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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Toshinobu Takashi, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0546 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0553 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel lid structure includes: a lid box constituting a fuel opening portion of a vehicle body; a lid hinge that is made of resin and is pivotable with respect to the lid box; a fuel lid body pivotably attached to the lid box via the lid hinge; and an alerting unit configured to alert a replenishment worker to a body or the like of the replenishment worker hitting the fuel lid body in an open state by at least one of imparting of a sense of resistance and emission of a sound.