Piolax, Inc.

Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.

Toshihiko Ookawara

Toshihiro Shimizu

Kouichi Katou

Seiji Sawatani

Toshiko Watanabe

Noboru Niikura

A pair of left and right slide pinsandare disposed at the rear side of the lidmovably in the lateral direction. The base memberis installed in the installation part formed on the lidfrom the surface side of the lid. The operation handlethat drives a pair of slide pinsandis mounted on the surface side of the base member. Also, the rotorcausing a pair of slide pinsandto interlock in accordance with drive operation of the operation handleis rotatably installed at the base member. The rotorhas a pair of drive force transmission engagement partsand. A pair of slide pinsandhave the engaged partsand, which are separately engaged with one and the other of the pair of drive force transmission engagement partsand, respectively. The rotoris mounted in the base memberin a state where the respective drive force transmission partsandare exposed to the rear side of the lid. The engaged partsandof the respective slide pinsandare engaged with the respective drive force transmission engagement partsandof the rotorfrom the rear side of the lid

Side-lock device

A side lock apparatus includes: a housing which is fixed to a lid; a disc-shaped rotor which is supported on the housing; and rods which are linked with the rotor, wherein: the housing includes: a bearing portion for the rotor which is provided in such a manner as to extend vertically along the short upper portion of the lid; a first wall; a second wall; and a cylindrical portion which is brought into sliding contact with a disc-shaped outer circumferential surface of the rotor to support the rotor; the rotor is supported on the bearing portion in such a manner that the disc shape thereof becomes horizontal relative to a wall thickness direction of the short upper portion of the lid; and the rods are supported between the first wall and the second wall in such a manner as to slide in an opposite direction.

Side lock apparatus

A lock apparatus includes a operation handle, a pair of springs movably supported by the container member, a pair of slide pins urged in directions of lock holes defined on the support member by the springs, respectively, and a pair of cam members to which rear end portions of the slide pins are fitted, respectively, to urge each slide pin to project and retract. When the operation handle is operated in a swing manner, a front end portion of each slide pin is retracted from each lock hole of the support member against pressure of each spring. Engagement holes are defined on opposed surfaces of each front end portion of the cam member having a cylindrical shape. Each rear end portion of the slide pin is formed in a bifurcated structure to have elastic pieces. Each of elastic pieces has a protrusion for detachably engaging with each of engagement holes.

Lock apparatus

A side lock apparatus comprises a retainer, a rotor rotatably supported on the retainer, a pair of rods which are brought into engagement with positions which are point symmetrical relative to an axial center of the rotor at proximal end portions thereof and are supported in such a manner that distal end portions thereof appear from and disappear into both ends of a lid so as to be brought into engagement with and disengagement from a circumferential edge of an opening, a knob supported on the retainer in such a manner as to be pushed and pulled on and a return spring mounted on the rotor. When the knob is pulled on, since a pusher element of the knob pushes on a bearing portion of the rotor, the rotor rotates against the biasing force of the return spring, whereby the rods are withdrawn into the inside of the lid.

An air damper suitably used in the glove box of an automobile comprises a cylinder having a first open end and a second end, a guide cap covering the first open end, and a piston moveable in the cylinder. A compression coil spring is inserted into the cylinder between the piston and the guide cap. The coil spring forces the piston toward the second end of the cylinder in the free state. The piston has a hook piece, which is threaded with a string. At least one end of the string is taken out of the cylinder via the guide cap, and connected to the glove box. The guide cap has a stopper means projecting inside the coil spring and toward the piston. When the glove box is opened and the string is pulled out of the cylinder, the piston moves toward the guide cap. The piston then strikes the stopper means of the guide cap before the coil spring is fully compressed.

Air damper used in glove box of automobile

A fixing structure is constituted by a housing ( ) fixed to a mounting hole H on the side of a vehicle member, and a storage member supported in the housing ( ) so that the storage member ( ) can be opened and closed. A frame member made of resin material having greater toughness than the housing ( ) is mounted to an outer periphery of the housing ( ). The frame member ( ) is integrally provided with resilient leg pieces ( A), ( B) and ( C) which are retained to hole edges of the mounting hole (H). With this, the resilient leg pieces ( A), ( B) and ( C) to be retained to the hole edges of the mounting hole (H) on the side of the vehicle member are not provided on the housing ( ), but are integrally provided on the frame member ( ) made of resin material having greater toughness than the housing ( ).

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toshihiko Ookawara