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Filler inlet compartment lid operating system

  • US 6,499,789 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An operating system for a filler inlet compartment lid of a motor vehicle, comprising a control unit which responds to signals indicating predefined conditions and designed for controlling the operating system for closing the filler inlet compartment lid, and a sliding-block part which is arranged inside a vehicle body, which can be rotated or displaced by a driving element, and which has a guide slot, open on one side and defining two levels, and a locking pin mounted on the filler inlet compartment lid which can enter the guide slot, the locking pin, according to the position of the sliding-block part, locking the filler inlet compartment lid in a closed position or moving the filler inlet compartment lid into a slightly lifted intermediate position.

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