Patent ID: 8627912
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A CNG filling receptacle holding device for a vehicle comprising: a gas filling receptacle installed on an upper gas filling receptacle holding bracket and a lower gas filling receptacle holding bracket, wherein said upper gas filling receptacle holding bracket and said lower gas filling receptacle bracket are molded plates joined and superimposed to one another forming part of a frame bracket; wherein a gas filling receptacle installation side of said frame bracket includes holes for mounting said gas filling receptacle; wherein said frame bracket is adapted to mount to a side of the gas filling receptacle; wherein said frame bracket is molded to form a U shaped wing and connected to a frame locking bracket, wherein said frame locking bracket is molded to form a shape with a groove in the middle and has a protruding flange on both sides to couple with a side frame of a vehicle, wherein a middle line of the frame bracket and the frame locking bracket is under a fuel pipe unit; wherein an upper part of the frame bracket is joined to a fuel pipe covering bracket that covers the fuel pipe unit; wherein a part of the frame bracket other than the upper part joins to an outside of the side frame of the vehicle; first and second locking plates disposed on an inside of the side frame of the vehicle, wherein the first and second locking plates are respectively disposed at or near a front and a back of a transverse frame of the vehicle; at least four frame fastening sleeves, wherein two of the frame fastening sleeves are installed at or near a top of the side frame of the vehicle, wherein another two of the frame fastening sleeves are installed at or near a bottom of the side frame of the vehicle; wherein, in installation, the frame fastening sleeves are used as an abutment between the protruding flanges of the frame locking bracket and the first and second frame locking plates, wherein locking bolts are disposed through holes of the frame locking bracket, the frame locking sleeves and the first and second frame locking plates; wherein spot nuts are used to tighten connections, formed by the locking bolts, the frame locking bracket, the frame locking sleeves, and the first and second frame locking plates, on both the top and the bottom of the side frame of the vehicle; wherein a filling receptacle cover is disposed on the gas filling receptacle and the fuel pipe unit by locking the filling receptacle cover to an edge of a hole of a vehicle body.