Urging structure for lid
An urging structure for a lid includes a spring member having one spring end linked to a supply-port-forming member and the other spring end linked to a lid, and provided so as to be most elastically deformed at an intermediate position between a closed position and a maximum open position of the lid to urge the lid. The spring member is linked to the lid in such a way so as to vary a distance between the other spring end and a turning center of the lid, and the distance stays constant when the lid is in the closed position and in the intermediate position, increases in a process of moving from the intermediate position to the maximum open position, and becomes maximum when the lid is in the maximum open position.
1. An urging structure for a lid turnably assembled relative to a supply-port-forming member provided in an automobile and forming an energy supply port, and closing the supply port in a closed position, comprising:
a spring member having one spring end linked to the supply-port-forming member and another spring end movably linked to the lid, and provided in such a way so as to be most elastically deformed at an intermediate position between the closed position and a maximum open position of the lid to urge the lid,
wherein the spring member is linked to the lid so as to vary a distance between the another spring end and a turning center of the lid, and
the distance stays constant when the lid is in the closed position and in the intermediate position, increases in a process of moving from the intermediate position to the maximum open position, and becomes maximum when the lid is in the maximum open position.
2. An urging structure for a lid according to claim 1 , wherein the another spring end of the spring member is housed in a long hole formed in the lid so that the spring member and the lid are movably linked.