Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lock device of fuel tank cap
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Application No.: US17130319Application Date: 2020-12-22
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Publication No.: US11325463B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Yohei Mimura
- Applicant: ASAHI DENSO CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Assignee: ASAHI DENSO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ASAHI DENSO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-233857 20191225
- Main IPC: B60K15/05
- IPC: B60K15/05 ; B60K15/04

Abstract:
A lock device of a fuel tank cap includes: a cap configured to open and close a fuel filler port; an operating unit; a fastening unit movable in conjunction with an operation of the operating unit; a lock unit configured to lock movement of the fastening unit from a fastening position to a allowing position; and a detection switch configured to detect start of the movement of the fastening unit accompanying the operation of the operating unit. The fastening unit includes: a first fastening unit of which the start of movement can be detected by the detection switch; and a second fastening unit which enables locking by the lock unit and which is integrally moved with the first fastening unit after the first fastening unit is moved by a predetermined dimension so that the second fastening unit can be moved from the fastening position to the allowing position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210197661A1 LOCK DEVICE OF FUEL TANK CAP Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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