Patent ID: 8944268
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B60K,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel tank including: a first reservoir for storing fuel; a second reservoir for storing the fuel; and a siphon tube which extends between the first reservoir and the second reservoir and which is evacuated by a negative pressure generator; said siphon tube having at least one open end disposed in one of the first reservoir and the second reservoir; the fuel tank comprising: a fuel introducing member, an upper surface of the fuel introducing member being connected to said at least one open end of the siphon tube; wherein the fuel introducing member comprises: a base assembly having an opening defined in the upper surface thereof for introducing the fuel therethrough; and a lid closing the opening under its own weight of the lid when the opening is positioned above the liquid level of the fuel, wherein the fuel introducing member is of a three-dimensional shape which is short in a height direction compared to width and length directions thereof; wherein an axis of said opening formed in the base assembly is parallel to the height direction of the fuel introducing member; wherein said at least one open end of the siphon tube is oriented substantially parallel to a bottom surface of said one of the first reservoir and the second reservoir; and wherein the opening formed in said base assembly is disposed below an upper end portion and above a lower end portion of the at least one open end of the siphon tube.