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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2017
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyun Wook Kim, Ansan-si, KR;

Jeong Hoon Han, Incheon, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/0409 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicular fuel cap opening/closing structure may include a stopper hinged to a fuel inlet to rotate when a fuel cable is pulled via operation of a switch provided inside a vehicle, a fuel cap external device configured to be held in place by the stopper, the fuel cap external device being discharged in a longitudinal direction of the fuel inlet via rotation of the stopper, a fuel cap internal device fitted inside the fuel cap external device to close the fuel inlet, the fuel cap internal device being engaged with the discharged fuel cap external device, and a fuel cap handle coupled to the fuel cap internal device and held in place by the fuel cap external device to rotate the fuel cap external device and cause the fuel cap internal device to be rotated, guiding opening of the fuel inlet.


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