Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel tank check valve
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Application No.: US15506411Application Date: 2015-06-18
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Publication No.: US10253894B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Toshio Wada
- Applicant: NIFCO INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokosuka-Shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: NIFCO INC.
- Current Assignee: NIFCO INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokosuka-Shi, Kanagawa
- Agent Manabu Kanesaka
- Priority: JP2014-171362 20140826
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/003067 WO 20150618
- International Announcement: WO2016/031109 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: F16K15/03
- IPC: F16K15/03 ; B60K15/04 ; F02M37/00 ; B67D7/04 ; F16K27/02 ; B60K15/03

Abstract:
A fuel tank check valve, which can prevent one portion of a coil portion of a torsion coil spring from being stuck on a stepped portion of a pivot includes a cylindrical member defining a flow channel for a fuel fluid; a flap axially supported on the cylindrical member through a pivot; and a torsion coil spring urging the flap in a closing direction. The pivot includes a large diameter portion around which a coil portion of the torsion coil spring is wound; and a first small diameter portion and a second small diameter portion coaxial with each other, and projecting into a shaft hole provided in either one of the cylindrical member or the flap. The first small diameter portion adjacent to the large diameter portion is off-centered to a side where the torsion coil spring presses against the pivot relative to the large diameter portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170254427A1 FUEL TANK CHECK VALVE Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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