Patent ID: 6752129
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel supply module mounting structure for a fuel tank having an upper plate supporting a downwardly extending valve to treat evaporated fuel, the fuel supply module mounting structure comprising:a fuel supply module having a case and a pump disposed therein to draw fuel from a fuel tank; and a tilting mechanism disposed between an upper plate of a fuel tank and the fuel supply module and including a guide member suspended from the upper plate and extending toward the fuel supply module and a follower member guided with the guide member to permit the fuel supply module to be normally moveable closer to and away from the upper plate in a freely variable stroke; wherein the guide member and the follower member of the tilting mechanism are operative to cause the fuel supply module to be tilted in a direction to be separated away from a downwardly extending valve in response to an external force exerted to the fuel supply module during an upward movement of a bottom wall portion of the fuel tank.