Integrated fuel-mixing prevention device for diesel vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10500949-B2
Application number	US-201816002962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an integrated fuel mixing prevention device for a diesel vehicle, in which a diesel filler neck and a urea filler neck are integrated with each other to prevent fuel from mixing, allowing only a diesel fuel filling gun to be inserted into a fuel inlet when a diesel fuel filling mode is selected and allowing only a urea filling gun to be inserted into the fuel inlet when a urea filling mode is selected, which may prevent a fuel mixing an accident caused by incorrect replenishment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An integrated fuel-mixing prevention device for a diesel vehicle comprising:
a filler pipe having a guide wing insertion groove formed in an internal-diameter surface thereof, the filler pipe being fixedly mounted to a vehicle body;
a retainer having an inlet and an outlet formed respectively in an upper end portion and a lower end portion thereof and having a guide wing through-hole formed in an internal-diameter surface thereof, the retainer being inserted into the filler pipe to be angularly rotated;
a support bracket having a guide pin formed on an upper surface thereof, the support bracket being inserted into the internal-diameter surface of the retainer to be angularly rotated with the retainer;
a pair of guide wings each having a guide hole configured for insertion of the guide pin, each guide wing passing through the guide wing through-hole and being inserted into the guide wing insertion groove wherein the respective guide wings move away from or toward each other when the retainer and the support bracket are angularly rotated;
a first stopper and a second stopper mounted on opposite side portions of the support bracket to be angularly rotated and moved forward or backward thereof; and
a flap located between the first stopper and the second stopper to be locked or unlocked, the flap performing a downward opening operation by an insertion pressure of a diesel fuel filling gun or a urea filling gun when unlocked.

2. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein each of the filler pipe and the retainer has a lower portion having a smaller diameter than that of an upper portion thereof.

3. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the filler pipe is integrally provided on an upper end portion thereof with a vehicle-body assembly element, and is provided on opposite side surfaces thereof with a first vapor discharge pipe and a second vapor discharge pipe, which are respectively connected to a diesel leveling tube and a urea leveling tube.

4. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the retainer has a vapor discharge hole formed in the internal-diameter surface thereof, the vapor discharge hole selectively communicating with the first vapor discharge pipe and the second vapor discharge pipe of the filler pipe.

5. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the retainer has a character and an arrow inscribed in an upper surface thereof to guide an angular rotation of the retainer for switching between a diesel fuel filling mode and a urea filling mode.

6. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the lower end portion of the retainer, provided with the outlet, is inserted into an integrated pipe in which a diesel fuel filling pipe and a urea filling pipe are integrated with each other, and the outlet communicates with one of the diesel fuel filling pipe and the urea filling pipe when the retainer is angularly rotated.

7. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the internal-diameter surface of the filler pipe is provided on opposite sides thereof with a first flange having a first slot and a second flange having a second slot, the first stopper is provided on a lower end portion thereof with a first protrusion, which is inserted into the first slot to be angularly rotated and moved forward or backward, and the second stopper is provided on a lower end portion thereof with a second protrusion, which is inserted into the second slot to be angularly rotated and moved forward or backward thereof.

8. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first slot and the second slot includes a first slide region, which maintains a constant distance with respect to an internal-diameter surface of each flange, a second slide region, which extends from the first slide region with a increasing distance from the internal-diameter surface of each flange, and a forward/backward movement region, which extends from a trailing end portion of the first slide region.

9. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the support bracket has slide grooves formed in opposite lower portions thereof, and each of the first stopper and the second stopper has sliders integrally formed on opposite sides thereof to be movably inserted into the slide grooves in a forward or backward direction thereof.

10. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 9 , wherein the first stopper and the second stopper are connected to each other via a connection spring, and are surrounded by a ring spring while contacting with the opposite lower portions of the support bracket.

11. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the respective guide wings are elastically connected to each other at first end portions thereof via a first return spring and a nipple.

12. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the flap has a rear end portion, which is hinged to and elastically connected to a lower end portion of the second stopper via a second return spring.

13. The integrated fuel-mixing prevention device of claim 1 , wherein the flap has a front end portion integrally provided with a lock portion, and the first stopper has a locking protrusion formed on a lower end portion thereof wherein the lock portion is accommodated on and locked by the locking protrusion.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Tae Suk
• Lee Sung Won
• Lee Tae Yoon
• Reddy S Chaitanya Kumar
• Potlabathini Sreekanth

Classifications

• F01N2610/02

  the substance being ammonia or urea · CPC title

• F01N3/2066

  Selective catalytic reduction [SCR] · CPC title

• B60K2015/0474

  Arrangement of fuel filler pipes in relation to vehicle body · CPC title

• B60K2015/0461

  comprising a filler pipe shutter, e.g. trap, door or flap for fuel inlet · CPC title

• B60K15/04 Primary

  Tank inlets (B60K15/077 takes precedence) · CPC title