Motor vehicles – Power – With fuel supply for internal combustion engine
Patent
1987-10-23
1989-01-24
Pekar, John A.
Motor vehicles
Power
With fuel supply for internal combustion engine
70455, 180296, 180309, 180312, 280834, B60K 1502
Patent
active
047995653
ABSTRACT:
A fuel supply system in an off-road vehicle including front and rear wheels having wide tires, respectively, an engine mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle frame, and an exhaust pipe extending from the engine and disposed on one side of the engine transversely of the vehicle frame. The fuel system comprises a fuel tank assembly disposed on the other side of the engine transversely of the vehicle frame, and an air cleaner case disposed rearwardly of the fuel tank assembly. The vehicle frame comprises a plurality of welded pipe members. The fuel tank assembly has an outer peripheral flange supported at plural locations thereon by at least two of the pipe members of the vehicle frame. The fuel tank assembly has a cap for detachably closing a fuel inlet hole, the cap including a resiliently biased cover swingably mounted on an upper surface for covering a key slot from above. The fuel tank assembly comprises a main fuel tank disposed in a relatively low position and an auxiliary fuel tank disposed at a level higher than the main fuel tank and higher than a carburetor of the engine. The fuel supply system further includes a pump disposed in a fuel line interconnecting the main fuel tank and the auxiliary fuel tank. The fuel tank assembly has on a front wall thereof a cock positioned directly behind a driver's seat disposed substantially centrally in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the vehicle frame.
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Handa Akio
Hosoya Eiji
Ishiwatari Makoto
Mizumoto Kousei
Okuma Takanori
Burt Pamela S.
Carrier Joseph P.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Pekar John A.
Weiner Irving M.
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