Patent ID: 9327593
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60K,E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fuel housing assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a fuel door; a primary fuel door lock system comprising a locking shaft extending in a first direction, the locking shaft having a locked configuration where a locking end of the locking shaft engages a locking member of the fuel door to inhibit opening of the fuel door and an unlocked configuration where the locking end of the locking shaft is removed from the locking member to allow opening of the fuel door; and a secondary fuel door lock system that is connected to the locking shaft by a decoupling structure that allows movement of the locking shaft between the locked and unlocked configurations relative to the secondary fuel door lock system; wherein the decoupling structure comprises a loop portion, the loop portion receiving a connector component comprising a connecting portion extending outwardly from the locking shaft in a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction, wherein the connector component further comprises an enlarged head portion and a positioning paddle, and wherein the positioning paddle is connected to the locking shaft via the connecting portion and the positioning paddle extends outward along a lengthwise direction of the loop portion beyond the enlarged head portion.