Abstract: This invention is directed to a useful improvement in a seat belt mount mechanism of a seat belt for use in an automotive vehicle of the type that an anchor plate adapted to support the seat belt at the middle portion thereof is fixed securely to a door sash element of a vehicle body by way of a fixing bracket, and in which one end of the anchor plate is operatively introduced into an opening formed in a center pillar of a vehicle body in a state that a door is closed, wherein there is provided a latch engagement of a substantially T-shaped cross section at the leading of one end of the anchor plate. With this arrangement, the latch engagement of the anchor plate may positively be held from disengagement with the opening in the center pillar, when the door sash element of the vehicle body is deformed from a shock load, and also this possible deformation of the door sash element of the vehicle body from such a shock load may be prevented to a minimum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a passive type seat belt mounting structure wherein the seat belt is forcibly loaded around the body of the occupant upon he/she sitting down in a vehicle seat and closing a door, wherein a shoulder retractor and a lap retractor around which a seat belt is wound is attached to a common bracket which is in turn attached to the interior of the door panel.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a useful improvement in a seat belt mount mechanism for use in an automotive vehicle of the type that an anchor plate adapted to support a shoulder anchor for holding the seat belt extending through an opening defined therein is mounted operatively to a door sash element of the vehicle body by way of a fixing bracket, wherein there is provided an elongated portion extending outwardly from the lower end of the anchor plate, upon which the elongated portion the shoulder anchor is held operatively, whereby it is feasible in practice to bring the mount for the shoulder anchor as far behind as possible of the door sash element, and consequently, the seat belt may serve more effectively in function to forcibly catch a driver or passengers therein. With this arrangement, it is possible in practice to make the anchor plate and the fixing bracket small and compact in construction, accordingly.

Abstract: A seat construction for a vehicle includes a driver's seat angularly movable about a generally vertical axis toward a door opening formed in a side portion of a vehicle body. When a sliding driver door is opened, the driver's seat is angularly moved toward the door opening, so that the driver can easily get in and off the vehicle. An open area of the door opening, available when the sliding driver door is opened, is disposed slightly forwardly, and therefore the angle of angular movement of the driver's seat required for the driver to get in and off the vehicle can be relatively small.

Abstract: The present invention provides a seat belt support structure wherein a bracket is fixedly secured on a door sash for holding an anchor plate which supports the seat belt, the seat belt support structure being characterized in that said bracket for fixedly securing the anchor plate is attached to the inner surface of the outer panel of said door sash and its attachment portion is concealed by a door glass run which is used to hold the door window glass, resulting in that screws do not project outwardly through the inner panel and a smooth sealing surface is ensured to seal a clearance between the door sash and the center pillar. Sealing members can thus be easily arranged and it is possible to improve sealing characteristics of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle construction of an automobile provided with a slide door being used in a front door of an automobile and having an upper side front end positioned at the rear of a lower side front end, roller assemblies provided in an upper side front end, a lower side front end and an intermediate of back end portion, and guide rails for supporting the roller assemblies arranged in an upper, a lower and an intermediate portions of a car body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a car providing a sliding door comprising guide rails mounted along an entry opening formed on the front half section of a car body and a sliding door used as a front door to be slid through a roller assembly to be engaged with each guide rail when it is opened or shut. In this car, the sliding amount of the sliding door is regulated so as to disable the rear end of the sliding door to be projected from the rear end of a car body when it is opened. And, in order to enable the entry opening opening to be fully opened, an auxiliary handle is providced in addition to an outside handle and an inside handle. Further, the invention also relates to improvement of opening or shutting mechanism and structure of the sliding door.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a lower rail for guiding a slide door and a mounting structure to a side sill. A part of the side sill is projecting externally and covers the upper part of the lower rail. The top end portion of the lower rail is bent inside the side sill and is fastened to the rail housing box and the floor side panel. The roller supporting member for supporting the roller and the arm being fastened to the door are connected by means of a pin. A groove is formed on the bottom wall of the rail housing box corresponding to the moving range of the pin, and the height of the rail housing box is reduced by letting the above-mentioned pin face inside the groove. And, both the stopper at the rear end portion of the rail and the leaf spring are formed independently each other, then the stopper is inserted into an opening of a rail and the leaf spring is assembled to the rail from above the rail so that the both may be assembled with one screw from above the rail.

Abstract: The present invention resides in a motor-vehicle having a sliding door, wherein the sliding door is used as a front door of the motor-vehicle, and the sliding door has its front portion formed with an inclined configuration to match the shape of the front pillar, whereas upper, center and lower guide rollers are provided at the sliding door and upper, center and lower guide rails which serve to support these guide rollers are provided along the side panel, and wherein the upper guide rail is provided behind the lower guide rail and the upper guide rail is extended upto an area which is situated more backwardly than the passenger access opening.

Abstract: A fuel filler door structure is provided with such an arrangement that one end of a toggle spring is adapted to engage with the bracket for the mount of a fuel filler door complete, and the other end of the toggle spring is adapted to engage with the middle portion of a hinge rod extending in a crank-like shape in an offset relationship with a line passing the both ends of the crank shaped hinge rod. By the effect of the toggle spring, the fuel filler door complete may be urged continuously in either way of closing or opening across the dead point of urging effected by the toggle spring.

Abstract: A bumper structure for use in a vehicle of the type including a bumper facing member for covering the front part of the bumper, an energy absorbing member inserted into the interior of the bumper facing member, and a bumper armature for the reinforcement of the bumper facing member and the shock loads absorbing element is provided, which comprises in combination the bumper facing member defined with a longitudinal recess extending longitudinally and located in position below the shock loads absorbing element and near the bumper armature, and a plurality of fixing means for the fixation of the bumper facing member to the bumper armature, more than one cuts-out being defined in the upper surface of the longitudinal recess.

Abstract: A vehicular openable roof hood for covering an opening portion on the upper surface of a roof of an automotive vehicle, the hood comprising a pair of arms adapted to turn about a pair of pivotal shafts on the roof, a hood securing plate fixed to the distal ends of the arms to immovably hold the distal end of the hood, a hood cloth extending round the upper surface and the front edge of the hood securing plate to be secured to the latter from the bottom side thereof and position fixing means for immovably holding the hood at a position where it is kept in an opened state, wherein the hood securing plate is immovably held at the position where the hood is opened by allowing a belt to be inserted and passed through an insert hole on the hood securing plate and the hood securing plate is formed with engagement holes through which engagement members are introduced, the engagement holes comprising a wide part and a narrow part, respectively, so that the engagement members are first inserted through the wide parts f

Abstract: A cowl structure for use in an automotive body of the type that a plurality of cowl panels are joined together to define a space with a closed box like cross section. In this cowl structure, a cowl top panel having a recess defined for receiving a window glass of an automobile is bent downwardly in a stepped manner at a widthwise middle portion on the rearward side thereof, while a cowl upper panel is bent upwardly in a like stepped manner at a widthwise middle portion on the forward side thereof in such a manner that the position of joint on the rear end portion of said both panels may be located at a lower level than that of said window glass receiving recess. Also, the cowl top panel and the cowl upper panel located in a confronted relationship with the both side lower ends of the window glass are joined together with a side body panel with three pieces of said panels being overlapped one upon another by way of a two-row spot-welding.

Abstract: A two-and-four-wheel drive shifting system of the type not including a differential gear unit comprises a pair of output shafts extending opposedly from each other and mounted rotatably independently of each other, an input member mounted concentrically and rotatably on one end of one of the pair of output shafts, and a sliding clutch mounted operatively on the other of the pair of output shafts. The sliding clutch having an engagement claw adapted to commonly engage with claws provided on one output shaft and on an input member in such a manner that the sliding clutch may be shifted in sliding motion in the axial direction along the other output shaft so as to selectively engage and disengage with either of the output shafts and the input member so that either the two-wheel or four-wheel drive position can be selected.

Abstract: A speed changing apparatus usable for a small car of the type including a bar-shaped steering handle and a speed changing gear mechanism having plural forward movement stages and a single backward movement stage is disclosed which is characterized in that shifting of speed changing gears to any one of the forward and backward movement stages is controlled by rotational displacement of a rotary type change cam and the apparatus is provided with a stopper mechanism adapted to limit rotation of the change cam within the range of an angle of rotation which is determined by the forward movement stages, wherein the stopper mechanism is released from the operative state by use of an actuating lever which is disposed on the handle, thereby assuring inhibition of an occurrence of damage or injury of gears due to incorrect handling by virtue of arrangement which is so made that shifting to the backward movement is achieved by very simple operation but shifting of any gear cannot be achieved unless handling is performed

Abstract: An improved steering system for a small-sized light-weight wheeled vehicle, such as an all-terrain vehicle being equipped with balloon tires, which comprises independent steering mechanisms adapted respectively to the steering operation of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: An improved power transmission system for use with a light saddle-type vehicle with an internal combustion engine of cross-mounted type has an improved construction such that there are provided a split type crank case adapted to be split generally centrally into two counterparts in the vertical way, an output shaft mounted on the bottom of and extending along a splitting line of the crank case, and a bevel gear transmission disposed intermediate the output shaft and a secondary drive shaft so that the driving power on the secondary drive shaft from the engine may be transmitted operatively to the output shaft through the bevel gear transmission, and/or that there is provided an auxiliary transission mounted outwardly of an outer bearing means of the transmission housed in the case, and adapted to provide a substantially large overall gear ratio making an increased stage of gear shifting available in the operation of the vehicle, whereby the maneuverability of the vehicle can be improved substantially.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in the cooling efficiency of an air cooling and vent device for use with a belt drive type power transmission for an all terrain vehicle, wherein cooling air introduced into a belt drive casing by an air suction fan built integrally with a drive pulley of the transmission is forced out of an air outlet provided in the middle position between the drive pulley and a driven pulley to the atmosphere by the suction effect of a cooling fan of the engine.

Abstract: An off-road vehicle is equipped with an endless articulated steel band drive system including a drive wheel, a plurality of idle wheels and an endless belt extending around the drive wheel and the idle wheel. A back slider plate extends along the inner surface of the endless belt to urge the ground contact surface of the endless belt against the ground. The leading portion of the back plate rises upwardly at an angle of with respect to the ground. One of the idle wheels is rotatably mounted to the rear end of the back plate and the back plate is mounted to the vehicle frame by a leaf spring.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a four-wheel motorcar of the saddle-ride type having two front wheels and two rear wheels, each wheel being fitted with a balloon tire, a front axle steerably supporting the front wheels, a car body connected together in an integral manner by a support frame, a steering shaft connected to the front wheels through a linkage mechanism, and a bearing portion in a head pipe rotatably supporting the upper end portion of the steering shaft integral with said support frame, the lower end portion of the steering shaft being rotatably supported by the front axle.