Nifco Inc.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Yamakawa Industry Company Ltd.

Akira Mizusawa

Takuo Yuda

Daiji Nakama

Yoshiaki Notoya

Masaaki Sugiyama

Michiaki Sasaki

Shigeru Kimura

Seikichi Yoshitsugu

Yoichi Kikuchi

Tetuo Takegawa

Kazuhiro Kagitani

An opening/closing device for detachably coupling a closure member to the open edge portion of a body includes a locking shaft provided upon the side of the body, a bracket secured to the closure member and having a notch defined therein, an operating lever having an end portion provided with a pawl portion for engaging the locking shaft within the open end region of the notch, and spring means provided upon the operating lever for biasing the pawl portion in the direction of engagement with the locking shaft. When the closure member is set upon the body, the notch is engaged with the locking shaft. The closure member is closed relative to the body by the engagement of the notch and pawl portion with the locking shaft. When the closure member is opened in a cantilevered state, this device serves as a hinge. By operating the operating lever against the biasing force of the spring means so as to disengage the pawl portion from the locking shaft, the closure member is separated from the body.

Opening/closing device

A device for holding an automobile fuel-tank filler port cap comprises a mounting member secured to a position near the filler port, a ring-like holding member rotatably fitted in an annular groove of the cap, and a connecting member connecting the mounting and holding members. The connecting and holding members are folded over the mounting member when the cap is fitted on the filler port. When the cap is removed, all the members are extended into a strip-like form to hold the cap in a hanging state.

Device for holding automobile fuel-tank filler port cap

A check valve is disclosed, which comprises a hollow cylindrical valve body and a pair of substantially semicircular symmetrical valve plates. The valve body has a pair of ear-like bearing projections projecting in a diametrically opposed relation to each other from an open end. The valve plates each have a straight edge with an integral pivot pin provided on one end portion and an integral bearing portion provided at the other end. The two valve plates are joined together by inserting the pivot pin of each of them through the bearing portion of the other. The pivot pins of the joined valve plates are fitted in the bearing projections of the valve body such that the valve plates can be pivotally moved when they are opened and closed.

Check valve

A fuel tank filter comprises a sack-like filter net member, a mounting member for mounting the net member on a suction pipe and a mounting cover for mounting an opening of the net member on the mounting member.

Filter for fuel tank

A plastic fastener comprises a body including two side walls facing each other, one of the side walls being provided on the inner side with a shoulder, and an elastic engagement piece extending obliquely upwardly from the lower end of one side wall and having a lock piece provided at the free end.

Plastic fastener

A device for holding a fuel-tank filler port cap includes a mounting member mounted in a through hole formed in an automobile body near a fuel-tank filler port, and a string-like connecting member inserted into and retained by the mounting member so that it can be partially withdrawn therefrom. The connecting member is provided at one end thereof with means for retaining it against detachment from the mounting member and at the other end thereof with a ring-like portion for holding the cap. The connecting member is retreated and accommodated into the interior of the automobile body through the mounting member when the cap is fitted and, when the cap is removed, is withdrawn to hold the cap in the hanging state.

A ball joint consisting of a plastic one-piece molding comprises two halves having substantially the same shape and each consisting of a shell having a semi-spherical recess and a mounting portion provided on the shell for mounting the ball joint on a work. The two halves are coupled together by a hinge and are capable of being joined together face to face by bending the hinge such that one half of a ball portion of a ball stud is received in the recess of each shell. The two halves can be mounted in a face-to-face joined state in a mounting hole of a panel.

Ball joint

A ventilator device for a vehicle comprises a ventilation frame including a shutter-like grille and a side wall rearwardly extending therefrom and a valve member including a bill-shaped check valve projecting toward the grille. An end of the periphery of the valve member is engaged with an end of the side wall.

Ventilator device for vehicle

A filter device for an in-tank type fuel pump for a vehicle, which comprises a pump holder coupled to a lower end portion of an in-tank type fuel pump having an inlet, and a filter housing coupled to the lower end of the pump holder and having at least one filter window which is closed by a filter element for filtering fuel taken in by the pump, and a suction pipe provided between the bottom of the pump holder and filter housing, extending into the filter housing and having a lower open end in the neighborhood of the suction pipe being substantially parallel to the bottom of the fuel tank.

Filter device for in-tank type fuel pump for vehicle

A ball joint comprises a ball stud containing a ball at the leading end thereof, a socket incorporating therein a receptacle for admitting of the ball, and a resilient metallic ring containing a gap therein and adapted to retain the ball rotatably within the receptacle. The receptacle is formed of a main body and an auxiliary body adapted to be attached fast to the main body, and at least the main body is formed of a plastic material. Retention of the ball within the socket is accomplished by setting the resilient metallic ring in position within the receptacle before attachment of the auxiliary body to the main body, driving the ball into the receptacle thereby causing the equator of the ball to widen the gap in the resilient metallic ring and slide past the ring, and consequently enabling the ring to get hold of the ball.

A damper for braking the opening speed of the hatch of a cassette tape holder of a recorder comprises a rotary member such as a gear member and a supporting member for supporting the rotary member, a viscous substance for producing a braking torque being charged in a clearance between the rotary member and the supporting member. The damper is characterized by being provided with an injection opening for injecting the viscous substance into the clearance and an air-escape portion for allowing air contained in the clearance to escape, the air-escape portion being positioned remote from the injection opening, whereby the clearance can be uniformly charged with the viscous substance without air being mixed therewith.

Damper

A fastener has a first plate-like base portion provided with an upright portion united by a hinge portion to an L-shaped portion terminating in a second plate-like base portion. The second plate-like base portion can be turned about the hinge portion to be locked in contact with a surface of the upright portion on the side opposite the hinge portion.

Plastic fastener for spacing and supporting two plates

The piston cylinder type damper comprises a cylinder connected to either member of the pair of a main body and an openable object, and a piston connected to the other member of the pair and adapted to fit into the cylinder and the piston incorporates therein a check valve adapted to allow the air in the cylinder to escape from the cylinder interior while the piston is driven into the cylinder by the movement of the openable object.

Piston cylinder type damper

A filter device for use in a fuel tank, has a filter body having an upper wall and a lower wall, a guide portion extending through the filter body and having an intake hole at a lower portion of the guide portion near the bottom wall of the filter body, a suction pipe having a lower portion which is inserted into the guide portion, and spring means provided between the suction pipe and the filter body for biasing the filter body toward the bottom wall of the tank body.

Filter device for a fuel tank

A ball joint comprises a ball stud containing a ball at the leading end thereof, a socket incorporating therein a receptacle for admitting of the ball, and a resilient metallic ring containing a cut therein and adapted to retain the ball rotatably within the receptacle. The receptacle is formed of a main body and an auxiliary body adapted to be attached fast to the main body, and at least the main body is formed of a plastic material. Retention of the ball within the socket is accomplished by setting the resilient metallic ring in position within the receptacle before attachment of the auxiliary body to the main body, driving the ball into the receptacle thereby causing the equator of the ball to widen the cut in the resilient metallic ring and slide past the ring, and consequently enabling the ring to get hold of the ball.

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Fujisawa, Japan

Akira Mizusawa