<p>The present invention provides a fuel tank comprising a generally planar fuel tank bottom and upstanding wall on the fuel tank bottom. A passage within the wall has a throat area for admitting fuel to the reservoir. A baffle attached to the wall and placed adjacent the throat area deflects fuel away from the passage. The reservoir is designed to contain a first minimum quantity of fuel when the vehicle is approximately level and a second minimum quantity of fuel when the vehicle is inclined, the second quantity of fuel being roughly one-third the first minimum quantity of fuel. The reservoir acts to confine fuel within an area to be withdrawn by a fuel pump or pick-up nozzle and supplied to an engine.</p>
申请公布号
DE69209657(D1)
申请公布日期
1996.05.09
申请号
DE1992609657
申请日期
1992.09.12
申请人
FORD-WERKE AG, 50735 KOELN, DE
发明人
DUHAIME, DANIEL, M., BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48013, US;HYDE, JAMES, P., SALINE, MI 48176, US