JP6492539B2 - Vehicle energy supply structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle energy supply unit structure.

For example, in a vehicle using fossil fuel as energy, that is, a vehicle equipped with an engine using fossil fuel, an oil supply unit structure having an oil supply port for supplying fuel to a fuel tank is provided as an energy supply unit structure. It has been.
In Patent Document 1, as an oil supply portion structure, a recess provided in an outer panel of a vehicle body that accommodates an oil supply port, a cap that opens and closes the oil supply port, an open position that opens the recess, and a closed position that closes the recess are provided. It is shown that includes a lid that can swing between them, a lock mechanism that holds the lid in the closed position, and a spring member that is provided on the lid and biases the lid to the open position in the closed position.
A string-like tether that connects the cap and the lid is provided in order to prevent the cap removed from the oil filler opening and loss at the time of refueling.
This is because when the tether is attached to the vehicle body, the cap may hang down and hit the vehicle body (outer plate), causing damage, but when the tether is attached to the lid, the lid in the open position is separated from the outer plate, so the cap is This is because the vehicle body will not be separated from the vehicle.

JP 2011-63165 A

By the way, if the length of the tether is too long, the cap hits the vehicle body, and if the length is too short, the operability when attaching and detaching the cap deteriorates. Further, the length is set to a certain length so as to ensure operability.
Therefore, the tether is slack when the lid is closed, and the slack pulled by the lid is resolved when the lid is open.
Therefore, since the posture of the tether changes as the lid opens and closes, if a spring member that biases the lid to the open position is located in the vicinity of the tether, a part of the tether is sandwiched between the spring members. There is.
When the tether is sandwiched between the spring members, it is difficult to close the lid, and the user needs to remove the tether sandwiched between the spring members from the spring member, which is troublesome. In addition, the tether is damaged, which is disadvantageous in ensuring durability.
On the other hand, in a vehicle using electric power as energy, that is, a vehicle equipped with an electric motor driven by electric power supplied from a battery, charging having a charging unit for charging the battery with electric power as an energy supply unit structure A part structure is provided, and a cap for opening and closing the charging part is provided.
Also in this case, when a tether for connecting the cap and the lid is provided, the same problem as described above occurs.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle energy supply unit structure that is advantageous in preventing the tether from being sandwiched between spring members that bias the lid to the open position. It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a recess provided in an outer panel of a vehicle body that houses an energy supply unit, a cap that opens and closes the energy supply unit, an open position that opens the recess, and the recess. A lid swingable between a closed closed position, a spring member provided on a lid inner located on the concave side of the lid and biasing the lid to the open position at the closed position; the cap; an energy supply unit structure of a vehicle and a tether for connecting the lid, the tether has a mounting base that is attached to the lid, the shaft portion provided on the mounting base is the Riddoin'na It is by being engaged with the mounting hole provided attached to the Riddoin'na, between the spring member and the mounting base of the lid inner, the Te Wherein the protruding portion for movement hampering for preventing movement to the spring member side of the chromatography is provided.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the protrusion is configured by cutting and raising a part of the lid inner .
Further, in the present invention, the protrusion is provided in the vicinity of the attachment base of the tether where the tether is attached to the lid, and the extension direction of the tether is in contact with the attachment base from the spring member. It is characterized by being directed away.

According to the present invention, the protrusion prevents the tether from moving toward the spring member, which is advantageous in preventing the tether from being caught by the spring member when the lid is opened and closed.
This eliminates the need for troublesome operations such as removing the tether sandwiched between the spring members from the spring member, improves the operability of the energy supply operation, and is advantageous in improving the durability of the tether by preventing damage to the tether. .
According to the present invention, the protrusion can reliably contact the tether, which is advantageous in reliably preventing the tether from being sandwiched between the spring members.
According to the present invention, since the projecting portion contacts the attachment base portion of the tether and the extending direction of the tether is directed away from the spring member, it is advantageous in reliably preventing the tether from being caught by the spring member. It becomes.

It is a perspective view which shows the oil supply part structure of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of a spring member, a lid, and a hinge. It is a perspective view of the projection part in the open position of a lid, and the attachment base part of a tether. It is an expansion perspective view of the projection part in the open position of a lid, and the attachment base part of a tether. It is explanatory drawing of the spring member and tether in the open position of a lid.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the energy supply unit structure is a fuel supply unit structure having a fuel supply port for supplying fuel to a fuel tank of a vehicle on which an engine using fossil fuel is mounted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the oil filler structure 10 includes a recess 12, a cap 14, a lid 16, a lock mechanism 18, a spring member 20, a tether 22, and a protrusion 24. .
The recess 12 is provided in the outer panel 26 of the vehicle body and accommodates a fuel filler opening serving as an energy supply unit.
The recess 12 is formed in an open shape on the side of the vehicle body via a rectangular opening.
The recess 12 includes a bottom wall 1202 formed of a housing member and provided with an oil filler port, and a peripheral wall 1204 that stands up from the periphery of the bottom wall 1202 and is connected to the outer panel 26 around the opening. Yes.

  The cap 14 opens and closes the oil filler opening, and the cap 14 is formed with a female screw that is screwed into a male screw of the oil filler opening.

The lid 16 is swingably provided via a hinge 28 between an open position where the recess 12 is opened and a closed position where the recess 12 is closed.
The lid 16 includes a rectangular plate-shaped lid outer 16A and a frame-plate-shaped lid inner 16B positioned on the recess 12 side. The lid outer 16A and the lid inner 16B are made of sheet metal.
The hinge 28 is provided between the lid inner 16B and the bottom wall 1202.

The lock mechanism 18 holds the lid 16 in the closed position.
In the present embodiment, the lock mechanism 18 protrudes and retracts from the peripheral wall 1204 by a lock recess 1802 provided at the end of the lid 16 positioned opposite to the hinge 28, by an operation at the driver's seat, or by an actuator. It includes a lock claw 1804 that enters and leaves the locking recess 1802.
Various conventionally known structures can be used as the lock mechanism 18.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the spring member 20 is provided on the lid inner 16 </ b> B and biases the lid 16 to the open position when the lid 16 is closed.
The spring member 20 is configured by bending a plate material at a plurality of locations. That is, the spring member 20 includes an attachment base portion 2002, a first plate portion 2006 folded from the attachment base portion 2002 through the first bent portion 2004 onto the attachment base portion 2002, and an end portion of the first plate portion 2006. The second plate portion 2010 folded back onto the first plate portion 2006 via the second bent portion 2008, and the convex contact portion 2012 provided at the end of the second plate portion 2010. And.
As the plate material, various conventionally known materials such as a synthetic resin plate material and a spring steel plate can be used.

The mounting base 2002 includes a holding portion 2016 that holds the edge portion of the lid inner 16B in a state where the convex portion 2014 is engaged with the hole 1610 at the edge portion of the lid inner 16B. The holding portion 2016 holds the edge portion of the lid inner 16B. By doing so, it is attached to the lid inner 16B.
As shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 2, at the closed position of the lid 16, the contact portion 2012 contacts the hinge 28, and the first bent portion 2004 and the second bent portion 2008 are bent, whereby the lid 16. Is biased to the open position.
In the present embodiment, the gap S between the mounting base portion 2002 and the first plate portion 2006 is a size that allows the tether 22 to enter, and as shown in FIG. When the tether 22 enters the gap S, the tether 22 is sandwiched.

The tether 22 connects the cap 14 and the lid 16 and is made of a synthetic resin.
In the present embodiment, the tether 22 includes an attachment base portion 22A attached to the lid inner 16B, a cap attachment portion 22B attached to the cap 14, and a string portion 22C connecting the base portions 22A and 22B.
The attachment base portion 22A has a shaft portion (not shown), and this shaft portion is attached to the Lind Inner 16B by being detachably coupled to an attachment hole portion provided in the lid inner 16B.
The string portion 22C has flexibility and has a circular cross section.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the protrusion 24 is provided on the lid inner 16 </ b> B and contacts the tether 22 to prevent the tether 22 from moving toward the spring member 20.
The protrusion 24 is configured by cutting and raising a part of the lid inner 16 </ b> B, and is disposed between the attachment base 22 </ b> A of the tether 22 and the spring member 20.
In the present embodiment, the projecting portion 24 is provided in the vicinity of the attachment base portion 22A of the tether 22, and a portion of the string portion 22C that contacts the attachment base portion 22A and connects to the attachment base portion 22A is directed in a direction away from the spring member 20. Yes.
The protrusion 24 stands upright with respect to the plane on which the attachment base 22A extends or on the plane on which the portion of the string portion 22C connected to the attachment base 22A extends. As shown in FIG. Even if 22 is slackened at the closed position of the lid 16 and the tip of the mounting base 22A is displaced toward the bottom wall of the recess 12, it is provided with a height H that does not come off the mounting base 22A.

According to the present embodiment, the protrusion 24 prevents the tether 22 from moving to the spring member 20 side.
Therefore, it is advantageous to prevent the tether 22 from being caught between the spring members 20 when the lid 16 is opened and closed.
Therefore, a troublesome operation of removing the tether 22 sandwiched between the spring members 20 from the spring members 20 is not necessary, which is advantageous in improving the operability of the refueling operation.
Further, since the tether 22 can be prevented from being sandwiched between the spring members 20, it is advantageous in preventing the tether 22 from being damaged and improving the durability of the tether 22.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the protruding portion 24 is disposed between the attachment base portion 22 </ b> A of the tether 22 to which the tether 22 is attached to the lid 16 and the spring member 20.
Therefore, the protrusion 24 can reliably contact the tether 22, thereby preventing the protrusion 24 from moving the tether 22 toward the spring member 20, and reliably preventing the tether 22 from being sandwiched between the spring members 20. This is advantageous.
Further, according to the present embodiment, the projecting portion 24 is provided in the vicinity of the attachment base portion 22A of the tether 22 where the tether 22 is attached to the lid 16, and the extending direction of the tether 22 comes into contact with the attachment base portion 22A. Is directed away from the spring member 20.
Therefore, it is advantageous for reliably preventing the tether 22 from being sandwiched between the spring members 20, and it is advantageous for improving the operability of the refueling operation and improving the durability of the tether 22.

  In addition, although embodiment demonstrated the case where the energy supply part structure was the oil supply part structure 10, this invention is the charging part structure of the vehicle carrying the electric motor driven by the electric power supplied from a battery. Of course also applies.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Oil supply part structure 12 Recessed part 14 Cap 16 Lid 16A Lid outer 16B Lid inner 20 Spring member 22 Tether 22A Attachment base 22B Cap attachment part 22C String part 24 Projection part 28 Hinge

Claims (3)

A recess provided in the outer panel of the vehicle body for accommodating the energy supply unit;
A cap for opening and closing the energy supply unit;
A lid swingable between an open position where the concave portion is opened and a closed position where the concave portion is closed;
A spring member provided on a lid inner located on the concave side of the lid and biasing the lid to the open position at the closed position;
A tether connecting the cap and the lid;
A vehicle energy supply structure comprising :
The tether has an attachment base attached to the lid, and is attached to the lid inner by engaging a shaft portion provided in the attachment base with an attachment hole provided in the lid inner,
Between the spring member and the mounting base of the lid inner protrusion for mobile blocking it is provided for preventing movement to the spring member side of the tether,
A vehicle energy supply unit structure characterized by the above. The protrusion is configured by cutting and raising a part of the lid inner.
The vehicle energy supply part structure according to claim 1. The protrusion is provided in the vicinity of an attachment base of the tether where the tether is attached to the lid, and contacts the attachment base and directs the extending direction of the tether away from the spring member. ,
The vehicle energy supply part structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

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