Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tank flap or charging flap arrangement
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Application No.: US16091620Application Date: 2017-04-11
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Publication No.: US11407305B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Christian Beck
- Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Thompson Hine LLP
- Priority: DE102016107094.7 20160418
- International Application: PCT/US2017/026899 WO 20170411
- International Announcement: WO2017/184376 WO 20171026
- Main IPC: B60K15/05
- IPC: B60K15/05

Abstract:
A tank flap or charging flap arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing body and a tank flap or charging flap mounted for pivot between a closed position and an open position by means of an actuating arrangement. A locking device releasably locks the flap in the closed position. The actuating arrangement includes a pivot arm mounted pivotably at a first end on the housing body and connected pivotably at a second end to the flap and a control lever connected pivotably at a first end to the flap. Pivot axes of the pivotable connections of pivot arm and control lever to the flap run parallel to and offset laterally from one another. During movement of the flap between the closed and the open position, the control lever is guided at a second end an elongated hole in the pivot arm and in a guide curve of the housing body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190118644A1 TANK FLAP OR CHARGING FLAP ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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