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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Markus Frommann, Bingen am Rhein, DE;
Heiko Betzen, Bausendorf, DE;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); E05B 83/34 (2014.01); E05C 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0561 (2013.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); E05B 83/34 (2013.01); E05C 19/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flap assembly is provided for a motor vehicle, with a base, in particular a prestressed flap, in particular a fuel filler flap, which is movably mounted relative to the base in a closing direction, and exhibits a latching element with a stop, which in a closing position engages a counter-stop of the base from the back, so as to counteract an opening of the flap opposite the closing direction, and a movable unlocking element, which in an unlocking position counteracts an engagement of the counter-stop by the stop from the back.