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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenji Chiba, Tokai, JP;
Akihisa Okada, Kariya, JP;
Nobukazu Kato, Kariya, JP;
Yasuhiro Hatta, Kariya, JP;
Hirofumi Arima, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A support structure for a fuel lid attached by a hinge to a vehicle body is provided with an annular rubber seal, which is provided on the vehicle body to surround an oil filler port in the vehicle body. The rubber seal has a top surface and an inner circumferential surface. The support structure includes a contact plate provided on a back surface of the fuel lid. The contact plate contacts the rubber seal when the fuel lid is in the closed state. The contact plate has an upper surface contact portion for contacting the upper surface of the rubber seal, and an inner-surface contact portion for contacting the inner circumferential surface of the rubber seal.