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Patent No.:

US 11634025 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2021

Mechanism for pivoting a charging or tank flap, an arrangement including a charging or filler neck housing, at least one charging or tank flap, and at least one such mechanism, and a vehicle having at least one such arrangement

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Andreas Rudolf, Eibelstadt, DE;

Zsolt Wilke, Bad Mergentheim, DE;

Matthias Hegwein, Ippesheim, DE;

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

Thompson Hine LLP

Primary Examiner:

Dennis H Redder

Assistant Examiner:

Joyce Eileen Hill

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0515 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0538 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/534 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism () for pivoting a charging or tank flap () on a charging or filler neck housing (), which is accommodated or can be accommodated in a body component of a motor vehicle, wherein the mechanism () is configured, by superposing at least two at least temporarily simultaneous circular rotational movements having different rotation radii or at least one at least temporarily simultaneous circular rotational movement and at least one linear movement, to pivot the charging or tank flap () reversibly between a first orientation, in particular a closed position of the charging or tank flap (), and a second orientation, in particular an open position of the charging or tank flap ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rudolf, Andreas. (2023). Mechanism for pivoting a charging or tank flap, an arrangement including a charging or filler neck housing, at least one charging or tank flap, and at least one such mechanism, and a vehicle having at least one such arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 11634025). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11634025

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