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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Appleby, Wolverhampton, WV (US);
James Bolsworth, Glasgow, GB;
Charles M Wilson, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220335 ; 220D / ; 296 9722 ;
Abstract
A remotely releasable fuel filler door assembly has a limited and controlled opening motion provided by cooperating detents molded to relatively flexible spaced walls of a plastic hinge member and a plastic hinge box, so that the potential damage from an initial, wide opening is avoided.