# US 2019/0169891 A1 · Vehicle fuel supply part structure

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- Number: US 2019/0169891 A1
- Document ID: US20190169891A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/203,049
- Filed: 2018-11-28
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-04
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yosuke ICHIKI; Shiroh CHIBA; Yukihide KATO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190169891A1

## CPC

- E05B 83/34: for fuel inlet covers essentially flush with the vehicle surface
- B60K 15/05: Inlet covers
- E05B 77/34: Protection against weather or dirt, e.g. against water ingress (closures or guards for keyholes E05B17/14)
- E05B 81/66: the bolt position, i.e. the latching status
- B60K 2015/053: {with hinged connection to the vehicle body}
- B60K 2015/0576: {with actuator fixed to the vehicle body}
- B60K 2015/0584: {the locking bolt is linearly moved to lock or unlock}
- E05B 81/72: the lock status, i.e. locked or unlocked condition
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES

## Abstract

Formation of a pool of liquid around a locking pin is inhibited when a protector is provided around the locking pin. The protector is provided with projecting side surfaces that are connected to the upper surface and the lower surface and are provided above and below the locking pin. The projecting side surfaces project to the inside of the recess to an extent greater than the maximum protrusion length of the locking pin at which the locking pin protrudes to the inside of the recess to the maximum extent. The lower surface of the protector is sloped downward toward the inside of the recess from the rear side wall on which the locking pin is provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle fuel supply part structure comprising:
a fuel filler opening provided in a recess that is formed in a side panel of a vehicle and is recessed to the inside in the vehicle width direction;
a fuel lid capable of being operated to a closed state in which the fuel lid covers the recess and an open state, the fuel lid being hinged to the recess and having a pawl formed to protrude from an inner surface facing the fuel filler opening; and
a locking pin that protrudes from a side wall of the recess to the inside of the recess and is capable of advancing and retreating such that a tip of the locking pin moves away from and toward the side wall, the locking pin being capable of being engaged with the pawl, during engagement, the tip being in a retracted state in which the tip is compressed to the side wall side, wherein
a protector is provided around the locking pin,
the protector comprises
an upper surface and a lower surface that are separated with respect to the locking pin in the up-and-down direction and face each other, and
side surfaces that are connected to the upper surface and the lower surface and are provided above and below the locking pin, the side surfaces projecting to the inside of the recess to the extent greater than the maximum protrusion length of the locking pin at which the locking pin protrudes to the inside of the recess to the maximum extent, and
the lower surface is sloped downward to the inside of the recess from the side wall on which the locking pin is provided.