CN101918239B - Lid structure for fuel filler tube opening of vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
A lid structure for a fuel filler tube opening of a vehicle includes a fuel lid (15; 115) urged in a closing direction by an urging member (27; 156). An engaging protrusion (63; 155) for engaging and releasing with respect to the fuel lid or a striker part (26; 151) formed in the fuel Hd is provided with an urging member (27; 156) for urging the fuel Hd in the closing direction.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of lid structure for the filler pipe opening, by described filler pipe opening fuel is sent in the Fuel Tank of vehicle.
Background technology
Vehicle has for the fuel cap that opens and closes cup-shaped adapter, and described cup-shaped adapter is installed in the opening that is formed in the body panel.Fuel cap is opened when in the Fuel Tank of fuel being sent into vehicle.Being used for being formed at the cover that the filler pipe opening of the bottom part of adapter opens and closes is removed and from the filler pipe opening fuel is sent into the Fuel Tank.
Disclose a kind of fuel cap structure among the JP 2005-319960A, wherein fuel cap is arranged on the adapter by hinge.When the specific control stalk at operation operator's saddle place, make locked and lock that fuel cap can not be opened automatically is unlocked, and fuel cap is opened.When just closing fuel cap, when arriving certain angle, fuel cap passes through the hinge spring of S shape automatically by drawing, and fuel cap is closed.One end of hinge spring is connected to hinge, and the other end is fastened to adapter.
Therefore, above-mentioned fuel cap begins automatically to open and close from certain angle by the hinge spring of S shape.
But, in above-mentioned fuel cap structure, must form hinge spring and the special hinge of housing to hold S shape in the adapter, so the size of adapter increases.Another shortcoming of above-mentioned fuel cap structure is owing to its complex structure, so productive costs increases.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of lid structure of the fuel filler tube opening for vehicle, it can reduce the size of fuel adapter and reduce production costs, and prevents that fuel cap from running counter to the automotive occupant intention and open.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of lid structure for motor vehicle fuel filler pipe opening, described lid structure comprises: the fuel adapter, and it has fuel filler tube opening, and is arranged on the filler pipe opening part that is formed on the vehicle body; Fuel cap, it is used for opening and closing described fuel filler tube opening by the hinge rotation at the first end place that is arranged on described fuel adapter; Copulational protuberance, it is arranged on in described fuel adapter and the described fuel cap at least one; Impact member, it is used for engaging with described copulational protuberance and described fuel cap being locked in closed condition, and this impact member is arranged on in described fuel adapter and the described fuel cap another; And actuation member, it is used for actuating described fuel cap at closing direction, and this actuation member is arranged on in described impact member and the described copulational protuberance at least one.
Because actuation member is arranged on impact member or the copulational protuberance, the size of described fuel adapter can reduce.
Preferably, described actuation member is arranged on the described impact member and by engage to produce the motivator for actuate described fuel cap at closing direction with described copulational protuberance.Therefore, fuel cap can be maintained at closed condition by described impact member, and compares with the structure that actuation member is arranged on the hinge, can reduce size and the productive costs of fuel adapter.
Preferably, described impact member has the far-end that is formed on described impact member, is used for the coupling opening that engages with described actuation member by described copulational protuberance; And the actuation member link that is used for described actuation member is connected to the middle body of described impact member.Copulational protuberance can directly be engaged by the actuation member that is arranged on the impact member, and the size of fuel adapter and productive costs can reduce.In addition, the actuation member that engages with copulational protuberance is knocked component protection.
Preferably, described actuation member has: the fixed parts that is connected to described actuation member link; With the continuous a pair of extension component of described fixed parts, and described a pair of extension component spaced from each otherly toward each other; And with described a pair of extension component in each continuous a pair of extruder member, and described a pair of extruder member is close to each other to form predetermined spacing; In described a pair of extension component and the described a pair of extruder member at least one formed by material that can elastic deformation, and when described fuel cap opens and closes by through the described copulational protuberance in the space between the described a pair of extruder member and elastic deformation; And make described fuel cap be pulled inward to described fuel adapter when described copulational protuberance produced motivator and takes place to engage through time between the described extruder member, and described joint is released when being removed with engaging of described copulational protuberance.Therefore, when fuel cap was closed, fuel cap was maintained on the closing direction by the extruder member that is positioned at described copulational protuberance place.
The plate-shaped springs that actuation member is preferably formed by thin plate.Therefore, the structure of actuation member obtains simplifying.
Preferably, described impact member and described copulational protuberance are arranged on and described first end opposite second end place, and described hinge is arranged on described first end place.Therefore, the motivator that is used on a side relative with hinge fuel cap being remained on closed condition can act on copulational protuberance, and compares with the structure that actuation member is arranged on hinge side, and the size of hinge side and productive costs can be reduced.
Described fuel adapter is provided with for the election device that alternately repeats projection hold mode and withdrawal hold mode, under described projection hold mode, produce the releasing power of opening of opening the pressure of described fuel cap as the motivator that overcomes described actuation member, and producing during whenever described fuel cap pressurized under the described withdrawal hold mode as the confining force of closing less than the described pressure of opening releasing power; And described actuation member is set to produce less than the described motivator of opening releasing power under the projection hold mode of described election device, and produces greater than the motivator of closing confining force under described withdrawal hold mode.
Therefore, at the off position of fuel cap, fuel cap is subjected to that motivator is drawn and is elected device pushing away at closing direction.Therefore, can continue fuel cap and vehicle body are remained integral body, can prevent fuel cap at the light exercise that opens and closes on the direction, and prevent fuel cap vibration (making a sound).In addition, because motivator is set to less than the tensile force of electing device, so when fuel cap pushed, actuation member can be separated with copulational protuberance by the tensile force opposite with motivator, fuel cap can be opened automatically.
Preferably, described copulational protuberance is provided with actuation member, and described actuation member is used for by movably actuated to actuate described fuel cap at closing direction towards described impact member.Thus, the fuel cap component of force that impact member produces when being actuated member backup impact member when copulational protuberance is actuated at closing direction.Therefore, need spring be set to actuate fuel cap at closing direction in hinge side, the lid structure that is used for fuel filler tube opening can be simplified, and the size of lid structure also can reduce.
Preferably, described copulational protuberance be configured to towards or advance and withdrawal away from the direction of described impact member, and have inclined surface, wherein be used for tilting in the direction that propelling and retracted orientation with described copulational protuberance intersect with any one contact component that is in contact with one another and engages of described copulational protuberance and described impact member; Described inclined surface and another contact component slide mutually towards the motion of described impact member by described copulational protuberance and engage, and actuate described fuel cap at closing direction thus; And described inclined surface and described contact component slide mutually and are disengaged away from the motion of described impact member on the contrary by described copulational protuberance and actuation member, remove described actuating thus.Therefore, motivator can become for the contact portion by copulational protuberance or actuate the component of force of fuel cap by the inclined surface on the contact component that is arranged on impact member at closing direction.
Preferably, the contact component of described another joint has the inclined surface that is used to form with the angle of described another inclined surface basically identical.Therefore, the inclined surface of copulational protuberance and the inclined surface of impact member can move when contacting with each other with roughly the same angle, and the motivator of actuation member can become more reliably for the component of force of actuating fuel cap at closing direction.
Preferably, described copulational protuberance arranges concentrically with the lock pin that is used for the described fuel cap of lock device cooperation the locking and unlocking, and has the pin-and-hole that inserts for described lock pin, and described lockhole and described another inclined surface are continuous; And described impact member has the lockhole parts, and has first inclined surface that forms continuously with described lockhole parts, described lock pin can with described lockhole part bonding.Therefore, lock pin and copulational protuberance can be positioned at together, and can utilize more efficiently be used to the space that copulational protuberance is set.In addition, contact portion (inclined surface) and lockhole parts can be formed in the impact member, and the size of constituent elements can reduce.
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Fig. 1 is the transparent view of the lid structure that is used for motor vehicle fuel filler pipe opening of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the transparent view that fuel cap among Fig. 1 is in closed condition;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of the 3-3 line intercepting in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of the 4-4 line intercepting in Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the transparent view that the impact member on the fuel cap that is arranged on Fig. 1 is shown;
Fig. 6 illustrates engagement member shown in Figure 4 and the transparent view of actuation member;
Fig. 7 is according to the transparent view of first embodiment for the mechanism that closes fuel cap;
Fig. 8 is the lateral plan at rear portion of vehicle that is used for the lid structure of fuel adding opening according to the use of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 is the amplification view of the 9-9 line intercepting in Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the exploded drawings of lid structure second embodiment of the invention;
Figure 11 is the enlarged perspective of the part 11 among Figure 10, shows and covers engaging gear;
Figure 12 is the cutaway view of the 12-12 line intercepting in Figure 11;
Figure 13 is the exploded drawings of lid engaging gear shown in Figure 11; And
Figure 14 A to 14C is the view of lock-out state of the fuel cap of lid structure second embodiment of the invention.
The specific embodiment
Below with reference to accompanying drawings, only illustrate as an example of the present invention preferred embodiment several.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the lid structure 10 of the fuel filler tube opening of first embodiment is provided with: cup-shaped fuel adapter 16, fuel adapter 16 are set to be installed in the opening 14 that is formed in the body panel 13; The fuel cap 15 that is used for the opening portion of opening and closing fuel adapter 16; Be arranged on the hinge 22 at 21 places, an end of fuel adapter 16; And the fuel cap lockout mechanism 23 that is used for fuel cap 15 is locked to fuel adapter 16.
Fuel cap lockout mechanism 23 is provided with: the impact member 26 that is arranged on fuel cap 15 places; Be connected to the actuation member 27 of impact member 26; For the engagement member 28 that engages with actuation member 27, engagement member 28 is connected to fuel adapter 16; Latch mechanism 32, it comprises the lock pin 31 that is arranged on engagement member 28 places; And be arranged on fuel adapter 16 places, be used for actuating the election device 33 of fuel cap 15 opening direction (arrow a1 direction).
Hinge 22 comprises: the lid side member 47 that is fixed to an example 46 of fuel cap 15; Be connected to the rotation supporting part 48 that covers side member 47; And be connected to rotation supporting part 48 and be fixed to the wall side member 51 of body panel 13.
When the fuel cap 15 that is in fuel cap open position K overcame the elastic force of electing device 33 and closes, impact member 26 engaged with engagement member 28, will elect device 33 and remain on the state of pushing, and fuel cap 15 is closed in fuel cap off position E.
As shown in Figure 4, when opening fuel cap 15, the door lock (not shown) at operator's saddle place is opened, then lock pin 31 withdrawal from impact member 26 shown in long and two-short dash line, and fuel cap 15 is in unlocked state, but fuel cap 15 is not opened.When manually fuel cap 15 being pushed slightly, elect device 33 and do to open fuel cap 15 in order to (on the direction of arrow a1).
Lock pin 31 cooperates with the shutoff operation of door lock assembly, stretches out from latch-release position H (shown in long and two-short dash line Fig. 4), and process impact member 26 also locks impact member 26.
As shown in Figure 5, impact member 26 has the bump main body 54 that the rear surface with fuel cap 15 forms.Retaining hole 56 forms near the anchor portion 55 of bump main body 54.Impact member 26 has the actuation member link 57 that is positioned at bump main body 54 middle bodies.Opening 61 is formed at distal portion 58 places of bump main body 54.As shown in Figure 4, the copulational protuberance 63 of engagement member 28 is contained in the opening 61.
As shown in Figure 6, actuation member 27 has the fixed parts 74 of installing component 65 tops that are connected actuation member link 57; With the continuous a pair of extension component 75,75 of fixed parts 74 1 sides, described a pair of extension component 75,75 partition distance B ground are toward each other; With extension component 75,75 continuous extruder members 76,76, extruder member 76,76 close to each other to form predetermined spacing S (Fig. 3); And with extruder member 76,76 continuously and towards copulational protuberance 63 open far-end guide members 77,77.Actuate fuel cap 15 towards closing direction (direction of arrow a2 among Fig. 4).
Applied force is set to be suitable for manually operated not excessive power when the fuel cap 15 of just closing as shown in Figure 1.Specifically, in the lid structure 11 of fuel filler tube opening, the power sum that actuation member 27 acts on the motivator ((on arrow b2 direction) squeese pressure) of engagement member 28 and elects the compression coil spring 53 of device 33 is set to the doper is not caused excessive burden, so fuel cap 15 is easy to use.
Below with the process of brief description fueling.
In Fig. 2, when fueling, after vehicle is parked in petrol service station, when opening operator's saddle door lock (not shown), the latch-release of lock pin 31 and fuel cap 15.But fuel cap 15 is not opened.When next using hand push fuel cap 15, fuel cap 15 is elected device 33 and is promoted also to open automatically, is manually further opened (see figure 1) then.In the time will closing fuel cap 15, the fuel cap of opening 15 is overcome the elastic force of electing device 33 and close.Then, the operator's saddle door lock is closed, then lock pin 31 enters in the lock opening features 68 of impact member 26, and fuel cap 15 is locked.
The operation of the lid structure of the fuel filler tube opening that is used for first embodiment will be described below.
As shown in Figure 1, when the actuation member 27 that is provided for opening and closing fuel cap 15 engages with the copulational protuberance 63 that is arranged on fuel adapter 16 1 sides, actuation member 27 is applied to the motivator of closing on fuel cap 15 directions, so closing state is not opened and remained on to fuel cap 15.Therefore, as described in the prior art part, do not need to use the member such as S shape spring to come the hinge 22 that support fuel cap 15 makes fuel cap to open and close is applied motivator, do not need to form the space of placing S shape spring yet.Therefore, the size of fuel adapter 16 can reduce, and its productive costs also can be reduced.
When the impact member 26 on being arranged on fuel cap 15 and actuation member 27 engage with the copulational protuberance 63 that is arranged on body panel 13 (fuel adapter a 16) side, the motivator that fuel cap 15 is actuated member 27 under the situation that the locking of door lock has been disengaged is actuated at closing direction, prevents that fuel cap 15 from opening with running counter to the automotive occupant intention.
As shown in Figure 7, when closing fuel cap 15, actuation member 27 contacts with the copulational protuberance 63 that is positioned at body panel 13 1 sides, shown in solid line.Along with further closing of fuel cap 15, the extension component 75 of actuation member 27 or extruder member 76 elastic deformations also begin to open shown in arrow b 1.When extruder member 76 process copulational protuberances 63, because extruder member applies squeese pressure by elastic force (motivator) (on the direction of arrow b2), fuel cap 15 continues to rotate in (on the direction of arrow a2) on the closing direction under the effect of the component of the hand pressure that continues and motivator.When election device 33 arrival of pressurized push the state (see figure 4), do not extend because elect the compression coil spring 53 of device 33, so even hand is removed from the fuel cap 15 that is in fuel cap off position E as shown in Figure 1, fuel cap 15 still is in closed condition.
When fuel cap 15 was in closed condition (fuel cap off position E), extruder member 76 or extension component 75 engaged with copulational protuberance 63, so actuation member 27 applies motivator to fuel cap 15.Therefore in the closed procedure of the pass of fuel cap 15, actuation member 27 is not closed fuel cap 15 automatically.Therefore can prevent that object is sandwiched between fuel cap 15 and the fuel adapter 16.
In addition, when fuel cap 15 was in closed condition, actuation member 27 was drawn fuel cap 15 at closing direction, and this inside pulling force (motivator) makes fuel cap 15 be pressed against and elects on the device 33.Therefore, when removing the locking of fuel cap 15 by the locking of removing door lock, fuel cap 15 can be owing to the effect that for example is subjected to (on arrow b3 direction) centnifugal force G when vehicle is turned right is opened.In addition, fuel cap 15 can be prevented at the light exercise that opens and closes on the direction, and fuel cap 15 vibrations (making a sound) can be prevented.
Under the situation of fuel cap 15 non-lockings, even fuel cap 15 can not opened yet when fuel cap 15 is sprayed by water in the carwash process.
Because the motivator of actuation member 27 is set to less than the tensile force of electing device 33, so copulational protuberance 63 can overcome motivator by the tensile force that forms when electing device 33 projections, move shown in arrow b1 through the extruder member 76 of actuation member 27, fuel cap 15 can automatically be opened.
In fuel adapter 16, need in the first wall parts 41 of an end of side member 35, not be formed for holding the spill housing parts of hinge or spring.Therefore, the size of fuel adapter 16 can reduce, and its productive costs also can reduce.
Because actuation member 27 mainly is made of fixed parts 74, extension component 75 and extruder member 76, so its structure obtains simplifying.
When the opening between the extruder member 76 of actuation member 27 was big, extension component 75 contacted with lock opening features 68 and prevents that extruder member 76 from opening, and therefore can keep motivator.
In fuel cap lockout mechanism 23, because actuation member link 57 is formed in the impact member 26, and first tab portion 81 and second tab portion 82 are formed in the actuation member 27, so actuation member 27 can be only before being fixed is engaged by first tab portion 81 and second tab portion 82 are hooked in actuation member link 57, and can easily assemble actuation member 27.
Because lock opening features 68 prevents the rotation when actuation member 27 is connected to impact member 26, even so be subjected to also can preventing when using outside thread member 71 to carry out the fixing power on rotation direction of screw thread that in actuation member 27 actuation member 27 from rotating, and can easily actuation member 27 and impact member 26 be assembled.
The lid structure applications that is used for fuel filler tube opening according to first embodiment has been described in the example of the fuel cap that covers fuel filler tube opening, also can be applied to open and close lid or cap except other openings of fuel filler tube opening but cover structure.
Below with reference to the lid structure that be used for fuel adding mouth of Fig. 8 to Figure 14 explanation according to second embodiment.
As shown in Figure 8, the lid structure 100 of the fuel adding mouth of second embodiment is provided with: cup-shaped fuel adapter 116, fuel adapter 116 are set to be contained in the filler pipe opening 114 that is formed in the body panel 113; The fuel cap 115 that is used for the opening features of opening and closing fuel adapter 116; Elect device 118; Lid pin device 121; And lid lock apparatus 122.
Vehicle set has fuel supply system 134.Fuel supply system 134 is provided with: the Fuel Tank (not shown); Be connected to the fuel feed pipe 137 that is used for guiding fuel of Fuel Tank; And the fuel that is connected to the upper end 138 of fuel feed pipe 137 and is connected to filler pipe opening 114 is supplied with the lid structure 100 of opening.
As shown in Figures 9 and 10, when near the switch (not shown) being arranged on operator's saddle is operated, lid lock apparatus 122 operations, and locking is disengaged.When next manually (on the direction of arrow c1) when pushing away fuel cap 115, lid pin device 121 discharges by the election device 118 that is arranged on the fuel adapter 116, promote the inboard (promoting open position 141) of fuel cap 115, make hinge 143 rotate around rotating support component, and fuel cap 115 is pushed out (seeing Figure 14 C) to being enough to catch (seeing Figure 14 B) by finger Hf.When hooking edge (on the direction of arrow c2) the pulling fuel cap 115 of fuel cap 115 by finger Hf, fuel cap 115 is opened, thereby can fueling.
In the fueling process, the fuel adding rifle is inserted in the fuel adding opening 146, and fuel adding opening 146 forms the end of the fuel feed pipe 137 that is connected with the inboard (bottom part 145) of fuel adding vent cover structure 100.
By the described mechanism of opposite operation, the fuel cap 115 of fuel adding vent cover structure 100 is closed and locks.Specifically, when closing fuel cap 115, cover pin device 121 and lock fuel cap 115 by lid lock apparatus in the closed position 122 joints.
The impact member 151 that lid pin device 121 comprises the lid engaging gear 148 in the side member 147 that is installed in fuel adapter 116 and is used for engaging with lid engaging gear 148, and lid pin device 121 has by elastic force the function of fuel cap 115 bolt-locks to body panel 113 and locking fuel cap 115.
The lid structure 100 of fuel adding opening is provided with: have the fuel adapter 116 of fuel adding opening 146, fuel adapter 116 is arranged on filler pipe opening 136 places of bottom part 145; Be used for the fuel cap 115 with respect to 114 opening and closing of filler pipe opening, can pass through hinge 143 (on the direction of arrow c1 and arrow c2) rotation thereby an end 152 of fuel cap 115 is connected to fuel adapter 116; Be arranged on the copulational protuberance 155 on the fuel adapter 116; Be used for engaging with copulational protuberance 155 and with fuel cap 115 bolt-locks impact member 151 in off position, impact member 151 is arranged on the fuel cap 115; And actuation gear 156, be used for by actuating copulational protuberance 155 movingly and actuate fuel cap 115 at closing direction (arrow c1 direction) towards impact member 151 (in arrow c3 direction).
In copulational protuberance 155, contact component 161 is second inclined surfaces 162, but second inclined surface 162 also can have the shape (comprising arc) of little inclination or the shape that does not tilt.
As shown in figure 10, the side member 147 of fuel adapter 116 is formed by the first side wall 177, second sidewall 178, the 3rd sidewall 181 and the 4th sidewall 182.Fuel adapter 116 has the bottom part 145 continuous with side member 147.The opening 166 that enters that is used for the lid engaging gear 148 of connection cover locking device 122 is formed on the first side wall 177.
Shown in Figure 11,12 and 13, lid engaging gear 148 comprises: the columniform base caps 185 that is connected to fuel adapter 116; The bar that is installed in the base caps 185 receives cylindrical member 86; Be contained in bar and receive actuation gear 156 and copulational protuberance 155 in the tube body 187 of cylindrical member 186; And the lock pin 165 in the insertion copulational protuberance 155.
Bar receives cylindrical member 186 and has lock pin receiving-member 188 and first tab portion 191 that forms concentrically with tube body 187.
Base caps 185 have for the flange 192 that opening 166 engages that enters that is formed on fuel adapter 116; Second tab portion 193; And be used for receiving the first hole parts 194 that first tab portion 191 of cylindrical member 186 engages with bar.Second tab portion 193 is elastomeric, and base caps 185 is clamped by flange 192 and second tab portion 193 by fuel adapter 116 and is connected to fuel adapter 116.Copulational protuberance 155 can advance and withdrawal by the second hole parts 195, and the second hole parts 195 receive the central authorities that cylindrical member 186 is formed on flange 192 concentrically with bar.
The concrete structure of copulational protuberance 155 is, contact component 161 is formed on engage body 197 towards the front end place of impact member 151, make pin-and-hole 201 that lock pin 165 can slide and the axis 198 of attachment 197 form concentrically, by being formed on the central authorities of longitudinal direction with the stop shoulder 202 of the effect of playing retainer with the edge joint of the second hole parts 195 of base caps 185, insert convergent parts 204 with the continuous pin of pin-and-hole 201 and be formed on the rear end, and insert the continuous elastic body receiving end 205 of convergent parts 204 with pin and be formed the end that bolt-lock is lived actuation gear 156.Elastic body receiving end 205 receives the motivator of actuation gear 156.Actuation gear 156 is for example to compress spring.
The motivator of actuation gear 156 (spring force) produces when lid lock apparatus 122 non-lockings less than the component of force of opening releasing power of electing device 118, and is set to produce the component of force of closing confining force greater than electing device 118.
Be the load that the hydraulic pressure when being enough to prevent fuel cap 115 by the centnifugal force G that for example produces at Ackermann steer angle or high Pressure-washing apparatus is opened greater than the component of force of closing confining force.
Be to make fuel cap 115 can be elected the load that device 118 is opened less than the component of force of opening releasing power.
Below with reference to the operation of Figure 14 A to 14C explanation according to the lid structure that is used for the fuel adding opening of second embodiment.
Shown in Figure 14 A, fuel cap 115 is fixed to body panel 113 by being locked by lid lock apparatus 122.When after fuel cap 115 has been closed, near the switch the operator's saddle being adjusted to " locking ", lock pin 165 advances (on arrow d1 direction) by lock driver element 164 (Fig. 3), and lock pin 165 engages through the lockhole parts 172 of impact member 151 and with lockhole parts 172, thus locking fuel cap 115.
Under the situation of opening fuel cap 115, when aforementioned switch was adjusted to " release ", the locking by lock pin 165 was disengaged (Figure 14 B).
Since by the contact component 161 (second inclined surface 162) with copulational protuberance 155 be pushed against impact member 151 contact component 157 (first inclined surface 158) and with fuel cap 115 bolt-locks on body panel 113, so the use actuate spring so that fuel cap 115 bolt-locks to the structure on the body panel 113 is arranged in the single lid lock apparatus 122.Therefore, fuel adding vent cover structure 100 can be simplified, and the size of fuel adding vent cover structure 100 can reduce.
Specifically, when the motivator of copulational protuberance 155 by actuation gear 156 promotes to be arranged on impact member 151 on the fuel cap 115 shown in arrow d2, component of force acts on first inclined surface 158 of impact member 151 towards the inboard of body panel 113 (on the direction of arrow d3) shown in arrow d4, so fuel cap 115 is pulled to the inboard (on the direction of arrow d3) of body panel 113.Produce (on arrow d5 direction) with retracted mode and close confining force pushing because elect device 118, so fuel cap 115 is pushed to the outside (on arrow d6 direction) of body panel 113.At this moment, (component of force and close confining force) all is balances because default power, so fuel cap 115 keeps closing at off position E.
In fuel adding vent cover structure 100 as shown in Figure 14B, even because when the locking of fuel cap 115 is disengaged because above-mentioned equilibrium of forces makes the distal component of copulational protuberance 155 keep engaging with impact member 151, so fuel cap 115 can not opened.Therefore, interfere even when the locking of fuel cap 115 is disengaged, also can prevent near the object the fuel cap 115 with body panel 113 outsides.
When next using hand H (on arrow d7 direction) pushing fuel cap 115 behind the latch-release, fuel cap 115 inwardly move (state shown in long and two-short dash line) enter (on arrow d3 direction) in the body panel 113, then impact member 151 is inwardly moved when preventing from by detaching gear 159 interfering with copulational protuberance 155.
Shown in Figure 14 C, elected the opening of (on arrow d8 direction) of devices 118 removes when trying hard to recommend out when fuel cap 115 beginning, first inclined surface 158 of impact member 151 with move when the contact component 161 of copulational protuberance 155 contacts, and impact member 151 causes copulational protuberance 155 to overcome the elastic force of actuation gear 156 and (on arrow d9 direction) withdrawal.Therefore fuel cap 115 opens to minimum open position Ka.
When fuel cap 115 begins to close after the fueling, carry out opposite motion; That is: the transformation of generation from the state shown in Figure 14 C to the state shown in Figure 14 B, and the contact component 157 of impact member 151 (first inclined surface 158) begins to arrive the contact component 161 (second inclined surface 162) of copulational protuberance 155.Because the contact component 161 of first inclined surface 158 of impact member 151 and copulational protuberance 155 slides owing to the motion of copulational protuberance 155 on direction of propulsion abuts against each other and engages, so fuel cap 115 can be actuated at closing direction, and fuel cap 115 is automatically closed.
In the fuel adding vent cover structure 100 of above-mentioned configuration, copulational protuberance 155 can be actuated fuel cap 115 at closing direction (arrow d3 direction) towards impact member 151 (on arrow d2 direction) motion because actuation gear 156 is set to by actuating copulational protuberance 155, so need not provide spring to actuate fuel cap 115 at closing direction in hinge 143 (Fig. 8) side, fuel adding vent cover structure 100 can be simplified and the size of fuel adding vent cover structure 100 can reduce.
Illustrated that the lid structure for the fuel adding opening of the present invention is used for the example of vehicle, but covering structure can be used on the non-vehicle application also.
Industrial applicibility
Lid structure for the fuel adding opening according to the present invention is applicable to the fuel filler tube opening that is arranged on the body panel.
Claims (5)
1. lid structure that is used for the fuel filler tube opening of vehicle comprises:
The fuel adapter, it is arranged on the fuel adding opening part that is formed on the vehicle body and has fuel filler tube opening;
Fuel cap, it is used for opening and closing described fuel filler tube opening by the hinge rotation at the first end place that is arranged on described fuel adapter;
Copulational protuberance, it is arranged on in described fuel adapter and the described fuel cap at least one;
Impact member, it is arranged on in described fuel adapter and the described fuel cap another, is used for engaging with described copulational protuberance and described fuel cap being locked in closed condition; And
Actuation member, it is arranged on in described impact member and the described copulational protuberance at least one, is used for actuating described fuel cap at closing direction,
Wherein, described copulational protuberance is provided with described actuation member, and described actuation member is used for by movably being actuated to actuate described fuel cap at described closing direction towards described impact member,
Wherein, described copulational protuberance be configured to towards or advance and withdrawal away from the direction of described impact member, and have inclined surface, wherein be used for tilting in the direction that propelling and retracted orientation with described copulational protuberance intersect with any one contact component that is in contact with one another and engages of described copulational protuberance and described impact member;
The inclined surface of described copulational protuberance and another contact component slide mutually towards the motion of described impact member by described copulational protuberance and engage, and actuate described fuel cap at described closing direction thus; And
The inclined surface of described copulational protuberance and described contact component slide mutually and are disengaged away from the motion of described impact member on the contrary by described copulational protuberance and described actuation member, remove described actuating thus.
2. lid structure according to claim 1, wherein, described another contact component has the inclined surface that is used to form with the angle of the inclined surface basically identical of described copulational protuberance.
3. lid structure according to claim 2, wherein,
Described copulational protuberance arranges concentrically with the lock pin that is used for the described fuel cap of lock device cooperation the locking and unlocking, and has the pin-and-hole that inserts for described lock pin, and the inclined surface of described pin-and-hole and described copulational protuberance is continuous; And
Described impact member has the lockhole parts, and has first inclined surface that forms continuously with described lockhole parts, described lock pin and described lockhole part bonding.
4. lid structure according to claim 1, wherein, described impact member and described copulational protuberance are arranged on and described first end opposite second end place, and described hinge is arranged on described first end place.
5. lid structure according to claim 1, wherein,
Described fuel adapter is provided with for the election device that alternately repeats projection hold mode and withdrawal hold mode, under described projection hold mode, produce the releasing power of opening of opening the pressure of described fuel cap as the motivator that overcomes described actuation member, and producing during whenever described fuel cap pressurized under the described withdrawal hold mode as the confining force of closing less than the described pressure of opening releasing power; And
Described actuation member is set to produce less than the described motivator of opening releasing power under the projection hold mode of described election device, and produces greater than described motivator of closing confining force under described withdrawal hold mode.
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