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1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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  ?

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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

51.

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

52.

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

53.

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

54.

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

55.

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

56.

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

57.

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

58.

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

59.

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

60.

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

61.

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

62.

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

63.

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

64.

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

65.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2020010061
Publication Number 2020/189379
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-09
Publication Date 2020-09-24
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tamaki Satoru

Abstract

A locking device for an opening/closing body is provided with which it is possible to stabilize the bending amount of a first elastic piece, and to adequately suppress looseness of a rod. This locking device 10 has a lock part, a rod 50, and a ridge part 20; the rod 50 has a recessed area 60 surrounded by a pair of first walls 61, 62 and a pair of second walls 63, 63; the ridge part 20 is disposed on the inner side of the recessed area 60; a flange part 22 is provided on the tip-end side of the ridge part 20; the rod 50 has a first elastic piece 70 extending from the first wall 61 to the first wall 62 and applying elastic force to the tip-end face 23 of the ridge part 20, and a pair of second elastic pieces 80, 80 extending from the inner surface of the pair of second walls 63, 63; and each second elastic piece 80 has a receiving surface 85 that engages with the rear surface of the flange part 22, and elastically contacts the side surface of the ridge part 20.

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

66.

BAND CLAMP

      
Application Number JP2019050290
Publication Number 2020/137943
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-23
Publication Date 2020-07-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kiyota Hikaru

Abstract

Provided is a band clamp that can reduce an insertion force of a band part into an insertion passage of a lock part. This band clamp 10 has a lock part 20 and a band part 40, the lock part 20 has an insertion passage 25 and a locking piece 30 having locking claws 31 and 32, and the band part 40 has a plurality of locking teeth. When the length, from a hem part 53 to a top part 54, of a foremost locking tooth 51 located on a foremost side of the band part is A, and the length, from the hem part 53 to the top part 54, of a locking tooth 49 adjacent to the foremost locking tooth is B, A is larger than B, and the foremost locking tooth 51 is provided between the hem part 53 and the top part 54 so as to protrude with an intermittent slope.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 2/08 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using bands
  • H02G 3/32 - Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings using mounting clamps
  • F16L 3/137 - 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 consisting of a flexible band

67.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019044709
Publication Number 2020/105541
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-14
Publication Date 2020-05-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mihara Kenta
  • Yajima Kazuki

Abstract

A valve device is provided which can achieve stable reopening valve pressure and which can prevent reduction in sealing performance. This valve device 10 has a housing 15 and a float valve 40. An elastic seal member 60 is arranged above the float valve, and the elastic seal member 60 comprises a seal unit 61 which contacts and separates from the valve seat, and multiple retaining units which are locked and held relative to the float valve 40 with the retainer 70 interposed between. The retainer 70 is attached to the float valve 40 by means of a fitting structure and has a holding unit which holds the multiple retaining units so as to enable moving a prescribed distance with respect to the float valve 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • 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
  • 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 7/17 - 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 actuated by fluid pressure

68.

GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION DEVICE WITH CHECK VALVE

      
Application Number JP2019044336
Publication Number 2020/105508
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-12
Publication Date 2020-05-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 17/04 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
  • F16K 17/196 - Equalising valves predominantly for tanks spring-loaded
  • 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

69.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019043933
Publication Number 2020/100751
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-08
Publication Date 2020-05-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mihara Kenta
  • Yajima Kazuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device in which the workability for attaching a cap that supports a bias spring for biasing a relief valve is improved. This valve device 10 has: a case 15 having a partition wall 22 that forms a first opening and a second opening; a float valve 60 for opening/closing the first opening; a relief valve 65 for opening/closing the second opening; a bias spring S2 for biasing the relief valve 65 toward the second opening; and a spring pressing cap 70 attached to a cap attachment part 30 while pressing one end of the bias spring S2, wherein the spring pressing cap 70 has a spring support part 71 and an engagement part 76, the cap attachment part 30 has a part 35 to be engaged, and when a ventilation chamber is viewed from a float valve axial direction, the spring support part 71 and the engagement part 76 are arranged along the inner peripheral surface of the ventilation chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 27/02 - Construction of housings; Use of materials therefor of lift 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
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means

70.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2019040410
Publication Number 2020/080342
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
Publication Date 2020-04-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body, the device enabling the number of components to be reduced and enabling easy adjustment of the sliding direction of a lock member. The lock device 10 comprises a lock part, a lock member 50, and a rotating member 60 which is rotatably mounted to an opening/closing body via a rotating member mounting part 90, wherein: the rotating member 60 comprises a rotating shaft 62 and a lock member connection part 64; and the rotating member mounting part 90 comprises an upright wall 91 which stands on a lock member arrangement surface 7, and a rotation support wall 92 which is disposed at a set distance from the lock member arrangement surface 7, the rotating member mounting part 90 forming a frame shape and being provided integrally with the opening/closing body, and a shaft receiving hole 95 being formed in the rotation support wall 92.

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 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

71.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2019040412
Publication Number 2020/080343
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
Publication Date 2020-04-23
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  ?

  • E05B 79/06 - Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
  • 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 77/36 - Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means
  • E05B 79/08 - Mounting of individual lock elements in the lock, e.g. levers
  • 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

72.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2019040416
Publication Number 2020/080344
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
Publication Date 2020-04-23
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 10 comprises a lock part, a lock member 50 which is operated via a manipulation member 40, a base member 20, and a key cylinder 80, wherein: the manipulation member 40 comprises a cylinder housing part 44; the base member 20 comprises a cylinder arrangement space 25 in which the cylinder housing part 44 is arranged, a wall part 23 located at the tip side of the manipulation member, and an opening 28 formed in the wall part 23; the key cylinder 80 comprises a key plate 85; the key plate 85 comprises a pressing surface 85a; and the pressing surface 85a is exposed inside the cylinder arrangement space 25 and disposed further to the base end part 41 side of the manipulation member 40 than the edge part of the opening 28 in the wall part 23.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 85/06 - Lock cylinder arrangements
  • 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 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

73.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2019036286
Publication Number 2020/059680
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-17
Publication Date 2020-03-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ikeda Tetsuya

Abstract

This fastener, which is fixed to an attachment target member by a screw, is provided with: an inner cylindrical section 24 that can be screwed with a screw; an outer cylindrical section 20 surrounding the inner cylindrical section 24; and a first connection section 28a and a second connection section 28b which connect the inner cylindrical section 24 and the outer cylindrical section 20. While fixed to the attachment target member, the fastener abuts or is near a second protruding section 12b formed on the attachment target member, and thus the rotation of the fastener is restricted in both directions around the axis thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • F16B 13/14 - Non-metallic plugs or sleeves; Use of liquid, loose solid or kneadable material therefor
  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically
  • F16B 37/04 - Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces, e.g. sheets, plates

74.

PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE

      
Application Number JP2019034448
Publication Number 2020/050221
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-02
Publication Date 2020-03-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sugiyama Harumitsu
  • Sakai Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure control valve capable of controlling an opening/closing operation of a diaphragm as required. This pressure control valve 10 has a housing 20, a tank communication pipe 30, a canister communication pipe 35, a valve seat 40, a diaphragm 50, a cover 60, a spring 55, and an actuator 70 that controls opening/closing of the diaphragm 50 according to an external signal. The actuator 70 has an activation member 73 capable of advancing and retracting. In a state in which the activation member 73 is retracted, the diaphragm 50 is enabled to open with respect to the valve seat 40 against the spring 55. In a state in which the activation member 73 is protruding, the diagphragm 50 is prevented from opening with respect to the valve seat 40.

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

75.

HOSE CLAMP

      
Application Number JP2019030778
Publication Number 2020/031981
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-05
Publication Date 2020-02-13
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sodeyama Ken
  • Hamada Ryosuke

Abstract

Provided is a hose clamp with which sealing between a hose and a pipe, etc., connected thereto can be improved. This hose clamp 10 has a plate spring body 20 and a pair of tab parts 40, 50, the plate spring body 20 has a base part 21 and a pair of arm parts 23, 25, the arm parts 23, 25 have first and second overlap parts 27, 29 that circumferentially overlap in a diametrally constricted state of the plate spring body 20, opposing surfaces 47, 57 of the pair of tab parts 40, 50 are provided with engaging parts that hold the plate spring body 20 in a diametrally expanded state, and the engaging parts are provided nearer to outer-side edge parts 27b, 29b of the overlap parts 27, 29 than to opposing inner-side edge parts 27a, 29a.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16L 33/02 - Hose-clips
  • F16L 33/025 - Hose-clips tightened by deforming radially extending loops or folds
  • F16L 33/035 - Hose-clips fixed by means of teeth or hooks

76.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2019016296
Publication Number 2019/203224
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-16
Publication Date 2019-10-24
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sotome Yukihiro

Abstract

In a fastener 10 to be attached to an attachment hole of an attachment member, an attachment portion 14 is inserted into the attachment hole. A retaining portion 16 stops the attachment portion 14 coming out of the attachment hole. An insertion hole 22 into which the retaining portion 16 can be inserted is formed in a wall portion 21. An insertion portion 24 is inserted into the insertion hole 22. A first abutting portion 26 abuts a rear surface of the attachment member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 45/00 - Hooks; Eyes
  • A47G 29/00 - Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups or
  • B60R 7/08 - Disposition of racks, clips, or the like

77.

HOOK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019015924
Publication Number 2019/203144
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-12
Publication Date 2019-10-24
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Park, Hyun Kook
  • Nam, Ki Seob

Abstract

Provided is a hook device which is easy to return from a state in which a hook has been raised to a state in which the hook is stowed. This hook device (10) includes a retaining member (20) and a hook member (40), wherein: the retaining member (20) includes a resilient piece (30) formed integrally therewith; the hook member (40) includes a rotating shaft (41) and a hooking portion (42); a rotation surface (46) formed with an arcuate shape and retaining surfaces (47) formed in such a way as to approach the axis of the rotating shaft are provided on an outer periphery of the rotating shaft (41); and the resilient piece (30) is configured in such a way as to abut the rotation surface (46) of the rotating shaft (41) in a bent state when the hook member (40) is raised, and to abut the retaining surfaces (47) of the rotating shaft (41) when the hook member (40) is stowed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 45/00 - Hooks; Eyes
  • B60N 3/00 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R 7/02 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in a separate luggage compartment
  • 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
  • F16B 5/10 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of bayonet connections

78.

FUEL TANK CHECK VALVE

      
Application Number JP2019011173
Publication Number 2019/198435
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-18
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai Takahiro
  • Ochiai Yusuke

Abstract

Provided is a fuel tank check valve in which it is easy to attach a cap to a valve-body accommodating part. A fuel tank check valve 10 includes: a body tube 20 provided with a valve-body accommodating part 40; a valve body 70; a cap 80; and a spring 75. The valve-body accommodating part 40 includes: a base-end-side frame 45; a distal-end-side frame 47, to which the cap 80 is attached; and a first connecting frame 49 that connects the frame 45 and the frame 47. The distal-end-side frame 47 has a recess 55, which has such a shape that a portion in the circumferential direction is recessed toward the base-end-side frame 45 from the distal-end face of the distal-end-side frame 47. The cap 80 has a cut-away portion 90, in which a portion in the circumferential direction is removed. The cap 80 is attached to the valve-body accommodating part 40 such that the cut-away portion 90 is located in the recess 55.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 15/06 - Check valves with guided rigid valve members with guided stems
  • B60K 15/04 - Tank inlets
  • 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

79.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019014819
Publication Number 2019/198595
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-03
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is a damper device by which a sufficient damping force can be obtained using a simple structure which uses an annular elastic member. This damper device 10 has an annular elastic member 50. One member is provided with a support section 40, and the other member is provided with a pair of facing walls 65, 65. The annular elastic member 50 is mounted on the outer periphery of the support section 40. In this mounted state, portions of the inner periphery of the annular elastic member 50, the portions facing each other in a movement direction, form contact portions 51, 51, and portions of the inner periphery of the annular elastic member 50, the portions facing each other in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction, are provided with separated portions 53, 53. In a state in which the annular elastic member 50 is mounted on the outer periphery of the support section, the maximum distance A between the separated portions 53, 53 is greater than the opening width B between the front ends of the pair of facing walls 65, 65.

IPC Classes  ?

  • 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
  • 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
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers
  • F16F 7/08 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers with friction surfaces rectilinearly movable along each other
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/18 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing - Details of fastening means or of fixed retaining means for the ends of bars
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

80.

DAMPER APPARATUS

      
Application Number JP2019010915
Publication Number 2019/198423
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-15
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ruskys, Gintautas

Abstract

Provided is a damper apparatus that is configured so that a switch is turned ON/OFF in association with a sliding motion of a piston, wherein sound generation is suppressed, and component wear does not occur. A cylinder 101, a piston 102 that is inserted into the cylinder in a slidable manner, and a switch housing 103 that is attached to the cylinder are provided; the switch housing is provided with a lead switch 117 that serves as a magnetic switch; and a first magnet 138 is attached to the piston 102, the first magnet 138 causing the lead switch to be turned ON/OFF when being brought close to the lead switch or when being separated from the lead switch.

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
  • 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
  • H01H 36/00 - Switches actuated by change of magnetic field or of electric field, e.g. by change of relative position of magnet and switch, by shielding

81.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019014824
Publication Number 2019/198596
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-03
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device in which it is easy to achieve both maintenance of ventilation performance and improvement of valve reopening pressure. A valve device 10 has a housing 15, which has a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R with a partition wall 23 therebetween and has a ventilation hole 25 communicating between these chambers, and a float valve 60. A valve seat 31 is formed on the valve-chamber-V side of the partition wall 23. The valve seat 31 has an opening 33 on the inner side thereof. The opening 33 has a first opening 34 and a slit-shaped second opening 35 extending outward from the outer circumference of the first opening 34. An elastic seal member 65, which is brought toward and away from the valve seat 31 to open and close the first opening 34 and the second opening 35, is disposed above the float valve 60.

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

82.

HANDLE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019015143
Publication Number 2019/198639
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-05
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

A handle device, wherein a handle body 28 is rotatably supported in a base 22. A cover member 26 covers the handle body 28 and is slidably mounted to the handle body 28. In an engagement unit, the cover member 26 is engaged with the handle body 28, and an engaged state in which the cover member is engaged with the handle body 28 is changed to a disengaged state by sliding the cover member 26. The engagement unit regulates movement from the handle rotation by which the cover member 26 separates from the handle body 28. The cover member 26 is provided so as to be removable from the handle body 28 in the disengaged state.

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

83.

HINGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2019015144
Publication Number 2019/198640
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-05
Publication Date 2019-10-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is a hinge device which is mounted in both a first shaft hole formed in a first member, and a second shaft hole formed in a second member, and which is provided with a bearing section (422) and a shaft section (420) which is rotatable relative to the bearing section (422). The shaft section (420) has an insertion section (430) inserted into the bearing section (422). The inner peripheral surface of the bearing section (422) and the outer peripheral surface of the insertion section (430) slide on each other when the bearing section (422) and the shaft section (420) rotate relative to each other. The insertion section (430) is inserted into and integrated with the bearing section (422), and in this state, both the sections (430, 422) are inserted and mounted in the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole.

IPC Classes  ?

84.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2019012151
Publication Number 2019/188808
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper in which a cap can be securely mounted on the outer circumference of a rod, while the cap has a reduced diameter and a cylinder has a reduced outer diameter. This damper 10 comprises: a cylinder 20; a rod 30; and a cap 80 which is attached to an opening 22 of the cylinder 20. The rod 30 includes a piston 50 on the leading end side and includes, on the base end side, an attachment part 33 which is attached to the other of paired members. The cap 80 includes a body part 82 extending along the axial direction of the rod 30, and the body part 82 has a receiving opening 82a formed so as to allow reception of the rod 30 from outside in the radial direction.

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
  • 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
  • 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

85.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2019012150
Publication Number 2019/188807
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper having excellent load response characteristics. This damper 10 is configured to comprise: a cylinder 20; a rod 30 including a first engagement part 34 at the leading end; and a piston 50 made of an elastic resin material, wherein the piston 50 includes a protruding part 53 which protrudes at a base end part located on the base end side of the rod and which is constantly in pressure-contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder 20, and the first engagement part 34 of the rod 30 abuts on another end part 52 of the piston 50 at the time of braking of the damper, so that an axial compression force acts on the piston 50 between the first engagement part 34 and the protruding part 53 which is in pressure-contact with the inner circumference of the cylinder 20.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/508 - Means responsive to the velocity of movement of the piston
  • 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 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension

86.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2019012155
Publication Number 2019/188810
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper which can inhibit upsizing of the damper and in which a piston can be easily returned to a predetermined position in a cylinder. This damper (10) comprises: a cylinder (20); a rod (30); and a piston (50) that is made of an elastic resin material and that is attached to the rod (30). The rod (30) includes a second engagement part (37) which engages with the piston (50) when moving in a return direction which is opposite to a damper braking direction. An air circulation groove (62) is formed between the outer circumference of the rod (30) and the inner circumference of the piston (50), and the piston (50) has a slit (55) formed from one end located opposite to the damper braking direction side toward the other end located on the damper braking direction side, so as to be connected to the air circulation groove (62).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/50 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment
  • 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

87.

HEADREST SUPPORT

      
Application Number JP2018006799
Publication Number 2019/163107
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-23
Publication Date 2019-08-29
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Makino Kenichi
  • Kumakawa Yasushi

Abstract

A headrest support (10) is provided with: a head section (30) having an insertion hole into which a stay having a groove section is inserted; a lock bar (24) formed from a wire material and engaging with the groove section to restrict the movement of the stay; and an operating member (22) operated by a user to release the engagement between the lock bar (24) and the groove section. The lock bar (24) has a lock section (24a) which enters and exits the groove section, and a rotation restricting section (24b) which is formed by bending the wire material.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/818 - Head-rests movable or adjustable vertically slidable characterised by their locking devices with stepwise positioning
  • A47C 7/38 - Support for the head or the back for the head, e.g. detachable

88.

COMPONENT SUPPORTING STRUCTURE USING A RETAINING RING

      
Application Number JP2018041924
Publication Number 2019/098170
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-11-13
Publication Date 2019-05-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

Provided is a component supporting structure that uses a retaining ring and in which, when a load is applied, indentations in the retaining ring do not easily occur, cracking is suppressed, and damage can be inhibited. The supporting structure is provided with: an outer component 10; an inner component 20; an annular groove 11; and a retaining ring 30 having a base part 35 that is inserted into the annular groove 11 and a receiving part 40 that projects to the outside of the annular groove 11. The inner component 20 is supported by a receiving surface 41, of the receiving part 40, positioned at one side in the axial direction of the receiving part 40. A surface of the base part 35 on the side opposite the receiving surface 41 when viewed from an axial direction A forms an engaging surface 37 that abuts a corresponding inner surface 13 of the annular groove 11. A surface 43 of the receiving part 40 on the side opposite the receiving surface 41 when viewed from the axial direction A is positioned further to the receiving surface 41 side than the engaging surface 37.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 7/10 - Telescoping systems
  • F16B 7/20 - Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections using bayonet connections
  • F16B 21/18 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread by separate parts with grooves or notches in the pin or shaft - Details

89.

OPENING-CLOSING DEVICE FOR OPENING-CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2018039302
Publication Number 2019/087860
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-10-23
Publication Date 2019-05-09
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato Tsutomu
  • Niikura Noboru

Abstract

Provided is an opening-closing device for an opening-closing body that allows a device body to be compact. This opening-closing device 10 for an opening-closing body has a push rod 40 that has a lock groove 45, a lock member 60 that engages with and releases from the lock groove 45, a drive member 50 that has a drive shaft 51, and a body member 15 that holds the push rod 40 and the lock member 60 and that holds the drive member 50 so that the drive shaft 51 is disposed to be parallel to the push rod 40 in the axial direction. The lock member 60 has a pivot part 61, and a lock arm part 63 that extends from the pivot part 61. The drive shaft 51 is disposed in the pivot part 61. The lock arm part 63 engages with and releases from the lock groove 45 by way of the pivot part 61 pivoting in conjunction with the rotational drive of the drive shaft 51.

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
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers
  • 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
  • E05C 5/04 - Fastening devices with bolts moving otherwise than only rectilinearly and only pivotally or rotatively both moving axially and turning about their axes to secure the wing performing both movements simultaneously, e.g. screwing into a keeper
  • E05C 19/02 - Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing

90.

AIR DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2018030388
Publication Number 2019/039370
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-16
Publication Date 2019-02-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Tamai Nobuhiro

Abstract

Provided is an air damper capable of rapidly switching from a braking force released state to a braking force imparted state, and with which it is possible to obtain a braking force that is stable at all times. This air damper (10) includes a cylinder (20), a piston (30) and a valve body (60), wherein: the piston (30) includes a head portion (31) and a shaft portion (32); a first chamber (R1) and a second chamber (R2) are formed inside the cylinder (20); a communicating hole (37) allowing the first chamber (R1) and the second chamber (R2) to communicate with one another is formed in the head portion (31); a valve seat (38) with which the valve body (60) comes into contact and from which the valve body (60) moves away is formed in an opening portion peripheral edge of one end thereof; the valve body (60) includes a valve main body (61) and an urging leg portion (69) which urges the valve main body (61) toward the valve seat (38); and the urging leg portion (69) is provided on the opposite side of the valve main body (61) to the valve seat (38) and is formed integrally with the valve main body (61).

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
  • 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

91.

SUN VISOR DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2018023841
Publication Number 2019/004086
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-22
Publication Date 2019-01-03
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • HAYASHI TELEMPU CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Kurota Kazuki
  • Nonouchi Yuto
  • Kaneko Satoshi
  • Muramatsu Satoshi
  • Muramatsu Shun

Abstract

Provided is a sun visor device with which a spring member can be firmly positioned on a shaft member and a sun visor main body is not easy to be divided. This sun visor device 10 comprises a shaft member 20, a sun visor main body 30, a spring member 60, and a support member 70 with an insertion section. Main-body-side frame-shaped sections 41, 42, 49, 50 are provided on the inner peripheries of constituent bodies 31, 32. Support-side protruding sections 79, 80 are provided on the support member 70. The support member 70 is disposed within the sun visor main body 30 so as to be movable from a position in which the support-side protruding sections 79, 80 are not inserted into the main-body-side frame-shaped sections 41, 42, 49, 50 to a position in which the support-side protruding sections 79, 80 are inserted into the main-body-side frame-shaped sections 41, 42, 49, 50.

IPC Classes  ?

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

92.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2018022561
Publication Number 2018/235692
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-13
Publication Date 2018-12-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsufuji Saki
  • Aoki Ryou

Abstract

Provided is a fastener with which deformation of a leg section can be reduced and a reduction in the margin for engagement with an attachment hole can be reduced when the inside shape of the leg section is forcefully pulled out. This fastener 10, which is attached by insertion into an attachment hole 3, has: a grommet 15 having a head section 20 and a bottomed cylindrical leg section 30 extending from the head section 20; and a pin member 60 inserted into the leg section 30. The leg section 30 has at least a pair of locking parts 35, 35 that are provided on the outer surface thereof and that lock onto the edge of the back side of the attachment hole 3, and a pair of engaging protrusions 40, 40 that are provided on the inner surface and are capable of engaging the pin member 60. The inner surface of the leg section 30 is provided with a pair of first ribs 50, 50 which, when viewed from the axial direction of the leg section 30, sandwich the axis C of the leg section 30 therebetween and extend in the axial direction at positions which do not overlap the pair of engaging protrusions 40, 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets

93.

LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2018018481
Publication Number 2018/216521
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-05-14
Publication Date 2018-11-29
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sogabe Atsushi

Abstract

This lock device 10 is provided with: a rotatably supported operating member 20; a pair of rods which move forward and backward relative to the lock section of a stationary member in coordination with the operation of the operating member 20; a base member 34 affixed to an opening and closing member; and a gear member 24 rotatably supported by the base member 34. The pair of rods engage with the gear member 24 and move forward and backward in coordination with each other. The base member 34 has a pair of guides for guiding each of the forward and backward movements of the pair of rods.

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 7/06 - 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 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

94.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2018014680
Publication Number 2018/190256
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-06
Publication Date 2018-10-18
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper in which, with a rod drawn out to a maximum limit from a cap inlet/outlet, the tilt of the rod can be regulated and decreases in sealing properties can be prevented. This damper 10 has a cylinder 20, a piston 30 having a head 31 and a rod 32, and a cap 50 provided with an inlet/outlet 53, the head 31 being provided with a pair of first protrusions 40, 40, and the cap 50 being provided with a pair of second protrusions 60, 60. The damper is configured such that, with the rod 32 drawn out to a maximum limit from the inlet/outlet 53 as seen from an axial direction of a shaft linking part, tips 65 of the second protrusions 60 come into contact with the head 31, opposing side surfaces of the first protrusions 40 and the second protrusions 60 are able to come into contact with each other, and the tilt of the rod 32 is regulated.

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
  • 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 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium - Details
  • F16F 9/56 - Means for adjusting the length of, or for locking, the spring or damper, e.g. at the end of the stroke

95.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2018011843
Publication Number 2018/181043
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-23
Publication Date 2018-10-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device for applying a damping force to the action of opening/closing an opening/closing body that is provided to a fixed body, wherein a cylinder 20 has a first attachment section 30 that is pivotally supported on a pin member 12 provided to one of the fixed body and the opening/closing body, and that has an opening penetrating through in a direction substantially orthogonal to the advancing/retracting direction of a piston. The piston has an attachment section that is pivotally supported on a pin member provided to the other of the fixed body and the opening/closing body, and that has an opening penetrating through in a direction substantially orthogonal to the advancing/retracting direction of the piston. The first attachment section 30 of the cylinder 20 has an elastic section for biasing the inserted pin member in the axial direction and in the radial direction. The elastic section has an axial abutment section abutting against a large-diameter section of the pin member 12 jutting radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the pin member 12, and a radial abutment section abutting against the outer peripheral surface of the pin member 12.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/54 - Arrangements for attachment
  • 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
  • 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

96.

AIR DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2018010890
Publication Number 2018/174024
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-19
Publication Date 2018-09-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is an air damper for which the braking force can easily be adjusted while achieving a more compact cylinder. This air damper 10 has a cylinder 20 and a piston 30, and a cross section orthogonal to the axial direction of a cylinder wall portion has a cross-sectional shape having a long axis and a short axis. The piston 30 has a head section 31 and a shaft section 33. A first chamber R1 and a second chamber R2 are formed inside the cylinder. The shaft section 33 has a valve body housing section 40 arranged inside the second chamber R2, and a valve seat 41 is provided inside the valve body housing section 40. The piston 30 has a communication path 45, and an opening 46 on the second chamber R2 side thereof is positioned inside the valve seat 41. A valve body 60 for opening/closing the second opening 46 is housed in the valve body housing section 40. The valve seat 41 faces a wall portion inner surface along the long axis of the cylinder 20.

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 9/504 - Inertia-sensitive means
  • 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

97.

AIR DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2018010891
Publication Number 2018/174025
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-19
Publication Date 2018-09-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is an air damper that is easy to assemble and work with, and that can reliably minimize deformation of a wall of a cylinder even when the cylinder is thinned. This air damper 10 has a cylinder 20, a piston 40, a rod 50, and a cap 60; a wall part 21 of the cylinder 20 has a cross-sectional shape in which the cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction of the wall part has a major axis and a minor axis, the wall part having a pair of major-axis wall parts 25, 25 and a pair of minor-axis wall parts 26, 26; the cap 60 has a cover wall 61 having a major axis and a minor axis; and when the cap 60 has been fitted over an opening part 23 in the cylinder 20, the cover wall 61 has pushing parts 70 disposed on the outer sides of the major-axis wall parts 25 and support parts 75 disposed on the inner sides of the major-axis wall parts 25.

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
  • 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

98.

FUEL TANK VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2018009313
Publication Number 2018/168712
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-09
Publication Date 2018-09-20
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a fuel tank valve device with which any fuel accumulated in a ventilation chamber due to a roll-over and the like of a vehicle can be prevented from being discharged to the canister side. The valve device 10 comprises: a housing 15 having a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R divided by a dividing wall 23, the dividing wall 23 having an opening 24, and the housing 15 having a discharge opening 47 formed at a peripheral surface on the ventilation chamber side; a float valve 35 coming into and out of contact with the opening 24; and a fuel vapor pipe 49 connected with the discharge opening 47 outside the housing 15. The ventilation chamber R is provided with a tubular wall 50 which communicates with the discharge opening 47 and which extends from the discharge opening 47 toward the inside of the ventilation chamber R. The tubular wall 50 has a surface on the dividing wall 23 side which is provided with a ventilation hole 57 communicating with the ventilation chamber R. An end portion 55 on the extending direction side of the tubular wall 50 is closed.

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

99.

SPRING ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2018002415
Publication Number 2018/143071
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-26
Publication Date 2018-08-09
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

Provided is a spring assembly having different load properties in a plurality of phases such that a low load is applied during an initial spring stroke period, whereas a higher load is applied during a late spring stroke period. A spring assembly 10 has a plurality of first coil springs 1 and a plurality of second coil springs 2, and has a first support member 20 and a second support member 40. One end side of each of the first coil springs 1 is supported on a front surface side of the first support member 20. One end side of each of the second coil springs 2 is supported on a front surface side of the second support member 40. In this state, the other end side of each of the second coil springs 2 protrudes beyond the other end side of each of the first coil springs 1. When the plurality of first coil springs 1 and the plurality of second coil springs 2 are contracted, a sum of elastic repulsive forces of the plurality of first coil springs 1 is greater than a sum of elastic repulsive forces of the second coil springs 2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • 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 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

100.

LIGHT-EMITTING CAPSULE TREATMENT TOOL

      
Application Number JP2017041108
Publication Number 2018/097005
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-11-15
Publication Date 2018-05-31
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • PIOLAX MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. (Japan)
  • B & PLUS K.K. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kimura Toshihiro
  • Yoshita Satoshi
  • Yoshikawa Yasuo
  • Shindo Takayuki

Abstract

Provided is a light-emitting capsule treatment tool which makes it possible to irradiate, from a more adjacent position, affected sites such as cancer tissue with light of specific wavelength. A light-emitting capsule treatment tool 10 is for projecting light of a specific wavelength that is needed for photoimmunotherapy, and is provided with: a power-receiving coil 20 that is formed by winding a conductive wire 21 and is for receiving power supplied via the medium of magnetic flux from an external power-transmitting antenna 70; a magnetic body that is disposed on the inner circumference of the power-receiving coil 20; a luminous body 30 to which power is supplied from the power-receiving coil 20 and which emits the light of the specific wavelength; and a capsule for accommodating all of the foregoing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61N 5/06 - Radiation therapy using light
  • A61M 25/06 - Body-piercing guide needles or the like
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