Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yazaki Corporation

Akira Ozawa

Taizo Matsuyama

Tomomi Kousaka

Hideo Suzuki

Shinobu Ochiai

Masahiro Deno

Hiroyuki Kawagoe

Iwao Shimane

Takefumi Ikegami

Yasushi Kanai

Tomoyuki Itoh

Junichi Yoshida

Hirokazu Ohba

Hitoshi Hashimoto

Teruhiko Ohike

Masatoshi Murakami

Susumu Ohta

Katsuyuki Kusano

Nobuchika Ukai

Kenzaburo Matsuo

Toshihiro Sone

Kaname Goto

Ichiho Yamada

Eiichi Okada

Kenji Uchibori

Kazushige Nakatsuka

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Mitsuo Suzuki

Nobuyasu Ichikawa

Michio Shimada

Masao Hyuga

Jyun Watari

Kouichi Hasegawa

Minoru Asuma

Eiichi Homma

Syunroku Hata

Naoki Osawa

A lever fitting-type connector includes a first connector on which a fitting detection member is slidably mounted a second connector, which is adapted to be fitted into the first connector, and a connecting lever which is provided on either one of the first and second connectors for operating the first and second connectors from a provisionally fitted condition to a completely fitted condition to each other. The fitting detection member slides to a lock position so that the fitting detection member is engaged with a first engagement hole of the connecting lever to lock the connecting lever in the completely fitted condition. When the fitting detection member is positioned at the lock position, a lock confirmation portion of the fitting detection member is projected from both of the first engagement hole and a distal end face of the connecting lever.

Lever fitting-type connector

When a charging lid is manually opened or closed, a rotatable shaft is rotated thereby. At this time, a second rotary member rotates about the rotatable shaft and moves axially along the rotatable shaft. Balls are released from engagement recesses defined in the second rotary member, disengaging a first rotary member from the second rotary member. The charging lid can thus easily manually be opened or closed. When the rotatable shaft is rotated a given angle, a sensor detects the angular displacement of the rotatable shaft and outputs a detected signal. In response to the detected signal, a motor is energized to rotate the rotatable shaft to forcibly open or close the charging lid.

Charging lid opening and closing device for electric vehicle

An apparatus for displaying the charging of the battery of an electric vehicle has a charging connector mounted on an outer panel of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, a lid openably mounted on the panel in covering relation to the charging connector and a cavity defined in the outer panel, and a display panel disposed in the cavity for displaying a period of time required until the battery is fully charged and/or a charged capacity of the battery. The driver of the electric vehicle can easily recognize the remaining time required until the battery is fully charged and a percentage of the fully charged capacity of the battery to which the battery is presently charged, from outside of the electric vehicle. The driver is not required to confirm the state of charge of the battery with an indicator on a battery charger or within the passenger's compartment of the electric vehicle, but can easily confirm the state of charge of the battery from outside of the electric vehicle.

Apparatus for displaying battery charging of electric vehicle

A displacement detector for enabling a precise detection of a displaced quantity of the core. The displacement detector is provided with a displaceable core, a detecting coil the inductance of which varies in response to a displaced quantity and a reference resistor, wherein a transient response voltage in case of a pulse voltage being applied to the inductance and the reference resistor is detected to enable detection of the absolute value of the inductance and thereby the change in the inductance which corresponds to the displaced quantity is detected independently of the peak value or the frequency of the pulse voltage. The displacement detector is preferably used in a torque sensor for an electric powered steering system, wherein the core of the displacement detector is formed of nonmagnetic metal material, the structure is simple, and a sensitive detection of a displaced quantity of the steering torque is possible.

Steering torque sensor utilizing a displacement detector having a pulse

A false-creep generator device for an electric vehicle equipped with a transmission controls an electric motor to cause the electric vehicle to creep when the accelerator pedal of the electric vehicle is not depressed, no brake is applied to the electric vehicle, the transmission is in a drive or reverse position, and the speed of travel of the electric vehicle is lower than a predetermined creep speed.

False-creep generating device for electric vehicles

A multi-spindle machine tool having separately and vertically movable first and second spindle units which are mounted on a main body thereof movable toward and away from a workpiece. A first vertically movable table is supported by a pair of guide rails provided on a frontal surface of the main body opposing to the workpiece. The first vertically movable table can be ascended and descended by a first actuator. A second vertically movable table is supported by a pair of guide rails provided on a frontal surface of the first vertically movable table opposing to the workpiece. The second vertically movable table can be ascended and descended by a second actuator. The first and second spindle units are fixed onto the first and second vertically movable tables respectively. Thus, the area of the first vertically movable table to be supported by the main body can be set to a relatively large value and the rigidity of the first vertically movable table can be kept effectively. Further, the rigidity of the second vertically movable table can also be ensured, thereby making it possible to reliably hold the first and second spindle units and to efficiently carry out various machining processes.

Multi-spindle machine tool

A rotary transfer system includes an attitude converting station for automatically changing the attitude of a pallet with a workpiece supported thereon into a predetermined attitude, at least two machining stations for machining the workpiece with machine tools, and a feeder for feeding the pallet along an arcuate feed path from the attitude converting station successively to the machining stations. The annular feed path has a pair of upper and lower arcuate movable rails disposed in each of the attitude converting station and the machining stations, and a pair of upper and lower arcuate fixed rails aligned with the movable rails.

Rotary transfer system

A machine tool includes a first movable base movable in a horizontal plane in a first direction, a second movable base mounted on the first movable base and movable toward and away from a workpiece in the horizontal plane in a second direction transverse to the first direction, a support base mounted on the movable base, and a spindle stock supported on the support base and rotatable about a center in a vertical plane. A spindle device is mounted on an outer end of the spindle stock at a position off the center. The spindle stock may be an arm rotatable about a longitudinal center thereof, or substantially disc-shaped. The support base has an annular support member disposed on a front surface thereof coaxially with the center, the spindle stock includes a slidable member held in slidable contact with the annular support member.

Machine tool

A tool changer has a pair of chucking units mounted respectively on the ends of a tool arm and movable in mutually opposite directions for simultaneously gripping tools, the tool arm being angularly movable 180.degree. for changing tools. The tool changer is used in a machine tool having a spindle device for holding and rotating a tool about its own axis and a tool magazine for storing a plurality of tools to be mounted, one at a time, on the spindle device. The tool changer comprises a tool arm disposed between the spindle device and the tool magazine, the tool arm being angularly movable about an axis parallel to an axis of the spindle device and movable along the first-mentioned axis, a pair of chucking unit mounted respectively on ends of the tool arm and movable in mutually opposite directions passing through the first-mentioned axis for simultaneously gripping tools, respectively, and a mechanism for actuating the tool arm and the chucking units.

Tool changer

A drilling machine tool is disclosed having a machine tool body with a movable frame which is movable in the three axial directions X, Y and Z, of a rectangular coordinate system. The tool includes a working head provided on said movable frame, said head having at least one drilling spindle thereon, wherein said X direction is the direction in which said movable frame advances to and retreats from a workpiece at the general level of the workpiece, said Y direction is perpendicular to the X direction and said Z direction is generally up and down and is perpendicular to both said X and Y directions; X, Y and Z shafts corresponding to X, Y and Z directions, respectively, each shaft operatively connected with said movable frame for moving said frame in the X, Y and Z directions; a plurality of driving sources, one each corresponding with each of said shafts and operatively connected thereto for driving said shafts; and wherein said frame is movable such that said spindle is operable when inclined with respect to the X axis as well as when said spindle is parallel to the X axis, and said frame is driven along the axial centerline of said spindle in response to said driving sources.

Drilling machine tool

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Akira Ozawa