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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Rainer Gramss, Iserlohn, DE;
Carsten Albracht, Menden, DE;
Inventors:
Rainer Gramss, Iserlohn, DE;
Carsten Albracht, Menden, DE;
Assignee:
ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/08 (2006.01); B65D 47/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The tank flap of an automobile is locked via a wire spring with which an extension connected to the tank flap will cooperate. A spring-biased locking body keeps the wire spring in the releasing position when the tank flap initially is forced inwards.