B60K2015/0416

A system for securing fuel in vehicles using IoT devices
20180304742 · 2018-10-25 ·

The present invention provides system (100) for securing fuel of motor vehicles using IoT devices. The system comprises control device (101) mounted on lid of fuel tank to control the opening and closing of the lid of the fuel tank, from remote places. The control device (101) comprises plurality of IoT sensors connected to a microcontroller unit (205), a GSM module (202) to transfer the data between the authorized user and control device (101). The control device (101) also comprises microcontroller unit (205) to execute the plurality of operations and motor (207) integrated with microcontroller unit (205) to lock or unlock the lid of the fuel tank on receiving the signal from authorized user. An application is installed onto the user's mobile device (104) to monitor and track the activities in fuel tank. A cloud based database server (103) is used for storing and analyzing the measured fuel data.

Fuel tank

A fuel tank includes a tank panel in which a storage space of a fuel is formed, a tank inlet fixed to the tank panel, and a tank cap that allows the tank inlet to be opened and closed. The tank inlet includes a bottomed cylindrical inlet plate to which the tank cap is attached, an inlet pipe that protrudes from a bottom wall of the inlet plate into the storage space, and a separator configured to separate the fuel entering from the storage space into a liquid component and a gas component. The separator is supported by the bottom wall of the inlet plate in the storage space, and the separator is disposed on an outer side of the inlet pipe and on an inner side relative to an outer edge of the inlet plate in a bottom view of the tank inlet.

Operating Fluid Storage System with Identification of the Reservoir Concerned in the Case of a Filling Need

An operating fluid storage system for a motor vehicle having a reservoir with a filling opening and a closure cover which closes the filling opening and which can be removed from said filling opening to release the filling opening, and with at least one operating fluid outlet opening, to which an operating fluid conveyor line can be connected, for the output of operating fluid to a consumer, the system having a need sensor assembly and an output device, the need sensor assembly determines a filling need of the reservoir and outputs a corresponding need signal to the output device which acoustically, visually and/or haptically outputs a signal indicating the filling need; on the reservoir, an identification device is provided, which can be switched between at least two functional states and which is connected to the need sensor assembly via signal transmission, and which, when the need sensor assembly determines a filling need of the reservoir, is actuated by a corresponding need signal of the need sensor assembly to change the functional state thereof from a first functional state to a second functional state different therefrom.

Driving device for energy replenishment port visor member

This driving device for energy replenishment port visor member includes: a visor member which advances/retracts between an advanced position for covering, from above, a replenishment port exposed at a vehicle-body-side opening and used for replenishing a vehicle with energy, and a retracted position where the visor member is retracted from above the replenishment port; a visor driving unit which advances/retracts the visor member between the advanced position and the retracted position; a gun connection detection unit which detects whether or not an energy replenishment gun is connected to the replenishment port; and a control unit which causes the visor driving unit to execute advancing-driving for advancing the visor member from the retracted position to the advanced position, when the gun connection detection unit has detected that the energy replenishment gun is connected to the replenishment port in a state in which the visor member is at the retracted position.

Method and apparatus for anti-siphoning of fuel

An improved, secure, anti-siphoning method and apparatus that can be fitted into any size fuel tank. The present invention includes a re-configured fuel cap that includes an electronic display, a touchpad for numerically inputting a security code for allowing a user to unscrew the fuel cap. In addition, a biometric reader is implemented to read a user's thumb print, and subsequently allowing the user to access the fuel tank.

Doorless fuel cap system for vehicle and control method thereof

An embodiment fuel cap system includes a filler neck connected to a fuel pipe, a fuel cap having a cylindrical shape and able to be coupled to the filler neck by rotation, a sliding rod extending from an upper surface of the fuel cap in a shaft direction at an inside of the fuel cap and rotatable together with the fuel cap, a plunger including an upper end slidably coupled to the sliding rod in the shaft direction and a lower end including a coupling rod, and an inner ring on the filler neck and including a catching groove having an interior circumference on which the coupling rod is selectively engaged, wherein a rotation of the fuel cap is prevented when the coupling rod is engaged on the catching groove and the rotation of the fuel cap is possible when the coupling rod is disengaged from the catching groove.

Saddle-type vehicle
12606015 · 2026-04-21 · ·

A saddle-type vehicle includes a fuel tank, a tank cap that covers the refueling port provided in the fuel tank in an openable/closable manner, and an operation cable that performs an unlocking operation of the tank cap, wherein the fuel tank includes a first opening and a second opening that extend through the fuel tank, the path member is provided that passes through an interior of the fuel tank and connects the first opening and the second opening, the operation cable is arranged through an interior of the path member, and the operation cable protruding outward from the first opening is connected to the unlocking mechanism for unlocking the tank cap.