Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Soichiro Okudaira

Shigeru Hayakawa

Ryoichi Fukumoto

Sunao Sakamoto

Yoshio Shirai

Yoshihiro Shimizu

A power train supporting apparatus in an engine compartment of a vehicle has a ladder-like sub-frame located under the power train. Right and left sub-side members constituting the sub-frame each contain a curved portion, which facilitates bending thereof. A first engine mount and a second engine mount for bearing the weight of the power train are attached to these curved portions. A third engine mount for supporting the power train at the top is connected to a side frame member. The third engine mount releases the power train when a load exceeding a predetermined value is applied vertically to the power train. During a collision of the vehicle with an obstacle, the power train is released by the top engine mount when subjected to the impact and shifts downward to a space under the engine compartment. With an empty engine compartment, bending of the sub-side members is permitted, and thus the power train is prevented from interfering with these members.

Power train supporting apparatus

A child protecting mechanism for a door lock apparatus of an automotive vehicle is installed in a door panel formed to have an opening. The mechanism includes an operating device disposed in the opening in operative association with a child protecting lever and adapted to be rotated with respect to the door panel to operate the child protecting lever.

Child protecting mechanism in door lock apparatus

A child protecting mechanism in a door lock apparatus includes a base internally accommodating an opening/closing mechanism, an opening lever pivotally supported on the base for actuating the opening/closing mechanism, an inside lever and a child protecting lever pivotally supported on the base, and an opening lift lever having one end connected to the inside lever and another end connected to the child protecting lever and capable of being engaged with and disengaged from the opening lever. Turning the child protecting lever causes the opening lift lever to rock to disengage the opening lever and the opening lift lever, thereby preventing the turning motion of the inside lever from being transmitted to the opening lever.

A wiper driving system for a vehicle having a wiper link reciprocated by a crank of a motor, and a lever for rotating a driving shaft of a wiper arm fixed to one end of the wiper link by rotating at a predetermined angle with the one end of the wiper link as a fulcrum by the reciprocation of the wiper link which comprises:

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Soichiro Okudaira