IP Library Granted Patent US 7,021,343
Granted Patent B2
US 7,021,343 · App. 11/104,973 · Granted Apr 4, 2006

Fuel filler pipe for automobile

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Patent No.
US 7,021,343
App. No.
11/104,973
Granted
Apr 4, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel filler pipe interconnecting a fuel tank and canister, and a fuel supply port of an automobile includes a fuel filler pipe body having an upper end and a circulation tube and an air vent tube each of which has an end communicating with the upper end of the fuel filler pipe body. Each of the filler pipe body, circulation tube and air vent tube includes a clad tube made of an aluminum and having a double-layer structure including a core made of an aluminum alloy and a outer cladding layer made of an aluminum alloy and having an effect of sacrificial anode for the core.

Claims (9)

1. A fuel filler pipe for an automobile, which is provided between a fuel tank and canister, and fuel supply port, the fuel filler pipe comprising:

a fuel filler pipe body having an upper end; and

a circulation tube and an air vent tube each of which has an end communicating with the upper end of the fuel filler pipe body, wherein each of the filler pipe body, circulation tube and air vent tube comprises a clad tube made of an aluminum and having a double-layer structure including a core made of an aluminum alloy and a outer cladding layer made of an aluminum alloy and having an effect of sacrificial anode for the core.

2. A fuel filler pipe for an automobile, which is provided between a fuel tank and canister, and fuel supply port, the fuel filler pipe comprising:

a fuel filler pipe body having an upper end; and

a breather tube having an end communicating with the upper end of the fuel filler pipe body, wherein each of the filler pipe body and the breather tube comprises a clad tube made of an aluminum and having a double-layer structure including a core made of an aluminum alloy and a outer cladding layer made of an aluminum alloy and having an action of sacrificial anode for the core.

3. The fuel filler pipe of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the core of the aluminum clad tube consists of, by mass, 0.6% to 1.5% Mn, 0.05% to 0.5% Cu, 0%<Si≦0.6%, 0%<Fe≦0.7%, and a remainder of aluminum and unavoidable impurity, the outer cladding layer consists of, by mass, 0.6% to 1.5% Zn, Si+Fe≦0.7%, and a remainder of aluminum and unavoidable impurity, and the outer cladding layer has a cladding ratio ranging from 5% to 15%.

4. The fuel filler pipe of claim 1 or 2 , wherein a mounting support made of aluminum is adapted to be fixed to the filler pipe body.

5. The fuel filler pipe of claim 3 , wherein a mounting support made of aluminum is adapted to be fixed to the filler pipe body.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 31, 2017
From: SUMITOMO LIGHT METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: UACJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043387/0198 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2009
From: HORIE METAL CO., LTD.
To: FTS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023032/0048 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2005
From: OKADA, JUN; KAMIYA, KENJI; KOYAMA, TAKAHIRO; SASAKI, MASAHITO
To: HORIE METAL CO., LTD.; SUMITOMO LIGHT METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016476/0294 →