Fuel door assembly

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2007-08-21

2007-08-21

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Access cover for gas tank filler pipe

C016S286000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11392224

ABSTRACT:
There is described an improved fuel door assembly. In one preferred embodiment, the fuel door comprises a housing that defines an axis of rotation and has a biasing element that is at least partially surrounded by a second interface that forms a cavity that narrows between the ends of the second interface. The fuel door has a first interface that contacts the second interface such that the biasing element urges the fuel door toward the closed position when the fuel door is at the closed position, and urges the fuel door toward the open position when the fuel door is at the open position.

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Photographs of Fuel Door Specimen for Mitsubishi Eclipse Being Used Prior to Applicant's Invention of Claimed Fuel Door (Nos. 1-5).

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