Honda Access Corporation

Yoshimasa Misono

Masahiro Abe

Hiroshi Takakura

A vehicle towing apparatusincludes a wheel cradleprovided on a rear of a automobileserving as a towing vehicle and holds a front wheelserving as a wheel of a vehicleto be towed in the wheel cradle, the wheel cradleincluding two arm members,forming a space receiving a width of the front wheelin a lateral direction, the each arm memberconnecting a first end thereof to the automobilewith an attachment bodyand connecting a second end to each other, thereby forming a closed holding regionholding the lower portion of the front wheelto be inserted therein. Therefore, the structure of the wheel cradlecan be simplified, and the front wheelcan be stably held.

Vehicle towing apparatus

An in-vehicle battery charging system adaptable to a wide variety of objects to be charged. A charging systemincludes a battery chargerwith a built-in primary coilused to charge an objectwith a secondary coiland a rechargeable battery. By allowing the battery chargerand the objectto come close to each other, the rechargeable batteryis charged through an electromagnetic inductive action between the coils. The battery charger, provided in a vehicle instrumental panel, includes a slider assemblyfor adjusting a position of the secondary coilof the objectwith respect to the primary coilof the battery charger. This slider assemblyenables a positional relationship between the coils to be properly adjusted, enabling a proper charge condition to be maintained for a variety of objects to be charged.

In-vehicle battery charging system

Provided is a structure enabling mounting at a lower position and on a forward side of an opening section. A sunroof visor is to be installed in a vehicle including: the opening section formed on a roof portion; and a sunroof capable of freely opening the opening section. The opening section possesses an edge portion extending downward and having a thin-walled structure vertically composed of: corner edge sections as vertically short edges; slanted edge sections; and vertically elongated edge sections. The sunroof visor is to be fixed to the forward side of the opening section through brackets. Each bracket includes: an extended supporting portion extended forward from the opening section and used to fix the sunroof visor; and an engagement portion engageable with one vertically elongated edge section after being moved thereto from one corner edge section or slanted edge section, for coupling the sunroof visor.

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Takanezawa-machi, Japan

Yoshimasa Misono