Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsui Minings & Melting Co., Ltd.

Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.

Seiki Satoh

Shinjiro Yamada

Kazuichi Mabuchi

Yoshiaki Egawa

Shiei Kitao

A miniature motor having a positive-coefficient thermistor in which a first supporting member made of an electrically conductive material and electrically connected to at least any one of a pair of brushes housed in a motor cover plate, and a second supporting member made of an electrically conductive material and electrically connected to an external terminal are provided; a positive-coefficient thermistor being supported between the first and second supporting members. This construction makes the assembly of the motor easy, leading to improved productivity, and allows the motor to have a positive overheat preventing function without adding to the number of parts.

Miniature motor having positive-coefficient thermistor

An actuator for automobile comprises a speed reduction mechanism having an input side connected to a motor and an output side provided with an engagement section, a first rotor provided with a predetermined rotational resistance, at least one engagement rod slidably provided in the first rotor, inwardly biased by a spring providing a spring force weaker than the force of the rotational resistance and outwardly projected with an inner end in engagement with engagement section with rotation of the reduction mechanism, and a second rotor with an engagement piece to engage with the free end of the engagement rod with outward projection thereof and connected to a door lock device or the like. When the motor is rotated, the reduction mechanism and second rotor are coupled together directly via the engagement rod. When the motor is stopped, the second rotor and engagement rod are disengaged from each other.

Clutch for automobile door lock actuator

The apparatus for mounting the outer door handle assembly to the automotive door according to the invention comprises: an outer handle body consisting of an engagement projection, an engagement surface, and a flange; and a mounting fitting consisting of an engagement portion for engagement with the engagement projection, a rotatable engagement claw for engagement with the engagement surface, and a projection edge. The outer handle body is inserted from outside into the mounting opening in the outer plate of the door; the engagement portion of the mounting fitting is engaged from inside the door with the engagement projection; and the engagement claw is rotated to engage with the engagement surface. As a result the outer plate of the door is tightly clamped by the flange and the projection edge, thus permitting the outer door handle assembly to be securely mounted to the door without the use of bolts and nuts.

Apparatus for mounting an outer door handle assembly to an automotive

In the connecting apparatus of this invention for coupling the handle and the locking device, the connector rotatably mounted on the handle or the locking device has a pair of oppositely directed hooks with a gap therebetween. The hooks have a first raised or recessed surface such as threaded grooves on their inner surfaces. The rod has formed on one end a second raised or recessed surface for engagement with the first raised or recessed surface on the hooks. These raised or recessed surfaces of the hooks and the rod can easily be engaged by first putting the second raised or recessed surface of the rod in the gap of the connector and turning the connector by 90.degree..

Apparatus for connecting a handle and a locking device on automotive

A reclining mechanism for a seat of an automotive vehicle in which a back bracket is pivoted with a pivot pin to a seat bracket of a seat in an automotive vehicle. An angle of inclination of the back bracket relative to the seat bracket is adjusted and maintained by a sector gear locking pawl engagement mechanism. Raised portions are formed along the peripheral sides of the mounting surface remote from a locking pawl of the back bracket upon which is attached the sector gear in such a way that the raised portions abut against a portion of the circumferential surface of the sector gear and the sector gear and the back bracket are securely joined together with joint pins.

Reclining mechanism

A lock unit for use on automobile seats and the like of the type comprising a latch engageable with a stationary striker, and a ratchet engageable with the latch for retaining the striker in a first, confined position in the lock unit. In a second position of the latch, the latch is released from the ratchet, and the striker is freed. The lock unit has a wedge member whose movement is coupled with the movement of the ratchet into and out of engagement with the latch. The wedge member is urged resiliently to engage one side of the striker while the striker is subject to the binding action by the latch on its opposite side. Accordingly, loosening, chattering and rattling of the striker are suppressed. When the ratchet is moved out of engagement with the latch, the wedge member is moved away from the latch and the striker.

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Utsunomiya, Japan

Seiki Satoh