Patent ID: 7914063

Claim:
Fuel tank cover module for installation in a motor vehicle including a fuel tank cover, the fuel tank cover module comprising: a trough body; a hinge arm, configured to receive the fuel tank cover and mounted pivotably about a pivot pin on the trough body; a locking portion on the hinge arm at an end remote from the pivot pin; a rigid locking element movable between a locking position and an unlocking position; and a control unit configured to move the rigid locking element between the locking position and the unlocking position; wherein the rigid locking element extends through the trough body and into the locking portion in the locking position, and is released from the locking portion in the unlocking position; and wherein the control unit is disposed on the outside of the trough body in the region of the pivot pin and the locking element extends from the control unit at least partially around an outer circumferential portion of the trough body.