Closure apparatus for motor vehicle fuel tanks
AssigneeAlfmeier Prazision AG Baugruppen und Systemlosungen
InventorsUlf Emmerich, Thaddäus Buratowski
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Abstract
The invention concerns a closing and opening apparatus for the filling opening of the tank of a motor vehicle. This includes a drive element for the opening and closing of a tank cap (3) functioning in conjunction with a filling opening (2) of a motor vehicle, a lever drive follower for the drive element and a control apparatus (100) with which the drive element is controllable from the interior of the motor vehicle space, especially from the driver's seat.
Claims20
A closing apparatus for a filling opening of a filling pipe for a motor vehicle fuel tank, the closing apparatus comprising:
- a tank cap operatively secured to the filing pipe so as to be movable between an opened position in which the filling opening is opened and a closed position in which the filling opening is closed;
- a drive element for moving a tank cap between the opened position and the closed position;
- a lever drive operatively connected to the drive element;
- a control device for remotely controlling the drive element;
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- a lock member having a first end and a second end the locking member being slidably mounted on a top surface of the tank cap, slidable between a release position and a locking position, the lock member being operatively connected on the first end to the lever drive, said lock member, when in its locking position, sealing the tank cap on the filling pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.