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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7298863 | In-vehicle speaker rotational mounting structure An in-vehicle speaker rotational mounting structure including a speaker unit having a claw portion provided thereon, and a panel member on which the speaker unit is mounted, wherein the claw portion is inserted into a slit formed in the panel member, so that the spe... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7159550 | Variable valve train of internal combustion engine This variable valve train has a camshaft, a rocker shaft, and a rocker arm mechanism for transmitting a motion of a cam formed on the camshaft to a valve. The rocker arm mechanism includes a first arm which drives the valve, a second arm, a third arm, and a variable... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118256 | Lighting device incorporating plasma lamp for vehicles A lighting device for a vehicle has at least two light sources, a primary light source for general illuminating or marking purposes and a secondary light source, namely a plasma lamp, for creating exciting and appealing lighting effects. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7083225 | Vehicle body structure of periphery of rear suspension Coupling members include a first coupling portion (X) that couples rear quarter inner members to upper surfaces of rear suspension base members, a second coupling portion (Y) that couples upper surfaces of the rear suspension base members together, which are located... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059667 | Combined structure of front part of cabin of automobile A combined structure of a front part of a cabin of an automobile has a dash panel and a front pillar. The dash panel is placed in the front part of the cabin, extending in the width direction of an automobile, and forms a tire house bulged inward of the cabin at bot... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053795 | Parking assistance apparatus in a vehicle A parking assistance apparatus for assisting a driver to once stop a vehicle at a predetermined reference position where the driver can view a target parking position in a lateral direction of the vehicle and then to perform parking operation from the reference posi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7015828 | Vehicle monitoring apparatus To display road situations on front left and front right sides of a vehicle, and so on without fail as a camera video image in an interior of the vehicle. In the case that a running speed of the vehicle is changed along an almost U-shaped line I as indicated by arro... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988768 | Vehicle seat apparatus A vehicle seat apparatus in which a seat is rotated around a rotational shaft to the rear of a vehicle in such a manner that a bottom surface of a seat cushion is made to face the inside of a passenger compartment so that the seat can be stowed in a recessed portion... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6976731 | Vehicle body structure In a vehicle body structure, an accommodation concavity is provided in a floor panel. A pair of side members each having a nearly vertical first side surface portion extend bilaterally of the accommodation concavity. The floor panel is composed of a first floor pane... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974192 | Vehicle seat There is provided a seat belt anchor attaching structure, comprising a seat adjuster for adjusting a seat position by moving an upper rail attached with a seat cushion relatively to a lower rail, and a seating sensor arranged between the seat adjuster and the floor ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966299 | Start control device and start control method for internal combustion engine An electronic control unit adjusts an electronic throttle valve to a starting opening in a cold start mode of an engine, then maintains the opening of the electronic throttle valve so that an engine rotational speed detected by a crank angle sensor increases to a ta... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957527 | Device and method for estimating catalytic temperature A device for periodically estimating the temperature of an exhaust-gas purifying catalyst provided in the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. The device includes first, second, third, and fourth estimation blocks. The first estimation block estimates the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942241 | Occupant protective arrangement and a vehicle therewith A vehicle has an occupant protective arrangement, which a bracket. The bracket has aholding part that holds an airbag on a pillar panel and a mounting part that is mounted on the pillar panel. The mounting part is located below the lower end of a side roof panel, an... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938950 | Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure in which a ridge of a front side member is continuous with a ridge of a dash brace to make it possible to efficiently transmit an impact force, and which is capable of realizing an intended deformation of the front side member suited to the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932405 | Vehicle body frame structure A vehicle body structure of the present invention includes a side-frame disposed to extend along one direction, a side sill disposed to extend in the one direction alongside the side-frame on the outside thereof, a cross member disposed to extend in a direction in w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929295 | Storage compartment and latch arrangement thereof A latch device for a cover member includes a box body having at least of a pair of walls and an upside opening, a cover member that is mounted on the box body to enable the upside opening to be opened and closed, a handle member mounted on the cover member such that... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6908146 | Side member of automobile A side member is a complement of a pair located on either side of the body of a vehicle so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, passing under a dash panel located in the front part of the interior of the vehicle so as to cross the vehicle ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899652 | Continuously variable transmission A belt-type continuously variable transmission is provided with a housing end wall that is formed with a bearing mounting hole, through which one end portion of a primary shaft penetrates, a rolling bearing that rotatably supports, in a state that it is fitted in th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892528 | Catalyst deterioration detecting apparatus A catalyst deterioration detecting apparatus aims at accurately determining whether or not a catalyst deteriorates even if a strict standard for catalyst deterioration is established. The catalyst deterioration detecting apparatus includes catalyst temperature sensi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893082 | Suspension mounting structure A vehicle suspension mounting structure capable of sufficiently improving the strength and rigidity of a strut fixing part, while minimizing adverse effects such as increased vehicle weight. Side members of a sectional shape having an upper opening are curved inward... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890211 | Connector holding structure A connector holding structure which facilitate an operation of inserting a connector from the bottom surface of a headlining to the top surface thereof and prevents an occurrence of damage of the connector and abnormal noises due to vibrations of the connector. The ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886329 | Exhaust emission control apparatus for internal combustion engine There is provided an exhaust emission control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a cylinder suspend operation control section that provides control to suspend combustion of suspended cylinders selected from among a plurality of cylinders ac... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6886616 | Wheel structure A wheel structure for vehicles, capable of reducing a columnar resonance sound occurring in a wheel during a travel of a vehicle. A cross-sectional shape of a closed space defined by a wheel and a tire is varied in the circumferential direction so that a columnar re... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883833 | Knee protector A knee protector is arranged in front of a seat in a vehicle, and includes a load receiving part that is comprised of an upper portion positioned or shaped suitably for a person who is relatively large in stature and a lower portion positioned or shaped suitably for... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874843 | Vehicle front-end body structure A vehicle front-end body structure, includes: front side members provided along a left side and a right side of a front portion of a vehicle body, a front deck cross member provided between side walls of the vehicle body, including joint portions for joining the fro... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6860357 | Motor vehicle that acquires driving power for running from high voltage power supply A motor vehicle acquires driving power for running from a high voltage power supply. The vehicle has a collision detecting device that detects a vehicle collision, a deceleration detecting device that detects a deceleration of the motor vehicle, and a high voltage s... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6854767 | Shoulder belt anchor mounting structure for a vehicle and a vehicle thereof A vehicle has a shoulder anchor mounting structure. In the shoulder anchor mounting structure, a side roof rail extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at a roof side of the vehicle is constructed such that an inner member and an outer member thereof form... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837534 | Front grille guard for vehicle There is provided a front grille guard for a vehicle, which is comprised of first and second grille guards attached independently of each other adjacent to a logo attachment part provided on the front face of the vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to attach the fron... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6824200 | Body structure A rear side member is composed of an upper member and a lower member. A flange of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are spot-welded to each other. An end edge of the upper member and a flange of the lower member are individually spot-welded to a side... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6810846 | Flow path structure of hollow tube To provide a flow path structure of a hollow tube capable of reducing facility cost and product cost by promoting assembling operability, a rocker shaft is constituted by including a tubular member having a hollow portion and a partitioning member interposed at the ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805087 | Variable air intake mechanism of engine An air intake structure of an engine has a first intake air passage and a second intake air passage provided independently and having downstream end portions branched into a plurality of intake ducts connected to a plurality of cylinders of the engine. The neighborh... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6794330 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst formed as a single catalyst that has a great deal of flexibility when being assembled into an exhaust system and that is capable of executing both an NOx absorbing function and a t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790808 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, an acid material with a high affinity with respect to an absorbing agent is dispersed and mixed in a catalyst layer, to which the absorbing agent is added, or a layer of the acid material is formed inside the catalyst layer in o... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6767061 | Seat for vehicle use A seat for vehicle use, the front portion of which is capable of tipping up. The seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, a tip-up unit which tips up a forward end side of the seat cushion from a base position to an upward tip-up position, and a rock unit which ho... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6751948 | Direct injection internal combustion engine and controlling method therefor A direct injection internal combustion engine includes catalysts for purifying exhaust gases, the catalysts being disposed in an exhaust passage of the engine. A control device controls the engine so as to warm up or activate the catalysts. The control device includ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6729639 | Tow hook mounting structure There is provided a hook mounting structure that comprises a vehicle body structural member having a bottom part and two side parts that extend upward from both side edges of the bottom part to be joined to a lower surface of a floor; a tow hook mounted on a lower s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6705657 | Vehicle seat stowing structure A vehicle seat stowing structure has seats provided on a floor. The seats are rotated rearwardly of a vehicle around a rotational shaft fixed to a vehicle body so that the bottom surface of each of seat cushions is directed to the inside of a passenger compartment. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688671 | Impact absorption device There is provided an impact absorption device that comprises an impact bar 24 extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle door 20 and a hollow impact absorption member 30 with an upper end rib 32 locked on the impact bar 24 and a lower end rib 34... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6604781 | Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure comprises a first cross member and a second cross member disposed on a floor (11) between a side sill (12) provided at both sides of a vehicle body and a floor tunnel (14) provided in a longitudinal direction in middle of the vehi... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6592175 | Vehicle body structure A vehicle body structure includes a front side member disposed at a side of an engine compartment at a front of the vehicle body. The front side member extends in a longitudinal direction and has a rear part thereof extending to a fire wall and a lower su... | 07/15/2003 |
