Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle fuel tank filler neck blanking cover with a detachable grip web

US5246132A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

7References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Joachim Muth · Lüdinghausen, DE
Dieter Scheurenbrand · Wolfschlugen, DE
Lothar Mauz · Eßlingen, DE
Peter Weymann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 1993
Grant date	Sep 21, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S220/33
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blanking cover for the filler neck of a motor vehicle fuel tank has a grip protruding from the blanking cover body so as to ensure that reliable filler neck sealing is maintained in the case of a crash when a collision occurs between the grip and a body part. The grip can be released from the blanking cover body under the action of crash forces.

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