Nissan Motor Company Limited

Piolax, Inc.

Masayoshi Sasamoto

Seiichi Sato

Takehiro Terai

Takashi Takeuchi

Shogo Sasaoka

An opening and closing apparatus for a lid including a box body, a lid openable and closable in a first direction and a second direction relative to the box body, a movable member movable to a first position for opening the lid in the first direction, a second position for opening the lid in the second direction, and a closing position for closing the lid, first and second operating buttons integrally coupled to the opposite end portions of the movable member, a first biasing member for normally biasing the movable member to the closing position, and a holding member for holding the movable member in the first position against the biasing force of the first biasing member when the first operating button is pressed and the movable member is moved to the first position, and holding the movable member in the second position against the biasing force of the first biasing member when the second operating button is pressed and the movable member is moved to the second position, the holding member being disposed near the edge of the lid extending parallel to the first and second directions, the movable member being disposed off the center of the lid and near the holding member.

Growing community of inventors

Yokohama, Japan

Masayoshi Sasamoto