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US 10,179,727 B2Granted
Variable inlet device for a vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJiyoung Hong
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Abstract
A variable inlet device for a vehicle includes a first pipe and a second pipe arranged in parallel to each other, and a variable injection pipe configured to allow an exit thereof to be selectively connected to an entrance of the first pipe or an entrance of the second pipe by a rotation movement and a back and forth movement.
Claims12
A variable inlet device for a vehicle, the variable inlet device comprising:
- a first pipe and a second pipe arranged in parallel to each other;
- a variable injection pipe configured to allow an exit thereof to be selectively connected to an entrance of the first pipe or an entrance of the second pipe by a rotation movement and an axial movement, the variable injection pipe having an inlet pipe portion and a connection pipe portion;
- an elastic member installed between the inlet pipe portion and a filler door housing and configured to move the variable injection pipe to a direction in which the variable injection pipe is separated from the first pipe or the second pipe;
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- a locking device configured to interlock the connection pipe portion and the first pipe or the second pipe,
- wherein the inlet pipe portion is supported by the filler door housing to be rotatable and movable axially and wherein the connection pipe portion is connected to the inlet pipe portion such that an entrance thereof is rotated together with the inlet pipe portion,
- wherein the connection pipe portion is formed in a bent shape so that an exit thereof is placed to correspond to the entrance of the first pipe or the entrance of the second pipe when being rotated with respect to the inlet pipe portion, and
- wherein the inlet pipe portion includes a handle part exposed inside of the filler door housing.
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A variable inlet device for a vehicle, the variable inlet device comprising:
- a first fluid pipe and a second fluid pipe arranged in parallel to each other;
- a variable injection pipe configured to allow an exit thereof to be selectively connected to an entrance of the first fluid pipe or an entrance of the second fluid pipe by a rotation movement and an axial movement, the variable injection pipe having an inlet pipe portion and a connection pipe portion;
- a display unit associated with the variable injection pipe to indicate whether the exit of the variable injection pipe is connected to the first fluid pipe or the second fluid pipe;
- an elastic member installed between the inlet pipe portion and a filler door housing and configured to move the variable injection pipe to a direction in which the variable injection pipe is separated from the first fluid pipe or the second fluid pipe;
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- a locking device configured to interlock the connection pipe portion and the first fluid pipe or the second fluid pipe,
- wherein the inlet pipe portion is supported by the filler door housing to be rotatable and movable axially and wherein the connection pipe portion is connected to the inlet pipe portion such that an entrance thereof is rotated together with the inlet pipe portion,
- wherein the connection pipe portion is formed in a bent shape so that an exit thereof is placed to correspond to the entrance of the first fluid pipe or the entrance of the second fluid pipe when being rotated with respect to the inlet pipe portion, and
- wherein the inlet pipe portion includes a handle part exposed inside of the filler door housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.