Patents Assigned to Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
  • CASE MEMBER OF AIRBAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130277950
    Abstract: A base plate portion 21 directly receiving face pressure of the airbag is provided with a steel plate 31 made of a metal, and a stack portion 33 having a resin layers 32 made of synthetic resin and overlapping both faces of the steel plate 31. It possible to uniformly generate stress on both faces of the steel plate 31 in contraction at the time of molding while ensuring sufficient strength against the expansion pressure of the airbag, so that it is possible to suppress deformation in a cooling process after the molding and dimensional stability is high. The peripheral wall portion 22 is able to ensure sufficient strength even when it is integrally formed with each resin layer 32 of the base plate portion 21 in the form of a single layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko YAMAMI
  • AIR BAG AND FOLDING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130241184
    Abstract: An air bag includes: a gas introduction opening portion; and a bag-shaped air bag main body portion; the air bag main body portion in the folded state including a first accumulated portion folded in a state where at least a portion of the first accumulated portion is turned over on a counter-occupant side toward the gas introduction opening, and a second accumulated portion which includes a face confronting portion confronting a face of the occupant in a normal position, and which is folded in a state where the face confronting portion is superimposed on the first accumulated portion so that the inflation gas introduced from the gas introduction opening directly flows into the face confronting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto SAKAI, Akito URUSHIBATA, Chiari SAITO, Hidenobu SUZUKI
  • AIRBAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130229004
    Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag device that is capable of restraining a rectification cloth that switches a vent hole to an opened or closed state so as not to be twisted, and that is capable of switching the vent hole from an opened state to a closed state, and further, switching to the opened state. At an initial stage at which an airbag main body inflates and expands, the vent hole 8 is arranged between the leg portions 5, and when the airbag main body is in a predetermined internal pressure state, the vent hole is closed by means of the band-shaped portion 4. If an occupant or the like comes into contact with the airbag main body, a tense state of each of the leg portions is released, the rectification cloth is established in a slackened state, and the vent hole 8 is established in an opened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Hiroyuki Iwamoto
  • DECORATIVE PANEL AND VEHICLE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20130169004
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative panel including a design surface; and a circumferential edge portion that is formed so as to cross from the design surface, wherein the circumferential edge portion has a first face 7 that is continuous from the design surface along a circumferential extension direction and a second face 8 that is formed in a circumferential extension direction along the first face 7, wherein a face variation line is provided at a boundary between the first face 7 and the second face 8, wherein a decorative panel 1 is provided in such a manner that a decoration film 5 is imparted to at least a part of the design surface and a part of the circumferential edge portion, and wherein the decoration film 5 includes a trimming terminal portion CL along the face variation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
  • Cowl-top cover
    Patent number: 8474901
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover arranged across a lower end part of a front window panel, a rear end part of a front hood, and an upper end part of a dash panel, of a vehicle. The cover is formed by a seal loading portion supporting the rear end part of the front hood with a sealing member, a longitudinal wall portion extending downwardly LWR from a rear end part of the seal loading portion, and a panel loading portion supported at the upper end part of the dash panel. The longitudinal wall portion includes a first oblique face portion formed at a predetermined angle ?1 at a rear portion side PR on the basis of a perpendicular line with the rear end part of the seal loading portion being a start point; and a second oblique face portion bent and formed at a front side FR of the first oblique face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Serizawa, Daisuke Takei
  • MOLD GOODS
    Publication number: 20130143029
    Abstract: For a skin, a non-foamed polyurethane resin layer at the surface side and a foamed polyurethane resin layer between the non-foamed polyurethane resin layer and a base member are configured to form an integral and uniform layer over an extent from an injection point to a distant point on a surface of the base member, so that an integral skin foam in which such skin layer and foamed layer are laminated can be molded, under an atmospheric pressure, in a single process, allowing for manufacture of a laminate article with a high degree of uniformity over an appreciable wide range of the article, as well as for provision of a laminate mold goods having the skin and foamed layers formed with a high uniformity along the base member, over the length in a flow direction of skin forming material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
  • Air bag and air bag device
    Patent number: 8439395
    Abstract: An airbag and an airbag device, which are capable of readily improving expansion characteristics of the airbag and reducing manufacturing cost, are provided. An airbag 11 for occupant at passenger's seat includes a first bag 21 and a second bag 22 which is provided inside of the first bag 21. An outside top face portion 36 of the first bag 21 and an inside top face portion 46 of the second bag 22 are brought into a sheet-like intimate contact with each other, and are detachably jointed at the jointing portion 51. The jointing portion 51 is comprised of a breakable seam line 52. Gas is supplied into the second bag 22 to thereby expand the first bag 22, and is supplied into the first bag 21 via a gas distributing portion 48 to thereby expand the first bag 21. In a case where an occupant exists at a predetermined position, the jointing portion 51 breaks away, and the first bag 21 then expands to its maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Akihiro Barasawa, Ryuji Sagisaka
  • COWL TOP COVER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130106140
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a cowl top cover, which can easily adjust a reaction force of a first seal portion, and ensure sealing performance in a lip part. A main body cavity 65a is formed in a part of a cavity 65 by moving a slid core 63 forward in a guide hole 61d and making it contact with a second die 62. A cover main body 31 is molded by injecting a synthetic resin into the main body cavity 65a. A slide core 63 is moved backward by a predetermined distance in the guide hole 61d so that the thickness of a lip part in a lip protrusion becomes smaller than that of the lip part in a second seal portion. The lip part is molded by injecting a synthetic resin softer than that forming the cover main body into a seal portion cavity 65d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
  • LATCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME
    Publication number: 20130106121
    Abstract: For facilitating the work of applying a pivotal member, which is to be pivotally connected to a base member, with a satisfied biasing force, a coil-shaped torsion spring is mounted on the pivotal member having one end thereof pressed on a projection of the pivotal member, then the pivotal member is moved to the base member in such a manner that the end of the torsion spring is brought into abutment with and pressed against a stopper portion of the base member while releasing from the projection of the pivotal member, and the pivotal member is further moved toward the base member until the pivotal member is properly set to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
  • MEMBER, AND IN PARTICULAR, GRIPPING MEMBER, INTERIOR MEMBER, AND STEERING WHEEL
    Publication number: 20130056455
    Abstract: A member of the present invention is provided with: a base material 12 having a low thermal conductivity; a heating element 13 that is routed to a surface of the base material 12; and a covering material 11 having a high thermal conductivity, and covering the heating element 13 and the base material 12, in which the base material 12 includes a positioning portion 21 adapted to position the heating element 13, and the covering material 11 is formed so as to compensate each other in cooperation with the heating element 13, and closes at least a partial range in a region between an exterior face and the surface of the base material 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Onishi, Koji Sugiyama, Mikio Ochiai, Hiromitsu Harada, Nobutaka Uematsu, Masato Unno, Minoru Oda
  • Mold goods and insert molding method
    Patent number: 8388875
    Abstract: For a skin, a non-formed polyurethane resin layer at the surface side and a foamed polyurethane resin layer between the non-foamed polyurethane resin layer and a base member are configured to form an integral and uniform layer over and extent from an injection point to a distant point on a surface of the base member, so that an integral skin foam in which such skin layer and foamed layer are laminated can be molded, under an atmospheric pressure, in a single process, allowing for manufacture of a laminate article with a high degree of uniformity over an appreciable wide range of the article, as well as for provision of a laminate mold goods having the skin and foamed layers formed with a high uniformity along the base member, over the length in a flow direction of skin forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji Yamada
  • Airbag device
    Patent number: 8382154
    Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag device that is capable of restraining a rectification cloth that switches a vent hole to an opened or closed state so as not to be twisted, and that is capable of switching the vent hole from an opened state to a closed state, and further, switching to the opened state. At an initial stage at which an airbag main body inflates and expands, the vent hole 8 is arranged between the leg portions 5, and when the airbag main body is in a predetermined internal pressure state, the vent hole is closed by means of the band-shaped portion 4. If an occupant or the like comes into contact with the airbag main body, a tense state of each of the leg portions is released, the rectification cloth is established in a slackened state, and the vent hole 8 is established in an opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Hiroyuki Iwamoto
  • Storage box assembly for vehicle
    Patent number: 8376436
    Abstract: A storage box assembly for a vehicle includes a case in which an opening is formed on an upper surface thereof, and a lid for opening/closing the opening. When the lid is closed, a surface of the lid and an upper surface of the case substantially form a flush surface. When the lid is opened, the lid is moved to be retracted in the case by a guide mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Kenichi Kamio, Yasunori Sei, Chihiro Mochizuki
  • STRUCTURE OF MOUNTING COWL-TOP COVER
    Publication number: 20130033071
    Abstract: In present invention, a protrusion portion 21 of a clip member 20 is abutted against an end face 2e of a front glass lower end 2c, and the clip member 20 is fixed to a back face 2b of the front glass 2 via an adhesive agent 17. An engagement portion 13 that is formed in a tongue piece 12 of a cowl-top cover 10 is engaged with a target engagement portion 22 of the clip member 20, and the cowl-top cover 10 is mounted in a state in which a surface 11a of the cowl-top cover 10 and a surface 2a of the front glass 2 are arranged so as to be flush with each other. In addition, an engagement direction is defined as an engagement direction taken along a lengthwise direction oriented from a lower end to an upper end of the front glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takenori KURATA, Daisuke Serizawa
  • Airbag device and production method thereof
    Patent number: 8356833
    Abstract: An airbag is formed of two base fabrics. An adhesive agent is pasted with some width on one of the base fabrics and then another of the base fabrics is put on the one of the base fabrics. The two fabrics are adhered together to form the airbag. Pasting start/end portions of the adhesive agent is set at a gas introducing portion of the airbag. Pasting start/end points (terminal ends of the start/end portions) is located outside a path in the gas introducing portion through which a gas is introduced into an inside of the airbag. According to an airbag with the airbag, assembling workability of the airbag can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Koike, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • OCCUPANT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130001933
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a curtain airbag device and a side airbag device. The vehicle includes a side window glass for closing from a vehicle body upper construction to a waist line of the vehicle. The curtain airbag device includes a curtain airbag and is installed at the vehicle body upper construction. The side airbag device includes a side airbag stowed at a lower level than the waist line and installed in a seat of the vehicle. Upon a side impact to the vehicle, the curtain airbag is developed downward, and the side airbag is inserted into a space between the curtain airbag and the side window glass. According to the occupant protection apparatus, development, man-hours such as adjustments of gas amounts of inflators and a production cost can be decreased in spite of the installation of at least two types of airbags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi UMEHARA, Hiroyuki IWAMOTO
  • Vibration reducing structure for steering wheel
    Patent number: 8286766
    Abstract: A slider 24 is supported on a holder 19 of a steering wheel 11 via a coil spring 25 so as to be movable in a direction of an axis while an air bag module 20 is supported on a slider 24 via a damper spring 26 so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the axis. Since the coil spring 25 does not affect vibration of the air bag module 20 in the direction perpendicular to the axis, it is possible to set a spring constant of the coil spring 25 at a value appropriate for the operation of a horn switch 37, and to set a spring constant of the damper spring 26 at a value appropriate for the operation of the dynamic damper. As a result, it is possible to effectively reduce the vibration of the steering wheel 11 in the direction perpendicular to the axis with the dynamic damper without affecting the operability of the horn switch 37.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Terada, Takashi Kondou, Takahiro Uesaka, Yukihiro Kunitake, Morimasa Asai, Hideaki Saitou
  • COWL-TOP COVER
    Publication number: 20120223546
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover arranged across a lower end part of a front window panel, a rear end part of a front hood, and an upper end part of a dash panel, of a vehicle. The cover is formed by a seal loading portion supporting the rear end part of the front hood with a sealing member, a longitudinal wall portion extending downwardly LWR from a rear end part of the seal loading portion, and a panel loading portion supported at the upper end part of the dash panel. The longitudinal wall portion includes a first oblique face portion formed at a predetermined angle ?1 at a rear portion side PR on the basis of a perpendicular line with the rear end part of the seal loading portion being a start point; and a second oblique face portion bent and formed at a front side FR of the first oblique face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke SERIZAWA, Daisuke Takei
  • Cowl-top cover
    Patent number: 8186749
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover 6 is provided which is arranged across a lower end part 2a of a front window panel 2, a rear end part 3a of a front hood 3, and an upper end part 4a of a dash panel 4, of a vehicle. The cowl-top cover is formed by a seal loading portion 8 supporting the rear end part 3a of the front hood 3 with a sealing member 7, a longitudinal wall portion 9 formed so as to extend downwardly LWR from a rear end part 8a of the seal loading portion 8, and a panel loading portion 10a supported at the upper end part 4a of the dash panel 4. The longitudinal wall portion 9 is comprised of: a first oblique face portion 12 formed at a predetermined angle ?1 at a rear portion side PR on the basis of a perpendicular line 11 with the rear end part 8a of the seal loading portion 8 being a start point 5; and a second oblique face portion 13 bent and formed at a front side FR of the first oblique face portion 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Serizawa, Daisuke Takei
  • COWL-TOP COVER
    Publication number: 20120126577
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover 10 for covering a vehicle body between a front window shield and a front hood is provided with: a seal portion abutting against a rear end lower part of the front hood; and a longitudinal wall portion 1 that supports the seal portion and that is erected in a vertical direction of a vehicle, wherein the longitudinal wall 1 includes a stepped portion 3 that is extended along the vertical direction, the longitudinal wall being shaped to be wavy in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasumasa HORIMIZU