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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Hiroaki Ichioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Ichioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Piolax Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In a storage apparatus for a vehicle including a lid which can rotate about a pivot, and a damper device having a cord-like connecting member and adapted to generate damping force against pulling force from the connecting member, wherein a connecting wire (the connecting member) is pulled, when the lid rotates in one direction, thereby to generate the damping force in the damper device, it is so constructed that a damping force control member having a guide face for the connecting wire is fixed to the lid, and when the lid has rotated in a direction of receiving the damping force, the connecting wire is wound around the guide face and pulled.