Patents Assigned to Piolax, Inc.
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Patent number: 10570655Abstract: A stopper device includes: a stopper that has an abutting part located at a distal end of a tubular part in the axial direction, and a through-hole penetrating through the abutting part and communicating with the inside of the tubular part; and a screw that has a flange-shaped screw head accommodated in the tubular part, and a shaft projecting toward a proximal end side of the tubular part in the axial direction. The tubular part has a first restricting part that restricts movement of the stopper toward the distal end in the axial direction by being engaged with the screw head. The position of the stopper in the axial direction is changed by inserting a tool in the tubular part through the through-hole and rotating the screw.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10480223Abstract: A lock device includes lock portions, a pair of rods, a base member, a rotary member, and a manipulation member. The rotary member has a rod link portion coupled with the rods and transmit rotational power of the rotary member to the rods and a guide wall located inside the rod link portion in the rotary member and guides the rods. The guide wall includes arc walls or a cylindrical wall whose axis coincides with the rotation center of the rotary member. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to a bottom surface of the base member, the erection wall and the guide wall are opposed to each other with a gap. Coming-off-preventive structures for preventing the rod from coming off when the rod is inserted in the gap and coupled with the rod link portion is provided between the rod and the erection wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10458169Abstract: A damper device provided between a fixed body having an opening portion and an openable and closable body mounted on the opening portion and configured to apply a braking force to the openable and closable body. An elastic resin member is mounted on a projecting portion provided on the openable and closable body. A receiving recess portion is provided on the fixed body to receive the elastic resin member. The elastic resin member has a base portion; a pair of arm portions; a bridge portion; and a stopper, which are formed integrally. The receiving recess portion has: an introducing portion configured to abut with the arm portions to bend them diametrically towards each other; and a restricting portion configured to abut with the stopper to restrict the openable and closable body from opening, when the openable and closable body opens to cause the elastic resin member to move.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kouichi Kato
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Patent number: 10451131Abstract: There is provided a shock-absorbing device disposed between a fixed member and a movable member to suppress movement of the movable member. The shock-absorbing device includes a case member; a shock-absorbing member; and a spring. The case member has a bottom portion, a supporting portion, a shaft portion, and a circumferential wall. The shock-absorbing member has an inner cylinder into which the shaft portion is inserted, an outer cylinder, and a spring bearing portion. A retaining member is provided between the case member and the shock-absorbing member. An outer circumference of the outer cylinder is disposed in an inner circumference of the circumferential wall to function as a first guide for the shock-absorbing member, and an inner circumference of the inner cylinder is disposed on an outer circumference of the shaft portion to function as a second guide for the shock-absorbing member.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10435921Abstract: A locking device includes: a rotating member having a support shaft and a protrusion provided at a position deviated with respect to the support shaft; a sliding rod that connects to the rotating member due to the protrusion being fit into a recess provided at a base end side; and an unlocking member that unlocks by causing the rotating member to rotate. The recess includes: a pair of restricting walls facing each other in a length direction of the sliding rod; a pair of elastic side walls facing each other in a width direction of the sliding rod having hook portions that engage with the base end side of the head of the protrusion; and an elastic bottom wall that receives the leading end side of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10400486Abstract: A rotor member in a locking device is rotatably supported in a base member, is connected to a locking member by projecting to the back side from an opening portion formed in a mounting seat face, and drives the locking member in accordance with the operation of an operating member. A first locating portion of the base member abuts or is near an edge portion of the opening. A second locating portion is inserted into a locating hole formed in an opening and closing member. The first locating portion projects further toward the back side than the second locating member.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10384616Abstract: There is provided a hook apparatus. A metal bracket is fixed to a vehicle body with a resin case mounted thereon. A shaft is supported by the bracket. A hook including a pair of opposed surfaces and a pair of shaft hole parts formed in the opposed surfaces and is capable of inserting the shaft therethrough. The hook is supported rotatably on the bracket through the shaft. The case includes an elastic piece extending along the rotation shaft direction and capable of coming into elastic contact with the hook. The elastic piece includes radial-direction contact parts capable of coming into contact with sliding contact surfaces respectively formed in the hook around the shaft hole parts in a radially inward direction from outside in a radial direction; and axial-direction contact parts coming into contact with the opposed surfaces of the hook formed around the shaft hole parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Yukihiro Sotome
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Patent number: 10369882Abstract: A valve case mounting structure includes a mount base and a valve case. The mount base includes a valve case support portion and a retainer piece having a first engagement opening and a second engagement opening. The valve case includes an engaging projection portion, and a holder portion. When the engaging projection portion is positioned at a front end side of the first engagement opening, the retainer piece does not reach the holder portion. When the engaging projection portion is moved from the front end side of the first engagement opening toward the second engagement opening, a front end portion of the retainer piece is inserted into the holding space before becoming unable to be inserted into the holder portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kenta Mihara
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Patent number: 10344879Abstract: A flap valve apparatus includes a main body; a valve body; and a spring member. The main body includes support shafts, and the valve body includes bearing portions. When viewed from the axial direction of the support shaft, the bearing portions has a bearing hole with an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the support shaft; and an introduction groove being in communication with the bearing hole from the seal surface side of the valve body. A width of the introduction groove is smaller than the outer diameter of the support shaft, but is expandable to receive the support shaft. When viewed from the axial direction of the support shaft, an opening portion of the introduction grove is positioned near the axial center of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Tomotaka Masaki
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Patent number: 10308406Abstract: There is provided a fastener including a band, a band fastening portion and a mounting portion. The band fastening portion includes a passage hole, a locking claw, a supporting wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions. The supporting wall portion extends in a direction from an inlet opening towards an outlet opening and has end faces. The band has a proximal end portion extending from the end face of the supporting wall portion. The pair of side wall portions are disposed so as to define a gap in a widthwise direction between the proximal end portion and themselves. End faces of the pair of side wall portions project further in a passing direction of the band through the passage hole than the end face of the supporting wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Takashi Koike
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Patent number: 10309567Abstract: Provided is a pipe fitting, which is capable of preventing unintended release of a connection between pipes due to an external manipulation and is capable of releasing the connection between the pipes when necessary. This pipe fitting has a housing, a first retainer, and a second retainer. The first retainer has first elastic pieces as well as being slidably disposed inside the housing and being configured so that when the first retainer is located on the connecting section side of the housing, the first elastic pieces are expandable and when the first retainer is located on the inserting section side of the housing, expansion of the first elastic pieces is restricted. An operating pipe section, which can be held at the connecting section end only through an opening in the connecting section of the housing is provided on the second retainer.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Yoshie Sato
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Patent number: 10300862Abstract: There is provided a holding device mounted in a mounting hole in a mount member to hold a predetermined member. A base member is mounted in the mounting hole. A bag hooking member is supported rotatably on the base member. The bag hooking member has a holding portion that takes, depending on its rotational positions, a protruding state and a stowed state and that holds the predetermined member in the protruding state. The base member has a frame portion surrounding the bag hooking member, a claw portion extending from one side of the frame portion to be locked on a rear side portion of the mount member, and an erect portion erected from the one side of the frame portion to be locked on the rear side portion in a position lying nearer to the mounting hole than a distal end of the claw portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Yukihiro Sotome
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Patent number: 10295074Abstract: A check valve includes a valve case, a positive pressure valve, a spring, and a negative pressure valve. The positive pressure valve is slidably disposed in a valve chamber of the valve case. The spring urges the positive pressure valve to abut on a positive pressure valve seat of the valve case. The negative pressure valve is on the positive pressure valve to abut on a negative pressure valve seat of the positive pressure valve. The negative pressure valve closes a communicating passage in the positive pressure valve in a normal state, and opens it when a pressure in the fuel tank falls to a predetermined value or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Kosei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10267275Abstract: One embodiment provides a valve device for fuel tank. The valve device includes: a housing in which a valve chamber and a ventilation chamber are divided by a partition wall having a first and second openings; a vapor discharge outlet communicating with the ventilation chamber; first and second float valves vertically movably housed in the valve chamber to close the first and second openings, respectively; and a recess portion defined in a part of the ventilation chamber correspondingly with the first opening. A passage is provided to communicate the discharge outlet with the recess portion. And, a first wall portion is provided around an end of the passage on a side of the recess portion so as to block the fuel that flows out of the second opening into the first opening from heading to the third opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: PIOLAX, INC., YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Mihara, Kazunari Nakaya, Masato Shinozaki, Masaru Sawano
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Patent number: 10233994Abstract: A damper device includes a cylinder, a piston, a seal ring member, and a transmitting portion. The piston includes an annular outer circumferential portion, a first stopper portion, a second stopper portion, and a projecting portion. The projecting portion has an inclined surface which is inclined radially outwards form a side of the second stopper portion towards a side of the first stopper portion. The seal ring member is configured to allow a first chamber to communicate with a second chamber when a portion of the seal ring member which is not restricted by the first stopper portion is deformed in a direction away from the second stopper portion due to friction caused between the seal ring member and the cylinder or a fluid pressure from the second chamber to ride on the inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Masatoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 10220218Abstract: One embodiment provides a power supply device for supplying power to a medical device main body implanted in a human body. The power supply device includes a power supply coil configured to supply power wirelessly to a power reception coil provided in the medical device main body from outside the human body through electromagnetic induction. And, the power supply coil includes: a cylindrical coil formed by winding a lead wire helically; and a ring-shaped member made of a magnetic material and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumference of the cylindrical coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Toshihiro Kimura
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Patent number: D848583Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventors: Takao Nagai, Ken Sodeyama
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Patent number: D869265Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventors: Saki Matsufuji, Kazuki Kurota, Ryu Hattori
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Patent number: D869266Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Tetsuya Ikeda
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Patent number: D878191Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hikaru Kiyota