Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1997-12-31
1999-03-23
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
B62D 2500
Patent
active
058849580
ABSTRACT:
A fuel filler assembly, particularly for a motor vehicle, having a filler tube, pipe, or body connectable to a supply pipe of a fuel tank, a cap for closing the filler tube or pipe, a casing fitted to the vehicle body and defining internally a compartment for housing the filler tube or body and the cap, and a lid hinged to one side of the casing so as to close the compartment by means of a snap-engaging bolt for locking the lid in a closed position; the filler assembly also having articulated connecting components for connecting the cap to the lid and defined by a support integral with the lid and having a hollow seat defined internally by a hemispherical surface, and by a spherical head integral with the cap and which engages inside the hollow seat so as to keep the cap connected to the lid in any open position of the lid, and to position the cap facing the inlet of the filler tube or pipe so as to close the filler tube or body when the lid is moved to the closed position.
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Hoge Gary C.
ITW Fastex Italia S.p.A.
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