JPH0655845U - Fuel lid support structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To allow the fuel lid to be fully opened automatically without the need for a spring member. [Structure] The axis of the pivot shaft (50) in a fuel lid (4) swingably supported around the pivot shaft (50) on the side surface of the body is directed downward to the free end of the fuel lid (4). And the end of the fuel lid (4) on the pivot shaft side is tilted substantially parallel to the axis of the pivot shaft (50) so as to tilt the fuel lid (4) on the side surface of the body. The opening operation can be performed diagonally downward toward the outside.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a fuel lid support structure that swingably supports a side surface of a body and opens and closes a fuel supply port provided on the side surface of the body.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, in a fuel lid that is swingably supported on the side surface of an automobile body, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 82628/1990, a fuel lid for opening / closing a fuel filler port is provided on a side surface of the body through a hinge metal fitting. While supporting the rocker freely in the horizontal direction, a lock device that can engage with a striker provided on the body side is attached to the fuel lid, and the fuel lid is closed at the closed position by engaging the lock device with the striker. I try to lock it.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above fuel lid, in order to automatically open the fuel lid when the lock device is unlocked, a spring member for pressing the fuel lid in the opening direction has been conventionally disclosed as disclosed in the above publication. It is common to separately form the spring and attach the spring to the hinge fitting, but if the spring member is separately provided as described above, it goes without saying that the number of parts and assembling work increase accordingly. With the spring member, it is difficult to fully open the fuel lid even if it can be opened halfway, and there is a problem in that the fuel lid must be manually opened again to be fully opened.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel lid support structure capable of automatically fully opening the fuel lid without requiring a spring member. To provide.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, according to the present invention, the axis of the pivot shaft (50) in the fuel lid (4), which is swingably supported on the side surface of the body about the pivot shaft (50) as the center of rotation, is directed downward toward the fuel lid (4). Of the fuel lid (4), and the edge of the fuel lid (4) on the pivot axis side is inclined substantially parallel to the axis of the pivot axis (50). It is characterized in that it can be opened obliquely downward toward the outside of the side surface of the body.

[0006]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, the unlocking operation of the locking device causes the fuel lid 4 to pivot on the pivot shaft (50) by the weight of the fuel lid itself and the weight of the key cylinder or the like assembled on the free end side of the fuel lid 4. Then, it automatically opens diagonally downward toward the outside of the body.

[0007]

【Example】

 In the figure, 1 is a rear quarter pillar that forms a rear side portion of an automobile body B, 2 is a fuel supply port formed on the outer surface of the rear quarter pillar 1, and inside the supply port 2 is a fuel tank. One end of the oil supply pipe 3 communicating with (not shown) is opened, and the opening of the oil supply pipe 3 is closed by a cap 30.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a fuel lid that opens and closes the fuel supply port 2. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the front end portion of the fuel lid 4 is attached to the outer side surface of the rear quarter pillar 1 via a hinge metal fitting 5 as follows. It supports to swing freely.

That is, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the fuel supply port 2 is moved rearward as the front opening edge of the fuel supply port 2 extends downward substantially parallel to the front edge of the rear quarter pillar 1. It is formed in an inclined trapezoid.

Further, the fuel lid 4 is composed of a closing wall portion 41 that closes the opening of the fuel supply port 2 and a peripheral wall portion 42 that rises from the peripheral edge of the closing wall portion 41. Direction front side edge, that is, the assembling side edge of the hinge fitting 5 is formed in a trapezoidal shape that is inclined rearward as it goes downward along the vehicle front side opening edge of the fuel supply port 2, while closing the same. A key cylinder 6 that constitutes a locking device is attached to the rear end side of the wall portion 41 in the vehicle traveling direction.

On the other hand, the hinge fitting 5 is rotatably supported by a fixed-side member 5a that is bolted to the inner surface of the fuel supply port 2 and a fixed-side member 5a via a pivot shaft 50. , The swing side member 5b fixed to the fuel lid 4, and when the hinge fitting 5 is assembled to the fuel lid 4 and the rear quarter pillar 1, the axis L of the pivot shaft 50 is set to the vehicle of the fuel lid 4. It is arranged so as to be inclined toward the free end side of the fuel lid 4 as it goes downward along the front edge in the traveling direction, and is arranged so as to be parallel to the front edge in the vehicle traveling direction of the fuel lid 4. The swing side member 5b is bolted to the fuel lid 4, and the fixed side member 5a is melted into the week wall portion 42 of the fuel lid 4. By being fixed by contact, the fuel lid 4 can be opened obliquely downward toward the outer side of the rear quarter pillar 1 in the vehicle width direction.

Further, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the outer surface of the rear quarter pillar 1 elastically receives the fuel lid 4 when the fuel lid 4 is closed, and the free end side of the lid 4 has the free end side. A rubber stopper 8 for preventing the collision with the outer surface of the is attached.

However, in order to open the fuel supply port 2 closed by the fuel lid 4 having the above structure, it is sufficient to operate the key cylinder 6 with a key to unlock the lock device. If the fuel lid 4 is slightly pushed outward in the vehicle width direction by the repulsive force of the stopper 8 that is elastically deformed due to the closing of the fuel lid 4 when the locking device is unlocked, the fuel lid 4 Is immediately determined by the weight of the fuel lid itself and the weight of the key cylinder 6 attached to the free end side of the fuel lid 4, with the pivot shaft 50 as the fulcrum, as indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. It automatically opens diagonally downward toward the outside.

Therefore, the operator can save the trouble of opening the fuel lid.

In the above-described embodiment, when the lock device is unlocked, the fuel lid 4 is slightly pushed outward in the vehicle width direction by the repulsive force of the stopper 8, and the weight of the fuel lid itself and the fuel lid 4 are removed. The weight of the key cylinder 6 attached to the free end side allows the fuel lid 4 to be automatically opened obliquely downward toward the outside in the vehicle width direction, but the lock device is not used without the stopper 8. The fuel lid 4 is oscillated by the operational vibration during the unlocking operation of the vehicle, and thereafter the fuel lid 4 is driven by the weight of the fuel lid itself and the weight of the key cylinder 6 attached to the free end side of the fuel lid 4. You may make it open automatically diagonally downward toward the width direction outward.

[0016]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the axis of the pivot shaft 50 of the fuel lid 4, which is swingably supported on the side surface of the body about the pivot shaft 50 as the center of rotation, approaches the free end side of the fuel lid 4 as it goes downward. In addition, the end of the fuel lid 4 on the side of the pivot shaft is inclined substantially parallel to the axis of the pivot shaft 50 to open the fuel lid 4 obliquely downward toward the outside of the side surface of the body. By making the fuel lid operable, the weight of the fuel lid itself and the fuel lid itself can be obtained only by releasing the lock device provided in the fuel lid without providing a spring member for opening the fuel lid as in the conventional case. Due to the weight of a key cylinder or the like assembled on the free end side of the lid 4, the fuel lid 4 is supported by the pivot support. 50 to open obliquely downward direction toward the automatically body side outward in the fulcrum, it is of the fuel supply port 2 leading to able to fully open.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a vehicle body provided with a fuel lid.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view showing a mounting portion of a fuel lid in FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Fuel supply port 4 Fuel lid 50 Axis

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A support structure for a fuel lid (4) which swingably supports a pivot shaft (50) on a side surface of a body as a rotation center and opens and closes a fuel supply port (2) provided on the side surface of the body. And the axis of the pivot shaft (50) is inclined toward the free end side of the fuel lid (4) as it goes downward, and the pivot support shaft side edge of the fuel lid (4) is A support structure for a fuel lid, characterized in that the fuel lid (4) is tilted substantially parallel to the axis of the support shaft (50) so that the fuel lid (4) can be opened obliquely downward toward the outside of the side surface of the body.