Patent ID: 9260009
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B60K,B60Y

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle to which a gas fuel tank that stores gas fuel is mounted, wherein the gas fuel tank is mounted on a roof, wherein said gas fuel tank is mounted so that a longitudinal direction thereof is in a lateral direction of the vehicle and so that a valve structure mounted to said gas fuel tank is placed on a counter side of a platform of an occupant compartment which is set only on one side of said vehicle to be separated from said platform, wherein said valve structure includes a safety valve having a port opening that discharges gas fuel through said port opening substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the said gas fuel tank, wherein said gas fuel tank is mounted to said vehicle so that a discharge direction of the gas fuel from said port opening of said safety valve is directed downward from a horizontal position, wherein said gas fuel tank is mounted to the vehicle so that the gas fuel discharged from the safety valve is applied to the roof, wherein a cover that covers the gas fuel tank from above has a plurality of ventilating openings to ventilate the gas fuel discharged from the safety valve, wherein the plurality of ventilating openings are formed above the gas fuel tank, wherein the plurality of ventilating openings open upwardly along the lateral direction of the vehicle directly to the outside but stop before exposing the valve structure in order for the valve structure to remain covered, wherein said plurality of ventilating openings are designed so as to reduce pressure inside said cover when said pressure inside said cover is suddenly increased.