| US 7,484,766 B2 | ||
| Fuel tank assembly and straddle-type vehicle having the same | ||
| Yusuke Iwasaki, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-Ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 23, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/552,060. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-309141 (JP), filed on Oct. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0096452 A1, May 03, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60P 3/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—833 [180/219; 280/834; 280/835] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
a rear wheel;
a seat, wherein at least a part of the seat is disposed above the rear wheel;
a fuel tank having a bottom including a part inclined in a front-rear direction of the vehicle above the rear wheel and below
the seat; and
a fuel pump unit for supplying fuel in the fuel tank to an engine, the fuel pump unit having a body extending on and along
the inclined part of the bottom in the fuel tank and a discharge section located at an upper end of the body, wherein at least
a portion of the discharge section is outside of an upper portion of the fuel tank to discharge fuel to the outside of the
fuel tank.
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