Vehicle lid device
A vehicle lid device includes a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing. A connection portion between the housing side and the lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, fitting of the fitting portion is released.
1. A vehicle lid device, comprising:
a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and
a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing,
wherein a connection portion between the housing side and a lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, a fitting of the fitting portion is released.
2. A vehicle lid device according to claim 1 , wherein the lid is connected and supported relative to the housing through a first link member and a second link member, and when the external force at the predetermined value or above is applied, a fitting of the fitting portion between the second link member and the lid is released, and a fitting of the fitting portion between the first link member and the lid is maintained.
3. A vehicle lid device according to claim 2 , further comprising an urging member supported in the first link member.
4. A vehicle lid device according to claim 2 , wherein as the shaft, the first link member includes a shaft having an approximately D shape in a cross section, and the second link member includes a shaft having an approximately round shape in a cross section which can be released from the fitting easier than the D shape.
5. A vehicle lid device according to claim 4 , further comprising a groove portion provided on the lid side for allowing the shaft of the second link member to fit again from a state wherein the shaft of the second link member has come off from the hole portion.
6. A vehicle lid device according to claim 2 , wherein the lid includes a lid main member to which the first and second link members are connected, and a lid outer mounted on an outer face of the lid main member, and in a case wherein an external force at a predetermined value or above in an opening direction is applied to the lid main member, the lid outer falls off from the lid main member, or moves in a direction of separating from the first and second link members.