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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Iwami, Kakegawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Furuya, Kakegawa, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An open-and-close structureA for a cap includes a housing, a caprotatably supported on the housing, and a biasing memberconfigured to apply a biasing force near a rotation shaftof the cap, wherein open position-maintaining means configured to maintain the capat an open position by a biasing force of the biasing memberand reaction force application means configured to apply a reaction force in a closing direction by the biasing memberto the capin response to a further movement of the capin an open direction from the open position are provided on at least one of a support portionthat is a cap-side sliding contact portion or a sliding contact memberthat is a biasing member-side sliding contact portion.