Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Michio Shimada

Akira Ozawa

Toshihiro Sone

Kenji Uchibori

When a charging lid is manually opened or closed, a rotatable shaft is rotated thereby. At this time, a second rotary member rotates about the rotatable shaft and moves axially along the rotatable shaft. Balls are released from engagement recesses defined in the second rotary member, disengaging a first rotary member from the second rotary member. The charging lid can thus easily manually be opened or closed. When the rotatable shaft is rotated a given angle, a sensor detects the angular displacement of the rotatable shaft and outputs a detected signal. In response to the detected signal, a motor is energized to rotate the rotatable shaft to forcibly open or close the charging lid.

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Kuki, Japan

Michio Shimada