Patent ID: 8276969

Claim:
A fuel door assembly for use with an associated vehicle having: (1) a body that: (a) defines an outside surface for the vehicle; (b) has an opening; and, (c) has a contact surface; and, (2) a fuel filling pipe that is used to communicate fuel from the opening to a fuel tank, the fuel door assembly comprising: a fuel door that is movable with respect to the body between: (1) a closed condition where the fuel door substantially closes the opening; and, (2) an open condition where: (a) the fuel door provides access to the fuel filling pipe through the opening; and, (b) a contact surface of the fuel door contacts the contact surface of the body; and, a vibration damper made as a single part with and overmolded on one of the contact surface of the body and the contact surface of the fuel door that dampens vibration between the fuel door and the body when the fuel door is in the open condition.