Kato Hatsujo Kaisha, Ltd.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Ulvac, Inc.

Piolax, Inc.

Nissan Motor Corp.

Kato Hatsujyo Kaisha Ltd.

Seiichi Sato

Kyuzo Nakamura

Junpei Yuyama

Mitsuru Yahagi

Takehiro Terai

Takashi Takeuchi

Minoru Yoshida

Yusuke Fukuhara

Shogo Sasaoka

Masayoshi Sasamoto

Seiji Sawatani

Koichi Yaotani

A generator of a hybrid electric vehicle is electrically connected with an inverter by a harness. A generator opening is opened on a generator housing, and an inverter opening is opened on an inverter housing. The harness extends between the generator opening and the inverter opening. The harness is led out from the inverter opening in a first direction toward the generator. The harness is led out from the generator opening in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The inverter opening is set off with respect to the generator opening in the second direction, and at least a portion of the harness extends between the generator housing and the inverter housing. The harness necessarily flexes, and thereby deters transmission of vibrations from the generator to the inverter.

Hybrid electric vehicle

A structure of vehicle electric equipment including a restriction member restricting removal of a bolt for fixing a cover. The restriction member includes first and second portions. The first portion is disposed at a position overlapping with at least a part of a distal end of a connector of an electric cable when seen from an attachment/detachment direction and between the distal end and a portion of the housing opposed to the distal end in the attachment/detachment direction. The second portion is positioned on an axial extension of the bolt fixing the cover. Sum of a gap between the bolt fixing the cover and the second portion and a distance in the attachment/detachment direction between the distal end of the connector in a complete fitting state and the first portion is smaller than a length from an opening of the screw hole to a tip of the bolt.

Structure of vehicle electric equipment

There is provided a small-sized and inexpensive rotational adjustment apparatus for a linearly moveable inkjet coating headwithout providing a rotary mechanism which is separate from and independent of a linear movement mechanism. The apparatus is capable of performing a rotational adjustment, about a rotary axis in a Z-axis direction, of the inkjet coating head in which the Z-axis direction is orthogonal to an X-axis direction which is a direction of movement of the coating head. The apparatus has: first and second moveable bodies, two in total, which are linearly moved by separate driving sources in the X-axis direction; and a converting mechanism which converts the inkjet coating head into a linear movement in the X-axis direction when the first and second moveable bodies synchronously move in the X-axis direction, and into a rotary movement, about the rotary axis of the inkjet coating head, when both the first and the second moveable bodies make a relative movement in the X-axis direction.

Rotational adjustment apparatus for inkjet coating head

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.

Bi-directional lid opening apparatus

A locking device for a lid on a box includes a frame adapted to be fixed on the side of the lid and provided with a cylinder lock having an eccentric shaft and a cylindrical retaining part for retaining the cylinder lock therein. An opening-shutting knob is pivotally supported on the frame and has a depressing claw part, and a locking member is provided on the side of the frame for locking a striker disposed on the side of the box. An operating lever has one end portion thereof connected to the eccentric shaft of the cylinder lock and the other end portion thereof serving to release a locked state of the locking member by interfering with the depressed claw part of the opening-shutting knob during unlocking of the locking device. The operating lever is formed of a synthetic resin material and has an elastic engaging piece integrally formed to the one end portion. The elastic engaging piece has a projecting part formed thereon. The frame has formed on the side of the cylindrical retaining part a stopper wall provided with a changeover slide surface, and the elastic engaging piece is secured on an inner side of the stopper wall. The projecting part of the elastic engaging piece can be moved along the changeover slide surface from one side of the stopper wall to the other.

Locking device for lid

According to the invention, there is provided a coupler which is realized in the form of an integral unit made of an elastic synthetic resin material which is free from any risk of losing any of its components and can be temporarily but securely held in aligned bores of the plaques it is going to couple once it is introduced into the bores so that the plug body of the coupler may be pushed into the socket body with ease. Moreover, since the socket body of the coupler firmly held in the bores of the plaques to be coupled and the plug body pushed into said socket body are connected with each other by means of a pair of thin support members to form an integral coupler unit, said plug body can be pushed into said socket body with a relatively small force to securely rigidly couple the plaques. As there are no parts of the unit which are prone to damage, it is good for repeated use.

Security fastener including integral plug body and socket body

According to the present invention, there is provided a plaque holding clip which is characterized by that it has a pair of elastic legs that constitute a trunk of the clip. Because the outer peripheries of the elastic legs are subjected to evenly applied external force and hence smooth changes of load when the clip is introduced into a fitting bore, it maintains its original plaque holding potential for a long time. Moreover, since the outer peripheries of the elastic legs are so designed that they suitably adapt themselves to the inner periphery of a fitting bore, they are free from any undesirable deformations and consequently any changes of the load applied thereto even if the clip is introduced into a fitting bore in an inclined condition. This feature contributes to the ease of handling the clip. A clip according to the invention may be provided with a central pillar to enhance its durability and the ease of handling without deteriorating the other features of the clip.

Plaque holding clip

A screw grommet of synthetic resin having an enlarged head part adapted for abutment against the surface of a mounting panel, a shank adapted for engagement with an oblong fitting hole bored in the mounting panel, a pair of integral shoulders extending from opposite walls of the shank, and a pair of integral elastic arms extending at a prescribed angle from the other pair of opposite walls of the shank. The pair of elastic arms and the pair of engaging shoulders engage with the corresponding edges of the oblong fitting hole in the mounting panel. The screw grommets are always retained in the correct posture in the oblong fitting holes and absorb errors in manufacture or fabrication. The screw grommets are also capable of absorbing variations in the relative positions of the fitting holes in the panel and the through-holes in a part to be attached caused by expansion or contraction due to a change in temperature.

Screw grommet

A holder comprises a base plate having a hooking projection on the inner side of one end thereof, a bent piece bent inwardly of the base plate and integrally connected to the other end of the base plate, and a pressing piece folded into between the bent piece and the base plate and integrally connected to the end of the bent piece. A holding space is formed between the base plate and the pressing piece.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Seiichi Sato