Fuel filling aperture opening and closing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000116-B2
Application number	US-201515303423-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2015
Priority date	Apr 11, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed is an opening and closing device including a closing member which is turned to an opening position by inserting a fuel-filling nozzle to open a fuel-filling aperture. The closing member includes a pair of flap bodies and a biasing device which positions each of the flap bodies in a closing position by a biasing force. The pair of flap bodies each includes a turning assembly portion as the center of the turning and an abutment portion with respect to the other flap body and is each configured to press its front surface portion against a hole edge portion of a passage hole of the fuel-filling nozzle by the biasing force and presses the abutment portion against the abutment portion of the other flap body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel-filling aperture opening and closing device comprising:
a closing member which is turned to an opening position by insertion of a fuel-filling nozzle to open a fuel-filling aperture,
wherein the closing member comprises a pair of flap bodies and two coil springs, each coil spring being attached to each of the flap bodies and positioning each of the flap bodies in a closing position by a biasing force, and
the pair of flap bodies each comprises a turning assembly portion as a center of turning, an abutment portion at a side opposite to the turning assembly portion, and an inclined surface formed at a back surface portion of the flap body gradually projecting in one direction as it approaches the abutment portion, the pair of flap bodies being configured to press against a hole edge portion of a passage hole of the fuel-filling nozzle and press each other at the abutment portions by the biasing forces, and
each of the coil springs has a first spring end abutting against a side of a support of each the flap bodies, and a second spring end abutting against the inclined surface formed at the back surface portion of each of the flap bodies.

2. The fuel-filling aperture opening and closing device according to claim 1 , wherein in each flap body, a shaft body provided on one of the support and the turning assembly portion is retained in a shaft hole provided in another of the support and the turning assembly portion to store the shaft body so that each flap body is turnably supported by the support.

3. The fuel-filling aperture opening and closing device according to claim 1 , wherein each flap body includes at the back surface portion thereof a guide surface so that when timing of moving back to the closing position due to the biasing force is changed between the pair of flap bodies, the guide surface of one flap body contacts a portion of another flap body to guide the another flap body to the closing position.

4. The fuel-filling aperture opening and closing device according to claim 1 , wherein each flap body includes at a front surface portion thereof a groove-shaped recess having a circular arc cross-sectional shape in a direction parallel to the center of turning.

5. The fuel-filling aperture opening and closing device according to claim 4 , wherein each flap body has a projecting shape projecting downwardly at the back surface portion opposite to the groove-shaped recess, the projecting shape forming the inclined surface.

Assignees

• Nifco Inc

Inventors

• Sasaki Hiroshi

Classifications

• F01M2011/0416

  Plugs · CPC title

• F01M11/04

  Filling or draining lubricant of or from machines or engines · CPC title

• B60K2015/0429

  actuated by the nozzle · CPC title

• B60K15/0406

  Filler caps for fuel tanks · CPC title

• B67D7/42

  Filling nozzles · CPC title