Fuel lid for a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsumi Hirano
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Abstract
There is provided a fuel lid including a case that is fixed to a body open of a vehicle body for fueling and is connected with a fuel pipe; and a lid that is turnably attached to the case so as to open or close a case open formed on the case for fueling. The lid includes a lid base having a hinge by which the lid base is axially supported on the case; and a cover that covers an outer face of the lid base, and an engagement means including an engaging unit and an engaged unit is provided between the lid base and the cover, in which the lid base is provided with one of the engaging unit and the engaged unit and the cover is provided with the other unit, and through the engagement means, the lid base engages with the cover by a relative displacement therebetween.
Claims5
A fuel lid comprising:
- a case that is fixed to a body opening of a vehicle body for fueling and is connected with a fuel pipe;
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- a lid that is turnably attached to the case so as to open or close a case opening formed on the case for fueling,
- the lid comprising:
- a lid base having a hinge by which the lid base is pivotally supported on the case;
- a cover that covers an outer face of the lid base, and
- an engagement member including an engaging unit and an engaged unit provided between the lid base and the cover, wherein the lid base is provided with one unit of the engaging unit and the engaged unit and the cover is provided with the other unit, and through the engagement member, the lid base engaging with the cover by a relative displacement therebetween;
- wherein the one unit of the lid base is provided on a face thereof opposing the cover, the other unit of the cover is provided on a face thereof opposing the lid base, and wherein the fuel lid is configured and arranged such that the cover is capable of being displaced relative to the lid base by slidably turning the cover against the lid base, so that the lid base engages with the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.