JPH05201263A - Cap hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a cap hanger capable of preventing falling of a cap. CONSTITUTION:A cap hanger 14 for holding a cap is provided at the back surface 10A of a fuel lid 10, and is composed of a cap hanger main body 16 as a cap holding part and a rib 18 as a locking projection. Flange parts 16D and 16E are formed toward a mutually approaching direction at each opening end part of opposite wall parts 16B and 16C of the fuel lid 10. Also a rib 18 along the up and down direction of the fuel lid 10 is protruded at the lower end middle part of a base part 16A of the cap hanger main body 16 which is the back side of the fuel lid 10, and the lower surface 18B of the rib 18 is made to opposite the inner peripheral surface of the cap.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cap hanger provided on the back surface of a fuel lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of injecting fuel into a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body, an operator removes a cap provided at a fuel injection port of the fuel tank.
The cap is engaged with the cap hanger provided on the back surface of the fuel lid shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 181432 or the like. When the fuel injection work is completed, the cap is removed from the cap hanger and attached to the fuel injection port of the fuel tank.

An example of a cap hanger provided on the back surface of the fuel lid is shown in FIG. The shape of the cap hanger 70 as viewed from above the fuel lid 72 is a U-shape with an opening facing the back surface 72A of the fuel lid 72, and the base portion 70A is welded to the back surface 72A of the fuel lid 72. . Further, flange portions 70D and 70E are formed at the opening end portions of the opposing wall portions 70B and 70C of the cap hanger 70 so as to approach each other. The opposing wall portions 70B and 70C of the cap hanger 70 are arcuate in shape, and the opposing wall portions 70B and 70C are in a state where their lower portions approach each other and their upper portions open.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the cap 7
4, the tip of the threaded portion 74A is the cap hanger 70.
Of the cap hanger 70 are retained by the opposing wall portions 70B, 70C of the cap hanger 70 and are retained by the cap hanger 70 while being engaged with the flange portions 70D, 70E of the cap hanger 70. .

[0005]

However, as shown in FIG. 8, the conventional inlet box portion 80 has a so-called separate inlet box structure, which is a separate member from the outer panel 82. As shown in FIG. 9, a recent inlet box portion has a so-called, in which the inlet box portion 90A is formed in a part of the outer panel 90 in order to improve the appearance, rust prevention, productivity improvement and cost reduction.
Outer panel integrated diaphragm inlet box structures are becoming mainstream. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, as compared with the depth D1 of the inlet box portion 80 having the separate inlet box structure, the depth D2 of the inlet box portion 90A having the outer panel integrated drawing inlet box structure shown in FIG. 9 is shallower. Has become.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the height H of the cap hanger 70 provided on the back surface 72A of the fuel lid 72 is limited, and the height H of the cap hanger 72 becomes low. Therefore, the cap hanger of the cap 74 is reduced. When the engagement margin L to 70 becomes short and the fuel injection gun or the like comes into contact with the cap 74, as shown by the broken line in FIG.
Is inclined downward and inclined by a predetermined angle or more, the cap 74 easily fell off from the cap hanger 70 by its own weight.

In view of the above facts, the present invention has an object to obtain a cap hanger capable of preventing the cap from falling off.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cap hanger provided on a back surface of a fuel lid, a cap holding portion which engages with a screw portion of the cap and holds the cap, and a back surface side of the fuel lid. And an engaging projection facing the inner peripheral surface of the cap held by the cap holding portion.

[0009]

In the cap hanger according to claim 1 of the present invention, when the operator engages the screw portion of the cap with the cap holding portion provided on the back surface of the fuel lid and rotates the cap, the screw portion of the cap is capped. By screwing with the holding portion, the cap advances toward the back surface of the fuel lid.

When the cap advances toward the back surface of the fuel lid by a predetermined amount, the engaging projection provided on the back surface of the fuel lid faces the inner peripheral surface of the cap.

Therefore, when the fuel injection gun or the like comes into contact with the cap engaged with the cap hanger and the cap is tilted, the protrusion is brought into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cap, and the cap is prevented from being greatly tilted. be able to. For this reason,
It is possible to prevent the cap from falling off the cap hanger.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the cap hanger of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, an arrow FR indicates a front direction of the fuel lid, an arrow UP indicates an upper direction of the fuel lid, and an arrow IN indicates an inner direction of the fuel lid.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fuel lid 1
On the back surface 10A of 0, a cap hanger 14 for holding the cap 12 (see FIG. 4) is provided, and the worker removes the cap 12 provided at the fuel injection port to the fuel tank to remove the cap hanger. 14 is engaged.

The cap hanger 14 is composed of a cap hanger body 16 as a cap holding portion and a rib 18 as an engaging projection, which are elongated and have a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction of the fuel lid 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the fuel lid 1
The shape of the cap hanger main body 16 viewed from above 0 is a U-shape with the opening facing the side opposite to the back surface 10A of the fuel lid 10, and the base 16A is welded to the back surface 10A of the fuel lid 10. In addition, the flange portions 16 are provided at the opening end portions of the facing wall portions 16B and 16C of the cap hanger body 16 so as to approach each other.
D and 16E are formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fuel lid 1
When viewed from the inside of 0, the opposing wall portions 16B and 16C of the cap hanger body 16 are arranged on the arc of the same circle, and the opposing wall portions 16B and 16C are close to each other at the bottom,
The upper part is open. Further, the opposing wall portions 16B and 16C of the cap hanger body 16 have an upper end opening width W1.
Is wider than the outer diameter R of the cap 12, and the lower end opening width W2 is narrower than the outer diameter R of the cap 12.

At the center of the lower end of the base 16A of the cap hanger body 16 on the back side of the fuel lid 10, a rib 18 is projected along the vertical direction of the fuel lid 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cap 12 comprises a screw portion 12A and a head portion 12B, and the head portion 12B is heavier than the screw portion 12A. Further, the screw portion 12A of the cap 12 is provided with a screw thread 13 that is screwed into a screw portion provided at a fuel injection port to the fuel tank.

As shown in FIG. 5, the height A of the rib 18 is from the inner height B of the flange portions 16D and 16E of the cap hanger body 16, from the tip of the threaded portion 12A of the cap 12 to the tip of the thread 13. It is set to a height slightly lower than the distance C to. The upper surface 18A of the rib 18 is
It is an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the flange portions 16D and 16E. Therefore, the cap 12 can be easily engaged with the cap hanger 14 from above the fuel lid 10.

When the screw threads 13 of the cap 12 are engaged with the flange portions 16D and 16E of the cap hanger body 16 and the cap 12 is rotated in the screw tightening direction, the cap 1
The screw thread 13 of 2 and the flange portions 16D, 16E are screwed together and moved in the direction of the rear surface 10A of the fuel lid 10 (direction of arrow F in FIG. 5), and the tip of the screw portion 12A of the cap 12 is attached to the cap hanger body 16. It contacts the base portion 16A, and when the cap 12 is at this position (the position shown in FIG. 5), the lower surface 18B of the rib 18 faces the inner peripheral surface 12C of the cap 12. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the cap hanger 14 of this embodiment, an operator attaches the threaded portion 12A of the cap 12 to the back surface 10 of the fuel lid 10.
When engaging the cap hanger body 16 provided in A and rotating the cap 12 in the screw tightening direction, the cap 12
Thread 13 of the threaded portion 12A and cap hanger body 16
The flange portions 16D and 16E of the
2 moves in the direction of the back surface 10A of the fuel lid 10 (direction of arrow F in FIG. 5), the tip of the threaded portion 12A of the cap 12 contacts the base 16A of the cap hanger body 16,
The lower surface 18B of the rib 18 faces the inner peripheral surface 12C of the cap 12.

Therefore, the fuel injection gun or the like comes into contact with the cap 12 engaged with the cap hanger 14, and the cap 1
When the head 2B inclines downward, the lower surface 18B of the rib 18 abuts the inner peripheral surface 12C of the cap 12 and the cap 12 can be prevented from being greatly inclined. Therefore, the cap 12 can be prevented from falling off the cap hanger 14.

The lower surface 18B of the rib 18 is the cap 1
The cap 12 may be further rotated in the screw tightening direction in a state of facing the inner peripheral surface 12C of 2 (state of FIG. 5). In this case, the cap 12 tries to escape above the fuel lid 10 (in the direction of arrow P in FIG. 5) by the reaction force between the screw portion 12A and the flange portions 16D and 16E of the cap hanger body 16, so that the rib 18 The inner peripheral surface 12C of the cap 12 can be brought into contact with the lower surface 18B of the cap 12 and the holding of the cap 12 by the cap hanger 14 can be further ensured.

On the other hand, the cap 12 is replaced with the cap hanger 1
When removing from 4, the cap 12 can be easily removed by rotating the cap 12 in the screw loosening direction and retracting the rib 18 to the position where it comes out of the inside of the cap 12.

The cap hanger 14 of this embodiment is also used.
Since it suffices to provide the rib 18 on the conventional cap hanger and can be easily configured by improving the conventional cap hanger, it has an excellent effect that the countermeasure can be taken very inexpensively.

In the cap hanger 14 of the present embodiment, the engaging projection is formed by the rib 18, but the engaging projection is not limited to the rib and may be another structure such as a pin.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cap hanger includes a cap holding portion for engaging the screw portion of the cap and holding the cap, and a protruding portion facing the inner peripheral surface of the cap held by the cap holding portion. Since it is configured to include and, it has an excellent effect of preventing the cap from falling off.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fuel lid to which a cap hanger according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, as viewed from the inside of the rear of the fuel lid.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cap hanger according to the embodiment of the present invention viewed from above the fuel lid.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cap hanger according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the inside of the fuel lid.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cap is held by the cap hanger according to the embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the inside of the rear of the fuel lid.

5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a fuel lid to which a conventional cap hanger is applied, as viewed from the inside of the rear of the fuel lid.

7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing another inlet box structure.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a structure of a diaphragm inlet box integrated with an outer panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Fuel lid 10A Back surface 12 Cap 12A Screw part 12B Head part 12C Inner peripheral surface 14 Cap hanger 16 Cap hanger main body (cap holding part) 16A Base part 16B Opposing wall part 16C Opposing wall part 16D Flange part 16E Flange part 18 Rib (engaging protrusion) )

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cap holding portion that is provided on the back surface of the fuel lid and that holds the cap by engaging with a screw portion of the cap, and an inner peripheral surface of the cap that is provided on the back surface side of the fuel lid and that is held by the cap holding portion. A cap hanger, comprising: