Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Static electricity discharge tank cap
- Patent Title (中): 静电放电罐盖
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Application No.: US11920439Application Date: 2006-06-23
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Publication No.: US08113376B2Publication Date: 2012-02-14
- Inventor: Yasunori Matsubara , Teruyuki Saitoh , Keita Ito
- Applicant: Yasunori Matsubara , Teruyuki Saitoh , Keita Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2005-183597 20050623; JP2005-254565 20050902
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/312610 WO 20060623
- International Announcement: WO2006/137521 WO 20061228
- Main IPC: B65D53/02
- IPC: B65D53/02

Abstract:
A tank cap includes: a synthetic-resin cap body (20) mounted on a fuel supply port cylinder (18) of a conductive fuel tank, (T); a conductive cap shell (22) coupled to an upper part of the cap body (20); and a gasket (23) provided in the cap body (20) and in close contact with a sealing surface (18a) of the fuel supply port cylinder (18). The cap body (20) and the cap shell (22) are linked to be mutually rotatable. A ratchet mechanism (35) is mounted between the cap shell (22) and the cap body (20). An elastic contact piece (38) elastically and slidably contacting an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical peripheral wall (22a) of the cap shell (22) is integrally projectingly provided on an outer periphery of the gasket (23). Thus, it is possible to cause static electricity carried by an operator to escape to a fuel tank through the gasket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090026207A1 TANK CAP Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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