| TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120103736 | EQUALIZER DEVICE FOR PARKING BRAKE - An equalizer device for a parking brake including an equalizer body that is formed by connecting paired side plates, which extend parallel to each other from a back plate so as to form a U-shape and a synthetic resin member that is fixedly arranged inside the equalizer body. The equalizer body includes paired engagement holes, paired insertion holes, and paired slits. Portions of the back plate, at which the engagement holes are formed, serve as the engagement portions. The synthetic resin member has a substantially flat plate shape that is arranged so as to face a portion of an inner face of a first side plate. The portion is a part of the U-shape, and extends parallel to the first side plate. The synthetic resin member includes paired gate portions and an engagement lug. The synthetic resin member is fitted to the equalizer body by the engagement lug. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110243686 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT - A vehicle interior component in which a back-fastened member such as an upholstery or a noise insulator is fastened to a back side of a resin interior base material with a fastener, includes: a fastener-driven rib having plasticity and plate-like shape being integrally formed on the back side of the resin interior base material so as to protrude from the back side in such a posture that the fastener-driven rib is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the back side; and the fastener being driven into the fastener-driven rib so as to pass through the fastener-driven rib in such a posture that the fastener intersects with the fastener-driven rib, whereby the fastener is engaged with the fastener-driven rib. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110175380 | UNDERRUN PREVENTION MEMBER FOR VEHICLE BUMPER BEAM - An underrun prevention member for a vehicle bumper beam including a substantially vertical outer side wall faced an area outside the vehicle and a horizontal wall provided so as to be extended substantially horizontally from an end of the outer side wall in a top-bottom direction toward an inside of the vehicle, disposed at a front portion or a rear portion of the vehicle so as to be extended substantially horizontally in a vehicle widthwise direction, and integrally fixed to the bumper beam so as to protrude in the top-bottom direction beyond the horizontal wall to prevent an underrun of the bumper beam under an object outside the vehicle or the object outside the vehicle under the bumper beam, the underrun prevention member includes: a vertical plate portion integrally fixed to the outer side wall so as to be in surface contact with the outer side wall, protruding in the top-bottom direction beyond the horizontal wall by a predetermined protrusion length, and having a predetermined width in the vehicle widthwise direction; a reinforcement plate portion integrally provided to be continuous with a protruded end of the vertical plate portion, extending from the protruded end toward the inside of the vehicle so as to be bent at an angle in the underrun prevention member, and having a length thereof in a vehicle front-rear direction being shorter than a length of the horizontal wall in the vehicle front-rear direction; and paired side plate portions integrally provided to be continuous with both ends of the reinforcement plate portion in the vehicle widthwise direction extending from the both ends of the reinforcement plate portion toward outer sides in the vehicle widthwise direction, inclined so as to gradually approach the horizontal wall respectively, and integrally fixed to the horizontal wall at an outer end portion thereof, respectively. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110132133 | VEHICLE OPERATION PEDAL - It is provided a vehicle operation pedal in which a pedal sheet is integrally fixed to a sheet fixed portion of a pedal arm in such a posture that a depressed face of the pedal sheet, which is depressed by a driver, faces a driver's seat, comprising a fitting hole through which the sheet fixed portion of the pedal arm extends formed in the pedal sheet; and the sheet fixed portion being fitted into the fitting hole from a rear face that is on the side opposite to the depressed face, and a peripheral portion around the fitting hole being integrally fixed to the sheet fixed portion by welding performed from the depressed face side. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110094329 | VEHICLE OPERATION PEDAL - A vehicle operation pedal includes: a pedal arm disposed on a pedal support so as to be pivotable about a support axis, the pedal support being fixed to a vehicle; and a pedal sheet to be depressed by a driver, the pedal sheet being integrally fixed to a lower end portion of the pedal arm so as to extend from the pedal arm on both sides in a vehicle width direction, a pair of sheet attachment portions being integrally provided at the lower end portion of the pedal arm by bending the pedal arm so as to be enlarged apart from each other on both sides in the vehicle width direction, the pair of sheet attachment portions extending along the pedal sheet, and the pedal sheet being integrally fixed to the sheet attachment portions at two positions that are laterally spaced apart from each other in such a manner that a center of the pedal in the vehicle width direction sheet is located between the two positions. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110049916 | IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER FOR VEHICLE - It is provided an impact absorbing member for a vehicle, which includes a hollow cylindrical body that has plurality of side walls in a form of flat plates and has a polygonal section, wherein the impact absorbing member is disposed between a vehicle body-side member and a bumper member, in a manner such that axial direction of the cylindrical body coincides with a front-rear direction of a vehicle, and the impact absorbing member absorbs impact energy by being crushed in an accordion shape when the impact absorbing member receives a compression load in the axial direction, the cylindrical body including, paired side end edge portions being overlapped with each other by a predetermined width in a first side wall in a form of a flat plate, and integrally joined to each other along the axial direction. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110041299 | STRUCTURE FOR FASTENING CLIP TO TRIM BOARD, CLIP, AND CLIP FASTENING METHOD - A structure for fastening to a trim board a clip that has projection for fastening to a clip fitting seat of the trim board and a second projection for fastening to a vehicle body-side member. The first projection has an engagement portion and the clip fitting seat has multiple latch lugs used to position the clip. A distance between the latch lugs is enlargeable as the engagement portion is engaged therewith. The first projection has at least two types of engagement portions that differ in diameter at locations that are separated in a fastening direction. Thus, the clip is fastened to the clip fitting seat in at least two stages, including one state in which the clip is fastened to the clip fitting seat at low fastening load, and a fastened state that is achieved by fastening the clip to the clip fitting seat at high fastening load. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100189494 | Cushion material fastening structure for interior trim part - A cushion material fastening structure includes: an interior trim part, made of synthetic resin, that is provided with an opening and an elastic deformation portion at least part of which projects inward in the opening; and a cushion material, having a sheet shape, that is caught by the elastic deformation portion by being plunged into the opening while elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion, whereby the cushion material is fastened to the interior trim part. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100180717 | Operating pedal device for vehicle - The rigidity of a pivotally connecting portion to which a reaction force member or a transmitting member is connected through a connecting pin is increased to thereby prevent buckling and deformation, while keeping the plate thickness of a hollow-structured operating pedal small to minimize the weight and size thereof. A connecting opening portion is provided at the portion that is an outer circumferential portion of a hollow-structured operating pedal and is connected to connecting links Inside the connecting opening portion, a reinforcing member having a U-shaped section is integrally weld-joined so as to open outward. End portions of the connecting links are inserted inside the reinforcing member, and are relatively pivotablly connected by a first link pin. Accordingly, the rigidity of the operating pedal is improved, and at the same time, the stress concentration is relieved, whereby buckling and deformation are suppressed. As a result, the plate thickness of the hollow-structured operating pedal can be kept small to minimize the weight thereof, and also, the width dimension of the operating pedal in the vehicle fore and aft direction can be reduced to achieve a compact size. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20090049932 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AMOUNT OF PEDAL OPERATION - In a pedal operation amount detecting apparatus, a brake pedal and a clevis secured at an end portion of an operating rod are pivotably connected by a connecting shaft, a bush is arranged between the brake pedal and the connecting shaft, detectors are attached on an outer circumferential surface of an elastically deformable bush main body of the bush, and an ECU calculates a pedal tread force based on loads detected by the detectors, whereby a simplified structure, an improved mountainability, and a highly accurate detection of an operation amount can be realized. | 02-26-2009 |
