Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1994-04-07
1995-08-01
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
220 862, B60K 1505
Patent
active
054374910
ABSTRACT:
A fuel door housing for readily attaching a neck of a fuel tank with respect to an aperture or recess pocket in a sheet metal or non-metallic body panel of a vehicle includes a hollow sleeve having a cross-sectional dimension less than the aperture, and has first and second ends. The first end extends a predetermined distance away from the aperture within the interior of the body panel for connection with the fuel tank neck, and the second end extends a slight distance through the aperture to the exterior of the body panel. A flange having a predetermined configuration is connected to the second end of the sleeve and is substantially positioned on the exterior of the body panel. The flange is configured to connect and center the sleeve with respect to the aperture and provide a degree of flexibility to the flange for readily adjusting the flange and the housing with respect to the aperture upon installation as well as adjusting to movement between the housing and the body panel that may occur during use.
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Nedbal Ralph G.
Nelson John F.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Pedder Dennis H.
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