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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177044 | Automotive impact absorbing member An automotive impact absorbing member integrally formed of synthetic resin material having lengthwise shape that extends with a constant hollow cross section. The impact absorbing member includes: plate-shaped rib portions each extending in a direction perpendicular... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167339 | Resin tube-equipped quick connector There is provided a resin tube-equipped quick connector capable of connecting a fuel-transporting resin tube to a mating pipe without hindrance even if the resin tube has a small diameter. The quick connector is constructed such that it includes a connector body hav... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157251 | Vibration damping mounting assembly A vibration damping mount assembly having a vibration damping mount main body and a tubular bracket. The tubular bracket is made of lightweight material composed of non-ferric metal or synthetic resin, and has an inside peripheral face including an upper tapered fac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157066 | Impact absorbing member An object of the present invention is to provide an impact absorbing member capable of reinforcing a desired reinforcement object portion. The impact absorbing member includes a long impact absorbing body which absorbs energy at the time of a collision by being defo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151954 | Vibration damping apparatus A vibration damping apparatus wherein a mass member is elastically supported by a spring member on a vibrating member to be damped for constituting a secondary vibrating system. The spring member is a metal plate spring with one end being attached to the mass member... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149211 | Deformable sensor system A deformable sensor system that can be used for pressure-distribution sensors. The deformable sensor system makes it possible to obtain a pressure distribution with a much higher accuracy, while reducing the number of electrodes. The system utilizes a deformable sen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139629 | Adaptive controller An adaptive controller includes an adaptive-signal generator for generating an adaptive signal, which includes a first amplitude filter coefficient and a first phase filter coefficient, in a first transfer path based on an angular frequency of a cyclic signal, which... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132796 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device A fluid filled type vibration damping device wherein an elastic rubber film is disposed to partially define a primary fluid chamber disposed on one side thereof, and a pressure operating chamber is disposed on an opposite side from the primary fluid chamber with the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128075 | Fluid-filled cylindrical vibration-damping device A fluid filled cylindrical vibration damping device having a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting an inner shaft member and an intermediate cylindrical member, wherein base wall portions of either of a pair of pocket portions are constituted by the main r... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104750 | Fluid filled vibration damping device and electric actuator for use in the same A fluid filled vibration damping device including: a fluid passage interconnecting a pressure receiving chamber partially defined by a rubber elastic body connecting a first and second mounting members, and an equilibrium chamber partially defined by a flexible film... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100389 | Pneumatic actuator for vibration damping device and vibration damping device using the same A pneumatic actuator for use in a vibration damping device comprising: a base housing; an elastic wall member being fastened fluid-tightly to the base housing to form a working air chamber therebetween; and an urging member positioned within the working air chamber ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091872 | Fluid-filled type vibration damping device A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes a first mounting member, a second mounting member, a main rubber elastic body, a flexible film, a partition member, a valve, a coil, a control-signals-generating circuit and a power amplifier circuit. The valve e... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083243 | Drive unit vibration damping support for electric motor-driven vehicle A drive unit vibration damping support for use in an electric motor-driven vehicle combines the following structural features. A subframe construction in which a drive unit is supported in vibration damping fashion on a subframe through a first vibration damping dev... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083217 | Fluid-filled type vibration damping device A Fluid-filled type vibration damping device, which is configured to be free from the necessity of supplying a continuous application of electricity to a coil so as to maintain a movable valve body in either an opened state or a closed state, is provided. The device... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071003 | Method of manufacturing a vibration damping bushing A method of manufacturing a vibration damping bushing wherein after setting a main shaft member on a lower mold, an medial sleeve is set to be disposed about the main shaft member, and a plurality of sections are moved forward in a centripetal direction to form an i... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8047513 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device A vibration damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber connected by a first orifice passage; a movable member disposed within the pressure-receiving chamber, to form a primary fluid chamber partly defined by a rubber elastic bo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8020677 | Vibration damping device and manufacturing method thereof A vibration damping device including a hollow housing having a fastening frame and a housing main body attached to the fastening frame for providing the hollow housing enclosing a mass member. With the housing main body inserted between top and base plate portions t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7958789 | Capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor includes a dielectric layer made of an elastomer and a pair of electrodes arranged via the dielectric layer, and detects deformation on the basis of electrostatic capacity variation between the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes contain a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951481 | Separator and cell using the same for use in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell A separator for use in a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, including a membrane/electrode assembly including a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode disposed on either side of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a first separator superposed against a surface ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7922157 | Stopper for cylindrical elastic mount and cylindrical elastic mount assembly A stopper for a cylindrical elastic mount includes a concave portion which is formed at each of a plurality of locations on a circumference of a cylindrical portion of a stopper fitting, the concave portion being concaved in a radially inward direction to partially ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7883061 | Exhaust pipe support An exhaust pipe support including an elastic body having a ring shape, the elastic body comprising: an upper attachment portion having an upper attachment hole; a lower attachment portion having a lower attachment hole; and a pair of arm portions mutually connecting... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845624 | Cylindrical fluid-filled elastic mount A cylindrical fluid-filled elastic mount which has a structure that avoids or mitigates a deterioration of damping effect, when an outer cylindrical member is subjected to a diameter-reducing operation. A cylindrical fluid-filled elastic mount including; a communica... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7857293 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes a fluid chamber divided by a partition member into a pressure-receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber. The partition member has a first and a second member axially superposed together. A locking projection i... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849887 | Refrigerant transportation hose A refrigerant transportation hose having excellent flexibility and high resistance to permeation of refrigerant. The refrigerant transportation hose includes an innermost layer formed by using polyamide resin, a low-permeation layer formed on an outer peripheral sur... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828334 | Joint part for resin fuel tank A joint part including a welding portion with a rim of an opening of a fuel resin tank as well as a high barrier property on its interface. The joint part has a multi-layer structure including a barrier layer and at least one of an inner layer and an outer layer coa... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810798 | Electromagnetic actuator for active vibration damping device An electromagnetic actuator having: a stator and a movable member disposed in a central hole of a coil member of the stator movable in an axial direction; a coupling rod fixed to the movable member; and an elastic stopper having a ring shaped sealing unit at its out... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810797 | Fluid filled vibration damping device and method of producing the same A fluid filled vibration damping device including an elastic body connecting a first and second mounting member, a pressure-receiving chamber defined by the elastic body and an equilibrium chamber defined by a flexible rubber film. The second mounting member is pres... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793922 | Bound stopper, bound stopper assembly, and bound stopper mounting structure for vehicle body A bound stopper provided with a drainage path for draining water that has passed through drainage holes formed in a bottom portion of a bracket. The drainage path is constituted by a recessed portion formed on at least one of a plurality of corresponding portions of... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780154 | Fluid-filled type engine mount A fluid-filled type engine mount having a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber connected together through a first orifice passage, and an intermediate chamber connected to the equilibrium chamber through a second orifice passage. The intermediate ch... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776950 | Antivibration rubber composition An antivibration rubber composition containing diene rubber (Component A) and silica (Component B). The amount of the Component B contained is set to a range from 10 to 100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the Component A. The Component B has t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766118 | Engine bracket An engine bracket including: an attachment portion provided in a fixing location adapted to be fixed to at least one of the vehicle body and power unit; a bolt hole being formed in the attachment portion so that the attachment portion is fixed to the vehicle body or... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763121 | Rubber part having an aluminum-based metal component and method of producing the same A rubber part having an aluminum-based metal component including the metal component, a chemical film A formed on an outer peripheral surface of the metal component which is transformable following a squeezing of the metal component, an adhesive layer B formed on an... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756619 | Active vibration insulator An active vibration insulator includes an electromagnetic actuator, a controller, and a bad-roads processor. The electromagnetic actuator generates vibrating forces depending on electric-current supplies. The controller carries out vibrating-forces generation contro... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7706924 | Vibration controller for active vibration insulators and method for controlling vibrations for the same A vibration controller includes a map controller, an adaptive controller, a set-up frequency judge/switcher, and an actuator. The map controller includes a data map storage for storing data on control signals determined in advance for a vibration insulator, and a si... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703761 | Sheet feed roller and method of manufacturing the same A sheet feed roller prolonging sustainability of sheet feeding capability even if crushed powders are scattered. The sheet feed roller comprises a hub and an elastic layer provided on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, wherein plural grooves axially extend at s... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703333 | Deformation sensor A deformation sensor, which has excellent workability and a high degree of freedom in shape design and which can detect deformation and load in a wide area of components and portions, has a main body of sensor, electrodes which are connected to the main body of sens... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7694582 | Deformation sensor A first deformation sensor is arranged in a shock transmission member which is built in a vehicle and which constitutes a transmission path of a shock applied from the outside. A second deformation sensor is arranged in an exterior member which is exposed to the out... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677537 | Stopper structure for engine mount A stopper structure including: a rigid abutting member extending in its longitudinal direction with a rectangular cross sectional shape; and a rubber stopper having a base portion of tubular cross sectional shape and secured press-fit onto the rigid abutting member ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7654288 | Heat-resistant rubber hose for diesel engine A heat-resistant rubber hose for a diesel engine is provided, which is excellent in exhaust gas water resistance (acid resistance), heat resistance, flame resistance and low-temperature property. The heat-resistant rubber hose includes a tubular inner layer (1 | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648129 | Fluid filled vibration damping device and method of manufacturing the same A fluid filled vibration damping device including: a main rubber elastic body connecting first and second mounting members; a partition member and a fastening member axially superposed together and secured fitting into the second mounting member. The partition membe... | 01/19/2010 |