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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Italdesign-giugiaro S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Davide Converso, Rivoli, IT;
Fabrizio Giacometti, San Carlo Canavese, IT;
Alberto Caviolo, Castiglione Torinese, IT;
ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A closing system is provided which includes a frame adapted to be mounted on a vehicle supply system, the frame being shaped as a spherical segment and extending between a first circular section and a second circular section. The frame has a plurality of first and second guides, arranged on a radially outer surface. The closing system has a plurality of curved panels, each curved panel being shaped as a spherical cap portion and constrained at a first end and a second end thereof to slide, respectively, along a first guide and a second guide between a first position, in which the curved panels jointly define an opening that allows access to the vehicle supply system, and a second position, in which the curved panels prevent access to the supply system. Control means control movement of the curved panels between the first and second positions.