pipes in relation to vehicle body · CPC title

• F02M37/0017 Primary

  related to fuel pipes or their connections, e.g. joints or sealings (F02M55/004 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K15/04 Primary

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

• B60K2015/0458

  Details of the tank inlet · CPC title