<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 The reservoir acts to confine fuel within an area to be withdrawn by a fuel pump or pick-up nozzle and supplied to an engine.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
EP0604482(B1)
申请公布日期
1996.04.03
申请号
EP19920918802
申请日期
1992.09.12
申请人
FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT;FORD FRANCE S. A.;FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED