Denso Corporation

Takahiro Yoshida

Takashi Yamamoto

Koichi Ito

Kazushi Shikata

Mikio Hirano

Satoshi Mizutani

Tomohiro Kamiya

Kenji Miyata

Yuichiroh Shigematsu

An air passage switching device includes a slide door slidable along first and second opening portions partitioned by a partition portion, a guide member for guiding the slide door, and a link mechanism for slidably moving the slide door along the guide member. The link mechanism includes a rotation shaft rotatably supported in a case, a link portion provided at one end portion of the slide door, and a link lever connected to the rotation shaft and the link portion. The link portion is rotatable around the rotation shaft only within a range of the second opening portion in a sliding direction, among the first and second opening portions. Furthermore, the slide door can be provided with a first seal portion for sealing a clearance with outer peripheral portions of the first and second opening portions, and a second seal portion for sealing a clearance with the partition portion.

Air passage switching device and vehicle air conditioner

A reinforcing structure for automotive vehicles is disclosed, in which cross car beams () constituting a reinforcing structure for the instrument panel or the like include an upper cross car beam (A) of a hollow bar such as a small-diameter pipe straight or having a plurality of curves and suspended between left and right front pillars, and at least a lower cross car beam (B) of a hollow bar such as an L-shaped small-diameter pipe. The part of the lower cross car beam nearer to the driver's seat is in contact and welded with the upper cross car beam, and the part of the lower cross car beam not in contact with the upper cross car beam functions as a brace (). A steering shaft () is mounted on the cross car beams in the direction crossing the cross car beams. A lower cross car beam (C) of a similar shape to the lower car beam nearer to the driver's seat can also be arranged nearer to the front passenger seat.

Reinforcing structure for automotive vehicles

An air-conditioning duct structure is included in a vehicular dash beam member. Material for the duct is made of a heat insulating and sound absorbing material and is adhered onto the surface of a sheet material for the beam member which is then bent into a semi-tubular shape so that the material for the duct is positioned inside thereby forming beam member bodies. Beam member bodies are combined by joining their joining surfaces that face each other to thereby form a tubular closed sectional shape. Achieving vibration attenuation, noise absorption and the heat insulating functions with an inner surface sheet member of an air conditioning duct is achievable. An air conditioning duct extending across a vehicle's width is formed by joining a metal reinforcing member and a resin cover. The sheet member is put between the reinforcing member and the cover.

Vehicular air-conditioning duct structure and forming method, and vehicular electric-wiring fixing structure

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Niwa-gun, Japan

Takahiro Yoshida