Patent ID: 7401816
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B62J,B62M

Abstract:
1. A snowmobile comprising: an engine provided at a front portion of the snowmobile, a seat for a driver on a rear side of the engine, a fuel tank provided below said seat, the fuel tank being elongate in the front-rear direction of the snowmobile, a fuel pump for pressurizing fuel and feeding the pressurized fuel to said engine, and a fuel supply pipe for supplying fuel to said fuel tank, said fuel supply pipe being provided at a front portion of said fuel tank and being provided in front of a vehicle seat, such that a user may directly access said fuel supply pipe, wherein the height of a top surface of said fuel tank at a location underlying a rear portion of said seat is lower than the height of said top surface at other portions of said fuel tank, a raised portion is provided by raising upward the height of the top surface of said fuel tank adjacent a front side of said fuel tank, said front wall of said fuel tank extends substantially vertically downwardly so that a portion of the front wall proximate a bottom surface of said fuel tank is substantially vertically aligned with a portion of the front wall proximate the top surface of said tank, said front wall having an outwardly bulging portion formed therein adjacent said bottom surface of said tank, and said outwardly bulging portion defining a forwardmost portion of said fuel tank, and the fuel pump is provided in said raised portion at a location below the seat.