Abstract: A striker for a lid of a fuel inlet chamber, which is remotely controllable through a control cable. The striker comprises a lock pin, a spring and an inner cable of the control cable. The lock pin is movable in the axial direction thereof and rotatable around a rotational axis, and the rotation of the lock pin can be locked to an aimed position. The lock pin is urged to be projected inside the fuel inlet chamber by the spring. The inner cable is used for withdrawing the lock pin backward.

Abstract: A sliding member for a window regulator having a substantially vertical guide rail lip channel cross sectional shape. The sliding member is capable of sliding internally of the guide rail. A carrier plate has a shaft to support the sliding member and fixedly supports a window pane. The sliding member has a rigid body with guided surfaces facing to the guide rail and has protrusions made of elastic material which slidably contact the guide rail. The protrusions are located on a part of the guided surfaces of the sliding member. The sliding member minimizes pivotal instability of the carrier plate during sliding movement of the window pane.

Abstract: A control cable system with a device for damping vibration comprising a control cable an end of which is connected to a vibration source, a vibration member connected to another end of the control cable and a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper is attached on an element of the control cable and is tuned to have a special frequency characteristic. That is, the tuned damper vibrates when it receives a vibration having a frequency in a range including a plurality of resonance frequencies of the vibration member, and the damper resonates in response to a special resonance frequency in the range.

Abstract: A window opener for a remote open-and-close operation of a quater window of an automobile or the like comprises an actuating device, a driving device and pull-cables as a power transmitting member so that freedom of cable-arrangement is widened and large cabin space is remained in an automobile. The actuating device has a pulley, a rotary shaft connected to the pulley, and a link mechanism for converting a rotational torque of the rotary shaft into an opening-and-closing force for a wing member of a window. The pull cables are connected with the pulley so that reciprocal pull-operation through the driving device causes reciprocal rotation of the pulley.

Abstract: An anchoring and adjusting assembly for a control cable comprising a slider having a tubular shape, an end to be fixed to a conduit of the control cable, having an inner space through which an inner cable of the control cable is inserted and a set of ratchet teeth on an outer surface thereof, a holder having a fixing portion and a body formed with a through hole for supporting the slider for an axial sliding movement, a leaf spring having a cylinder-like shape with C-shaped cross section, and an engaging claw attached to the inside surface of the leaf spring and having a claw portion to be engaged with the set of ratchet teeth of the slider. The body of the holder has a cylindrical holding portion for supporting the leaf spring therearound and a hollow space to contain the engaging claw member at a bottom portion thereof.

Abstract: A control device for a boat engine, capable of controlling both clutch and throttle with a single lever. The control device has a supporting shaft installed within a housing. A clutch arm, an operating disk and a throttle arm are rotatably mounted on the supporting shaft in such order. The root portion of the operating lever radially extending through a slit of a peripheral portion of the housing is fixed to the periphery of the operating disk. The control device has a gear mechanism and a cam-link mechanism. The gear mechanism changes the first stage turning of the operating disk to a swing movement of the clutch arm, and then, locks the clutch arm after the clutch arm has been swung to an end position. The cam-link mechanism prevents swing movement of the throttle arm during the first turning stage of the operating disk and also provides a swing movement of the throttle arm during the latter turning stage of the operating disk.

Abstract: An operating device for transmission comprising a change lever, a shift cable connected to the change lever, a bell crank, a select cable connected to the first arm of the bell crank, a bearing base, an operating shaft of which the middle part is fixed with the change lever, a first bearing provided on the bearing base to be connected with a supported end of the operating shaft rotatably and inclinably, a second bearing provided at the free end of the operating shaft for the rotatable connection with the second arm of the bell crank, a fixed shaft, of which one end is fixed to the bearing base, projecting from the bearing base, a third bearing provided at the other end of the fixed shaft to support the middle part of the bell crank rotatably and a spring disposed so as to be inserted by the fixed shaft with both ends fixed to the operating shaft.

Abstract: A structure for anchoring a wire end having a nipple fixed to the wire, comprising a body having a recessed portion, a groove communicated to the recessed portion, a cover plate partially covering the recessed portion at the front side toward which the groove is opened, and a space for serving insertion of the wire end, provided at the rear side of the body.

Abstract: A driving device employed in a window regulator comprising: a driving member including a shaft and an associating member having at least a notch portion; a drum adjacent to said associating member and having an associating projection capable of associating with said notch portion with some play in the rotational direction; and an elastic member urging said associating member in the rotational direction. The shaking of the crank lever can be surely inhibited.

Abstract: A solenoid-actuated control cable comprising a solenoid having one moving core and one set of a first coil and a second coil disposed along the direction of movement of the moving core, wherein to energize one coil makes the moving core attracted in one direction while to energize the other coil makes the moving attracted in the opposite direction and at least one inner cable connected to one end of the moving core and at least one inner cable or a rod connected to the other end of the moving core.

Abstract: The anchoring assembly comprises a sleeve to be coaxially fixed to one end of a conduit of a push-pull control cable from which an operating end of an inner cable projects, and having an external thread on an outer surface thereof. A locknut has an internal thread on the inner surface thereof engaging with the external thread of the sleeve, and is capable of being rotated and accordingly moved axially by an external force along an axis of the sleeve. A brake piece is movably passed through slidably by the sleeve in such a manner that a rotating movement thereof is restricted, which prevents the locknut from rotating. An outer cap comprises a holder and a snap-in device. The holder holds the brake piece and the locknut. The snap-in device has a snap portion.

Abstract: A mechanism for automatically regulating tension of wires employed in a window regulator comprising a drum being provided for rotational movement within said housing, and having a first side surface provided with a first ratchet teeth, a second side surface provided with a first engaging portion for engaging a first wire end, and a peripheral surface as winding surface; a ratchet plate being adjacent to said drum coaxially, and having a surface provided with a second ratchet teeth engaging said first ratchet teeth and a second engaging portion engaging a second wire end; a spiral spring having one end engaged with said ratchet plate and having the other end engaged with said housing, and urging said ratchet plate is such direction that said first ratchet teeth and said second ratchet teeth are moved idly; an elastic member axially urging said drum toward said ratchet plate; and a shaft for operating said drum to rotate by means of engaging with said drum.

Abstract: An actuator for an automatic cruising system comprising a control shaft rotatably provided in a casing, an electromagnetic clutch connected to the control shaft at input side thereof, a Ferguson's type reduction gear having a static internal gear the rotation of which is restricted or permitted according to on-off operation of the electromagnetic clutch, a pinion connected to a motor, a rotary internal gear fixed to the control shaft, and an external linkage mechanism having an output drum for transmitting the motion of the control shaft through an output cable and an input drum for receiving and transmitting an acceleration signal provided by the accelerator pedal through an input cable with the accelerator signal overriding the motor's motion.

Abstract: A device is placed between an end of a control wire which operates a clutch device of an automobile and an operating device, in order to automatically eliminate slack and excessive tension in the control wire. A first link is connected to the wire. A second link is connected to an operating device for linear movement relative to the first link. An adjusting spring is provided for resiliently urging the first link in a wire-pulling direction. A locking structure is provided for combining the two links with each other and releasing the combining state thereof when the operating device is situated at a region near a return-end-point.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a boat, comprising a steering wheel, a rudder and a push-pull control cable layed between former two, wherein a connecting device, of the push-pull control cable and a steering mechanism on the side of the rudder, comprises a cable cap fixed to a conduit of the push-pull control cable, a guide pipe provided in said steering mechanism, an adjusting nut adjustably engaged to said cable cap and a semi-box nut having an annular bottom to be used for connecting the cable cap and the guide pipe by catching the adjusting nut on the cable cap and simultaneously being engaged to a male-threaded surface of the guide pipe. The adjustment of the effective length of the conduit of the push-pull control cable is easily achieved by the selection of an axial position of the adjusting nut.

Abstract: A transmission operating device comprising: a connecting arm of which both ends are connected with ends of two control cables, respectively, and having a first rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a horizontal plane and a second rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a vertical plane; a member to be rotated together with the connecting arm, being provided with a splined perforation; a splined shaft being a part of an outer shaft of a transmission, and being inserted into the splined perforation, so that the rotational motion of the connecting arm in the vertical plane is changed into a rotational motion of the outer shaft around an axis of the outer shaft; and a link mechanism being provided between the connecting arm and the outer shaft, so that the rotational motion of the connecting arm in the horizontal plane is changed into a sliding motion of the outer shaft in the direction of an axis of the outer shaft.

Abstract: A mechanism for automatically regulating tension of wires employed in a window regulator comprising a drum being provided for rotational movement within said housing, and having a first side surface provided with a first ratchet teeth, a second side surface provided with a first engaging portion for engaging a first wire end, and a peripheral surface as winding surface; a ratchet plate being adjacent to said drum coaxially, and having a surface provided with a second ratchet teeth engaging said first ratchet teeth and a second engaging portion engaging a second wire end; a spiral spring having one end engaged with said ratchet plate and having the other end engaged with said housing, and urging said ratchet plate in such direction that said first ratchet teeth and said second ratchet teeth are moved idly; an elastic member axially urging said drum toward said ratchet plate; and a shaft for operating said drum to rotate by means of engaging with said drum.

Abstract: A locking mechanism comprising: a frame; a first rotational member being supported on the frame so as to rotate around a first axis and having a guiding portion having a component extending in the radial direction with respect to the first axis; a second rotational member being supported on the frame so as to rotate around a second axis parallel to the first axis and having an engaging portion to be slidably guided along the guiding portion at the position apart in the radial direction with respect to the second axis, wherein the guiding portion has a stopper capable of being in contact with the engaging portion at the position most apart from the first axis, and when the engaging portion is in contact with the stopper, an angle which a straight line tangential to the guide way of the guiding portion forms with a straight line connecting the engaging portion with the second axis is substantially 90.degree..

Abstract: A transmission operating device comprising: a connecting arm of which both ends are connected with ends of two control cables, respectively, and having a first rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a horizontal plane and a second rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a vertical plane; a member to be rotated together with the connecting arm, being provided with a splined perforation; a splined shaft being a part of an outer shaft of a transmission, and being inserted into the splined perforation, so that the rotational motion of the connecting arm in the vertical plane is changed into a rotational motion of the outer shaft around an axis of the outer shaft, and a link mechanism being provided between the connecting arm and the outer shaft, so that the rotational motion of the connecting arm in the horizontal plane is changed into a sliding motion of the outer shaft in the direction of an axis of the outer shaft.

Abstract: A transmission operating device comprises: a frame a change speed lever supported on the frame by a first ball joint, a first control cable and a second control cable extending in the plane crossing with an axis of the change speed lever and being arranged substantially parallel to each other, a bell crank being provided on the frame so as to rotate around a first axis extending substantially parallel to the change speed lever and having a first arm extending in the direction crossing with the first control cable and a second arm extending substantially parallel to the second control is connected with the change speed lever so as to rotate around a second axis crossing with the axis of the change speed lever, has the other end connected with the second arm by means of a second ball joint, and extends in the direction crossing the second arm. One end of the first control cable is connected with the first arm, and one of the second control cable is connected with the change speed lever.