Patent ID: 7380861

Claim:
Plastic fuel inlet compartment having: a passage hole ( 2 ) in a rear wall ( 3 ) for connecting or passing through a tank line that can be closed, a second passage opening ( 28 ) in the rear wall ( 3 ), delimited by a weakening groove ( 27 ), for bivalent gas tanking, marked or molded on, and that after installation or during pre-assembly of the fuel inlet compartment, a wall part delimited in this manner can be broken out or pushed out to form the passage opening ( 28 ), a pivot bearing ( 4 ) that runs essentially vertically, with horizontal bearing bores ( 5 , 6 ) at a top and bottom on at least one mantle wall ( 7 ) of the fuel inlet compartment ( 1 ), for insertion of a bearing pin ( 8 ) that is mounted to rotate therein, to which a bearing lever ( 9 ) of a door ( 10 ) that closes off the fuel inlet compartment ( 1 ) is attached, at least one bearing chamber ( 11 ) for accommodating at least one locking element ( 13 ) disposed in a housing ( 12 ), for locking the door ( 10 ) when closed, the fuel inlet compartment ( 1 ), said locking element ( 13 ) can rotate or be displaced, which releasably engages behind a stop projection ( 14 ) on the door ( 10 ) when closed, devices ( 15 ) on the outsides of said at least one mantle wall( 7 , 16 , 17 , 18 ) for engaging the fuel inlet compartment ( 1 ) for attaching the fuel inlet compartment ( 1 ).