US 12,011,991 B2
Closure arrangement for closing a fuel inlet compartment of a body of a motor vehicle
Jürgen Salewski, Wendlingen (DE); and William Pompili, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Assigned to BOS GMBH & CO. KG, Ostfildern (DE)
Filed by BOS GMBH & CO. KG, Ostfildern (DE)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,574.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,745, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0396061 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 15/05 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/05 (2013.01) [B60K 2015/0523 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/628 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/686 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/716 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/722 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/51 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/534 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure arrangement for closing a fuel inlet compartment of a body of a motor vehicle, the closure arrangement comprising:
a guide device, the guide device, in a mounted and ready-for-use state, being fixed to the vehicle;
a cover element displaceably guided on the guide device between a closed position, the cover element in the closed position closing the fuel inlet compartment, and an open position, the cover element in the open position allowing access to the fuel inlet compartment, one of the guide device and the cover element having at least one track element and the other of the guide device and the cover element having at least one track-engaging element slidably engaged with the at least one track element, the at least one track element being configured to cause the cover element to undergo both a reciprocating movement in a reciprocating direction and a longitudinal movement in a longitudinal direction during movement between the closed and open positions; and
a drive device operatively connected to the cover element to drive and displace the cover element between the closed position and the open position, the drive device including a drive rod element having a longitudinal axis, the drive rod element moving in an axial direction and acting on the cover element to transmit a pulling force and a pushing force and displace the cover element in the reciprocating and longitudinal directions while moving between the closed position and the open position, the drive rod element being operatively connected to the cover element by a pivot arrangement, the pivot arrangement permitting relative pivoting movement between the drive rod element and the cover element about a pivot axis oriented transversely to the axial direction of the drive rod element.