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1.

GROMMET AND GROMMET ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 18378674
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-11
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner
  • Nifco Inc. (Japan)
  • Subaru Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Shohei
  • Kanou, Satoshi

Abstract

A grommet includes: a pair of clamping bodies that clamp a wire harness; a hinge portion that openably and closably couples the pair of clamping bodies; and an engagement portion that is provided at the pair of clamping bodies and that engages with an attachment hole formed in an attachment panel in a state in which the wire harness and the hinge portion clamped by the pair of clamping bodies are inserted into the attachment hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric

2.

VEHICLE-LIGHT MARKING TOOL

      
Application Number 18268663
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-13
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Owner Nifco Inc. (Japan)
Inventor Sato, Takehiro

Abstract

A vehicle-light marking tool includes: an attachment part that is attached to a vehicle-constituting member; a first marking unit provided on a side of the attachment part opposite from an attachment side, the first marking unit containing a reflective material; and a second marking unit provided adjacent to the first marking unit and containing a light-emitting material.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60Q 1/26 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
  • F21K 2/06 - Non-electric light sources using luminescence; Light sources using electrochemiluminescence using chemiluminescence
  • F21V 7/04 - Optical design
  • F21V 21/04 - Recessed bases
  • B60Q 1/50 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking

3.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18265354
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-10
First Publication Date 2024-02-01
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uchida, Katsutoshi

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of stabilizing the state of assembly of a seal member while allowing movement of a piston member in a direction that reduces one space inside a cylinder member with little resistance. The seal member includes a base portion located towards the one space, which is a first space inside the cylinder member, and an extending portion extending from the base portion toward the other space, which is the second space inside the cylinder member. The piston member is provided with a first holding portion that faces the base portion of the sealing member, a second holding portion that faces an extended edge of the extended portion of the sealing member, and a third holding portion that faces a held part formed on the inside of the extended portion of the seal member. A fluid passage is formed in the second holding portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16J 15/3236 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips with at least one lip for each surface, e.g. U-cup packings
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods

4.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STAINLESS STEEL SINTERED MESH

      
Application Number 18032294
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-19
First Publication Date 2023-12-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hiratsuka, Shuichi
  • Saito, Norio

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a sintered mesh includes a step of preparing a mesh made of austenite stainless steel and including a plurality of wires extending respectively in intersecting directions, and a step of heat treatment for controlling an ambient temperature of the mesh. The step of heat treatment includes a temperature rising process for raising the ambient temperature to a treatment temperature, a holding process for holding the ambient temperature at the treatment temperature, and a temperature lowing process for lowing the ambient temperature. The treatment temperature is more than an austenitic temperature. The temperature lowering step includes an quenching process, where the ambient temperature is lowered under an argon gas ambient at a temperature lowering speed more than 3° C./min.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C21D 1/18 - Hardening; Quenching with or without subsequent tempering
  • C21D 1/773 - Methods of treatment in inert gas, controlled atmosphere, vacuum or pulverulent material under reduced pressure or vacuum
  • C21D 9/52 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for strips

5.

SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18021069
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-09
First Publication Date 2023-09-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Takahiro

Abstract

A supporting apparatus for an imaging device, for supporting the imaging device includes a heating device having a heat generating portion, and a supporting portion for supporting the heating device, wherein the heating device is provided on a surface of a heating subject side in the supporting portion, and the surface of the supporting portion includes one or a plurality of non-contact portions which do not contact the heat generating portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03B 17/55 - APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft
  • G03B 17/56 - Accessories

6.

SENSOR BRACKET

      
Application Number 18177231
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-02
First Publication Date 2023-09-07
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mori, Daisuke
  • Nakayama, Shingo

Abstract

A sensor bracket (1) for mounting a sensor (2) to a vehicle body, comprising: a base wall (10) opposing a back surface of the sensor; a pair of first positioning portions (25) projecting from the base wall and abutting a side edge of the sensor from a first direction extending along the base wall; a pair of first pressing portions (26) projecting from the base wall and pressing the sensor against the first positioning portion in the first direction; and a first engaging portion (27) projecting from the base wall and engaging the sensor against a movement thereof away from the base wall, the first engaging portion being positioned between the first positioning portions and the first pressing portions along the first direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01S 7/02 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group
  • G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles

7.

IMAGING DEVICE FOR MOUNTING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18016967
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-30
First Publication Date 2023-09-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mori, Daisuke
  • Saito, Takahiro

Abstract

An imaging device for a mounting device includes a bracket supporting a camera unit having a light receiving unit, and configured to be mounted on an attachment subject, and a hood having a surface expanding in a direction away from the light receiving unit in front of the light receiving unit, and mounted on the bracket so that the surface faces the attachment subject, wherein the hood can be removed from the bracket along the attachment subject while the camera unit is being supported by the bracket.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03B 11/04 - Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders, or focusing aids
  • G03B 17/56 - Accessories

8.

HEATING DEVICE FOR IMAGING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18016994
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-30
First Publication Date 2023-09-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mori, Daisuke
  • Saito, Takahiro
  • Ochiai, Hiroshi

Abstract

A heating device for an imaging device is configured to heat a part of an attachment subject of the imaging device, and includes an opening portion located ahead of a light receiving portion that a camera unit has and opened along a direction away from the light receiving portion, and a heating section located on a side opposite to the attachment subject relative to the opening portion and having a sheet form. The heating section, in a view opposite to the opening portion relative to the attachment subject, at least overlaps a part of the opening portion, and in a portion of the opening portion where the heating section overlaps, in a width direction where the opening portion opens, a width of the heating section is greater than a width of the opening portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
  • B60S 1/02 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • H04N 23/00 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof

9.

BALL JOINT

      
Application Number 17928873
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-05-11
First Publication Date 2023-07-27
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hirano, Yoichi

Abstract

(Task) To provide a ball joint which is easily mounted to the panel with the ball stud mounted therein. (Task) To provide a ball joint which is easily mounted to the panel with the ball stud mounted therein. (Solution) A ball joint includes a ball stud 8 and a socket 10, the socket including: a base portion 12 that is annular about an axis extending in an insertion direction; multiple first protruding parts 13 that each protrude from the base portion in the insertion direction and are joined to each other; and second protruding parts 14, 34 that protrude from the base portion in the insertion direction in positions between the first protruding parts, wherein the second protruding parts rotatably hold the ball in cooperation with tips of the first protruding parts, the first protruding parts are each provided with an extension part 18 that extends out sideways with respect to a protruding direction, an outer surface of the extension part is provided with an engagement part 15 that engages with an edge part of the opening, the first protruding parts and the second protruding parts are each capable of deforming to bend in a radial direction with respect to the axis, and tips of the second protruding parts are positioned more in the insertion direction than edge parts of the extension part on a side of the insertion direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 11/06 - Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints

10.

ATTACHMENT DEVICE

      
Application Number 17988253
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-11-16
First Publication Date 2023-06-08
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yamada, Tatsumi

Abstract

An attachment device for attaching an electronic device to a vehicle structure includes a base attached to the vehicle structure for supporting the electronic device, and a cover attached to the base by a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion includes an engagement concave formed in one of the base and the cover, and an engagement piece formed in the other of the base and the cover and inserting into the engagement concave. The engagement concave includes a first wall and a second wall facing each other in a first direction and opening toward a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The engagement piece includes a first portion abutting against one of the first wall and the second wall, and a second portion extending from the first portion and abutting against the other of the first wall and the second wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

11.

SKIN LOCKING CLIP

      
Application Number 17909205
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-04
First Publication Date 2023-03-23
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • TS TECH CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chinomi, Yuhei
  • Aoki, Kazuya
  • Kikuchi, Kenta
  • Okuma, Kei

Abstract

A skin locking clip that is firmly supported by a pad is provided. The skin locking clip (10) is disposed in a groove (8) of a pad (5) of a vehicle seat or the like, and fixes a locked portion (6c) attached to a skin material. The skin locking clip (10) includes a base plate (11), a locking piece (12) erected on the base plate (11) to lock the locked portion (6c), and an overhanging piece (13) erected on the base plate. Since the overhanging piece (13) is supported by the pad (5), the skin locking clip (10) is firmly supported by the pad (5).

IPC Classes  ?

12.

INSERT-MOLDED FILTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR INSERT-MOLDED FILTER

      
Application Number 17801333
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-10
First Publication Date 2023-03-16
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Norio

Abstract

This insert-molded filter is obtained by insert-molding a cylindrically-shaped mesh into a resin body. This insert-molded filter is provided with: a body which is equipped with a first annular part, a second annular part, and multiple columnar parts connected to the first and second annular parts, and which has multiple openings formed so as to be separated by the multiple columnar parts between the first and second annular parts; and a mesh which is integrally molded with the body so as to cover the multiple openings separated by the multiple columnar parts. The body is provided with a resin introduction part that is disposed outside of the mesh in the radial direction of the first annular part.

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 45/26 - Moulds
  • 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
  • B01D 29/13 - Supported filter elements

13.

MESH FOR INSERT MOLDING

      
Application Number 17799742
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-10
First Publication Date 2023-03-09
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Norio

Abstract

A mesh for insert molding is formed from a single mesh sheet. The mesh for insert molding includes a side wall part that has a band shape extending along the longitudinal direction and includes two joining margins at the longitudinal end parts thereof, a bottom part positioned in the width direction of the side wall part, and a connecting part for connecting the bottom part to the side wall part. The mesh for insert molding is configured so as to be arranged in a die in a state of being molded into a cylindrical shape.

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
  • B01D 39/12 - Filter screens essentially made of metal of expanded metal

14.

LID DEVICE AND CENTER CONSOLE BOX

      
Application Number 17783471
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-02-02
First Publication Date 2023-01-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Izume, Tomoharu
  • Doi, Atsushi

Abstract

The lid device includes a latch body for a latch receiver provided in an opening forming body, an urging device that urges the latch body to always be in a position of being engaged with the latch receiver, and a switching member that is movably provided on a lid lower and that disengages the latch body and the latch receiver in a forward portion. A lid upper is combined with the lid lower so as to be able to slidably move in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotation center axis of the lid cover. Also provided is a linking member that links the lid upper and the lid lower so that the switching member is moved to the forward position when the lid upper is movably operated toward the rotation center axis of the lid lower.

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 19/02 - Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing

15.

LED lighting device

      
Application Number 17782844
Grant Number 11913615
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-01-08
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Grant Date 2024-02-27
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Umeda, Kenji

Abstract

An LED lighting device includes a transparent cover member arranged at an exterior member or an interior member and covering an LED element and a light emitting surface of the LED element mounted on a substrate, and a light transmission member receiving emission light from the light emitting surface of the LED element at a light inlet end and operating as a light transmission path. The light transmission member is integrated with the LED element mounted on the substrate together with the cover member using a transparent resin by insertion molding.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F21S 41/141 - Light emitting diodes [LED]
  • F21S 41/20 - Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
  • F21S 43/19 - Attachment of light sources or lamp holders
  • F21S 43/247 - Light guides with a single light source being coupled into the light guide
  • F21S 43/27 - Attachment thereof
  • F21W 102/00 - Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes

16.

Cup holder

      
Application Number 17765627
Grant Number 11642997
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-19
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kondo, Koji

Abstract

A cup holder that can prevent malfunction and generation of abnormal noise due to adhesion of liquid or other foreign matter is provided. The cup holder (1) includes a holder main body (2) for accommodating a container therein, and arms (3) each including an upper arm piece (10), a lower arm piece (11), and a hinge joint (12) connecting a lower end of the upper arm piece (10) to an upper end of the lower arm piece (11). The arm is an integrally molded product made of a resin material, and the hinge joint (12) is a thin-walled hinge formed by a thin-walled portion thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A47K 1/08 - Accessories for toilet tables, e.g. glass plates, supports therefor
  • B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated

17.

STORAGE DEVICE AND COVER MEMBER FOR THE STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number 17762170
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-08-12
First Publication Date 2022-11-24
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Taniguchi, Katsuhiko
  • Doi, Atsushi

Abstract

Provided are a storage device and a cover member for the storage device with which a gap that exposes an internal structure can be shielded without degrading design. In the cover body for the storage device, a gap is formed between an end section of a shutter and upper left and right surface decoration sections, the end section of the shutter on the gap side is formed by a shielding member, and the shielding member extends toward between the upper left or right surface decoration section and a frame-side rail and reaches a lower side of each of the upper left and right surface decoration sections.

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
  • B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated

18.

Cord lock

      
Application Number 17640126
Grant Number 11725712
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-28
First Publication Date 2022-10-20
Grant Date 2023-08-15
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Piao, Xianyong

Abstract

A cord lock includes a cord lock main body as a case which houses the same. The cord lock main body is made such that locking on the cord is released by a pulling operation to reduce an insertion amount of a portion of a male member into an insertion passage. The case forms a cylindrical shape with openings on both ends through which the cord can pass and combines with the cord lock main body side in a manner allowing the case to be reciprocally moved along the cylinder axis direction. When the case is moved forward, the pulling action is made with a first engage-abutting portion of the case engaging an engage-abutted portion. When the case is moved backward, the pulling operation is made with a second engagement portion of the case engaging the engagement portion of the case engage-abutted portion of the male member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16G 11/10 - Quick-acting fastenings; Clamps holding in one direction only
  • A43C 7/08 - Clamps drawn tight by laces

19.

Clip and clip attaching structure

      
Application Number 17640071
Grant Number 11933337
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-04
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sawano, Kota

Abstract

A clip includes a male member having a head part and a rod-shaped pin part; and a female member having a cylindrical part into which the pin part is inserted, a first engaging hook on the cylindrical part engaging the pin part at a first inserting position of the pin part and a second inserting position on a back side in an inserting direction, and a second engaging hook engaging an edge of the attaching hole when the cylindrical part is inserted into the attaching hole. The pin part includes a tolerance part allowing elastic deformation of the second engaging hook when the pin part is in the first inserting position, and a stopping part positioned on the head part side supporting the second engaging hook from inside the cylindrical part and stopping elastic deformation of the second engaging hook when the pin part is in the second inserting position.

IPC Classes  ?

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

20.

VEHICLE INTERIOR MEMBER AND VEHICLE INTERIOR MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD

      
Application Number 17618639
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-16
First Publication Date 2022-08-18
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Umeda, Kenji

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle interior member that can suppress the reflection of light to the outside, and that can reduce glare from whatever angle a passenger views the interior member. A cross-section of a groove 6 formed in a vehicle interior member 4 is substantially V-shaped, and is constituted by two flat surfaces, a first reflection surface 7 and a second reflection surface 8. The groove 6 has a groove angle θ of 32 degrees, and the reflectance at a light receiving surface 5 is no more than 2.0%.

IPC Classes  ?

21.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 17665934
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-07
First Publication Date 2022-08-18
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Seto, Yasuhiko

Abstract

A damper device for providing a braking force includes a cylinder member having an inner wall, and a piston member slidably disposed in the cylinder member, the braking force being generated by movement or relative movement of the piston member. The piston member includes a seal member having an attachment base, and a lip portion extending from the attachment base and contacting the inner wall of the cylinder member, and a bending regulation portion assembled with the seal member for regulating an outer surface of the attachment base of the seal member.

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

22.

BUMPER ATTACHMENT RETAINER

      
Application Number 17614575
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-05-07
First Publication Date 2022-07-21
Owner Nifco Inc. (Japan)
Inventor Sawano, Kota

Abstract

A bumper attachment retainer including: a support portion configured to support, from a back face of a bumper, an upper face section of the bumper at which an upper face of the bumper is formed; a first upper restricting portion configured to make contact with the upper face section of the bumper, which is disposed at a reference position with the upper face section supported by the support portion, to restrict a position of the bumper in an attachment direction, and to release positional restriction of the bumper in a case in which a motive force in the attachment direction acting on the bumper disposed at the reference position is a predetermined force or greater; and a second upper restricting portion configured to make contact with the upper face section of the bumper disposed at the reference position and to restrict a position of the bumper in a detachment direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 19/24 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles

23.

BUMPER ATTACHMENT DEVICE

      
Application Number 17617425
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-23
First Publication Date 2022-07-14
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Masuda, Naoyuki

Abstract

A bumper attachment device for attaching a bumper face to a vehicle body includes a main portion, a vehicle body connection portion provided at the main portion and adapted to be connected to the vehicle body, and an elastic claw provided at the main portion and adapted to engage an engaging hole formed at the bumper face. The elastic claw extends from the main portion, and includes a beam having elasticity and a claw portion projecting from a tip portion of the beam to a side portion. The claw portion includes a check surface engaging a hole wall of the engagement hole, and the check surface has a dent and projection shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 19/24 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips

24.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR BATTERY PACK

      
Application Number 17611796
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-05-22
First Publication Date 2022-07-14
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Okabayashi, Shunsuke

Abstract

A pressure relief valve for a battery pack is attached to a port formed in a pack case of a battery pack. The pressure relief valve has a casing including a discharge hole and a valve mechanism configured to open and close the discharge hole. The discharge hole is connected to the port when the pressure relief valve is attached to the port. The pressure relief valve includes a cover attached to the casing. A passage is formed between the cover and the casing to release gas that is discharged from the discharge hole. The valve mechanism includes a valve member configured to close the discharge hole and a biasing portion that biases the valve member to a closed position where the valve member closes the discharge hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/325 - Re-sealable arrangements comprising deformable valve members, e.g. elastic or flexible valve members
  • H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells

25.

Outer layer engagement clip

      
Application Number 17437629
Grant Number 11759025
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-19
First Publication Date 2022-05-19
Grant Date 2023-09-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Chinomi, Yuhei

Abstract

In a clip for engagement of an outer layer, the outer layer covering a foam member in a state held by the foam member being caught to a foam member side by engagement of an engaged portion provided at a rear side of the outer layer, the clip includes a base configured to be held by the foam member, a pair of projection walls erected on the base and facing each other, engagement portions extending from the projection walls in a width direction of the projection walls, and arranged to be swingable substantially parallel to the base or horizontally, wherein the engaged portion is configured to be sandwiched between the engagement portions to elastically engage. Accordingly, since the engagement portion bends horizontally relative the base, the overall height can be made low.

IPC Classes  ?

26.

WINDSHIELD DEVICE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE

      
Application Number 17440309
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-12-23
First Publication Date 2022-05-12
Owner
  • Nifco Inc. (Japan)
  • HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Naoi, Hajime
  • Ishida, Shinichiro
  • Hara, Naoki

Abstract

To simplify the configuration, decrease the number of parts, and reduce the manufacturing cost, a windshield device for a saddle-ride type vehicle includes: a screen 5 whose height is adjustable; a holder 11 holding the screen; a bracket 12 fixed to a vehicle body side member 7 and having a guide hole 71; an arm 13 arranged between the holder and the bracket; a first shaft 51 rotatably coupling the holder and the bracket and configured to move along the guide hole; a second shaft 52 arranged parallel to the first shaft and coupling the holder and one end of the arm; a third shaft 53 arranged parallel to the first shaft and coupling the bracket and another end of the arm; and an operation member 15 provided at an end portion of the first shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

27.

DISPLAY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPRISING DISPLAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 17454834
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-15
First Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Doi, Atsushi
  • Fukuda, Tsuyoshi
  • Fukushima, Keisuke
  • Nishio, Eiichiro

Abstract

The display device includes a display, a resin member, and a transparent layer. The display includes a first surface on which an image is displayed, a second surface located oppositely to the first surface, and a side surface extending from the first surface to reach the second surface. The resin member includes an inner wall surface at least partially opposed to the side surface of the display, a first surface connected to the inner wall surface and located on the same side as the first surface of the display, and a second surface connected to the inner wall surface and located on the same side as the second surface of the display. The transparent layer includes a second surface spreading in contact with the first surface of the display and the first surface of the resin member, and a first surface located oppositely to the second surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05K 5/03 - Covers
  • H05K 5/00 - Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus
  • B60K 35/00 - Arrangement or adaptations of instruments
  • 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

28.

Bracket for vehicle mount camera

      
Application Number 17414384
Grant Number 11740541
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-17
First Publication Date 2022-02-17
Grant Date 2023-08-29
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tachibana, Norihide

Abstract

A bracket includes a base portion arranged to be fixed to a face inside the window glass, and an engagement piece, an engagement portion thereof engaging an end of the vehicle mount camera located at a rear side in a sliding movement by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera. The engagement piece includes a fixed end integrated with the base portion, and a free end arranged with a space relative to the fixed end in a vehicle front-rear direction, the engagement portion being provided at the free end so that the sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera is made by an elastic deformation of the engagement piece through an abutment of the engagement portion to the vehicle mount camera, and an engagement of the engagement portion is made by an elastic recovery of the engagement piece at an end position of the sliding operation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03B 17/56 - Accessories
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

29.

Bracket for vehicle mount camera

      
Application Number 17416729
Grant Number 11890995
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-27
First Publication Date 2022-02-10
Grant Date 2024-02-06
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tachibana, Norihide

Abstract

A bracket includes an abutment portion for a front end portion of a vehicle mount camera, first support portions located at a rear side than the abutment portion to receive first supported portions provided at the vehicle mount camera from a rear side, and second support portions located at right and left at a rear side than the first support portions, for receiving therebetween a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera. The left and right second support portions respectively include elastic engagement pieces, the elastic engagement piece permitting, by elastic deformation, an upward movement operation of a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera at a first supported portion as fulcrum from a state that the first support portion receives the first supported portion, and engaging a second supported portion provided in the vehicle mount camera by elastic returning at a finish position of the upward movement.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

30.

On-board bracket for on-board device at vehicle

      
Application Number 17331881
Grant Number 11890994
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-27
First Publication Date 2021-12-09
Grant Date 2024-02-06
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Otake, Takanori
  • Seko, Shohei
  • Hashimoto, Hideaki

Abstract

There is provided an on-board-device bracket capable of appropriately mounting a front portion of an imaging means with respect to a windshield. An on-board-device bracket 10 is formed by a bracket body portion 11 and a front portion 16 connected to a front part of a center portion of the bracket body portion 11. Slits 17 along the front portion 16 are formed between the front portion 16 and the bracket body portion 11. The front portion 16 includes, at the front end thereof, a front bonding portion. The front portion 16 is bent by the slits 17 individually from the bracket body portion 11 and displaced with respect to a windshield 1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • G06V 20/56 - Context or environment of the image exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
  • H04N 23/52 - Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements
  • G03B 17/56 - Accessories
  • F16M 11/10 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting around a horizontal axis
  • F16M 11/18 - Heads with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
  • F16M 11/04 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
  • F16M 11/12 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

31.

Hole plug

      
Application Number 16957789
Grant Number 11493130
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-10-29
First Publication Date 2021-12-02
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner Nifco Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kabeya, Satoshi
  • Sato, Takehiro

Abstract

A hole plug includes: a tube-shaped outer peripheral wall configured to be inserted into an attachment hole formed in an attachment-target member; a blocking portion-close off the inside of the outer peripheral wall; a ring-shaped flange that juts out toward a radial direction outer side of the outer peripheral wall from an end portion of the outer peripheral wall on an opposite side from an insertion direction so as to cover a location surrounding the attachment hole; a hook portion engage with an edge of the attachment hole; and a plurality of recess portions that are formed at a front face of a base end portion of the flange at intervals around a circumferential direction of the flange, each of the recess portions including a bottom portion with a planar face profile or a curved face profile.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 13/14 - Detachable closure members; Means for tightening closures attached exclusively by spring action or elastic action
  • B62D 25/24 - Superstructure sub-units with access openings having movable or removable closures

32.

Hole plug attachment structure

      
Application Number 16957767
Grant Number 11585440
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-10-29
First Publication Date 2021-11-25
Grant Date 2023-02-21
Owner Nifco Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kabeya, Satoshi
  • Sato, Takehiro

Abstract

A hole plug attachment structure includes: a first attachment-target member is formed with a first attachment hole; a second attachment-target member is formed with a second attachment hole; and a hole plug that includes a tube-shaped outer peripheral wall, a blocking portion, a ring shaped flange jutting out toward a radial direction outer side of the outer peripheral wall from an end portion of the outer peripheral wall on an opposite side from an insertion direction so as to cover a location surrounding the second attachment hole, and a hook portion, a location of the flange that abuts an edge of the second attachment hole being thicker than a location of the flange that abuts the edge of the first attachment hole, in a state in which a back face of the flange abuts both the edge of the first attachment hole and the edge of the second attachment hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 13/14 - Detachable closure members; Means for tightening closures attached exclusively by spring action or elastic action

33.

Fuel filter device

      
Application Number 17283035
Grant Number 11752858
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-01
First Publication Date 2021-11-11
Grant Date 2023-09-12
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasaki, Hiroshi
  • Yamada, Shokei
  • Matsuda, Shohei

Abstract

A fuel filter device includes a filter cloth and a skeletal structural member including an inner flange portion positioned inside the filter cloth and a connecting member including an outer flange portion positioned outside the filter cloth, wherein a peripheral edge portion of an opening of the filter cloth is clamped between the inner flange portion and the outer flange portion, the inner flange portion and the outer flange portion jointly defining a center hole and a center bore serving as a communication passage communicating inside of the filter cloth with outside of the filter cloth, and the inner flange portion is provided with a sealing rib to compress the filter cloth to ensure a sealing performance thereof, a welding rib to join the skeletal structural member and the connecting member with each other by welding, and a shifting preventing rib configured to restrict shifting of the filter cloth.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 29/13 - Supported filter elements
  • B60K 15/04 - Tank inlets
  • B01D 35/027 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks rigidly mounted in or on tanks or reservoirs
  • B01D 35/26 - Filters with built-in pumps
  • F02M 37/50 - Filters arranged in or on fuel tanks
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

34.

Bracket for vehicle mount device

      
Application Number 17215705
Grant Number 11292396
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-29
First Publication Date 2021-10-21
Grant Date 2022-04-05
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hwang, Jemin

Abstract

A bracket for a vehicle mount device includes an attachment member for a vehicle side, and a holding portion for the vehicle mount device. The holding portion includes a receiving portion for receiving at least a part of the vehicle mount device by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount device, and a guide portion for a projecting portion of the vehicle mount device along a sliding direction of the sliding operation. The receiving portion includes a position setting wall for the side of the vehicle mount device, and a holding piece for one side of the vehicle mount device. The guide portion includes an elastic piece, which is elastically deformed by contacting the projecting portion during a sliding movement and returns to an original posture at an end of the sliding movement to engage the projection.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R 19/48 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds
  • G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles

35.

Clip for attachment of floor carpet

      
Application Number 17188488
Grant Number 11312281
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-01
First Publication Date 2021-09-23
Grant Date 2022-04-26
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Furuuchi, Suguru
  • Hamamoto, Takuya

Abstract

A clip for attachment of a floor carpet includes a male member having a lower flange portion, and a shaft portion projecting from the lower flange portion; and a female member having a cylindrical portion to which the shaft portion is inserted, an upper flange portion projecting around an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion, and an engaging portion at an inner periphery of the cylindrical portion. The male member also includes a hole portion penetrating through the lower flange portion and the cylindrical portion, engaging projections formed around an outer periphery of the shaft portion, and a regulation member inserted into the hole portion. In case the male member is inserted into the female member to engage the engaging projections with the engaging portion and the regulation member is inserted into the hole portion, the regulation member prevents the engaging projections from being disengaged from the engaging portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60B 3/04 - Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body with a single disc body not integral with rim
  • B60N 3/04 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of floor mats

36.

Nozzle device

      
Application Number 17259255
Grant Number 11938501
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-05
First Publication Date 2021-09-02
Grant Date 2024-03-26
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

A nozzle device 1 includes a main body 10 that is formed of a main-body first member 11 and a main-body second member 22 and that has an internal accommodation space 21 in which members are accommodated, a movable nozzle portion 30 that is accommodated in the accommodation space 21, and a coil spring 2 that is disposed between the movable nozzle portion 30 and the main body 10. When air is supplied to a main-body flow-path portion 23 from below, the flow path of the air is changed by the Coanda effect in an air guiding portion 27 such that the air flows along the air guiding portion 27, and the air flows into a gap between an air receiving portion 36 and the air guiding portion 27 and is guided to the air receiving portion 36. The air is pressurized in the air receiving portion 36 and pushes up the movable nozzle portion 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B05B 15/74 - Arrangements for moving spray heads automatically to or from the working position using hydraulic or pneumatic means driven by the discharged fluid
  • A61L 9/14 - Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air using sprayed or atomised substances
  • B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
  • B60H 3/00 - Other air-treating devices

37.

Planar heat generating body and vehicle windshield device

      
Application Number 17262589
Grant Number 11656455
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-29
First Publication Date 2021-08-26
Grant Date 2023-05-23
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kasetani, Yasuki

Abstract

Provided are a planar heat generating body and a vehicle windshield device that are capable of effectively suppressing adhesion of foreign matter thereto. The planar heat generating body includes: a heat generating wire that repeatedly folds so as to cover a surface surrounded by an outline; and a conducting wire for supplying current to the heat generating wire, that has a lower electrical resistance than the heat generating wire, as a result of having a greater width than the heat generating wire, and follows the outline.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • B60S 1/02 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices
  • G03B 11/04 - Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders, or focusing aids
  • H05B 3/18 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor the conductor being embedded in an insulating material
  • H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

38.

Slide type lid structure

      
Application Number 17055741
Grant Number 11772564
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-24
First Publication Date 2021-07-08
Grant Date 2023-10-03
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Izume, Tomoharu

Abstract

A sliding lid structure includes a sheet base material capable of being curved in a sliding direction; and a plurality of ribs disposed on a lower surface side of the sheet base material at intervals in a sheet base material sliding direction. Two ends of the rib engage guide grooves formed at two sides of an opening of a device main unit and having curved groove parts. The sheet base material includes axially supported parts positioned on two sides of the lower surface side of the base material and provided at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. The rib includes rib uppers arranged inside the axially supported parts on the two sides and attachable to and detachable from a sheet base material lower, shaft supports engaging the axially supported parts, and projections fitting into the guide grooves; and is rotatably or swingably supported with respect to the sheet base material.

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
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B65D 43/20 - Non-removable lids or covers linearly slidable
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

39.

Clip

      
Application Number 17268846
Grant Number 11920622
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-21
First Publication Date 2021-06-24
Grant Date 2024-03-05
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hattori, Kenji

Abstract

The clip includes a head part, a shaft part, a pin having first and second engaged parts at the shaft part, and a grommet having a flange part with an insertion hole, a leg part, and an engaging part engaging with/disengaging from the engaged part. The pin has the engaging part near the inner periphery of the insertion hole of the flange part. The pin has guide grooves between the first and second engaged parts to guide the movement of the pin while movably engaging the engaging part. Switching between a temporary fixing state and a permanent fixing state is conducted through movement of the shaft part associated with guiding by the guide grooves. When the pin in the permanent fixing state is rotated and moved in the pull-up direction associated with guiding by the guide grooves, engagement between the engaging part and the second engaged part is released.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips

40.

Bracket and onboard device attachment structure

      
Application Number 17117170
Grant Number 11661018
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-10
First Publication Date 2021-06-17
Grant Date 2023-05-30
Owner Nifco Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takeda, Naoya
  • Fukumoto, Mitsuru
  • Hasegawa, Satoshi

Abstract

A resin bracket for fixing an onboard device to a window glass employed in a vehicle. The bracket includes plural bracket pieces, each configured to be adhered to the window glass, a coupling portion configured to couple together adjacent bracket pieces of the bracket pieces so as to allow relative movement therebetween, and an engaging portion provided at each of the bracket pieces so as to enable plural engagement portions provided at the onboard device to engage with the respective engaging portions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

41.

LID URGING STRUCTURE

      
Application Number 17047235
Status Pending
Filing Date 2019-05-30
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Watanabe, Yasuhiro

Abstract

A lid urging structure includes a housing, a lid pivotally supported on the housing via a link member and switched among a closed position where the lid closes an opening in the housing, a first position in the middle of opening from the closed position, a second position located further in an opening direction, and a fully open position; and an urging member that urges the lid in a closing direction at the closed position and, when the lid is pivoted from the closing direction to the second position by overcoming the urging force, the urging direction is reversed, enables switching from the second position to the fully open position by the urging force. The urging member is formed of a plurality of springs disposed between the link member and the housing. The operating force and the urging force are adjusted by means of a balance between the springs.

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
  • B60L 53/16 - Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles

42.

Shielding member

      
Application Number 16953280
Grant Number 11383648
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-11-19
First Publication Date 2021-05-20
Grant Date 2022-07-12
Owner
  • HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATION (Japan)
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Asai, Hiroaki
  • Inukai, Atsuko
  • Fujimatsu, Jun
  • Aoki, Yuto

Abstract

A shielding member comprises a generally rectangular and flexible sheet member including a first part and a second part, a first wire surrounding at least a portion of the first part, and a second wire surrounding at least a portion of the second part. The shielding member is foldable in two about a portion between the first wire and the second wire such that the first part with the first wire and the second part with the second wire overlap each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 5/04 - Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like arranged at rear of vehicle

43.

Fuel tank valve apparatus

      
Application Number 17012760
Grant Number 11155159
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-04
First Publication Date 2021-04-15
Grant Date 2021-10-26
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Okabayashi, Shunsuke

Abstract

A fuel tank valve apparatus includes a valve port configured to allow inside and outside of a fuel tank to communicate with each other, a valve chamber formed under the valve port, a float body disposed movably up and down inside the valve chamber, and a seal member having elasticity with respect to the valve port and mounted on an upper portion of the float body. The seal member includes a main body configured to close the valve port, a combining portion with respect to the upper portion of the float body, and an extending portion laterally extending from the main body. The float body includes a combined portion combined with the combining portion with up-and-down movements of the seal member allowed in a predetermined range, and a hook portion located above the extending portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F16K 17/36 - Safety valves; Equalising valves actuated in consequence of extraneous circumstances, e.g. shock, change of position

44.

LOCK APPARATUS

      
Application Number 17010091
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-02
First Publication Date 2021-04-01
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kondo, Koji

Abstract

A lock apparatus includes a lid configured to turn to open and close an opening of a box; a rod switchable between a locked position where a tip of the rod projects to outside of the lid and an unlocked position where the tip is retracted to inside of the lid; and a guide member attached to the inside of the lid and configured to slidably support the rod. The lid includes one of an engaging portion and an engaged portion, and the guide member includes another of the engaging portion and the engaged portion. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are configured to move the guide member in a direction intersecting a lid opening and closing direction to thereby fix and press-fit to each other without rattle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 79/18 - Rod guides
  • E05B 77/36 - Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

45.

SHEET HEATER, AND WINDSHIELD DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

      
Application Number 16954703
Status Pending
Filing Date 2018-12-20
First Publication Date 2021-03-25
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • KURABE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kasetani, Yasuki
  • Nagai, Toshikazu
  • Suzuki, Tatsunori

Abstract

A sheet heater comprises a sheet form heating unit configured from a wire heater. The heating unit comprises a first heating unit positioned along a peripheral edge of the area subject to heating, and a second heating unit positioned at an area surrounded by the first heating unit. The second heating unit comprises a plurality of meandering parts, with mutually adjacent meandering parts overlapping each other in the meandering direction. In the heating unit, the width (WL) of the wire heater is greater than the width (WP) between mutually adjacent wire heaters.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
  • H05B 3/12 - Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
  • H05B 3/34 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs

46.

Resin molded article constituting electrostatic-capacitance type operation device

      
Application Number 17042628
Grant Number 11495423
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-24
First Publication Date 2021-02-04
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Doi, Atsushi

Abstract

The resin molded article is molded by using an electrode sheet as an insert in a state where one surface of the electrode sheet is closely attached to an inner surface which serves as the inner side of the operation surface. The electrode sheet is formed by using, as a base material, a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet which outputs an electrical signal according to the amount of change of electrostatic capacitance generated by a contact operation with respect to the operation surface. At least a whole or a part of the inner surface is formed in a three-dimensionally curved surface, and a passage is formed in the electrode sheet so as to allow a molten resin following in through a gate formed in a die which comes into contact with the other surface of the electrode sheet during molding to pass toward one surface side of the electrode sheet.

IPC Classes  ?

  • 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
  • H01H 1/06 - Contacts characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved
  • H01H 9/02 - Bases, casings, or covers
  • H01H 11/06 - Fixing of contacts to carrier

47.

Bracket for in-vehicle device and holding device for in-vehicle device

      
Application Number 16933044
Grant Number 11338742
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-20
First Publication Date 2021-01-28
Grant Date 2022-05-24
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Inayoshi, Yuichiro

Abstract

A bracket for holding an in-vehicle device inside a window glass includes a base configured to be fixed to an inside surface of the window glass; right and left side portions protruding downward from the base; a locking member assembled so as to be movable between a first position and a second position; and at least one support portion configured to receive a supported portion provided in the in-vehicle device and inserted between the right and left side portions from a lateral direction while the locking member is located at the first position. When the locking member is moved to the second position while the supported portion is received by the support portion, the locking member is pressed against the supported portion so that the in-vehicle device is held in any of the front to rear direction and the up to down direction without rattling.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

48.

Clip

      
Application Number 16639875
Grant Number 11542973
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-19
First Publication Date 2020-11-19
Grant Date 2023-01-03
Owner
  • NIFCO, Inc. (Japan)
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Shohei
  • Shimosato, Kota

Abstract

A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a clip including a grommet and a pin, which does not degrade design quality and allows the clip to be removed easily from members to be attached without causing damage. The grommet is configured to be inserted into attachment holes of the members to be attached, and includes a grommet hole into which a pin is to be inserted. Depending on an insertion position of the pin relative to the grommet, the grommet undergoes elastic deformation to allow the members to be attached to each other or detached from each other. A flange portion of the grommet has an engagement hole so that the clip can be removed from the members by engaging a tool with the engagement hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 13/00 - Dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose
  • B60R 13/00 - Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes

49.

One-way damper mechanism

      
Application Number 16498051
Grant Number 11364849
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-30
First Publication Date 2020-10-08
Grant Date 2022-06-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Jinbo, Naoto

Abstract

A one-way damper mechanism, which can properly operate a damper by appropriately engaging a gear and a rotary damper so as to reduce wobbling, is provided. A one-way damper mechanism includes a gear-holding member provided with a gear engaging with a rack, which relatively moves to the rack; and a damper-holding member provided with a rotary damper, which relatively moves to the rack, and the one-way damper mechanism changes between a braking state wherein the gear and a damper gear are engaged, and a release state wherein the gear and the damper gear 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
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • F16F 9/54 - Arrangements for attachment
  • 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

50.

Storage device for vehicle

      
Application Number 16607984
Grant Number 11148600
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-18
First Publication Date 2020-10-08
Grant Date 2021-10-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tachibana, Norihide

Abstract

A storage device for vehicle includes one member which can house an article on an inside; and another member attached to an outside of the one member in a state wherein at least one portion is superimposed. An essential portion includes a buffer material disposed inside the one member and can abut against the article to be housed therein, and the buffer material includes a portion sandwiched between the one member and the another member, and formed to extend from the buffer material.

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

51.

Oil separator

      
Application Number 16633746
Grant Number 11319846
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-24
First Publication Date 2020-10-08
Grant Date 2022-05-03
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakaya, Hiroyuki
  • Takahashi, Kenji
  • Utsu, Keisuke

Abstract

An oil separator is provided, which can accurately control an interval between an introduction hole of a gaseous body and a separation member, and can ensure a stable and high separation performance. An oil separator 30 includes a wall portion 31 having a plurality of orifices 32, and a holding portion 34 holding a separation member 33. A facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 is disposed along a front face portion 42A of a positioning portion 42 having a plurality of opening portions 42D, so that an interval L between the orifices 32 and the facing surface 33A of the separation member 33 accurately has a desired distance. A gas separated from an oil smoothly flows downward along a flow path formed by the opening portions 42D so as to reduce a pressure loss.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 19/00 - Degasification of liquids
  • F01M 13/04 - Crankcase ventilating or breathing having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil
  • B01D 39/08 - Filter cloth, i.e. woven, knitted or interlaced material

52.

Sensor assembly and mounting method therefor

      
Application Number 16954663
Grant Number 10983202
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-19
First Publication Date 2020-10-01
Grant Date 2021-04-20
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ochiai, Hiroshi
  • Izume, Tomoharu

Abstract

Provided is a sensor part having a vibrating member and a mounting method therefor that allows the sensor part to be mounted to a target member such as a bumper in a simple, efficient and reliable manner. The sensor part includes a first assembly (3) including a tubular first case (5), a vibrating member (7) temporarily retained by the first case, and a pressing member (12) slidably supported in the first case, and a second assembly (4) including a second case (34) to be connected to the first case, and a circuit board (35) for controlling the vibrating member. After the first case is fixed to the target member, the pressing member is pushed so as to release the vibrating member from the temporal retention, and press the vibrating member against the target member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01S 7/52 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group
  • H01L 41/053 - Mounts, supports, enclosures or casings
  • G01S 7/521 - Constructional features
  • F16B 5/07 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils
  • G01S 15/93 - Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes

53.

Fluid discharge mechanism and spray device for fluid

      
Application Number 16650971
Grant Number 11090673
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-21
First Publication Date 2020-09-17
Grant Date 2021-08-17
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

A fluid discharge mechanism includes a valve chamber having a linking portion linked to a pressurization space for a fluid, a first communication portion formed on a side opposite to the linking portion, and a second communication portion formed at a location between the linking portion and the first communication portion; a main flow channel communicating the second communication portion with a discharge opening; a sub-flow channel communicating the first communication portion with the main flow channel; and a valve member located inside the valve chamber and formed so as to move forward to the first-communication-portion side when the pressurization-space side reaches a predetermined pressure, to open the second communication portion, thereby performing the discharge, and so as to move backward to the communication-portion side after completion of the discharge.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
  • B08B 3/02 - Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
  • B60S 1/56 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens
  • B60S 1/46 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices using liquid; Windscreen washers

54.

Heating device

      
Application Number 16871154
Grant Number 11432376
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-11
First Publication Date 2020-08-27
Grant Date 2022-08-30
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ochiai, Hiroshi

Abstract

A heating device for off-vehicle information acquisition means, which has high heating efficiency, which is thin, and which has a high degree of freedom for layout of a heating element is provided. A heating device (100), which is arranged inside a vehicle, heats a window glass portion (Wa) located in an information acquisition path (5) of an off-vehicle information acquisition means (50) for acquiring information outside the vehicle. The heating device (100) comprises a hood (10) provided inside the vehicle below the information acquisition path (5) of the off-vehicle information acquisition means (50) and a heating element (20) provided on the surface of the hood (10) or inside the hood (10) and having a PTC heater layer (21).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
  • G03B 17/55 - APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

55.

Clip

      
Application Number 16060102
Grant Number 11092179
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-12-05
First Publication Date 2020-08-20
Grant Date 2021-08-17
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Banno, Yoshikazu

Abstract

A clip includes a male member including a head portion and a shaft portion; a female member including a locking leg portion forming an insertion hole into which the shaft portion is inserted, and a flange portion provided in an upper periphery of the locking leg portion; and an engagement device restraining the head portion in the flange portion substantially at the same time when the locking leg portion comes to a use state by pushing the shaft portion into the insertion hole. Essential parts are the engagement device formed by a claw portion provided in one of the head portion and the flange portion, and a hole portion provided in the other of the head portion and the flange portion, and engaging the claw portion. The claw portion projects to a piece portion elastically moveable, and one portion of a hole forming portion dividing the hole portion is formed to be elastically moveable through the hole portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically
  • 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 21/08 - Releasable fastening devices with snap action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part

56.

Attaching structure for motor vehicle, including bracket with low rigidity portion for vehicle safety

      
Application Number 16635041
Grant Number 10767603
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-29
First Publication Date 2020-08-06
Grant Date 2020-09-08
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Davies, Matt
  • Wilkinson, Gavin
  • Garrett, Steve

Abstract

An attaching structure for a motor vehicle includes a cylinder head; an EGR valve arranged adjacent to the cylinder head; a bracket including a first portion attached to the cylinder head, a second portion attached to the EGR valve, and a low rigidity portion arranged between the first portion and the second portion, the low rigidity portion having a rigidity less than remaining portions of the bracket; and a vehicle component arranged adjacent to the EGR valve. The low rigidity portion is formed to break when the EGR valve receives a shock load from the vehicle component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F02M 26/12 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems characterised by means for attaching parts of an EGR system to each other or to engine parts
  • B60R 21/34 - Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians
  • B60R 21/00 - Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks

57.

Blow-by gas conduit

      
Application Number 16633714
Grant Number 11105232
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-24
First Publication Date 2020-07-02
Grant Date 2021-08-31
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakaya, Hiroyuki

Abstract

A fluid conduit allowing a fluid to flow therethrough is provided, which can increase airtightness by a partition wall without reducing the accuracy of a size or a shape of an orifice provided in the partition wall. A partition wall 10 of a fluid conduit 1 is formed by joining an upper-side partition wall portion 11 and a lower-side partition wall portion 12 by welding. The lower-side partition wall portion 12 includes a joint-side portion 13 and an orifice-side portion (a wall portion 31), and while providing a joint portion 19 to the upper-side partition wall portion 11 in the joint-side portion 13, the orifice 32 is provided in the orifice-side portion, so that the joint portion 19 and the orifice 32 are disposed in a position shifted from each other when viewed from a joint direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F01M 13/04 - Crankcase ventilating or breathing having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil

58.

Wind direction adjustment device

      
Application Number 15779707
Grant Number 10807442
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-11-25
First Publication Date 2020-07-02
Grant Date 2020-10-20
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nemoto, Takehiko

Abstract

A wind direction adjustment device includes a plurality of fins supported at top and bottom end sides in a case; a link mechanism associating the fins; a horizontal-fin supported at right and left end sides at second support portions in the case; and a knob supported movably to front and back and to right and left relative to the horizontal fin. The wind direction adjustment device adjustably switches between a parallel air-blowing mode wherein the fins become approximately parallel to one another and a dispersive air-blowing mode wherein two or more of the fins are turned in opposite directions through the knob. The parallel air-blowing mode is switched to the dispersive air-blowing mode by operating the knob forward or backward in an air-blowing direction, wherein by operating the knob to a right or left side, some fins turn in an approximately same direction to switch a dispersive air-blowing direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60H 1/34 - Nozzles; Air-diffusers
  • F24F 13/14 - Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built-up of tilting members, e.g. louvre

59.

Vehicle lid device

      
Application Number 16630718
Grant Number 11285805
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-10
First Publication Date 2020-06-25
Grant Date 2022-03-29
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yagura, Seiji

Abstract

The lid device for vehicle includes a link member supporting a lid to open and close; and a basing member moving the lid from a fully-closed position to a first reference position which is a partly-open position, and moving the lid from a second reference position which is further in the open direction than the first reference position to a fully-open position. The link member includes first and second link members pivotally supported at one end on the rear side of the lid, and pivotally supported at the other end within the housing. The biasing member has a pop-up contact part for switching the lid from the closed position to the first reference position, and a deadlock contact part inner surface for switching between biasing toward the first reference position and biasing toward the fully opening position with the second reference position in between.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers
  • E05F 1/10 - Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated for swinging wings
  • B60K 15/04 - Tank inlets

60.

Filter device

      
Application Number 16494980
Grant Number 11752454
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-20
First Publication Date 2020-06-25
Grant Date 2023-09-12
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mimura, Kouhei

Abstract

A filter device is formed by installing an orifice member to the fluid passage of a filter body and avoids being functionally impaired by residue such as shavings generated during the installing of the orifice member. A filter device is provided with a filter body that has a fluid passage; and an orifice member that is installed in the fluid passage. The orifice member is provided with a body that has an orifice, a first flange that is press-fitted into the large-diameter part of the fluid passage, and a second flange that forms a closed trap space between itself and the first flange. A knurling is provided to the outer peripheral surface of the first flange. A knurling is provided to the outer peripheral surface of the first flange. Shavings formed during the installing of the orifice member to the filter body are captured in the trap space.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 29/35 - Self-supporting filtering elements arranged for outward flow filtration
  • B01D 39/16 - Other self-supporting filtering material of organic material, e.g. synthetic fibres

61.

Clip

      
Application Number 16609906
Grant Number 11325542
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-05-10
First Publication Date 2020-06-25
Grant Date 2022-05-10
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Naoi, Hajime

Abstract

An airbag device attached to a vehicle body frame member and covered by a garnish is configured such that when a bag body is deployed, the airbag device pushes out the garnish to create a gap between the garnish and the vehicle body frame member to allow the bag body to be inflated out of the gap. The clip for securing the garnish to the vehicle body frame member includes a first member configured to be fixed to the vehicle body frame member, a second member configured to be fixed to the garnish, and a connecting member for keeping the first member and the second member connected when the airbag is deployed. The connecting member is tiltable with respect to the first member and the second member so that the movable range of the clip can be maximized without using flexible material for the connecting member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 13/02 - Trim mouldings; Ledges; Wall liners; Roof liners
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • B60R 21/216 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components characterised by the covers for the inflatable member comprising tether means for limitation of cover motion during deployment
  • B60R 21/213 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in vehicle roof frames or pillars

62.

Urging structure for lid

      
Application Number 16638286
Grant Number 11125000
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-20
First Publication Date 2020-06-04
Grant Date 2021-09-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hirama, Taku

Abstract

An urging structure for a lid includes a spring member having one spring end linked to a supply-port-forming member and the other spring end linked to a lid, and provided so as to be most elastically deformed at an intermediate position between a closed position and a maximum open position of the lid to urge the lid. The spring member is linked to the lid in such a way so as to vary a distance between the other spring end and a turning center of the lid, and the distance stays constant when the lid is in the closed position and in the intermediate position, increases in a process of moving from the intermediate position to the maximum open position, and becomes maximum when the lid is in the maximum open position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 1/08 - Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated
  • E05F 1/12 - Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers

63.

Air vent unit serving as container holder

      
Application Number 16616156
Grant Number 11351843
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-20
First Publication Date 2020-05-21
Grant Date 2022-06-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nemoto, Takehiko

Abstract

An air vent unit includes a vent portion communicating with an outlet of an air conditioning device; and a container holding portion communicating with the vent portion to hold a container. In a vent-portion attachment state wherein the vent portion is attached to an outlet by facing the vent portion toward an interior side, the container holding portion is stored inside the outlet. In a container-holding-portion attachment state wherein the air vent unit is removed from the outlet from the vent-portion attachment state and the vent portion is attached by facing toward the outlet, the container holding portion projects toward the interior side, and at that time, the container holding portion is held not to be pushed toward an inside of the outlet.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60H 1/34 - Nozzles; Air-diffusers
  • B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated

64.

Vehicle lid device

      
Application Number 16630260
Grant Number 11214141
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-10
First Publication Date 2020-04-30
Grant Date 2022-01-04
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yagura, Seiji

Abstract

A vehicle lid device includes a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing. A connection portion between the housing side and the lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, fitting of the fitting portion is released.

IPC Classes  ?

65.

Fuel supply port device

      
Application Number 16619807
Grant Number 11091028
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-20
First Publication Date 2020-04-30
Grant Date 2021-08-17
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ogose, Kensuke

Abstract

A fuel supply port device includes a tubular main member portion where a fuel supply nozzle is inserted from a tube-upper-end side; a cover member covering a side portion on the tube-upper-end side of the tubular main member portion from an outside; an earth member electrically connecting a fuel-supply-nozzle side to be inserted and a body-panel side; and a seal member sealing a pass-through portion of the earth member formed in the cover member. The seal member includes an insert-through portion allowing a one-end-portion side of the earth member to be inserted to pass through from the outside of the tubular main member portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/04 - Tank inlets
  • B60K 15/01 - Arrangement of fuel conduits
  • B67D 7/32 - Arrangements of safety or warning devices; Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

66.

Clip

      
Application Number 16609922
Grant Number 10967809
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-05-10
First Publication Date 2020-04-16
Grant Date 2021-04-06
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Naoi, Hajime

Abstract

An airbag device attached to a vehicle body frame member and covered by a garnish is configured such that when a bag body is deployed, the airbag device pushes out the garnish to create a gap between the garnish and the vehicle body frame member to allow the bag body to be inflated out of the gap. A clip for securing the garnish to the vehicle body frame member includes a first member configured to be fixed to the vehicle body frame member, a second member configured to be fixed to the garnish, and a connecting member for keeping the first member and the second member connected when the airbag is deployed. The first member and the second member are provided with a first inclined planar surface and a second inclined planar surface, respectively, that are slidable relative to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 13/02 - Trim mouldings; Ledges; Wall liners; Roof liners
  • B60R 21/213 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in vehicle roof frames or pillars
  • B60R 21/2155 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components characterised by the covers for the inflatable member with complex motion of the cover; Retraction under the lining during opening
  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets

67.

Vehicle trim structure

      
Application Number 16580591
Grant Number 11142139
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-24
First Publication Date 2020-03-26
Grant Date 2021-10-12
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai, Masaru
  • Ahiko, Kentaro
  • Mishima, Kimiharu

Abstract

A vehicle trim structure includes a flange provided at a vehicle trim and configured to contact a counterpart member, wherein an end portion of the flange that is configured to contact the counterpart member is formed from a soft material, and a contact face of the end portion is configured with a circular arc-shaped cross-section profile.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 13/02 - Trim mouldings; Ledges; Wall liners; Roof liners
  • B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

68.

Damper

      
Application Number 16609823
Grant Number 11415194
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-05-18
First Publication Date 2020-02-27
Grant Date 2022-08-16
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Muranaka, Makoto

Abstract

This damper comprises: a housing accommodating a damping medium; and a rotor rotatable relative to the housing, inside the housing. A unidirectional clutch which stipulates rotation in one direction and a rotating shaft can be connected to each other coaxially. The unidirectional clutch, when supporting the rotating shaft, constitutes a first input object, whereas the rotating shaft constitutes a second input object when not being supported by the unidirectional clutch. A connection object comprises a first connection part capable of connecting to the first input object coaxially, and a second connection part capable of connecting to the second input object coaxially. Two separate connection states are provided, namely a state in which the first connection part and the first input object are connected to each other, and a state in which the second connection part and the second input object are connected to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 15/16 - Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using a fluid
  • F16D 41/066 - Freewheels or freewheel clutches with intermediate wedging coupling members between an inner and an outer surface the intermediate members wedging by rolling and having a circular cross-section, e.g. balls all members having the same size and only one of the two surfaces being cylindrical
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

69.

Onboard electronic device mounting structure

      
Application Number 16344568
Grant Number 10800343
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-10-12
First Publication Date 2020-02-13
Grant Date 2020-10-13
Owner
  • HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kasai, Keita
  • Matori, Tadahiro
  • Naoi, Hajime

Abstract

b) which support the biased portion with two reaction forces each at an angle to the direction of the biasing force of the biasing member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • H04N 5/225 - Television cameras
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

70.

Valve device for fuel tank

      
Application Number 16458807
Grant Number 10967734
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-01
First Publication Date 2020-01-30
Grant Date 2021-04-06
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sui, Xiaohui
  • Kato, Tsuyoshi

Abstract

In a valve device for a fuel tank, a fuel liquid level of filling-up fuel feed and an allowable fuel amount of additional fuel feed can be easily and appropriately changed by replacing only a part of components forming the valve device. A first valve chamber has a structure of positioning an open end below a support portion of a first float having a passage portion for a fluid. A second valve chamber includes a support portion of a second float having a passage portion for the fluid. The first valve chamber and the second valve chamber are formed by fitting a lower-portion including the support portion and the open end of the first float and the support portion of the second float relative to an upper-portion including a first valve opening and a second valve opening.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • F16K 21/18 - Self-closing valves, i.e. closing automatically after operation closed when a rising liquid reaches a predetermined level
  • 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
  • F16K 17/36 - Safety valves; Equalising valves actuated in consequence of extraneous circumstances, e.g. shock, change of position
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • B67D 7/36 - Arrangements of flow- or pressure-control valves
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

71.

Valve device for fuel tank

      
Application Number 16458889
Grant Number 10913650
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-01
First Publication Date 2020-01-30
Grant Date 2021-02-09
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • He, Mingliang
  • Sui, Xiaohui
  • Washio, Yousuke

Abstract

In a valve device for a fuel tank, a condition of blowing out a fuel to an outside of a fuel tank can be prevented as little as possible. The valve device includes a valve opening for communicating inside and outside of the fuel tank; a valve chamber formed below the valve opening; and a float disposed inside the valve chamber to be movable up and down, and the valve chamber has a structure of positioning an open end below a support portion of the float having a passage portion for a fluid. An orifice is formed in the support portion, and by a notch portion formed in the valve chamber, an entrance of an orifice-ventilation path communicating with the orifice is formed at a side lower than the support portion and at a side upper than the open end.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • B67D 7/36 - Arrangements of flow- or pressure-control valves
  • F16K 21/18 - Self-closing valves, i.e. closing automatically after operation closed when a rising liquid reaches a predetermined level
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

72.

Hinge device

      
Application Number 16516350
Grant Number 10655374
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-19
First Publication Date 2020-01-30
Grant Date 2020-05-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukumoto, Mitsuru
  • Arai, Yoshimi
  • Chinomi, Yuhei

Abstract

A hinge device includes a base member, a lid member connected to the base member via a hinge structure having a hinge pin and a bearing hole loosely receiving the hinge pin. The base member is provided with a first abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure, and the lid member is provided with a second abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure so that the lid member can rotate relative to the base member from an open position to a closed position, the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion being configured to abut each other in a direction orthogonal to an axial line of a hinge axis of the hinge structure when an angle formed by the first member and the second member is within a first angular range preceding the closed position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05D 7/10 - Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy separation of the parts at the hinge axis
  • B65D 43/16 - Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
  • E05D 5/10 - Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins
  • 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

73.

Assist grip

      
Application Number 16464949
Grant Number 10981483
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-12-07
First Publication Date 2020-01-16
Grant Date 2021-04-20
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nishida, Ryuhei

Abstract

An assist grip includes a hollow molding member in which a grip main member is formed by a gas assist molding method, a holding portion, and concave storage portions provided to be connected to both longitudinal ends of the holding portion by interposing curved portions; and is attached to an attachment-face side by holding tools supported in both storage portions. Each of the storage portions is partitioned by an inner side wall and an outer side wall facing each other in a longitudinal direction; an upper wall connecting upper sides of the side walls at a curved-portion side; a lower wall connecting lower sides of the side walls at a terminal side; and a bottom wall connecting to both side walls and the upper and lower walls at an outer face side. The upper walls include inclined faces wherein inner faces on a storage-portion side are inclined toward a bottom-wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 3/02 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of hand grips or straps

74.

Sleeve member for filler pipe and fuel supply portion forming device

      
Application Number 16483271
Grant Number 11351857
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-13
First Publication Date 2020-01-02
Grant Date 2022-06-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Horikawa, Jumpei
  • Watanabe, Yasuhiro

Abstract

In a sleeve member for a filler pipe, the filler pipe passes through the sleeve member internally and is positioned with an upper end thereof on a fuel supply portion formed on an outside panel forming an outside of an automobile through a through hole formed in an inside panel forming a wheel house of the automobile. The sleeve member includes an attachment portion relative to the outside panel; a main seal portion elastically deformed and pressed against an inner face facing a space formed between the inside panel and the outside panel in such a way so as to surround the through hole by an insertion into the through hole; and an engagement portion which becomes engageable with a hole edge portion of the through hole positioned on an outer-face side of the inside panel by the insertion into the through hole.

IPC Classes  ?

75.

Sound absorbing body and sound absorbing structure

      
Application Number 16485295
Grant Number 11420410
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-14
First Publication Date 2019-12-26
Grant Date 2022-08-23
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ueno, Taeko

Abstract

A sound absorbing body includes a cup-shaped main body and a porous sheet. The cup-shaped main body includes an opening portion and a bottom portion. The porous sheet covers the opening portion. The main body includes, between the opening portion and the bottom portion, at least one hole that is larger than pores of the porous sheet and extends through the main body.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B32B 3/12 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. apertured or formed of separate pieces of material characterised by a layer of regularly-arranged cells whether integral or formed individually or by conjunction of separate strips, e.g. honeycomb structure
  • B60R 13/08 - Insulating elements, e.g. for sound insulation
  • G10K 11/162 - Selection of materials
  • G10K 11/172 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using resonance effects

76.

Hole plug

      
Application Number 16482032
Grant Number 11377158
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-31
First Publication Date 2019-12-19
Grant Date 2022-07-05
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sato, Takehiro

Abstract

A hole plug includes: a tubular outer periphery wall portion for insertion into a burring hole formed in an attachment member; an annular flange portion that protrudes toward a radial direction outer side of the outer periphery wall portion, from an end portion side of the outer periphery wall portion at an opposite side from an insertion direction side of the outer periphery wall portion; a pawl portion that projects toward the radial direction outer side from the outer periphery wall portion; a closure portion that extends between inner sides of the outer periphery wall portion; and an abutting portion provided at at least one of the flange portion or the outer periphery wall portion, the abutting portion overlapping with a periphery edge portion of the burring hole as seen in the insertion direction, and the abutting portion configured to abut the periphery edge portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B62D 25/24 - Superstructure sub-units with access openings having movable or removable closures
  • F16J 13/14 - Detachable closure members; Means for tightening closures attached exclusively by spring action or elastic action

77.

Device for spraying fluid on vehicle camera

      
Application Number 16476707
Grant Number 11345319
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-05
First Publication Date 2019-12-12
Grant Date 2022-05-31
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

A device for spraying a fluid on a vehicle camera includes a flow passage for connecting a suction portion with a discharge portion; a cylinder for communicating a pressure chamber in front of a piston with the flow passage; a drive mechanism for the piston including a motor; a first valve located between the suction portion and the pressure chamber, and functioning such that the first valve opens when the piston moves backward and closes when the piston moves forward; a second valve located between the pressure chamber and the discharge portion, and functioning such that the second valve opens when a pressure in the pressure chamber reaches a predetermined value by a forward movement of the piston; and a casing for housing the flow passage, the cylinder, the drive mechanism, the first valve, and the second valve to be combined with the vehicle camera.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60S 1/56 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens
  • B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
  • B08B 5/02 - Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

78.

Bumper fastening structure

      
Application Number 16378694
Grant Number 10882481
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-09
First Publication Date 2019-10-24
Grant Date 2021-01-05
Owner
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yagame, Naofumi

Abstract

A bumper fastening structure fastens a front bumper, via a retainer, to a front fender. A retainer includes a body and a fixing catch that is to be fitted in a fitting hole of a fender flange. The body includes a pair of clamp walls clamping a bumper flange. At least one of the clamp walls has an inner face that is a slope face, so that a wedge-shape space is formed. The bumper flange includes a wedge-shape portion corresponding to the wedge-shape space, the wedge-shape portion having a thickness which increases toward a second through hole. The bumper fastening structure further includes a screw that tightens the clamp walls and the bumper flange together.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 19/24 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
  • F16B 39/28 - Locking of screws, bolts, or nuts in which the locking takes place during screwing down or tightening by special members on, or shape of, the nut or bolt
  • F16B 39/02 - Locking of screws, bolts, or nuts in which the locking takes place after screwing down

79.

Air flow direction regulation device

      
Application Number 16315478
Grant Number 10767895
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-07-03
First Publication Date 2019-10-10
Grant Date 2020-09-08
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Shimajiri, Naohiro

Abstract

An air flow direction regulation device includes a plurality of fins turnably supported; an approximately cylindrical housing arranging an operation portion or a gear mechanism for allowing a direction of each of the fins to be regulated; and a case disposing the housing internally. The fin is turnably supported as support points by an outer pivot portion on a housing inner circumferential side and an inner pivot portion on a housing center axis line side, and includes a gear portion provided near the inner pivot portion. The gear mechanism includes a gear integrally rotating with the operation portion through a shaft to engage the gear portion of each fin. The housing includes a flexible shaft support member provided on a housing center axis line, and forming a connection portion fitting into the inner pivot portion of each fin, and a through hole inserting the shaft to pass through.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F24F 13/14 - Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built-up of tilting members, e.g. louvre
  • B60H 1/34 - Nozzles; Air-diffusers
  • F24F 13/15 - Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built-up of tilting members, e.g. louvre with parallel simultaneously tiltable lamellae

80.

Closure device

      
Application Number 16301995
Grant Number 10874395
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-05-18
First Publication Date 2019-10-10
Grant Date 2020-12-29
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

A closure device of the present invention includes two closure elements, and two sheet materials for integrally disposing the two closure elements. Each of the closure elements includes a base portion, a drawstring portion integrally extending from the base portion, and an adjustment portion including an engaged portion having a shape engageable with the drawstring portion. The base portion of one closure element of the two closure elements and the adjustment portion of the other closure element of the two closure elements are integrally disposed on one of the sheet materials, and the adjustment portion of one closure element and the base portion of the other closure element are disposed integrally on the other of the sheet materials.

IPC Classes  ?

81.

Camera unit

      
Application Number 16316277
Grant Number 10604082
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-07-13
First Publication Date 2019-10-10
Grant Date 2020-03-31
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Fujiwara, Kensuke

Abstract

A camera unit includes a camera main member; a camera bracket assembled to the camera main member by a first engagement device (for example, a combination between an engagement projection, and an engagement hole or claw); and a fixing bracket assembled to the camera bracket by a second engagement device (a combination between an engagement projection and an engagement hole) so as to mount the camera main member on an attachment object. The first engagement device includes an engagement portion provided in the camera main member, and an engagement piece provided moveably in the camera bracket so as to become engageable with the engagement projection accompanied by a moving displacement. The fixing bracket includes a control portion disposed in a movement space of the engagement piece in a state wherein the camera bracket is assembled by the second engagement device, so that the engagement piece thereof becomes unmovable.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03B 17/56 - Accessories
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

82.

Locking mechanism for tubular body

      
Application Number 16302983
Grant Number 11598462
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-04-26
First Publication Date 2019-09-26
Grant Date 2023-03-07
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

A locking member is mounted to the housing to be able to move in the outer diameter direction by a tapered portion of the tubular body, when the tubular body is inserted. The housing is equipped with slits formed to pass a curved portion bent in the inner diameter direction disposed at a leading-end side of the locking member and to lock with the engagement portion of the tubular body mounted on the housing. A gap is disposed between the curved portion, and the end portion of the slit positioned at a side in an opposite direction to the leading-end side of the locking member, so that there is no contact while at least the locking member is moving.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 7/04 - Clamping or clipping connections
  • F16L 37/088 - Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking by means of a split elastic ring
  • F16L 37/084 - Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking
  • F16L 37/098 - Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking by means of flexible hooks
  • F16L 37/133 - Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members using hooks, pawls, or other movable or insertable locking members using flexible hooks
  • F16L 37/14 - Joints secured by inserting between mating surfaces an element, e.g. a piece of wire, a pin, a chain

83.

Cord lock

      
Application Number 16301947
Grant Number 10718404
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-05-16
First Publication Date 2019-09-19
Grant Date 2020-07-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Shimizu, Yohei

Abstract

A cord lock includes a female member having a first opening, a second opening, and an insertion passage for a string; and a male member entering one portion into the insertion passage from the first opening, and having, at the one portion, a male-side fastening portion to be fastened to the string inserted to pass through the insertion passage in cooperation with a female-side fastening portion formed inside the insertion passage. Fastening relative to the string is released by a pulling operation of reducing an entering amount of one portion of the male member into the insertion passage relative to the female member by gripping the string pulled out of the first opening, and by a pulling operation of reducing an entering amount of one portion of the male member into the insertion passage relative to the male member by gripping the string pulled out of the second opening.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16G 11/10 - Quick-acting fastenings; Clamps holding in one direction only
  • A44B 13/00 - Hook or eye fasteners
  • A44B 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

84.

Mounting structure and clip

      
Application Number 16292481
Grant Number 11199213
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-05
First Publication Date 2019-09-19
Grant Date 2021-12-14
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI (Japan)
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ito, Nobuyuki
  • Inagaki, Yuya

Abstract

A mounting structure has: a first member in which a first through-hole is formed; a second member in which a second through-hole is formed; and a clip having a first shaft portion, a first anchor portion that is anchored on an edge portion of the first through-hole, a second shaft portion whose axial center is eccentric with respect to an axial center of the first shaft portion, and a second anchor portion that is anchored on an edge portion of the second through-hole, wherein a cross-sectional shape of a portion, which is disposed at an inner side of the first-through hole, of the first shaft portion is a polygonal shape, and a length along a longest diagonal line of the polygonal shape, or a length of a longest side of the polygonal shape, is longer than a minimum opening length of the first through-hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/00 - Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets
  • F16B 21/08 - Releasable fastening devices with snap action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part
  • F16B 13/06 - Dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose with parts gripping in the hole or behind the reverse side of the wall after inserting from the front combined with expanding sleeve
  • 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
  • F16B 21/06 - Releasable fastening devices with snap action
  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips

85.

Buckle

      
Application Number 29642803
Grant Number D0859208
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-02
First Publication Date 2019-09-10
Grant Date 2019-09-10
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ishii, Taiyo

86.

Attachment structure for protector member

      
Application Number 16290043
Grant Number 10913418
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-01
First Publication Date 2019-09-05
Grant Date 2021-02-09
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Isomura, Tsunehisa

Abstract

An attachment structure for a protector member is provided, wherein a positional accuracy regarding the protector member for a reinforcement can be improved. The attachment structure for the protector member for attaching the resin-made protector member located between the reinforcement and a bumper to the reinforcement includes a fastening structure of fastening the protector member to the reinforcement such that an attachment position of the protector member relative to the reinforcement is adjustable in a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 19/38 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles adjustably or movably mounted, e.g. horizontally displaceable for securing a space between parked vehicles
  • B60R 19/24 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
  • B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects

87.

Buckle

      
Application Number 29642809
Grant Number D0858348
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-02
First Publication Date 2019-09-03
Grant Date 2019-09-03
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ishii, Taiyo

88.

Buckle

      
Application Number 29642812
Grant Number D0858349
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-02
First Publication Date 2019-09-03
Grant Date 2019-09-03
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ishii, Taiyo

89.

Push-lifter for vehicle

      
Application Number 16275900
Grant Number 11124995
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-14
First Publication Date 2019-08-29
Grant Date 2021-09-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hirano, Yoichi

Abstract

A push-lifter for a vehicle drains water entered into an inside through a drainage portion. A lower portion of a case includes a peripheral wall, a bottom wall, and an air vent portion opening at a center of the bottom wall. A cap includes a bottom portion located away from the bottom wall, and forming a first air flow channel communicating with the air vent portion between the bottom portion and the bottom wall; a side portion located away from the peripheral wall by continuing to the bottom portion, and having a cylindrical shape forming a second air flow channel communicating with the first air flow channel between the side portion and the peripheral wall; and a drainage portion located on a lower side in an attachment state of the case relative to a vehicle body side, communicating with the second air flow channel, and opening toward the bottom portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 63/22 - Locks with special structural characteristics operated by a pulling or pushing action perpendicular to the front plate
  • 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
  • E05F 1/08 - Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers
  • E05F 1/10 - Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated for swinging wings

90.

Closure device

      
Application Number 16279071
Grant Number 11147556
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-19
First Publication Date 2019-08-22
Grant Date 2021-10-19
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nezu, Mikio

Abstract

b adjacent to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

91.

Buckle

      
Application Number 29642810
Grant Number D0856845
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-02
First Publication Date 2019-08-20
Grant Date 2019-08-20
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ishii, Taiyo

92.

Damper

      
Application Number 16341197
Grant Number 10883557
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-08-31
First Publication Date 2019-08-15
Grant Date 2021-01-05
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tomita, Shigemitsu

Abstract

A damper includes a piston provided with a rod, and a housing storing the piston, and generates a braking force by an operation of the piston. The piston includes a seal member relative to an inner wall of the housing; and a slider contacting the inner wall of the housing with a predetermined frictional force. When the braking force is generated, the slider presses against the seal member, and a portion contacting the inner wall of the housing in the seal member deforms toward an outside of the housing. At an inner side of the portion contacting the inner wall of the housing in the seal member, a deformation control portion is provided, which suppresses the seal member from deforming toward an inside of the housing.

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 11/00 - Vibration-dampers or shock-absorbers working with both friction and a damping fluid
  • F16F 7/09 - Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers with friction surfaces rectilinearly movable along each other in dampers of the cylinder-and-piston type
  • F16F 9/512 - Means responsive to load action on the damper or fluid pressure in the damper
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension
  • F16J 15/3236 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips with at least one lip for each surface, e.g. U-cup packings
  • F16F 9/00 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium
  • F16J 15/3248 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

93.

Shaft-support structure for rotary body

      
Application Number 16316761
Grant Number 11084409
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-06-20
First Publication Date 2019-08-01
Grant Date 2021-08-10
Owner NIFCO, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hirano, Yoichi

Abstract

This shaft-support structure for a rotary body is provided with a bearing portion disposed to a base panel and a fulcrum shaft that is disposed to a cup holder and is supported by the bearing portion in a rotatable manner. The bearing portion has slits on the side apart from the base panel. A center cover is disposed at a position facing the slits. The cup holder is configured in such a way that, when a load exceeding a predetermined level is exerted in the direction away from the base panel, the fulcrum shaft moves in a direction in which the fulcrum shaft disengages from the bearing portion through the slits and, therewith, by pressing the center cover from the inside and causing the center cover to move in the direction separating from the bearing portion, the fulcrum shaft disengages from the bearing portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
  • F16C 11/04 - Pivotal connections
  • F16C 35/02 - Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of sliding-contact bearings

94.

Vehicle illumination device

      
Application Number 16329566
Grant Number 10717383
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-08-14
First Publication Date 2019-07-18
Grant Date 2020-07-21
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueno, Taeko
  • Watanabe, Yasuhiro
  • Ochiai, Hiroshi
  • Doi, Atsushi

Abstract

b are turned on to illuminate power supply ports 11 and 12.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60Q 1/50 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
  • F21V 23/04 - Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches
  • F21V 8/00 - Use of light guides, e.g. fibre optic devices, in lighting devices or systems
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers
  • F21Y 115/10 - Light-emitting diodes [LED]
  • B60K 6/22 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs
  • F21Y 113/13 - Combination of light sources of different colours comprising an assembly of point-like light sources

95.

String end cover

      
Application Number 16302442
Grant Number 10952511
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-05-16
First Publication Date 2019-07-18
Grant Date 2021-03-23
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Shimizu, Yohei

Abstract

An end cover to be attached to an end of a string is provided. The end cover includes a finger-hooking projecting portion having a first finger-hooking face, and a base portion having a second finger-hooking face, and the second finger-hooking face is provided at a position to suppress a rotation of the end cover as a support point of the first finger-hooking face when a pulling force acts on the string using the first finger-hooking face.

IPC Classes  ?

96.

Lock device

      
Application Number 16325223
Grant Number 11454054
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-08-30
First Publication Date 2019-07-04
Grant Date 2022-09-27
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kondo, Kouji

Abstract

A lock device includes a base attached to a lid, a knob having a grip portion movably supported on a front side of the base and an arm portion projecting rearward with respect to the grip portion, a slider slidably supported in a rear part of the base so as to move slidingly by being pushed by the arm portion in response to a movement of the knob, a first rod and a second rod slidably supported by a part of the base located in front of the slider in a vertically arranged manner so as to be engaged by and disengaged from a pair of corresponding engaging holes, and a power transmission mechanism provided between the slider and the first rod and the second rod so that the first rod and the second rod are slidingly moved in response to a movement of the slider.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 1/14 - Fastening devices with bolts moving rectilinearly with latching action with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch the handle or member moving essentially towards, or away from, the plane of the wing or frame
  • 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
  • E05B 17/00 - Accessories in connection with locks
  • E05B 47/00 - Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means

97.

Thermal insulation structure for vehicle window device

      
Application Number 16229834
Grant Number 11617233
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-21
First Publication Date 2019-07-04
Grant Date 2023-03-28
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
  • KURABE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kasetani, Yasuki
  • Shinkai, Ryuichi
  • Nagai, Toshikazu
  • Suzuki, Tatsunori

Abstract

A thermal insulation structure for a vehicle window device is provided with a heater is disposed on a vehicle interior side, a heat-receiving component that is provided between the window and the heater, and that, by receiving heat from the heater, imparts radiant heat to the window, and a thermal insulation layer that is provided at a surface of the heater on an opposite side from the heat-receiving component, wherein the thermal insulation layer is formed by mutually superimposing a plurality of thermal insulation materials, and of the plurality of thermal insulation materials, a thermal insulation material on a closest side to the heater has greater heat resistance than a thermal insulation material on a furthest side from the heater, and the thermal insulation material on the furthest side from the heater has a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal insulation material on the closest side to the heater.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
  • B60S 1/02 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices
  • B60R 11/04 - Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
  • B60J 1/20 - Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds
  • B60R 11/00 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

98.

Seat-cover fitting structure

      
Application Number 16227689
Grant Number 10857918
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-20
First Publication Date 2019-06-27
Grant Date 2020-12-08
Owner
  • NIFCO INC. (Japan)
  • TACHI-S CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Furuuchi, Suguru
  • Tsutsui, Takao
  • Fujikake, Tsutomu

Abstract

3.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/58 - Seat coverings
  • B60N 2/60 - Removable protective coverings
  • A47C 31/00 - CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS - Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
  • A47C 31/02 - Upholstery attaching means

99.

Portion of a buckle

      
Application Number 35502294
Grant Number D0850977
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-10-27
First Publication Date 2019-06-11
Grant Date 2019-06-11
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ishii, Taiyo

100.

Oil separating device

      
Application Number 16321365
Grant Number 10946320
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-08-10
First Publication Date 2019-06-06
Grant Date 2021-03-16
Owner NIFCO INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Garrett, Stephen
  • Inglis, Alex

Abstract

An oil separating device for separating an oil mist from a blow-by gas is arranged on a flow passage of the blow-by gas. The oil separating device includes an oil separator having an inlet formed at one end thereof and an outlet formed at another end thereof opposite to the one end; a collision wall arranged at a downstream side of the oil separator, and including an uneven portion formed on a surface thereof to face the outlet of the oil separator; and a filter arranged between the oil separator and collision wall. The oil separator is formed such that the oil mist in the blow-by gas coalesces together to form a coalesced oil mist, the filter removes the coalesced oil mist from the blow-by gas, and the collision wall separates a remained oil mist remained in the blow-by gas through the filter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 45/00 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces
  • B01D 45/08 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by utilising inertia by impingement against baffle separators
  • F01M 13/04 - Crankcase ventilating or breathing having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil
  • B01D 46/00 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours
  • B01D 50/00 - Combinations of methods or devices for separating particles from gases or vapours
  • F01M 13/00 - Crankcase ventilating or breathing
  • B01D 39/08 - Filter cloth, i.e. woven, knitted or interlaced material
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