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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172414 | Instrument illuminating device with light guide body An illuminating device, for illuminating display designed parts on a display panel, includes at least one light source arranged at a rear side of the display panel, and a light guide body having a light guide portion for guiding the light toward its outer-circumfere... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8069911 | Radiator with built-in oil cooler A radiator including a core part having a plurality of tubes and fins, a tank fluidically connected with the tank, an oil cooler contained in the tank, the oil cooler being provided with a pair of connecting pipes which fluidically communicate an interior of the oil... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042745 | Thermally responsive valve for regulating engine coolant flow A thermally responsive valve is installed in a coolant circuit of an engine 1, and is provided with an operating member 7 containing a thermal expansion element 15 which expands and contracts according to a temperature change of coolant to chang... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7972118 | Variable capacity compressor The first maximum inclination angle θ1 is a maximum inclination angle of a link member 45 allowed by a clearance between a slit 41s of a rotor 21 and one end 45a of the link member 45; the second maximum incli... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7905278 | Vehicular air conditioner A vehicular air conditioner having an air conditioner case including an air mix area, where a defroster opening, a front seat vent opening, a foot opening, and a back seat vent opening are located on the air conditioner case and configured to open and close the air ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7855479 | Noise suppression structure of blower motor In a noise suppression structure of a blower motor according to the present invention, a noise reduction member is disposed inside of a peripheral wall part of an end bracket member in such a manner that the noise reduction member is located in a position opposite s... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841197 | Torque calculation apparatus and torque calculation method of variable capacitance compressor A variable capacitance compressor is provided in a refrigeration cycle of a vehicular air conditioning system. The variable capacitance compressor controls discharge capacity of refrigerant by an external control pulse signal, and can substantially estimate compress... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832764 | Knee protector structure for vehicle The present invention relates to a knee protector structure for a vehicle. The present invention intends to make it possible to positively prevent an upper absorption bracket from being deformed with a tensile force exerted through a connecting bracket when a lower ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831359 | Passenger detecting device adapted for motor vehicle A passenger detecting device includes a plurality of weight sensors, a passenger judging and data updating device and an update forbidding device. The weight sensors are arranged at different positions of a seat for respectively detecting weights acting on the seat ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7786882 | Occupant-detecting apparatus An occupant-detecting apparatus includes a plurality of load sensors configured to detect a load imparted on a vehicle seat, and an occupant-sitting determination device configured to determine whether or not an occupant is seated on the vehicle seat, based on detec... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775453 | Vehicle air-conditioner control system A vehicle air-conditioner control system according to the present invention activates an air conditioner in response to a command from an air-conditioner remote controller before a passenger is onboard, controls the air conditioner based on a heat load detected by a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772985 | Detection device for passengers A detection device for passengers includes a passenger judgment unit which has a specified load judgment unit and a stability judgment unit, and a plurality of load sensors disposed on supporting parts of a seat of a vehicle. The passenger judgment unit makes a judg... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761206 | Passenger protection apparatus A passenger protection apparatus (1) includes a rollover angular speed detection device (10), which detects a rollover angular speed during vehicle rollover, a rollover determination device (14), which conducts a determination of the vehicle rol... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753728 | Rear-cover attachment structure A fixation structure for a rear cover (1) in which a waterproofing grommet (5) is fixed to the wire lead-out side (4), from which a wire from a connector housing (2) is led out, of a connector (3) and which is assembled to the wire... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749016 | Lever-fitting type connector with rotatably insertable locking lever A lever insertion hole (6) for inserting a lever (5) is provided in a female housing (2). A rib (10) and a flexible lever-holding lock (11) are arranged on the inner wall (6A) of the lever insertion hole (6). The rib ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7721563 | Apparatus for and method of calculating torque of variable capacity compressor An apparatus for calculating torque of a variable capacity compressor, including: a sensor configured to detect internal and external states of an air conditioner; an OFF-torque calculator configured to calculate and store a steady-state torque according to a state ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7676312 | Actuator controller and a method for controlling such an actuator controller An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zon... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661740 | Vehicular interior part and method of fabricating the same A core, a flexible pad covering the core and a synthetic resinous skin covering the pad are layered each other. A thread is arranged on a surface side of the skin and has portions inserted in grooves of the pad through through-holes of the skin. Stoppers engage a re... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7607940 | Waterproof connector A waterproof connector, comprising a pair of male and female housings (30, 40) engaged with each other. The waterproof connector also comprises a grommet (10) covering at least one of the housings (30, 40) and a fastening member (50) inse... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607474 | Air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, in which a temperature in a vehicle interior is automatically adjusted under a stable driving mode in which a difference between the temperature in the vehicle interior and a set temperature is lesser than a predetermined... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7591678 | Through-panel connector A through-panel connector, comprising a female connector (10) and a male connector disposed on one side and the other side of panel (50) and fitted to each other through a mounting hole (51) formed in the panel (50). The female connector ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591142 | Air conditioner for vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle having a variable capacity compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator; a duct in which the evaporator is arranged; an air switching unit arranged on an upstream side of the duct and ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7581342 | Display device A display device includes an ultraviolet light source, a color light source, and a filter selectively hit by their lights. The filter has a first area part for displaying the first display contents excluding an overlapped parts when the ultraviolet light is emitted,... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568520 | Oil cooler An oil cooler is contained in a radiator tank. It includes a connecting pipe having an enlarged diameter portion, a heat exchange part including elements and a communicating passage fluidically communicating the elements, and a pipe connector. The pipe connector has... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7566084 | Lid opening-closing mechanism of container device for vehicle A lid opening-closing mechanism of a container device for a vehicle, including: a container device body provided in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; a lid attached freely openable and closable to the container device body; an elastic member interposed and provided b... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7562735 | Passenger detecting device adapted for motor vehicle A passenger detecting device includes a plurality of weight sensors, a weight-fluctuation monitoring means and a passenger judging and data updating means. The weight sensors are arranged at different positions of a seat for respectively detecting weights acting on ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562733 | Radiator core support A radiator core support includes a radiator core support main body that is made of plastic material, a right fixing member and a left fixing member that are made of metal, and a first metal frame. The right fixing member and the left fixing member are fixed on a rig... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558656 | Vehicle data recording device Provided is a vehicle data recording device in which detection values of an acceleration sensor 210 and an driving status detecting sensor 220 are periodically and continuously recorded in a ring buffer 120, a detection value which has already b... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553148 | Production apparatus and production method for producing bent portion of multi-channel tube A production apparatus for bending a multi-channel tube having an outer tube and a partition partitioning an interior of the outer tube into two or more channel holes is provided with a bending mold configured to bend the multi-channel tube in a bend radius; a press... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549508 | Muffler A muffler includes a shell main that is formed in a cylinder with two openings opposite to each other being apart from each other in an axial direction of the shell main body by rolling a flat plate to have an overlapped portion overlapping an inner end portion and ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546193 | Vehicle occupant protection apparatus and initiation method to use for vehicle occupant protection apparatus A vehicle occupant protection apparatus 1 including: a first acceleration sensor (2) for detecting acceleration of a front portion of a vehicle (10); a second acceleration sensor 3 for detecting acceleration of a central portion; a integr... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546192 | Multiplex communication system and car-passenger protection system using the same Disclosed is a multiplex communication system which comprises a master unit, and a plurality of slave units, wherein the master unit and the plurality of slave units are annularly connected by a signal line. The master unit transmits a request signal to each of the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540719 | Power transmission and compressor A power transmission for a compressor includes a driven member rotable by an engine. The power transmission includes a drive member rotable coaxially with the driven member to rotate a shaft of a compressor for regulating displacement of the compressor. The power tr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7516781 | Plate-like heat exchanger A plate-like heat exchanger is provided with a plate-like structure; one or more flow paths respectively including opened ends, the flow paths being formed in an interior of the plate-like structure and running in a first direction; one or more covering members fixe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511683 | Information displaying apparatus for a vehicle The present invention is an information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a cluster disposed to be faced to an occupant; and a display device disposed in the cluster; the display device includes a displaying surface on which information on the vehic... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509196 | Airbag development control apparatus An anterior part of a vehicle is provided with a bumper armature as a structural member having high rigidity. A bumper is disposed front of the bumper armature, and a radiator and an engine are disposed behind the bumper armature. A collision determining device embe... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7503666 | Lighting device A lighting device, for illuminating display designed parts on a display plate arranged parts at-least-partially around a center axis, includes a light source for emitting light and arranged at a rear side of the display plate, and a light guide body having at least ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7478699 | Vehicle passenger detecting device A vehicle passenger detecting device includes a judging circuit (6), which judges whether a passenger seated on a seat (1) is a child or not based on a load acting on each of areas of a seat portion (1a) of the seat for a vehicle, and the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478669 | Corrugated fin for integrally assembled heat exchangers A plurality of tubes and corrugated fins are piled up and arranged alternatively, for integrally assembled heat exchangers. The corrugated fin has fin portions for the heat exchangers and a connecting portion connecting the fin portions. The connecting portion is fo... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478537 | Method of controlling vehicular air-conditioner A vehicular air-conditioner includes a compressor to be driven by an engine. The vehicular air-conditioner includes a controller configured to reduce a load on the compressor in response to a braking condition of a vehicle. ... | 01/20/2009 |
