US 11,794,821 B2
Vehicle fender assembly including a charge port assembly
Stephen James Marshall, Columbus, OH (US); Steve Faria, Marysville, OH (US); Daniel R. Muller, Marysville, OH (US); Patrick J. Ellison, Dublin, OH (US); Taiga Marukawa, Rochester Hills, OH (US); Takashi Nakano, Columbus, OH (US); Akira Futatsuhashi, Wako (JP); and Keiichiro Tsuji, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,118.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257025 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/18 (2006.01); B62D 65/16 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC B62D 25/18 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B62D 65/16 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fender assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a fender including a body having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the body defines a body opening;
a stiffener mounted to the inner surface of the body and located at the body opening, the stiffener includes stiffener holes sized to receive associated fasteners; and
a charge port assembly including a bracket mounted to the stiffener, the bracket includes bracket holes sized to receive the associated fasteners, wherein the bracket holes are over-sized relative to the associated fasteners to allow for positional movement of the charge port assembly on the associated fasteners relative to the body opening,
wherein the stiffener includes at least one stiffener locating feature and the bracket includes at least one bracket locating feature adapted to mate with the at least one stiffener locating feature to ensure proper placement of the bracket on the stiffener relative to the body opening,
wherein the at least one stiffener locating feature includes first and second stiffener locating features and the at least one bracket locating feature includes corresponding first and second bracket locating features adapted to mate with the respective first and second stiffener locating features,
wherein at least one of the first stiffener locating feature and the second stiffener locating feature is defined by a rib, and the corresponding one of the first bracket locating feature and the second bracket locating feature is defined by a slot sized to receive the rib.