Patents Assigned to Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 12018633Abstract: An ejector includes a high-pressure passage, a low-pressure passage, and a connection passage. The high-pressure passage includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The upstream end is configured to be connected to a passage through which a high-pressure gas flows. The low-pressure passage is connected to the downstream end of the high-pressure passage. The connection passage is connected to a junction of the high-pressure passage and the low-pressure passage. The high-pressure passage is bent at one or more locations between the upstream end and the downstream end.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa Nagayama, Takuya Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11831037Abstract: A manufacturing method for a battery including a cell array and a case is provided. The cell array includes a plurality of single cells arranged in a certain direction. The case includes a pair of compartment members of which a longitudinal direction is a direction in which the single cells are arranged, and a first end member provided at a first end in the longitudinal direction. In the manufacturing method, in space surrounded by the compartment members and the first end member, the cell array and a second end member facing the first end member across the cell array are placed. In a direction to compress the cell array from an outside part of the second end member, each compartment member is joined with the second end member at a second end in the longitudinal direction while a predetermined load is applied to bind the cell array.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Taichi Egawa, Tomotaka Osakabe
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Patent number: 9316031Abstract: An interior apparatus of a vehicle includes a converting structure. The converting structure is constructed so as to convert an operating force added on a knob to a force causing a movable member to move to an open position relative to a fixed member. Therefore, it is possible to cause the movable member to move to the open position using both a weight of the movable member and the operating force added on the knob.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Abe
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Patent number: 9290837Abstract: A technique for forming an organic polymer thin film on a surface of a substrate with high film formation efficiency and excellent reproducibility and stability is provided. When a vacuum deposition polymerization for forming an organic polymer thin film is performed on a surface of a substrate repeatedly, in which a plurality of kinds of monomers evaporated in a plurality of evaporation source containers in vacuum state are introduced into a deposition chamber in a vacuum state and polymerized on a surface of the substrate arranged in the deposition chamber, each of the monomers in a liquid form is present in the evaporation source containers in a constant amount every time, at the beginning of the evaporation operation of monomers.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignees: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd., ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Masumi Noguchi, Ken Momono, Hagane Irikura
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Patent number: 9266425Abstract: The air guide plate includes a plate body formed of a resin material and deformable skirt portions which are formed of the same resin material as the plate body and integrally formed on an outer periphery of the plate body. The air guide plate is arranged such that the plate body is disposed at a front of an automobile without connecting to automobile parts, thereby forming a gap between the outer periphery of the plate body and the automobile parts arranged around the plate body. The deformable skirt portions are disposed so as to be in contact with the automobile parts under flexural deformation, thereby closing the gap by the deformable skirt portions to prevent the air from leaking through the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Kawahira
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Patent number: 9243331Abstract: An apparatus is provided that can stably produce a laminated body including a vapor-deposited polymer film having a predetermined composition and thickness on a film substrate. The apparatus includes: a film substrate supply means 46 that supplies a film substrate 15 on an outer peripheral surface of a rotary drum 35 in a vacuum chamber 24; a plurality of blowoff members 64 positioned around the rotary drum 35, each of the plurality of blowoff members including a vapor outlet 66 opening inside the vacuum chamber 24 to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 35 and an inner space constituting a deposition chamber; and at least one monomer vapor supply means 84 arranged to supply plural kinds of monomer vapor into the deposition chamber and blowoff the plural kinds of monomer vapor from the vapor outlet of each of the plurality of blowoff members.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munetaka Hayakawa, Kaoru Ito, Yasuhiko Takahashi
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Patent number: 9214655Abstract: A power storage device includes a plurality of power storage elements (10) lined up along a predetermined arrangement direction; a dividing member (40) that is made of insulating material and arranged between two adjacent power storage elements; a pair of end plates (31) that sandwich the plurality of power storage elements, and apply restraining force thereto, in the arrangement direction; and a metal connecting member (32) that extends in the arrangement direction and is fixed to the pair of end plates. The dividing member includes a retaining portion (42) that is positioned between the power storage elements and the connecting member, and that retains the connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kojima Press Industry Co., LtdInventors: Hirotaka Watanabe, Masahiro Imai
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Patent number: 9105423Abstract: A mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle includes a panel 10 having an opening portion 11 and a switch knob 14 having a front surface 14a exposed through the opening portion 11. The panel 10 includes a pair of support portions 12 respectively extending upright on opposing edge portions of the opening portion 11 on the back surface 10b of the panel 10 in a direction perpendicular to the panel 10, and the switch knob 14 is pivotably supported by the support portions 12. Thus, there is provided a mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle, which is simple, with the number of components for mounting being reduced and in which a possibility of scratching a panel surface during the mounting operation can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Yoshihiro Kato, Kenji Kiyosawa
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Patent number: 9097221Abstract: An intake apparatus includes an intake pipe, a resonator and a blowby gas recirculation pipe. The resonator includes a volume portion having a volume chamber therein and a connecting pipe connecting the volume portion and the intake pipe and having a connecting passage connecting the volume chambera and the intake passage. The blowby gas recirculation pipe includes an internal passage therein. The blowby gas recirculation pipe is connected to an axially midway portion of the connecting pipe, and an exit of the internal passage is connected to the connecting passage of the connecting pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinji Kuraoka
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Patent number: 8974221Abstract: In one aspect of the present teachings, a molding machine includes an injection device and a mold. The injection device can inject molten resin. The mold is directly supported by the injection device and defines a cavity for receiving the molten resin injected by the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kensuke Suenami
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Publication number: 20150061583Abstract: A vehicle includes a power receiving portion that is mounted below a floor panel and that receives electric power in a contactless manner from a power transmitting portion provided outside the vehicle, an electromagnetic shield that prevents an electromagnetic field from passing through, a power receiving portion cover that allows the electromagnetic field to pass through and covers the power receiving portion, and an undercover that allows the electromagnetic field to pass through and covers the power receiving portion cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicants: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Nakamura, Shinji Ichikawa, Arinori Higashiyama, Takahisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150008680Abstract: A lock device includes a holding structure for holding a state that the ends of the first and second rods have been withdrawn from the first and second lock-receiving portions. Therefore, when a movable member is moved from an open positioner to a closed position, it is possible to prevent the first and second rods from contacting with a fixed member and being pushed by the fixed member. Therefore, a force which will occur if the first and second rods are brought into contact with the fixed member and are pushed by the fixed member does not occur. As a result, when the movable member is closed, it is possible to improve an operating feeling compared with that of a conventional interior apparatus of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Junya Suzuki
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Patent number: 8912964Abstract: The present invention is directed to achieving a favorable grounding state in a vehicle-mounted antenna. One end of a bent antenna element 22 is connected to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable 14 via a wiring conductor pattern of a substrate 12. An outer conductor of the coaxial cable 14 is connected to a front grounding conductor pattern of the substrate 12. In the substrate 12, a plate capacitor is formed by the front grounding conductor pattern, a rear grounding conductor pattern, and a dielectric plate sandwiched between these grounding conductor patterns. The outer conductor 52 of the coaxial cable 14 is electrically connected to one end of a grounding bracket 20 via the plate capacitor. A tip portion 24 of the grounding bracket 20 is secured to a vehicle body by means of a bolt 26 and is electrically connected to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kei Hijirikawa
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Patent number: 8863875Abstract: The air guide plate includes a plate body formed of a resin material and deformable skirt portions which are formed of the same resin material as the plate body and integrally formed on an outer periphery of the plate body. The air guide plate is arranged such that the plate body is disposed at a front of an automobile without connecting to automobile parts, thereby forming a gap between the outer periphery of the plate body and the automobile parts arranged around the plate body. The deformable skirt portions are disposed so as to be in contact with the automobile parts under flexural deformation, thereby closing the gap by the deformable skirt portions to prevent the air from leaking through the gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Kawahira
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Patent number: 8861178Abstract: A film capacitor element including a base dielectric film layer 12, a vapor-deposition metal film layer 14 formed on the base dielectric film layer 12 and consisting of a first film portion 20 and a second film portion 22 that are spaced apart from each other by a margin portion 18, and a dielectric covering film layer 16 which is formed integrally on the second film portion 22 by vapor-deposition polymerization or coating and which has a covering portion 30 which fills the margin portion 18 and covers an entire area of an end face of the second film portion 22 on the side of the margin portion 18. The first film portion 20 including a non-covered portion 34 which is not covered by the dielectric covering film layer 16.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akito Terashima, Munetaka Hayakawa, Kaoru Ito
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Patent number: 8846236Abstract: An insulative battery holding frame for holding a battery cell includes a fixing portion for fixing the frame to a base member, and an electrical connection preventing portion for preventing any electrical connection between the base member and the fixing portion, the connection being caused by flow of a fluid. The electrical connection preventing portion can include an entrance preventing portion for preventing the fluid having electrical conductivity from entering into the fixing portion, and a guiding portion for guiding the fluid into an insulation region arranged in a lower side portion of the secondary battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kojima Press Industry Co., LtdInventors: Takehito Yoda, Kazuya Matsushita
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Patent number: 8778528Abstract: An electricity storage device includes: a plurality of cells that are aligned in a predetermined direction; a pair of end plates that sandwich the plurality of cells in the predetermined direction; and a restraining member that extends in the predetermined direction, is fixed to the pair of end plates, and exerts a restraining force on the plurality of cells in the predetermined direction via the end plates. Each of the end plates includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has a plurality of ribs on a surface that faces the adjacent cell and is formed of insulating material. The second plate is fixed to the first plate on a side opposite to the surface that faces the adjacent cell and is formed of material stronger than the insulating material for the first plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomotaka Osakabe, Mikio Wakasugi, Masahiro Imai, Ryogo Murayama
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Publication number: 20140190439Abstract: An intake apparatus includes an intake pipe, a resonator and a blowby gas recirculation pipe. The resonator includes a volume portion having a volume chamber therein and a connecting pipe connecting the volume portion and the intake pipe and having a connecting passage connecting the volume chambera and the intake passage. The blowby gas recirculation pipe includes an internal passage therein. The blowby gas recirculation pipe is connected to an axially midway portion of the connecting pipe, and an exit of the internal passage is connected to the connecting passage of the connecting pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinji Kuraoka
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Patent number: 8728604Abstract: A vehicle interior part may include a base member, a foamed resin material covering a surface of the base member, and a surface cover member covering a surface of the foamed resin material and a periphery of the base member. The base member has a plurality of through holes that penetrates the same in a thickness direction thereof. The foamed resin material has a squeezed out portion that is squeezed out via the through holes formed in the base member. The squeezed out portion is adhered to the surface cover member.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Setoguchi, Jouhou Hosoi
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Patent number: 8721324Abstract: An injection device may include an injecting portion, and a material feeding portion having a pelletized resinous material. The material feeding portion includes a cylindrical feeding passage that is communicated with the injecting portion, a screw that is disposed in the feeding passage, and a drive mechanism that is configured to rotate the screw about a rotational axis. When the screw is rotated about the rotational axis by the drive mechanism, the pelletized resinous material can be fed into the injecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Suenami, Tsuyoshi Inoue