Fuel door and vehicle including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214142-B2
Application number	US-202017035292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	May 25, 2020
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are a fuel door having a cap sealing structure which obviates a cap for urea solution or water injection and a vehicle including the same. The fuel door includes a protrusion configured to protrude from an inner side of the fuel door and comprising a hollow and at least one cutout part being in fluid communication with the hollow, a membrane member coupled to the protrusion so as to cover the hollow of the protrusion, and a sealing member installed on the protrusion along a circumference of the membrane member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel door comprising:
a protrusion configured to protrude from an inner side of the fuel door and comprising a hollow and at least one cutout part being in fluid communication with the hollow;
a membrane member coupled to the protrusion so as to cover the hollow of the protrusion; and
a sealing member installed on the protrusion along a circumference of the membrane member.

2. The fuel door of claim 1 , wherein the cutout part is provided in at least a part of a circumference of the protrusion.

3. The fuel door of claim 1 , further comprising at least one support disposed in the hollow,
wherein the membrane member is pressed against the support.

4. The fuel door of claim 1 , wherein the membrane member is coupled to the protrusion through ultrasonic welding.

5. The fuel door of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member comprises a coupling part coupled to an inner side of the protrusion, and the protrusion comprises a receiving part configured to be recessed and to have a shape corresponding to a shape of the coupling part.

6. The fuel door of claim 1 , wherein the sealing member has a corrugated shape having a plurality of corrugations.

7. A vehicle comprising:
a fuel door pivotally coupled to a vehicle body;
a protrusion configured to protrude from an inner side of the fuel door and comprising a hollow and at least one cutout part being in fluid communication with the hollow;
a membrane member coupled to the protrusion so as to cover the hollow of the protrusion;
a sealing member installed on the protrusion along a circumference of the membrane member; and
an inlet protruding from the vehicle body, and configured to contact the sealing member and to be coaxially disposed with the protrusion when the fuel door is closed.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the inlet is used to inject a urea solution or water, and a cap is not installed on the inlet.

9. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the sealing member is configured to detach from the inlet when opening the fuel door.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park June Young

Classifications

• B62D25/24 Primary

  Superstructure sub-units with access {or drainage} openings having movable or removable closures; {Sealing means therefor}(inlet covers for vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/05) · CPC title

• B60K2015/0464

  comprising a flexible or extendable filler pipes, e.g. corrugated, foldable or with bellows · CPC title

• B60K2015/03467

  by clip or snap fit fittings · CPC title

• B60K2015/03453

  for fixing or mounting parts of the fuel tank together · CPC title

• B60K15/04 Primary

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