Patent ID: 11933435
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A high-pressure gas tank connection structure comprising:
a tank main body, the tank main body being formed in a tubular shape, a first opening tube portion that can communicate with an exterior to the tank main body being formed at at least an axial direction end portion of the tank main body, a tubular mouthpiece being mounted to the first opening tube portion, and a high-pressure gas filling an interior of the tank main body;
a tank side connector, the tank side connector being tubular, the tank side connector being disposed on an axis of the tank main body and being mounted to the mouthpiece, and a concave portion being formed along an axial direction of the tank main body, the concave portion being concave toward an inner side of the tank main body;
a connection side connector, the connection side connector being connected to a supply member, the high-pressure gas being supplied to the supply member, a convex portion that can be joined with the concave portion being formed at the connection side connector, a region between the connection side connector and the tank side connector being sealed, and the connection side connector being able to move along the axial direction of the tank main body with respect to the tank side connector; and
a valve body, the valve body being provided further toward a deep side along the axial direction of the tank main body than the tank side connector, the valve body being urged toward the connection side connector, and, in a case in which the valve body is pushed by a distal end of the convex portion in a state in which the convex portion is joined with the concave portion, the valve body being opened from a closed state, and communicating the interior of the tank main body with the exterior to the tank main body, wherein:
a sealing member is provided at an outer surface of the convex portion, the sealing member being configured to contact an inner surface of the concave portion and to seal a region between the convex portion and the concave portion,
the valve body is pushed and opened in a state in which the region between the convex portion and the concave portion is sealed by the sealing member,
an amount of movement of the connection side connector, at which a state in which the region between the connection side connector and the concave portion is sealed by the sealing member is maintained, is greater than an amount of movement of the connection side connector up until the closed valve body opens, and smaller than an amount of movement of the connection side connector from after the convex portion is joined to the concave portion up until a completely joined state in which the convex portion and the concave portion are completely joined,
at the concave portion, a lateral hole portion that communicates with the exterior to the tank main body passes through in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the tank main body at a position that is further apart from the valve body than the sealing member, and
a distance between the lateral hole portion and the sealing member along the axial direction of the tank main body in the completely joined state of the convex portion and the concave portion is greater than the amount of movement of the connection side connector up until the closed valve body opens, and smaller than the amount of movement of the connection side connector at which the state, in which the region between the connection side connector and the concave portion is sealed by the sealing member, is maintained.