Nifco Inc.

Other

Mazda Motor Corporation

Nishikawa Kasei Co., Ltd.

Takehiko Nemoto

Ryuhei Nishida

Keiji Yamaguchi

Hideharu Kaeriyama

Kazuaki Kurita

Hiroshi Ohno

Nobuyasu Yamada

Masayoshi Ono

Masao Wakigami

Toru Maeda

Hironobu Kondou

Nobuhisa Fujii

Junji Takahara

An air vent unit includes a vent portion communicating with an outlet of an air conditioning device; and a container holding portion communicating with the vent portion to hold a container. In a vent-portion attachment state wherein the vent portion is attached to an outlet by facing the vent portion toward an interior side, the container holding portion is stored inside the outlet. In a container-holding-portion attachment state wherein the air vent unit is removed from the outlet from the vent-portion attachment state and the vent portion is attached by facing toward the outlet, the container holding portion projects toward the interior side, and at that time, the container holding portion is held not to be pushed toward an inside of the outlet.

Air vent unit serving as container holder

A wind direction adjustment device includes a plurality of fins supported at top and bottom end sides in a case; a link mechanism associating the fins; a horizontal-fin supported at right and left end sides at second support portions in the case; and a knob supported movably to front and back and to right and left relative to the horizontal fin. The wind direction adjustment device adjustably switches between a parallel air-blowing mode wherein the fins become approximately parallel to one another and a dispersive air-blowing mode wherein two or more of the fins are turned in opposite directions through the knob. The parallel air-blowing mode is switched to the dispersive air-blowing mode by operating the knob forward or backward in an air-blowing direction, wherein by operating the knob to a right or left side, some fins turn in an approximately same direction to switch a dispersive air-blowing direction.

Wind direction adjustment device

An airflow-direction adjustment device includes a housing in which a front end side is set as an air outlet and a back end side is set as an air inlet; a fin turnably supported inside the housing; and a gear mechanism for adjusting a direction of the fin by a rotation of an operating portion. An essential part is formed such that the fin is formed by a pair of vanes disposed on right and left or top and bottom inside the housing, and each vane is turnably supported in a front-and-back direction of the housing respectively as a supporting point on a common pivot line set in a plate width direction.

Airflow-direction adjustment device

An airflow-direction adjustment device includes a plurality of fins disposed approximately in parallel relative to a support portion inside a case, and located on right and left side faces wherein one end side in a plate width direction is pivotally supported turnably; a link mechanism associating two or more fins; and a switch linked to the link mechanism to adjustably switch between a parallel air-blowing mode wherein the fins become approximately parallel to each other, and a scattered air-blowing mode wherein two or more fins are turned in directions opposite to each other. The switch is movably assembled to an intermediate fin, and the link mechanism includes a first link turnably connecting one end side corresponding to other end sides in a plate width direction of first fins disposed on both adjacent sides of the intermediate fin respectively, and turnably connecting a corresponding other end side to the switch respectively.

A holding device includes a case. A base includes a placement portion for placing an article, and a fixture holding portion provided on one end side of the placement portion, and is rotatably attached relative to the case through a pivot support portion. A slider is slidably attached to the base, and includes a movable holding portion for releasably holding the article between the movable holding portion and the fixture holding portion. An urging member urges the slider. A positional control device is provided between the base and the slider, and releasably locks the slider in an arbitrary position when the slider slides against an urging force of the urging member. A placement-angle holding device is provided between the base and the case, and holds the base at a predetermined placement angle relative to the case in conjunction with sliding of the slider against the urging force of the urging member.

Holding device

To obtain a foldable storage box in which an open state can be easily held. When a bottom board () in a stored state is transitioned to an open state, a pressing part () formed on the bottom board () presses one projecting part of a V form of a rotating member (). The rotating member () rotates when the rotating member () is pressed, and a rod-form lock member () connected with the rotating member () rotates so as to extend in a horizontal direction. A leading end part of the lock member () is thereby inserted into a recessed pocket part () formed on a second side wall board (B). The lock member () is disposed so as to span between a first side wall board (A) and the second side wall board (B) when the leading end part of the lock member () is inserted into the pocket part. In other words, a lock device () is disposed in a locked state in which an open state of the side wall boards () is locked.

Foldable storage box

In an object holding device, it is possible to prevent loosening of a cord-like body for holding an object without requiring any user's special operation. The object holding device includes a fixing belt () wound on a plastic tank (), a male buckle () provided at a fixing belt, a reel () having the fixing belt wound around and urged to rotate in a winding direction of the fixing belt and a reel housing () connecting with a male buckle. When the male buckle is connected to the reel housing, a rotation of the reel is restricted at least in a counter-winding direction of the fixing belt.

Object holding device

A holding apparatus for removably holding an article has a base, a slider, and an urging member. The base has a stationary holding part provided on one end side of a placement part, and an operating button supported to be capable of swinging through a pivot part. The slider has a movable holding part for holding an article together with the stationary holding part, and a teeth part being provided following a sliding direction. The operating button has an operating part on one end side of the pivot part, and a claw part provided on the other end side for coupling and decoupling with the teeth part of the slider. The operating button is constantly urged by an urging spring so that sliding of the slider is restricted in a state in which the claw part is coupled with the teeth part. The coupling is released by an operation opposing the urging force of the operating part so that the slider is allowed to slide against the urging force of the urging member.

Holding apparatus

The article holding device () of the present invention includes a base (), a holding member () capable of sliding along a grip width of gripping an article (K), and a locking device () for holding in a position after sliding and adjusting the holding member (), wherein the locking device () include a gear (), an engaging portioncapable of coupling with the gear (), an urging member (S) for applying an urging force for causing the engaging portion () to couple with the gear (), a rack () provided on the holding member, a pinion () engaging the rack () and being placed roughly coaxially with the gear (), and a one-way clutch () interposed between the gear () and the pinion () and configured to become disconnected from the gear () and to be slipped only when the pinion () is rotated in one direction.

Article holding device

An apparatus includes a supporting body, a rotating body assembled with the supporting body and rotating at least between a standard position and a deployed position through an intermediate position, and a biasing device for applying a biasing force to the rotating device in a direction of returning the rotating body to the standard position. A speed switching device changes a rotational speed of the rotating body from the deployed position to the intermediate position different from that from the intermediate position to the standard position in a return rotational movement of the rotating body. The speed switching device includes at least two damping devices; at least two first gears attached to the damping devices for applying damping forces of the damping devices to the rotating body; and at least two second gears formed integrally on the rotating body.

Apparatus with a rotating body

An apparatus includes a supporting body, a rotating body assembled with the supporting body and rotating at least between a standard position and a deployed position through an intermediate position, and a biasing device for applying a biasing force to the rotating device in a direction of returning the rotating body to the standard position. A speed switching device changes a rotational speed of the rotating body from the deployed position to the intermediate position different from that from the intermediate position to the standard position in a return rotational movement of the rotating body.

The invention provides an operational mechanism for a movable body in which, after a movable body is in an opened state, the movable body can return to a closed position, including a movable body rotatably attached to a support and rotatable between an engaged position, a closed position, and an open position; a rotating member rotatably attached to the support, that rotates due to movement of the movable body to the engaged position; a biasing member, one end of which is attached to the movable body, and the other end of which is attached to the rotating member; and an operation member, which rotates the rotating member, changes the biasing position of the biasing member with respect to the center of rotation of the movable body, and generates in the biasing member a rotational force that moves the movable body to the closed position or the open position.

Operational mechanism for movable body

A door lock mechanism includes a lock claw, a spring attached to the lock claw for urging the same in a direction toward a lock state, a lock release operation piece linked to the lock claw for moving the lock claw in a direction toward a lock release state against a force of the spring when a lock release operation is performed, and a damping device for applying a damping force to the lock claw when the lock release operation is canceled. The lock release operation piece returns the lock claw to the lock state with the force when the lock release operation is canceled. The lock release operation piece is arranged to be separated from the lock claw when the lock claw returns from the lock release state to the lock state with an external force applied to the lock claw.

Door lock mechanism and door lock unit

A center console of a vehicle installed on its floor as if extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle has a bottle holder for holding drinking vessels, an accessory storage for holding small articles, a first lid for covering and uncovering the top of the bottle holder, and a second lid for covering and uncovering the top of the accessory storage. The first lid can be slid from a position where the top of the bottle holder is covered by the first lid to a position where the top of the bottle holder is uncovered and, with the first and second lids joined into a single structure, the first and second lids can be swung up together about fixed parts of hinges from a position where the top of the accessory storage is covered to a position where the top of the accessory storage is uncovered.

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Yokohama, Japan

Takehiko Nemoto