Patents Assigned to Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
  • Publication number: 20010022451
    Abstract: A luggage compartment structure allows detachable placement of a tray on any of a floor surface of the luggage compartment on which a luggage mat is spread, hung from the undersurface of an upper back panel of the luggage compartment, or accommodated in a recessed storage portion provided in a floorboard member. As a result, the tray can be effectively placed on, over or under the luggage mat of the luggage compartment as required to accommodate various luggage loading configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: TOYODA BOSHOKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ando, Hideya Nakanou, Toshimitsu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20010013274
    Abstract: An air cleaner wherein an element for filtering intake air and an absorber member for absorbing fuel vapor are disposed within a housing. Within the housing, a stopper portion for tentatively attaching the absorber member and a seat portion capable of receiving the absorber member at a side opposite from the stopper portion are formed near a site where the element is mounted. The element or the absorber member has a presser portion that retains the absorber member in a state where the absorber member is pressed against the seat portion, when the element is mounted within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: TOYODA BOSHOKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Oda
  • Patent number: 6148956
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resonator including an upper case defining a portion of a resonance chamber and having a communicating hole communicating with the resonance chamber, a lower case integrally joined to the upper case and defining the resonance chamber together with the upper case, and an air pipe which is blow molded with the upper case being inserted, which is joined to an outer surface of the upper case where the communicating hole opens, an inside of which forms a gas passage, and which is defined with a through hole forming a common hole with the communicating hole, wherein the air pipe is blow molded by using polypropylene resin and the lower case is molded by using a nylon resin. In the resonator of the invention, because the resonator itself has heat resistance, it is unnecessary to dispose a heat insulator or the like, thereby decreasing the number of parts and the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
    Inventor: Takane Iwatsuki
  • Patent number: 6024066
    Abstract: All the components constituting an air-intake module for an internal combustion engine, including an air cleaner for cleaning air and manifold pipes for distributing air into each cylinder of the engine, are integrated in a single unit. A mounting flange connected to engine side ends of the manifold pipes is fixed to the engine for mounting the air-intake module as a whole. The air cleaner and other components of the module are located under the mounting flange and the manifold pipes, so that the mounting of the module is not obstructed by components constituting the module. An air cleaner element for filtering the intake air is slidably inserted into the air cleaner at a position where the element can be easily serviced from the outside of the module without dismounting any components of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakayama, Hideki Inaba
  • Patent number: 5851250
    Abstract: A filter element for an air cleaner including a filter medium which has a plurality of basic filter units and is integrally formed of a porous sintered material produced by sintering powdered synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation & Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Sugie, Tsuyoshi Minari, Yasunari Arai, Yukihisa Horikoh, Kouji Kume, Hirotsugu Kojima
  • Patent number: 5755844
    Abstract: A resin-made air cleaner includes a hollow resin-made housing, a tubular element accommodated in the housing, a tubular projection, a gasket fitted around the tubular projection, and disposed between the tubular element and the tubular projection, a stopper for inhibiting the gasket from moving. The tubular projection is disposed on at least one of opposite end surfaces of the housing so as to project toward the inside of the housing. The stopper is disposed on the projection and/or the opposite end surfaces of the housing, on which the projection is disposed. This arrangement not only enables the increase of the resin content of the air cleaner, but also inhibits the gasket from coming off from the projection when the element is disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignees: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Arai, Yoshiyuki Murao, Yasuhiro Okazaki, Yukihisa Horikou, Tsuyoshi Minari, Kouji Kume
  • Patent number: 5720790
    Abstract: A filter element made of nonwoven filter fabric includes a plurality of pleated portions and a flange portion formed integrally with the filter portion. The flange portion is formed by a pair of press-forming dies to have a thin and compressed connecting portion formed along the outer periphery of the filter portion, a thick and uncompressed seal portion formed along the outer periphery of the connecting portion and a thin and compressed protecting portion formed along the outer periphery of the seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kometani, Toshiaki Nakayama, Satoshi Inukai, Takanari Takagaki, Hideo Kamo, Minoru Honda
  • Patent number: 5667545
    Abstract: A filter element for an air cleaner including a sheet-like filter medium for purifying air when the air is transferred from one side to the other side of the filter medium, a frame member having a flange confining the filter medium and a side wall formed on the flange, and a fibrous mat having cushioning effect. The filter medium is folded in a sawtooth-shaped pattern and extends along a plane. The filter medium has a base contour contained in the plane and has a sawtooth-shaped peripheral edge section extending along a part of the base contour. The flange outwardly projects from the frame. The side wall is airtightly bonded to the sawtooth-shaped peripheral edge section of the filter medium. The mat continuously extends along the base contour and is fixedly bonded to a surface of the flange facing the other side of the filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignees: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Honda, Hideki Inaba
  • Patent number: 5664295
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a clamping main body and a fixing member. The clamping main body is formed as a circled-strip having opposite free ends so as to be capable of exhibiting an urging force for reducing its diameter, and clamps a hose member having a concavity at an end thereof. The fixing member is engaged with the opposite free ends of the clamping main body so as to inhibit the diameter of the clamping main body from reducing, and includes a projection extending at least in one of axial directions of the hose member, and being capable of engaging with the concavity of the hose member so as to position the clamping main body in a direction around the axis of the hose member. Thus, in a direction around the axis of the hose member, the clamping main body is positioned by the projection of the fixing member which is disposed independently of the clamping main body. Accordingly, even when the diameter of the hose member is varied, the width, thickness, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignees: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kume, Kiyoshi Oshima
  • Patent number: 5622778
    Abstract: A synthetic resin composition comprises an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a resin and filler dispersed in the aqueous medium by the surfactant. The surfactant comprises a first high molecular weight compound having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 10000 and a second high molecular weight compound having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 150 and less than 10000. In the synthetic resin composition, a solid material is well dispersed and the viscosity doesn't remarkably increase even if a solid content is increased. So, the increased amount of a non-volatile matter may be used and the storage stability improves. Further, flame retardation, deodorization, heat resistance and light fastness also improve. In addition, an interior material which is a fabric coated with the synthetic resin composition is provided. In the interior material, the texture, flame retardation, deodorization and light fastness improve without the deterioration of workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Horii, Masahiro Sugiura, Seiji Onoda, Yoshio Yamada, Osamu Araki, Yoshiro Umemoto, Kazuo Ito, Takatoshi Sekihara, Akihiro Matsuyama, Masaaki Izumichi, Kiyoshi Umehara, Reizaburo Tomioka
  • Patent number: 5569311
    Abstract: An air cleaner for use in an intake air passage connected to an engine of a vehicle, including a housing separable into two housings, a filter element received in one of the two housings, a sealing member for sealing contact with a sealing surface of the other housing, and a hinge device for rotatably connecting the two housings to each other, the hinge device including a receiving member having a receiving opening, and an axis member for being received in the receiving member through the receiving opening, the axis and receiving members being displaceable relative to each other substantially along a plane in which the sealing member extends, the air cleaner further including a clamp device cooperating with the hinge device to secure the two housings to each other, and a protector including two abutting portions, the protector allowing the sealing surface and the sealing member to be brought into the sealing contact with each other when the axis member is positioned at a hinging position in the receiving memb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignees: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Nippondenso Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Oda, Kazuyuki Horie, Masao Ino
  • Patent number: 5539015
    Abstract: A synthetic resin composition comprises an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a resin and filler dispersed in the aqueous medium by the surfactant. The surfactant comprises a first high molecular weight compound having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 10000 and a second high molecular weight compound having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 150 and less than 10000. In the synthetic resin composition, a solid material is well dispersed and the viscosity doesn't remarkably increase even if a solid content is increased. So, the increased amount of a non-volatile matter may be used and the storage stability improves. Further, flame retardation, deodorization, heat resistance and light fastness also improve. In addition, an interior material coated with the synthetic resin composition is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Horii, Masahiro Sugiura, Seiji Onoda, Yoshio Yamada, Osamu Araki, Yoshiro Umemoto, Kazuo Ito, Takatoshi Sekihara, Akihiro Matsuyama, Masaaki Izumichi, Kiyoshi Umehara, Reizaburo Tomioka
  • Patent number: 5436065
    Abstract: A strip of webbing for seat belts includes webbing woven from multi-filament threads made from synthetic fiber, and a mixture of acrylic resin and silicone impregnated into and fixed on the surface of the webbing. The webbing is deteriorated less in the anti-wear property and the smoothness because the acrylic resin is dissociated less by light so that it can hold the silicone on the surface of the webbing for a longer period of time. Thus, the webbing can produce a seat belt exhibiting an excellent accommodatability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignees: Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masahiro Fukamoto, Koichi Shimizu, Koki Sato, Masahiro Tanabe
  • Patent number: 5213596
    Abstract: An air cleaner device includes a filter element for filtering air and being disposed in a housing. The device comprises a hollow housing having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a flow passage therein which is communicated with the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The housing also has an opening which is disposed between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, and communicates the flow passage with the exterior of the housing. A filter element is inserted through the opening into the flow passage, disposed between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, so as to filter the air flowing through the flow passage. A lid is mounted on the housing for covering the opening. A resilient urging member allows the lid to be urged toward the housing so as to close the opening, and the resilient urging member allows the lid to be moved away from the opening when this urging is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignees: Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Kume, Yoshimi Suzuki, Naoki Maeno