Nifco Inc.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Mitsuru Kogami

Kenji Takahashi

Eiji Toba

Masakazu Hanano

Kazunari Miyasaka

A lid body is constituted so as to enable to selectively take a lid closing preparation position wherein the lid body is moved forward to a housing frontward side with an approximately horizontal condition and projects to a housing front, a lid closed position closing an opening portion of a housing with an approximately vertical condition, and a lid open position wherein the lid body is moved to a housing backward side with an approximately horizontal condition.

Lid opening and closing device for opening and closing an opening of a housing by a lid

A cup holder unit includes a housing case; a rest tray that switches between a pulled out position where it is moved forward from the case and a stored position where it is pushed in the case; and a holder member switchable from a non-usable position where it is superposed above the tray and stored in the case to a usable position where it is raised by a forward movement of the tray. The cup holder unit has shafts projecting from the holder member to be spaced apart from each other; clearance slots disposed in upright walls of the tray; and guide grooves disposed in the case and slanted upwardly toward front to slidably receive the shafts therein via the clearance slots. Each clearance slot includes a vertical slot and an arc-shaped slot turning toward a rear side from an upper section of the vertical slot.

Cup holder unit providing stability for holding member

A lid operating device for switching a lid between a closed position and an open position relative to a main body includes a first urging device for urging the lid from the closed position to a mid position before reaching the open position, and a second urging device for urging the lid from the open position to the mid position. A striker is disposed on the lid or main body, and a latching device is disposed on the main body or lid for engaging the striker to hold the lid at the closed position. The lid is automatically rotated from the closed position to the mid position by the first urging device, and manually rotated from the mid position to the open position against the urging force of the second urging device.

Lid operating device and storage device using the same

A cup holding device includes a storage case having a front opening; a tray for placing a container movable between a drawn position where the tray is drawn forward from the storage case and a storage position where the tray is stored in the storage case; a holding member attached to the tray for holding the container and movable between a non-usable position where the holding member is retained in the tray and a usable position where the holding member rises above the tray; and a supporting rib. The rib is disposed at a forward end of the tray for supporting a forward end of the holding member when the tray moves forward to the drawn position and the holding member moves to the usable position, and is situated in a space formed in the holding member when the holding member is at the non-usable position.

Cup holding device

A lock mechanism includes a cam provided on one of a base member and a movable member and having a swing groove around a roughly heart-shaped projecting portion; a swing member pivotally provided on the other of the base member and the movable member and having a pin for tracing along the swing groove; and an auxiliary device provided on a side where the cam is disposed for contacting and separating from the swing member to restrict an unnecessary movement of the swing member while the pin is tracing the swing groove. In the lock mechanism, when the movable member is pushed against a force of an urging device, the movable member is locked at the first position through the swing groove and the pin. When the movable member is pushed again, the movable member is released and switched from the first position to the second position.

Lock mechanism and opening-closing device

A clip of the invention is inserted into holes of two or more panels to connect the panels. The clip is formed of a female member, and a male member. The female member includes a plurality of elastic pieces arranged to form a hollow portion therein, engaging portions disposed in the elastic pieces, and a collar plate disposed at rear ends of the elastic pieces and having a hole communicating with the hollow portion. The male member includes a head to abut against the collar plate, a leg extending from the head to be inserted into the hollow portion to radially outwardly expand the elastic pieces, and lock portions disposed in the leg. The lock portions engage the engaging portions so that the elastic pieces are prevented from being deviated when deviating force is applied thereto.

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Utsunomiya, Japan

Mitsuru Kogami