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B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards 69
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1.

COVER

      
Application Number JP2024010288
Publication Number 2025/191846
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-15
Publication Date 2025-09-18
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumoto Tomoyuki
  • Sakurai Masanori
  • Tamura Shota

Abstract

This cover 10 is used on: a band 12 that holds a fuel tank 16; a bracket 14 that has a second fixing part 14a for fixing the band 12 to a vehicle body side; and a fixing tool that fixes the band 12 and the second fixing part 14a to the vehicle body side, the cover 10 comprising an attachment part attached to an attachment target section of the bracket 14. While attached to the attachment target section, the cover 10 covers the second fixing part 14a.

IPC Classes  ?

2.

HOLDER

      
Application Number JP2024046401
Publication Number 2025/187185
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-12-27
Publication Date 2025-09-12
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakagawa Yoshitaka
  • Numata Minoru

Abstract

A holder 10 comprises: a body part 20 comprising a pair of holding parts for holding a long member 12; and a lid part that is rotatably mounted to the body part 20 by connecting a base end side to the body part 20. Each holding part is open in a radial direction of a long member and can receive the long member from the opening. The lid part brings the opening into a closed state and an open state. The lid part comprises: a lock part that is provided at a tip end side and restricts rotation of the lid part in an opening direction in a state in which the lid part is locked to the body part; an inner surface that faces the body part in a closing direction of the lid part; and a protruding part that protrudes from the inner surface toward the opening in the closed state and comes into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the long member being held. In a state in which the protruding part is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the long member, a gap is formed between the inner surface and an end surface in which the body part faces the inner surface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 2/10 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using pivoting jaws
  • F16L 3/13 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and engaging it by snap action

3.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number 18858538
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-04-17
First Publication Date 2025-09-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

A lock device for an opening-closing body includes: a base member; and an operating member. The operating member has an operating plate portion, an operating portion, an operating load transmission wall portion protruding, the shaft portions disposed so as to protrude from both sides of the operating load transmission wall portion or the shaft support portions, and a stopper portion connected to the operating load transmission wall portion on a side of the operating portion with respect to the shaft portions or the shaft support portions. The base member has a pair of deformation restriction wall portions disposed outside portions of the operating load transmission wall portion where the shaft portions or the shaft support portions are provided, the shaft support portions or the shaft portions, and a stopper receiving portion that is configured to restrict rotation of the operating member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05B 85/06 - Lock cylinder arrangements

4.

ROTARY BRAKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024045661
Publication Number 2025/142911
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-12-24
Publication Date 2025-07-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Takahashi Ryo

Abstract

Provided is a rotary braking device capable of improving braking force by increasing shearing resistance of viscous fluid. A rotary brake device 10 has a first rotary member 20 and a second rotary member 50. The first rotary member 20 has a base part 21, an inner cylinder part 23, an outer cylinder part 25, an intermediate cylinder part 27, annular spaces 29, 30, and an opening part 31. The second rotary member 50 has a closing part 51 and a plurality of cylinder parts 53, 55. A slit 40 extending in an axial direction is formed in the intermediate cylinder part 27. At a position in the intermediate cylinder part 27 where the intermediate cylinder part 27 is aligned with the slit 40 in the circumferential direction, there is formed a slit-shortening part 45 that reduces the axial length of the slit 40 from the base part 21 toward the opening part 31.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

5.

SEAL RING AND SEAL RING HOLDING STRUCTURE

      
Application Number JP2024040092
Publication Number 2025/121084
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-11-12
Publication Date 2025-06-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yamaguchi Kosei
  • Dobashi Miho

Abstract

A seal ring 10 comprises a ring part 12 which is formed in an annular shape and a plurality of attachment parts 14 which are formed on the ring part 12 and which are each inserted into an attachment hole formed in an attachment member. Each attachment part 14 has a protrusion part 16 which protrudes radially outward from the outer circumferential portion of the ring part 12, an axis part 18 which is connected to the protrusion part 16 and which extends along the central axis direction of the ring part 12, and a nail part 20 which protrudes only radially outward from the axis part 18 and which is hooked on the edge of the attachment hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16J 15/10 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with non-metallic packing
  • F16J 15/06 - Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces

6.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18842409
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-07
First Publication Date 2025-06-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

A damper device includes: a cylinder; a rod; a piston having an annular groove; a seal ring; and a friction member. A seal portion is formed between the cylinder and the piston. When the piston moves in a damper braking direction, the seal ring is configured to press the friction member to expand the friction member in diameter, and an outer peripheral surface of the friction member is configured to be brought into pressure contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder. The friction member is formed to be smaller than a size of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder when no pressing force is applied from the seal ring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension

7.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18846090
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-01-31
First Publication Date 2025-06-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato, Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device which can restrict the swinging of a rod in the width direction and thickness direction thereof with a simple structure. This damper device 10 has a cylinder 20, a piston rod 30, and a guide cap 70, and the piston rod 30 has a rod 40 and a piston 60. The rod 40 is of a plate shape. The guide cap 70 has an insertion wall part 71 inserted inside an opening 23 of the cylinder 20, an insertion hole 73 into which the rod 40 is inserted, and an elastic piece 77 that is elastically deformable. A convex curved surface 80 and a concave curved surface 50 are formed between the rod 40 and the elastic piece 77, and the concave curved surface 50 provided to the rod 40 extends in the axial direction and is configured to guide the axial direction movement of the piston rod 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension

8.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18842411
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

A damper device includes: a cylinder; a rod; a piston having an annular groove; and a seal ring. A bottom portion of the annular groove is provided with a deep bottom portion, and a shallow bottom portion. The seal ring is provided with, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a cylinder contact portion configured to come into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and is provided with, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a shallow bottom portion contact portion configured to come into contact with the shallow bottom portion, a center of the cylinder contact portion and a center of the shallow bottom portion contact portion are offset in an axial direction, and the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring does not come into contact with the deep bottom portion when the piston moves in a damper braking direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/516 - Special means providing automatic damping adjustment resulting in the damping effects during contraction being different from the damping effects during extension
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods

9.

HOOK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024038567
Publication Number 2025/105171
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-29
Publication Date 2025-05-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakajima Takeshi
  • Hattori Ryu

Abstract

A hook device 10 that is to be fixed to an installation member comprises a bracket 18 that is formed from a metal material and is to be mounted on the installation member, a hook 14 that is rotatably supported on the bracket 18, and a base 12 that is formed from a resin material and is mounted on the bracket 18. The base 12 has a bottom part that is on the front side of the bracket 18 and a pin part 42 that protrudes from the bottom part to the back side and is to be inserted into an insertion hole of the installation member. The bracket 18 has a protruding part 68 that protrudes to the back side and is to be inserted into the insertion hole or an insertion hole of the installation member that is formed at a different position from the insertion hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 45/00 - HooksEyes
  • B60R 5/04 - Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like arranged at rear of vehicle
  • B60R 7/08 - Disposition of racks, clips, or the like

10.

HOOK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024038568
Publication Number 2025/105172
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-29
Publication Date 2025-05-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakajima Takeshi
  • Hattori Ryu

Abstract

This hook device 10 comprises a base 12 formed from a resin material, a hook 14 formed from a metal material and rotatably provided with respect to the base 12, and a metal spring that biases the hook 14. The hook 14 has a load-hanging part located on the leading-end side, a pair of base-end parts arranged opposite each other on the base-end side, and a contact surface formed on the periphery of the base-end parts. The axis of rotation of the hook 14 along which the pair of base-end parts face each other is positioned to run through the pair of base-end parts, and the base 12 has a flexible piece interposed between the contact surface and the metal spring. The metal spring biases the contact surface via the flexible piece toward the axis of rotation of the hook 14.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 45/00 - HooksEyes
  • B60R 5/04 - Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like arranged at rear of vehicle
  • B60R 7/08 - Disposition of racks, clips, or the like

11.

HOOK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024038569
Publication Number 2025/105173
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-29
Publication Date 2025-05-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Hattori Ryu

Abstract

A hook device 10 includes: a base 12 having a bottom part; a coil spring 16 disposed on the front side of the bottom part; a shaft 22 inserted into the coil spring 16; and a hook 14 biased by the coil spring 16 and rotatably supported by the shaft 22. The base 12 has a pedestal part erected from the bottom part toward the coil spring 16. The pedestal part extends along the axial direction of the shaft 22.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 45/00 - HooksEyes
  • B60R 5/04 - Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like arranged at rear of vehicle
  • B60R 7/08 - Disposition of racks, clips, or the like

12.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2024038562
Publication Number 2025/100304
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-10-29
Publication Date 2025-05-15
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Minai Kyohei
  • Uno Yuga
  • Suzuki Fumiya
  • Kaneyori Haruka

Abstract

The present invention provides a fastener 10 to be mounted in a mounting hole of a mounting member, said fastener comprising: a main part 12 having an engaging part to engage with the mounting member; a longitudinal part 14 extending from the main part 12; and a rotation-inducing part 16 coupled to the longitudinal part 14. The rotation-inducing part 16 has a contact surface 34 that contacts the edge of the mounting hole when inserted into the mounting hole and a retaining part 32 that prevents the rotation-inducing part 16 from falling out of the mounting hole after being inserted into the mounting hole. The rotation-inducing part 16 rotates about an axis along the longitudinal direction when the contact surface 34 contacts the edge of the mounting hole at the time of insertion into the mounting hole, and the longitudinal part 14 is flexible so as to be twisted due to the rotation of the rotation-inducing part 16.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 21/04 - Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation with bayonet catch
  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivetsMulti-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically

13.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2024024848
Publication Number 2025/062797
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-09
Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kim Hyeonggyu
  • Teramoto Atsuki

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body, the lock device being capable of improving the mounting workability of a lock member to a fixed body or an opening/closing body. This lock device 10 for an opening/closing body includes: a lock member 40; a manipulation member 60; a cylindrical projection part 25; and a guide member 70. The lock member 40 has a lock projection part 55, a leg part 50 and an operation part 41 for sliding the lock projection part 55. The guide member 70 has: a lock projection part guide for slidably guiding the lock projection part 55 along a slide direction such that an insertion amount of the lock projection part 55 with respect to the insertion hole is increased or decreased; and an elastically deformable elastic engagement part for engaging with the cylindrical projection part 25 when the guide member 70 is inserted into an internal space of the cylindrical projection part 25, and for retaining and holding the guide member 70 from the internal space.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

14.

HOSE CLAMP

      
Application Number JP2024032907
Publication Number 2025/063141
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-09-13
Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Muramatsu Shun
  • Koshiro Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a hose clamp that can keep a plate spring body from slanting with respect to the axial direction of a hose when the plate spring body is provided to the outer circumference of the hose in an expanded-diameter state. This hose clamp 10 has a plate spring body 20 and a pair of tab parts 50, 60. The plate spring body 20 has a base part 21, a first arm part 23, and a second arm part 25. Overlap parts are provided on tip end sides in the extension direction of the first arm part 23 and the second arm part 25, and crimp parts 30, 30 that are to be crimped onto the outer circumference of a hose are formed on base end sides in the extension direction of the first arm part 23 and the second arm part 25. Protrusions 35, 37 respectively protrude from another side edge in the axial direction of the crimp part 30 of the first arm part 23 and one side edge in the axial direction of the crimp part 30 of the second arm part 25.

IPC Classes  ?

15.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2024024847
Publication Number 2025/062796
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-09
Publication Date 2025-03-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitajima Yuki
  • Kim Hyeonggyu

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body capable of simplifying a structure by reducing the number of components. This lock device 10 has a lock member 40 and an operation member 60. The lock member 40 has a pair of annular parts 41, 41, a connection part 42, and a pair of lock protrusions 55, 55. The pair of annular parts 41, 41 have a pair of first frames 45, 45, a pair of second frames 46, 46 extending in a direction away from each other from tip end sides of the first frames 45, and a pair of third frames 47, 47 having portions that obliquely extend from tip end sides of the second frames 46 toward base end sides of the first frames 45 in such a way that one of the third frames approaches the other of the third frames.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

16.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18805562
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-15
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kurihara, Shogo

Abstract

A damper device includes: a cylinder having a vent hole and a valve seat; and a piston. An elastically deformable valve body abuts against the valve seat before and when the piston moves in a damper braking direction. The valve seat is formed with a vent groove. A protrusion amount of an inclined surface gradually decreases from a side of an outer periphery of the valve seat toward the vent hole. The vent groove includes a first groove that extends from an outer periphery of the inclined surface toward the vent hole such that a depth thereof with respect to the inclined surface gradually decreases. When the piston moves in the damper braking direction, the valve body comes into contact with the inclined surface and is elastically deformed, and a contact area with the inclined surface widens.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 3/02 - Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checksConstruction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with pneumatic piston brakes

17.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2024029024
Publication Number 2025/041698
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-08-15
Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kurihara Shogo
  • Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that can improve responsiveness by quickly generating a damper braking force. This damper device 10 comprises: a cylinder 20 provided with a vent hole 25 and a valve seat 30; and a piston 60. A valve body 90 is disposed that abuts the valve seat 30 before the piston 60 moves in the damper braking direction and when the piston 60 has moved in the damper braking direction. A vent groove 35 is formed in the valve seat 30, and at the other end of the cylinder 20, protrusions that prevent the valve body 90 from floating up from the valve seat 30 are provided at a plurality of locations on the outer periphery of the valve seat. The protrusions include a first protrusion 41 disposed at a distance, that is equal to or less than the plate thickness of the valve body 90, from a seat surface 33 of the valve seat 30, and a second protrusion 42 disposed at a distance, that is greater than the plate thickness of the valve body 90, from the seat surface 33 of the valve seat 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructionsShape or construction of throttling passages
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only

18.

OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2024025480
Publication Number 2025/018335
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-07-16
Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is an opening/closing device for an opening/closing body, capable of simplifying a structure by reducing the number of components. This opening/closing device 10 comprises: a base member 20; an opening/closing body 40 having an engaged part 58; a lock member 60 provided with an abutting part 65 and an engaging part 70; and a biasing member 80 provided with a wound part 81, a first arm part 83, and a second arm part 85. The opening/closing body 40 has a first locking part 54. The first arm part 83 is locked to the first locking part 54 and is biased in a direction in which the opening/closing body is closed with respect to an opening. The lock member 60 has a second locking part 74. The second arm part 85 is locked to the second locking portion 74. The lock member 60 is biased in the direction opposite to the direction in which the opening/closing body is biased and so that the abutting part 65 enters an insertion path along an insertion direction of an insertion member into the opening.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/34 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for fuel inlet covers essentially flush with the vehicle surface
  • B60K 15/05 - Inlet covers
  • B60L 53/14 - Conductive energy transfer

19.

TERMINAL-EQUIPPED DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number 18703949
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-20
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato, Kouichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal-equipped damper device with which it is possible to achieve a reduction in size in a direction intersecting the sliding direction of a rod and leading outward of a case. This terminal-equipped damper device 10 comprises a body case 20, a rod 40, and a damper structure. The rod 40 has a pressing portion 47 that, by means of the sliding position thereof, presses against a first terminal 60 and causes the first terminal 60 to make contact with a second terminal 70. The first terminal 60 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 and has a first extending portion 61 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40, a first contact portion, and a receiving portion 62 that is pressed by the pressing portion 47. The second terminal 70 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 in a position facing the first terminal 69 and has a second contact portion and a second extending portion 71 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampersShock-absorbers

20.

Valve device

      
Application Number 18274120
Grant Number 12179575
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-25
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Grant Date 2024-12-31
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

A valve device includes: a housing including a peripheral wall, a bottom wall, and a partition wall; and a float valve accommodated in a valve chamber to be able to ascend and descend, thereby opening and closing an opening portion. A slit extends continuously over the peripheral wall and the bottom wall, and a deflectable and deformable elastic piece is formed via the slit. The elastic piece has a free end on the bottom wall, and the free end is provided with a float valve support portion configured to support the float valve.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 31/20 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • F16K 31/22 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with the float rigidly connected to the valve
  • F16K 33/00 - Floats for actuation of valves or other apparatus

21.

BUS BAR

      
Application Number JP2024021839
Publication Number 2024/262452
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-06-17
Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

Provided is a bus bar that improves connection workability of a first connection end part and a second connection end part with respect to a first surface for connection and a second surface for connection. A bus bar 10, 11, 12 includes a first connection end part 20 and a second connection end part 25. In a range from the first connection end part 20 to the second connection end part 25, a twisted part 60, a plane-direction bent part 30, 31, 32, 33, and a width-direction bent part 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 are formed in this order. The twisted part 60, 61, 62 is extended in a twisted state with respect to a connection surface of the first connection end part 20 for a first surface 1 for connection. The plane-direction bent part intersects an extending direction of the twisted part. The width-direction bent part intersects the plane-direction bent part in the width direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01B 7/00 - Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form
  • H01B 5/00 - Non-insulated conductors or conductive bodies characterised by their form

22.

ROTARY ACTUATOR

      
Application Number JP2024011698
Publication Number 2024/204059
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-25
Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a rotary actuator having no restriction on an angle at which a second rotor can independently rotate. This rotary actuator 10 includes: a first rotor 40; a drive member 50 which rotates the first rotor 40 in a first rotation direction R1 and a second rotation direction R2; a second rotor 60; a third rotor 70 which is connected to and disconnected from the second rotor 60; a biasing member 15 which biases the third rotor 70 in the disconnecting direction from the second rotor 60; and a cam mechanism. The cam mechanism performs a first operation for connecting the third rotor 70 to the second rotor 60 when the first rotor 40 rotates in the R1 direction, and a second operation for disconnecting the third rotor 70 from the second rotor 60 together with the biasing force from the biasing member 15 when the first rotor 40 rotates in the R2 direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16D 11/04 - Clutches in which the members have interengaging parts disengaged by a contact of a part mounted on the clutch with a stationarily-mounted member with clutching members movable only axially
  • F16D 43/20 - Internally controlled automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure

23.

DAMPER

      
Application Number 18279553
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-29
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato, Hiroshi
  • Hashimoto, Takumi

Abstract

A damper includes: a piston configured to advance and retreat by receiving a force from another of a first member and a second member; a sliding member configured to slide on the piston as the piston advances and retreats; and a support member having a tubular portion and an insertion hole formed inside the tubular portion. The piston is inserted through the insertion hole. The sliding member includes a protruding portion protruding inward in a radial direction inside the tubular portion and configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the piston, an outer tubular portion disposed outside the tubular portion, and an extending portion extending inward in the radial direction from one end of the outer tubular portion and indirectly or directly coupling the protruding portion and the outer tubular portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 15/08 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with rubber springs
  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checksStopsBuffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings

24.

DYNAMIC DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2024000502
Publication Number 2024/166597
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-11
Publication Date 2024-08-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakazato Hiroshi

Abstract

A dynamic damper 10 that is attached to a mounting member is provided with: a first weight 20 and a second weight 22 that are provided so as to be able to vibrate; and an elastic body supporting the first weight 20 and the second weight 22 so as to be able to vibrate. The elastic body 18 has a first holding section holding the first weight 20; a second holding section holding the second weight 22; a first elastic section extending from the first holding section to the second holding section and connecting the first weight 20 and the second weight 22; and a second elastic section extending from the second holding section to the mounting member and connecting the second weight 22 and the mounting member. The elastic body 18 integrally forms the first holding section, the second holding section, the first elastic section, and the second elastic section, and is provided as a pair of elastic bodies.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 15/02 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system

25.

VALVE DEVICE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number 18420077
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-01-23
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kon, Takuma
  • Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

A valve device for a fuel tank includes: a housing including a peripheral wall portion, a partition wall, a valve chamber, a ventilation chamber, and an opening; and a float valve that is accommodated in the valve chamber so as to be able to rise and descend to open and close the opening. The housing includes a float valve support portion that supports the float valve. A full tank regulation opening that opens in an axial direction and that is configured to allow the inside of the fuel tank and an inside of the valve chamber to communicate with each other, is formed in the peripheral wall portion above the float valve support portion. The full tank regulation opening enables continuous refueling from the refueling nozzle when the full tank regulation opening is not immersed, and stops the continuous refueling when the full tank regulation opening is immersed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

26.

VALVE DEVICE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number 18408009
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-01-09
First Publication Date 2024-07-18
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yajima, Kazuki

Abstract

A valve device for a fuel tank includes: a housing in which an opening is formed in a partition wall, and a fuel vapor discharge port is provided; and a float valve. A ventilation chamber is provided with a tubular wall that is configured to communicate with the fuel vapor discharge port, and a notch is formed in a lower portion of a tip portion in an extending direction of the tubular wall. The partition wall includes a ceiling wall in which the opening is formed, and a peripheral wall extends downward from a peripheral edge of the ceiling wall. A part of the peripheral edge of the ceiling wall and a part of the peripheral wall are positioned inside the tubular wall through the notch when viewed in an axial direction of the tubular wall and a valve axial direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • B60K 15/077 - Fuel tanks with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation

27.

ROTATION BRAKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023047191
Publication Number 2024/143526
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-28
Publication Date 2024-07-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a rotation braking device that is mounted between a pair of members, and applies a braking force when the other member rotates in a predetermined direction with respect to one member. This rotation braking device 10 comprises: a braking member 11 including a first rotary member 30; a second rotary member 15; and a swinging rotary member 70 that swings with respect to the second rotary member 15. When the other member rotates in a predetermined direction with respect to one member, the swinging rotary member 70 swings in a direction in which a second engagement portion engages with a first engagement portion 40, and the first rotary member 30 and the swinging rotary member 70 rotate together. When the other member rotates in an opposite direction with respect to the one member, the swinging rotary member 70 swings in a direction in which the second engagement portion separates from the first engagement portion 40, and the swinging rotary member 70 spins with respect to the first rotary member 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial

28.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2023038759
Publication Number 2024/095893
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-26
Publication Date 2024-05-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device which is for an opening/closing body, and which can sufficiently suppress damaging of an operation member when the operation member is rotated to the maximum with respect to a base member. A lock device 10 comprises: a base member 30; and an operation member 50. The operation member 50 has an operation plate 51, an operation part 53, a first transmission wall 60, a stopper 63, and a second transmission wall 70. The second transmission wall 70 is connected at a base end 71 thereof to the first transmission wall 60 and the stopper 63, and has: an extension part 73 having a portion which obliquely extends toward the operation plate 51; and a connection part which connects the extension part 73 and the operation plate 51. A gap K is generated among the first transmission wall 60, the connection part and the extension part 73 of the second transmission wall 70, and the operation plate 51.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

29.

ROTATION BIASING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023038760
Publication Number 2024/095894
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-26
Publication Date 2024-05-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a rotation biasing device that makes it possible to improve the ease of mounting a torsion coil spring to a spring mount. This rotating biasing device 10 has a spring mount 20 and a torsion coil spring 50 mounted to the spring mount 20. The torsion coil spring 50 has a coil section 53 obtained by winding a wire 51, a first arm section 55 extending from the coil section 53 and locked to the spring mount 20, and a second arm section 57 extending from the coil section 53 and locked to an attachment member. The spring mount 20 has a base section 21, a coil support section 35 disposed on the outside of the coil section 53 and serving to support the coil section 53, and a claw 45 that enters an interval in the wire of the coil section 53 and holds the torsion coil spring 50 to the spring mount 20 so as not to become detached therefrom.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 9/16 - Actuating mechanisms for bars with crank pins and connecting rods
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

30.

HOLDER FOR LONG MEMBER

      
Application Number 18498762
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-31
First Publication Date 2024-05-09
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsumoto, Tomoyuki
  • Inoue, Masatoshi

Abstract

A holder for a long member includes: a holding member that includes a frame-shaped body portion; an anti-vibration member that includes a frame-shaped portion; and a fixing member that is provided with an insertion portion, and a flange. The anti-vibration member includes a pair of extension pieces that protrude in a state where the frame-shaped portion is inserted into the frame-shaped body portion, and that are sandwiched between the frame-shaped body portion and the flange when the insertion portion is inserted into the frame-shaped portion. Clearance is provided between an inner surface of a frame-shaped body portion side wall that faces a first wall in which the pair of extension pieces of the anti-vibration member are not provided in the frame-shaped body portion, and an outer edge of the flange facing the frame-shaped body portion side wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16L 3/223 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals each support having one transverse base for supporting the pipes
  • F16L 3/10 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
  • F16L 3/13 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and engaging it by snap action

31.

Holder for long member

      
Application Number 18498818
Grant Number 12241572
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-31
First Publication Date 2024-05-09
Grant Date 2025-03-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Matsumoto, Tomoyuki

Abstract

A holder for a long member includes: a holding member that includes a frame-shaped body portion; an anti-vibration member that is made of an elastic material and includes a frame-shaped portion; and a fixing member that is provided with an insertion portion. The insertion portion includes an extension portion extending in an insertion direction in which the insertion portion is inserted into the frame-shaped portion. A pressing protrusion protrudes on an outer surface of the extension portion, and when the frame-shaped portion is inserted into the frame-shaped body portion and the insertion portion is inserted into the frame-shaped portion, the pressing protrusion presses an inner surface of the frame-shaped portion and an outer surface of the frame-shaped portion comes into pressing contact with an inner surface of the frame-shaped body portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16L 3/06 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing with supports for wires

32.

MOTORIZED LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPENING/SHUTTING UNIT

      
Application Number 18279155
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-14
First Publication Date 2024-05-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

An electric lock device for an opening and closing member includes: a lock portion; a rod; a biasing member; and an actuator. The actuator includes a case, a motor, a wheel, and a rotor. The wheel is provided with a pressing portion that is configured to engage with a receiving portion provided on the rotor or the rod when the wheel rotates in a predetermined direction to move the rod. When a rotation force is applied to the rotor in a direction against a biasing force of the biasing member via the rod in a state where the rod is biased by the biasing member in a direction in which the rod is engaged with the lock portion, the rotor is capable of rotating independently of the wheel in a direction in which the receiving portion is separated from the pressing portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 81/18 - Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators to effect movement of bolts
  • E05B 81/30 - Rotary elements
  • E05B 81/36 - Geared sectors, e.g. fan-shaped gears
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

33.

Stopper device

      
Application Number 18279312
Grant Number 12352097
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-08
First Publication Date 2024-05-02
Grant Date 2025-07-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae, Hitoshi

Abstract

A stopper device includes: a base member; a shaft member; a rotary member; a gear member disposed inside the rotary member; a temporary fixing portion configured to temporarily fix the gear member to the shaft member; and a cam mechanism including a cam slope and a cam abutting portion. When the gear member rotates in conjunction with a rotation of the rotary member, the shaft member is ascended by the cam mechanism. The gear member further includes a permanent fixing portion configured to restrict an ascending and descending motion of the shaft member in an ascended state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checksStopsBuffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings

34.

Valve device

      
Application Number 18267663
Grant Number 12103380
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Grant Date 2024-10-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai, Takahiro
  • Teramoto, Atsuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing; and a float valve. The float valve includes a main float, a sub-float held at an upper portion of the main float to be able to ascend and descend by a predetermined distance with respect to the main float, and a sub-float biasing spring disposed between the main float and the sub-float and configured to bias the sub-float upward with respect to the main float. The sub-float includes a spring support portion configured to support an upper end of the sub-float biasing spring and a seal portion that is configured to come into contact with and separate from an opening portion. The main float is movable further upward with respect to the sub-float by compressing the sub-float biasing spring in a state where the float valve ascends and the opening portion is closed by the sub-float.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

35.

GAS EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023033061
Publication Number 2024/058126
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-11
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Iida Akihiko

Abstract

The present invention provides a gas exhaust apparatus for an energy storage device, in which a cap member can be securely removed from a base member when a gas outlet of the energy storage device reaches or exceeds a predetermined value. The gas exhaust apparatus 10 for an energy storage device includes a base member 20, a cap member 60, and a seal member 80, the cap member 60 having a lid part 61, a pressing part 67, a pair of elastic pieces 69, 69, and a claw part 71, wherein the claw part 71 engages a mating part 41 with the elastic pieces 69 flexed outward, and a pair of first guide parts 51, 51 and a pair of second guide parts 53, 53 are provided on the circumference of a cylindrical part 21, the second guide parts 53 being located more radially inward of the cylindrical part 21 than the first guide parts 51 and further guiding the elastic pieces 69 guided by the first guide parts 51 when the cap member is mounted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors
  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems

36.

Lock device for opening and closing body

      
Application Number 18022421
Grant Number 12276145
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-27
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Grant Date 2025-04-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi, Katsuya

Abstract

There is provided a lock device for an opening and closing body, including: a locking portion; a locking member; a case including a first case and a second case; a rotation body; and a biasing means. A cut-out is provided, and a retaining portion is provided, the retaining portion including a protruding portion and being configured to retain the rotation body relative to the first case. A first engaging surface and a second engaging surface are configured to engage with each other to form a temporary locking portion for temporarily locking the rotation body. A cam means and a stopper are provided between the second case and the rotation body, the stopper being configured to engage with the rotation body so as to hold the rotation body with the first engagement surface and the second engaging surface disengaged from each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 81/18 - Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators to effect movement of bolts
  • E05B 81/30 - Rotary elements
  • E05B 81/34 - Details of the actuator transmission of geared transmissions
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

37.

Valve device for fuel tank

      
Application Number 18034604
Grant Number 12090838
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-09
First Publication Date 2024-01-04
Grant Date 2024-09-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a valve device for a fuel tank including: a housing; a first float valve accommodated in a first valve chamber; and a second float valve accommodated in a second valve chamber. The housing includes a housing body and a lower cap. The housing body has a housing body peripheral wall. The housing body peripheral wall has a first valve chamber forming wall that forms an outer periphery of the first valve chamber, and a second valve chamber forming wall that has a contour shape different from that of the first valve chamber forming wall and that forms an outer periphery of the second valve chamber. The lower cap has a cap peripheral wall having a shape fitting to the housing body peripheral wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

38.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICES

      
Application Number JP2022044789
Publication Number 2023/233687
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-05
Publication Date 2023-12-07
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for power storage devices which is easily attached to a case and is difficult to remove from the case. This pressure relief valve 10 for power storage devices has a cylindrical sealing member 20 and a valve unit 15, wherein: the valve unit 15 has a base member provided with a base member-side engagement part 45, a valve body 70, and a coil spring 90; the inner peripheral surface of the sealing member 20 is provided with a temporary engagement part 25 which engages with the base member-side engagement part 45 of the base member at a predetermined insertion position, and a main engagement part 26 which engages with the base member-side engagement part 45 of the base member at an insertion position deeper than the predetermined insertion position; the outer peripheral surface of the sealing member 20 is provided with a retaining part 27; and the retaining part 27 can be bent inward in a temporarily held state and the reduction in the diameter of the retaining part 27 is restricted by the base member in a mainly fixed state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems
  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves

39.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2023015358
Publication Number 2023/204188
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-04-17
Publication Date 2023-10-26
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device which is for an opening/closing body and which increases the breaking strength of an operation member when the operation member is rotated to the maximum with respect to a base member. A lock device 10 comprises: a base member 30 and an operation member 50. The operation member 50 has: an operation plate part 51; an operation part 52; an operation load transmission wall part 57; a shaft part 61 disposed to protrude from opposing sides of the operation load transmission wall part; and a stopper part 63 disposed so as to be connected to the operation load transmission wall part 57 on a side, of the operation load transmission wall part 57, closer to the operation part 52 as compared to the shaft part 61. The base member 30 has: a pair of deformation regulation wall parts 35, 35 arranged outside of portions which are of the operation load transmission wall part 57 and at which the shaft part 61 is provided; shaft supports 37, 37; and a stopper receiver 41 that regulates rotation of the operation member 50.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

40.

Locking device

      
Application Number 18011726
Grant Number 12234676
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-23
First Publication Date 2023-10-05
Grant Date 2025-02-25
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a locking device including: a base member; a lock bar member; and a drive member. The base member includes a pair of facing surfaces sandwiching and supporting the lock bar member. The lock bar member includes a lock portion, a first bar portion extending in a sliding direction of the lock bar member, and a second bar portion extending in a direction intersecting the sliding direction and connecting the first bar portion and the lock portion. A first stepped portion is formed on the first bar portion, and a second stepped portion is formed on the second bar portion. Each of the facing surfaces is provided with step portions each of which faces the first stepped portion and the second stepped portion respectively in the direction intersecting the sliding direction at positions sandwiched between the first stepped portion and the second stepped portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05B 15/10 - Bolts of locks or night latches
  • E05B 63/20 - Locks with special structural characteristics with arrangements independent of the locking mechanism for retaining the bolt in the retracted position released automatically when the wing is closed
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

41.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023003060
Publication Number 2023/181646
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-31
Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device which can restrict the swinging of a rod in the width direction and thickness direction thereof with a simple structure. This damper device 10 has a cylinder 20, a piston rod 30, and a guide cap 70, and the piston rod 30 has a rod 40 and a piston 60. The rod 40 is of a plate shape. The guide cap 70 has an insertion wall part 71 inserted inside an opening 23 of the cylinder 20, an insertion hole 73 into which the rod 40 is inserted, and an elastic piece 77 that is elastically deformable. A convex curved surface 80 and a concave curved surface 50 are formed between the rod 40 and the elastic piece 77, and the concave curved surface 50 provided to the rod 40 extends in the axial direction and is configured to guide the axial direction movement of the piston rod 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/00 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods

42.

LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number 18010679
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-23
First Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

As shown in FIG. 5B, the pushing portion 44 of the operation member 22 pushes the sliding surface 46 of the driving member 30, and the driving member 30 is retracted. In this way, the driving member 30 is driven by an operation of the user. As shown in FIG. 5B, the pushing portion 44 of the operation member 22 pushes the sliding surface 46 of the driving member 30, and the driving member 30 is retracted. In this way, the driving member 30 is driven by an operation of the user. A lock device attached to a stationary body so that an opening and closing body is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body includes a driving member that is driven in response to movement of an operation member, and a rod movable in a longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod. The rod includes a lock portion engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body, and a holding portion holding the coupling portion so that the coupling portion is slidable in a moving direction of the rod. When the rod is moved in a lock releasing direction in which lock of the lock portion is released by the driving member, the holding portion and the coupling portion move in the lock releasing direction. --

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

43.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023010626
Publication Number 2023/182215
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-17
Publication Date 2023-09-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device which can achieve a size reduction while sufficiently ensuring the stiffness of a rod. This damper device 10 has a cylinder 20 and a piston rod 30, wherein: the piston rod 30 has a rod 40 and a piston 60 having a seal part formed on the outer circumference thereof; an air chamber is formed inside the cylinder 20; the rod 40 has a through-hole 50 passing therethrough in a direction crossing the movement direction of the piston 60; and the piston 60 has an orifice 70 which is provided in a range overlapping the through-hole 50 when the rod 40 is viewed in the axial direction, and which has one end communicating with the through-hole 50 and the other end communicating with the air chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructionsShape or construction of throttling passages

44.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008513
Publication Number 2023/171653
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Saito Jun
  • Kato Kouichi

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that makes it possible to reduce piston operation force when a piston moves in a return direction opposite to a damper braking direction. This damper device 10 includes a cylinder 20, a rod 30, a piston 40 provided with an annular groove 45, and a seal ring 50. The seal ring 50 includes a base 51, two inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55, and an outer diameter-side protrusion 57. At least one of the inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55 is in contact with the bottom surface 45a of the annular groove 45. The outer diameter-side protrusion 57 is a surface on the outer diameter side of the base 51 and protrudes in an annular shape so that a top section 57a of the outer diameter-side protrusion 57 is arranged at a position corresponding to the interval between the top sections 53a, 55a of the axially adjacent inner diameter-side protrusions 53, 55.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructionsShape or construction of throttling passages
  • F16J 15/18 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with stuffing-boxes for elastic or plastic packings
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

45.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008514
Publication Number 2023/171654
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that attains a high damper braking force by sufficiently deforming a friction member in the radial direction when a piston moves to a damper braking direction. This damper device 10 comprises: a cylinder 20; a rod 30; a piston 40 provided with a ring-shaped groove 50; a sealing ring 60; a friction member 70; and a seal unit. The seal ring 60 presses the friction member 70 to increase the diameter thereof, causing the outer peripheral surface of the friction member 70 to be pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 when the piston 40 moves in a damper braking direction F1. The friction member 70 is configured so as to have a smaller diameter than the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 when not under pressure from the seal ring 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/09 - Vibration-dampersShock-absorbers with friction surfaces rectilinearly movable along each other in dampers of the cylinder-and-piston type
  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details

46.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008516
Publication Number 2023/171655
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-07
Publication Date 2023-09-14
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a damper device that can reduce a piston operation force when the piston is moving in a return direction opposite the damper braking direction. This damper device 10 is provided with a cylinder 20, a rod 30, a piston 40 with an annular groove 50, and a sealing ring 60, wherein: in the bottom portion of the annular groove 50, a deep bottom portion 51 and a shallow bottom portion 52 are provided; the sealing ring 60 has an outer peripheral surface provided with a cylinder contact portion that makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder 20 and an inner peripheral surface provided with a shallow bottom portion contact portion that makes contact with the shallow bottom portion 52; the center of the cylinder contact portion and the center of the shallow bottom portion contact portion are shifted in the axial direction; and when the piston 40 moves in the damper braking direction F1, the inner peripheral surface of the sealing ring 60 does not contact the deep bottom portion 51.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
  • F16F 9/34 - Special valve constructionsShape or construction of throttling passages
  • F16J 15/18 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with stuffing-boxes for elastic or plastic packings
  • F16J 15/3204 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip

47.

OPENING/CLOSING BODY LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number 18019035
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-27
First Publication Date 2023-09-07
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi, Katsuya

Abstract

There is provided a locking device for an opening and closing body, including: a locking portion; a base; a rotation body that includes a protruding portion on a part of an outer periphery thereof; a locking member; and an elastic member that includes a base portion, and a stopper portion configured to restrict a maximum rotation position of the rotation body in a predetermined direction by abutting against the protruding portion of the rotation body. The stopper portion is disposed in a manner of being biased in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction relative to the base portion. A part of the outer periphery of the rotation body is provided with a sliding contact portion that is configured to come into sliding contact with the elastic member in a process in which the protruding portion approaches the stopper portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 77/38 - Cushion elements, elastic guiding elements or holding elements, e.g. for cushioning or damping the impact of the bolt against the striker during closing of the wing
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

48.

Valve device

      
Application Number 18008616
Grant Number 12172515
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-10
First Publication Date 2023-08-10
Grant Date 2024-12-24
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima, Kazuki
  • Kon, Takuma

Abstract

A valve device includes: a housing; a float valve; and a float valve support portion. The float valve support portion includes a support wall, a side wall, a first slit formed in the support wall, a second slit formed in the side wall, and an elastic piece defined by the first slit and the second slit. The elastic piece includes a first extending portion extending along the side wall, and a second extending portion extending from the first extending portion and capable of coming into contact with a bottom surface of the float valve.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only

49.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022044788
Publication Number 2023/127416
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-05
Publication Date 2023-07-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Aonuma Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for a power storage device, the pressure relief valve configured so as to be easily made compact by keeping the axial direction length thereof short. This pressure relief valve 10 for a power storage device comprises: a housing 15; a valve element 60; and a biasing spring 5. The housing 15 has a first seal surface 28 abutting against a peripheral edge part of a case opening 3. The valve element 60 has a second seal surface 82a abutting against a peripheral edge part of a vent 44. The biasing spring 5 is arranged between the housing 15 and the valve element 60. The housing 15 is fixed to the case opening 3. In a state where the vent 44 has been closed off with the valve element 60, the first seal surface 28 and the second seal surface 82a are arranged between one end 5a and another end 5b of the biasing spring 5 when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the valve element 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/308 - Detachable arrangements, e.g. detachable vent plugs or plug systems
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors
  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves

50.

Valve device

      
Application Number 18083049
Grant Number 11845332
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-16
First Publication Date 2023-06-22
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima, Kazuki
  • Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a valve device, including: a housing; a float valve; and a seal member. An opening portion includes a first region, and a second region. The seal member includes a first cover portion, and a second cover portion. The second cover portion includes a support portion, a wide portion, and a narrow portion. In a state where the seal member is retained and supported by the support portion with respect to the float valve, a width of the wide portion is set such that a tip end of the second region is covered, and that the second region of the opening portion is not exposed out of the seal member even in a state where the seal member is maximally displaced in a radial direction and; or a peripheral direction of the housing with respect to the opening portion.

IPC Classes  ?

51.

Fastener

      
Application Number 17921475
Grant Number 12264694
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-27
First Publication Date 2023-06-15
Grant Date 2025-04-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ozaki, Ryosuke

Abstract

A fastener made of a metal material and for attaching a component to an attachment hole of an attachment member includes first and second leg pieces facing each other, and a connecting portion connecting base ends of the first and second leg pieces. The first leg piece includes a locking portion configured to be locked to an edge of the attachment hole, and a claw portion configured to retain the fastener to the component. The claw portion extends from a tip end side of the first leg piece and is configured to be inserted into a hole portion formed in a boss portion of the component. The second leg piece does not include a claw portion configured to be inserted into the hole portion and to retain the fastener to the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 39/32 - Locking by means of a pawl or pawl-like tongue
  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivetsMulti-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically

52.

Fill-up restriction valve

      
Application Number 17982852
Grant Number 12134314
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-11-08
First Publication Date 2023-05-11
Grant Date 2024-11-05
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kon, Takuma
  • Mihara, Kenta

Abstract

There is provided a fill-up restriction valve including: a housing; and a float valve. The housing includes a housing body including a body-side peripheral wall, and a lower cap including a cap-side peripheral wall, the lower cap being installed to a lower side of the housing body by a joint portion. The joint portion includes an annular groove, an insertion wall portion, and an annular protrusion formed on one of the insertion wall portion and the annular groove, or an annular seal member disposed between the insertion wall portion and the annular groove. The annular protrusion or the annular seal member is configured to be in pressure-contact with the annular groove and the insertion wall portion in a state where the insertion wall portion is inserted into the annular groove.

IPC Classes  ?

53.

TERMINAL-EQUIPPED DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039175
Publication Number 2023/074537
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-20
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal-equipped damper device with which it is possible to achieve a reduction in size in a direction intersecting the sliding direction of a rod and leading outward of a case. This terminal-equipped damper device 10 comprises a body case 20, a rod 40, and a damper structure. The rod 40 has a pressing portion 47 that, by means of the sliding position thereof, presses against a first terminal 60 and causes the first terminal 60 to make contact with a second terminal 70. The first terminal 60 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 and has a first extending portion 61 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40, a first contact portion, and a receiving portion 62 that is pressed by the pressing portion 47. The second terminal 70 is disposed on the outer side of the body case 20 in a position facing the first terminal 69 and has a second contact portion and a second extending portion 71 that extends in the sliding direction of the rod 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01H 3/60 - Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
  • B60Q 3/225 - Small compartments, e.g. glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 15/16 - Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using a fluid

54.

TERMINAL-EQUIPPED DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039177
Publication Number 2023/074538
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-20
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kato Kouichi

Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal-equipped damper device that facilitates the assembly of a pair of terminals on a body case. This terminal-equipped damper device 10 comprises a rod 40, a terminal case 80, a damper structure, and a body case 20 provided with a terminal case–attachment portion 30. Terminals 60, 70 are each provided with a plate portion 61, 71, a first bent rib 67, 77, and a busbar 69, 79. The terminal case 80 has a terminal housing space and a connector insertion space separated by a partition wall 83, and busbar insertion holes 94, 95 are formed in the partition wall 83. The terminal case–attachment portion 30 is provided with a protrusion 35 that is sandwiched between the partition wall 83 and the first bent ribs 67, 77 and restricts the movement of both terminals toward the rod sliding direction side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01H 3/60 - Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
  • B60Q 3/225 - Small compartments, e.g. glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16F 15/16 - Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using a fluid

55.

DAMPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022039601
Publication Number 2023/074647
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-25
Publication Date 2023-05-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

A damper device10 is provided with a housing 20, a rotor 22 rotatably inserted in the housing 20, and a soft member disposed between the housing 20 and the rotor 22. The housing 20 has an inner cylinder part cylindrically formed thereinside. The rotor 22 has an outer cylinder part which faces and is rotatable relative to the inner cylinder part. A groove part is formed in one of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part, and the groove part has a groove wall portion that intersects with an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the axial direction. The soft member is disposed in the groove part, and slides on the other one of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part while being pressed onto the groove wall portion at the time of the relative rotation of the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/06 - Vibration-dampersShock-absorbers with relatively-rotatable friction surfaces that are pressed together in a direction perpendicular or inclined to the axis of rotation

56.

DYNAMIC DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2022028272
Publication Number 2023/037768
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-20
Publication Date 2023-03-16
Owner
  • TS TECH CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato, Hiroshi
  • Abe, Ryuzaburo
  • So, Tadashi
  • Tachikawa, Yoichi

Abstract

Provided is a dynamic damper that allows a weight to be attached to a damper case without using an adhesive member. This dynamic damper 40 comprises a weight 60, an elastic member 61 that supports the weight 60 so as to allow the weight 60 to vibrate, and a damper case 41 that houses the weight 60 and the elastic member 61. The elastic member 61 has a support part 62 that supports the weight 60 and a joining part 63 that joins to the damper case, and the damper case 41 has a fitting part 49 into which the joining part 63 of the elastic member 61 is fitted. The weight 60 is attached by fitting the joining part 63 of the elastic member 61 into the fitting part 49 of the damper case 41, and the weight 60 can therefore be assembled in the damper case 41 without using an adhesive member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60N 2/879 - Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers

57.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2022028525
Publication Number 2023/008342
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-07-22
Publication Date 2023-02-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakazato Hiroshi

Abstract

A damper 10 comprises a fixed-side unit fixed to one of a first member and a second member, a damping part that abuts on the other of the first member and the second member, and a moving member able to move relative to the fixed-side unit. Between the fixed-side unit and the moving member is formed a height adjustment mechanism that movably holds the height of the moving member relative to the fixed-side unit. The damping part has a cover formed into a substantial cup shape and fixed to the moving member, and a viscoelastic body formed of a material different from that of the cover and contained within the cover.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checksStopsBuffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings
  • F16F 1/36 - Springs made of plastics, e.g. rubberSprings made of material having high internal friction
  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampersShock-absorbers
  • B62D 25/12 - Parts or details thereof
  • F16F 15/08 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means with rubber springs
  • B60J 5/10 - Doors arranged at the vehicle rear

58.

Valve device

      
Application Number 17785227
Grant Number 11932101
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
First Publication Date 2023-01-26
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mihara, Kenta
  • Yajima, Kazuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. A first valve seat is formed from a peripheral edge of a valve hole. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of a partition wall. An inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with a reduced diameter portion and an increased diameter portion. A height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion is equal to or greater than a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in a state where the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat. The pressure adjusting valve is configured to be beyond the upper end of the reduced diameter portion when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in a fuel tank.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 17/12 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side weight-loaded
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • G05D 16/12 - Control of fluid pressure without auxiliary power the sensing element being a float

59.

Valve device

      
Application Number 17784906
Grant Number 11932100
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
First Publication Date 2023-01-19
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yajima, Kazuki

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing in which a valve chamber is provided on a lower side and a ventilation chamber is provided on an upper side via a partition wall, the partition wall being formed with a valve hole; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of the partition wall. An accommodating space configured to accommodate the pressure adjusting valve is formed on an inner side of the accommodation portion, and an outer space is formed on an outer side of the accommodating space. The accommodation portion is formed with an opening through which the accommodating space and the outer space communicate with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks

60.

Rotation member connecting structure and method for manufacturing said structure

      
Application Number 17781964
Grant Number 12371932
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-03
First Publication Date 2023-01-12
Grant Date 2025-07-29
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

There is provided a connecting structure of a rotating member. One of the rotating support member and the rotating member includes a support shaft. The other of the rotating support member and the rotating member includes a holding portion. The support shaft includes a regulating portion, and a sliding contact portion that is configured to be in sliding contact with an inner periphery of the holding portion. The rotating support member and the rotating member are made of materials that do not join each other when molded from the resin materials. The inner periphery of the holding portion has a shape in which a portion in close contact with the sliding contact portion is continuously formed in a circumferential direction, so that the rotating support member and the rotating member are molded in a state of being connected to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
  • B29C 45/16 - Making multilayered or multicoloured articles
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • F16C 11/06 - Ball-jointsOther joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints

61.

Unlocking device

      
Application Number 17782001
Grant Number 12203297
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-03
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Grant Date 2025-01-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

There is provided an unlocking device, including: a rotating member; a housing; an operating member; and a biasing member. The rotating member includes a pressed portion, and a retaining portion. The housing includes an accommodating portion, an engaging portion that is engaged with the retaining portion, and an opening. The operating member includes a pressing portion, and is slidable in a direction substantially parallel to a rotation plane of the rotating member. The retaining portion and the engaging portion are located within a thickness range of the operating member when viewed in a sliding direction of the operating member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 9/10 - Actuating mechanisms for bars

62.

Lock lever and opening/closing device

      
Application Number 17772034
Grant Number 12203301
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-30
First Publication Date 2022-12-15
Grant Date 2025-01-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

There is provided a lock lever including: a base portion having an operation portion; a rotation shaft portion that is pivotally supported by the lid body and that allows the base portion to rotate; a lock portion that is configured to rotate together with the base portion and that is configured to be locked to or unlocked from the fixed body in accordance with rotation; and an elastic piece that extends from the base portion and that has a tip end side configured to elastically contact the lid body to bias the lock portion in a direction to lock the lock portion. The elastic piece extends from the base portion so as to approach the rotation shaft portion, and extends so as to be separated from the rotation shaft portion toward a tip end on the way when viewed in a rotation axis direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 3/14 - Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively with latching action with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

63.

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022022179
Publication Number 2022/255376
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-31
Publication Date 2022-12-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a pressure relief valve for a power storage device that achieves a reduction in the number of components and simplification of the structure thereof. This pressure relief valve 10 for a power storage device comprises: a base member 20 for being fixed to a case 1; a seal member 40 for being disposed between the case 1 and the base member 20, the seal member 40 having a vent hole 50 that provides, in conjunction with an opening 3, communication between a space inside the case and a space outside the case; a valve member 60 for opening and closing the vent hole 50; and a coil spring 90 for urging the valve member 60 in such a direction that the valve member 60 abuts the seal member 40. A first seal part 43, which abuts a front peripheral edge portion 4 of the opening 3 of the case, is provided on a back side of the seal member 40. A second seal part 45, which receives releasable abutment of the valve member 60, is provided on a front side of the seal member 40 and along the periphery of the vent hole 50.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements
  • F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
  • H01G 9/12 - Vents or other means allowing expansion
  • H01G 11/14 - Arrangements or processes for adjusting or protecting hybrid or EDL capacitors

64.

PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022022181
Publication Number 2022/255377
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-05-31
Publication Date 2022-12-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a pressure release valve for a power storage device that is easily attached to a case and is not easily removed from the case. A pressure release valve 10 for a power storage device comprises a cylindrical seal member 20 and a valve unit 15, the valve unit 15 has a base member provided with a base member-side engaging portion 45, a valve body 70, and a coil spring 90, a temporary engaging portion 25 that engages with the base member-side engaging portion 45 of the base member at a predetermined insertion position and a main engaging portion 26 that engages with the base member-side engaging portion 45 of the base member at a deeper insertion position are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the seal member 20, a retaining portion 27 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the seal member 20, the retaining portion 27 can bend inward in the temporarily held state and the diameter reduction thereof is regulated by the base member in the fixed state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 50/333 - Spring-loaded vent valves
  • F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
  • H01G 11/78 - CasesHousingsEncapsulationsMountings
  • H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
  • H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
  • H01M 50/317 - Re-sealable arrangements

65.

Fastener

      
Application Number 17639776
Grant Number 12276300
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-07
First Publication Date 2022-10-20
Grant Date 2025-04-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kiyota, Hikaru

Abstract

A fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member includes: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips

66.

PILLAR-EQUIPPED VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022015250
Publication Number 2022/215586
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-29
Publication Date 2022-10-13
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Choji Shinichiro
  • Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a pillar-equipped valve device that can hinder deformation of a fuel tank, can increase the accuracy of full-tank limiting, and can suppress the flow of fuel into a ventilation chamber. This pillar-equipped valve device 10 has: a valve device body 15 that is attached to a fuel tank 1 having a bottom wall 2 and a top wall 4; and a pillar 70 that extends in a tubular shape. The valve device body 15 has a housing 17, in which a valve chamber, a ventilation chamber, and an opening are provided, and a float valve 60 that is raisably/lowerably accommodated in the valve chamber and blocks the opening 25. The pillar 70 forms a tubular shape that extends from the bottom wall 2 side to the top wall 4 side of the fuel tank 1, and a bottom end section 73 thereof is fixed to the bottom wall 2 and a top end section 75 thereof is directly or indirectly fixed to the top wall 4. At least a portion of the housing 17 is accommodated in the pillar 70, and it is possible for fuel to flow into the pillar.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/00 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures
  • F16K 31/18 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

67.

DAMPER

      
Application Number JP2021035894
Publication Number 2022/195932
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-29
Publication Date 2022-09-22
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakazato Hiroshi
  • Hashimoto Takumi

Abstract

This damper 10 is provided with: a piston that is configured to reciprocally move by receiving force from one of a first member and a second member; a sliding member that slides on the piston according to the reciprocal movement of the piston; and a support member having a cylindrical portion and an insertion hole formed inside the cylindrical portion. The piston is inserted into the insertion hole. The sliding member has: a protruding portion that protrudes radially inward inside the cylindrical portion, and is brought into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the piston; an outer cylindrical portion disposed outside the cylindrical portion; and an extending portion that extends radially inward from an end of the outer cylindrical portion and that indirectly or directly links the protruding portion and the outer cylindrical portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 7/00 - Vibration-dampersShock-absorbers
  • F16F 15/04 - Suppression of vibrations of non-rotating, e.g. reciprocating, systemsSuppression of vibrations of rotating systems by use of members not moving with the rotating system using elastic means

68.

STOPPER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022004942
Publication Number 2022/190744
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-08
Publication Date 2022-09-15
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a stopper device that improves operability of a rotary member when adjusting the projection amount of a contact part with respect to a fixing member and fixing the position of the contact part. This stopper device 10 has: a base member 20; a shaft member; a rotary member 60; a gear member 8 disposed inside of the rotary member; a temporary fixing part for temporarily fixing the gear member 80 to the shaft member 50 such that the shaft member 50 can be pushed in; and a cam mechanism comprising a cam slope and a cam contact part. The gear member 80 is structured so as to rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary member 60, rise by means of the cam mechanism, and thereby raise the shaft member 50. In addition, the gear member 80 has a main fixing part 83 for restricting the raising/lowering motion of the shaft member 50 in the raised state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05F 5/00 - Braking devices, e.g. checksStopsBuffers
  • E05F 5/02 - Braking devices, e.g. checksStopsBuffers specially for preventing the slamming of wings
  • B60J 5/10 - Doors arranged at the vehicle rear

69.

MOTORIZED LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPENING/SHUTTING UNIT

      
Application Number JP2022005684
Publication Number 2022/185890
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-02-14
Publication Date 2022-09-09
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

Provided is a motorized locking device for an opening/shutting unit whereby when an opening is shut with the opening/shutting unit, thrust-in load from the opening/shutting unit can be decreased. This motorized locking device 10 has a locking section, a rod, an urging means, and an actuator 20. The actuator 20 has a case 21, a motor 22, a wheel 60, and a rotor 80. The wheel 60 is provided with a pressing section 70 that in rotating in a predetermined direction, engages with a receiving section 90 of the rotor 80, causing the rod to shift. In a state in which the rod is urged by the urging means in a direction in which the rod engages with the locking section, when via the rod a force that rotates the rotor 80 in a direction against the urging force of the urging means has acted on the rotor, the receiving section 90 shifts in a direction in which the receiving section 90 parts from the pressing section 70, and the rotor 80 rotates independently of the wheel 60.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 81/28 - Linearly reciprocating elements
  • E05B 81/36 - Geared sectors, e.g. fan-shaped gears
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

70.

Sun visor holder

      
Application Number 17638004
Grant Number 11827084
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-03
First Publication Date 2022-09-01
Grant Date 2023-11-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sotome, Yukihiro
  • Kiyota, Hikaru

Abstract

A sun visor holder includes a base portion and leg portion. The leg portion includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are vertically disposed from the base portion and face each other. The first wall portion includes a first engaging piece provided with a release portion. The second wall portion includes a pair of second engaging pieces whose base end portions are connected to a tip end side of the second wall portion, and a vertical wall that is disposed between the pair of second engaging pieces and extends in a vertical direction of the second wall portion. Groove portions that extend in the vertical direction of the second wall portion and thin the second wall portion are formed on the second wall portion between each of the second engaging pieces and the vertical wall.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60J 3/02 - Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreensSun visors for vehicles adjustable in position

71.

ROD AND LOCK DEVICE COMPRISING SAID ROD

      
Application Number JP2021048049
Publication Number 2022/181030
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
Publication Date 2022-09-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Kitajima Yuki

Abstract

This rod comprises a lock part positioned at a tip end of the rod and capable of entering an engagement hole of a counterpart member and locking as the rod advances and retreats, a rotor-connecting part that is positioned at a base end of the rod and that connects to a rotor that rotates in response to an operation, and a body part that joins the lock part and the rotor-connecting part. A base-end side of the body part has a greater length in a first direction orthogonal to the advancing/retreating direction than a tip-end side of the body part, and the body part can bend in a section direction orthogonal to the advancing/retreating direction and the first direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

72.

SPRING ASSEMBLY

      
Application Number JP2021048048
Publication Number 2022/176392
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
Publication Date 2022-08-25
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Uematsu Yasutaka

Abstract

In this spring assembly 10, an inner peripheral wall part is disposed upright along the inner peripheral edge of one substrate from between a first substrate 12 and a second substrate 14, and an outer peripheral wall part is disposed upright along the outer peripheral edge of the other substrate. A plurality of springs are disposed spaced apart in the circumferential direction between the first substrate 12 and the second substrate 14, and are disposed between the inner peripheral wall part and the outer peripheral wall part. The inner peripheral wall part and/or the outer peripheral wall part has a plurality of guide faces for respectively guiding the outer periphery of the plurality of springs. The guide faces are formed curved so as to enter a space between the adjacent springs.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16D 13/71 - Pressure members, e.g. pressure plates, for clutch-plates or lamellaeGuiding arrangements for pressure members in which the clutching pressure is produced by springs only
  • F16F 1/12 - Attachments or mountings
  • F16F 3/04 - Spring units consisting of several springs, e.g. for obtaining a desired spring characteristic with springs made of steel or of other material having low internal friction composed only of wound springs
  • F16D 25/06 - Fluid-actuated clutches in which the fluid actuates a piston incorporated in the clutch

73.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022002665
Publication Number 2022/168676
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-25
Publication Date 2022-08-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device by which it is possible to suppress a striking noise that occurs when a float valve descends, and for which the float valve is less likely to lift. This valve device (10) includes: a housing (15) that has a peripheral wall (55), a bottom wall (53), and a partition wall (21); and float valves (80, 85) that are accommodated inside a valve chamber so as to be liftable and that open and close an opening section. A slit (60) extends continuously from the peripheral wall (55) to the bottom wall (53), forming an elastic piece (66) that can be flexibly deformed via the slit (60). The elastic piece (66) has a free end section on the bottom wall (53) side thereof, and a float valve support that supports the float valve (85) is provided to the free end section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/20 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

74.

FULL TANK REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021041092
Publication Number 2022/168384
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-09
Publication Date 2022-08-11
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a full tank regulation valve that can quickly perform additional refueling after full tank regulation. This full tank regulation valve 10 has: a housing 15; a first float valve 80; a first flow hole 55; a second flow hole 63 formed higher than the first flow hole 55; a third flow hole 33; and a second tubular part 60 that communicates with the second flow hole 63, extends upward in a valve chamber, and is provided with an opening higher than the second flow hole 63. The second flow hole 63 allows mutual communication between the inside of a fuel tank and the inside of the valve chamber through the second tubular part 60. When the fuel liquid level in the fuel tank rises during refueling and the first flow hole 55 is submerged, continuous refueling stops. When the fuel liquid level in the fuel tank further rises due to additional refueling and the second flow hole 63 is submerged, the additional refueling stops.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means

75.

Damper device

      
Application Number 17611789
Grant Number 11988263
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-02
First Publication Date 2022-07-28
Grant Date 2024-05-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hosoya, Tomoyuki
  • Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a damper device, including: a base; a rotor rotatably supported by the base; a cap defining a housing chamber of the rotor together with the base; and viscous liquid filled in the housing chamber. The base and the cap define a reservoir chamber for the viscous liquid on an outer side of the housing chamber in a radial direction. A gap between the housing chamber and the reservoir chamber is sealed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/12 - Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid, any throttling effect being immaterial
  • F16H 57/00 - General details of gearing

76.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022001789
Publication Number 2022/158489
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-19
Publication Date 2022-07-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device that makes it difficult for a float valve to rise and makes it easy to lower the pressure in a fuel tank. This valve device 10 comprises: a housing 15 provided with a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R with a partition wall 23 therebetween; a float valve 45 that opens and closes a ventilation hole 25; and a valve body 80 disposed so as to rise and lower in the ventilation chamber R. The housing 15 is provided with, above the partition wall 23, a fuel vapor discharge port 70 communicating with the inside of the ventilation chamber R, and a fuel vapor discharge pipe 75 communicating with the fuel vapor discharge port 70. The valve body 80 is configured so as to be pushed up when the flow rate per unit time of a fluid passing through the ventilation hole 25 and flowing into the ventilation chamber R exceeds a prescribed value, thereby partially blocking the fuel vapor outlet 70.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

77.

Air damper

      
Application Number 17612396
Grant Number 11841064
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-12
First Publication Date 2022-07-14
Grant Date 2023-12-12
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Cho, Jung Hyung
  • Tamai, Nobuhiro

Abstract

An air damper is provided. A piston member includes a stopper portion configured to come into contact with a cap in a state that a rod is pulled out to a maximum extent, and a deflection regulating portion configured to be positioned inside the engagement claw in the state to regulate an inward deflection of the engagement claw. An attachment portion rotatably attached to an attachment target portion is provided at an end portion of the rod. A contact surface is formed on the inner side of the engagement claw when viewed in an axial direction of the cylinder, the contact surface being capable of coming into contact with the deflection regulating portion when the rod swings in a direction of a rotation axis of the attachment portion with respect to the attachment target portion or in a direction intersecting the rotation axis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details

78.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021041933
Publication Number 2022/137887
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-15
Publication Date 2022-06-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai Takahiro
  • Teramoto Atsuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device capable of suppressing fuel leakage from an opening portion even if the vehicle vibrates when a float valve is submerged. A valve device 10 includes a housing 15 and a float valve 40, the float valve 40 having a main float 50, a subfloat 70, and a subfloat urging spring S1, the subfloat 70 having a spring support portion 73 that supports an upper end of the subfloat urging spring S1 and a seal portion that comes into contact with and separates from the opening portion. In a state in which the float valve 40 rises and the opening portion 23 is closed by the subfloat 70, the subfloat urging spring S1 is compressed so that the main float 50 can move further upward with respect to the subfloat 70.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 31/20 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve

79.

Over-fueling prevention valve

      
Application Number 17600944
Grant Number 12090837
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-03
First Publication Date 2022-06-23
Grant Date 2024-09-17
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsuo, Shinichi
  • Hirata, Nobuhiro

Abstract

There is provided an over-fueling prevention valve including a housing provided with a first opening, a second opening, and a first valve seat; a main valve provided with a one end opening, the other end opening, and a second valve seat; a first biasing portion; a sub valve; and a second biasing portion. Biasing forces of the first biasing portion and the second spring are set such that a valve re-closing pressure of the main valve is higher than a valve re-opening pressure of the sub valve. In a state in which the main valve is separated from the first valve seat, the first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via an external space.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means

80.

Locking device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17437661
Grant Number 12109979
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-09
First Publication Date 2022-05-26
Grant Date 2024-10-08
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Tamaki, Satoru

Abstract

A locking device includes a lock portion on one of a fixed body or an opening/closing body, a rod on the other member, and a protrusion protruding from the other member. The rod has a recess surrounded by a pair of first walls facing each other in a sliding direction of the rod and a pair of second walls facing each other in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction. A first elastic piece extends from one of the first walls toward the other and applies an elastic force against a tip end surface of the protrusion, and a pair of second elastic pieces extend from the second walls. Each of the second elastic pieces has a receiving surface that engages with a back surface of a flange portion of the protrusion, and is configured to elastically abut against a side surface of the protrusion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups

81.

VALVE DEVICE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number JP2021041091
Publication Number 2022/102594
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-11-09
Publication Date 2022-05-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device which is for a fuel tank and prevents a lower cap from being misassembled to the lower side of a housing body. This valve device (10) for a fuel tank comprises a housing (15), a first float valve (80) accommodated in a first valve chamber, and a second float valve (90) accommodated in a second valve chamber, wherein: the housing (15) has a housing body (20) and a lower cap (50); the housing body (20) has a housing body peripheral wall (21) and a partition wall (30); the housing body peripheral wall (21) has a first valve chamber forming wall (31) which forms the outer periphery of the first valve chamber, and a second valve chamber forming wall (32) which has an outer contour shape different from that of the first valve chamber forming wall (31), and forms the outer periphery of the second valve chamber; and the lower cap (50) has a cap peripheral wall (51) conforming to the housing body peripheral wall (21).

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

82.

Damper device

      
Application Number 17503820
Grant Number 11761505
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-18
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Grant Date 2023-09-19
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito, Jun

Abstract

There is provided a damper device including: a cylinder; a piston; and a seal ring. The piston includes: a column portion wound around the seal ring; and a first restricting portion and a second restricting portion that are configured to restrict movement of the seal ring in a axial direction. The column portion has a protruding portion protruding outward in a radial direction. The first restricting portion has a cutout portion. The seal ring is capable of taking a deformed state where the seal ring is deformed so as to partially enter the cutout portion by movement of the piston. In a case where the seal ring is in the deformed state, and in a normal state where the seal ring does not enter the cutout portion, the seal ring is pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder by the protruding portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16F 9/02 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium using gas only
  • F16F 9/49 - Stops limiting fluid passage, e.g. hydraulic stops
  • F16F 9/36 - Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods
  • F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details

83.

FLOW CHANNEL AREA CONTROL VALVE FOR FUEL TANK

      
Application Number JP2021038110
Publication Number 2022/085569
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-14
Publication Date 2022-04-28
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Miyamae Hitoshi

Abstract

Provided is a flow channel area control valve for a fuel tank, the flow channel area control valve being capable of controlling the flow channel area of an opening in a plurality of stages. This flow channel area control valve 10 for a fuel tank comprises: a housing 11 which is provided with a first space R1 that communicates with the inside of the fuel tank and a second space R2 that communicates with the outside of the fuel tank, a partition wall 22 being interposed between the first space R1 and the second space R2, and openings 23, 24 that communicate the first space R1 with the second space R2 being provided in the partition wall 22; needle valves 80, 81 which are disposed on the second space R2 side and have valve heads 90, 91 having a thickness that changes in a plurality of steps such that the valve heads 90, 91 can be inserted into and removed from the openings 23, 24; and a drive unit which moves the needle valves 80, 81 and changes the insertion position of the valve heads 90, 91 in relation to the openings 23, 24.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/524 - Mechanical actuating means with crank, eccentric, or cam with a cam
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F16K 1/00 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces
  • F16K 1/36 - Valve members
  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

84.

FULL TANK REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021037537
Publication Number 2022/080302
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-11
Publication Date 2022-04-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a full tank regulation valve that can quickly perform additional refueling after full tank regulation. This full tank regulation valve 10 comprises a housing 15 that has an opening 25, and a float valve 40 that opens and closes the opening 25, and also comprises a first circulation hole 60 formed in a peripheral wall 21, a second circulation hole 70 formed smaller than and further above the first circulation hole 60, and a third circulation hole 80 formed smaller than and further above the second circulation hole 70, wherein refueling is possible when the first circulation hole 60 is not submerged, additional refueling is possible until the second circulation hole 70 is submerged in a state in which the first circulation hole 60 is submerged and the second circulation hole 70 and the opening 25 are not submerged, the third circulation hole 80 is always open without being submerged, and the fuel liquid level in the valve chamber is lowered by the air flowing into the valve chamber from the third circulation hole 80.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60K 15/077 - Fuel tanks with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation

85.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021015497
Publication Number 2022/064745
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-14
Publication Date 2022-03-31
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima Kazuki
  • Mihara Kenta

Abstract

Provided is a valve device with which the sealing performance of a vent hole can be ensured and reopening valve pressure can be increased. A valve device 10 comprises: a housing 15 provided with a partition wall 23 and a vent hole 25; and a float valve 40 that is accommodated in a valve chamber so as to be able to move up/down, and that opens/closes the vent hole. The float valve 40 includes: a lower member 50; an upper member 60 that is disposed above the lower member 50, and that is locked and held via a first locking part so as to be swingable with respect to the lower member 50; and an elastic seal member 80 that is elastic, that is locked and held via a second locking part so as to be movable by a predetermined distance with respect to the upper member 60, and that contacts and separates from a valve seat so as to open/close the vent hole.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/24 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with a transmission with parts linked together from a single float to a single valve
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

86.

PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE

      
Application Number JP2021034216
Publication Number 2022/065208
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-17
Publication Date 2022-03-31
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Sakai Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a pressure regulation valve with which is possible to open an opening with two stages of valve-opening pressure, low valve-opening pressure and high valve-opening pressure. This pressure regulation valve 10 has: a housing 11; a tank communication pipe 25; a canister communication pipe 30; a first opening 37 and second opening 38 which are formed in an internal space R1 and which allow communication between the tank communication pipe 25 and the canister communication pipe 30; a first valve body 60 that opens and closes the first opening 37; a second valve body 61 that opens and closes the second opening 38; a first urging spring 67 that urges the first valve body 60; a second urging spring 68 that urges the second valve body 61; and an actuator 70 that carries out a first action, in which the second opening 38 is forcibly closed by the second valve body 61, and a second action, in which the second opening 38 is released from being forcibly closed by the second valve body 61.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

87.

OPENING/CLOSING BODY LOCK DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021031441
Publication Number 2022/050177
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-27
Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is an opening/closing body lock device that can suppress a rattle noise when the rotation of a rotating body is regulated. A lock device 10 comprises a lock part, a base 11, a rotating body 60 having, on a part of the outer periphery thereof, a protruding part, a lock member, and an elastic member 90 including a base part 91 supported while being locked to a support part 51 and a stopper part 92 that comes into contact with a protruding part 72 of the rotating body 60 and regulates a maximum rotation position of the rotating body 60 in a predetermined direction. The stopper part 92 is biased in the opposite direction to the predetermined direction relative to the base part 91. On a part of the outer periphery of the rotating body 60, a sliding contact part 76 is provided, the sliding contact part 76 sliding into contact with the elastic member 90 in a process in which the protruding part 72 moves close to the stopper part 92.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 77/38 - Cushion elements, elastic guiding elements or holding elements, e.g. for cushioning or damping the impact of the bolt against the striker during closing of the wing
  • E05B 81/06 - Electrical using rotary motors
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

88.

LOCK DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING BODY

      
Application Number JP2021031442
Publication Number 2022/050178
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-08-27
Publication Date 2022-03-10
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Toriumi Katsuya

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening and closing body which can, with certainty, restrict rotation of a rotating body. This lock device 10 has: a lock part; a lock member; a case 11 that is composed of a first case 20 and a second case 40; a rotating body 60; and a biasing means. The lock device 10 is provided with a support shaft 32 and a support hole 65, and is also provided with a retaining part that has a cutout 67 and a protrusion 33 and that prevents the rotating body 60 from detaching from the first case 20. The lock device 10 is provided with a temporary fixing part that has a first engaging surface 33a and a second engaging surface 68a and that temporarily fixes the rotating body 60. The lock device 10 comprises, between the second case 40 and the rotating body 60, a cam means and a main fixing part (elastic member) that engages with the rotating body 60 and that holds said rotating body 60 in a state in which the first engaging surface 33a and the second engaging surface 68a are separated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

89.

LOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023838
Publication Number 2022/004532
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-23
Publication Date 2022-01-06
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

This locking device comprises: a locking bar member 26 which is slidably supported by a base member 20; and a driving member 24 which moves in accordance with an operation by a user to cause the locking bar member 26 to slide. The base member 20 has a pair of opposing surfaces which sandwich and support the locking bar member 26. The locking bar member 26 has: a locking portion which can engage with and disengage from a locking hole in a fixation body; a first bar portion which extends in the sliding direction of the locking bar member 26; and a second bar portion which extends in a direction intersecting with the sliding direction and connects the first bar portion with the locking portion. A first step portion is formed in the first bar portion, and a second step portion is formed in the second bar portion. The opposing surfaces are provided with steps which face the first step portion and the second step portion in a direction intersecting with the sliding direction at a location between the first step portion and the second step portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • B60R 7/04 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space
  • E05B 77/36 - Noise preventionAnti-rattling means
  • E05B 83/32 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats

90.

ELECTRIC VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023066
Publication Number 2021/261377
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-17
Publication Date 2021-12-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyamae Hitoshi
  • Sakai Takahiro

Abstract

Provided is a compact valve device that makes it possible to adjust the set length of a coil spring. A valve device 10 that has a housing 15 to which a valve seat 27 is provided, a valve body 30 that comes into contact with and separates from the valve seat 27, a coil spring 35 that impels the valve body 30, a motor 60, a gear 65 that is driven by the motor 60, a rotating member 70 that has a plurality of teeth 72 formed on an outer circumferential surface, has a space formed inside the outer circumferential surface, and rotates as a result of the gear 65 being driven, a spring-pressing member 80 that is arranged in the space inside the rotating member 70 and supports another end 35b of the coil spring 35 such that a portion of the coil spring 35 is positioned inside the space, and a spring set length adjustment mechanism that moves the spring-pressing member 80 in the axial direction in association with the rotation of the rotating member 70 and thereby adjusts a spring set length.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 7/16 - Diaphragm cut-off apparatus, e.g. with a member deformed, but not moved bodily, to close the passage with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm arranged to be deformed against a flat seat the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam
  • F16K 17/06 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with special arrangements for adjusting the opening pressure
  • F16K 27/02 - Construction of housingsUse of materials therefor of lift valves
  • F16K 41/12 - Spindle sealings with diaphragm, e.g. shaped as bellows or tube with approximately flat diaphragm

91.

LOCKING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021023837
Publication Number 2021/261530
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-23
Publication Date 2021-12-30
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Saito Jun

Abstract

A locking device 10 comprises a driving member that carries out driving according to the movement of an operating member 22 operated by a user, and a rod movable in the longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling part coupled to the rod. The rod includes a locking part that is removably engageable with a lock hole of an opening and closing body, and a holding part that holds the coupling part so as to allow the coupling part to slide in the movement direction of the rod. The rod, when driven by the driving member in response to the user operation, moves in an unlocking direction in which the locking part is unlocked, and the holding part and the coupling part also move in the unlocking direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05C 21/00 - Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

92.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021022111
Publication Number 2021/256368
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-10
Publication Date 2021-12-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yajima Kazuki
  • Kon Takuma

Abstract

Provided is a valve device wherein a striking noise when a float valve descends is suppressed, and the float valve is less prone to floating upward. This valve device 10 has a housing 15, a float valve 40, and a float valve support part 50, the float valve support part 50 has a support wall 51, a side wall 53, a first slit 61 formed in the support wall 51, a second slit 63 formed in the side wall 53, and an elastic piece 65 defined by the first slit 61 and the second slit 63, and the elastic piece 65 has a first extended portion 67 extending along the side wall 53, and a second extended portion 69 extending from the first extended portion 67 and capable of contacting a floor surface 40a of the float valve 40.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 31/18 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float
  • F16K 31/24 - Operating meansReleasing devices actuated by fluid actuated by a float actuating a lift valve with a transmission with parts linked together from a single float to a single valve
  • B60K 15/035 - Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines

93.

Lock device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17285341
Grant Number 11913263
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-12-02
Grant Date 2024-02-27
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

Provided is a lock device for an opening/closing body, the device having a reduced number of parts and enabling a key cylinder to be removed with greater ease. The lock device comprises a lock part, a lock member which is operated via a manipulation member, a base member, and a key cylinder, wherein: the manipulation member comprises a cylinder housing part; the base member comprises a cylinder arrangement space in which the cylinder housing part is arranged, a wall part located at the tip side of the manipulation member, and an opening formed in the wall part; the key cylinder comprises a key plate; the key plate comprises a pressing surface; and the pressing surface is exposed inside the cylinder arrangement space and disposed further to the base end part side of the manipulation member than the edge part of the opening in the wall part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
  • E05B 79/08 - Mounting of individual lock elements in the lock, e.g. levers
  • E05B 85/06 - Lock cylinder arrangements
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening

94.

DETENT DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021018978
Publication Number 2021/241358
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-05-19
Publication Date 2021-12-02
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Wada Akinobu

Abstract

Provided is a detent device that enhances the feel of moderation and that increases load during an operation of an oscillation member. A detent device (10) has: a base member (20); an oscillation member (40) that is supported so as to be oscillatable with respect to the base member (20), and that is provided with a detent part (45) having a plurality of projections (46, 47, 48, 49) and a plurality of fitting recesses (50, 51, 52) formed between the projections; a fitting member (60) that has an outer circumference (61) forming a circular and rod-like shape, that is supported so as to be slidable with respect to the base member (20), and that is fitted, at the outer circumference thereof, in the fitting recesses; and a coil spring (70) that biases the fitting member (60) in a direction fitting in the fitting recesses. The fitting member (60) is configured to overcome the projections and sequentially fit in the fitting recesses in association with oscillation of the oscillation member (40) with respect to the base member (20).

IPC Classes  ?

95.

Lock device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17285319
Grant Number 12044049
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-11-11
Grant Date 2024-07-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

A lock device includes an operation member which includes a base end portion rotationally supported to a rotation support portion and a gripping part provided on a tip end-side, and is configured to slide a lock member in a direction of not engaging with a lock portion by rotating the gripping part in a direction of separating from the base member. One end-side of the base member located on the gripping part-side of the operation member is provided with a hook configured to be engaged with a peripheral edge on a rear side of one end-side of the attachment hole. The base member is provided with an elastically deformable elastic engaging claw configured to be engaged with the peripheral edge on the rear side of the attachment hole on the further other end-side opposite to the one end-side than the rotation support portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • E05B 79/06 - Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05B 85/10 - Handles

96.

FASTENER

      
Application Number JP2021016863
Publication Number 2021/221079
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-27
Publication Date 2021-11-04
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Ozaki Ryosuke

Abstract

This fastener 10 that is formed from a metal material and is for attaching a component to an attachment hole of an attachment member comprises: a first leg piece 20a and a second leg piece 20b that are opposite from one another; and a linking section 22 that links base ends of the first leg piece 20a and the second leg piece 20b. The first leg piece 20a has a first locking section 28a that locks to an edge of the attachment hole, and a tab section 24 that inhibits removal of the fastener from the component. The tab section 24 extends from a tip end side of the first leg piece 20a, and is inserted into a hole section that is formed in a boss section of the component. The second leg piece 20b does not have a tab section that is inserted into a hole section formed in the boss section of the component to inhibit removal of the fastener from the component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16B 19/10 - Hollow rivetsMulti-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically

97.

Lock device for opening/closing body

      
Application Number 17285286
Grant Number 11821244
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-15
First Publication Date 2021-10-14
Grant Date 2023-11-21
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Nakasone, Hisashi

Abstract

A lock device for an opening and closing body attached to a fixed body, includes a rotary member includes a rotary shaft and a lock member connecting portion rotatably connected to a lock member. A rotary member attaching part includes an upright wall erected from a lock member arrangement surface, which is a surface of the opening and closing body or the fixed body facing the lock member, and a rotation support wall continuously provided to the upright wall and arranged spaced from the lock member arrangement surface, and is provided integrally with the opening and closing body or the fixed body. The rotation support wall is formed with a bearing hole in which the rotary shaft is inserted. A retainer preventing the rotary shaft inserted in the bearing hole from coming off is provided between the bearing hole and the rotary shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E05B 83/30 - Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments
  • E05C 9/04 - Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
  • B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards

98.

FILTER DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2021010071
Publication Number 2021/187363
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-12
Publication Date 2021-09-23
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Masaki Tomotaka

Abstract

Provided is a filter device which prevents a coil spring from falling off a filter body and which also makes a coil spring less likely to get tangled up. This filter device 10 is provided with: a filter body 20 which comprises a mesh member 50 and a frame body 30 having a seal part 31 at one end side and a spring support seat 33 at the other end side; a spring support member 60 which is fitted to the filter body 20 in such a manner as to be approachable to and separable from the spring support seat 33; and a coil spring 80 which is mounted between the spring support seat 33 and the spring support member 60. Between the filter body 20 and the spring support member 60, a fitting portion is provided to prevent both the filter body and the spring support member from falling off and to connect both so as to be approachable to and separable from each other by a prescribed distance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B01D 35/02 - Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks
  • B01D 29/11 - Filters with filtering elements stationary during filtration, e.g. pressure or suction filters, not covered by groups Filtering elements therefor with bag, cage, hose, tube, sleeve or like filtering elements

99.

Hole plug

      
Application Number 17197786
Grant Number 12084117
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-10
First Publication Date 2021-09-16
Grant Date 2024-09-10
Owner
  • PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
  • HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kiyota, Hikaru
  • Nakanishi, Nobuyuki

Abstract

There is provided a hole plug including: a body portion including a cover flange portion that covers an opening, an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening, and at least one pair of engagement portions that is engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; and a thermosoftening resin member that is fixed to a back side peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and that is configured to be heated and melted so as to fix the cover flange portion to a predetermined member. The thermosoftening resin member includes an extension portion extending obliquely outward toward the predetermined member, and the extension portion is elastically abutted against a front side of the predetermined member in a state where the engagement portion is engaged with the back side peripheral edge of the opening before melting of the thermosoftening resin member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B62D 25/24 - Superstructure sub-units with access openings having movable or removable closures
  • B62D 29/04 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof predominantly of synthetic material

100.

VALVE DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020047250
Publication Number 2021/132034
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-17
Publication Date 2021-07-01
Owner PIOLAX, INC. (Japan)
Inventor Yajima Kazuki

Abstract

Provided is a valve device. This valve device 10 has: a housing 15 in which a valve chamber V and a ventilation chamber R are provided respectively on the lower side and upper side of a partition wall 23, and a valve hole 25 is formed in the partition wall 23; a float valve 80; and a pressure adjustment valve 90. A first valve seat 26 is formed on the ventilation-chamber-side peripheral edge of the valve hole 25, a second valve seat 27 is formed on the valve-chamber-side peripheral edge of the valve hole 25, an accommodation part 30 is provided in a protruding manner on the surface on the ventilation chamber R side of the partition wall 23, an accommodation space R1 for accommodating the pressure adjustment valve 90 is formed inside the accommodation part 30, an outside space R2 is formed on the outside of the accommodation space R1, and an opening 41 for connecting the accommodation space R1 and the outside space R2 is formed in the accommodation part 30.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16K 24/04 - Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures for venting only
  • F16K 27/02 - Construction of housingsUse of materials therefor of lift valves
  • B60K 15/03 - Fuel tanks
  • F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatusArrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
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