TANK RETAINING MECHANISM

• Main Author: YAZAKI MITSUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.08.1985
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To strengthen the supporting force of the front and part of a fuel tank so as to improve the workability by tightening a filler port onto the upper wall of a hull with a nut using a male screw part mounted at the filler port. CONSTITUTION:A fuel tank 25 has a thick plate projection 26 projecting rearward from the rear end face thereof and has a filler port 9 formed at the upper front end thereof. A male screw part 10 integral with the filler port 9 passes through the hole 12 made on the upper wall 11 of the tank, and a nut 33 is screwed on the male screw part 10 on th upper side of the hole 12. The staged part 14 of the tank is tightly fastened onto the upper wall 11 thereof with a nut 33. The bottom plate 25 of the tank 25 is shaped in the same form as the bottom plate of a hull 1 which is shaped in the upper opened V-shaped form. A cushion member 8 is compressed between both the said plates. The projection 26 is connected to a bracket 28 via a screwed pin 27, said bracket 28 being fastened with two bolts 29 onto a boss 30 formed on the hull 1.