| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5458391 |
Front air spoiler apparatus for automotive vehicle |
October 17, 1995 |
| A front air spoiler apparatus for an automotive vehicle is provided with first and second air spoilers which are vertically moved by a driving unit. The first and second air spoilers are retracted at a front portion within a vehicle body in an overlapped condition, and set at an operatin |
| 5443292 |
Power lid closing device |
August 22, 1995 |
| A lock mechanism is mounted on a pivotal trunk lid. A lid drawing mechanism is mounted in a fixed member of a trunk space of a vehicle body. The lid drawing mechanism includes a motor mounting plate which is stationary, a striker base plate which is pivotally connected to the motor mount |
| 5415491 |
Coupling device |
May 16, 1995 |
| A coupling device for connecting a wire and a knob of elastic material is disclosed. The wire has one end formed into a hook and a portion curved into a generally U shape and connecting to the hook. The knob has a bore receiving the wire and a wall portion surrounding the bore. The wall |
| 5411302 |
Powered closing device |
May 2, 1995 |
| An emergency mechanism is incorporated in a powered back door closing device of a motor vehicle. During the time when, with the aid of a driving mechanism, a drawing mechanism of the door closing device is pulling down the back door through a striker secured thereto, the emergency mechan |
| 5351443 |
Automotive door with window pane lifter module |
October 4, 1994 |
| An automotive door comprises generally an outer module; an inner module and a window pane lifter module interposed between the outer and inner modules. The window pane lifter module includes a door inner waist reinforce member which is fixed to an inner panel of the outer module and |
| 5350206 |
Automotive door lock device |
September 27, 1994 |
| An automotive door lock device comprises a lock proper having a latch mechanism installed therein. A main cover plate is fixed to the lock proper. The main cover plate has therein an interchanger mechanism operatively engaged with the latch mechanism. A socket structure is defined by |
| 5323998 |
Seat slider mechanism |
June 28, 1994 |
| A seat slider mechanism consists of a U-shaped lower rail provided, on outer left and right sides, with a longitudinally oriented, downward facing first hook portion. An upper rail engages with the lower rail via a second, upward facing hook portion provided longitudinally on both left |
| 5309784 |
Shift apparatus |
May 10, 1994 |
| A gear shift apparatus includes a shaft having a first axis extending laterally with respect to a vehicle body. A bracket is secured to a pivot pin rotatable about a second axis extending laterally with respect to the first axis. A gear shift lever is secured to the bracket for unitary |
| 5285993 |
Seat slide device with protecting cover |
February 15, 1994 |
| A lower rail of channel structure is secured a floor. The lower rail has a longitudinally extending slot in an upper portion thereof. An upper rail is slidably engaged with the lower rail and mounts thereon a seat. The upper rail includes a base portion which is slidably received in the |
| 5275369 |
Protective cover for seat sliding devices |
January 4, 1994 |
| A seat sliding device including a stationary rail secured at both ends thereof to a vehicle floor through brackets, a movable rail slidably engaged with the stationary rail and mounting thereon a seat, and a protective cover for covering the bracket and said stationary rail. The prot |
| 5273324 |
Power door lock device |
December 28, 1993 |
| A power door lock device comprises a latch plate pivotal about a first axis to assume an open position, a half-latch position and a full-latch position; a sub-lever pivotal about a second axis which is in parallel with the first axis; and a close lever pivotal about the second axis. The |
| 5248259 |
Electric connector for use with automotive slide door |
September 28, 1993 |
| An electric connector for use with an automotive slide door is shown, which comprises a first connector part adapted to be mounted to a vehicle body and a second connector part adapted to be mounted to the door. The first connector part includes a first nonconducting casing, a first cond |
| 5245217 |
Control device for power window |
September 14, 1993 |
| A combination in a motor vehicle having a power window is disclosed. The combination comprises an electric power mechanism which can move the window pane downward and upward selectively when energized; a control switch electrically connected to the electric power mechanism for contro |
| 5243856 |
Parking brake operating device |
September 14, 1993 |
| In a parking brake operating device for a motor vehicle, an operating lever and an intermediate lever are pivotally mounted around a transverse common shaft. The intermediate lever is pivotally mounted to a locking lever at its upper part. The locking lever is engaged with an engaging pi |
| 5240296 |
Door lock system with first and second sensors |
August 31, 1993 |
| A door lock system comprises a door latch device which has a locking-unlocking lever. The door latch device is locked and unlocked when the locking-unlocking lever assumes lock and unlock positions respectively. An electric actuator includes a reversible electric motor and a pivotal |
| 5226259 |
Automotive door with power window |
July 13, 1993 |
| An automotive door equipped with a window regulator is described. The door comprises an outer panel module, a pane lift module, a door lock module, a frame module to which the pane lift module and the door lock module are secured to constitute an interior unit, and an inner panel module. |
| 5222775 |
Power operated latch device for automotive back door |
June 29, 1993 |
| A power operated latch device for use in a hatch back type motor vehicle or the like. The device includes a striker secured to the hatch back door and a latch proper mounted to the vehicle body. The latch proper includes a base structure having a striker guide slot into which the striker |
| 5215342 |
Lock striker unit with cover |
June 1, 1993 |
| A lock striker unit comprises generally a striker and a plastic cover. The striker includes a base plate, a generally U-shaped rod secured to the base plate and a molded plastic material covering the rod to provide each shank portion of the same with a diametrically larger portion and a |
| 5209532 |
Door lock device |
May 11, 1993 |
| A door lock device includes a striker secured to a vehicle body and a latch plate installed on a vehicle door. The striker has a base portion fixed on the vehicle body, first and second leg portions extending from the base portion, a bridge portion extending between and interconnecting t |
| 5203112 |
Automatic door operating system |
April 20, 1993 |
| An automatic door operating system for a motor vehicle is shown. The system comprises a door closing device which includes an electric motor and a latch plate actuator. The system further includes a control device which, when a latch plate position detecting switch detects a half-latch |
| 5197356 |
Vehicle ignition lock and transmission shift lock control mechanism |
March 30, 1993 |
| A mechanism is provided for controlling vehicle ignition lock and transmission shift lock in an interlocked relation to each other. The mechanism comprises a lock member movable into a lock position for blocking up a passage to a Park position of a position plate. An operating member |
| 5195802 |
Seat cushion latching device for automotive seat |
March 23, 1993 |
| An automotive seat having a seat cushion latching device is disclosed, in which the changing of the seat cushion from an operative latched position to a folded latched position or vice verse is achieved by manipulating only one operation lever. The automotive seat comprises a seat cushio |
| 5187999 |
Manually operable park lock releasing mechanism for automatic transmission shift control device |
February 23, 1993 |
| A park lock releasing mechanism for a transmission shift control device, includes a release button installed on a gear position indicator and top panel assembly, and a release lever installed on a selector lever and operatively connected through an intermediate member to the release butt |
| 5186504 |
Door lock device |
February 16, 1993 |
| A door lock device which comprises a structural base body by which a latch plate and a control mechanism for the latch plate are operatively carried; and a cover plate attached to the structural base body in a manner to cover the latch plate. The cover plate includes larger and smaller f |
| 5176353 |
Power seat slide device |
January 5, 1993 |
| Movable and stationary rails are of complementary cross sections, the movable rail being generally C-shaped with grooved side wall portions, the stationary rail having an elongate flat upper plate whose side edge portions constitute guide edge portions. The side edge portions of the |
| 5168666 |
Drive device of slide door |
December 8, 1992 |
| A door drive device is disclosed, which comprises a guide rail for defining in the body of the vehicle a way along which the slide door moves; first and second pulleys arranged at spaced positions of the vehicle body; an electric drive unit for driving the first pulley; an endless belt p |
| 5167393 |
Automotive seat slide device |
December 1, 1992 |
| A seat slide device is disclosed, which comprises a molded lower rail which is secured to a vehicle floor and is formed with outwardly projected flange portions for increasing a mechanical strength thereof; and a molded upper rail which carries thereon a seat and is slidably enaged with |
| 5165751 |
Air spoiler device |
November 24, 1992 |
| Disclosed herein is an air spoiler device which comprises a base member; two rail members secured to the base member and extending in parallel with each other; two sliders slidably and respectively engaged with the rail members, so that each slider is slidable forwardly and rearwardly al |
| 5159892 |
Shift position indicating device for automatic transmission |
November 3, 1992 |
| Disclosed herein is a shift position indicating device for use with a shift lever. The device comprises a plastic case; a light conductive structure including a horizontal wall and a vertical wall which are integrally connected with each other, the horizontal wall having an indicating ou |
| 5158338 |
Automotive seat assembly |
October 27, 1992 |
| A seat assembly for a motor vehicle is shown which comprises a lower rail secured to a floor of the vehicle; an upper rail slidably engaged with the lower rail; a base structure secured to the upper rail to move therewith; a seat cushion held by the base structure in a manner to pivot be |
| 5156438 |
Automotive seat assembly with safety mechanism |
October 20, 1992 |
| A seat assembly for a motor vehicle is shown. The assembly comprises a lower rail secured to a floor of the vehicle; an upper rail slidably engaged with the lower rail; a base structure secured to the upper rail to move therewith; a seat cushion held by the base structure in a manner to |
| 5156437 |
Automotive seat assembly |
October 20, 1992 |
| A seat assembly for a motor vehicle is shown, which comprises a lower rail secured to a floor of the vehicle; an upper rail slidably engaged with the lower rail; a base structure secured to the upper rail to move therewith; a seat cushion held by the base structure in a manner to pivot b |
| 5156060 |
Shift lever control device |
October 20, 1992 |
| A shift lever control device is disclosed which comprises a pivot structure for permitting a shift lever to pivot in both first and second directions which are perpendicular to each other; a bracket which is pivotal together with the shift lever in the first direction and has a mounting |
| 5155937 |
Automotive slide door operating system with half-latch and full-latch detecting device |
October 20, 1992 |
| A half-latch and full-latch detecting device for an automotive slide door operating system is shown, which comprises:a power feeding start position detecting switch which becomes operated when the door under closing movement comes to a given position just before a half-latch position of |
| 5144849 |
Reduction gear |
September 8, 1992 |
| A reduction gear is shown, which is designed to facilitate assembly of essential parts in a case. The reduction gear comprises a worm; a worm wheel meshed with the worm; a lower case part having a semicylindrical recess which rotatably receives the worm, and an upper case part to be |
| 5144769 |
Automatic door operating system |
September 8, 1992 |
| An automatic door operating system for a motor vehicle is shown. The system comprises a reversible electric motor for moving the door in one or the other direction upon energization thereof, said motor being connected to said door in such a manner that the movement of said door induces a |
| 5106151 |
Canvas top type sunroof structure for motor vehicle |
April 21, 1992 |
| A canvas top type sunroof structure is disclosed, which comprises a pair of guide members which extend along respective sides of a sunroof aperture; a canvas top adapted to cover the aperture; a carry member having a terminal part of the canvas top secured thereto, the carry member being |
| 5106144 |
Seat slide device with rail-disconnection inhibiting mechanism |
April 21, 1992 |
| A seat slide device for a motor vehicle is shown, which includes a seat slide latching mechanism by which an upper movable rail can be latched at a desired fore-and-aft position relative to a lower stationary rail and a rail-disconnection inhibiting mechanism by which undesired separatio |
| 5098152 |
Automotive power sunroof |
March 24, 1992 |
| A power sunroof for a motor vehicle is disclosed, which comprises a structure for defining a sunroof opening in a roof of the vehicle; a lid sized to close the sunroof opening, the lid being provided around its periphery with a weather strip; a mechanism for permitting the lid to have |
| 5094420 |
Power seat slide device |
March 10, 1992 |
| Disclosed herein is a power seat slide device which comprises a stationary rail member; a movable rail member axially slidably engaged with the stationary rail member, the movable rail member having an anchor portion to which an end of a seat belt is connected; a rack member extending al |
| 5092017 |
Automotive door hinge assembly, bush employed therein and method for installing bush in door hin |
March 3, 1992 |
| A door hinge assembly is disclosed, which comprises a door hinge assembly for pivotally connecting a door to a fixed structure. The assembly comprises a first wing member secured to the fixed structure, the first wing member having first aligned bores formed therethrough; a second wing |
| 5088777 |
Lock device for detachable roof |
February 18, 1992 |
| A lock device for locking a detachable roof to a car body, which a housing mounted to the detachable roof, the housing defining a certain clearance through which the interior of the housing is exposed to the outside of the housing; a handle lever including a base portion pivotally arrang |
| 5083397 |
Automatic door operating system |
January 28, 1992 |
| In an automatic door operating system, there is employed a so-called fail-safe means which controls a door closing device. The door closing device functions to enforcedly shift the door from its half-latch position to its full-close latched position. The fail-safe means is so arranged as |
| 5072983 |
Automotive door with door pocket and tiltable armrest |
December 17, 1991 |
| An automotive door having a door pocket and an armrest is shown. The armrest is pivotally movable from a normal operative position to an inclined open position to enlarge a mouth part of the door pocket. With this, a relatively large-sized article can be put into the door pocket. |
| 5072163 |
Feeding system for electric devices mounted in door |
December 10, 1991 |
| An electric system for use in a motor vehicle. The system includes a battery mounted in the vehicle body; a controlling device mounted in the vehicle body and having first and second switches; and a positive/negative switching device mounted in the vehicle body and electrically connected |
| 5054300 |
Vehicle door lock system |
October 8, 1991 |
| A vehicle door lock system including a power lock actuator for locking and unlocking a door by moving a lock lever, is further provided with a childproof and theftproof lock actuator for moving a block lever between a block position to prevent the swing motion of the lock lever, and an |
| 5052751 |
Walk-in device of automotive seat having cooperating pivoted levers |
October 1, 1991 |
| A walk-in device for use in a seat slide device is disclosed. The seat slide device includes a stationary rail, a movable rail slidably engaged with the stationary rail, and a locking mechanism for locking and unlocking the movable rail relative to the stationary rail when a first me |
| 5044221 |
Shift lever control device |
September 3, 1991 |
| A shift lever control device is disclosed. A cranked guide slot is defined along which a shift lever is slidably moved. The guide slot includes at least one elongate part and a shorter terminal part which extends in a given direction perpendicular to the elongate part. The shift lever is |
| 5035463 |
Roof door device of motor vehicle |
July 30, 1991 |
| A roof door device of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has a roof and a side door operable to close a side door opening. The roof has a roof side opening which is positioned above and merged with the side door opening. A roof door is pivotally connected to the roof to open and c |
| 5029680 |
Automatic transmission shift control device |
July 9, 1991 |
| An automatic transmission shift control device which prevents shifting from the "Park" position to any other position unless the ignition key is at the "on" position and the brake pedal is fully depressed. A safety feature is incorporated so as to insure against accidental gear shifting. |
