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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rainer Gramss, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
ITW-ATECO GmbH, Norderstedt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 9722 ; 220 862 ;
Abstract
A tank cap which is pivotally supported, preferably about an approximately vertical axis, at an end portion of a tank inlet tray of an automotive vehicle, a carrier element of plastic material being provided having an outer circumference approximately corresponding to that of the tank cap and being pivotally supported by the inlet tray, and a cover element of sheet metal being attached to the outer surface of the carrier element.