Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Noriakira Ishigami

Asao Kozakai

Masakazu Ishikawa

Takaaki Ota

Hideyuki Kobayashi

Takeyoshi Kaminishizono

Katsumi Otsuka

Takahisa Hasebe

A sanitary device of the type associated with a toilet bowl and having an extendable and retractable spray arm is provided with a hot water supply tank having a heating element therein. The pressure of the cold water supply forces the heated water through the spray nozzle and a partition is provided within the tank between the cold water inlet and the hot water outlet to prevent cold from being inadvertently forced through the hot water outlet.

Sanitary device

A fault alarm device for a vehicle dual brake system including front and rear master cylinders, front and rear wheel cylinders and a proportioning valve which functions to develop proportioned rear wheel braking fluid pressure at a reduced rate relative to the rear wheel braking fluid pressure from the rear master cylinder. The fault alarm device comprises a fault alarm circuit for indicating the fault in the dual brake system when energized, and a control valve interposed between the master cylinders and the wheel cylinders and associated with the proportioning valve. The control valve includes a body, a stepped cylinder formed in the body, a stepped piston slidably inserted in the stepped cylinder, and a sleeve slidably interposed between the stepped cylinder and piston. The alarm device further comprises a switch engaged with the stepped piston for energizing the alarm circuit in response to the sliding movement of the stepped piston from its neutral position. Thus, the stepped piston can be urged to slide from the neutral position under the force of the front wheel braking fluid pressure to insure indication of the fault in the dual brake system, even if the proportioned rear wheel braking fluid pressure between the proportioning valve and the rear wheel cylinders does not arise as a result of increase in the rear wheel braking fluid pressure from the rear master cylinder due to fault in the proportioning valve.

Braking fluid pressure fault alarm device

A brake pressure failure warning system for use with a split or dual type braking system having two brake lines, includes a stepped piston associated with an electrical warning switch and supplied with brake pressure from both of the brake lines, a proportioning valve disposed within the rear wheel brake line, and three fluid chambers each fluidically connected with the stepped piston or the proportioning valve. When either one of the three fluid chambers is subjected to a hydraulic failure, the stepped piston is axially moved so as to actuate the warning switch.

Brake pressure-difference warning system for vehicles

An electric switch for use in a braking fluid pressure fault alarm device for a vehicular dual brake system, which device includes a body having a cylinder, a piston slidably inserted in the cylinder and receiving front and rear wheel braking fluid pressures for sliding movement from its inoperative position to its operative position in response to leakage of either of the braking fluid pressures, and an electric alarm circuit for generating an alarm signal when deenergized. The electric switch is engaged with the piston and is switched from its conductive condition to its non-conductive condition in response to sliding movement of the piston in order to deenergize the electric alarm circuit. This electric switch comprises a switch body having a stepped through bore, an annular support fixedly mounted in the switch body, an insulating terminal holder fixedly mounted in the switch body, a conductive plate disposed in the terminal holder, a terminal fixedly mounted in the terminal holder, a weak spring disposed in the terminal holder for biasing the plate into abutting engagement with the support, a plunger inserted in the switch body, and a spring interposed between the plunger and the support and compressed to be loaded at a preset level so as to bias the plunger apart from the plate. Thus, the plunger can be moved, in response to the sliding movement of the piston, from the inoperative position toward the plate to bring its insulating end portion into abutment engagement with the plate to thereby separate the plate from the support.

Electrical switch for a braking fluid pressure fault alarm device

Apparatus for providing an indication to a vehicle operator of failure of either of separated fluid braking circuits by means of an electric circuit, which electric circuit is further enabled to provide such indication in response to self-deactuation of the electric circuit.

Brake failure indicator

A hydraulic brake pressure control assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a proportioning valve for rear wheel brake means. The starting point of actuation of the proportioning valve is varied according to the condition of loading of the vehicle. A slidable member of an enlarged pressure receiving area is provided to act on the proportioning valve, a check valve is provided to admit the hydraulic pressure to the slidable member after its predetermined value, and an inertia-responsive ball is provided for controlling admission of the hydraulic pressure according to the vehicle deceleration.

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Chiryu, Japan

Noriakira Ishigami