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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Myeong Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Bu Yeol Ryu, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A misfueling prevention system for a vehicle may include an upper housing disposed at an inlet of a fuel filler neck, a lower housing disposed inside the fuel filler neck, supported by a hinge structure in the upper housing, and rotatable by a center returning spring disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing, a stopper spring and a stopper, the stopper being rotatably disposed at one side of the lower housing in a pin structure and rotatable by a contact with a refueling gun, and a flapper spring and a flapper, the flapper having one end rotatably disposed at another side of the lower housing in a pin structure and another end lockable in a recess part of the stopper and pushed to be opened by the refueling gun when released from the recess part of the stopper.