Patent ID: 8151768
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting device for mounting an accessory component to a canister and enabling communication between the accessory component and the canister, the canister being filled with an adsorption material for adsorbing fuel vapor generated within a fuel tank, the mounting device comprising: a communicating pipe receiver and an outer wall provided on the canister; wherein the communicating pipe receiver is connectible to a communicating pipe of the accessory component; wherein the outer wall surrounds the communicating pipe receiver; wherein the communicating pipe is connected to the communicating pipe receiver as a housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall of the canister in an axial direction of the communicating pipe; an engagement mechanism provided between the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component and capable of elastically engaging the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component with each other and fixing the accessory component to the canister when the housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall to reach a predetermined position; a projection formed on an outer peripheral surface of the housing of the accessory component and extending parallel to the axial direction of the communicating pipe; and a concave formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer wall of the canister and extending parallel to the axial direction of the communicating pipe; wherein the concave is positioned to correspond to a position of the projection for engagement with the projection.