Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1990-09-21
1991-12-17
Herrmann, Allan D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
74105, 49340, 220 862, 220335, 220DIG33, B65D 4500
Patent
active
050729861
ABSTRACT:
A remotely controlled gas cap assembly includes a strip mounted around a fuel inlet of a fuel tank. The strip extends around the fuel inlet and has two spaced end plates which face each other. A transverse pivot pin is pivotally mounted on the two end plates. A link protruding from the pivot pin is attached to a bar having two sides each formed with an annular groove. The control assembly further has a remotely controllable pneumatic cylinder with a piston rod. The piston rod has a distal forked end which is comprised of two opposite branch rods. A roller is provided on an inner side of each branch rod which is received in a corresponding annular groove in each side of the bar and is movable along the annular groove. A gas cap is integrally formed with the link. A rubber block protrudes from an inner side of the gas cap. The gas cap is lifted to expose the fuel inlet when the piston rod is in a first position. The rubber block of the gas cap seals the fuel inlet when the piston rod is in a second position.
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Jang Shiau R.
Tai Wu D.
Tzei Chen Y.
Herrmann Allan D.
Yip Winnie
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