Patent ID: 8616403
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A fuel filler port device of a fuel tank for a straddled vehicle, comprising: a fuel filler guide tube that extends from a fuel filler port provided at a superior wall of a fuel tank to the inside of the fuel tank, and guides a nozzle (N) of a fuel filler gun inserted from the fuel filler port to the inside of the fuel tank; and a flame arrester disposed below the fuel filler guide tube and permits flow of fuel to the inside of the fuel tank, and allows air inside of the fuel tank to be discharged, wherein the flame arrester is provided to allow the nozzle (N) of the fuel filler gun inserted from the fuel filler port to be inserted further downwards than an upper end of the flame arrester, the fuel filler port device further comprising a gun stopper that has an abutting portion disposed below the fuel filler guide tube for abutting a leading end side of the nozzle, thereby restricting the insertion of the nozzle (N) to inside of the fuel tank, wherein the flame arrester is disposed to span positions from above to below the abutting portion of the gun stopper, and includes a peripheral wall of cylindrical shape surrounding an entire circumference of the nozzle (N) inserted inside of the fuel filler guide tube, wherein the peripheral wall contains a plurality of communicating holes formed over the entire periphery thereof, and wherein the gun stopper is disposed so as to traverse inside of the peripheral wall in a radial direction, and is fixed to the peripheral wall at both ends of the gun stopper.