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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Jerome Ropert, Laval, FR;
Guillaume Blanc-brude, Yokohama, JP;
Dominique Girard, Montigne le Brillant, FR;
Thierry Rouxel, Argentre, FR;
Jerome Ropert, Laval, FR;
Guillaume Blanc-Brude, Yokohama, JP;
Dominique Girard, Montigne le Brillant, FR;
Thierry Rouxel, Argentre, FR;
Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A closure head for a fuel tank filler pipe allowing automatic opening of a shutter under action of thrust of a nozzle on a device integrated into the top of the filler pipe and closing of the shutter when the nozzle is withdrawn. The locking of the shutter is achieved by a mechanism connected to a bodywork flap such that locking and squashing of a seal are achieved upon the closing of the bodywork flap and the opening of the bodywork flap cannot unlock the shutter without the nozzle additionally being introduced into the system. A method for opening a filler head employs the device.