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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Hiroyuki Nakaya, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakaya, Utsunomiya, JP;
Nifco Inc., Yokohama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A push-up device for a fuel lid includes a holder adapted to be attached to a panel under the fuel lid, a cylindrical sleeve disposed in the holder and having a plurality of elongated grooves and a plurality of short grooves alternately arranged in a vertical direction at equal intervals in an inner surface thereof, a spring member disposed in the holder, a push rod disposed in the holder to protrude outwardly from the holder and engaging the spring member, and a cam disposed between the push rod and the cylindrical sleeve. When a depressing force is applied to the push rod in a fuel lid closing state, the cam located in the shoot grooves is moved to the elongated grooves, and when the depressing force is applied to the push rod, the cam located in the elongated grooves is moved to the short grooves.