Patent ID: 8336938
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A cap mounting structure, comprising: an interior member defining an opening therein; an engagement hole defined in a peripheral edge part of the interior member adjacent to the opening; a cap having a protruding part, which protrudes from a back surface of the cap along a protruding direction and is inserted through the engagement hole, the protruding part having an engagement part engaging with an inner peripheral edge of the engagement hole, the engagement part comprising an intermediate portion of the protruding part that is expanded in an expansion direction; the engagement part having a length in the expansion direction longer than a length of the engagement hole in a direction corresponding to the expansion direction; wherein when the protruding part is inserted through the engagement hole, at least one of the engagement hole and the engagement part is elastically deformed, and the engagement part is engaged with the engagement hole by elastic restoration of the at least one of the engagement hole and the engagement part, whereby the cap is temporarily held in a partially open position in which the cap is captive by the interior member; and from the temporarily held partially open position, the cap is pivotable around a pivot axis defined at a side of the engagement part so as to be pivotable to a fully open position and to a closed position.