IP Library Granted Patent US 7,758,098
Granted Patent B2
US 7,758,098 · App. 11/913,525 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Device for making accessible and closing an opening in a vehicle body

Assignee: SMR Patents S.a.r.l.
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Patent No.
US 7,758,098
App. No.
11/913,525
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for making accessible and closing an opening in a vehicle body, especially a filler neck compartment. According to the invention, a closing part is first displaced out of the body plane and then parallel to the vehicle body via two moving devices in order to make accessible a filler neck, for example.

Claims (11)

1. A device for making accessible and closing a filler neck compartment of a vehicle body through a closing part of a first moving device for moving the closing part in a first moving direction perpendicular to the vehicle body, and a second moving device for moving the closing part in a second moving direction parallel to the vehicle body and perpendicular to the first moving direction, wherein each of said first and second moving devices include electromechanical devices consisting of a lift magnet and an electric motor and the closing part is connected with a longitudinally moveable sleeve in a rigid and offset manner.

2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said second moving device is provided as electric motor, which is coupled with the closing part through a spindle.

3. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said second moving device is coupled with the first moving device, so that the second moving device is moved perpendicular to the vehicle body.

4. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the moving devices are provided together as a module.

5. A device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the closing part is coupled through a longitudinally moveable torque proof sleeve with a rotatably mounted, motor driven spindle.

6. A device according to claim 5 , wherein the sleeve is supported through a guide groove, or a guide surface at the outside of the sleeve.

7. A device according to claim 5 , wherein the closing part is mounted to the sleeve through a bar.

8. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the spindle is supported in a housing.

9. A device according to claim 8 , wherein a seal is disposed between the sleeve and the housing.

10. A device according to claim 8 , wherein the sleeve is guided in the housing.

11. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the second moving device is supported on a slide.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2009
From: VISIOCORP PATENTS S A R.L.
To: SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 023634/0129 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2008
From: SCHEFENACKER-ENGELMANN SPIEGEL GMBH
To: VISIOCORP PATENTS S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 020514/0230 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2007
From: BUSCH, MARCUS
To: SCHEFENACKER ENGELMANN SPIEGEL GMBH
Reel/Frame 020170/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 020 982 · May 3, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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