Patent ID: 8826947
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B60K,F02M,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve device for a fuel tank attached to the fuel tank, comprising: a case having an airflow valve opening which communicates with an outside of the tank, on an upper portion, and a fuel inflow section located on a lower side of the airflow valve opening; and a float body housed in the case so as to be vertically movable, and seated in said airflow valve opening by being elevated by fuel flowing into the case through said inflow section when the fuel in the tank reaches the fuel inflow section, wherein the case includes an airflow section which interconnects an inside of the tank and an inside of the case at a higher side than a waterline of the float body at a seating time of the float body to the airflow valve opening, and at said seating time, the airflow section is restricted.