| US 7,509,949 B2 | ||
| Vaporized fuel processing device and vehicle with the same | ||
| Nobuharu Muto, Ibaraki (Japan); Hiroya Tagami, Ibaraki (Japan); Hideki Matsumoto, Saitama (Japan); Naomasa Kaneko, Saitama (Japan); Tadahisa Nakamura, Saitama (Japan); Shinya Murabayashi, Saitama (Japan); Junichi Koseki, Saitama (Japan); Daisuke Sato, Saitama (Japan); and Toshiaki Nakai, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd., Ibaraki (Japan); and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/781,681. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P.2003-042059 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0163718 A1, Aug. 26, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02M 33/04 (2006.01); F02M 33/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—519 [137/587] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A vaporized fuel processing device attached to a fuel tank, said device comprising:
a casing for forming an outer shell of said vaporized fuel processing device;
a fuel cut valve mounted to the casing; and
a diaphragm valve unit opened at the time of increasing pressure in the fuel tank,
wherein said diaphragm valve unit is disposed in and surrounded on at least three sides by a space defined in said casing,
and
wherein a portion of the space is disposed directly between the fuel cut valve and the diaphragm valve unit and a remaining
portion of the space is located directly next to at least one side of the diaphragm valve unit and directly above an upper
surface of the diaphragm valve unit.
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