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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Daichi Sogamoto, Kariya, JP;
Kimihide Kato, Kariya, JP;
Takayuki Sengoku, Kariya, JP;
Satoshi Takato, Nagoya, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An opening and closing device couples together a vehicle body having an opening and an opening and closing body that opens and closes the opening, and extends to perform an opening operation of the opening and closing body, at least one of the vehicle body and the opening and closing body including a ball stud including a ball, the opening and closing device including: a shaft member having a shaft shape and being telescopic in an axial direction; a socket fixed to at least one end portion of the shaft member and constituting a ball joint together with the ball; an elastic body supported by the socket and configured to hold the ball together with the socket; and a cover mounted on the socket at one of an allowing position where displacement of the elastic body with respect to the socket is allowed and a restricting position where the displacement of the elastic body with respect to the socket is restricted.
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