Patent ID: 9102231
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60K,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel tank comprising a wave suppression structure, and a tank main body, said wave suppression structure comprising a wave suppression member including a basket-shaped container; a hollow porous member housed in said basket-shaped container, and having a large number of holes formed therein for giving resistance to passage of fuel; and porous member support projections projectingly provided on the basket-shaped container so as to form an overall annular shape; wherein: said wave suppression member is to be disposed in an interior portion of the tank main body; said basket-shaped container has through holes formed therein for permitting a piping disposed in the interior of the tank main body to extend through the through holes formed in the basket-shaped container thereby supporting the wave suppression member at a predetermined position in the fuel tank; the basket-shaped container is formed from two members joined for sandwiching the piping therebetween at joint surfaces of the two members; the porous member is housed in the basket-shaped container so that an outer face of the porous member opposes an inner face of the basket-shaped container and to oppose an outer face of the piping, the joint surfaces of the two members extending to be parallel with the piping that passes through the basket-shaped container; and the porous member support projections are fitted in axially opposite ends of the porous member.