Patent ID: 8960732
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F16J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a vehicle fuel door housing mounted on a vehicle; a vehicle fuel door movably coupled to the fuel door housing; a rod reciprocatingly extending through an aperture in a fuel door housing and adapted for movement between first and second opposed end positions of travel to engage with and disengage from the vehicle fuel door; the rod having a smaller diameter portion and a co-linear larger diameter portion; the rod including a wall extending angularly with respect to a longitudinal axis of the rod between the smaller and larger diameter portions of the rod; a seal mounted in a fixed position on the housing relative to the rod, the seal having an inner diameter greater than the smaller diameter portion of the rod such that the seal is disposed in a non-contacting position relative to the smaller diameter portion of the rod during translation of the rod between the first and second positions; and the seal disposed for sealing engagement with the wall when the rod translates to one of the first and second positions.