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US 7,017,626 B2Granted
Oil filler neck for an internal-combustion engine
AssigneeMTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
InventorsJuergen Giesselmann, Christian-Paul Stelzer
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Abstract
An oil filler neck assembly is provided for an internal-combustion engine, which includes a hinged lid and a lock. The lock, in turn, includes a rotating device and a fixing device. The rotating device is rotatably arranged in the lid. The fixing device is arranged in an oil feed opening. The lock can also be used at poorly accessible locations and causes a high sealing force.
Claims16
Oil filler neck assembly for an internal-combustion engine comprising:
- a hinged lid which opens up a feed opening of an oil filler neck in a first position and closes the oil filler neck in a second position, and
- a lock for generating a sealing force in the second position of the lid,
- wherein the lock comprises a rotating device and a fixing device, the rotating device being rotatably arranged in the lid, and the fixing device being arranged in the feed opening, and
- wherein the rotating device and the fixing device are constructed to interact in the second position of the lid with the sealing force being generated by way of the rotation of the rotating device.
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An oil filling assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- an oil filler neck with a fluid filling opening,
- a hinged lid supported at the neck and movable between a first position uncovering the fluid filling opening and a second position closing the fluid filling opening, and
- a lock assembly operable to sealingly lock the hinged lid when in the second closing position,
- wherein said lock assembly includes a rotatable drive carried by the hinged lid and a fixing device arranged on the filler neck adjacent the fluid filling opening, said rotatable device and fixing device being configured to operatively interact to apply sealing force to sealingly close the fluid filling opening upon rotation of the rotatable device when said lid is in the second closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.