Fuel filler pocket assembly
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorMark E Pajakowski
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Abstract
A fuel filler pocket assembly includes a fuel filler pocket in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a fuel cover door for covering the fuel filler pocket. The fuel filler pocket includes a first fuel filler pocket portion and a second fuel filler pocket portion for attachment to the vehicle. The second fuel filler pocket portion is formed separate and independent from the first fuel filler pocket portion. The first fuel filler pocket portion is attachable to the second fuel filler pocket portion to provide the fuel filler pocket and a fuel door release cable is attached to the second fuel filler pocket portion. Preferably, the first fuel filler pocket portion forms a major portion of the fuel filler pocket and the second fuel filler pocket portion forms a minor portion of the fuel filler pocket.
Claims13
A fuel filler pocket assembly including a fuel filler pocket in a vehicle, the vehicle including a fuel cover door for covering the fuel filler pocket, the fuel filler pocket assembly comprising:
- a first fuel filler pocket portion;
- a second fuel filler pocket portion for attachment to the vehicle, the second fuel filler pocket portion being formed separate and independent from the first fuel filler pocket portion, the first fuel filler pocket portion being attachable to the second fuel filler pocket portion to provide the fuel filler pocket;
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- a fuel door release cable attached to the second fuel filler pocket portion;
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- the first fuel filler pocket portion including a pocket gap portion and the second fuel filler pocket portion being sized and shaped for substantially filling the pocket gap portion when the first fuel filler pocket portion is attached to the second fuel filler pocket portion, and wherein the first fuel filler pocket portion is generally cup-shaped and includes a side wall and a bottom wall and wherein the pocket gap portion partially extends through the side wall and partially extends through the bottom wall.
A fuel filler pocket assembly including a fuel filler pocket in a vehicle, the vehicle including a fuel cover door for covering the fuel filler pocket, the fuel filler pocket assembly comprising:
- a first fuel filler pocket portion;
- a second fuel filler pocket portion for attachment to the vehicle, the second fuel filler pocket portion being formed separate and independent from the first fuel filler pocket portion, the first fuel filler pocket portion being attachable to the second fuel filler pocket portion to provide the fuel filler pocket;
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- a fuel door release cable attached to the second fuel filler pocket portion;
- the first and second fuel filler pocket portions each including mating features for interconnecting the first fuel filler pocket portion to the second fuel filler pocket portion;
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- wherein one of the mating features is an enlarged edge portion and wherein another of the matins features is a channel which is sized and shaped for slidably receiving the enlarged edge portion therein to interconnect the first and second fuel filler pocket portions.
A fuel filler pocket assembly for attachment to a vehicle body including a fuel cover door for covering the fuel filler pocket assembly, the fuel filler pocket assembly comprising:
- a first fuel filler pocket portion;
- a fuel door release cable assembly including a release cable and a second fuel filler pocket portion, the release cable being connected to the second fuel filler pocket portion, the second fuel filler pocket portion for attachment to the vehicle body;
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- the first fuel filler pocket portion for attachment to the second fuel filler pocket portion and to the vehicle body;
- whereby interconnection of the first and second fuel filler pocket portions provides a fuel filler pocket;
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- the first fuel filler pocket portion including a pocket gap portion and the second fuel filler pocket portion being sized and shaped for substantially filling the pocket gap portion when the first fuel filler pocket portion is attached to the second fuel filler pocket portion, and wherein the first fuel filler pocket portion is generally cup-shaped and includes a side wall and a bottom wall and wherein the pocket gap portion partially extends through the side wall and partially extends through the bottom wall.
A method of assembling a fuel filler pocket assembly in a vehicle body comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a first fuel filler pocket portion;
- b) providing a release cable assembly including a release cable connected to a second fuel filler pocket portion;
- c) attaching the second fuel filler pocket portion to the vehicle body;
- d) attaching the first fuel filler pocket portion to the second fuel filler pocket portion;
- e) attaching the first fuel filler pocket portion to the vehicle body after attaching the first fuel filler pocket portion to the second fuel filler pocket portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.