Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1996-07-26
1997-10-14
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
296155, 292DIG46, B62D 2500
Patent
active
056764162
ABSTRACT:
An interlock mechanism, for an automotive vehicle having a fuel filler door and a sliding door on a same side of the vehicle body, has a sensor mounted proximate the filler door for sensing movement thereof, a latch for releasably latching the sliding door in a closed position when the filler door is open, and a cable connected between the sensor and the latch for communicating the position of the filler door to the latch. The latch has a cam member mounted to the vehicle body, a pivotable hook for preventing movement of the cam when the filler door is open and disengaged from the cam member when the filler door is closed, and a key extending from the sliding door for engagement with the cam member when the sliding door is in a closed position and for disengagement from the cam member when the sliding door is moved to an open position. The sliding door is locked in a closed position when the filler door is opened.
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Ford Global Technologies Inc.
Kelley David B.
Pape Joseph D.
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