US 12,115,923 B2
Earth structure for filler pipe
Takahiko Ono, Tochigi (JP); Takeshi Hirohara, Tochigi (JP); Hiroshi Hanahara, Tochigi (JP); Tadashi Koyama, Tochigi (JP); and Takatoshi Nagata, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sayama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/546,671
Filed by YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Sayama (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 12, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/000731
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/181089, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-027216 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166151 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 16/06 (2006.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/06 (2013.01) [B60K 15/0406 (2013.01); B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0419 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0458 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0474 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An earth structure for a filler pipe, comprising:
the filler pipe;
a tubular cover member into which an upstream end of the filler pipe is inserted and which defines a fueling port;
an annular seal part configured to create a seal between the filler pipe and the cover member;
an earth member which is mounted on an outer surface of the filler pipe and extends along a longitudinal direction of the filler pipe;
an opening and closing member provided to be displaceable between a closed position in which the opening and closing member closes the fueling port and an open position which is positioned downstream of the closed position and in which the opening and closing member opens the fueling port; and
an urging member always urging the opening and closing member toward the closed position,
wherein the cover member is made of a conductive material, and the earth member contacts the cover member downstream of the seal part,
the opening and closing member is made of a conductive material and, when in the closed position, contacts the cover member, and
the urging member is made of a conductive material and is provided to be always in contact with an inner surface of the opening and closing member and an inner surface of the cover member.