JP7007786B2 - Mounting structure of refueling palate - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a refueling palate that opens and closes a refueling palate that closes a refueling port of a vehicle body.

When refueling the fuel tank for an automobile, the refueling port lid 110 that closes the refueling port 101 provided on the vehicle body is opened, and the fuel is refueled from the refueling port 101.
At this time, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the lid mounting member 120 is attached to the back surface of the refueling port lid 110, and the lid mounting member 120 is attached to the refueling port box 140. The refueling port lid 110 is attached to the refueling port 101 together with the refueling port box 140 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

When the refueling port lid 110 is opened, the engagement pin 121 for the refueling port box 140 of the lid mounting member 120 is provided on the outside of the refueling port lid 110 laterally behind the refueling port 101 in order to secure an opening / closing space. There is. Therefore, the lid mounting member 120 is also greatly curved and extends to the outside of the refueling port lid 110 in the lateral direction.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the refueling port box 140 becomes larger in the lateral direction than the opening portion of the refueling port 101, and requires a large space to secure the mounting space for the refueling port box 140. The workability of assembling the fuel filler box 140 to the fuel filler port 101 was not good.

Since the shape of the lid mounting member 120 also changes depending on the type of vehicle, the shape of the opening portion of the fuel filler port 101 needs to be changed according to the vehicle, and it is difficult to standardize the parts.
Further, when the engagement pin 121 of the lid mounting member 120 is mounted on the fuel filler port box 140, it is necessary to insert the tip of the lid mounting member 120 into the back of the fuel filler port box 140, and the fuel filler port box 140 of the lid mounting member 120 needs to be inserted. The workability at the time of assembling to the was not good.

Further, when the opening angle of the refueling port lid 110 becomes large, a force is exerted so that the vicinity of the center of the lid mounting member 120 abuts on the edge of the refueling port box 140 and is rotated to the tip of the lid mounting member 120. In some cases. In this case, the tip of the lid mounting member 120 may come off the engagement pin 121 and come off the fuel filler box 140.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-343367

Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a mounting structure for a refueling palate that is easy to attach to the refueling port box and is hard to come off.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention of claim 1 is in a structure for attaching a refueling palate that opens and closes a refueling palate that closes a refueling port of a vehicle body.
A mounting arm member is attached to the refueling palate, a refueling port box is attached to the refueling port, and a mounting arm member is attached to the refueling port box.
The mounting arm member has a lid mounting portion for mounting the refueling port lid and a box mounting arm that rotatably attaches to the refueling port box. The mounting arm member is rotatably engaged with the refueling port box at the tip of the box mounting arm. Provided a box engagement pin to stop
The fuel filler box has an arm storage portion that extends from the fuel filler port box body to the inside of the vehicle body, and an arm engagement portion that engages the box engagement pin is provided at the back of the arm storage portion. An arm guide portion that guides the box engagement pin from the fuel filler box body to the arm engagement portion is formed , and a box engagement pin holding protrusion is formed at the connection portion between the arm guide portion and the arm engagement portion.
When the refueling port lid is opened and the box mounting arm of the mounting arm member comes into contact with the box body of the refueling port box, the direction in which the box engaging pin rotates due to the rotation of the box mounting arm around the contact portion. The groove direction near the box engagement pin holding protrusion of the arm guide is formed in a direction different from the direction in which the box engagement pin is urged . be.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the mounting structure of the refueling port that opens and closes the refueling port that closes the refueling port of the vehicle body, a mounting arm member is attached to the refueling port lid, a refueling port box is attached to the refueling port, and the refueling port box is attached. The mounting arm member is mounted. Therefore, the refueling port lid can be freely opened and closed by the mounting arm member to the refueling port box, and the refueling port lid can close the refueling port of the vehicle body.

The mounting arm member has a lid mounting portion for mounting the refueling port lid and a box mounting arm that rotatably attaches to the refueling port box. The mounting arm member is rotatably engaged with the refueling port box at the tip of the box mounting arm. A box engagement pin is provided to stop. Therefore, the mounting arm member rotates around the box engaging pin provided in the fuel filler box, and the fuel filler palate can open and close the fuel filler port of the vehicle body.

The refueling port box has an arm storage portion extending from the main body of the refueling port box to the inside of the vehicle body, and has an arm engaging portion for engaging the box engaging pin in the arm storage portion, and refueling the refueling port box. An arm guide portion that guides the box engagement pin from the mouth box body to the arm engagement portion is formed. Therefore, when the mounting arm member is mounted on the fuel filler box, the box engagement pin is inserted along the arm guide portion to form a fuel filler port formed in the inner direction of the vehicle body at the back of the fuel filler port box, which is not directly visible. The mounting arm member can be easily attached to the arm engaging portion of the box. The arm guide portion may have a groove shape, a notch shape, or a convex portion.
Since the box engaging pin holding protrusion is formed at the connecting portion between the arm guide portion and the arm engaging portion, it is possible to prevent the box engaging pin provided in the arm engaging portion from coming off.
When the refueling port lid is opened and the box mounting arm of the mounting arm member abuts on the box body of the refueling port box, the box engaging pin rotates due to the rotation of the box mounting arm around the contact portion. It is urged in the direction, and the groove direction near the box engagement pin holding protrusion of the arm guide is formed in a direction different from the direction in which the box engagement pin is urged. In addition, the box mounting arm of the mounting arm member may come into contact with the box body of the fuel filler port box, but the box mounting arm rotates around the contact portion and the box engaging pin rotates. It is not urged in the direction of the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the arm guide portion, and the direction of the arm guide portion is different from the urging direction, so that the box engaging pin is hard to disengage from the arm engaging portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, two box engaging pin holding protrusions of the arm guide portion are formed on the arm guide portion so that the box engaging pin holding protrusions face each other , and the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box are formed. The oil filler lid mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the engagement pin holding protrusions is 90 to 99% of the diameter of the box engagement pin.

In the present invention of claim 2 , two box engaging pin holding protrusions of the arm guide portion are formed on the arm guide portion so that the box engaging pin holding protrusions face each other , and the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box are formed. The distance between the engagement pin holding protrusions is 90 to 99% of the diameter of the box engagement pin. Therefore, the distance between the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box engaging pin holding protrusion is such that the box engaging pin can be bent and fitted when the box engaging pin is inserted, and the distance is not easily disengaged. Is easy to install and hard to come off when attaching to the arm engaging part.

When the distance between the box engagement pin holding protrusion and the box engaging pin holding protrusion is less than 90% of the diameter of the box engaging pin, the distance between the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box engaging pin holding protrusion is narrow and the space between them is small. If the box engaging pin is difficult to pass through and the box engaging pin is difficult to attach, and if it exceeds 99% of the diameter of the box engaging pin, the interval is wide and the box engaging pin is easily disengaged.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the box engaging pin is a mounting structure of a refueling palate in which an inclined surface is formed so as to be cut toward the tip in the axial direction .

In the present invention of claim 5, since the box engaging pin is formed with an inclined surface that is shaved in an inclined shape toward the tip in the axial direction , the box engaging pin is formed by the box engaging pin holding projection and the box engaging pin. When inserting between the holding protrusions, the box engaging pin holding protrusions are easily bent and easily inserted, and the mounting arm member can be easily assembled.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the box engaging pin is a mounting structure for a refueling palate having a circular, elliptical or oval cross-sectional shape.

In the present invention of claim 4 , since the box engaging pin has a circular, elliptical or oval cross-sectional shape, the box engaging pin is inserted between the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box engaging pin holding protrusion. It is easy to assemble the mounting arm member.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the box engaging pin holding protrusion has a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and the angle of the slope on the arm guide portion side is gentler than the angle of the slope on the arm engaging portion side. It is a mounting structure.

In the present invention of claim 5 , the box engaging pin holding protrusion has a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and the angle of the slope on the arm guide portion side is gentler than the angle of the slope on the arm engaging portion side. Therefore, when inserting the box engaging pin between the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box engaging pin holding protrusion, it is easy to insert because the slope is gentle, and when the box engaging pin comes off, it is on the slope. The angle becomes large and it becomes difficult to come off.

The present invention of claim 6 is a mounting structure of a refueling palate in which a lid mounting portion of a mounting arm member is integrally formed on the back surface of the refueling palate.

In the present invention of claim 6 , since the lid mounting portion of the mounting arm member is integrally formed on the back surface of the refueling palate, the connection structure between the refueling palate and the mounting arm member is simplified, the number of parts is reduced, and the weight is reduced. Can be transformed into.

Since the fuel filler box has an arm engaging portion for engaging the box engaging pin and forms an arm guide portion for guiding the box engaging pin from the box body of the fuel filler box to the arm engaging portion. When the mounting arm member is mounted on the fuel filler port box, the mounting arm member can be easily assembled to the fuel filler port box by inserting the box engaging pin into the arm guide portion.

The embodiment of the present invention is shown, and it is sectional drawing of the refueling port box, the refueling port lid, and the mounting arm member in a state where the refueling port lid is opened. An embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a mounting arm member with a refueling port lid open and a mounting portion of a refueling port box. It shows the embodiment of this invention, and is the side view of the fuel filler port box. The embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is a perspective view of an arm guide portion of a fuel filler port box. It shows the embodiment of this invention, and is sectional drawing of the arm guide part part of a fuel filler port box. The embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is an enlarged perspective view of an arm engaging portion of a fuel filler port box. It shows the embodiment of this invention, and is the enlarged sectional view of the arm engaging part of the fuel filler port box. The embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a box engaging pin of a mounting arm member. The embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is an enlarged perspective view of another shape of the box engaging pin of the mounting arm member. It shows an embodiment of the present invention and is an enlarged cross-sectional view of another shape of a box engaging pin of a mounting arm member. It is a perspective view seen from diagonally above the refueling port portion with the conventional refueling port lid open. It is a cross-sectional view of the refueling port portion in a state where the conventional refueling port lid is opened, and is the cross-sectional view along the line BB of FIG.

The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a refueling palate 10 that opens and closes a refueling palate 10 that closes a refueling port 1 of a vehicle body 2. Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with respect to the fuel filler port 10, the fuel filler port box 30 for mounting the fuel filler port 10 to the vehicle body 2, and the mounting arm member 20 which is a connecting member for connecting the fuel filler port box 30 and the fuel filler port lid 10. At the same time, the rotation of the refueling palate 10 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refueling palate 10 is formed in accordance with the shape of the refueling port 1 in order to close the refueling port 1 of the vehicle body 2. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is formed in a quadrangle shape, but it can be formed in a circular shape or an elliptical shape according to the shape of the fuel filler port 1. The upper surface 11 of the fuel filler lid 10 is painted in accordance with the color of the vehicle body 2 to form a smooth flat surface.
When refueling the fuel tank for an automobile, the refueling port lid 10 that closes the refueling port 1 provided in the vehicle body 2 is opened, and the fuel is refueled from the refueling port 1.

On the back surface 12 of the refueling palate 10, an arm member mounting portion 13 of the refueling palate 10 for mounting the mounting arm member 20 which is a mounting member of the refueling palate 10 is provided. In the present embodiment, the arm member mounting portion 13 of the refueling palate 10 is formed as two parallel plates. The arm member mounting portion 13 of the refueling palate 10 is provided with an arm member mounting hole 14 of the refueling palate 10 to which the mounting arm member 20 is mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mounting arm member 20 is formed at one end of the box mounting arm 23 of the plate-shaped mounting arm member 20 curved in an arc shape and the box mounting arm 23, and the fuel filler lid 10 is formed. It has a lid mounting portion 21 of the mounting arm member 20 which is a portion to be mounted on the box, and a box mounting portion 24 of the mounting arm member 20 which is formed at the other tip of the box mounting arm 23 and is mounted to the fuel filler box 30. is doing. The lid mounting portion 21 is fitted into the arm member mounting hole 14 of the refueling palate 10, and the refueling palate 10 is mounted on the mounting arm member 20.

The refueling palate 10 and the mounting arm member 20 are integrally formed, and the lid mounting portion 21 of the mounting arm member 20 and the arm member mounting hole 14 of the refueling palate 10 are omitted and mounted on the back surface 12 of the refueling palate 10. The lid mounting portion 21 of the arm member 20 can be integrally formed. In this case, since the lid mounting portion 21 of the mounting arm member 20 is integrally formed on the back surface 12 of the refueling palate 10, the connection structure between the refueling palate 10 and the mounting arm member 20 is simplified and the number of parts is reduced. Therefore, the weight can be reduced.

At the tip of the lid mounting portion 21 of the mounting arm member 20, a lid lock portion 22 of the mounting arm member 20 extending to the fuel filler port box 30 side is formed. When the refueling port lid 10 is closed, the lid lock portion 22 engages with the lock pin 32 of the refueling port box 30, which will be described later, of the refueling port box 30.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the box mounting portion 24 of the mounting arm member 20 is formed with a box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 that engages with the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30 described later. ing. The box engaging pins 25 are formed on both side surfaces of the tip of the box mounting portion 24.

The box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 can form the box engaging pin slope 25a of the mounting arm member 20 which is cut into a slope shape toward the tip end. The box engaging pin slope 25a makes it easy for the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 to be mounted on the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30, which will be described later.

Further, the box engaging pin 25 may be formed so as to project on both sides of the box mounting portion 24 of the mounting arm member 20, but is continuous from one side surface of the tip of the box mounting portion 24 to the other side surface. It can also be formed as a book pin.

The box engagement pin 25 can be formed in a circular, oval or oval cross-sectional shape. In this case, the box engaging pin 25 can be easily inserted between the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b and the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, which will be described later, and the mounting arm member 20 can be easily assembled.

Next, the refueling port box 30 to which the refueling port lid 10 is attached by the mounting arm member 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the refueling port box main body 31, which is the main body of the refueling port box 30, is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape, but is different from the vehicle body 2 on which the refueling port 1 is formed. It can be formed into a circular shape, an elliptical shape, or the like according to the shape of the fuel filler lid 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fuel filler box main body 31 has a fuel filler hole 36 formed in the center of the bottom of the fuel filler port box 30 for inserting a fuel filler gun (not shown) communicating with the fuel filler port 1 of the vehicle body 2. There is.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refueling port box 30 is attached to a refueling port box holding portion 3 provided on the vehicle body 2.

The portion of the fuel filler box 30 to which the box mounting portion 24 of the mounting arm member 20 is mounted enters the inside of the vehicle body 2 (left side in FIG. 1) from the portion where the fuel filler box holding portion 3 of the vehicle body 2 is formed. , It is formed as an arm storage portion 37 of the fuel filler port box 30. Details of the arm storage unit 37 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 1, a lock pin 32 of the fuel filler box 30 is formed on the side opposite to the arm storage portion 37 of the fuel filler port box 30, and when the fuel filler port lid 10 is closed, the lock pin 32 is attached to the mounting arm. The refueling port lid 10 can be locked by engaging with the lid lock portion 22 of the member 20. When the refueling port lid 10 is opened, the lock pin 32 of the refueling port box 30 retracts and comes off from the lid lock portion 22 of the mounting arm member 20.

A seal member 33 of the refueling port box 30 was attached around the upper end of the refueling port box main body 31 of the refueling port box 30, and the refueling port box main body 31 was attached to the refueling port box holding portion 3 of the vehicle body 2. Occasionally, it is possible to seal between the fuel filler box holding portion 3 and the upper end of the fuel filler box main body 31.

The arm accommodating portion 37 of the fuel filler port box 30 has an arm engaging portion 35 that engages the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the arm guide portion 34 of the filler port box 30 that guides the box engagement pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 from the filler port box main body 31 to the arm engaging portion 35 is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, the arm guide portion 34 may be formed in a groove shape, as a notch portion instead of the groove, or as a convex portion.

Since the arm guide portion 34 is formed, when the mounting arm member 20 is mounted on the fuel filler port box 30, the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 is inserted into the arm guide portion 34 and slid. Even if the back of the arm storage portion 37 of the fuel filler port box 30 is difficult to see, the mounting arm member 20 can be easily assembled to the fuel filler port box 30.
As shown in FIG. 4, the arm engaging portion pin contact portion 35a of the fuel filler port box 30 is provided on the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30, and the tip of the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 is contacted. I can touch you.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, two box engagement pin holding protrusions 35b are formed so as to face each other at the connecting portion between the arm guide portion 34 and the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30. The box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b is used to bend the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, and the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 fitted into the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30 is the arm engaging portion. It is possible to prevent it from coming off from 35.

The distance between the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b and the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b is preferably 90 to 99% of the diameter of the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20. In this case, when the box engaging pin 25 is attached to the arm engaging portion 35, the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b is bent and fitted so that it is easy to attach and is not easily disengaged.

When the distance between the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b and the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b exceeds 99% of the diameter or shaft length of the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20, the mounting arm member 20 is used as a fuel filler box. When attached to the arm engaging portion 35 of 30, the box engaging pin 25 easily passes between the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b and the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, the box engaging pin 25 is easily disengaged, and the box. If it is less than 90% of the diameter or shaft length of the engaging pin 25, the interval becomes narrow and it becomes difficult to attach the box engaging pin 25.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the direction from the outer surface to the inside (inward direction) from the outer surface of the place where the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b is formed at the connecting portion between the arm guide portion 34 and the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30. The box engaging pin holding protrusion 35c can be formed in the direction orthogonal to the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b).

The box engaging pin holding protrusion 35c can be formed in place of the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, or can be formed in combination with the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b.
Similar to the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35c can prevent the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 from being disengaged from the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30.

The refueling port lid 10 may be wide open, and as shown in FIG. 2, the box mounting arm 23 of the mounting arm member 20 may come into contact with the upper end portion of the refueling port box 30 (indicated by X in FIG. 2). In this case, the box mounting arm 23 rotates around the contact portion X, and the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20 formed at the tip of the box mounting arm 23 is urged to rotate. To.

The direction of the arm guide portion 34 in the vicinity of the arm engaging portion 35 of the arm guide portion 34 of the fuel filler box 30, that is, the vicinity of the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b is the box engaging pin 25 of the mounting arm member 20. Is formed in a direction different from the direction in which it is urged.
Therefore, when the refueling port lid 10 is wide open, the box mounting arm 23 of the mounting arm member 20 comes into contact with the refueling port box main body 31, and the box mounting arm 23 rotates around the contact portion, and the box is engaged. Even if the mating pin 25 rotates and is urged in the direction of the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b, the box engaging pin 25 is the arm engaging portion because the direction of the arm guide portion 34 is different from the urging direction. It is hard to come off from 35.

Further, the box engagement pin holding protrusion 35b has a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and the angle of the slope on the arm guide portion 34 side of the fuel filler port box 30 is the angle of the slope on the box engagement pin 25 side of the mounting arm member 20. It is preferable to form it more gently than. In this case, when the box engaging pin 25 is inserted between the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b and the box engaging pin holding protrusion 35b from the arm guide portion 34 of the fuel filler port box 30, the slope is gentle. It is easy to insert, and when the box engaging pin 25 is disengaged from the arm engaging portion 35 of the fuel filler port box 30, the angle of the slope becomes large and it becomes difficult to disengage.

10 Refueling port lid 20 Mounting arm member 23 Box mounting arm 24 Box mounting part 25 Box engaging pin 30 Refueling port box 31 Refueling port box body 34 Arm guide part 35 Arm engaging part 35b Box engaging pin holding protrusion

Claims (6)

In the mounting structure of the refueling palate that opens and closes the refueling palate that closes the refueling port of the vehicle body
A mounting arm member is attached to the refueling palate, a refueling port box is attached to the refueling port, and a mounting arm member is attached to the refueling port box.
The mounting arm member has a lid mounting portion for mounting the refueling port lid and a box mounting arm that is rotatably attached to the refueling port box. The mounting arm member is attached to the refueling port box at the tip of the box mounting arm. A box engagement pin is provided to rotatably lock the
In the fuel filler box, an arm storage portion extending from the fuel filler port box body to the inside of the vehicle body is formed, and an arm engagement portion for engaging the box engagement pin is provided in the back of the arm storage portion. An arm guide portion that guides the box engagement pin from the fuel filler box main body of the fuel filler box to the arm engagement portion is formed , and the box engagement pin is held at the connecting portion between the arm guide portion and the arm engagement portion. Form a protrusion,
When the refueling port lid is opened and the box mounting arm of the mounting arm member comes into contact with the box body of the refueling port box, the box mounting arm is rotated around the contact portion to engage the box. It is noted that the pin is urged in the direction of rotation, and the groove direction near the box engaging pin holding protrusion of the arm guide portion is formed in a direction different from the direction in which the box engaging pin is urged . The characteristic refueling port lid mounting structure. Two box engaging pin holding protrusions of the arm guide portion are formed on the arm guide portion so that the box engaging pin holding protrusions face each other , and the box engaging pin holding protrusion and the box engaging protrusion are engaged with each other. The oil filler palate mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the pin holding protrusions is 90 to 99% of the diameter of the box engaging pin. The refueling palate mounting structure according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the box engaging pin has an inclined surface that is shaved in an inclined shape toward the tip in the axial direction . The oil filler lid mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the box engaging pin has a circular, elliptical or oval cross-sectional shape. The box engaging pin holding protrusion has a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape, and the angle of the slope on the arm guide portion side is gentler than the angle of the slope on the arm engaging portion side. The mounting structure of the fuel filler lid according to any one of the items. The mounting structure for a refueling palate according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein a lid mounting portion of the mounting arm member is integrally formed on the back surface of the refueling palate.

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