| YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20110232851 | ROLL-UP SHADE APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention provides a roll-up shade apparatus for a vehicle with enhanced assemblability. This roll-up shade apparatus includes a shade that opens and closes an internal opened part of a roof; a retractor that rolls up the shade from a base-end thereof; second wire drums disposed in coaxial with the retractor, a wire being wound around each of the second wire drums that winds up or feeds the wire together with an opening/closing of the shade; elastic members that engage the retractor with the second wire drums. The retractor includes a pipe retractor and cap retractors in a cylindrical shape each having a bottom, which are fit inside the pipe retractor, and each of the elastic members is installed inside the cap retractor in such a manner that one end of the elastic member is engaged with one of the second wire drums and the other end of the elastic member is engaged with the bottom of the cap retractor, and each of the cap retractors locked to each opening end portion of the pipe retractor so as to rotate together with the pipe retractor. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110198892 | DEFLECTOR MECHANISM FOR SUNROOF APPARATUS - There is provided a deflector mechanism for a sunroof apparatus which can reduce the number of parts, assembling processes, and a production cost. The sunroof apparatus includes a pair of guide rails provided at both sides of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle in a widthwise direction, a sunroof panel which slides along the guide rails, a resin-made front frame which interconnects front ends of the guide rails, and a deflector mechanism which ascends/descends along a front edge of the opening of the vehicle. The deflector mechanism includes a deflector including a pair of arms and a blade that connects these arms together, a pair of support members each of which supports a basal end of each arms, a retainer formed at a front frame, and an urging means which urges the deflector upwardly, and the retainer is formed together with the front frame. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198891 | HOLDING STRUCTURE OF GUIDE PIPE OF SUNROOF APPARATUS - A holding structure of a guide pipe of a sunroof apparatus is provided in which a guide pipe is difficult from being removed. In a frame | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110187162 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187161 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187160 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187159 | VEHICLE ROOF SYSTEM - In a vehicle roof system for closing and opening a roof opening ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110174946 | PART FIXING STRUCTURE TO RESIN-MADE FUEL TANK AND PART FIXING METHOD THERETO - There are provided a part fixing structure and a part fixing method to a resin-made fuel tank which can firmly fix a part to a tank wall without the need of providing a molding die with a convex portion and a recess. A part fixing method for fixing a tank-associated part to a tank wall of a resin-made fuel tank, the part being formed together with a pair of hook portions, the method comprising a step of burying the hook portions in the tank wall in a melted state when the resin-made fuel tank is molded, thereby fixing the part to the tank wall after the tank wall is cooled. In order to cause the resin of the tank wall to flow well, a chevron portion having a pair of first inclined faces is projectingly provided at the bottom face of the part between the hook portions, and a second inclined face which is inclined in a direction opposite to the buried direction toward the tip of the hook portion is formed at the bottom face of each hook portion. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110127809 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF RESIN PANEL AND STIFFENER FOR VEHICLE - A connecting structure of a resin panel and a stiffener for a vehicle, including the resin panel, a resin frame attached to a circumference of the resin panel; a weather strip attached to the frame; a metallic stiffener which is provided at the vicinity of the circumference of the resin panel; wherein the frame includes an extended part which extends outside of a side of the resin panel and the weather strip and the stiffener are integrally connected such that the weather strip and the stiffener sandwich the extended part, and wherein the frame is moved against a pinching force of the weather strip and the stiffener when the resin panel is deformed by a thermal expansion/contraction. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110127761 | PROTECTIVE PLATE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR A FUEL TANK - A protective plate can be mounted to a fuel tank without using costly melt bonding and insert blow molding. A mounting recess is formed in the peripheral wall of a fuel tank ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110108557 | PRESSURE VESSEL HAVING IMPROVED SEALING ARRANGEMENT - In a pressure vessel ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110080022 | BLIND COVER POSITIONING STRUCTURE - A positioning structure for a blind cover which is arranged between a guide rail and an outer roof panel of a vehicle in a sunshade device for the vehicle, the blind cover including: a plate shaped shielding portion which is arranged between the guide rail and the outer roof panel and a supporting portion which is inserted into an installation groove formed in the guide rail, wherein the supporting portion includes a engagement portion which is flexible in a groove width direction of the installation groove, and the engagement portion is fit into an engaged portion which is an opening formed in the installation groove to position the blind cover with respect to the guide rail. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110067826 | ROLL-UP SHADE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a roll-up shade apparatus which can ensure a larger open dimension of a shade. The roll-up shade apparatus comprises a pair of first wire drums which travel and rotate in a wire wind-up direction or a wire feed direction when the shade is moved in the open direction or the closing direction, a pair of second wire drums which are coupled to a retractor so as to be rotatable together with the retractor, and which are rotatably provided at both sides of the retractor coaxially therewith so that a wire wind-up direction becomes opposite to a shade wind-up direction of the retractor, and a pair of wires suspended between the respective first and second wire drums so that the second wire drums rotate in a wire feed direction or in a wire wind-up direction when the first wire drums rotate in the wire wind-up direction or in the wire feed direction, respectively. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110049938 | FRAME STRUCTURE OF SUNROOF APPARATUS - A frame structure of a sunroof apparatus includes a pair of guide rails provided, respectively, on both sides in a width direction of an opening of a vehicle and guiding a movement of a sunroof panel; a frame including a drain extended across the direction and connecting ends of the rails; sliders sliding in the rails, respectively; a drive device installed at the frame and making the sliders slide; cables connecting the sliders and the device and routed so as to cross above the drain; guide pipes covering the cables; and guide pipe grooves depressingly provided at the frame and where the guide pipes are arranged, respectively, wherein protrusion portions protruding outside from outer peripheries of the pipes are provided, and wherein engagement portions where the protrusion portions are engaged are formed in the grooves. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100327633 | SUNROOF SYSTEM INCLUDING A SUNROOF PANEL AND A SUNSHADE PANEL - In a sunroof system including a sunroof panel and a sunshade panel that is configured to avoid pinching a foreign object with the sunroof panel or sunshade panel, when a pinching by one of the panels is detected, the other panel is controlled according to the information on the pinching by the one panel and the condition of the other panel so as to prevent the pinching of the same foreign object by the other panel. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327632 | INTERLOCKING MECHANISM OF SUNSHADE PANEL IN A SUNROOF DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an interlocking mechanism of panels of a guide rail for roof panel and a guide rail for sunshade panel even in a case where both guide rails are mutually different in curvature. The interlocking mechanism enables the sunshade panel to move independently in an opening direction in either case of opening and closing of the roof panel, and prevent the sunshade panel from moving independently in a closing direction relative to the roof panel. The interlocking mechanism comprises an engaging member provided in the roof panel and an engaged member provided in the sunshade panel to engage with the engaging member. The engaging member and the engaged member are constituted to engage with each other in an upper-and-lower direction such that a relative position thereof varies according to a change of positional deviation between the first guide rail and the second guide rail. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100308627 | SUNROOF DEVICE - There is provided a sunroof device which can suppress any forgetfulness of closing of a roof panel through a simple switch manipulation when a shade panel is closed. The sunroof device has the roof panel which is driven by a roof-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a roof-panel opening/closing switch, and the shade panel which is driven by a shade-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a shade panel opening/closing switch. The roof-panel motor is driven together with the shade-panel motor to actuate the roof panel in the closed direction interlocking with the shade panel upon the shade-panel opening/closing switch receiving a manipulation input in the closed direction in a condition other than a condition in which both roof panel and shade panel are fully closed, and the roof panel is fully closed upon the shade panel becoming fully closed. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100244498 | DEFLECTOR OF SLIDING ROOF SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a deflector of a sliding roof system including a blade provided along on an front edge of an opening of a fixed roof and moving upward and downward along with an opening and closing movement of a roof panel; arms installed on right and left end portions of the blade, each of the arms provided with a cam pin and a support pin; a cam groove that guides the cam pin so as to define a movement trajectory of the blade; and a support groove that guides a frontward and backward movement of the support pin, wherein the support groove includes a guide frame that guides a frontward and backward movement of the roof panel. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100200079 | VENT CONTROL VALVE FOR A FUEL TANK - In a vent control valve for a fuel tank, a housing receiving a float assembly therein is provided with a communication hole passed across a wall of the housing, and an opening of the communication hole facing an interior of the housing is directly exposed to an interior of the housing when the float assembly is in a low position and overlaps with a peripheral wall of the float assembly when the float assembly is in a high position. By suitably selecting the size of the communication hole and/or the number thereof, a desired delay in the dropping of the liquid fuel level in the housing following the filling up of the fuel tank can be achieved. Thereby, overfilling of the fuel tank can be avoided. As the float assembly drops to such an extent as to clear the communication hole, the fuel vapor is allowed to flow more freely into the interior of the housing via the communication hole, and this causes an increase in the speed of the float to drop. Thereby, the venting of the fuel tank can be resumed at an appropriately earlier stage following the filled up state of the fuel tank. Thus, the closing and opening of the communication with the exterior of the fuel tank can be accomplished even when the vertical dimension of the housing is relatively small. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100186828 | AIR FLOW CONTROL VALVE - An air flow control valve includes a housing arranged in a fuel tank and having a canister communication port in an upper portion of the housing; and a float valve body embedded in the housing and closing the communication port by the valve body along with a rise of fuel in the housing, where orifice holes and vents configured to communicate with an inside and outside of the housing are formed and where the vents are configured to be located below the orifice holes and above a fuel level in a full state of the tank, wherein, regarding the orifice holes and the vents, when the communication port is closed by the valve body, only the orifice holes are in an air flow state, and when the communication port is open in the full state, the orifice holes and the vents are in the air flow state. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100181805 | SUNROOF SYSTEM - In a sunroof system ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100148540 | ROLL SUNSHADE DEVICE - A roll sunshade device, which includes a screen for shadowing an inner opening of a roof of a vehicle, a rotating body which is disposed ahead of the inner opening or behind the inner opening in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and rotates freely around an axis in a vehicle width direction, a turning member which is disposed at a predetermined distance from the rotating body in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and rotates freely around an axis in the vehicle width direction, and two circular wires which are disposed on both sides of the inner opening in the vehicle width direction, respectively and hung between the rotating body and the turning member, in which both edge portions of the screen in the vehicle width direction are supported by the two circular wires, respectively, and when the screen is slid in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from a state where the screen shadows the inner opening, the screen is folded along an outer circumferential surface of the turning member. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100096889 | Sunroof Apparatus - A sunroof apparatus for opening or closing an opening formed on a fixed roof of an automobile includes: a movable front panel and a movable rear panel both provided in the fixed roof; a panel frame made of engineering plastic and attached around one of the panels; a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached around the panel frame attached around the one of the panels; a panel frame made of the engineering plastic and attached on a periphery end section of other one of the panels, the other one of the panels having a butt end section and the periphery end section; and a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached to the panel frame attached to the other one of the panels, wherein the opening is closed when the weatherstrip of the one of the panels and the butt end section of the other one of the panels butt against each other. This structure can enhance efficiency in molding weatherstrips since the weatherstrip attached around the two panels are in a hollow structure. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100019545 | DEFLECTOR OF SLIDING ROOF - The present invention provides a deflector including a blade along a front edge of an opening of a fixed roof, movable upward and downward when the opening is opened and closed; a deflector arm whose one end is coupled to a frame on a vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a first coupling shaft; a link arm whose one end is coupled to the frame on the vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a second coupling shaft; and urging means for permanently urging a force to displace the blade upward. A cam member including first and second cam slots is provided on the frame on the vehicle body, a middle portion of the link arm is slidably engaged via a first pin with the first cam slot and one end of the link arm is slidably engaged via a second pin with the second cam slot, and the blade is housed in a laid down state with its upper portion displaced backward, and gradually stands up as displaced upward from a position where the blade is housed. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090212603 | SLIDER STRUCTURE OF SUNROOF APPARATUS - According to a slider structure of a sunroof apparatus, the apparatus includes: a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof; a panel support stay, where a cam groove is formed, is fixed to a side edge of the roof panel; and a slider that moves along a guide rail, is engaged with the cam groove through a pin, and tilts and slides the roof panel, wherein the slider structure includes: a pair of lifters that interpose the panel support stay, are divided, and are engaged with the cam groove through the pin; and a pair of slide shoes that are attached to the lifters, respectively, are connected with each other, integrate the lifters, and are slid on the guide rail. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090127890 | SLIDING ROOF - The present invention provides a sliding roof for a vehicle including a plurality of roof panels separately mounted on an opening of a fixed roof of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a guide frame attached at a lower portion of each side edge of the opening, and an anchor installed into the guide frame to engage with at least part of the roof panel, so as to assist open-close operations of the plurality of the roof panels in the vicinity of a closed state thereof. Sliding of sliders attached to the each guide frame allows the plurality of the roof panels to open or close in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The sliding roof for a vehicle further includes a guide member installed into the guide frame to guide a movement of engagement portions of the plurality of the roof panels adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The anchor and the guide member are installed into an identical groove formed on the guide frame. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090072589 | Sunroof apparatus for vehicle - A vehicular sunroof apparatus includes a front panel, a rear panel, a linking rod, a rod-locking part, and a slider linking part. The linking rod is connected to a rear slider provided for opening the rear panel. The rod-locking part is disposed on a vehicle roof for locking a distal end of the linking rod when the rear panel is in a fully closed state. The slider linking part is provided on a front slider provided for opening/closing the front panel. The slider linking part is designed to engage with the distal end part and to release the distal end part from the locking engagement with the rod-locking part when the front slider moves from a fully closed position to a half-open position. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090049750 | SAFETY DEVICE IN OPENING-CLOSING DEVICE OF A VEHICLE - A safety device in a closing-opening device of a vehicle which is provided with millimeter wave sensors as a detection device enables detecting an obstacle accurately for preventing a caught-in accident in advance caused by the closing-opening device. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090039682 | Sunroof apparatus for vehicle - A vehicular sunroof apparatus in which a sunroof panel for opening and closing an opening in a vehicle roof has a front panel and a rear panel. The sunroof apparatus also includes a rear panel drive mechanism for effecting rising/lowering and opening/closing movements of the rear panel relative to the opening. A restricting part provided in the rear panel drive mechanism restricts a front end part of the rear panel from rising when a rear end part of the fully closed rear panel is lowered. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20080238154 | OUTER SLIDING SUNROOF APPARATUS - An outer sliding sunroof apparatus having a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle, a drive device for opening and closing the roof panel, and a control unit for controlling the drive device includes a load detector for detecting load applied to the drive device when the roof panel in a closed state is tilted up and moved toward a rear of the vehicle, wherein when the load detector detects the load not less than a predetermined amount of load, the control unit is configured to move the roof panel in the closing direction. | 10-02-2008 |
