JPH0620686Y2 - Fuel pipe cap holder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a fuel pipe cap holder in a vehicle.

[Prior Art] In a vehicle, for example, an automobile, an opening end of a fuel pipe of a fuel tank is covered with a pipe cap, and a body is provided with a fuel supply port in which a peripheral portion of the pipe cap is arranged and the fuel supply port thereof. Some have a fuel lid to open and close.

In such an automobile, when fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, the fuel lid is opened and the pipe cap is removed from the fuel pipe.

At this time, the pipe cap that has been removed is conventionally placed on a fuel injection instrument box such as the body of a vehicle or a gas station because there is no suitable place to put it.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, when the removed pipe cap is placed on the body or the fuel injection instrument box or the like when the fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, the body or the fuel injection instrument box or the like is removed. If the pipe cap is placed away from the fuel supply port of the body, it may be forgotten to tighten the pipe cap. It was

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is directed to a fuel in which an opening end of a fuel pipe of a fuel tank is covered with a pipe cap, and a peripheral portion of the pipe cap is arranged on a body. In a vehicle provided with a supply port and a fuel lid for opening and closing the fuel supply port, a cap holder portion having a locking hole capable of locking a pipe cap removed from the fuel pipe is provided on the back side of the fuel lid. The lower part is provided with a hinge part so as to be capable of changing its position between a storage position that is substantially overlapped with the fuel lid and a use position where the pipe cap can be locked, and the cap holder part is centered around the hinge part. When it is rotated in the tilting direction from the retracted position, the downward tilted position is set as the use position. It is a fuel cap holder provided with a stopper portion that restricts the rotation of the fuel cap.

[Operation] According to the above-mentioned means, when the fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, the cap holder portion on the back side of the opened fuel lid is removed from the fuel pipe by changing the position from the storage position to the use position. The pipe cap can be locked to the cap holder part.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 4 showing a vehicle, a fuel lid 4 for opening and closing a fuel supply port 3 is provided on a rear side surface of a body 2 of the vehicle 1.
Is provided so as to be openable and closable via a well-known lid hinge 5. Although not shown, the fixed side end and the movable side end of the lid hinge 5 are fixed to the body 2 and the fuel lid 4 by screws or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the fuel supply port 3 is provided with an opening end of a fuel pipe 7 of a fuel tank. As is well known, a pipe cap 8 is detachably attached to the open end of the fuel pipe 7, and the open end is covered. The pipe cap 8 has a substantially columnar protrusion 9 at the center of the back side (third part).
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As shown in FIG. 1, at the rim of the fuel supply port 3 of the body 2, the large-diameter side ends of a pair of inner and outer rubber seal members 10 and 11 having a substantially conical cylindrical shape are formed by screws or the like. It is fastened. The small-diameter side end portion of the inner seal member 10 is fitted to the fuel pipe 7, and the small-diameter side end portion of the outer seal member 11 is fitted to the opening hole 13 of the wheel house 12.

Then, the fuel lid 4 is made of an appropriate synthetic resin material, and the outer peripheral edge 15 thereof is folded back.

At the center of the lower end of the fuel lid 4, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a cap holder 17 is integrally formed so as to be tiltable via an integral hinge 16.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the integral hinge portion 16 includes a fixed portion 20 continuous with the fuel lid 4, a movable portion 21 continuous with the cap holder portion 17, and a fixed portion 2.
It is provided with a thin-walled bent portion 22 in which 0 and the movable portion 21 are continuous.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cap holder portion 17 is formed in a substantially annular plate shape having a locking hole 18. The locking hole 18 is formed to have a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the pipe cap 8 and larger than the outer diameter of the protruding portion 9 of the cap 8. Therefore, by inserting the projection 9 of the pipe cap 8 into the locking hole 18 from above, the pipe cap 8 is locked in the cap holder 17 (see FIG. 3).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a substantially L-shaped locking piece 24 is provided on the upper portion of the back surface of the fuel lid 4.
The locking piece 24 is locked to the fuel lid 4 by utilizing the elasticity of the tip end of the cap holder 17 that is in a superposed shape (see FIG. 1). By locking the cap holder portion 17 to the locking piece 24, the holder portion 17 is held at the storage position.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the fixed portion 20 of the integral hinge portion 16 is movable when the cap holder portion 17 is released from the storage position by releasing the engagement with the engagement piece 24. A stopper portion 25 with which the portion 21 abuts is projected. Movable part 2 for this stopper part 25
By the abutment of 1, the cap holder 17 is held in a downwardly inclined shape, and the pipe cap 8 is brought into a use position where it can be locked (see FIG. 2).

In the above fuel pipe cap holder,
When supplying fuel to the fuel tank, first open the fuel lid 4 from the state shown in FIG. 1 and insert the cap holder portion 17 on the back side of the opened fuel lid 4 through the bending of the integral hinge portion 16. The storage position is changed from the storage position to the use position (see FIG. 2).

Then, the pipe cap 8 is removed from the fuel pipe 7, and the cap 8 is locked to the cap holder portion 17 (see FIG. 3). As a result, the pipe cap 8 is placed near the fuel supply port 3.

Therefore, the problem caused by placing the pipe cap 8 removed at the time of fuel supply on the body 2 of the vehicle 1 or the fuel injection instrument box is eliminated.

In this state, fuel is injected into the fuel tank through the fuel pipe 7.

Further, after the fuel is supplied, the pipe cap 8 is taken from the cap holder portion 17 in the use position and attached to the fuel pipe 7, and the cap holder portion 17 is repositioned to the storage position through the bending of the integral hinge portion 16. After that, the fuel lid 4 is closed.

Therefore, the cap holder portion 17 is attached to the fuel lid 4
The space between the pipe cap 8 and the pipe cap 8 can be reasonably set.

Further, in this example, the cap holder 17 is formed integrally with the fuel lid 4, so that the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Advantage of the Invention] According to the present invention, when the fuel is supplied to the fuel tank, the cap holder on the back side of the opened fuel lid is removed from the fuel pipe by changing the position from the retracted position to the used position. Since the pipe cap can be locked to the cap holder portion, the problem caused by placing the pipe cap removed at the time of fuel supply on the body of the vehicle or the fuel injection instrument box is eliminated.

In addition, since the stopper holder restricts the rotation of the cap holder that is rotated in the tilting direction from the storage position around the hinge, it is in the downwardly inclined use position, so the locking hole engages the pipe cap. It is possible to prevent the pipe cap from dropping while forming the pipe cap with a diameter that is easy to perform so that the pipe cap can be easily engaged with and disengaged from the locking hole. In addition, in addition to this point, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-36441, the cap holder is in a substantially drooping use position, so that there is a margin to easily insert the pipe cap into the locking hole. If the pipe cap is formed so as to have a diameter, the pipe cap is likely to drop, and conversely, if the diameter of the locking hole is reduced to prevent the drop, the work of engaging and disengaging the pipe cap with respect to the locking hole becomes complicated. For example, such a defect can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the periphery of a fuel pipe cap portion, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fuel pipe cap holder, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the vehicle. 2 ... Body 3 ... Fuel supply port 4 ... Fuel lid 7 ... Fuel pipe 8 ... Pipe cap 17 ... Cap holder

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An open end of a fuel pipe of a fuel tank is covered with a pipe cap, a body is provided with a fuel supply port in which a peripheral portion of the pipe cap is arranged, and a fuel lid for opening and closing the fuel supply port. In the vehicle described above, a cap holder portion having a locking hole capable of locking the pipe cap removed from the fuel pipe is substantially overlapped with the fuel lid via a hinge portion at the lower rear side of the fuel lid. A retractable position is provided between a storage position and a use position where the pipe cap can be locked, and when the cap holder part is rotated in the tilting direction from the storage position about the hinge part, the cap holder part is inclined downward. The fuel container is provided with a stopper portion for restricting the rotation of the position as the use position. Puhoruda.