| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D306132 |
Striker plate for an automobile door lock |
February 20, 1990 |
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| D305610 |
Striker plate for an automobile door lock |
January 23, 1990 |
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| 7261337 |
Hood latch device for motor vehicle |
August 28, 2007 |
| A hood latch device for a vehicle comprises a base plate secured to a vehicle body. A striker is secured to a pivotal hood of the vehicle body. A primary latch plate and a locking plate are pivotally connected a rear surface of the base plate and engageable with the striker to permit the |
| 7216901 |
Operation force transmitting member for door lock apparatus |
May 15, 2007 |
| An operation force transmitting member of a door lock apparatus has a guide tube and an inner cable passed through the guide tube and is connected to one of the door lock apparatus and an operating device for operating the door lock apparatus at the upper end portion thereof and to t |
| 7172469 |
Structure of bonding plastic part insert-molded with wiring board and method of bonding the same |
February 6, 2007 |
| In insert-molding a wiring board, at either one of a surrounding of a holding hole of the wiring board provided at a first plastic part and a second plastic part opposed thereto, a hole side projected portion capable of being brought into contact with a bonding face of other thereof |
| 7121043 |
Actuating device for open/close member of vehicle |
October 17, 2006 |
| A connecting rod is provided with a bent portion in a substantially middle part thereof so that a lower section of the connecting rod below the substantially middle part in a vertical direction may be inclined, with respect to the longitudinal direction of a guide rail, toward a center o |
| 7100326 |
Drive device having a cable adjusting feature for a sliding body |
September 5, 2006 |
| A drive device for opening and closing a slide body includes: a drum mating with a secondary cable end portion of a first cable and a secondary cable end portion of a second cable. The drum includes; a main drum mating with the secondary cable end portion of one of the first cable an |
| 7076918 |
Window regulator |
July 18, 2006 |
| A window regulator comprises a front guide rail installed in a front portion of a door and extending upward and downward; a rear guide rail installed in a rear portion of the door and extending upward and downward; a front carrier unit fixed to a lower front portion of the window pan |
| 7073291 |
Device for automatically controlling opening and closing of a vehicle slide door |
July 11, 2006 |
| A device for automatically controlling a slide door for a vehicle, wherein the slide door is adapted to open and close along a guide track installed in a vehicle body, the device having a door drive device, a motor load detection device, a door position detection device adapted to detect |
| 7071644 |
Control device of automotive power pivot door |
July 4, 2006 |
| An automotive power pivot door is powered by an electric motor through an electromagnetic clutch. A control device of the door has a control unit configured to carry out a routine which comprises de-energizing an electric motor and disengaging the clutch when the door is lifted up to a |
| 7014248 |
Opening and closing apparatus for rear gate of vehicle |
March 21, 2006 |
| A rear gate is constructed to be opened and closed by a driving unit installed on a vehicle body side, and the driving unit is constructed to have a motor which can rotate both in normal and reverse directions, a gearbox to which a pinion is pivotally attached for reducing the rotating |
| 6994392 |
Fuel lid apparatus |
February 7, 2006 |
| A fuel lid apparatus for an automotive vehicle having a slide door. The fuel lid apparatus includes a push rod displaceable in a first direction by opening a fuel lid under the action of the first biasing device and in a second direction by closing the fuel lid. A link is connected to a |
| 6971816 |
Mounting device for control cable |
December 6, 2005 |
| A mounting device for a control cable, including a stationary member to which a tube of the control cable is fixed, and a connector for connecting the tube to the stationary member. The stationary member has a first wall substantially parallel to an axial direction of the tube and a seco |
| 6929310 |
Drive system of powered doors or gates for vehicles |
August 16, 2005 |
| A drive system for a hinged gate of a vehicle, which includes: a motor unit, a rack and pinion mechanism, a link member connected to a point of the hinged gate, and a shaft member fixed to the rack, to which the link member is rotatably connected. The motor unit includes a motor, gears, |
| 6909253 |
Rotation speed control apparatus of open close body for vehicle and rotation speed control metho |
June 21, 2005 |
| A controller PWM control an opening and closing motor (16) of an opening and closing means, increases a duty ratio of the PWM control according to a given increasing rate just after starting the opening and closing motor (16), reducing the duty ratio to a given value by detecting a start |
| 6866250 |
Tensioning device for cable inserted through flexible tube |
March 15, 2005 |
| A tensioning device for a cable inserted through a flexible tube, in which the flexible tube is fixed at one end to a stationary member, and the cable is connected to a movable member relative to the stationary member. The tensioning device includes a socket fixed to the stationary membe |
| 6842945 |
Hinge mechanism |
January 18, 2005 |
| A hinge mechanism having first and second pivot shafts held by first and second hinge base members, respectively, which also connect to ends of a hinge arm member. First and second cams on the first and second hinge base members engage first and second control levers on the ends of the h |
| 6841955 |
Moving body drive control device |
January 11, 2005 |
| A moving body drive control device characterized by mutually balancing a magnitude of driving force TK and a magnitude of braking force TB, both of the forces being generated by a motor, to approximate a moving speed of a moving body 100 to a target speed highly precisely without being a |
| 6793255 |
Door locking apparatus for vehicle |
September 21, 2004 |
| A door locking apparatus for a vehicle including: a first locking/unlocking mechanism driven by a first driving mechanism operable by a knob inside a car and a control switch, and switchable between an unlocked state where operations of inside and outside handles respectively provided in |
| 6776443 |
Opening and closing apparatus of vehicular opening and closing member |
August 17, 2004 |
| A rack includes a closed position teeth portion meshed with a teeth portion of an output gear when the rack is disposed at a closed position corresponding to a closed position of an opening and closing member and an opened position teeth portion meshed with the teeth portion of the outpu |
| 6773043 |
Drive apparatus of trunk lid lock for motor vehicle |
August 10, 2004 |
| When a trunk lid 10 is opened, even in the case that the trunk lid 10 is attached to a weather strip due to a frost of a vehicle body and the trunk lid 10 is not sufficiently opened, a lock canceling member 60 is restricted at an restriction canceling position during a period that a |
| 6767048 |
Automatic door operating device |
July 27, 2004 |
| For pivotally connecting an upper end of a rack bar and a lower end of a connecting rod, there is employed a joint/slider unit which is slid in and along a guide slot of a rail member. The unit comprises a bolt member passing through the guide slot and including first and second sections |
| 6761396 |
Sunroof apparatus |
July 13, 2004 |
| In a sunroof apparatus provided with a lid (3) capable of opening and closing an opening formed in a roof (1) of a vehicle body, and a slider (8) longitudinally moving on a side rail (5) connected to the lid (3) and provided in a side of the vehicle body, in which a longitudinal movement |
| 6729071 |
Device for automatically controlling opening and closing of a vehicle slide door |
May 4, 2004 |
| A device for automatically controlling a slide door for a vehicle, wherein the slide door is adapted to open and close along a guide track installed in a vehicle body, the device having a door drive device having a motor, a motor load detection device, a door position detection device ad |
| 6698804 |
Electric door lock device of motor vehicle |
March 2, 2004 |
| A control unit is configured to carry out a given controlling of an electric motor when a given operation is carried. The given operation is an operation wherein under operation of a closure mechanism, the door is moved in a close direction passing through an operative position of a |
| 6698140 |
Door structure for vehicle |
March 2, 2004 |
| In a door structure for a vehicle provided with a door main body (4) having an opening (2) provided in an inner panel (3), a module base (7) in which a window regulator (6) for vertically moving a window panel (5) is assembled and a fastening portion (9a) provided near an outer periphery |
| 6655179 |
Automotive door lock assembly |
December 2, 2003 |
| A so-called super-lock condition of a door lock is achieved with a simple and compact construction. The door lock includes first and second lock/unlock mechanisms which establish the super-lock condition when assuming lock conditions respectively. The first and second lock/unlock mec |
| 6637783 |
Opening and closing device of vehicle lock apparatus |
October 28, 2003 |
| In a state where a rotary member has stopped at a position other than a neutral position, an actuating lever can be returned to the neutral position by an urging device, and retained in the neutral position, by shifting a switching member from a connecting state to a disconnecting st |
| 6616216 |
Automotive door construction |
September 9, 2003 |
| An automotive door construction is configured so that a door trim 13 is divided into an upper trim 13.sub.1 and a lower trim 13.sub.2 ; a glass elevating mechanism 5 is installed on the inside surface of the lower trim 13.sub.2 so that the upper end of a guide rail 7 projects upward from |
| 6601903 |
Power unit for automotive trunk lid |
August 5, 2003 |
| A base plate has mutually opposed first and second side surfaces. A first group of parts are arranged on the first side surface, which includes an electric motor, a speed reduction unit and an electromagnetic clutch. The speed reduction unit has a gear member which is projected to the se |
| 6594567 |
Automatic opening/closing device of vehicular opening/closing body and controlling method |
July 15, 2003 |
| An automatic opening/closing device of a vehicular opening/closing body, which gradually increases a duty until a rotary pulse cycle is definitely decided at a stage before a jamming determining time comes, thus making it possible to move a backdoor even if a resistance due to self-weigh |
| 6588835 |
Controller of sunroof for vehicle |
July 8, 2003 |
| A controller of a sunroof for a vehicle structured such as to adjust a predetermined over flap amount S to be fixed in correspondence to a power supply voltage of a drive unit or an operating speed of a lid 3 in the case of temporarily descending at the over flap amount S from a full |
| 6575517 |
Closure apparatus and method for lid of compartment applicable to vehicular trunk lid |
June 10, 2003 |
| In closure apparatus and method for an elongated lid of a compartment, the lid being pivotally supported on a wall defining the compartment via a pair of mutually spaced apart hinge arms, a control device controls each of a first driving device and an electromagnetic clutch to make a |
| 6546672 |
Cable guide structure for window regulator |
April 15, 2003 |
| A cable guide structure for a window regulator is provided with rails aligned so as to be parallel with each other, moving elements for supporting a window panel, a cable connected to said moving elements. A diagonally cabling portion of the cable is linearly arranged. The directions |
| 6519898 |
Window panel supporting structure of window regulator |
February 18, 2003 |
| The invention provides a window panel supporting structure of a window regulator having a positioning element along a window panel surface in which a positioning projection (31c) protruded in any one of a panel holder (31) and a fastening and supporting portion (17) and a positioning |
| 6513859 |
Opening and closing apparatus for an opening and closing member of a vehicle |
February 4, 2003 |
| The pinion pivotally mounted on a vehicle body by the axis parallel to a hinge axis is linked by the motor provided on the vehicle body so as to be rotated in forward and reverse directions, the rack engaging the pinion is provided on the edge of the rack rod having one end portion pivot |
| 6499776 |
Automotive lock opening and closing apparatus |
December 31, 2002 |
| An output mechanism includes a closing lever adapted to rotate from a neutral position in two opening and closing directions when a motor is allowed to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise and to rotate a latch from a half-latched position to a full-latched position when rotating in |
| 6494505 |
Automotive door lock assembly |
December 17, 2002 |
| An automotive door lock assembly comprises a lock/unlock mechanism and an electric actuator which actuates the lock/unlock mechanism. At an initial stage of a door unlocking operation of the electric actuator, a passive lever is shifted from an engaged position where a lock/unlock lever |
| 6478357 |
Automatic door operating device |
November 12, 2002 |
| An automatic door operating device drives a door for a pivotal movement in accordance with a switch operation. The automatic door operating device includes a handle disposed on the door; and a controller. The controller allows the door to be manually operable for the pivotal movement whe |
| 6435605 |
Vehicle sunroof device |
August 20, 2002 |
| A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted t |
| 6435574 |
Lock device of automobile openable body |
August 20, 2002 |
| The lock device has a latch which is interposed between a base member and a reinforcing plate and is for rotating between an engagement position and an engagement released position. The engagement position is where the latch is to be engaged with a striker when closing an openable body. |
| 6431023 |
Lever pivoting structure |
August 13, 2002 |
| A lever pivoting structure is mounted on an inner panel of a vehicle door. The structure comprises a first circular opening formed in the inner panel and a shaft member including a body portion, an enlarged flange portion formed on a rear end of the body portion and a stopper head portio |
| 6428091 |
Sunroof apparatus |
August 6, 2002 |
| A lid (23) is movable to have a full-close position, a tilt-up position, a flap position, and a full-open position relative to a roof opening (2), and is stopped at the tilt-up position, when moving in a roof-opening direction, but is kept from stopping at the tilt-up position, when movi |
| 6428059 |
Latch detector for automotive door locks |
August 6, 2002 |
| A latch detector for automotive door locks is provided. The latch detector includes a detector body 1 having a recess 1a, a latch 4 rotating in the receiving recess 1a, a detecting switch 10 attached to the detector body 1, for detecting the latch 4 being in its full-latching position or |
| 6409233 |
Closure apparatus for vehicle door |
June 25, 2002 |
| A door closure apparatus has a striker disposed on one of a periphery of a door or a door opening of a door, and a lock apparatus disposed on the other of the periphery of a door and periphery of a door opening, wherein the motive force of a drive motor forcibly causes movement of a driv |
| 6401392 |
Power operating apparatus for vehicle door |
June 11, 2002 |
| A power operating apparatus for a vehicle door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, includes a drive mechanism provided at the inside of a vehicle body with respect to a door opening of the vehicle door to power move the vehicle door in an opening direction toward t |
| 6398288 |
Control device of automotive pivoting door |
June 4, 2002 |
| A motor vehicle has a pivoting door that pivots upward and downward. A control device for controlling the pivoting door comprises an electric drive unit that drives the pivoting door by an electric power; a door operation switch that permits the pivoting door to pivot between a full- |
| 6390516 |
Door lock unit of vehicular door closure system |
May 21, 2002 |
| In a door lock unit of a vehicular door closure system, a closing lever and the outer periphery of a latching plate are disposed on substantially the same plane, the closing lever being provided in the vertical direction passes the upper part of the latching plate and is then bent downwa |
| 6382706 |
Operating device for automotive pivotal door |
May 7, 2002 |
| An operating device for operating an automotive pivotal door has the following elements, which are an electric motor of reversible type; a speed reduction device driven by the motor and having an output part formed into an output gear; a rack member having a toothed side edge meshed |
| 6361104 |
Vehicle sunroof device |
March 26, 2002 |
| A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted t |
