Fuel supply apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9694675-B2
Application number	US-201615067654-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2016
Priority date	Mar 19, 2015
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

An object is to provide a fuel supply apparatus that is configured to enhance the strength of a fitting portion of a filler neck body that is fit in a tube. The fuel supply apparatus (FS) comprises a filler neck body ( 110 ) that is configured to include a hollow fuel passage-forming portion ( 110 a ) arranged to define a fuel passage ( 100 P) which a supplied fuel passes through, and a fitting portion ( 111 ) configured to be fit in a tube ( 40 ) arranged to introduce the supplied fuel to a fuel tank (FT); a nozzle guide ( 150 ) that is placed inside of the fuel passage-forming portion ( 110 a ) and is configured to introduce a fueling nozzle (NZ) for supplying the fuel; and a first rib ( 151 ) that is provided at a position opposite to the fitting portion ( 111 ) to be placed between the filler neck body ( 110 ) and the nozzle guide ( 150 ) and to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide ( 150 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel supply apparatus, comprising:
a filler neck body that is configured to include a hollow fuel passage-forming portion arranged to define a fuel passage which a supplied fuel passes through, a fitting portion configured to be fit in a tube arranged to introduce the supplied fuel to a fuel tank, and a fuel-tank-side end that faces a fuel tank;
a nozzle guide that is placed inside of the fuel passage-forming portion and is configured to introduce a fueling nozzle for supplying the fuel and that includes a fuel tank side end; and
a first rib that extends along an axial direction of the nozzle guide, that is provided at a position opposite to the fitting portion to be placed between the filler neck body and the nozzle guide and to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide, that is formed integrally with the nozzle guide to be protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide, and that includes a fuel-tank-side end, wherein
the fuel-tank-side end of the nozzle guide and the fuel-tank-side end of the first rib are located closer to the fuel tank than the fuel-tank-side end of the filler neck body.

2. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first rib comprises a plurality of protrusions that are extended parallel to an axial direction of the nozzle guide.

3. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein an amount of protrusion of the first rib in a radial direction at the fuel-tank-side end is reduced toward the fuel tank.

4. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 1 ,
wherein an amount of protrusion of the first rib in a radial direction at a fuel-tank-side end is reduced toward the fuel tank.

5. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 1 ,
wherein the nozzle guide introduces the fueling nozzle in a first direction from a body opening of the filler neck body in which the fueling nozzle is inserted toward the fuel tank, and
the nozzle guide has an opening configured to make the fuel passage communicate with an outer circumferential space that is defined by the fuel passage-forming portion and an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide,
the fuel supply apparatus further comprising
a second rib that is provided on a fuel tank side of the opening and is configured such that the fuel flowing back to the filler neck body after filling the fuel tank is introduced to the opening.

6. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 5 ,
wherein the second rib is formed adjacent to a portion of the opening other than the fuel tank side of the opening.

7. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 6 ,
wherein the second rib is formed integrally with the nozzle guide to be protruded radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide.

8. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 7 ,
wherein the second rib is formed to be protruded linearly parallel to the first direction.

9. The fuel supply apparatuses according to claim 8 ,
wherein a plurality of the second ribs are formed symmetrically with respect to the opening in the first direction.

10. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the filler neck body is press-fitted in a filler tube.

11. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the filler neck body has a corrugated portion to be press-fitted in the filler tube, the corrugated portion is formed in a corrugated shape.

12. A fuel supply apparatus, comprising:
a filler neck body that is configured to include a hollow fuel passage-forming portion arranged to define a fuel passage which a supplied fuel passes through, and a fitting portion configured to be fit in a tube arranged to introduce the supplied fuel to a fuel tank;
a nozzle guide that is placed inside of the fuel passage-forming portion and is configured to introduce a fueling nozzle for supplying the fuel in a first direction from a body opening of the filler neck body in which the fueling nozzle is inserted toward the fuel tank, the nozzle guide has an opening configured to make the fuel passage communicate with an outer circumferential space that is defined by the fuel passage-forming portion of the filler neck body and an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide;
a first rib that is provided at a position opposite to the fitting portion of the filler neck body to be placed between the filler neck body and the nozzle guide;
a second rib that is provided on a fuel tank side of the opening and is configured such that the fuel flowing back to the filler neck body after filling the fuel tank is introduced to the opening of the nozzle guide; and
a plurality of the second ribs are formed symmetrically with respect to the opening of the nozzle guide in the first direction.

13. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the second rib is formed adjacent to a portion of the opening other than the fuel tank side of the opening.

14. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the second rib is formed integrally with the nozzle guide to be protruded radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the nozzle guide.

15. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 14 ,
wherein the second rib is formed to be protruded linearly parallel to the first direction.

16. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the filler neck body is press-fitted in a filler tube.

17. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the filler neck body has a corrugated portion to be press-fitted in the filler tube, the corrugated portion is formed in a corrugated shape.

18. The fuel supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the filler tube includes a press-fit portion configured to receive the fitting portion of the filler neck body,
the first rib is configured to press the fitting portion of filler neck body into the press-fit portion of the filler tube.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Sekihara Atsushi
• Hiramatsu Yoshinari

Classifications

• B60K2015/0464

  comprising a flexible or extendable filler pipes, e.g. corrugated, foldable or with bellows · CPC title

• B60K2015/047

  Manufacturing of the fuel inlet or connecting elements to fuel inlet, e.g. pipes or venting tubes · CPC title

• B60K2015/03538

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

• B60K15/04 Primary

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