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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5179328 | Power seat apparatus A power seat apparatus which comprises motors for moving a seat in respective direction, relays for changing rotational directions of the respective motors, a preset memory for memorizing a seat position suitable for respective drivers, a memory drive cir... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5169245 | Thrust bearing device A thrust bearing device for a motor comprises a housing of the motor, a thrust plate disposed in the housing and in contact with an end of a motor shaft, a spring for energizing the motor shaft through the thrust plate, and the housing is formed with a st... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5140206 | Actuator for automotive vehicles An actuator which comprises a reversible motor, a solenoid, movable clutch disc to be attracted by the solenoid, a driving clutch disc supported rotatably between the movable clutch disc and the solenoid and driven by the motor. The movable clutch disc an... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5138241 | Raindrop detector for a wiper motor A raindrop detector comprises a vibration detection unit, a signal converter unit for converting the electrical signal output from the vibration detection unit into a data signal, a memory for storing data of the data signal converted by the signal conver... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5125471 | Automatic car-speed controller An automatic car-speed controller is provided with a car-speed sensor, a command switch, a car-speed memory, an actuator, a control circuit for controlling the actuator, and a prohibition circuit for preventing a driving motor of the actuator to rotate in... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5121323 | Automatic vehicle speed control device An automatic vehicle speed control device for use in an automatic controlling of the running speed of a vehicle to a certain set speed is disclosed. The device comprises a vehicle speed sensor for outputting vehicle speed data proportional to an actual ve... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5119002 | Automatic windshield wiper apparatus with raindrop detector for automotive vehicles and methods for automatically controlling wiper apparatus A wiper apparatus comprises a wiper motor, a wiper switch, a moisture sensor for sensing presence of moisture, a vibration sensor for sensing a vibration caused by raindrops and a controller for actuating the wiper motor in accordance with output signals ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5107947 | Automatic car-speed controller An automatic car-speed controller is provided with a car-speed sensor, a command switch, a car-speed memory, an actuator, a control mechanism, and a holding circuit for cutting off an electric current to the actuator according to a braking operation and m... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106263 | Centrifugal pump with high efficiency impeller A small-sized centrifugal pump is improved in its efficiency and performance by having an impeller the height of which is higher than theoretically calculated value and decreases in the circumferential direction from the central portion, and which has a f... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105129 | Raindrop detection wiper A raindrop detection wiper is provided with a raindrop detector for detecting a raindrop, a wiper motor for actuating a wiper blade, an automatic stop mechanism for stopping the wiper blade at a predetermined position, a control mechanism comprising a cur... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5105134 | Wiper apparatus interlocking to washer A wiper apparatus comprises a wiper switch, a washer motor, a washer switch for actuating the washer motor by its on-operation, a wiper motor actuated independently by on-operation of the wiper switch and interlockingly with the washer motor by the on-ope... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103131 | Brush holder A brush holder comprises a holding part provided with a contact part in contact with a brush and three resilient pieces pressing the brush toward the contact part. It is possible to support the brush securely in the holding part and possible to prevent th... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5095294 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided with resilient pieces which are formed in one body with movable contacts, spring parts and the contacting parts and fulfils the function instead of movable contact pieces, a coil spring and the woven wires connecting b... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5085286 | Car-speed control system A car-speed control system is provided with a car-speed sensor, a command switch, an actuator having an electromagnetic clutch, an actuator-driving circuit, a clutch-driving circuit, a car-speed memory, a controller and a comparing circuit for comparing v... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5086260 | Wiper apparatus with reversing motor protected from overload A wiper apparatus is provided with a wiper motor, an overcurrent detection circuit, a timer actuated according to a signal output from the overcurrent detection circuit at the time of detecting the overcurrent flowing in the wiper motor and a controller f... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5079793 | Wiper device with oscillation prevention switch A wiper device is provided with a wiper arm including an arm head, a retainer and a coil spring, and with a lock-back detecting device which detects whether or not the wiper arm is in a "lock-back" state and shuts off a power supply to the motor in case o... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5071299 | Nut fixing structure for resinous case A nut fixing structure for a resinous case which comprises a nut provided with an antirotative flange and caulking clicks on its respective ends, and a resinous case provided with a nut fitting hole and a flange receiving part. The nut is fixed in the nut... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069502 | Sunroof driving apparatus A sunroof driving apparatus includes a motor unit having a forwardly and reversely rotatable motor shaft and an output unit for converting rotation of the motor shaft into opening and closing movements of a sunroof lid. The motor unit and the output unit ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5067198 | Wiper pivot A wiper pivot is provided with a pivot arm, a pivot shaft having a spherical convex part, and a pivot holder having a spherical concave part. The pivot shaft is supported rotatably by the pivot holder through the spherical connection, and an opening of th... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5066878 | Small-sized electric motor housing circuit breaker A small-sized electric motor is provided with a hole for inserting a circuit breaker in a holder base lying between a motor case and a gear case, and the circuit breaker is fixed to the holder base by inserting its own body in the hole of the holder base ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5062312 | Actuator An actuator is provided with a motor having a worm, a worm wheel in engagement with said worm and having a pinion-engaging part, a pinion having a worm wheel-engaging part and a rotational axis offset from the rotational axis of the worm wheel, a sector w... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5048145 | Wiper blade with improved lever to yoke connector A wiper blade is provided with an improved lever to yoke connection. The lever has a yoke-fitting part at each end defining a hooking hole with an opening which opens towards the opposite hooking hole. The yoke-fitting part includes an engaging part and a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5025184 | Small-sized electric motor A small-sized electric motor which comprises a gear case having an end bracket, a holder base, a pair of plate terminals, a sealing member, a terminal container part provided with a projection having a tapered face, and a container cover provided with a p... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5023530 | Windshield wiper motor A windshield wiper motor is provided with an auto-stopping switch having a first contact plate, a second contact plate, a third contact plate and a contact shoe for contacting with said third contact plate at all times and for contacting selectively with ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5014201 | Automatic car-speed controller with detection of abnormality of the electromagnetic clutch An automatic car-speed controller is provided with a car-speed sensor, a command switch, a car-speed memory, an actuator, a driving motor, an abnormality detector for detecting an abnormality in an electromagnetic clutch of the actuator by detecting the t... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5014035 | Bimetallic circuit breaker with insulated terminal assembly A circuit breaker is provided with a first conductive plate fixed with a bimetal attached with a moving contact, a second conductive plate attached with a fixed contact and an insulator lying between base parts of the both conductive plates and fixed by b... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5013952 | Precision brush mounting assembly for small electric motor A small-sized electric motor includes a terminal with a positioner, complementary to a positioner on a brush holder equipped with a brush, for fastening the brush holder to the terminal by deformation of one positioner relative to the other, and a project... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5012613 | Power window apparatus A power window apparatus for opening and closing a curved window glass having a comparatively large curvature in the direction of its curvature is provided with a fixedly mounted reversible motor, a curved screw having curvature nearly equal to the curvat... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5007287 | Filler cap of jar for washer A filler cap of a jar for a washer is provided with a stopper portion plugging filler hole of the jar, a pawl portion engaged with the filler hole and a tubular gauge for measuring residual quantity of detergent liquid in the jar which extends toward the ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5004178 | Seat belt apparatus A seat belt apparatus for use in the restraining of a person on a seat of the vehicle includes a take-up mechanism, a webbing strap having one end secured to the take-up mechanism windably and the other end secured to the vehicle body by pulling it out fr... | 04/02/1991 |
