US 12,006,751 B2
Articulating vehicle energy source door
Christopher Thomas Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US); Saman Bagheri Farahani, Northbrook, IL (US); Justin Louis Ruzich, Frankfort, IL (US); and Dennis Matthew Mark, Buffalo Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,214
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
PCT Filed May 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/031469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/231675, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,533, filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,421, filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251891 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/05 (2006.01); E05D 3/16 (2006.01); E05D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 3/16 (2013.01) [B60K 15/05 (2013.01); E05D 11/06 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0561 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle port door, comprising:
a housing; and
a flap pivotable relative to the housing via an interlocking linkage assembly, the interlocking linkage assembly including:
an intermediate link pivotably connected to a first pivot mount, the first pivot mount supported by the housing;
a driver link pivotably connected to a second pivot mount, the second pivot mount supported by the housing;
a passive link having a first end and a second end, the first end pivotably connected to the intermediate link and the second end pivotably connected to the flap; and
a driven link pivotably connected to the driver link, the intermediate link, and the flap,
wherein the flap is aligned with the housing in a closed position, and
wherein the flap has clearance relative to the housing in an open position so that the flap is spaced apart from the housing.