Nifco Inc.

Tomoharu Izume

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Hiroshi Ochiai

Atsushi Doi

Hiroyuki Yoshii

The lid device includes a latch body for a latch receiver provided in an opening forming body, an urging device that urges the latch body to always be in a position of being engaged with the latch receiver, and a switching member that is movably provided on a lid lower and that disengages the latch body and the latch receiver in a forward portion. A lid upper is combined with the lid lower so as to be able to slidably move in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotation center axis of the lid cover. Also provided is a linking member that links the lid upper and the lid lower so that the switching member is moved to the forward position when the lid upper is movably operated toward the rotation center axis of the lid lower.

Lid device and center console box

A sliding lid structure includes a sheet base material capable of being curved in a sliding direction; and a plurality of ribs disposed on a lower surface side of the sheet base material at intervals in a sheet base material sliding direction. Two ends of the rib engage guide grooves formed at two sides of an opening of a device main unit and having curved groove parts. The sheet base material includes axially supported parts positioned on two sides of the lower surface side of the base material and provided at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. The rib includes rib uppers arranged inside the axially supported parts on the two sides and attachable to and detachable from a sheet base material lower, shaft supports engaging the axially supported parts, and projections fitting into the guide grooves; and is rotatably or swingably supported with respect to the sheet base material.

Slide type lid structure

Provided is a sensor part having a vibrating member and a mounting method therefor that allows the sensor part to be mounted to a target member such as a bumper in a simple, efficient and reliable manner. The sensor part includes a first assembly () including a tubular first case (), a vibrating member () temporarily retained by the first case, and a pressing member () slidably supported in the first case, and a second assembly () including a second case () to be connected to the first case, and a circuit board () for controlling the vibrating member. After the first case is fixed to the target member, the pressing member is pushed so as to release the vibrating member from the temporal retention, and press the vibrating member against the target member.

Sensor assembly and mounting method therefor

A container-supporting apparatus includes a housing, a holder, a cup-supporting body, a flap, an elastic member for urging the flap in a direction of an insertion hole, a shaft part provided on either (for example, the flap) of the holder or the flap, and a shaft-bearing part provided on the other (for example, the holder) and provided with a shaft-bearing part capable of receiving the shaft part. When the holder is stored in the housing, the cup-supporting body contacts the flap whereby the shaft part moves inside the shaft-bearing hole of the shaft-bearing part.

Container-supporting apparatus

A cup holder device includes a case; a tray movable between a stored position and a pullout position; first and second supporting links movable upward with an urging force around base ends; and a holder. A front end of the holder is rotatably connected to the second supporting link, and a rear end of the holder is connected to the first supporting link to slide freely. The holder moves between a non-use position where the holder is stored in the tray and a use position where the holder moves up from the tray. The first supporting link includes projected parts projecting at edges of base ends. When the first and second supporting links move upward, the projected parts are arranged to move to contact the tray and push the tray with a gradually increasing force.

Cup holder device

In a seat belt guide, a hanger for guiding a seat belt by inserting the seat belt through a belt passing opening is inserted into a hanger guiding portion of a main portion to be moved in a front-to-rear direction. When the hanger is slid forwards by a predetermined distance, a rear end of a sliding groove of the hanger engages with a bolt to thereby swing the hanger in a horizontal direction. Since the seat belt is urged by a spring to a side opposite to a direction in which the seat belt is taken out of the belt passing opening when the seat belt is attached to a passenger, even if the passenger of small build wears the seat belt, the seat belt is not wound round the shoulder of the passenger and the seat belt adjusted to a lower attaching height can be attached to a proper position.

Seat belt guide

A component attaching device for attaching a component to an attaching member is formed of a first attaching section to be attached to the attaching member, and a second attaching section connected to the first attaching section to be attached to the component. A releasing section is formed near the first or second attaching section for releasing an attached condition of the attaching member with the first attaching section or an attached condition of the component with the second attaching section. The attached conditions is released when a force of relatively moving the attaching member and the component exceeds a predetermined value. Also, a holding section is formed near the releasing section such that the attaching member and the component are relatively moved.

Component attaching device

A fastener made of a synthetic resin material is usable for both a circular engagement hole and a square engagement hole which are approximately the same in size, and includes a head, a leg depending from the head, and two groups of vertically multilayered flexible fins formed on a periphery of the leg so as to extend radially outward. Some of the fins stay in the engagement hole and are flexed by the wall of the engagement hole when the leg has been inserted into one of the engagement holes and others of the fins are thrust out of the engagement hole and restore to their respective original states, thereby preventing the leg from being extracted from the engagement hole. The leg has a lateral cross section circumscribed by both the circle of the circular engagement hole and the square of the square engagement hole and includes a pair of opposed arcs registering with the circle to hold the leg concentric with the circle and a pair of opposed parallel straight sides following the arcs and registering with parts of opposed sides of the square to hold the leg concentric with the square. Each of the two groups of flexible fins forms an angle of 45.degree. to the parallel straight sides.

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Toyonaka, Japan

Tomoharu Izume