Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an opening-closing device for a vehicle having a function for releasing door locking by a door locking mechanism in addition to a function for automatically opening and closing a slide door and being mountable on a vehicle body easily and satisfactorily. SOLUTION: In this opening-closing device for vehicle, a driving part for opening operation is provided in a carrier in a planetary gear mechanism for transmitting outputs of a motor unit to a drum, and a driving arm for opening operation is connected with a releaser mechanism for opening operation in the door locking mechanism 51 through a releaser cable 74 for opening operation. When the slide door 14 is automatically opened from a fully closed position, the driving arm is driven by the driving part for opening operation by rotation of the carrier to release the door locking operation of the door locking mechanism 51. A driving part for closing operation is provided in the carrier, and a driving arm for closing operation is connected with a releaser mechanism for closing operation in a fully opening hook mechanism 61 through a releaser cable 76 for closing operation. When the slide door 14 is automatically closed from a fully opened position, the driving arm is driven by the driving part for closing operation by rotation of the carrier to release the door opening operation of the fully opening hook mechanism 61. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic opening/closing device for a vehicle having a door lock mechanism operation function in addition to an automatic slide door opening/closing function and easily mountable on a vehicle body. SOLUTION: A latch is installed in a door lock mechanism 51. A drive lever is connected to the latch to be interlocked thereto. A connection bracket is attached to a tension pulley installed in a closing side tensioner mechanism. The connection bracket is connected to the drive lever with a cable 73 for closing. When the slide door 14 is closed to a half position, the tension of a closing side cable 25b is increased by the reaction force of a door seal material, and the tension pulley is moved over a predetermined area, the connection bracket is moved together with the tension pulley. Consequently, the cable 73 for closing is pulled, the latch is driven from an unlatch position to a full latch position through the drive lever, and the slide door 14 is pulled to the full close position by the latch. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a touch sensor device capable of improving external-force detection performance.SOLUTION: A touch sensor device 19 comprises: an elastically-deformable cover 24 having a holding hole 33; a support member 25 which is provided in the holding hole 33 and elastically deforms due to the external force transferred via the cover 24; and a plurality of electrodes 34 and 35 which are supported by the support member 25 in a state in which they are separated from each other and come into contact with each other as the support member 25 deforms. This touch sensor device further includes a core metal 29 fixed to and reinforcing the cover 24 and a first flat plate part 29a formed in the core metal 29, exposed to the holding hole 33, and in contact with the support member 25.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cable tension adjustment structure for a slide door which can absorb an impact force acting on a cable without using an impact absorbing material and the like, and can downsize the whole of a drive unit.SOLUTION: A cable tension adjustment structure which is incorporated in a drive unit 1 for driving a cable 107 mounted to a slide door absorbs the tension fluctuation and excess length of the cable 107 caused by opening/closing operation of the slide door 101, and is provided with a spring 11 which absorbs an impact force generating in the cable 107 as a tension force. The cable tension adjustment structure for a slide door includes a transmission member 10 which transmits an energizing force of the spring 11 to the cable 107 traveling between two support points to press the cable 107, thereby changing a travel path of the cable 107. The spring 11 is used as a tension spring and set so as to expand when absorbing an impact force to the cable 107.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic open/close device for a slide door that can prevent loosening of a cable by absorbing a change of cable-arrangement path length of the cable and can reduce labor when manually open/close the door.SOLUTION: A tensioner mechanism 25 comprises an opening side tensioner pulley 31 around which a cable for opening 2a is wound, an closing side tensioner pulley 32 around which a cable for closing 2b is wound, and two pulley cases 33a, 33b that separately support the pulleys 31, 32 respectively in a freely rotatable manner. Each of pulley cases 33a, 33b is provided in a tiltable manner by making a spindle 39 provided at a position adjacent to each other as a pivot point, and arm parts provided at opposite sides to the spindles 39 of pulley cases 33a, 33b while sandwiching shaft 37 between them are connected with each other via a coil spring 34, and the spring 34 presses each of the tensioner pulleys 31, 32 in a direction for giving a tension to each of the cables 33a, 33b.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an opening-closing device for vehicle provided with a function for operating a door locking mechanism in addition to a function for automatically opening and closing a slide door and capable of being mounted on a vehicle body easily and satisfactorily. SOLUTION: In this opening-closing device for a vehicle, the slide door 14 is automatically opened and closed by transmitting outputs of a motor unit to a drum through a planetary gear mechanism and driving an opening side cable 25a and a closing side cable 25b wound around the drum. One end of a closer cable 94 is connected with a carrier in the planetary gear mechanism, and the other end of the closer cable 94 is connected with a latch in the door locking mechanism 51 through a driving lever and a connection link. The connection link is constituted as a toggle mechanism to restrain turn of the latch by tractive force of the closer cable 94 until the latch is rotated in the direction of full-latching from an unlatched position. When the slide door 14 is closed and restraint of the latch by the toggle mechanism is released, the latch is rotated and driven in the direction of full-latching by rotation of the carrier. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To downsize automatic opening and closing equipment for a vehicle, which makes a power transmission path between a worm gear mechanism and an output shaft connected/disconnected by using a planetary gear mechanism and a switching mechanism. SOLUTION: The planetary gear mechanism 53 is provided between the worm gear mechanism 52 which decelerates and outputs the rotation of a rotating shaft 25a of an electric motor, and the output shaft 28 to which a drum 34 for being connected to a sliding door is to be fixed. An electromagnetic brake 71 makes a sun gear 57 of the planetary gear mechanism 53 switch between a rotatable free state and an irrotational state, so as to enable the connection/disconnection of the power transmission path between the worm gear mechanism 52 and the output shaft 28. Additionally, the planetary gear mechanism 53 is arranged on the side of the inner peripheral surface of the worm gear mechanism 52 which is formed in a ring shape. Thus, the axial dimension of a drive unit 23 is decreased. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide automatic opening/closing equipment for a vehicle, which improves mountability for a vehicle body by simplifying a constitution of a closer mechanism for pulling in a sliding door to a full-closing position. SOLUTION: A motor unit 32 is rotatably supported on a sliding door 14 via a supporting shaft 37, and connected to a latch 53 by means of pin members 61 and 63 and a connecting link 62. When the latch 53 is in an unlatching position, the pin member 61 is positioned on an unlatching side with respect to a straight line which connects the pin member 63 and the shaft center of a latch shaft 54 together, and the running of the motor unit 32 by the force of pulling a closing-side cable 25b is regulated. When the sliding door 14 is closed to a predetermined degree of opening and the latch 53 is turned to a release position, the pin member 61 is moved to a full-latching position with respect to the straight line which connects the pin member 63 and the shaft center of the latch shaft 54 together. Thus, the motor unit 32 runs in a first rotational direction by the force of pulling the closing-side cable 25b, so that the latch 53 can be driven toward the full-latching position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knee protection device for vehicle, which reduces intensity of an impact caused when an object in a vehicle interior collides against a knee protection pad due to an impact applied on the vehicle from the forward and backward directions. SOLUTION: This knee protection device for vehicle moves the knee protection pad between a storage position and a restraining position. This device is provided with: a frame 2 joined with a vehicle body member 1 by welding so as to support the knee protection pad to turn freely in the forward and backward directions of the vehicle; a link mechanism 14 connected with a motor 15 to turn the knee protection pad; and a plate member 4 absorbing the impact load applied on the knee protection pad at the restraining position. A reduction gear 16 of the motor 15 is connected with the link mechanism 14 while minimizing the impact load inputted into the knee protection pad. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate coupling work of a cable body to a member to be connected. SOLUTION: A slit 81 extending from the connection part 75 to a distal end of a body part 74 is formed on an assembling lever 7 provided with the body part 74 and the connection part 75, an opened side cable 33b fixed with a cable end 82 is inserted to the end, and the assembling lever 73 is attached to the opened side cable 33b. The connection part 75 of the assembling lever 73 is detachably attached to a support part 62b provided on a roller assembly 16, and the cable end 82 is temporarily retained to the body part 74 of the assembling lever 73. The assembling lever 73 is turned from the opened state in a closing direction and the cable end 82 is slid on the body part 74 along the slit 81. Thereby, the cable end 82 is guided to the support part 62b and is assembled to the support part 62b. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT