WO2005080114A1 - On-board gaseous fuel tank module - Google Patents

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WO2005080114A1
WO2005080114A1 PCT/JP2005/003251 JP2005003251W WO2005080114A1 WO 2005080114 A1 WO2005080114 A1 WO 2005080114A1 JP 2005003251 W JP2005003251 W JP 2005003251W WO 2005080114 A1 WO2005080114 A1 WO 2005080114A1
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Hideo Watanabe
Morio Kuroki
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03006—Gas tanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/063—Arrangement of tanks
    • B60K15/067—Mounting of tanks
    • B60K15/07—Mounting of tanks of gas tanks

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  • the present invention relates to an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.
  • a gaseous fuel tank module o _f there has been known a gaseous fuel tank module -having a support frame member and a gaseous fuel tank fixed to the support frame member horizontally.
  • the gaseous fuel tank there has been used a gaseous fuel tank having a cylindrical tank main body and a neck portion which allows a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device to be moun-ted in such a manner as to protrude from an axial end portion of the tank main body (for example, see JP-A-2002-106787) .
  • An object of the invention is to provide the on-board gaseous fuel tank module which can solve the problem.
  • the invention provides an on-board gaseous fuel tank module including: a support frame member; and a gaseous fuel tank fixed to the support frame member horizontally.
  • the gaseous fuel tank includes: a cylindrical tank complete unit, a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit such that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit, and a pin hole provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit so as to open outwardly.
  • An axis of the tank complete unit, an axis of the part of the valve device and a center line of the pinhole are disposed on a single straight line so that the part of the valve device and the pin hole are used to position the gaseous fuel tank horizontally.
  • the cylindrical tank complete unit includes : an inner shell unit, and an outer shell of an FRP which covers the inner shell unit.
  • the pin hole is defined by a pin hole formed body.
  • the pin hole formed body is embedded in the outer shell unit and comprises a cylindrical body in which the pin hole is opened in an end face thereof and a mounting flange residing at the other end of the cylindrical body and joined to the inner shell unit.
  • the opened end face of the cylindrical body is made either to be flush with or to sink from an outer surface of the outer shell unit.
  • the horizontal positioning of the gaseous fuel tank can be attained by a simple means in which the part of the valve device is held by a horizontal holding member residing on a module fabricating jig and a pin on the otherhorizontal holdingmember is fitted in the pinhole. Then, the gaseous fuel tank can be horizontally fixed to the support frame member which is located and fixed to the jig in advance.
  • the pin hole formed body which is additionally provided on the inner shell unit protrudes in no case from the outer surface of the outer shell unit, when installed in a vehicle, there can be eliminated a risk that the pin hole formed body interferes with other components, and hence a damage can be prevented which would be made to the gaseous fuel tank by the pin hole formed body as a damage originating point.
  • the end portions of the inner shell unit are held by the part of the valve device and the pin hole so that the working efficiency in the forming work can be increased.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.
  • Fig. 2 is a partially broken front view showing a main part of a gaseous fuel tank.
  • Fig. 3 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 3 in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 4 in Fig. 2.
  • Fig.5 is aperspective view showing a relationshipbetween a module fabricating jig and front and rear frames.
  • Fig. 6 is a side view showing a relationship between a first horizontal holding member and a hexagonal portion of a valve device.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.
  • Fig. 2 is a partially broken front view showing a main part of a gaseous fuel tank.
  • Fig. 3 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 3 in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 is
  • FIG. 7 is a side view showing a relationship between the module fabricating j ig and the front and rear frames, the gaseous fuel tank and fixing bands.
  • Fig. 8 is a front view showing a relationship between the gaseous fuel tank and the first and secondhorizontal holding members .
  • Fig. 9 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 9 in Fig. 8.
  • Fig.10 is a side view showing a state in which the gaseous fuel tank is mounted on the front and rear frames with the fixing bands on the module fabricating jig.
  • an on-board gaseous fuel tank module 1 has a support frame member 2 and a gaseous fuel tank 4 which is horizontally fixed onto the support frame member 2 with two metallic fixing bands 3.
  • the support frame member 2 is made up of a front frame 5 which is disposed on a front side of- a vehicle body, a rear frame 6 which is disposed on a rear side of the vehicle body, a right-side frame 7 which is disposed on the right-hand side of the vehicle body and a left-side frame 8 which is disposed on the left-hand side of the vehicle body, the right-side frame 7 and the left-side frame 8 beingpositioned and fixed to the vehicle body in advance.
  • the gaseous fuel tank 4 includes a cylindrical tank complete unit 9, a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device 11 provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit 9 in such a manner that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit 9 and a pin hole 12 provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit 9 in such a manner as to open outwardly.
  • an axis LI of the tank complete unit 9 an axis L2 of the hexagonal portion 15 and a center line L3 of the pin hole 12 are disposed on a single straight line L.
  • the horizontal positioning of the gaseous fuel tank 4 can be attained with a simple means in which the hexagonal portion 15 is held by a horizontal holding member residing on a module fabricating jig and a pin on the other horizontal holding member is fitted in the pin hole 12.
  • the cylindrical tank complete unit 9 is made up of an inner shell unit 9 ⁇ of aluminum and an outer shell unit 9 2 of an FRP which covers the inner shell unit 9 ⁇ .
  • the valve device 11 is provided at a neck portion 9a of the inner shell unit 9 ⁇ .
  • a pin hole formed body 10 has a cylindrical body 13 in which the pin hole 12 is opened in one end face thereof and a mounting flange 14 residing at the other end of the cylindrical body 13 and joined to the inner shell unit 9 X .
  • the pin hole formed body 10 is embedded in the outer shell unit 9 2 , and an opened end face 13a of the cylindrical body 13 is made either to be flush with or to sink from an outer surface of the outer shell unit9 2 , in this embodiment, the opened end face 13a being made to be flush with the surface.
  • the pin hole formed body 10 additionally provided on the inner shell unit 9 ⁇ protrudes in no case from the outer surface of the outer shellunit 9 2 , when installedinavehicle, there canbe eliminated a risk that the pin hole formed body 10 interferes with other components, and hence a damage can be prevented which would be made to the gaseous fuel tank 4 by the pin hole formed body 10 as a damage originating point.
  • the inner shell unit 9 ⁇ may be formed from a synthetic resin such as a thermoplastic plastic (HOPE or the like) .
  • HOPE thermoplastic plastic
  • an epoxy resin is used as a matrix
  • a modified epoxy resin or the like can be substituted for this.
  • carbon fiber is used as a reinforcing material, glass fiber, aramid fiber or the like can be substituted for this.
  • the module fabricating jig 16 has first to fourth angular pillar-like legs 17 to 20 which are erected at four corners of an imaginary rectangular plane, and the first and second legs 17, 18, which face each other, and the third and fourth legs 19, 20, which face each other, are connected to each other between facing intermediate portions thereof by first and second connecting members 21, 22 which are disposed on longer sides of the plane, respectively.
  • first and fourth legs 17, 20, which face each other, and the second and third legs 18, 19, which face each other are connected to each other between facing upper portions thereof at positions above the first and second connecting members 21, 22 by third and fourth connecting members 23, 24 which are disposed on shorter sides of the plane, respectively.
  • First and second positioning pins 25, 26 for the front frame 5 are erected at ends of the upper faces of the third and fourth connecting members 23, 24 in the vicinity of the upper end faces of the first and second legs 17, 18, respectively, and third and fourth positioning pins 27, 28 for the rear frame 6 are erected on the upper end faces of the third and fourth legs 19, 20.
  • a substantially Y-shaped first horizontal holding member 29 is erected at an interm.edia.te portion of the third connectingmember 23 with a vertical porti-on
  • first horizontal holding member 29 is made up of two inclined surfaces d which confront a ridge line a and inclined surfaces b situated on sides of the ridge line a of the hexagonal portion 15 of the valve device 11 and climb down from the first and second positioning pins 25, 26 side and the third and fourth positioning pins 27, 28 side so as to form a root portion c and two vertical surfaces e which extend upwardly from upper edges of the both inclined surfaces d.
  • a second horizontal holding member 32 is provided at an intermediate portion of the fourth connecting member 24 in such a manner as to confront the pin hole 12 in the gaseous fuel tank 4.
  • the member 32 has a support body 33 erected on the fourth connecting member 24, a pin 34 disposed at an upper end portion of the support body 33 in such a manner as to project from and sink into a surface thereofwhich confronts the first horizontal holding member 29, and a knob for operating the pin 34.
  • mounting metallic fixtures 40 provided on half parts 39 of two separated fixing bands 3 are applied to positions on the front frame 5 where two bandmounting holes 38 are located, so that the respective half parts 39 are mounted on the front frame 5 via bolt joints 41.
  • mounting metallic fixtures 44 provided on the other half parts 43 are applied to positions on the rear frame 6 where two band mounting holes 42 are located, so that the respective half parts 43 are mounted on the rear frame 6 via bolt joints 45. As shown in Figs.
  • the gaseous fuel tank 4 is placed between the half parts 39, 43 of the both fixing bands 3, the ridge line a of the hexagonal portion 15 of the valve device 11 is made to fit in the root portion c residing in the bifurcated portion 31 of the first horizontal holding member 29 and the inclined surfaces b situated on the both sides of the ridge line a are made to match the inclined surfaces d residing on trie bifurcated portion 31, respectively, so that the hexagonal portion 15 is held in the first horizontal holding member 29, whereas the pin 34 on the second horizontal holding member 32 is fitted in the pin hole 12, so that the boss 13 is made to be held by the second horizontal holding member 32, whereby the gaseous fuel tank 4 is positioned horizontally.
  • the front and rear frames 5, 6 and the gaseous fuel tank 4 are removed from the jig 6, and the front and rear frames 5, 6 are connected to the right-side and left-side frames 7, 8 which are positioned and fixed to a vehicle body in advance, whereby the gaseous fuel tank 4 is installed horizontally on the vehicle body.
  • this invention can be applied to an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.

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Abstract

An on-board gaseous fuel tank module (1) includes: a support frame member (2) ; and a gaseous fuel tank (4) fixed to the support frame member (2) horizontally. The gaseous fuel tank (4) includes: a cylindrical tank complete unit (9), a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device (11) provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit (9) such that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit (9) , and a pin hole (12) provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit (9) so as to open outwardly. An axis (L1) of the tank complete unit (9) , an axis (L2) of the part of the valve device (11) and a center line (L3) of the pin hole (12) are disposed on a single straight line (L) so that the part of the valve device (11) and the pin hole (12) are used to position the gaseous fuel tank (4) horizontally.

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ON-BOARD GASEOUS FUEL TANK MODULE
<Technical Field> The present invention relates to an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.
<Background Art> Conventionally, as a gaseous fuel tank module o _f this kind, there has been known a gaseous fuel tank module -having a support frame member and a gaseous fuel tank fixed to the support frame member horizontally. In this case, as the gaseous fuel tank, there has been used a gaseous fuel tank having a cylindrical tank main body and a neck portion which allows a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device to be moun-ted in such a manner as to protrude from an axial end portion of the tank main body (for example, see JP-A-2002-106787) .
<Disclosure of the Invention> However, since the gaseous fuel tank is provided with no means for locating the gaseous fuel tank horizontally, when attempting to fix the gaseous fuel tank to the support frame member, there has been a problem that the working eff-Lciency in locating the gaseous fuel tank horizontally is not good. An object of the invention is to provide the on-board gaseous fuel tank module which can solve the problem. To attain the object, the invention provides an on-board gaseous fuel tank module including: a support frame member; and a gaseous fuel tank fixed to the support frame member horizontally. The gaseous fuel tank includes: a cylindrical tank complete unit, a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit such that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit, and a pin hole provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit so as to open outwardly. An axis of the tank complete unit, an axis of the part of the valve device and a center line of the pinhole are disposed on a single straight line so that the part of the valve device and the pin hole are used to position the gaseous fuel tank horizontally. Preferably, the cylindrical tank complete unit includes : an inner shell unit, and an outer shell of an FRP which covers the inner shell unit. The pin hole is defined by a pin hole formed body. The pin hole formed body is embedded in the outer shell unit and comprises a cylindrical body in which the pin hole is opened in an end face thereof and a mounting flange residing at the other end of the cylindrical body and joined to the inner shell unit. The opened end face of the cylindrical body is made either to be flush with or to sink from an outer surface of the outer shell unit. According to the invention, the horizontal positioning of the gaseous fuel tank can be attained by a simple means in which the part of the valve device is held by a horizontal holding member residing on a module fabricating jig and a pin on the otherhorizontal holdingmember is fitted in the pinhole. Then, the gaseous fuel tank can be horizontally fixed to the support frame member which is located and fixed to the jig in advance. According to the invention, since the pin hole formed body which is additionally provided on the inner shell unit protrudes in no case from the outer surface of the outer shell unit, when installed in a vehicle, there can be eliminated a risk that the pin hole formed body interferes with other components, and hence a damage can be prevented which would be made to the gaseous fuel tank by the pin hole formed body as a damage originating point. In addition, when forming the FRP outer shell unit using the filament winding process or hand lay-up process, the end portions of the inner shell unit are held by the part of the valve device and the pin hole so that the working efficiency in the forming work can be increased.
<Brief Description of the Drawings> Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an on-board gaseous fuel tank module. Fig. 2 is a partially broken front view showing a main part of a gaseous fuel tank. Fig. 3 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 4 in Fig. 2. Fig.5 is aperspective view showing a relationshipbetween a module fabricating jig and front and rear frames. Fig. 6 is a side view showing a relationship between a first horizontal holding member and a hexagonal portion of a valve device. Fig. 7 is a side view showing a relationship between the module fabricating j ig and the front and rear frames, the gaseous fuel tank and fixing bands. Fig. 8 is a front view showing a relationship between the gaseous fuel tank and the first and secondhorizontal holding members . Fig. 9 is a view as seen in a direction indicated by an arrow 9 in Fig. 8. Fig.10 is a side view showing a state in which the gaseous fuel tank is mounted on the front and rear frames with the fixing bands on the module fabricating jig.
<Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention> In Fig. 1, an on-board gaseous fuel tank module 1 has a support frame member 2 and a gaseous fuel tank 4 which is horizontally fixed onto the support frame member 2 with two metallic fixing bands 3. The support frame member 2 is made up of a front frame 5 which is disposed on a front side of- a vehicle body, a rear frame 6 which is disposed on a rear side of the vehicle body, a right-side frame 7 which is disposed on the right-hand side of the vehicle body and a left-side frame 8 which is disposed on the left-hand side of the vehicle body, the right-side frame 7 and the left-side frame 8 beingpositioned and fixed to the vehicle body in advance. In Figs. 2 to 4, the gaseous fuel tank 4 includes a cylindrical tank complete unit 9, a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device 11 provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit 9 in such a manner that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit 9 and a pin hole 12 provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit 9 in such a manner as to open outwardly. In order for the part of the valve device 11, which is a hexagonal portion 15 in the embodiment, and the pin hole 12 to be used to position the gaseous fuel tank 4 horizontally when the tank 4 is fixed to the support frame member 2, an axis LI of the tank complete unit 9, an axis L2 of the hexagonal portion 15 and a center line L3 of the pin hole 12 are disposed on a single straight line L. When adopting the con iguration like this, as will be described later on, the horizontal positioning of the gaseous fuel tank 4 can be attained with a simple means in which the hexagonal portion 15 is held by a horizontal holding member residing on a module fabricating jig and a pin on the other horizontal holding member is fitted in the pin hole 12. Then, the gaseous fuel tank 4 canbe fixedhorizontally onto the support frame member 2 or, in this embodiment, the front and rear frames 5, 6 which are positioned and fixed onto the jig in advance. The cylindrical tank complete unit 9 is made up of an inner shell unit 9χ of aluminum and an outer shell unit 92 of an FRP which covers the inner shell unit 9ι . The valve device 11 is provided at a neck portion 9a of the inner shell unit 9ι. A pin hole formed body 10 has a cylindrical body 13 in which the pin hole 12 is opened in one end face thereof and a mounting flange 14 residing at the other end of the cylindrical body 13 and joined to the inner shell unit 9X. The pin hole formed body 10 is embedded in the outer shell unit 92, and an opened end face 13a of the cylindrical body 13 is made either to be flush with or to sink from an outer surface of the outer shell unit92, in this embodiment, the opened end face 13a being made to be flush with the surface. When adopting the configuration like this, since the pin hole formed body 10 additionally provided on the inner shell unit 9χ protrudes in no case from the outer surface of the outer shellunit 92, when installedinavehicle, there canbe eliminated a risk that the pin hole formed body 10 interferes with other components, and hence a damage can be prevented which would be made to the gaseous fuel tank 4 by the pin hole formed body 10 as a damage originating point. In addition, when forming the FRP outer shell unit 92 using the filament winding process or hand lay-up process, the end portions of the inner shell unit 9ι are held by the hexagonal portion 15 and the pin hole 12 so that the working efficiency in the forming work can be increased. The inner shell unit 9ι may be formed from a synthetic resin such as a thermoplastic plastic (HOPE or the like) . In addition, in the outer shell unit 92, while an epoxy resin is used as a matrix, a modified epoxy resin or the like can be substituted for this. In addition, while carbon fiber is used as a reinforcing material, glass fiber, aramid fiber or the like can be substituted for this. In Fig. 5, the module fabricating jig 16 has first to fourth angular pillar-like legs 17 to 20 which are erected at four corners of an imaginary rectangular plane, and the first and second legs 17, 18, which face each other, and the third and fourth legs 19, 20, which face each other, are connected to each other between facing intermediate portions thereof by first and second connecting members 21, 22 which are disposed on longer sides of the plane, respectively. In addition, the first and fourth legs 17, 20, which face each other, and the second and third legs 18, 19, which face each other, are connected to each other between facing upper portions thereof at positions above the first and second connecting members 21, 22 by third and fourth connecting members 23, 24 which are disposed on shorter sides of the plane, respectively. Upper end faces of the first to fourth legs 17 to 20 and upper faces of the third and fourth connectingmembers 23,24 reside on the same imaginary plane. First and second positioning pins 25, 26 for the front frame 5 are erected at ends of the upper faces of the third and fourth connecting members 23, 24 in the vicinity of the upper end faces of the first and second legs 17, 18, respectively, and third and fourth positioning pins 27, 28 for the rear frame 6 are erected on the upper end faces of the third and fourth legs 19, 20. Furthermore, a substantially Y-shaped first horizontal holding member 29 is erected at an interm.edia.te portion of the third connectingmember 23 with a vertical porti-on
30 thereof being fixed to the intermediate portion, and as also shown in Fig.6, and an interior surface of a bifurcated portion
31 of the first horizontal holding member 29 is made up of two inclined surfaces d which confront a ridge line a and inclined surfaces b situated on sides of the ridge line a of the hexagonal portion 15 of the valve device 11 and climb down from the first and second positioning pins 25, 26 side and the third and fourth positioning pins 27, 28 side so as to form a root portion c and two vertical surfaces e which extend upwardly from upper edges of the both inclined surfaces d. In addition, a second horizontal holding member 32 is provided at an intermediate portion of the fourth connecting member 24 in such a manner as to confront the pin hole 12 in the gaseous fuel tank 4. The member 32 has a support body 33 erected on the fourth connecting member 24, a pin 34 disposed at an upper end portion of the support body 33 in such a manner as to project from and sink into a surface thereofwhich confronts the first horizontal holding member 29, and a knob for operating the pin 34. When mounting the gaseous fuel tank 4 on the support frame member 2, as shown in Fig. 5, the front frame 5 is placed on the jig 16 by passing positioning holes 36 residing in ends thereof over the first and second positioning pins 25, 26 of the jig 16, respectively. Then, the rear frame 6 is placed on the jig 16 by passing positioning holes 37 residing in ends thereof over the third and fourth positioning pins 27, 28 of the jig 16, respectively. As also shown in Fig. 7, mounting metallic fixtures 40 provided on half parts 39 of two separated fixing bands 3 are applied to positions on the front frame 5 where two bandmounting holes 38 are located, so that the respective half parts 39 are mounted on the front frame 5 via bolt joints 41. In addition, mounting metallic fixtures 44 provided on the other half parts 43 are applied to positions on the rear frame 6 where two band mounting holes 42 are located, so that the respective half parts 43 are mounted on the rear frame 6 via bolt joints 45. As shown in Figs. 6, 8, 9, with the pin 34 of the second horizontal holdingmember 32 being made to sink into the support body 33, the gaseous fuel tank 4 is placed between the half parts 39, 43 of the both fixing bands 3, the ridge line a of the hexagonal portion 15 of the valve device 11 is made to fit in the root portion c residing in the bifurcated portion 31 of the first horizontal holding member 29 and the inclined surfaces b situated on the both sides of the ridge line a are made to match the inclined surfaces d residing on trie bifurcated portion 31, respectively, so that the hexagonal portion 15 is held in the first horizontal holding member 29, whereas the pin 34 on the second horizontal holding member 32 is fitted in the pin hole 12, so that the boss 13 is made to be held by the second horizontal holding member 32, whereby the gaseous fuel tank 4 is positioned horizontally. As shown in Figs.7, 10, bolts 48 are passed through both fastening metallic fixtures 46, 47 which reside at ends of both the half parts 39, 43 which make a pair and face each other, and nuts 49 are screwed on the bolts 48, respectively. Then, the gaseous fuel tank 4 is mounted horizontally on the front and rear frames 5, 6 with both the fixing bands 3 while adjusting the tightening amount of the respective bolts 48 and nuts 49 so that the horizontally positioned state of the gaseous fuel tank 4 is not collapsed. Thereafter, the front and rear frames 5, 6 and the gaseous fuel tank 4 are removed from the jig 6, and the front and rear frames 5, 6 are connected to the right-side and left-side frames 7, 8 which are positioned and fixed to a vehicle body in advance, whereby the gaseous fuel tank 4 is installed horizontally on the vehicle body.
<Industrial Applicability> As described above, this invention can be applied to an on-board gaseous fuel tank module.

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1. An on-board gaseous fuel tank module comprising: a support frame member; and a gaseous fuel tank fixed to the support frame member horizontally; wherein the gaseous fuel tank comprises: a cylindrical tank complete unit, a gaseous fuel inlet and outlet valve device provided at an axial end portion of the tank complete unit such that a part thereof protrudes outwardly from the tank complete unit, and a pin hole provided in the other axial end portion of the tank complete unit so as to open outwardly; and an axis of the tank complete unit, an axis of the part of the valve device and a center line of the pin hole are disposed on a single straight line so that the part of the valve device and the pin hole are used to position the gaseous fuel tank horizontally.
2. The on-board gaseous fuel tank module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cylindrical tank complete unit comprises: an inner shell unit, and an outer shell of an FRP which covers the inner shell unit; the pin hole is defined by a pin hole formed body; the pin hole formed body is embedded in the outer shell unit and comprises a cylindrical body in which the pin hole is opened in an end face thereof and a mounting flange residing at the other end of the cylindrical body and joined to the inner shell unit; and the opened end face of the cylindrical body is made either to be flush with or to sink from an outer surface of the outer shell unit.
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