JPH09249037A - Fuel lid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve regulation precision of the opening of a lid body and to suppress the occurrence of the damage of a paint surface. SOLUTION: In a fuel lid formed such that a male member 7 at which a lid body 5 is fixed is oscillatorily supported at a female member 6 fixed at a car body 2, a flat surface 8 is formed on the male member 7 and a stopper 90b having a flat surface 9 making face contact with the flat surface 8 is arranged at the female member 6. During release of the rid body 5, through surface contact between the flat surfaces 8 and 9, the opening of the lid body 5 is regulated and contact of the lid body 5 with a rest member on the car body 2 side is blocked.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fuel lid in which a lid main body for opening and closing a fuel injection work port of an automobile is swingably supported on a vehicle body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a fuel lid provided at a fuel injection port is a female member having a lid body fixed to a female member fixed to a vehicle body as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-111719. Is pivotally supported so that when the lid body is opened, the end edge of the lid body is brought into contact with the stationary member on the vehicle body side, or the outer surface of the lid body is attached to the fuel injection port of the vehicle body. The opening of the fuel lid is regulated by making contact with the edge of the opening edge.

[0003]

In any of the above fuel lids, when the lid body is opened, the lid body abuts on the stationary member on the vehicle body side, and in the former case, the edge of the edge of the lid body is In the latter case, since the outer surface of the lid main body contacts the edge of the opening edge of the fuel injection port in the latter, the coated surface of the lid main body is easily damaged, and the coated surface of the lid main body is damaged. In particular, when the lid body is closed, the damaged coated surface is exposed to the outside of the vehicle body, which impairs the aesthetics of the vehicle body.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a fuel lid capable of improving the accuracy of the opening regulation of the lid body and suppressing scratches on the coated surface. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is such that a female member 6 fixed to a stationary member on the vehicle body 2 and a male member 7 fixed to a lid body 5 are shaken. One of the female member 6 and the female member 7 in a fuel lid that is rotatably supported so that the lid main body 5 is brought into contact with the stationary member on the vehicle body side when the lid main body 5 is opened. A flat surface 8 is formed on one side, and stoppers 90a and 90b having a flat surface 9 that comes into surface contact with the flat surface 8 are provided on the other side. It is characterized in that the opening of the lid main body 5 is regulated by the surface contact of the nine members to prevent the lid main body 5 from coming into contact with the stationary member on the vehicle body 2 side.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the lid body 5 is fully opened, the flat surface 8 and the stopper 90a.
The flat surface 9 of 90b is brought into contact with the lid body 5 to prevent the lid body 5 from coming into contact with the vehicle body 2 without fail.
Of course, the painted surface is not damaged, and the position regulation at the fully open position of the lid body 5 is the contact between the flat surfaces 8 and the flat surfaces 9 of the stoppers 90a and 90b. The accuracy of the opening regulation at the fully opened position of the lid main body 5 is improved, and moreover, both flat surfaces 8 that come into contact with each other,
The painted surface of No. 9 is also not easily scratched.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a fuel injection working hole which is provided on the outer surface of a rear side portion of a vehicle body 2. Inside the fuel injection working opening 1, a fuel tank (not shown) communicates. While one end of the fuel pipe 3 is opened and the opening of the fuel pipe 3 is closed by the cap 31, the fuel lid 4 according to the present invention is attached to the opening of the fuel injection work port 1.

A fuel lid 4 shown in the drawing is a lid main body 5 which opens and closes the fuel injection working port 1 and which is substantially rectangular in a front view.
And a hinge H for supporting the lid body 5 on the vehicle body 2 side so that the lid body 5 can swing freely. The hinge H is supported on the female member 6 for fixing the lid body 5 to the vehicle body 2 side. The male member 7 is swingably supported via a shaft 60, and the lid body 5 is attached to the female member 7.
Is fixed.

According to the present invention, however, the female member 6 is provided.
A flat surface 8 is formed on either one of the mail member 7 and the mail member 7, and stoppers 90a and 90b having a flat surface 9 that comes into surface contact with the flat surface 8 are provided on the other side, and when the lid body 5 is opened, By the surface contact between the flat surfaces 8, 90a, 90b, the opening of the lid body 5 is regulated to prevent the lid body 5 from contacting the stationary member on the vehicle body side.

That is, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the mail member 7 has a vertically long fixed wall 71 for fixing the lid body 5, and a curved wall 72 bent from one side of the fixed wall 71 into a curved shape. A flat plate-shaped connecting wall 73 that is bent from a free end of the curved wall 72 in a direction substantially facing the fixed wall 71 side end portion of the curved wall 72 is provided, and the lid main body 5 is provided on an outer surface of the fixed wall 71. While the inner side surface of the connecting wall 73 is fixed, a cylindrical shaft support portion 74 is integrally formed at the free end portion of the connecting wall 73, and the side surface of the connecting wall 73 facing the curved wall 72 is formed in a substantially vertical direction. The flat surface 8 is extended.

On the other hand, the female member 6 has a vertically long rectangular fixed wall 61 fixed to the side wall 10 in the fuel injection work opening 1, and the fuel injection work from one upper side and one lower side of the fixed wall 61. A pair of upper and lower first bending walls 62a and 62b that bend toward the opening of the mouth 1, and these first bending walls 6
A flat plate-shaped second bent portion 63a, which is bent from the free end of the 2a 62b to the first bent wall 62a 62b in a substantially V shape.
And a cylindrical shaft holding portion that vertically extends to the free ends of the second bent portions 63a and 63b, while fixing the fixed wall 61 to the side wall 10 in the fuel injection port 1 by bolts. 64a and 64b are integrally formed, the support shaft 60 is installed between the shaft holding portions 64a and 64b, and the shaft support portion 74 of the mail member 7 is loosely inserted into the support shaft 60, whereby the mail member is formed. The female member 6 is swingably supported by the female member 6 via the support shaft 60.

Of the second bent portions 63a and 63b of the female member 6, the lid body 5 is provided at the lower edge of the bent portion 63a located above and the upper edge of the bent portion 63b located below. The flat surface 8 with the opening of
Plate-shaped stopper 90a having a flat surface 9 that comes into surface contact with the
-90b is provided so as to face each other and the opening of the lid body 5 is regulated by the surface contact of the flat surface 8 with the flat surface 9 of the stoppers 90a and 90b so that the lid body 5 is located at the rear side of the vehicle body 2. It does not come into contact with the outer surface of the part.

Next, the operation of the fuel lid having the above structure will be described.

2 and 3 show a state in which the fuel injection port 1 is closed by the lid main body 5, and the lid main body 5 is opened from this state by opening the lid main body 5.
When it reaches the fully open position shown by the dotted line, the flat surface 8 of the connecting wall 73 of the female member 7 comes into contact with the flat surfaces 9 of the stoppers 90a and 90b provided on the female member 6, and the lid body 5 It reliably prevents the fixed side edge of the mail member 7 from contacting the outer surface of the rear side portion of the vehicle body 2. Therefore, the coated surface of the lid body 5 is not damaged.

Moreover, since the position regulation of the lid main body 5 at the fully open position is the contact between the flat surfaces 9 of the stoppers 90a and 90b and the flat surface 8 provided on the connecting wall 73 (surface contact), the lid is The accuracy of the opening regulation at the fully open position of the main body 5 is improved, and the painted surfaces of the two flat surfaces 8 and 9 that are in contact with each other are not easily damaged.

In the above embodiment, the female member 6 is used.
Although independent stoppers 90a and 90b are provided on the respective second bent walls 63a and 63b in FIG. 5, the stoppers 90a and 90b may be connected as shown in FIG.
By connecting in this way, the rigidity of the female member 6 can be enhanced, and moreover, the flat surface 9 on the stopper 90a / 90b side with respect to the flat surface 8 on the male member 7 side.
The contact area can be made larger than that in the above embodiment, the accuracy of the opening regulation at the fully open position of the lid main body 5 can be further improved, and the painted surfaces of both flat surfaces 8 and 9 can be further scratched. It will decrease.

In the above embodiment, the mail member 7 is used.
Stoppers 90a, 9 provided with the flat surface 8 on the female member 6 and the flat surface 9 on the female member 6 which is in surface contact with the flat surface 8.
0b is provided, the flat surface 8 is formed on the female member 6.
Alternatively, the mail member 7 may be provided with stoppers 90a and 90b each having a flat surface 9 that comes into surface contact with the flat surface 8.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle to which a fuel lid according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the fuel lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a female member and a mail member that form a hinge.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the female member and the female member that form the hinge.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 vehicle body 5 lid body 6 female member 7 female member 8 flat surface 9 flat surface 90a / 90b stopper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A male member (7) having a lid body (5) fixed to a female member (6) fixed to a stationary member on the vehicle body (2) side is swingably supported so that the lid body (6) is In the fuel lid in which the lid main body (5) is brought into contact with the stationary member on the vehicle body side when opening (5), one of the female member (6) and the female member (7) has a flat surface. (8) is formed, and on the other hand, stoppers (90a) (90b) having a flat surface (9) in surface contact with the flat surface (8) are provided to open the lid body (5). , The flat body surfaces (8) and (9) are in surface contact with each other to regulate the opening of the lid body (5),
A fuel lid characterized in that the lid body (5) is prevented from coming into contact with the stationary member on the vehicle body (2) side.