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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd, Kiyosu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Ogata, Kiyosu, JP;
Shinjiro Tomida, Kiyosu, JP;
Tomohiro Shirai, Kiyosu, JP;
Masayuki Suzuki, Nissin, JP;
Masayuki Noda, Okazaki, JP;
Masahiro Nakazato, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention prevents a lock pin from coming out of a lock hole even if a fuel lid locked in a bolted manner by intrusion of the lock pin into the lock hole is pushed toward a vehicle body. A second lock hole is formed in an inner peripheral wall of the lock hole and a protruding portion formed on the lock pin is engaged in the second lock hole when the fuel lid is pushed toward the vehicle body.