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1.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number 18267663
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai, Takahiro
  • Teramoto, Atsuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing; and a float valve. The float valve includes a main float, a sub-float held at an upper portion of the main float to be able to ascend and descend by a predetermined distance with respect to the main float, and a sub-float biasing spring disposed between the main float and the sub-float and configured to bias the sub-float upward with respect to the main float. The sub-float includes a spring support portion configured to support an upper end of the sub-float biasing spring and a seal portion that is configured to come into contact with and separate from an opening portion. The main float is movable further upward with respect to the sub-float by compressing the sub-float biasing spring in a state where the float valve ascends and the opening portion is closed by the sub-float.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

2.

GAS EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023033061
Publication Number 2024/058126
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-11
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Iida Akihiko

Abstract

The present invention provides a gas exhaust apparatus for an energy storage device, in which a cap member can be securely removed from a base member when a gas outlet of the energy storage device reaches or exceeds a predetermined value. The gas exhaust apparatus 10 for an energy storage device includes a base member 20, a cap member 60, and a seal member 80, the cap member 60 having a lid part 61, a pressing part 67, a pair of elastic pieces 69, 69, and a claw part 71, wherein the claw part 71 engages a mating part 41 with the elastic pieces 69 flexed outward, and a pair of first guide parts 51, 51 and a pair of second guide parts 53, 53 are provided on the circumference of a cylindrical part 21, the second guide parts 53 being located more radially inward of the cylindrical part 21 than the first guide parts 51 and further guiding the elastic pieces 69 guided by the first guide parts 51 when the cap member is mounted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors
  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems

3.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number 18022421
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-27
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi, Katsuya

Abstract

There is provided a lock device for an opening and closing body, including: a locking portion; a locking member; a case including a first case and a second case; a rotation body; and a biasing means. A cut-out is provided, and a retaining portion is provided, the retaining portion including a protruding portion and being configured to retain the rotation body relative to the first case. A first engaging surface and a second engaging surface are configured to engage with each other to form a temporary locking portion for temporarily locking the rotation body. A cam means and a stopper are provided between the second case and the rotation body, the stopper being configured to engage with the rotation body so as to hold the rotation body with the first engagement surface and the second engaging surface disengaged from each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 81/18 - Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators to effect movement of bolts
  • E05B 81/30 - Rotary elements
  • E05B 81/34 - Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by constructional features of the actuator or the power transmission - Details of the actuator transmission of geared transmissions
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

4.

VALVE DEVICE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number 18034604
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-09
First Publication Date 2024-01-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a valve device for a fuel tank including: a housing; a first float valve accommodated in a first valve chamber; and a second float valve accommodated in a second valve chamber. The housing includes a housing body and a lower cap. The housing body has a housing body peripheral wall. The housing body peripheral wall has a first valve chamber forming wall that forms an outer periphery of the first valve chamber, and a second valve chamber forming wall that has a contour shape different from that of the first valve chamber forming wall and that forms an outer periphery of the second valve chamber. The lower cap has a cap peripheral wall having a shape fitting to the housing body peripheral wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

5.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICES

      
Application Number JP2022044789
Publication Number 2023/233687
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-05
Publication Date 2023-12-07
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for power storage devices which is easily attached to a case and is difficult to remove from the case. This pressure relief valve 10 for power storage devices has a cylindrical sealing member 20 and a valve unit 15, wherein: the valve unit 15 has a base member provided with a base member-side engagement part 45, a valve body 70, and a coil spring 90; the inner peripheral surface of the sealing member 20 is provided with a temporary engagement part 25 which engages with the base member-side engagement part 45 of the base member at a predetermined insertion position, and a main engagement part 26 which engages with the base member-side engagement part 45 of the base member at an insertion position deeper than the predetermined insertion position; the outer peripheral surface of the sealing member 20 is provided with a retaining part 27; and the retaining part 27 can be bent inward in a temporarily held state and the reduction in the diameter of the retaining part 27 is restricted by the base member in a mainly fixed state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems
  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves

6.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2023015358
Publication Number 2023/204188
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-04-17
Publication Date 2023-10-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device which is for an opening/closing body and which increases the breaking strength of an operation member when the operation member is rotated to the maximum with respect to a base member. A lock device 10 comprises: a base member 30 and an operation member 50. The operation member 50 has: an operation plate part 51; an operation part 52; an operation load transmission wall part 57; a shaft part 61 disposed to protrude from opposing sides of the operation load transmission wall part; and a stopper part 63 disposed so as to be connected to the operation load transmission wall part 57 on a side, of the operation load transmission wall part 57, closer to the operation part 52 as compared to the shaft part 61. The base member 30 has: a pair of deformation regulation wall parts 35, 35 arranged outside of portions which are of the operation load transmission wall part 57 and at which the shaft part 61 is provided; shaft supports 37, 37; and a stopper receiver 41 that regulates rotation of the operation member 50.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

7.

LOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18011726
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-23
First Publication Date 2023-10-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a locking device including: a base member; a lock bar member; and a drive member. The base member includes a pair of facing surfaces sandwiching and supporting the lock bar member. The lock bar member includes a lock portion, a first bar portion extending in a sliding direction of the lock bar member, and a second bar portion extending in a direction intersecting the sliding direction and connecting the first bar portion and the lock portion. A first stepped portion is formed on the first bar portion, and a second stepped portion is formed on the second bar portion. Each of the facing surfaces is provided with step portions each of which faces the first stepped portion and the second stepped portion respectively in the direction intersecting the sliding direction at positions sandwiched between the first stepped portion and the second stepped portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

8.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023003060
Publication Number 2023/181646
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-31
Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device which can restrict the swinging of a rod in the width direction and thickness direction thereof with a simple structure. This damper device 10 has a cylinder 20, a piston rod 30, and a guide cap 70, and the piston rod 30 has a rod 40 and a piston 60. The rod 40 is of a plate shape. The guide cap 70 has an insertion wall part 71 inserted inside an opening 23 of the cylinder 20, an insertion hole 73 into which the rod 40 is inserted, and an elastic piece 77 that is elastically deformable. A convex curved surface 80 and a concave curved surface 50 are formed between the rod 40 and the elastic piece 77, and the concave curved surface 50 provided to the rod 40 extends in the axial direction and is configured to guide the axial direction movement of the piston rod 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/00 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods

9.

LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number 18010679
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-23
First Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

As shown in FIG. 5B, the pushing portion 44 of the operation member 22 pushes the sliding surface 46 of the driving member 30, and the driving member 30 is retracted. In this way, the driving member 30 is driven by an operation of the user. As shown in FIG. 5B, the pushing portion 44 of the operation member 22 pushes the sliding surface 46 of the driving member 30, and the driving member 30 is retracted. In this way, the driving member 30 is driven by an operation of the user. A lock device attached to a stationary body so that an opening and closing body is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body includes a driving member that is driven in response to movement of an operation member, and a rod movable in a longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod. The rod includes a lock portion engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body, and a holding portion holding the coupling portion so that the coupling portion is slidable in a moving direction of the rod. When the rod is moved in a lock releasing direction in which lock of the lock portion is released by the driving member, the holding portion and the coupling portion move in the lock releasing direction. --

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

10.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023010626
Publication Number 2023/182215
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device which can achieve a size reduction while sufficiently ensuring the stiffness of a rod. This damper device 10 has a cylinder 20 and a piston rod 30, wherein: the piston rod 30 has a rod 40 and a piston 60 having a seal part formed on the outer circumference thereof; an air chamber is formed inside the cylinder 20; the rod 40 has a through-hole 50 passing therethrough in a direction crossing the movement direction of the piston 60; and the piston 60 has an orifice 70 which is provided in a range overlapping the through-hole 50 when the rod 40 is viewed in the axial direction, and which has one end communicating with the through-hole 50 and the other end communicating with the air chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructions; Shape or construction of throttling passages

11.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008513
Publication Number 2023/171653
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Saito Jun
  • Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that makes it possible to reduce piston operation force when a piston moves in a return direction opposite to a damper braking direction. This damper device 10 includes a cylinder 20, a rod 30, a piston 40 provided with an annular groove 45, and a seal ring 50. The seal ring 50 includes a base 51, two inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55, and an outer diameter-side protrusion 57. At least one of the inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55 is in contact with the bottom surface 45a of the annular groove 45. The outer diameter-side protrusion 57 is a surface on the outer diameter side of the base 51 and protrudes in an annular shape so that a top section 57a of the outer diameter-side protrusion 57 is arranged at a position corresponding to the interval between the top sections 53a, 55a of the axially adjacent inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructions; Shape or construction of throttling passages
  • F16J 15/18 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with stuffing-boxes for elastic or plastic packings
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

12.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008514
Publication Number 2023/171654
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that attains a high damper braking force by sufficiently deforming a friction member in the radial direction when a piston moves to a damper braking direction. This damper device 10 comprises: a cylinder 20; a rod 30; a piston 40 provided with a ring-shaped groove 50; a sealing ring 60; a friction member 70; and a seal unit. The seal ring 60 presses the friction member 70 to increase the diameter thereof, causing the outer peripheral surface of the friction member 70 to be pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 when the piston 40 moves in a damper braking direction F1. The friction member 70 is configured so as to have a smaller diameter than the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 when not under pressure from the seal ring 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/09 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers with friction surfaces rectilinearly movable along each other in dampers of the cylinder-and-piston type
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details

13.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008516
Publication Number 2023/171655
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that can reduce a piston operation force when the piston is moving in a return direction opposite the damper braking direction. This damper device 10 is provided with a cylinder 20, a rod 30, a piston 40 with an annular groove 50, and a sealing ring 60, wherein: in the bottom portion of the annular groove 50, a deep bottom portion 51 and a shallow bottom portion 52 are provided; the sealing ring 60 has an outer peripheral surface provided with a cylinder contact portion that makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 and an inner peripheral surface provided with a shallow bottom portion contact portion that makes contact with the shallow bottom portion 52; the center of the cylinder contact portion and the center of the shallow bottom portion contact portion are shifted in the axial direction; and when the piston 40 moves in the damper braking direction F1, the inner peripheral surface of the sealing ring 60 does not contact the deep bottom portion 51.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructions; Shape or construction of throttling passages
  • F16J 15/18 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with stuffing-boxes for elastic or plastic packings
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

14.

OPENING/CLOSING BODY LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number 18019035
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-27
First Publication Date 2023-09-07
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi, Katsuya

Abstract

There is provided a locking device for an opening and closing body, including: a locking portion; a base; a rotation body that includes a protruding portion on a part of an outer periphery thereof; a locking member; and an elastic member that includes a base portion, and a stopper portion configured to restrict a maximum rotation position of the rotation body in a predetermined direction by abutting against the protruding portion of the rotation body. The stopper portion is disposed in a manner of being biased in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction relative to the base portion. A part of the outer periphery of the rotation body is provided with a sliding contact portion that is configured to come into sliding contact with the elastic member in a process in which the protruding portion approaches the stopper portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 77/38 - Cushion elements, elastic guiding elements or holding elements, e.g. for cushioning or damping the impact of the bolt against the striker during closing of the wing
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

15.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number 18008616
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-10
First Publication Date 2023-08-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima, Kazuki
  • Kon, Takuma

Abstract

A valve device includes: a housing; a float valve; and a float valve support portion. The float valve support portion includes a support wall, a side wall, a first slit formed in the support wall, a second slit formed in the side wall, and an elastic piece defined by the first slit and the second slit. The elastic piece includes a first extending portion extending along the side wall, and a second extending portion extending from the first extending portion and capable of coming into contact with a bottom surface of the float valve.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

16.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022044788
Publication Number 2023/127416
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-05
Publication Date 2023-07-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for a power storage device, the pressure relief valve configured so as to be easily made compact by keeping the axial direction length thereof short. This pressure relief valve 10 for a power storage device comprises: a housing 15; a valve element 60; and a biasing spring 5. The housing 15 has a first seal surface 28 abutting against a peripheral edge part of a case opening 3. The valve element 60 has a second seal surface 82a abutting against a peripheral edge part of a vent 44. The biasing spring 5 is arranged between the housing 15 and the valve element 60. The housing 15 is fixed to the case opening 3. In a state where the vent 44 has been closed off with the valve element 60, the first seal surface 28 and the second seal surface 82a are arranged between one end 5a and another end 5b of the biasing spring 5 when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the valve element 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors
  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves

17.

Valve device

      
Application Number 18083049
Grant Number 11845332
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-16
First Publication Date 2023-06-22
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima, Kazuki
  • Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a valve device, including: a housing; a float valve; and a seal member. An opening portion includes a first region, and a second region. The seal member includes a first cover portion, and a second cover portion. The second cover portion includes a support portion, a wide portion, and a narrow portion. In a state where the seal member is retained and supported by the support portion with respect to the float valve, a width of the wide portion is set such that a tip end of the second region is covered, and that the second region of the opening portion is not exposed out of the seal member even in a state where the seal member is maximally displaced in a radial direction and; or a peripheral direction of the housing with respect to the opening portion.

IPC Classes  ?

18.

FASTENER

      
Application Number 17921475
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-27
First Publication Date 2023-06-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ozaki, Ryosuke

Abstract

A fastener made of a metal material and for attaching a component to an attachment hole of an attachment member includes first and second leg pieces facing each other, and a connecting portion connecting base ends of the first and second leg pieces. The first leg piece includes a locking portion configured to be locked to an edge of the attachment hole, and a claw portion configured to retain the fastener to the component. The claw portion extends from a tip end side of the first leg piece and is configured to be inserted into a hole portion formed in a boss portion of the component. The second leg piece does not include a claw portion configured to be inserted into the hole portion and to retain the fastener to the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically

19.

FILL-UP RESTRICTION VALVE

      
Application Number 17982852
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-08
First Publication Date 2023-05-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kon, Takuma
  • Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a fill-up restriction valve including: a housing; and a float valve. The housing includes a housing body including a body-side peripheral wall, and a lower cap including a cap-side peripheral wall, the lower cap being installed to a lower side of the housing body by a joint portion. The joint portion includes an annular groove, an insertion wall portion, and an annular protrusion formed on one of the insertion wall portion and the annular groove, or an annular seal member disposed between the insertion wall portion and the annular groove. The annular protrusion or the annular seal member is configured to be in pressure-contact with the annular groove and the insertion wall portion in a state where the insertion wall portion is inserted into the annular groove.

IPC Classes  ?

20.

TERMINAL-EQUIPPED DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039175
Publication Number 2023/074537
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-20
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal-equipped damper device with which it is possible to achieve a reduction in size in a direction intersecting the sliding direction of a rod and leading outward of a case. This terminal-equipped damper device 10 comprises a body case 20, a rod 40, and a damper structure. The rod 40 has a pressing portion 47 that, by means of the sliding position thereof, presses against a first terminal 60 and causes the first terminal 60 to make contact with a second terminal 70. The first terminal 60 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 and has a first extending portion 61 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40, a first contact portion, and a receiving portion 62 that is pressed by the pressing portion 47. The second terminal 70 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 in a position facing the first terminal 69 and has a second contact portion and a second extending portion 71 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01H 3/60 - Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
  • B60Q 3/225 - Small compartments, e.g. glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 15/16 - Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using a fluid

21.

TERMINAL-EQUIPPED DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039177
Publication Number 2023/074538
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-20
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal-equipped damper device that facilitates the assembly of a pair of terminals on a body case. This terminal-equipped damper device 10 comprises a rod 40, a terminal case 80, a damper structure, and a body case 20 provided with a terminal case–attachment portion 30. Terminals 60, 70 are each provided with a plate portion 61, 71, a first bent rib 67, 77, and a busbar 69, 79. The terminal case 80 has a terminal housing space and a connector insertion space separated by a partition wall 83, and busbar insertion holes 94, 95 are formed in the partition wall 83. The terminal case–attachment portion 30 is provided with a protrusion 35 that is sandwiched between the partition wall 83 and the first bent ribs 67, 77 and restricts the movement of both terminals toward the rod sliding direction side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01H 3/60 - Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
  • B60Q 3/225 - Small compartments, e.g. glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 15/16 - Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using a fluid

22.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039601
Publication Number 2023/074647
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-25
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

A damper device10 is provided with a housing 20, a rotor 22 rotatably inserted in the housing 20, and a soft member disposed between the housing 20 and the rotor 22. The housing 20 has an inner cylinder part cylindrically formed thereinside. The rotor 22 has an outer cylinder part which faces and is rotatable relative to the inner cylinder part. A groove part is formed in one of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part, and the groove part has a groove wall portion that intersects with an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the axial direction. The soft member is disposed in the groove part, and slides on the other one of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part while being pressed onto the groove wall portion at the time of the relative rotation of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/06 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers with relatively-rotatable friction surfaces that are pressed together in a direction perpendicular or inclined to the axis of rotation

23.

DYNAMIC DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2022028272
Publication Number 2023/037768
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-20
Publication Date 2023-03-16
Owner
  • TS TECH CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato, Hiroshi
  • Abe, Ryuzaburo
  • So, Tadashi
  • Tachikawa, Yoichi

Abstract

Provided is a dynamic damper that allows a weight to be attached to a damper case without using an adhesive member. This dynamic damper 40 comprises a weight 60, an elastic member 61 that supports the weight 60 so as to allow the weight 60 to vibrate, and a damper case 41 that houses the weight 60 and the elastic member 61. The elastic member 61 has a support part 62 that supports the weight 60 and a joining part 63 that joins to the damper case, and the damper case 41 has a fitting part 49 into which the joining part 63 of the elastic member 61 is fitted. The weight 60 is attached by fitting the joining part 63 of the elastic member 61 into the fitting part 49 of the damper case 41, and the weight 60 can therefore be assembled in the damper case 41 without using an adhesive member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/879 - Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers

24.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2022028525
Publication Number 2023/008342
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-22
Publication Date 2023-02-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakazato Hiroshi

Abstract

A damper 10 comprises a fixed-side unit fixed to one of a first member and a second member, a damping part that abuts on the other of the first member and the second member, and a moving member able to move relative to the fixed-side unit. Between the fixed-side unit and the moving member is formed a height adjustment mechanism that movably holds the height of the moving member relative to the fixed-side unit. The damping part has a cover formed into a substantial cup shape and fixed to the moving member, and a viscoelastic body formed of a material different from that of the cover and contained within the cover.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings
  • F16F 1/36 - Springs made of material having high internal friction
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • B62D 25/12 - Parts or details thereof
  • F16F 15/08 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with rubber springs
  • B60J 5/10 - Doors arranged at the vehicle rear

25.

Valve device

      
Application Number 17785227
Grant Number 11932101
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
First Publication Date 2023-01-26
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mihara, Kenta
  • Yajima, Kazuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. A first valve seat is formed from a peripheral edge of a valve hole. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of a partition wall. An inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with a reduced diameter portion and an increased diameter portion. A height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion is equal to or greater than a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in a state where the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat. The pressure adjusting valve is configured to be beyond the upper end of the reduced diameter portion when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in a fuel tank.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 17/12 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side weight-loaded
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • G05D 16/12 - Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power the sensing element being a float

26.

Valve device

      
Application Number 17784906
Grant Number 11932100
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
First Publication Date 2023-01-19
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yajima, Kazuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing in which a valve chamber is provided on a lower side and a ventilation chamber is provided on an upper side via a partition wall, the partition wall being formed with a valve hole; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of the partition wall. An accommodating space configured to accommodate the pressure adjusting valve is formed on an inner side of the accommodation portion, and an outer space is formed on an outer side of the accommodating space. The accommodation portion is formed with an opening through which the accommodating space and the outer space communicate with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

27.

ROTATION MEMBER CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 17781964
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-12-03
First Publication Date 2023-01-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a rotation member connecting structure that does not require an operation of connecting a rotation support member and the rotation member to each other and can prevent rattling of the rotation member with respect to a rotation member support member. In the rotation member connecting structure, a rotation support member 10 has a support shaft 20, and a rotation member 30 has a retention part 50. The support shaft 20 has a restriction part 25 that restricts axial movement of the support shaft 20 with respect to the retention part 50 and a sliding part 27 that slides over an inner periphery of the retention part. The rotation support member 10 and the rotation member 30 are made of materials that are not bonded to each other during molding by the resin materials. In the inner periphery of the retention part 50,a portion that closely contacts the sliding part 27 is formed to be continuous in a circumferential direction so that the rotation support member 10 and the rotation member 30 are molded in a connected state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
  • B29C 45/16 - Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • F16C 11/06 - Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

28.

UNLOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number 17782001
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-12-03
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

There is provided an unlocking device, including: a rotating member; a housing; an operating member; and a biasing member. The rotating member includes a pressed portion, and a retaining portion. The housing includes an accommodating portion, an engaging portion that is engaged with the retaining portion, and an opening. The operating member includes a pressing portion, and is slidable in a direction substantially parallel to a rotation plane of the rotating member. The retaining portion and the engaging portion are located within a thickness range of the operating member when viewed in a sliding direction of the operating member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 9/10 - Actuating mechanisms for bars
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards

29.

LOCK LEVER AND OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE

      
Application Number 17772034
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-10-30
First Publication Date 2022-12-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

There is provided a lock lever including: a base portion having an operation portion; a rotation shaft portion that is pivotally supported by the lid body and that allows the base portion to rotate; a lock portion that is configured to rotate together with the base portion and that is configured to be locked to or unlocked from the fixed body in accordance with rotation; and an elastic piece that extends from the base portion and that has a tip end side configured to elastically contact the lid body to bias the lock portion in a direction to lock the lock portion. The elastic piece extends from the base portion so as to approach the rotation shaft portion, and extends so as to be separated from the rotation shaft portion toward a tip end on the way when viewed in a rotation axis direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 3/14 - Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively with latching action with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space

30.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022022179
Publication Number 2022/255376
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-31
Publication Date 2022-12-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for a power storage device that achieves a reduction in the number of components and simplification of the structure thereof. This pressure relief valve 10 for a power storage device comprises: a base member 20 for being fixed to a case 1; a seal member 40 for being disposed between the case 1 and the base member 20, the seal member 40 having a vent hole 50 that provides, in conjunction with an opening 3, communication between a space inside the case and a space outside the case; a valve member 60 for opening and closing the vent hole 50; and a coil spring 90 for urging the valve member 60 in such a direction that the valve member 60 abuts the seal member 40. A first seal part 43, which abuts a front peripheral edge portion 4 of the opening 3 of the case, is provided on a back side of the seal member 40. A second seal part 45, which receives releasable abutment of the valve member 60, is provided on a front side of the seal member 40 and along the periphery of the vent hole 50.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements
  • F16K 17/04 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
  • H01G 9/12 - Vents or other means allowing expansion
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors

31.

PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022022181
Publication Number 2022/255377
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-31
Publication Date 2022-12-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a pressure release valve for a power storage device that is easily attached to a case and is not easily removed from the case. A pressure release valve 10 for a power storage device comprises a cylindrical seal member 20 and a valve unit 15, the valve unit 15 has a base member provided with a base member-side engaging portion 45, a valve body 70, and a coil spring 90, a temporary engaging portion 25 that engages with the base member-side engaging portion 45 of the base member at a predetermined insertion position and a main engaging portion 26 that engages with the base member-side engaging portion 45 of the base member at a deeper insertion position are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the seal member 20, a retaining portion 27 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the seal member 20, the retaining portion 27 can bend inward in the temporarily held state and the diameter reduction thereof is regulated by the base member in the fixed state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves
  • F16K 17/04 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
  • H01G 11/78 - Cases; Housings; Encapsulations; Mountings
  • H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
  • H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements

32.

FASTENER

      
Application Number 17639776
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-07
First Publication Date 2022-10-20
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kiyota, Hikaru

Abstract

There is provided a fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member, the fastener including: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 2/22 - Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material

33.

PILLAR-EQUIPPED VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022015250
Publication Number 2022/215586
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-29
Publication Date 2022-10-13
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Choji Shinichiro
  • Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a pillar-equipped valve device that can hinder deformation of a fuel tank, can increase the accuracy of full-tank limiting, and can suppress the flow of fuel into a ventilation chamber. This pillar-equipped valve device 10 has: a valve device body 15 that is attached to a fuel tank 1 having a bottom wall 2 and a top wall 4; and a pillar 70 that extends in a tubular shape. The valve device body 15 has a housing 17, in which a valve chamber, a ventilation chamber, and an opening are provided, and a float valve 60 that is raisably/lowerably accommodated in the valve chamber and blocks the opening 25. The pillar 70 forms a tubular shape that extends from the bottom wall 2 side to the top wall 4 side of the fuel tank 1, and a bottom end section 73 thereof is fixed to the bottom wall 2 and a top end section 75 thereof is directly or indirectly fixed to the top wall 4. At least a portion of the housing 17 is accommodated in the pillar 70, and it is possible for fuel to flow into the pillar.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/00 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures
  • F16K 31/18 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

34.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2021035894
Publication Number 2022/195932
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-29
Publication Date 2022-09-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato Hiroshi
  • Hashimoto Takumi

Abstract

This damper 10 is provided with: a piston that is configured to reciprocally move by receiving force from one of a first member and a second member; a sliding member that slides on the piston according to the reciprocal movement of the piston; and a support member having a cylindrical portion and an insertion hole formed inside the cylindrical portion. The piston is inserted into the insertion hole. The sliding member has: a protruding portion that protrudes radially inward inside the cylindrical portion, and is brought into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the piston; an outer cylindrical portion disposed outside the cylindrical portion; and an extending portion that extends radially inward from an end of the outer cylindrical portion and that indirectly or directly links the protruding portion and the outer cylindrical portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • F16F 15/04 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means

35.

STOPPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022004942
Publication Number 2022/190744
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-08
Publication Date 2022-09-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a stopper device that improves operability of a rotary member when adjusting the projection amount of a contact part with respect to a fixing member and fixing the position of the contact part. This stopper device 10 has: a base member 20; a shaft member; a rotary member 60; a gear member 8 disposed inside of the rotary member; a temporary fixing part for temporarily fixing the gear member 80 to the shaft member 50 such that the shaft member 50 can be pushed in; and a cam mechanism comprising a cam slope and a cam contact part. The gear member 80 is structured so as to rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary member 60, rise by means of the cam mechanism, and thereby raise the shaft member 50. In addition, the gear member 80 has a main fixing part 83 for restricting the raising/lowering motion of the shaft member 50 in the raised state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 5/00 - Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers
  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings
  • B60J 5/10 - Doors arranged at the vehicle rear

36.

MOTORIZED LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPENING/SHUTTING UNIT

      
Application Number JP2022005684
Publication Number 2022/185890
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-14
Publication Date 2022-09-09
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a motorized locking device for an opening/shutting unit whereby when an opening is shut with the opening/shutting unit, thrust-in load from the opening/shutting unit can be decreased. This motorized locking device 10 has a locking section, a rod, an urging means, and an actuator 20. The actuator 20 has a case 21, a motor 22, a wheel 60, and a rotor 80. The wheel 60 is provided with a pressing section 70 that in rotating in a predetermined direction, engages with a receiving section 90 of the rotor 80, causing the rod to shift. In a state in which the rod is urged by the urging means in a direction in which the rod engages with the locking section, when via the rod a force that rotates the rotor 80 in a direction against the urging force of the urging means has acted on the rotor, the receiving section 90 shifts in a direction in which the receiving section 90 parts from the pressing section 70, and the rotor 80 rotates independently of the wheel 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 81/28 - Linearly reciprocating elements
  • E05B 81/36 - Geared sectors, e.g. fan-shaped gears
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

37.

Sun visor holder

      
Application Number 17638004
Grant Number 11827084
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-03
First Publication Date 2022-09-01
Grant Date 2023-11-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sotome, Yukihiro
  • Kiyota, Hikaru

Abstract

A sun visor holder includes a base portion and leg portion. The leg portion includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are vertically disposed from the base portion and face each other. The first wall portion includes a first engaging piece provided with a release portion. The second wall portion includes a pair of second engaging pieces whose base end portions are connected to a tip end side of the second wall portion, and a vertical wall that is disposed between the pair of second engaging pieces and extends in a vertical direction of the second wall portion. Groove portions that extend in the vertical direction of the second wall portion and thin the second wall portion are formed on the second wall portion between each of the second engaging pieces and the vertical wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60J 3/02 - Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreens; Sun visors for vehicles adjustable in position

38.

ROD AND LOCK DEVICE COMPRISING SAID ROD

      
Application Number JP2021048049
Publication Number 2022/181030
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
Publication Date 2022-09-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kitajima Yuki

Abstract

This rod comprises a lock part positioned at a tip end of the rod and capable of entering an engagement hole of a counterpart member and locking as the rod advances and retreats, a rotor-connecting part that is positioned at a base end of the rod and that connects to a rotor that rotates in response to an operation, and a body part that joins the lock part and the rotor-connecting part. A base-end side of the body part has a greater length in a first direction orthogonal to the advancing/retreating direction than a tip-end side of the body part, and the body part can bend in a section direction orthogonal to the advancing/retreating direction and the first direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

39.

SPRING ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2021048048
Publication Number 2022/176392
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
Publication Date 2022-08-25
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

In this spring assembly 10, an inner peripheral wall part is disposed upright along the inner peripheral edge of one substrate from between a first substrate 12 and a second substrate 14, and an outer peripheral wall part is disposed upright along the outer peripheral edge of the other substrate. A plurality of springs are disposed spaced apart in the circumferential direction between the first substrate 12 and the second substrate 14, and are disposed between the inner peripheral wall part and the outer peripheral wall part. The inner peripheral wall part and/or the outer peripheral wall part has a plurality of guide faces for respectively guiding the outer periphery of the plurality of springs. The guide faces are formed curved so as to enter a space between the adjacent springs.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16D 13/71 - Pressure members, e.g. pressure plates, for clutch-plates or lamellae; Guiding arrangements for pressure members in which the clutching pressure is produced by springs only
  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings
  • F16F 3/04 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction composed only of wound springs
  • F16D 25/06 - Fluid-actuated clutches in which the fluid actuates a piston incorporated in the clutch

40.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022002665
Publication Number 2022/168676
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-25
Publication Date 2022-08-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device by which it is possible to suppress a striking noise that occurs when a float valve descends, and for which the float valve is less likely to lift. This valve device (10) includes: a housing (15) that has a peripheral wall (55), a bottom wall (53), and a partition wall (21); and float valves (80, 85) that are accommodated inside a valve chamber so as to be liftable and that open and close an opening section. A slit (60) extends continuously from the peripheral wall (55) to the bottom wall (53), forming an elastic piece (66) that can be flexibly deformed via the slit (60). The elastic piece (66) has a free end section on the bottom wall (53) side thereof, and a float valve support that supports the float valve (85) is provided to the free end section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/20 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

41.

FULL TANK REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021041092
Publication Number 2022/168384
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-09
Publication Date 2022-08-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a full tank regulation valve that can quickly perform additional refueling after full tank regulation. This full tank regulation valve 10 has: a housing 15; a first float valve 80; a first flow hole 55; a second flow hole 63 formed higher than the first flow hole 55; a third flow hole 33; and a second tubular part 60 that communicates with the second flow hole 63, extends upward in a valve chamber, and is provided with an opening higher than the second flow hole 63. The second flow hole 63 allows mutual communication between the inside of a fuel tank and the inside of the valve chamber through the second tubular part 60. When the fuel liquid level in the fuel tank rises during refueling and the first flow hole 55 is submerged, continuous refueling stops. When the fuel liquid level in the fuel tank further rises due to additional refueling and the second flow hole 63 is submerged, the additional refueling stops.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means

42.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 17611789
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-04-02
First Publication Date 2022-07-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hosoya, Tomoyuki
  • Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a damper device, including: a base; a rotor rotatably supported by the base; a cap defining a housing chamber of the rotor together with the base; and viscous liquid filled in the housing chamber. The base and the cap define a reservoir chamber for the viscous liquid on an outer side of the housing chamber in a radial direction. A gap between the housing chamber and the reservoir chamber is sealed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

43.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022001789
Publication Number 2022/158489
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-19
Publication Date 2022-07-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device that makes it difficult for a float valve to rise and makes it easy to lower the pressure in a fuel tank. This valve device 10 comprises: a housing 15 provided with a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R with a partition wall 23 therebetween; a float valve 45 that opens and closes a ventilation hole 25; and a valve body 80 disposed so as to rise and lower in the ventilation chamber R. The housing 15 is provided with, above the partition wall 23, a fuel vapor discharge port 70 communicating with the inside of the ventilation chamber R, and a fuel vapor discharge pipe 75 communicating with the fuel vapor discharge port 70. The valve body 80 is configured so as to be pushed up when the flow rate per unit time of a fluid passing through the ventilation hole 25 and flowing into the ventilation chamber R exceeds a prescribed value, thereby partially blocking the fuel vapor outlet 70.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

44.

Air damper

      
Application Number 17612396
Grant Number 11841064
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-12
First Publication Date 2022-07-14
Grant Date 2023-12-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Tamai, Nobuhiro

Abstract

An air damper is provided. A piston member includes a stopper portion configured to come into contact with a cap in a state that a rod is pulled out to a maximum extent, and a deflection regulating portion configured to be positioned inside the engagement claw in the state to regulate an inward deflection of the engagement claw. An attachment portion rotatably attached to an attachment target portion is provided at an end portion of the rod. A contact surface is formed on the inner side of the engagement claw when viewed in an axial direction of the cylinder, the contact surface being capable of coming into contact with the deflection regulating portion when the rod swings in a direction of a rotation axis of the attachment portion with respect to the attachment target portion or in a direction intersecting the rotation axis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details

45.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021041933
Publication Number 2022/137887
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-15
Publication Date 2022-06-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai Takahiro
  • Teramoto Atsuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device capable of suppressing fuel leakage from an opening portion even if the vehicle vibrates when a float valve is submerged. A valve device 10 includes a housing 15 and a float valve 40, the float valve 40 having a main float 50, a subfloat 70, and a subfloat urging spring S1, the subfloat 70 having a spring support portion 73 that supports an upper end of the subfloat urging spring S1 and a seal portion that comes into contact with and separates from the opening portion. In a state in which the float valve 40 rises and the opening portion 23 is closed by the subfloat 70, the subfloat urging spring S1 is compressed so that the main float 50 can move further upward with respect to the subfloat 70.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 31/20 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve

46.

OVER-FUELING PREVENTION VALVE

      
Application Number 17600944
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-04-03
First Publication Date 2022-06-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsuo, Shinichi
  • Hirata, Nobuhiro

Abstract

There is provided an over-fueling prevention valve including a housing provided with a first opening, a second opening, and a first valve seat; a main valve provided with a one end opening, the other end opening, and a second valve seat; a first biasing portion; a sub valve; and a second biasing portion. Biasing forces of the first biasing portion and the second spring are set such that a valve re-closing pressure of the main valve is higher than a valve re-opening pressure of the sub valve. In a state in which the main valve is separated from the first valve seat, the first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via an external space.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means

47.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number 17437661
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-03-09
First Publication Date 2022-05-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tamaki, Satoru

Abstract

A locking device includes a lock portion on one of a fixed body or an opening/closing body, a rod on the other member, and a protrusion protruding from the other member. The rod has a recess surrounded by a pair of first walls facing each other in a sliding direction of the rod and a pair of second walls facing each other in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction. A first elastic piece extends from one of the first walls toward the other and applies an elastic force against a tip end surface of the protrusion, and a pair of second elastic pieces extend from the second walls. Each of the second elastic pieces has a receiving surface that engages with a back surface of a flange portion of the protrusion, and is configured to elastically abut against a side surface of the protrusion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

48.

VALVE DEVICE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number JP2021041091
Publication Number 2022/102594
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-09
Publication Date 2022-05-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device which is for a fuel tank and prevents a lower cap from being misassembled to the lower side of a housing body. This valve device (10) for a fuel tank comprises a housing (15), a first float valve (80) accommodated in a first valve chamber, and a second float valve (90) accommodated in a second valve chamber, wherein: the housing (15) has a housing body (20) and a lower cap (50); the housing body (20) has a housing body peripheral wall (21) and a partition wall (30); the housing body peripheral wall (21) has a first valve chamber forming wall (31) which forms the outer periphery of the first valve chamber, and a second valve chamber forming wall (32) which has an outer contour shape different from that of the first valve chamber forming wall (31), and forms the outer periphery of the second valve chamber; and the lower cap (50) has a cap peripheral wall (51) conforming to the housing body peripheral wall (21).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

49.

Damper device

      
Application Number 17503820
Grant Number 11761505
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-18
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Grant Date 2023-09-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a damper device including: a cylinder; a piston; and a seal ring. The piston includes: a column portion wound around the seal ring; and a first restricting portion and a second restricting portion that are configured to restrict movement of the seal ring in a axial direction. The column portion has a protruding portion protruding outward in a radial direction. The first restricting portion has a cutout portion. The seal ring is capable of taking a deformed state where the seal ring is deformed so as to partially enter the cutout portion by movement of the piston. In a case where the seal ring is in the deformed state, and in a normal state where the seal ring does not enter the cutout portion, the seal ring is pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder by the protruding portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/49 - Stops limiting fluid passage, e.g. hydraulic stops
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details

50.

FLOW CHANNEL AREA CONTROL VALVE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number JP2021038110
Publication Number 2022/085569
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-14
Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a flow channel area control valve for a fuel tank, the flow channel area control valve being capable of controlling the flow channel area of an opening in a plurality of stages. This flow channel area control valve 10 for a fuel tank comprises: a housing 11 which is provided with a first space R1 that communicates with the inside of the fuel tank and a second space R2 that communicates with the outside of the fuel tank, a partition wall 22 being interposed between the first space R1 and the second space R2, and openings 23, 24 that communicate the first space R1 with the second space R2 being provided in the partition wall 22; needle valves 80, 81 which are disposed on the second space R2 side and have valve heads 90, 91 having a thickness that changes in a plurality of steps such that the valve heads 90, 91 can be inserted into and removed from the openings 23, 24; and a drive unit which moves the needle valves 80, 81 and changes the insertion position of the valve heads 90, 91 in relation to the openings 23, 24.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/524 - Mechanical actuating means with crank, eccentric, or cam with a cam
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 1/00 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces
  • F16K 1/36 - Valve members
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

51.

FULL TANK REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021037537
Publication Number 2022/080302
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-11
Publication Date 2022-04-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a full tank regulation valve that can quickly perform additional refueling after full tank regulation. This full tank regulation valve 10 comprises a housing 15 that has an opening 25, and a float valve 40 that opens and closes the opening 25, and also comprises a first circulation hole 60 formed in a peripheral wall 21, a second circulation hole 70 formed smaller than and further above the first circulation hole 60, and a third circulation hole 80 formed smaller than and further above the second circulation hole 70, wherein refueling is possible when the first circulation hole 60 is not submerged, additional refueling is possible until the second circulation hole 70 is submerged in a state in which the first circulation hole 60 is submerged and the second circulation hole 70 and the opening 25 are not submerged, the third circulation hole 80 is always open without being submerged, and the fuel liquid level in the valve chamber is lowered by the air flowing into the valve chamber from the third circulation hole 80.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/077 - Fuel tanks with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation

52.

PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021034216
Publication Number 2022/065208
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-17
Publication Date 2022-03-31
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sakai Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure regulation valve with which is possible to open an opening with two stages of valve-opening pressure, low valve-opening pressure and high valve-opening pressure. This pressure regulation valve 10 has: a housing 11; a tank communication pipe 25; a canister communication pipe 30; a first opening 37 and second opening 38 which are formed in an internal space R1 and which allow communication between the tank communication pipe 25 and the canister communication pipe 30; a first valve body 60 that opens and closes the first opening 37; a second valve body 61 that opens and closes the second opening 38; a first urging spring 67 that urges the first valve body 60; a second urging spring 68 that urges the second valve body 61; and an actuator 70 that carries out a first action, in which the second opening 38 is forcibly closed by the second valve body 61, and a second action, in which the second opening 38 is released from being forcibly closed by the second valve body 61.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

53.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021015497
Publication Number 2022/064745
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-14
Publication Date 2022-03-31
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima Kazuki
  • Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device with which the sealing performance of a vent hole can be ensured and reopening valve pressure can be increased. A valve device 10 comprises: a housing 15 provided with a partition wall 23 and a vent hole 25; and a float valve 40 that is accommodated in a valve chamber so as to be able to move up/down, and that opens/closes the vent hole. The float valve 40 includes: a lower member 50; an upper member 60 that is disposed above the lower member 50, and that is locked and held via a first locking part so as to be swingable with respect to the lower member 50; and an elastic seal member 80 that is elastic, that is locked and held via a second locking part so as to be movable by a predetermined distance with respect to the upper member 60, and that contacts and separates from a valve seat so as to open/close the vent hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/24 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with a transmission with parts linked together from a single float to a single valve
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

54.

OPENING/CLOSING BODY LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021031441
Publication Number 2022/050177
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-27
Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is an opening/closing body lock device that can suppress a rattle noise when the rotation of a rotating body is regulated. A lock device 10 comprises a lock part, a base 11, a rotating body 60 having, on a part of the outer periphery thereof, a protruding part, a lock member, and an elastic member 90 including a base part 91 supported while being locked to a support part 51 and a stopper part 92 that comes into contact with a protruding part 72 of the rotating body 60 and regulates a maximum rotation position of the rotating body 60 in a predetermined direction. The stopper part 92 is biased in the opposite direction to the predetermined direction relative to the base part 91. On a part of the outer periphery of the rotating body 60, a sliding contact part 76 is provided, the sliding contact part 76 sliding into contact with the elastic member 90 in a process in which the protruding part 72 moves close to the stopper part 92.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 77/38 - Cushion elements, elastic guiding elements or holding elements, e.g. for cushioning or damping the impact of the bolt against the striker during closing of the wing
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

55.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2021031442
Publication Number 2022/050178
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-27
Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening and closing body which can, with certainty, restrict rotation of a rotating body. This lock device 10 has: a lock part; a lock member; a case 11 that is composed of a first case 20 and a second case 40; a rotating body 60; and a biasing means. The lock device 10 is provided with a support shaft 32 and a support hole 65, and is also provided with a retaining part that has a cutout 67 and a protrusion 33 and that prevents the rotating body 60 from detaching from the first case 20. The lock device 10 is provided with a temporary fixing part that has a first engaging surface 33a and a second engaging surface 68a and that temporarily fixes the rotating body 60. The lock device 10 comprises, between the second case 40 and the rotating body 60, a cam means and a main fixing part (elastic member) that engages with the rotating body 60 and that holds said rotating body 60 in a state in which the first engaging surface 33a and the second engaging surface 68a are separated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

56.

LOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023838
Publication Number 2022/004532
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-23
Publication Date 2022-01-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

This locking device comprises: a locking bar member 26 which is slidably supported by a base member 20; and a driving member 24 which moves in accordance with an operation by a user to cause the locking bar member 26 to slide. The base member 20 has a pair of opposing surfaces which sandwich and support the locking bar member 26. The locking bar member 26 has: a locking portion which can engage with and disengage from a locking hole in a fixation body; a first bar portion which extends in the sliding direction of the locking bar member 26; and a second bar portion which extends in a direction intersecting with the sliding direction and connects the first bar portion with the locking portion. A first step portion is formed in the first bar portion, and a second step portion is formed in the second bar portion. The opposing surfaces are provided with steps which face the first step portion and the second step portion in a direction intersecting with the sliding direction at a location between the first step portion and the second step portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05B 77/36 - Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

57.

ELECTRIC VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023066
Publication Number 2021/261377
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-17
Publication Date 2021-12-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Sakai Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a compact valve device that makes it possible to adjust the set length of a coil spring. A valve device 10 that has a housing 15 to which a valve seat 27 is provided, a valve body 30 that comes into contact with and separates from the valve seat 27, a coil spring 35 that impels the valve body 30, a motor 60, a gear 65 that is driven by the motor 60, a rotating member 70 that has a plurality of teeth 72 formed on an outer circumferential surface, has a space formed inside the outer circumferential surface, and rotates as a result of the gear 65 being driven, a spring-pressing member 80 that is arranged in the space inside the rotating member 70 and supports another end 35b of the coil spring 35 such that a portion of the coil spring 35 is positioned inside the space, and a spring set length adjustment mechanism that moves the spring-pressing member 80 in the axial direction in association with the rotation of the rotating member 70 and thereby adjusts a spring set length.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 7/16 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam
  • F16K 17/06 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with special arrangements for adjusting the opening pressure
  • F16K 27/02 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of lift valves
  • F16K 41/12 - Spindle sealings with diaphragm, e.g. shaped as bellows or tube with approximately flat diaphragm

58.

LOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023837
Publication Number 2021/261530
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-23
Publication Date 2021-12-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

A locking device 10 comprises a driving member that carries out driving according to the movement of an operating member 22 operated by a user, and a rod movable in the longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling part coupled to the rod. The rod includes a locking part that is removably engageable with a lock hole of an opening and closing body, and a holding part that holds the coupling part so as to allow the coupling part to slide in the movement direction of the rod. The rod, when driven by the driving member in response to the user operation, moves in an unlocking direction in which the locking part is unlocked, and the holding part and the coupling part also move in the unlocking direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

59.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021022111
Publication Number 2021/256368
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-10
Publication Date 2021-12-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima Kazuki
  • Kon Takuma

Abstract

Provided is a valve device wherein a striking noise when a float valve descends is suppressed, and the float valve is less prone to floating upward. This valve device 10 has a housing 15, a float valve 40, and a float valve support part 50, the float valve support part 50 has a support wall 51, a side wall 53, a first slit 61 formed in the support wall 51, a second slit 63 formed in the side wall 53, and an elastic piece 65 defined by the first slit 61 and the second slit 63, and the elastic piece 65 has a first extended portion 67 extending along the side wall 53, and a second extended portion 69 extending from the first extended portion 67 and capable of contacting a floor surface 40a of the float valve 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/18 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float
  • F16K 31/24 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with a transmission with parts linked together from a single float to a single valve
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

60.

Lock device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17285341
Grant Number 11913263
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-12-02
Grant Date 2024-02-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body, the device having a reduced number of parts and enabling a key cylinder to be removed with greater ease. The lock device comprises a lock part, a lock member which is operated via a manipulation member, a base member, and a key cylinder, wherein: the manipulation member comprises a cylinder housing part; the base member comprises a cylinder arrangement space in which the cylinder housing part is arranged, a wall part located at the tip side of the manipulation member, and an opening formed in the wall part; the key cylinder comprises a key plate; the key plate comprises a pressing surface; and the pressing surface is exposed inside the cylinder arrangement space and disposed further to the base end part side of the manipulation member than the edge part of the opening in the wall part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 79/08 - Mounting of individual lock elements in the lock, e.g. levers
  • E05B 85/06 - Lock cylinder arrangements
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

61.

DETENT DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021018978
Publication Number 2021/241358
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-19
Publication Date 2021-12-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Wada Akinobu

Abstract

Provided is a detent device that enhances the feel of moderation and that increases load during an operation of an oscillation member. A detent device (10) has: a base member (20); an oscillation member (40) that is supported so as to be oscillatable with respect to the base member (20), and that is provided with a detent part (45) having a plurality of projections (46, 47, 48, 49) and a plurality of fitting recesses (50, 51, 52) formed between the projections; a fitting member (60) that has an outer circumference (61) forming a circular and rod-like shape, that is supported so as to be slidable with respect to the base member (20), and that is fitted, at the outer circumference thereof, in the fitting recesses; and a coil spring (70) that biases the fitting member (60) in a direction fitting in the fitting recesses. The fitting member (60) is configured to overcome the projections and sequentially fit in the fitting recesses in association with oscillation of the oscillation member (40) with respect to the base member (20).

IPC Classes  ?

62.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number 17285319
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-11-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body, the device enabling a base member to be mounted from the front side of a mounting hole, and making it difficult for the base member to become loose. The lock device 10 comprises a lock part, a lock member which is operated via a manipulation member 40 in order to attach to/detach from the lock part, a mounting hole 6, and a base member 20 which is mounted by being inserted from the rear side of the mounting hole 6 and has a rotation support part 29 that rotatably supports the manipulation member 40, wherein: the manipulation member 40 comprises a base end part 41 and a grip part 42; a hook 26 is provided on one end side of the base member 20, the hook 26 engaging with the rear-side peripheral edge at the side at one end 6a of the mounting hole 6; and the base member 20 is provided with elastically deformable elastic engaging claws 30 which engage with the rear-side peripheral edge of the mounting hole 6 and are provided on the base member 20 further to the other end side, that is at the other side to the one end side, than the rotation support part 29.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

63.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2021016863
Publication Number 2021/221079
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-27
Publication Date 2021-11-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ozaki Ryosuke

Abstract

This fastener 10 that is formed from a metal material and is for attaching a component to an attachment hole of an attachment member comprises: a first leg piece 20a and a second leg piece 20b that are opposite from one another; and a linking section 22 that links base ends of the first leg piece 20a and the second leg piece 20b. The first leg piece 20a has a first locking section 28a that locks to an edge of the attachment hole, and a tab section 24 that inhibits removal of the fastener from the component. The tab section 24 extends from a tip end side of the first leg piece 20a, and is inserted into a hole section that is formed in a boss section of the component. The second leg piece 20b does not have a tab section that is inserted into a hole section formed in the boss section of the component to inhibit removal of the fastener from the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically

64.

Lock device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17285286
Grant Number 11821244
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-10-14
Grant Date 2023-11-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

A lock device for an opening and closing body attached to a fixed body, includes a rotary member includes a rotary shaft and a lock member connecting portion rotatably connected to a lock member. A rotary member attaching part includes an upright wall erected from a lock member arrangement surface, which is a surface of the opening and closing body or the fixed body facing the lock member, and a rotation support wall continuously provided to the upright wall and arranged spaced from the lock member arrangement surface, and is provided integrally with the opening and closing body or the fixed body. The rotation support wall is formed with a bearing hole in which the rotary shaft is inserted. A retainer preventing the rotary shaft inserted in the bearing hole from coming off is provided between the bearing hole and the rotary shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards

65.

FILTER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021010071
Publication Number 2021/187363
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-12
Publication Date 2021-09-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Masaki Tomotaka

Abstract

Provided is a filter device which prevents a coil spring from falling off a filter body and which also makes a coil spring less likely to get tangled up. This filter device 10 is provided with: a filter body 20 which comprises a mesh member 50 and a frame body 30 having a seal part 31 at one end side and a spring support seat 33 at the other end side; a spring support member 60 which is fitted to the filter body 20 in such a manner as to be approachable to and separable from the spring support seat 33; and a coil spring 80 which is mounted between the spring support seat 33 and the spring support member 60. Between the filter body 20 and the spring support member 60, a fitting portion is provided to prevent both the filter body and the spring support member from falling off and to connect both so as to be approachable to and separable from each other by a prescribed distance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 35/02 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks
  • B01D 29/11 - Filters with filtering elements stationary during filtration, e.g. pressure or suction filters, not covered by groups ;   Filtering elements therefor with bag, cage, hose, tube, sleeve or like filtering elements

66.

HOLE PLUG

      
Application Number 17197786
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2021-09-16
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kiyota, Hikaru
  • Nakanishi, Nobuyuki

Abstract

There is provided a hole plug including: a body portion including a cover flange portion that covers an opening, an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening, and at least one pair of engagement portions that is engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; and a thermosoftening resin member that is fixed to a back side peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and that is configured to be heated and melted so as to fix the cover flange portion to a predetermined member. The thermosoftening resin member includes an extension portion extending obliquely outward toward the predetermined member, and the extension portion is elastically abutted against a front side of the predetermined member in a state where the engagement portion is engaged with the back side peripheral edge of the opening before melting of the thermosoftening resin member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B62D 25/24 - Superstructure sub-units with access openings having movable or removable closures
  • B62D 29/04 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof predominantly of synthetic material

67.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020047250
Publication Number 2021/132034
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
Publication Date 2021-07-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yajima Kazuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device. This valve device 10 has: a housing 15 in which a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R are provided respectively on the lower side and upper side of a partition wall 23, and a valve hole 25 is formed in the partition wall 23; a float valve 80; and a pressure adjustment valve 90. A first valve seat 26 is formed on the ventilation-chamber-side peripheral edge of the valve hole 25, a second valve seat 27 is formed on the valve-chamber-side peripheral edge of the valve hole 25, an accommodation part 30 is provided in a protruding manner on the surface on the ventilation chamber R side of the partition wall 23, an accommodation space R1 for accommodating the pressure adjustment valve 90 is formed inside the accommodation part 30, an outside space R2 is formed on the outside of the accommodation space R1, and an opening 41 for connecting the accommodation space R1 and the outside space R2 is formed in the accommodation part 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • F16K 27/02 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of lift valves
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

68.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020047251
Publication Number 2021/132035
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
Publication Date 2021-07-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mihara Kenta
  • Yajima Kazuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device in which a pressure regulation valve can assuredly make full stroke to a maximum elevation position, and which can suppress increase in size of the device by making the pressure regulation valve compact. A valve device (10) comprising a housing (15), a float valve (80), and a pressure regulation valve (90), wherein: a first valve seat (26) is formed at a ventilation chamber-side rim of a valve port (25); an housing part (30) is formed so as to protrude from a ventilation chamber-side surface of a partition wall (23); the inner perimeter of the housing part is provided with a reduced diameter part (35) that fits with the outer circumference of the pressure regulation valve and an enlarged diameter part (37) that has a diameter larger than the outer circumference of the pressure regulation valve; the height of the upper end (36) of the reduced diameter part (35), while being in contact with the first valve seat (26) of the pressure regulation valve (90), is equal to or greater than that of a surface (92) of the pressure regulation valve (90); and the pressure regulation valve (90) is positioned above the upper end (36) of the reduced diameter part (35) when the tank internal pressure has increased to the maximum pressure level.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • F16K 31/18 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float

69.

Fuel tank check valve

      
Application Number 17046643
Grant Number 11415092
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-18
First Publication Date 2021-06-17
Grant Date 2022-08-16
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai, Takahiro
  • Ochiai, Yusuke

Abstract

To provide a fuel tank check valve making it easy to assemble a cap to a valve element housing. This fuel tank check valve has a body tube provided with a valve element housing, a valve element, a cap, and a spring, wherein the valve element housing has a base end side frame, a tip end side frame to which the cap is mounted, and a first coupling frame connecting the both frames, the tip end side frame is provided with a retraction portion having a shape in which a circumferential part is retracted from the tip end surface thereof to the base end side frame side, the cap is formed with a notch whose circumferential part is notched, and the cap is assembled to the valve element housing so that the notch is positioned in the retraction portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 15/06 - Check valves with guided rigid valve members with guided stems
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

70.

FASTENER AND MEMBER ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE IN WHICH FASTENER IS USED

      
Application Number JP2020044961
Publication Number 2021/117588
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-03
Publication Date 2021-06-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kiyota Hikaru
  • Inoue Masatoshi

Abstract

Provided are a fastener and a member attachment structure in which said fastener is used, the fastener and structure being such that the number of components can be reduced and the cost can be lowered. This fastener 10 fixes a first member 1 and a second member 3 to each other and has a head part 20, an insertion part 30 extending from the reverse side of the head part, a retaining protrusion 31 provided to the distal-end side of the insertion part, and a flexurally deformable elastic piece 40 that is located on the outer periphery of the insertion part and extends toward the head part 20 from a prescribed axial-direction position. The elastic piece 40 has a first contact part 45 that elastically comes into contact with the inner periphery of a first attachment hole 2 in a state in which the insertion part 30 has been inserted through the first attachment hole 2 and a second attachment hole 4 and rotated in a member-fixing direction R to fix the members 1, 3 to each other, and a second contact part 49 that is pressed against the reverse-side peripheral edge of the second attachment hole 4 in said state of fixture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 21/04 - Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation with bayonet catch

71.

UNLOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020045002
Publication Number 2021/117594
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-03
Publication Date 2021-06-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is an unlocking device in which it is possible for the device to be reduced in thickness. This unlocking device 10 has a rotation member 70, a housing 20, an operation member 50, and a bias member 90, and is configured so that: the rotation member 70 has a pressed part 75 and a retaining part 74; the housing 20 has an accommodating section 25, an engaging part that engages with the retaining part 74, and an opening 27; the operation member 50 has a pressing part 60 and is formed to be capable of sliding in a direction substantially parallel to the rotation plane of the rotation member 70; and the retaining part 74 and the engaging part are positioned within the range of the thickness of the operation member 50 when viewed in the sliding direction of the operation member 50.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

72.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2020045903
Publication Number 2021/117776
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-09
Publication Date 2021-06-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okada Shigeo
  • Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

This fastener 10 comprises: a flange part 20 that has a through-hole through which a boss section of a first attachment member can be inserted; a pair of wall parts 24 that face each other and extend from the flange part 20; and elastic locking parts 26 that lock to a second attachment member. The wall parts 24 each have a claw section that is formed in an inner surface of each wall part 24 and protrudes in a direction in which the pair of wall parts 24 face each other. The claw sections are locked to the boss sections by means of the relative rotations of the boss section and the fastener 10 around an axis, and in an attachment state, outer surfaces of the pair of the wall parts 24 make contact with the first attachment member or the second attachment member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets
  • F16B 21/04 - Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation with bayonet catch
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips

73.

ROTATION MEMBER CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID STRUCTURE

      
Application Number JP2020044995
Publication Number 2021/117592
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-03
Publication Date 2021-06-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a rotation member connecting structure that does not require an operation of connecting a rotation support member and the rotation member to each other and can prevent rattling of the rotation member with respect to a rotation member support member. In the rotation member connecting structure, a rotation support member 10 has a support shaft 20, and a rotation member 30 has a retention part 50. The support shaft 20 has a restriction part 25 that restricts axial movement of the support shaft 20 with respect to the retention part 50 and a sliding part 27 that slides over an inner periphery of the retention part. The rotation support member 10 and the rotation member 30 are made of materials that are not bonded to each other during molding by the resin materials. In the inner periphery of the retention part 50, a portion that closely contacts the sliding part 27 is formed to be continuous in a circumferential direction so that the rotation support member 10 and the rotation member 30 are molded in a connected state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
  • B29C 45/16 - Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • F16C 11/06 - Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

74.

Hook device

      
Application Number 17048001
Grant Number 11229263
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-12
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Park, Hyun Kook
  • Nam, Ki Seob

Abstract

A hook device makes it easy to return a hook from a raised state to a stored state. This hook device has a holding member and a hook member, the holding member has an integrally formed elastic piece, the hook member has a rotating shaft and a hanger, the outer periphery of the rotating shaft is provided with an arcuately formed rotating surface and a holding surface formed so as to be close to the rotating shaft center, and the elastic piece abuts against the rotating surface of the rotating shaft in a flexural state when the hook member is raised, and abuts against the holding surface of the rotating shaft when the hook member is stored.

IPC Classes  ?

75.

Hose clamp

      
Application Number 17266000
Grant Number 11821552
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-05
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Grant Date 2023-11-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sodeyama, Ken
  • Hamada, Ryosuke

Abstract

There is provided a hose clamp, including a plate spring body and a pair of tab portions. The plate spring body has a base portion, and arm portions. A first overlap portion and a second overlap portion are formed at the arm portions, and in a state where a diameter of the plate spring body is reduced, the first overlap portion and the second overlap portion overlap with each other in the circumferential direction of the plate spring body. Engagement portions are provided on facing surfaces of the pair of tab portions respectively, the engagement portions holding the plate spring body in a state where the diameter of the plate spring body is expanded. The engagement portions are provided at positions closer to side edge portions being opposite to facing side edge portions of the overlap portions than to the facing side edge portions.

IPC Classes  ?

76.

Valve device

      
Application Number 17046459
Grant Number 11733718
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-03
First Publication Date 2021-05-27
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a valve device, including: a housing in which, via a partition wall, a valve chamber is provided below the partition wall and a vent chamber is provided above the partition wall, and a vent hole through which the valve chamber and the vent chamber communicate with each other is provided in the partition wall; and a float valve. A valve seat is formed on a side of the valve chamber of the partition wall, and an opening is provided on an inner side of the valve seat. The opening includes a first opening and a second opening extending outward in a slit shape from an outer periphery of the first opening. A seal part having elasticity that contacts with and separates from the valve seat to close and open the first opening and the second opening, is disposed above the float valve.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05D 7/01 - Control of flow without auxiliary power
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/06 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for aerating only
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

77.

SPRING ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2020042638
Publication Number 2021/100662
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-11-16
Publication Date 2021-05-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Uematsu Yasutaka
  • Sakai Shingo

Abstract

Disclosed is a spring assembly which is interposed between a piston and an abutment-receiving member on which an abutting part extending from the piston can be brought into abutment. The spring assembly is provided with: a plurality of springs that bias the piston in a direction away from the abutment-receiving member; and a base plate that is formed in an annular shape and supports the plurality of springs arranged side by side in the circumferential direction thereof. The base plate comprises: a plurality of through-holes each of which allows the abutting part to pass therethrough when the springs are compressed so as to cause the abutting part to come into abutment with the abutment-receiving member; and a plurality of cylindrical parts in which the abutting part is inserted and which are formed at the rim of the respective through-holes. The cylindrical parts are configured to extend along a reciprocating direction of the piston.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16D 13/70 - Pressure members, e.g. pressure plates, for clutch-plates or lamellae; Guiding arrangements for pressure members
  • F16D 13/71 - Pressure members, e.g. pressure plates, for clutch-plates or lamellae; Guiding arrangements for pressure members in which the clutching pressure is produced by springs only
  • F16F 3/04 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction composed only of wound springs

78.

Fuel tank valve device

      
Application Number 16492196
Grant Number 11135913
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-09
First Publication Date 2021-05-13
Grant Date 2021-10-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

A valve device includes: a housing having a valve chamber and a ventilation chamber divided by a dividing wall, the dividing wall having an opening, and the housing having a discharge opening formed at a peripheral surface on the ventilation chamber side; a float valve coming into and out of contact with the opening; and a fuel vapor pipe connected with the discharge opening outside the housing. The ventilation chamber is provided with a tubular wall which communicates with the discharge opening and which extends from the discharge opening toward the inside of the ventilation chamber. The tubular wall has a surface on the dividing wall side which is provided with a ventilation hole communicating with the ventilation chamber. An end portion on the extending direction side of the tubular wall is closed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F02M 37/20 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines characterised by means for preventing vapour lock
  • F16K 1/22 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation crossing the valve member, e.g. butterfly valves
  • F16K 31/22 - Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with the float rigidly connected to the valve

79.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020038677
Publication Number 2021/085122
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-13
Publication Date 2021-05-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Choi Young-Yoon
  • Pak Ji-Hun
  • Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device that can easily ensure the flow rate of a fluid during rising and falling of pressure in a tank. A valve device 10 is provided with a housing 15 having a partition wall 22 provided with a valve hole, a float valve 35, and a pressure adjustment valve 50 that is housed in a ventilation chamber in a liftable/lowerable manner. The pressure adjustment valve 50 is provided with a first member 60 that comes into contact with/is separated away from a valve seat, a second member 70, a housing space demarcated between the first member and the second member, and an auxiliary valve body 80. The first member 50 is provided with an auxiliary valve body supporting part 62 for supporting the auxiliary valve body and a first communication hole 63 through which a valve chamber and the housing space are in communication with each other via a vent hole. The second member 70 has formed therein a second communication hole 74. The second member 70 is formed of a metal material, and the pressure adjustment valve 50 is caused to be biased toward the valve seat only by the weight thereof. The first member 60 is normally in contact with the valve seat.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/00 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

80.

OPENING/CLOSING BODY LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020039989
Publication Number 2021/085342
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-23
Publication Date 2021-05-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho Jung Hyung
  • Han Jong Wook

Abstract

Provided is an opening/closing body lock device with which a hammering sound can be effectively suppressed, said sound occurring when a locking member which was released from engagement with a locking part engages again with the locking part. A lock device 10 comprises: a locking part; a base member 20; a rotating member 50; locking members 70, 70A; and a cushion 100 made of an elastic material. The rotating member 50 has a rotating part 51 and a protruding part 65 that protrudes from the outer periphery of the rotating part. The protruding part 65 has, on the protruding direction distal end thereof, a sliding contact part 66 and a stopper part 68. When the rotating member 50 rotates, the sliding contact part 66 contacts the cushion 100 in a sliding manner, and then the stopper part 68 abuts the cushion 100 so that the rotation of the rotating member 50 is restricted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

81.

LOCK LEVER AND OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020040796
Publication Number 2021/085595
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-30
Publication Date 2021-05-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

This lock lever comprises: a base part 20 having an operating part 28, a rotation shaft part 22 that enables the base part 20 to rotate, said rotation shaft part 22 being axially supported on a cover element 12; a lock part 24 that rotates with the base part 20 and locks or unlocks a fixed body 14 in association with the rotation; and an elastic piece 26 which extends from the base part 20 and of which a tip-end side comes into contact with the cover element 12 and urges the lock part 24 in the locking direction. As seen in the direction along the rotation shaft, the elastic piece 26 extends from the base part 20 so as to approach the rotation shaft part 22, and from a partway point, extends away from the rotation shaft part 22 toward the tip end.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

82.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2020038283
Publication Number 2021/075370
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-09
Publication Date 2021-04-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato Hiroshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro
  • Sogabe Atsushi

Abstract

This damper that is disposed between a first member and a second member and that suppresses oscillation of the second member with respect to the first member, is provided with: a fixed part 22 that is fixed to one of the first member and the second member; and a damping part 20 capable of abutting on the other of the first member and the second member. The fixed part 22 has a base portion and a support wall portion erected from the base portion. The damping part 20 has a viscoelastic body, the viscoelastic body is placed on the base portion, and the movement of the viscoelastic body in a direction along a placement surface of the base portion is restricted by the support wall portion in a state of protruding from the support wall portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/36 - Springs made of material having high internal friction
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • B62D 25/12 - Parts or details thereof
  • F16F 15/08 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with rubber springs

83.

VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020037844
Publication Number 2021/075311
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-06
Publication Date 2021-04-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato Hiroshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro
  • Kato Tsutomu
  • Sogabe Atsushi

Abstract

A vibration suppressing device 10 is provided with: a fixed portion 20 including a seat portion having an insertion hole, and a wall portion provided upright on the seat portion; a piston 24 which is inserted through the insertion hole and which is provided in such a way as to be capable of advancing and retreating; and a sliding ring 26 which slides along the piston 24 in accordance with the advancing and retreating of the piston 24. The sliding ring 26 includes an annular portion disposed between the piston 24 and the wall portion, and a resilient piece which projects radially inward from the annular portion. The resilient piece generates thermal energy by sliding along the piston 24.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • F16F 15/04 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systems; Suppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means

84.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 17046400
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-04-03
First Publication Date 2021-04-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi, Katsuya

Abstract

There is provided a damper device including an annular elastic member made of an elastic resin material. One member of a pair of members is provided with a support section for supporting the annular elastic member. The other member of the pair of members is provided with a pair of facing walls between which the support section is to be inserted. The annular elastic member is provided with separated portions that are separated from the outer periphery of the support section. In a state where the annular elastic member is mounted on the outer periphery of the support section, a maximum distance A of the separated portions facing each other is greater than an opening width B between tip ends of the pair of facing walls on a side on which the support section enters.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 1/373 - Springs made of material having high internal friction characterised by having a particular shape

85.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2020033778
Publication Number 2021/049458
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-07
Publication Date 2021-03-18
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kiyota Hikaru

Abstract

A fastener 10 that attaches a component having a rail groove to an attachment member and comprises: a coupling section 20 that couples to the component; and a fixing section 22 that supports the coupling section 20 and fixes to the attachment member. The coupling section 20 has: an insertion section 26 that is inserted into the rail groove; and an elastic piece 30 positioned displaced from the insertion section 26 n the insertion direction. The elastic piece 30 has a locking section 32 that locks to the component and restricts the movement of the insertion section 26 from the rail groove and, in a bent state, abuts and impels the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets
  • F16B 21/06 - Releasable fastening devices with snap action

86.

SUN VISOR HOLDER

      
Application Number JP2019034663
Publication Number 2021/044530
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-03
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sotome Yukihiro
  • Kiyota Hikaru

Abstract

Provided is a sun visor holder that is easy to remove from a mounting hole. This sun visor holder 1 has a base 20 and a leg 40. The leg 40 has a first wall 31 and a second wall 32 arranged so as to face each other. The first wall 31 has a first engagement piece 41 that engages with a mounting hole. The second wall 32 is provided with a pair of second engagement pieces 45, 45 that engage with the mounting hole 2 and a standing wall 50 that is disposed between the pair of second engagement pieces 45, 45 and extends in the upstanding direction of the second wall 32. Grooves 51 are formed on the sections of the second wall 32 between each second engagement piece 45 and the standing wall 50 so as to extend in the upstanding direction of the second wall 32 and make the second wall 32 thin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60J 3/02 - Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreens; Sun visors for vehicles adjustable in position

87.

BOOSTING DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2020033143
Publication Number 2021/045066
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-01
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mita Masaki
  • Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a boosting device for an opening/closing body by which it is possible to suppress erroneous detection of a closed state for the opening/closing body. This boosting device 10 for an opening/closing body comprises: a body member 11 having a cylindrical section 15; a moving member 40; a spring member 57; a protrusion 55; a cam groove 60; and a rotation abutting section 43. The cam groove 60 has a protrusion side stopping section 61, a withdrawing side stopping section 63, and a pressing stopper 65. An opening/closing body 100 is provided with a cam mechanism which rotationally biases the moving member 40 in such a manner that when the opening/closing body 100 is pressed, the cam mechanism presses the rotation abutting section 43 to rotationally bias the moving member 40 and guides the moving member to the withdrawing side stopping section 63 such that the protrusion 55 does not abut the pressing stopper 65.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/34 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for fuel inlet covers essentially flush with the vehicle surface
  • E05B 81/30 - Rotary elements
  • E05B 81/44 - Cams in the form of grooves
  • E05C 19/02 - Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing

88.

SPRING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID SPRING ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2020032680
Publication Number 2021/044978
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-28
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

This spring assembly 10 comprises a plurality of springs 22, and a plate 20 that is formed of a metal material and supports seat winding sections 22a of the plurality of springs 22. A column section 24 of the plate 20 protrudes from a surface 30 of the plate 20 and is wound around the seat winding section 22a. A wall section 26 of the plate 20 is raised from an end surface of the column section 24, is bent radially outward, and supports the seat winding section 22a.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings
  • F16F 3/04 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction composed only of wound springs

89.

Damper

      
Application Number 16980585
Grant Number 11459812
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
First Publication Date 2021-03-04
Grant Date 2022-10-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato, Kouichi

Abstract

A damper includes a cylinder, a rod including a first engaging portion at a tip end thereof, and a piston formed of an elastic resin material. The piston includes a convex portion provided so as to protrude at a base end portion located on a rod base end side and always in pressure contact with an inner circumference of the cylinder. During damper braking, the first engaging portion of the rod abuts against the other end portion of the piston, and an axial compression force acts on the piston between the first engaging portion and the convex portion in pressure contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • E05F 3/12 - Special devices controlling the circulation of the liquid, e.g. valve arrangement
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension

90.

Band clip

      
Application Number 29667103
Grant Number D0910429
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-10-18
First Publication Date 2021-02-16
Grant Date 2021-02-16
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Makino, Kenichi

91.

Damper

      
Application Number 16968516
Grant Number 11739808
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
First Publication Date 2020-12-31
Grant Date 2023-08-29
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato, Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper capable of securely assembling a cap on an outer circumference of a rod while reducing a diameter of the cap and reducing an outer diameter of a cylinder. A damper has a cylinder, a rod, and a cap attached to an opening of the cylinder. The rod has a piston on its tip side and a mounting portion mounted on the other of a pair of members on its base end side, the cap has a main body that extends in an axial direction of the rod, and the main body is formed with a receiving opening that can receive the rod from an outside in a radial direction thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards

92.

AIR DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2020023230
Publication Number 2020/255879
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-12
Publication Date 2020-12-24
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Tamai Nobuhiro

Abstract

Provided is an air damper that can obtain an effect of preventing the disengaging of a locking claw of a cap attached to a cylinder regardless of the direction in which a rod of a piston swings with respect to the cylinder. This air damper 100 comprises: a cylinder 200; a piston 301 that is inserted into the cylinder; a rod 302 that is connected to the piston and protrudes from an opening; and a cap 400 that is attached to an opening of the cylinder. A plurality of engagement holes 204 are formed at an edge of the opening of the cylinder, and an engagement claw 408 that fits in the engagement hole from the inside of the engagement hole is formed in the cap 400. The piston or rod is provided with: a stopper part 313 that abuts the cap when the rod is pulled out to the maximum; and a bending regulation unit 310 that is located inside the engagement claw and regulates inward bending of the engagement claw. An inclined surface inclined with respect to a rotation axis of an attachment part with respect to an attached part of the rod is formed inside the engagement claw, and when the rod swings, this inclined surface is an abutting surface that abuts the bending regulation unit 310.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/00 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium

93.

TOOL FOR HOLDING LONG MEMBER

      
Application Number JP2020020952
Publication Number 2020/250683
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-27
Publication Date 2020-12-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oshima Michiteru
  • Matsumoto Tomoyuki
  • Ikeda Tetsuya

Abstract

Provided is a tool for holding a long member, designed so that high anti-vibration performance is achieved. This tool for holding a long member comprises a securing member having a means for securing an attached member and a support wall secured via the securing means, an anti-vibration member made of an elastic material and having a frame-form wall disposed around the support wall and a protrusion protruding from the outer surface of the frame-form wall, and a holding member having a frame-form body portion supported on the outer periphery of the anti-vibration member and a holding portion that is extended from the frame-form body portion and that holds the long member, the protrusion of the anti-vibration member coming in contact with the inner surface of the frame-form body portion of the holding member so that the frame-form body portion is supported.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16L 3/08 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
  • F16L 3/13 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and engaging it by snap action
  • F16L 3/16 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets with special provision allowing movement of the pipe
  • F16L 3/223 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals each support having one transverse base for supporting the pipes

94.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020015235
Publication Number 2020/241045
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-02
Publication Date 2020-12-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hosoya Tomoyuki
  • Saito Jun

Abstract

A damper device 10 includes: a base 20; a rotor 24 that is rotatably supported by the base 20; a cap 22 that defines an accommodating chamber for the rotor 24, together with the base 20; and viscous liquid to be charged in the accommodating chamber. The base 20 and the cap 22 define a viscous-liquid reservoir chamber on the radially outer side of the accommodating chamber and form a seal between the accommodating chamber and the reservoir chamber. The reservoir chamber is closed by the sealing between the base and the cap, which is located on the radially outer side of the reservoir chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 9/14 - Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect

95.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020019365
Publication Number 2020/241290
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-14
Publication Date 2020-12-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hosoya Tomoyuki

Abstract

A damper device 10 includes: a rotor 24 having a rotor inclined section that is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to a rotary shaft so as to rise in the radially outward direction; a base 20 that rotatably supports the rotor 24; a cap 22 that defines an accommodating chamber for the rotor 24, together with the base 20; and viscous liquid to be charged in the accommodating chamber. The base 20 has, inside thereof, a base inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotary shaft so as to rise in the radially outward direction. The cap 22 has, inside thereof, a cap inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotary shaft so as to fall in the radially inward direction. The rotor inclined section is located in an area in the accommodating chamber defined by the base inclined surface and the cap inclined surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 9/14 - Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect

96.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020020389
Publication Number 2020/241518
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-22
Publication Date 2020-12-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a damper device having good braking force responsiveness when the movement direction of a rack body is reversed. The damper device 100 comprises: a rack body 160 having a rack gear 170; a rotary damper 110 that has a pinion gear 120 engaging with the rack gear; and a case 130 that slidably holds the rack body and rotatably accommodates the rotary damper. The rotary damper has: a rotor 111 connected to the pinion gear; and a gear housing 115 that surrounds the rotor via a viscous fluid, is mounted to be rotatable relative to the rotor, and has a large-diameter gear 116 on the outer periphery thereof. The case has: an accommodation part 140 that accommodates a planetary gear 150 engaging with the large-diameter gear of the rotary damper such that the planetary gear 150 can move along a circumferential direction of the large-diameter gear by a predetermined distance; an engagement part 141 that is provided on one side of an inner wall of the accommodation part and restricts the rotation of the planetary gear when the planetary gear abuts the engagement part; and a rotation enabling part 142 that is provided on the other side, of the inner wall of the accommodation part, facing the one side, and enables the rotation of the planetary gear in a state in which the planetary gear abuts the rotation enabling part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16H 19/04 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion comprising a rack
  • F16D 41/18 - Freewheels or freewheel clutches with non-hinged detent
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

97.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020020393
Publication Number 2020/241519
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-22
Publication Date 2020-12-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

The present invention provides a damper device in which it is possible to reduce the width of a rack body and make the device thinner. The damper device 100 has a case 130, a rack body 160, and a rotation damper 110. The rack body 160 has a substrate 161, a pair of first side walls 163, 163, a pair of guide rails 165, 165, and a rack gear 167. The rotation damper 110 has a pinion gear 120. The case 130 has a support wall 131, a pair of second side walls 133, 133, and a pair of retaining parts 135, 135. The minimum distance L between the pair of retaining parts 135, 135 is formed so as to be smaller than the maximum outer diameter R of the rotation damper 110. A part of the substrate 161 and/or the first side walls 163 is configured so as to enter between the pair of retaining parts 135, 135.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16H 19/04 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion comprising a rack
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

98.

Hose clamp

      
Application Number 16877880
Grant Number 11441712
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-19
First Publication Date 2020-11-26
Grant Date 2022-09-13
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Muramatsu, Shun
  • Sodeyama, Ken

Abstract

A hose clamp includes a clamp main body including a ring portion and a pair of knob portions; and a holder. The holder includes a main body portion, a pair of holding walls, and an operation portion. An inner surface on a distal end side of one holding wall includes a protrusion that protrudes more largely inward than an inner surface on a distal end side of other holding wall. And in a state where the pair of knob portions are close to each other, a distal end of one knob portion in a peripheral direction is engaged with the inner surface of the one holding wall, and the other knob portion is engaged with the inner surface of the other holding wall, so that the ring portion is kept in a diameter-increased state.

IPC Classes  ?

99.

ROTARY EXTENSION/RETRACTION DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020016108
Publication Number 2020/213523
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-10
Publication Date 2020-10-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mita Masaki
  • Sogabe Atsushi
  • Niikura Noboru

Abstract

Provided is a rotary extension/retraction device with which a cam groove formed in a tubular part can be formed with good precision. This rotary extension/retraction device 10 has: a main body member 11 comprising a first main body section 30 and a second main body section 40 and having a tubular part 15; a movement member 50 held in the tubular part 15; a spring member S1; cam protrusions 55; and cam grooves 20. The tubular part 15 comprises a first tube section 33 and a second tube section 43, the first tube section 33 is provided on the first main body section 30, the second tube section 43 is provided on the second tube section 43, and contact surfaces 35, 45, which contact each other, and cam groove formation surfaces 37, 47, which are separated from each other and form cam grooves 20, are provided on respective opposing end faces of the tube sections 33, 43 when the main body sections 30 and 40 are in an assembled state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16H 25/12 - Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion with reciprocation along the axis of rotation, e.g. gearings with helical grooves and automatic reversal
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers

100.

OVER-FUELING PREVENTION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2020015296
Publication Number 2020/209193
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-03
Publication Date 2020-10-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsuo Shinichi
  • Hirata Nobuhiro

Abstract

Provided is an over-fueling prevention valve with which it is possible for the pressure inside a tank to be reduced rapidly after full-tank regulation by means of a full tank regulation valve during refueling. This over-fueling prevention valve 10 is provided with a housing 11 having a first opening 24, a second opening 33, and a first valve seat 27, a parent valve 40 provided with a first end opening 54, an other end opening 63, and a second valve seat 64, a first spring S1, a child valve 70, and a second spring S2, wherein: urging forces of the first spring S1 and the second spring S2 are set such that a re-closing valve pressure of the parent valve 40 is higher than the re-closing valve pressure of the child valve 70; and with the parent valve 40 separated from the first valve seat 27, the first opening 24 and the second opening 33 communicate with one another by way of an external space R2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
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