US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 16 for "Actuating assembly, and fuel filler or charging inlet flip assembly" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,415, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Actuating assembly, and fuel filler or charging inlet flip assembly" was invented by Yuan Sun (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an actuating assembly and a fuel filler or charging inlet flip assembly. The actuating assembly comprises a driving gear and a transmission gear. The transmission gear is configured to be capable of rotating in a first direction to open the flip and in a second direction to close the flip, driven by the driving gear. An outer periphery of the driving gear is provided with a first out...