Patents Assigned to Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
  • Patent number: 7374303
    Abstract: The present abstract refers to a patent for utility model covering an actuating mechanism belonging to the field of the components of outer rear-view mirrors, which received the arrangement to provide a better usage and manufacturing conditions, an arrangement being of the type comprising: a pair of electric micro-engines (10) provided with endless axes (11); a pair of annular gears (20) coupled with the respective endless axes; two elastic grips (30) incorporated into the gears; two threaded actuating pins (40), which pass through and remain coupled with the grips; a casing (50)-(60), which houses the engine and gear assembly, and the ends of the actuating pins projecting outwards; a middle articulation assembly (70), whose first portion is incorporated into the body (50) of the casing; a plate (80) for supporting the mirror bracket (1) whose rear face features a pair of grooves (81), with which the ends of the actuating pins (40) are articulately coupled; said supporting plate (80) being further provided wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Affonso Roberto Sestokas
  • Patent number: 6816066
    Abstract: An automotive device attachable to a vehicle has an external rearview mirror including a mirror element and an end support attachable to a vehicle and supporting the mirror element, and a lateral blinker including a light source and a supporting element which supports the light source, the supporting element with the light source being incorporated in the external rearview mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6648480
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6626548
    Abstract: A stabilization device for a rear-view mirror of a motor vehicle includes a mirror set (1) having a sleeve (41) incorporated in a support structure (20) of the mirror set (1) and articulated in a pivot post (60) of a base member (70). The device proportions and determines the stabilization of the mirror set through an axially squeezing “F’ force to the pivot post (60) of the mirror set (1). The sleeve has a first indented surface (42) and a second indented surface (43) in the base (70) that is adjacent to the first indented surface (42). The first and second indented surfaces (42, 43) have corresponding profiles to engage one in the other. An axial compression spring (44) disposed about the pivot post (60) presses the sleeve (41) to couple the surface (42) of the mirror set (1) in the indented surface (43) of the base (70). A reaction washer (45), fixed around the pivot post (60), presses against the spring (44). The pivot post (60) has an intermediary radial hole (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Leônidas Venâncio de Melo Neto
  • Patent number: 6558012
    Abstract: A fixation device for fixing a mirror cover to a command set has at least three fixation sets uniformly spaced from one another and each including a flange disposable in an edge of an opening of the mirror cover for supporting a ring-shaped base of the command set, the flange having a cuneiform projection which is couplable in a groove of the ring-shaped base a stop projecting from the mirror cover and radially aligned with the flange at a spaced relationship to the latter, a seat defined by gutters in front faces of the flange and the stop and a hole provided in a region of the mirror cover that remains in a space between the flange and the stop, and a pin which is received under pressure in a seat and presses the cuneiform projection against the groove of the ring-shaped base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6547407
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6382805
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror has a mirror plate, a device for regulating a position of the mirror plate and including an activator, a support structure for supporting the activator, a housing accommodating the mirror plate, the activator and the support structure, a vertical pivot point located inside the housing, a device for stabilization of mirror positions incorporated in the support structure and assembled in an articulated way around the post, a base placable on a side of a vehicle and having a protuberance in which the post is supported, and a reinforcing structure located in the base, the support structure, the post and the reinforcing structure being composed of a plastic material which is similar to a plastic material for other components wherein a main part, a fitting part, receptors of screws, a lateral part in form of a sleeve and its indented side, are all composed of a plastic material and together form a single integral element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6357886
    Abstract: An internal rearview mirror has a mirror assembly, and an assembling device for connecting the mirror assembly to a windshield, the assembling device including a first base connected with the mirror assembly provided with a fixation device, and a second base fixable to the windshield and formed so that the first base being detachably connectable to the second base, the first base having a superior face adapted to be adjacent to the windshield and provided with a resilient pawl with a projection, and the second base having a posterior edge, formed so that when the first base is forced onto the second base the pawl with the first projection first resilient deflect and thereafter the projection engages behind a posterior edge of the second base so as to retain the bases assembled with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6059415
    Abstract: The rearview mirror, especially for an automobile, has an improved retention device for holding the mirror in a predetermined fixed position. This retention device (6) includes at least one fixing element for securing the mirror supporting arm (3) in a predetermined fixed position relative to its base (4). The fixing element or elements project from an internal surface of the holding member (40) or project from the pivot (30) provided on the supporting arm (3) and each include an elastic element (61) pressing in a radial direction from the holding member (40) toward the pivot (34) or from the pivot (34) to the holding member (40) and a corresponding recess (62) provided in the pivot (30) or in the holding member in which each elastic element (61) engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda
    Inventors: Ricardo Poveda Moreno, Fabio Koiti Anze, Paulo Roberto Milani
  • Patent number: 6042076
    Abstract: A fastening device for vehicle accessories has a support pad attachable to a windshield of a vehicle, a support base connected with the support pad and connectable with a rearview mirror, and a resilient locking element pressing the support pad and the support base against one another and formed so that during an assembly and a disassembly of the support base and the support pad different stresses are generated such that a stress generated during the assembly of the support base and the support pad is smaller than a stress generated during the disassembly of the support base and the support pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda
    Inventor: Ricardo Poveda Moreno
  • Patent number: 5985194
    Abstract: The method of making a semiconductor body from a semiconductor polymeric compound containing about 20% by weight lampblack having a porous structure, about 60% by weight of low density polyethylene, about 8.5% by weight ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, about 4.0% by weight calcium stearate, about 3.0% by weight antioxidant and about 0.5% by weight calcium titanate includes the steps of extruding the semiconductor polymeric compound to form an extruded product and subsequently calendering the extruded product to produce a semiconductor body having an electrical conductivity which is as uniform as possible throughout the entire bulk of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio LTDA
    Inventors: Humberto Takashi Kadooka, Ricardo Proveda Moreno, Olavo Nunes Da Costa
  • Patent number: 5980051
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror for automobile vehicles comprising a mirror plate, a regulating mechanism for positioning of said mirror plate, a casing accommodating said mirror plate and said regulating mechanism, a base supporting said casing and placeable on a side of an automotive vehicle, a tilting mechanism for tilting said casing which accommodates said mirror plate and said regulating mechanism and for stabilization of said casing in a position of use and in a tilted position, means for joining said casing with relation to said base around substantially vertical axis, a device for stabilization of said casing in the position of use and in the tilted position, and positioning elements including a support and a connection surface for said support provided in said casing and in said base correspondingly so as to ensure a locking pressure between a base flange and a structural element of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda
    Inventors: Ricardo Poveda Moreno, Fabio Koiti Anze, Paulo Roberto Milani
  • Patent number: 5969891
    Abstract: The multi-use articulation includes a stationary articulation section (10), mounted on the internal face of the rear wall of the housing (2), a moveable articulation section (20) on which the mirror plate (1) is mounted and a U-shaped connecting element (30) for torque adjustment and vibration absorption connecting both sections. The U-shaped connecting element (30) of the articulation sections has respective outwardly extending end portions (31) connected to a pair of opposite hook-shaped projections (23) of the moveable articulation section (20) so that the hook-shaped projections (23) and/or end portions (31) of the U-shaped element (30) can provide an axially tighter or looser assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.
    Inventors: Dejail Otenio, Roberto Cermak
  • Patent number: 5726816
    Abstract: The reversible rearview mirror has a mirror plate (1); a housing (2) which houses the mirror plate, both the mirror (1) and the housing (2) being symmetrical with respect to a horizontal axis (X); a supporting member (3) which is semirigid so as to be bendable when its ends are pressed toward each other in an axial direction; and a base (6) fixed to a vehicle body and on which the supporting member (3) is pivotally mounted and an attachment device for assembling and attaching the housing (2) to the supporting member (3) which is provided between the housing (2) and the supporting member (3). The attachment device includes two L-shaped clamps (4) which extend perpendicularly from respective outside regions of a lateral portion (10) of the supporting member (3) which receives the housing (2); and respective grooves (5) provided in a lateral portion (11) of the housing (2), adjacent to the lateral portion (10) of the supporting member (3), which receive the respective L-shaped clamps (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Paulo Alexandre Gordon
  • Patent number: 5520063
    Abstract: A displacement mechanism of a motor vehicle inside rearview mirror having a mirror plate mounted on the frame which is articulated on the lower end of a supporting arm having an upper end connected to an inside ceiling of the motor vehicle, the displacement mechanism comprises an axis provided in the lever, a transverse crankshaft supportable on the frame, a sphere provided on a lower end of the supporting arm, a trapezoidal plate having a smaller base which is turned downward and is coupled to an inside end of the axis, the trapezoidal plate having an intermediate region mounted on the transverse crankshaft, the trapezoidal plate having a central region provided for the sphere, the trapezoidal plate having an upper bigger base articulatable on the frame, the transverse crankshaft being somewhat resilient and including a longer intermediate segment which crosses transversely the trapezoidal plate and is articulated on it and short biased segments extending from ends of the intermediate segment and having end
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Antonio F. d. E. Santo
  • Patent number: 5409981
    Abstract: The method of making a semiconductor polymeric compounds includes an "A" phase consisting of preparing a mixture of a polymeric matrix consisting essentially of 60% by weight low density polyethylene and 8.5% by weight ethylene vinyl acetate based on a total amount of the polymeric compound to be prepared with 20% by weight of a conductive lampblack with a porous structure and 4.0% by weight of a spreading agent consisting of calcium stearate, about 3% by weight of an antioxidant, and 0.5% of a coupling agent consisting of calcium titanate; and a "B" phase including incorporating the conductive component in the polymeric matrix. A semiconductor body according to the invention is also made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDA.
    Inventors: Humberto T. Kadooka, Ricardo P. Moreno, Olavo N. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 5382622
    Abstract: The method of making a semiconductor polymeric compound includes an "A" phase consisting of preparing a mixture of a polymeric matrix consisting essentially of about 60% by weight low density polyethylene and about 8.5% by weight ethylene vinyl acetate based on a total amount of the polymeric compound to be prepared with about 20% by weight of a conductive lampblack with a porous structure and about 4.0% by weight of a spreading agent consisting of calcium stearate, about 3 by weight of an antioxidant, and about 0.5% of a coupling agent consisting of calcium titanate; and a "B" phase including incorporating the conductive component in the polymeric matrix by the steps of spreading the mixture using "bamburg" type intermittent mixers under process conditions to obtain a high rate of lampblack shearing and homogenizing of a sheared lampblack and spreading and coupling agent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio LTDA.
    Inventors: Humberto T. Kadooka, Ricardo P. Moreno, Olavo N. Da Costa
  • Patent number: D451456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Antonio Ferreira Do Espirito Santo
  • Patent number: D378288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio LTDA.
    Inventor: Antonio F. E. Santo
  • Patent number: D380721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Ricardo Poveda Moreno