US 12,128,757 B2
Lid assembly structure
Kenichiro Kaneko, Kiyosu (JP); Kohei Shirota, Kiyosu (JP); Kazuki Fujisawa, Nagoya (JP); and Yuki Terazawa, Kiyosu (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,098.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-155615 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100940 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC B60K 15/05 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid assembly structure comprising:
a base member attached to a vehicle body of a vehicle;
a lid whose position is changed between a closed position at which the lid covers an energy supply port provided in the vehicle body and an opened position at which the lid opens the energy supply port; and
an opening/closing mechanism assembled to the base member and the lid and configured to open/close the lid, wherein
the opening/closing mechanism includes a cover member assembled to the base member, a shaft assembled to the lid and rotatably supported on the cover member, and a biasing member attached to the shaft and configured to bias the lid to the opened position,
the shaft has a first engagement portion with which a first engagement end of the biasing member engages,
the cover member has a temporary engagement portion with which a second engagement end of the biasing member detachably engages,
the base member has a main engagement portion with which the second engagement end engages, and a guide portion configured to guide the second engagement end from the temporary engagement portion toward the main engagement portion, and
during assembling of the base member and the opening/closing mechanism, the biasing member whose first engagement end engages with the first engagement portion is guided by the guide portion, and a state of the biasing member is changed from a temporary assembled state where the second engagement end and the temporary engagement portion engage with each other to a main assembled state where the second engagement end and the main engagement portion engage with each other, thereby accumulating at least a part of a biasing force in the biasing member.