Fuel cap for vehicle having locking structure generating sound interval
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeung-Hoon Choi, June-Young Park, Tae-Yoon Lee, Jun-Sik Lim, Sung-Won Lee, Raghavendar Peddi
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Abstract
A fuel cap for a vehicle has a locking structure configured to generate a sound interval, including a head portion having a handle formed at a first side and one or more striking portions installed at a second side, and a body portion integrally assembled with the head portion and having a plurality of sound generators installed at the body portion and disposed in a state of being struck by the one or more striking portions installed at the second side of the head portion according to a rotation of the head portion by a locking torque.
Claims14
A fuel cap for a vehicle, which has a locking structure configured to generate a sound interval, comprising:
- a head portion having a handle formed at a first side and one or more striking portions installed at a second side;
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- a body portion integrally assembled with the head portion and having a plurality of sound generators installed at the body portion and disposed in a state of being struck by the one or more striking portions installed at the second side of the head portion according to a rotation of the head portion by a locking torques,
- wherein each of the plurality of sound generators has a spiral-structured plate shape, the sound generators are of different length, and a first protrusion is formed to protrude toward the striking portion at a distal end of each of the plurality of sound generators, and
- wherein each of the striking portions has a bar shape, and a second projection is formed to protrude toward each of the plurality of sound generators at a position of a distal end of each of the striking portions, wherein the position corresponds to the first protrusion.
A fuel cap for a vehicle, which has a locking structure configured to generate a sound interval, comprising:
- a head portion having a handle formed at a first side and a plurality of sound generators installed at a second side;
- and
- a body portion integrally assembled with the head portion and having one or more striking portions installed at the body portion and disposed in a state of being struck by the plurality of sound generators installed at the second side of the head portion according to a rotation of the head portion by a locking torque,
- wherein the plurality of sound generators are grouped into a predetermined number of sound generators, the predetermined number of sound generators are repeatedly disposed, and the plurality of sound generators are pipe-shaped cylinders and have different outer diameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.