Refueling port

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021260991-A1
Application number	US-202117165896-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	Feb 26, 2020
Publication date	Aug 26, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a refueling port which can be manufactured at low cost. A refueling port includes: a refueling port main body made of resin; an inlet fitting formed in a tubular shape, arranged at an inlet opening of the refueling port main body, and having a groove on the outer peripheral surface; and a resin cover formed in a tubular shape, arranged on the outer peripheral side of the inlet fitting, having internal protrusions that engage with the groove of the inlet fitting in a tubular axial direction of the inlet fitting, and fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the inlet opening of the refueling port main body.

First claim

File: What is claimed is:

1 . A refueling port, comprising:
a refueling port main body made of resin; an inlet fitting formed in a tubular shape, arranged at an inlet opening of the refueling port main body, and having a groove on an outer peripheral surface of the inlet fitting; and a cover made of resin and formed in a tubular shape, arranged on an outer peripheral side of the inlet fitting, having internal protrusions that engage with the groove of the inlet fitting in a tubular axial direction of the inlet fitting, and fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the inlet opening of the refueling port main body.

2 . The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is molded separately from the inlet fitting,
the cover comprises a plurality of intervening elements formed in a shape obtained by dividing a tubular shape in a circumferential direction of the cover, each of the plurality of intervening elements comprises the internal protrusion that engages with the groove of the inlet fitting, and the plurality of intervening elements is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the inlet fitting.

3 . The refuelling port according to claim 2 , wherein the inlet fitting has a female screw-shaped internal protrusion for screwing a refueling cap on the inner peripheral surface of inlet fitting, and has a spiral outer peripheral groove serving as the groove on an outer peripheral side of the female screw-shaped internal protrusion,
the internal protrusion in the plurality of intervening elements is a spiral protrusion corresponding to the spiral outer peripheral groove, and the plurality of intervening elements engages the internal protrusion with the spiral outer peripheral groove in the tubular axial direction of the inlet fitting, and is located in the circumferential direction with respect to the inlet fitting.

4 . The refueling port according to claim 2 , further comprising a slit at an end of the refueling port main body on the inlet opening side, wherein
the plurality of intervening elements comprises a locking portion for locking the intervening elements with each other, and the locking portion protrudes radially outward with respect to a main body of the plurality of intervening elements and is arranged in the slit of the refueling port main body, thereby being non-rotatably arranged with respect to the refueling port main body.

5 . The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the refueling port main body comprises recesses on the inner peripheral surface of the inlet opening, and
the cover comprises external protrusions that engage with the recesses on an outer peripheral surface in the tubular axial direction of the refueling port main body.

6 . The refueling port according to claim 5 , further comprising a slit that is deformed more easily than the cover at an end of the refueling port main body on the inlet opening side.

7 . The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the cover has a flange extending in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the cover, and
the flange is a jig support surface in a state that the cover is fitted to the refueling port main body.

8 . The refueling port according to claim 1 , wherein the refueling port main body comprises a stepped surface having a large diameter on the inlet opening side on the inner peripheral surface of the refueling port main body,
the cover is arranged on the inlet opening side in the tubular axial direction at a distance from the stepped surface of the refueling port main body, and is fitted closer to the inner peripheral surface on the inlet opening side than the stepped surface in the refueling port main body, and the refueling port further comprises a seal member that is arranged between the cover and the stepped surface of the refueling port main body in the tubular axial direction, and is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the refueling port main body on the inlet opening side and the outer peripheral surface of the inlet fitting.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Riko Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimojo Makoto
• Miyajima Atsuo
• Park Eunjin
• Kobayashi Takayuki

Classifications

• B67D7/42

  Filling nozzles · CPC title

• B67D7/78

  Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines · CPC title

• B67D7/04 Primary

  for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants · CPC title

• B67D7/06

  Details or accessories · CPC title

• B60K2015/03538

  the venting tube being connected with the filler tube · CPC title