JPH078282Y2 - Fuel filler lid having a filler cap holding portion - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a fuel filler lid for opening and closing a fuel refueling opening of an automobile, and in particular, a holding portion of a filler cap for sealing an oil filler port of a fuel tank. It is about the provided fuel filament.

(Prior Art) In an automobile, an opening for fuel supply is usually provided on a side surface of a vehicle body, and the opening is opened and closed by a fuel filler lid including a lid panel rotatably attached to the vehicle body via a hinge. It has become so. The fuel tank oil filler port is arranged so as to face the opening. The oil filling port is sealed by a filler cap.

When refueling the fuel tank, open the fuel filler lid and remove the filler cap. In that case, it is desirable that the filler cap be held near the oil filling port.

Therefore, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-25208, it has been considered to provide a filler cap holding portion on the back surface of the lid panel. The holding portion is composed of a pair of L-shaped holding members protruding from the back surface of the lid panel. The filler cap is supported on the lower surface side by being placed on the holding member.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in a case where a holding member protruding from the rear surface of such a lid panel is specially provided, the holding member may interfere with a vehicle body or a filler cap that seals the oil inlet. The design becomes difficult because the design position must be selected so as not to exist. In particular, when the filler cap is of a screw type, its height is high, so that the holding member for holding it must also be high in height. Therefore, it becomes more difficult to select the installation position of the holding member.

In addition, the lid panel is often a thin plate made of resin, and when a holding member having a high height and a relatively large thickness is integrally formed on the back surface of such a resin lid panel, The surface of the lid panel is likely to be deformed, which is called "sink".

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object thereof is a fuel filler lid capable of holding a filler cap without a special holding member standing on the back surface of a resin lid panel. Is to get.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve this object, in the present invention, a locking piece extending from the striker in a direction substantially at a right angle is provided on the tip side of the striker normally provided on the back surface of the lid panel. I am trying to provide it. The locking piece is provided at a height position substantially equal to the height of the filler cap. Then, a rib that is integrally formed on the back surface of the resin lid panel and that reinforces the lid panel is arranged at a position that engages with the peripheral side surface of the filler cap at the holding position where the upper surface is supported by the locking pieces. I am trying.

(Operation) With this configuration, when the tip end surface of the filler cap is applied to the rear surface of the lid panel and the filler cap is slid along the rear surface toward the striker side, the locking piece provided on the striker is locked. The upper surface of the filler cap is engaged, and the locking piece presses the filler cap from the upper surface side. Then, at that time, the reinforcing rib is engaged with the peripheral side surface of the filler cap. Therefore, the filler cap is held in that position.

In this way, the filler cap is held by the striker and the reinforcing rib that are usually provided on the resin lid panel, so that it is not necessary to separately provide a holding member on the back surface of the lid panel.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a fuel filler lid having a filler cap holding portion according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 includes the filler lid. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the rear part of the automobile, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the filler lid, and FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the filler lid.

As is apparent from FIG. 1, an automobile 1 is provided with an opening 2 for refueling fuel on a side surface of a rear portion of a vehicle body. The opening 2 is adapted to be opened and closed by a fuel filler lid 3. Inside the opening 2, an oil filling port 4 of the fuel tank is arranged. The oil filling port 4 is sealed by a screw-type filler cap 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the fuel filament 3
A hinge 7 is attached to one side of the lid panel 6 and is rotatably supported by the vehicle body by the hinge 7. The lid panel 6 is a thin plate made of resin, and a flange 8 rising from the back surface is provided on the peripheral edge of the lid panel 6. Further, thin reinforcing ribs 9 and 10 extending in the left-right direction are provided on the upper and lower portions of the back surface, and similar reinforcing ribs 11 and 12 extending in the vertical direction are further provided on both left and right sides.
Are molded integrally with the lid panel 6, respectively.
In this way, the thin plate-shaped lid panel 6 has the flanges 8
The rigidity is enhanced by the ribs 9 to 12 and the like.

As is clear from FIGS. 2 and 3, the rear surface of the lid panel 6 is integrally formed with a striker 13 which largely projects from the rear surface. The striker 13 is made hollow by combining thin ribs. The filament lid 3 is locked on the vehicle body by the striker 13.

A locking piece 14 that extends downwardly from the striker 13 substantially parallel to the rear surface of the lid panel 6, that is, extends downward in a direction substantially perpendicular to the striker 13, is integrally provided on the tip surface of the striker 13. Has been.

As shown in FIG. 3, the filler cap 5 includes a screw portion 15 and a head portion 16. Knob on the head 16
16a is integrally provided. The filler cap 5 is a hollow one made of resin and has a length, that is, a screw portion.
The height from the tip surface of 15 to the top surface of the head 16 is the striker 13
It is almost equal to the height of. Therefore, when the tip end surface of the screw portion 15 is in contact with the back surface of the lid panel 6, the locking piece provided on the tip end surface of the striker 13
14 is engaged with the upper surface of the head 16 of the filler cap 5, and the filler cap 5 is pressed by the locking piece 14.

As shown in FIG. 2, the reinforcing ribs 10 provided in the left-right direction on the lower portion of the back surface of the lid panel 6 extend obliquely toward the corners of the lid panel 6 below the striker 13. . The rib 10 has a small step 10a formed below the striker 13 and slightly in front thereof. Also,
A rib 11 provided on the left side of the back surface of the lid panel 6 in the up-down direction extends from the lower surface of the striker 13 toward the lower corner of the lid panel 6. Thus, the striker
Below the rib 13, a barrier is formed by these ribs 10 and 11. The filler cap 5 is arranged so that the peripheral side surface of the tip of the threaded portion 15 is in contact with these ribs 10 and 11 at the lower corner of the striker 13. At that time, the locking piece 14 of the striker 13 is engaged with the upper surface of the head 16 of the filler cap 5.

Next, the operation of the fuel filler 3 configured as described above will be described.

When refueling the fuel tank of the automobile 1, the fuel filler lid 3 is opened and the filler cap 5 is removed from the fuel filler port 4. Then, the knob portion 16 of the filler cap 5
While holding a, the tip surface of the threaded portion 15 is applied to the back surface of the lid panel 6, the peripheral side surface is brought into contact with the lower rib 10, and the striker 13 is guided along the rib 10.
Slide downwards. When the filler cap 5 reaches the holding position below the striker 13, the peripheral side surface of the tip end of the filler cap 5 abuts on the vertical rib 11, and at the same time, the locking piece 14 of the striker 13 is attached to the upper surface of the head 16 of the filler cap 5. Engage. At this time, the filler cap 5 is a rib
Get over 10 steps 10a.

In this state, the filler cap 5 is pressed from the upper surface side of the head 16 by the locking 14. The peripheral side surface on the lower side of the tip portion is supported by the rib 10. Therefore, the filler cap 5 does not drop even if the hand is released. Moreover, the movement of the filler cap 5 in the left-right direction is restricted by the lower rib 10
It is regulated by the step portion 10a and the side rib 11. In this way, the filler cap 5 is securely held in its holding position.

As described above, according to the fuel filler lid 3, the striker 13 and the ribs 10 and 11 that are usually provided on the resin lid panel 6 hold the filler cap 5, so that the filler cap is attached to the back surface of the lid panel 6. 5
It is not necessary to provide a special holding member for holding the.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the lid panel 6 from being deformed and the like caused by integrally molding the holding member. Also,
Generally, there is no obstacle on the vehicle body side where the striker 13 engages. Therefore, even if the striker 13 is provided with a locking piece 14 extending in a substantially right angle direction, the locking piece 14 is not opened when the filler lid 3 is opened or closed. There is no fear of interfering with the vehicle body.

In the above embodiment, the locking piece 14 is the striker 13.
However, if the arrangement of the ribs 10, 11 and the like is appropriately determined, the locking piece 14 may extend from the striker 13 in the upward or left-right direction.

Further, although the filler lid 3 having the holding portion for the screw-in type filler cap 5 has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to the holding portion for the bayonet type filler cap. In that case, the striker 13 may be extended from the middle portion in the height direction to the locking piece 14.

(Effect of the Invention) As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the striker is provided with the locking piece extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the striker, and the locking piece causes the filler cap to be attached from the upper surface side. In addition to holding the filler cap, the reinforcing ribs of the resin lid panel are used to support the peripheral side surface of the filler cap, so that the filler cap is held only by the one normally provided on the lid panel. Can be done. Therefore, it is not necessary to integrally form a separate holding member on the lid panel, and it is possible to obtain a fuel filler lid having a good appearance.

Further, since the locking piece is provided in the vicinity of the striker having no obstacle, the locking piece does not prevent the opening and closing of the filament lid. Therefore, the degree of freedom in design is not impaired. Moreover, since the striker that largely protrudes from the rear surface of the lid panel is used, even a holding portion of a screw-type filler cap having a high height can be easily formed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a rear portion of an automobile equipped with a fuel filler lid according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the back side of the fuel filler lid, and FIG. 3 is a view showing the fuel filler lid. FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2 showing a holding state of the filler cap. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Car, 2 ... Fuel refueling opening 3 ... Fuel filler lid 4 ... Fluid inlet 5 ... Filler cap 6 ... Lid panel, 7 ... Hinge 10,11 ... Reinforcing ribs, 10a ... Step 13 ... Striker, 14 ... Locking piece 15… Screw part, 16… Head

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An upper surface of a striker projecting from the rear surface of a resin lid panel, extending to the tip side of the striker in a direction substantially perpendicular to the striker, and moving the filler cap along the rear surface of the lid panel. A locking piece that engages with and presses the filler cap from the upper surface side is provided, and a reinforcing rib provided on the back surface of the lid panel,
A fuel filler lid having a filler cap holding portion, which is arranged at a position where the filler cap is engaged with the peripheral side surface of the filler cap when the filler cap is in the holding position pressed by the locking piece.