公开(公告)号：US06285934B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US09450281

申请日：1999-11-26

申请人： Richard J. Shaw

发明人： Richard J. Shaw

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： B60K15/0406 ,  B60W2420/22 ,  B60W2420/225

摘要： Proper mounting of a motor vehicle fuel tank cap on a vehicle fill pipe is of major importance to reduce the vapors which on escaping from the fuel tank contributes to environ-mental pollution, to insure proper mounting of the gas cap there is provided in this invention apparatus and method for monitoring proper mounting of the motor vehicle fuel tank cap, on the fill pipe of the vehicle and the apparatus includes strain gauges, connected to a monitor computer and an alarm activated by the monitor computer to indicate proper or improper mounting of the fuel tank cap on the fill pipe of the vehicle fuel tank.

摘要翻译： 机动车辆油箱盖正确安装在车辆填充管上是非常重要的，以减少从燃料箱排出的蒸汽有助于环境污染，以确保在本发明中提供的气帽的适当安装 用于监测机动车辆燃料箱盖正确安装在车辆的填充管上的装置和方法包括应变仪，连接到监视计算机和由监视器计算机启动的报警器，以指示适当或不正确地安装 燃油箱盖在车辆油箱的填充管上。