Patent ID: 6666239
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
A filling pipe for a fuel tank having an enlarged housing for holding a closure cap, the housing containing an insert having a collar for selectively holding the outlet pipe of a fuel nozzle, wherein the housing has (a) an inner circumference provided with a plurality of inwardly directed threaded segments and at least one vertical indentation, (b) an upper part having segmented threaded parts for receiving a closure cap and (c) a lower part shaped to the diameter of the filling pipe and contains an insert, the insert has an outer circumference provided with a plurality of outwardly directed threaded segments and two outwardly directed lugs, wherein the outwardly directed threaded segments together with the inwardly directed threaded segments of the housing hold the insert in the longitudinal direction, and the lugs together with the at least one indentation form a safeguard against twisting.