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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177280 | Vehicle seat device A vehicle seat device is designed to perform tilt adjustment of a seat cushion in a construction which is high in rigidity, downsized and high in the quality of external appearance. The device comprises rotational links; floor attached front brackets and front swing... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659060 | Roof molding for an automobile | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167370 | Seat cushion adjusting apparatus A seat cushion adjusting apparatus includes a support member configuring a frame of a seat cushion, a seating member supported by the support member and configuring an outer shape of the seat cushion, an adjustment member fastening a front end portion of the seating... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167019 | Shade apparatus for vehicle A shade apparatus for a vehicle includes a guide rail mechanism adapted to be arranged along a side portion of an inner periphery of an opening formed in an interior ceiling member of the vehicle, a shade panel mechanism slidably supported by the guide rail mechanis... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164230 | Stator A stator includes a core holder and a stator core configured by split cores arranged so as to form the annular shape, and press-fitted into the core holder. Each of the split cores is configured so that a plurality of metal plates is layered and fixed to each other ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157319 | Sunroof device and deflector A sunroof device comprises a movable panel being able to open and close an opening section provided on a roof of a vehicle, and a deflector. The deflector has a body section arranged at a front end portion of the opening section, arranged to be able to spread out ov... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157301 | Door handle device for vehicle A door handle device for a vehicle includes a frame member mounted to a door of the vehicle, a handle main body fitted with the frame member, an engaging arm formed at the handle main body and engaging with the frame member, a handle axial portion formed at the enga... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152217 | Roof operating device A roof operating device includes a roof member operated so as to be extended from and stored in vehicle body, a lid operated to be opened and closed when the roof member is operated, an operation switch, actuators driving the roof member and the lid, a first and sec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151668 | Steering apparatus for vehicle A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a movable column member supporting a steering wheel at a rear end of the movable column member and rotatably supported about a column swinging point provided at a front part of the movable column member relative to a vehic... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149083 | Vehicle door opening/closing apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle door to open/close A vehicle door opening/closing apparatus includes a mobile apparatus carried by a user, a recognizing apparatus for recognizing the mobile apparatus within a predetermined area relative to a vehicle, a commanding apparatus provided at the mobile apparatus for comman... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146965 | Vehicle door lock device A vehicle door lock device includes an active lever freely switchable between an unlock position and a lock position, a switching actuator, and a switching lever receiving drive force of the switching actuator to move a bushing. The active lever includes a first eng... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139819 | Eye open/close recognizing apparatus and recording medium A computer (30) obtains a facial image acquired by picking up an image of a person subjected to image pickup from a camera (10), and estimates a facial expression of the person subjected to image pickup based on the obtained facial image. Next, the com... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132862 | Seat back frame for vehicle A seat back frame for a vehicle for supporting a seat back, includes a first back frame, at which a shoulder belt anchor for supporting one end portion of a seat belt is provided, a second back frame arranged substantially in parallel with the first back frame, and ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128385 | Valve structure A valve structure includes a partition wall, a communicating bore, a valve body and a restraining portion. The partition wall is provided in a fluid container for dividing the fluid container into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. The communicating b... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127793 | Rotary valve apparatus A rotary valve apparatus includes a casing having a fluid passageway, a rotor rotatably mounted in the casing and configured to control, by rotation thereof, a flow state of fluid flowing in the fluid passageway, a drive mechanism for rotating the rotor, and a lock ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127501 | Vehicle door having a garnish A garnish has an upper mounting projection concealed by a corner pad and a lower mounting projection concealed by a lower end of a vertical sash portion. The upper mounting projection is mounted in an upper mounting hole of the vertical sash portion. The lower mount... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125336 | Abnormality detecting apparatus An abnormality detecting apparatus includes a power supply portion applying a voltage to electrodes provided at both surfaces of a light control glass adapted to be provided at a vehicle to change a transparency of the light control glass, a detection portion detect... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120474 | Communication system for vehicle A communication system for a vehicle includes a portable identification device including a portion for receiving an interrogation signal and a portion for transmitting an indication indicative signal responsive to the interrogation signal, multiple tire sensor devic... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111146 | Ultrasonic sensor An ultrasonic sensor provided at a flip-up back door that opens and closes via a pivot shaft provided at a rear top of a vehicle, the ultrasonic sensor detecting an object in a vicinity of the vehicle by intermittently transmitting an ultrasonic wave, which hits the... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103415 | Headrest apparatus for vehicle A headrest apparatus for a vehicle includes a headrest rear portion supported at a seatback, a headrest front portion movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position, a driving device for moving the headrest front portion, a capacitance sensor dete... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098037 | Vehicle door opening-closing apparatus A vehicle door opening-closing apparatus is provided, which includes a vibration detector and a controller. The controller acquires an envelope formed by connecting crests or troughs of a waveform of vibration detected by the vibration detection sensor. The controll... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091524 | Valve timing control device A valve timing control device includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member, a fluid pressure chamber, a parting portion dividing the fluid pressure chamber into an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber, a restriction membe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087154 | Motor A motor includes a core having a plurality of laminations, which are stacked together and an end-plate provided at an end surface of the core and supporting the core, wherein the end-plate is formed by pressing a hollow material in one direction thereof in order to ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086375 | Method for adjusting sensitivity of load detecting device of seat for a vehicle A method for adjusting sensitivity of a load detecting device of a seat for a vehicle includes a seat assembling step for assembling the seat with plural load sensors assembled, a zero point adjusting step for obtaining a non-load output value by totaling output val... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8061742 | Door locking system for vehicle A door locking system for a vehicle includes a striker, a latch, a pawl allowing and regulating the latch to rotate, a lock release operating portion moving the pawl to release the regulation on the latch rotation, a latch driving motor driven in one direction to sh... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047040 | Wire winding apparatus, method for wire winding and wire wound bobbin A wire winding apparatus for winding a wire on a bobbin includes a forming device forming the wire having a rounded cross section to have a polygonal cross section and a winding device winding the wire formed by the forming device on the bobbin. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042868 | Power seat system for vehicle A power seat system for a vehicle, includes an operational switch configured to be operated by an occupant for changing positions and attitudes of a vehicle seat whose positions and attitudes are electrically adjusted, a sensor portion positioned in the vicinity of ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042857 | Roof opening and closing apparatus for vehicle A roof opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a cover member opening and closing mechanism including a front side opening and closing mechanical unit, a rear side opening and closing mechanical unit, and an intermediate support unit connecting the fron... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038423 | Electric pump with relief valve According to an aspect of the present invention, an electric pump includes: a housing; an outer rotor; an inner rotor; a base member facing one side surface of the outer rotor and one side surface of the inner rotor; a side plate member, having a facing surface faci... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036791 | Vehicular damping force control device A suspension ECU 13 calculates a target characteristic changing coefficient a_new for changing a target characteristic, which is represented by a quadratic function, by use of the maximum actual roll angle Φ_max generated in a vehicle body during the current... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033587 | Frame molding fastening structure A frame molding fastening structure is disclosed. The frame molding includes a first molding, a second molding, and a bracket that fastens the first and second molding to each other. The bracket includes a fixed portion fixed to the first molding and an insertion po... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033584 | Opening/closing device for vehicle door A vehicle door opening/closing device having a latch mechanism, a locking mechanism, an actuator, and a canceling mechanism is provided. The actuator has an electric motor and a pivotable drive lever. The canceling mechanism operates to block transmission of power b... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032282 | Damping characteristics control apparatus for a vehicle suspension A damping characteristics control apparatus is provided for a vehicle suspension having a shock absorber mounted between a sprung member and an unsprung member for each wheel. Damping force of the shock absorber is controlled on the basis of damping coefficient obta... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029028 | Door lock device A door lock device includes an electrical drive source, which pivots a drive member from a predetermined neutral position, and a return urging member, which returns the drive member to the predetermined neutral position. The drive member pushes a locking lever with ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025036 | Valve timing control apparatus A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotation member, a driven rotation member, an advance angle chamber displacing a rotation phase of the driven rotation member relative to the driving rotation member in an advance angle direction, a retard angle ch... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8000169 | Object detecting apparatus, opening and closing control system for vehicle using object detecting apparatus, and method of detecting upstroke of envelope An object detecting apparatus detecting an object position based on a reflected wave generated by reflection of a transmitted ultrasonic wave from the object includes a transmitting portion transmitting the ultrasonic wave, a receiving portion receiving the ultrason... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992929 | Support mechanism for opening and closing member A support mechanism for an opening and closing member slidably moving to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle body, includes a support frame adapted to be arranged at the opening and closing member to support the opening and closing member relative to the v... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984938 | Door handle device for vehicle A door handle device for a vehicle includes a first handle member made of resin and formed with a housing portion which houses an electronic component and is arranged opposing to the outer panel and a second handle member covering the housing portion and assembled t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984937 | Door handle apparatus for a vehicle A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a door handle including an outer side handle portion formed with a grip portion, a rotating portion rotatably supported by a supporting member, an operating portion operating a door opening and closing mechanism, and an... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980349 | Drive system for vehicle A drive system for a vehicle includes a motor, an internal combustion engine, a generator, a power distribution mechanism distributing a driving force of the internal combustion engine to driving wheels and the generator, an electronic control unit controlling the m... | 07/19/2011 |
