US 12,441,426 B2
Fuel tank
Hiroshi Takenaka, Tokyo (JP); Daisuke Yamaguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Yasuo Shinde, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/044,870
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/022179
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/059275, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-157823 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017785 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B62J 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 35/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel tank comprising: a fuel tank main body that stores fuel; and an oil filler port, wherein:
an opening that penetrates the fuel tank main body is provided,
a plate member that closes the opening is welded to the fuel tank main body,
a strength of the plate member is higher than a strength of the fuel tank main body,
the oil filler port is provided in the plate member,
the oil filler port is provided in a ferrule having a cylindrical shape protruding from the plate member, a fuel receiving member having a tray shape surrounding the ferrule from a periphery is provided on an upper surface of the plate member, the fuel receiving member includes a bottom wall portion disposed around the ferrule, and a peripheral wall portion extending upward from the bottom wall portion,
an upper surface cover that covers the fuel tank main body from above is provided, the upper surface cover includes a cover opening that exposes the fuel receiving member upward, and
a peripheral edge portion of the cover opening is connected to an outer peripheral portion of an upper end of the peripheral edge portion.