Calsonic Kansei Corporation

Marelli Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd

Masami Kikuchi

Masato Abe

Shozo Maeno

Tomohiro Watanabe

Takehiro Hamano

Tetsuji Ogawa

Takatoshi Chiba

Shota Watase

Takeshi Nishimura

A ventilator includes a first louver, second louvers, side walls, a first inclined member, and a convex part. The first inclined member is inclined so that an opening area widens from the upstream side to a downstream side. The first inclined member has a vertex of inclination in a cross-sectional view that is positioned at the upstream side. The convex part is arranged adjacent at the upstream side in the airflow direction to the vertex. In a maximum angle state in which the first louver is rotated so that an upstream end part of the first louver is closest to the first inclined member, the upstream end part is positioned further to the downstream side in the airflow direction than the vertex. The convex part projects further to an inside of the flow path than the vertex, and extends across the second louvers when seen along the airflow direction.

Ventilator

A vehicle article storage structure includes an article storage box () provided with an opening () on the upper side forgetting articles in and out, a housing unit () provided on the lower side of an instrument panel () to house the article storage box (), and links (, and) configured to movably support the article storage box () along a range from a housed position at which the article storage box () is housed in the housing unit () to a drawn position at which the article storage box () is drawn in a vehicle compartment rearward direction from the housed position via an intermediate position at which the article storage box () is located between the housed position and the drawn position, the intermediate position being located below the housed position and the drawn position.

Vehicle article storage structure

An illumination device for a vehicle includes a light guide body having a light entrance hole from which light from a light source enters, and an emission portion that emits the light which has entered from the light entrance hole toward an outer surface from a position of an outer rim part. A light shielding member covers the outer surface of the light guide body except the emission portion, and a light directing member disposed in the light entrance hole reflects the light from the light source toward the emission portion.

Illumination device for a cup holder in a vehicle

A storage devicehas a storage device bodyand an opening and closing member, which are supported to be capable of pivoting about the center of opening and closing movement, the center being provided on one side. A lock mechanismis provided on the other side of both the storage device bodyand an opening. The lock mechanismis provided with a lock member, an unlocking button, a cam mechanism, and a biasing member. The lock memberis a pivotable membercapable of pivoting about a lock pivot shaft. The opening and closing memberhas a pressure receiving portionon the inner surface side thereof, and the pressure receiving portionis pushed out in an opening directionby the lock memberwhich is caused to pivot in an unlocking direction.

Lock section structure

A lid lock structure of a storing box for a vehicle includes an elongated sliding hole formed in an arm portion for rotatably connecting a lid to a box main body. A slide restraining device, when force (F) acts in a sliding direction on a slider configured to be slidable along the elongated sliding hole, restrains the slider from sliding if the magnitude of the force (F) is not larger than a predetermined value, and releases the slider from the restrained state if the magnitude of the force (F) is larger than the predetermined value. A twist spring causes the slider to quickly slide from an end portion R side to an end portion L side of the elongated sliding hole when the slider is released from the restrained state; and a stopper portion restrains an arm portion from rotating in a direction in which the lid opens, by locking the slider when the slider is located in the end portion L side of the elongated sliding hole.

Lid lock structure of storing box for vehicle

A container securing device includes a housing portion, with a cylindrical shape, the top of which is open, and which is intended to house a beverage container. A flap is positioned within a hole that is formed within a surrounding wall of the housing portion, and is installed so as to be capable of moving either out of the housing portion, or into the housing portion, in response to the container being inserted into, or extracted from, the housing portion. An impelling (biasing) component forces the flap toward the interior direction of the housing unit. The flap is capable of moving to a location that secures the container when the container is fully housed within the housing portion.

Container securing device

A lid opening-closing mechanism of a container device for a vehicle, including: a container device body provided in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; a lid attached freely openable and closable to the container device body; an elastic member interposed and provided between the container device body and the lid configured to bias the lid in an opening direction and a closing direction of the lid with biasing force; and a bidirectional damper attached to the container device body configured to attenuate the biasing force of the elastic member with attenuating force, wherein the elastic member includes a reversal spring in which biasing directions of the biasing force are reversible based on a reversal point in which one of the biasing directions is in the closing direction of the lid in a closed side of the lid of the reversal point and in which the other of the biasing directions is in the opening direction of the lid in an open side of the lid of the reversal point, and wherein the bidirectional damper includes a free-running section in which the attenuating force of the bidirectional damper is not generated in an early stage of at least one of the opening and closing of the lid.

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Saitama, Japan

Masami Kikuchi