Nissan Motor Company Limited

The Keeper Co., Inc.

Hideo Ikeda

Masao Teraoka

Hideo Aizawa

Iwao Nakamura

Junzo Ishimaru

Noriyuki Takeda

Koichi Ikeda

Noriaki Uchida

A lateral drag link type steering linkage for an automotive vehicle equipped with a vehicle frame and a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels attached thereto. The linkage includes a relay lever pivotally mounted at one end thereof to the vehicle frame, the relay lever having a connecting portion, a drag link ball joint through which the connecting portion of the relay lever is movably joined to one end of a drag link, and a relay rod one end of which is movably connected to one end of a pitman arm for a steering gear and the other end of which is movably connected to the connecting portion of the relay lever. The drag link ball joint is positioned near the imaginary line between a pair of knuckle ball joints for a pair of knuckle arms.

Lateral drag link type steering linkage for a vehicle

A sealing device has a single rubber seal member provided with two oppositely directed seal lips which form a V-shaped cross-section and which are in contact with a spherical surface. Grease is filled in the V-shaped space. A portion of an outer fitting member protrudes inwardly to hold the seal member in place.

Sealing device with seal lips forming V-shape

A plurality of parallel slanted fins like a louver are formed at a bottom wall of a heat insulating panel located under a catalytic converters with an exhaust pipe for attachment to an engine exhaust system.

Heat insulating device for an engine exhaust system

A metal tube covered with a flexible and porous heat insulator is immersed in a processing liquid comprising a silica-containing salt and water followed by drying. The insulator is stiffened and clings to the tube, so that strength, durability and heat resistance is improved, and clamping is facilitated.

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Hideo Ikeda