Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel housing assemblies with primary and secondary fuel door lock systems
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Application No.: US13433852Application Date: 2012-03-29
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Publication No.: US09327593B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: David Lafayette Minock
- Applicant: David Lafayette Minock
- Applicant Address: US KY Erlanger
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Erlanger
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: E05C1/06
- IPC: E05C1/06 ; B60K15/05 ; E05B83/34

Abstract:
A fuel housing assembly for a vehicle includes a fuel door. A primary fuel door lock system includes a locking shaft having a locked configuration where a locking end of the locking shaft engages a locking member of the fuel door to inhibit opening of the fuel door and an unlocked configuration where the locking end of the locking shaft is removed from the locking member to allow opening of the fuel door. A secondary fuel door lock system is connected to the locking shaft by a decoupling structure that allows movement of the locking shaft between the locked and unlocked configurations relative to the secondary fuel door lock system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130257089A1 Fuel housing assemblies with primary and secondary fuel door lock systems Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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