Patent ID: 6371325
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B60K,Y10S

Abstract:
A fuel tank closure system comprisinga filler neck having a central axis and an inner wall defining a hollow interior in fluid communication with an interior region of a fuel tank and a fuel cap engageable with the filler neck of a vehicle fuel tank, the fuel cap including a closure, a seal coupled to the closure to engage the filler neck, and a spring, the closure including a core and a handle coupled to the core, the core including a body member sized to be received in the filler neck and a lug coupled to the body member and engageable with the filler neck, the handle being adapted to move the lug between an engaged position securing the closure in an axially inner position along the central axis and a disengaged position permitting the closure to move between the axially inner position and an axially outer position along the central axis, the spring being positioned to abut the closure and the filler neck to move the closure relative to the filler neck to the axially outer position while the lug is in the disengaged position.