Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1991-02-22
1991-09-10
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
141 86, 141390, 220 85SP, B60R 2700
Patent
active
050467760
ABSTRACT:
An assembly for a motor vehicle has an opening granting access to a fuel tank filler. A fascia is mounted to the motor vehicle and has a slot grant access to the opening and the fuel tank filler. The assembly has a rear fuel tank door with a pair of mounting brackets for pivotably mounting the rear fuel tank door to the motor vehicle. The rear fuel tank door has a pair of upper turned lips and a pair of square apertures. A pair of expandable plastic nuts are received by the square apertures of the rear fuel tank door. A license plate is received by the upper turned lips of the rear fuel tank door and secured to the expandable plastic nuts. A flexible splash shield is sandwiched between the license plate and the rear fuel tank door and has a pair of slits for receiving the upper turned lips and a pair of square holes that aligns and register with the square apertures and receiving the expandable plastic nuts. The flexible splash shield has a lip which depends downward and is threaded between the fascia and the motor vehicle and a pair of ribs projecting towards the rear fuel tank door for guiding the flow of fuel away from the motor vehicle whereby the fuel making contact with flexible splash shield will be directed to the slot in the rear bumper fascia.
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Drawing from unknown source of Porsche 911 fuel tank filler protector.
Bruttomesso, Jr. Raymond I.
Focarino Margaret A.
General Motors Corporation
Pape Joseph D.
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