Abstract: A door sash structure according to an embodiment includes: a sash that is configured to guide a front end edge of a door glass of a vehicle for ascending and descending of the door glass, an inner reinforcement that extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle at a more inner position of the vehicle than the door glass, and an attachment member that is fixed on a side adjacent to the inside of the vehicle of the sash, and includes a mirror attachment portion and an inner reinforcement attachment portion. The mirror attachment portion is configured to allow a door mirror to be attached thereto in front of the sash in the front-rear direction. The inner reinforcement attachment portion extends from the door mirror attachment portion and allows the inner reinforcement to be fixed thereto in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: A window regulator includes a guide rail fixed to a vehicle door panel and a slider base that supports a window glass and is slidably supported in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail along sliding surfaces on a front and a back of the guide rail. The guide rail includes a sliding portion that has a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface that face one direction and another direction in a vehicle inner-outer direction. The slider base includes a grease injection portion that includes an injection space and a grease receiving portion. The injection space opens to the vehicle inner-outer direction. The first sliding surface of the guide rail is positioned inside the injection space. The grease receiving portion is positioned opposed to the second sliding surface of the guide rail. The grease receiving portion receives a grease injected in the injection space.

Abstract: A vehicle seat lifting apparatus includes: a cushion base of a vehicle seat; a link member rotatably provided on the cushion base and raising and lowering at least a part of the vehicle seat; a front limiter provided on a front portion in front of a rotation center of the link member and limiting rotation of the link member; and a rear limiter provided on a rear portion behind the rotation center of the link member and limiting the rotation of the link member.

Abstract: A clutch unit, which transmits an operational force input to an operating lever to an output shaft member via an input-side clutch and an output-side clutch and outputs the operational force to a vehicle seat, includes a rotation suppressing member is provided which applies a rotational resistance force larger than a co-rotating force to between an input-side outer-ring member and a housing which is not rotated at a time of the returning operation of the operating lever, so as to suppress that the input-side outer-ring member is co-rotated by an input-side inner-ring member of the input-side clutch at the time of the returning operation of the operating lever.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle-seat slide device includes a rail to be fixed to a floor, the rail extending in a vehicle front-back direction; a slider slidably attached to the rail and fixed to a seat; a lock member being movable between a lock position at which the slider is locked to one of slide positions on the rail and a lock release position at which the slider is released from being locked to the rail; a support member fixed to the slider; and an operational member supported by the support member to be rotatable about a rotational center extending in a vehicle lateral direction. The operational member receives an input from an input member to rotate in a first rotational direction around the rotational center to thereby move the lock member from the lock position to the lock release position.

Abstract: A wire type window regulator includes a guide rail, a wire driving mechanism, and a wire guide member. The guide rail guides a slider base to freely move up and down. A window glass is fixed to the slider base. The wire driving mechanism moves the slider base up/down along the guide rail via a drive wire. The wire guide member is disposed on at least one of an upper end and a lower end of the guide rail. The wire guide member changes a routing direction of the drive wire wound around the wire guide member. The wire guide member supports a fixing member that is inserted through the guide rail and that fixes the guide rail and the wire guide member to the vehicle door panel.

Abstract: Provided is an exterior structure of a vehicle door. The exterior structure includes a first exterior member which is attached to the vehicle door and a second exterior member which is attached to the vehicle door. The first exterior member and the second exterior member are provided with an alignment portion which determines the position of the first exterior member in the vehicle forward and rearward directions via the second exterior member.

Abstract: A slide device including a lower rail including a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and a top wall extending from the side wall toward the center in a width direction; and an upper rail movable in a longitudinal direction in the lower rail, wherein: the side wall has a first regulating portion provided lower than the center in a vertical direction thereof, the first regulating portion engaging the upper rail and thereby regulating upward movement of the upper rail; and the bottom wall has a second regulating portion extending upward from the bottom wall, the second regulating portion engaging the upper rail and thereby regulating upward movement of the upper rail.

Abstract: A slide device includes a lower rail; an upper rail disposed movably with respect to the lower rail; a screw provided on one of the lower rail and the upper rail; and a nut provided on the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, and engaging the screw, wherein: the upper rail moves relatively with respect to the lower rail in accordance with rotation of at least one of the screw and the nut; the lower rail includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and an upper wall extending toward the center in a width direction from the side wall; and the screw or the nut provided on the lower rail has a central axis line which is disposed in a space enclosed by the bottom wall, the side wall, and the upper wall of the lower rail.

Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lock lever, a spring, and an operation handle. A first through hole and a second through hole which are separated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the upper rail are formed in the upper rail. The lock lever further has a first engaging part which abuts on an inner wall surface of the first through hole and a second engaging part which abuts on an inner wall surface of the second through hole. At least while the lock lever is rotated by the operation handle, the first engaging part is engaged by the first through hole, and the second engaging part is engaged by the second through hole.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a vehicle seat sliding device includes a rotary member that integrally rotates with a screw rod, a swinging member that is supported on an upper rail in a manner capable of swinging in a state in which the rotation around a rotational center is restricted and that rotatively supports the rotary member and integrally swings with the rotary member, and receiving members that are fixed to a lower rail and support the swinging member in a manner capable of swinging.

Abstract: A seat rotating device for a vehicle includes: a plate used to support a seat; and a pair of guide rails arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction and supporting the plate. The guide rails each have a fixed rail and a sliding member that supports the plate and is slidable along the fixed rail. The plate includes guides that guide each of the sliding members. The guides are configured such that the plate rotates while causing the sliding members to move in directions opposite to each other or the plate rotates based on movement of the sliding members in directions opposite to each other.

Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily supplying grease to a slider shoe and a support portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail. The slider has a slider shoe configured to support at least a part of the guide rail, and a grease injection hole configured to inject grease into an internal space of the slider shoe.

Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a wire facing surface of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail; and a wire configured to drive the slider along the operation direction with respect to the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a wire facing surface facing the wire along the operation direction, and the slider has a grease application portion for applying grease along the operation direction on the wire facing surface.

Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a main wall portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a main wall portion extending in a front-rear direction, and the slider has a main body portion facing the main wall portion of the guide rail abuttably from a vehicle width direction, and a grease application portion configured to apply grease along the operation direction on the main wall portion of the guide rail.

Abstract: An opening-and-closing body is configured to open and close an opening and to move in a closing direction across a first section of movement in which the opening-and-closing body moves against the weight of the opening-and-closing body and a second section of movement in which the weight of the opening-and-closing body assists the movement of the opening-and-closing body in the closing direction. A driver is configured to drive the opening-and-closing body in the closing direction. A predictor is configured to predict when the opening-and-closing body will shift from the first section of movement to the second section of movement as the driver drives the opening-and-closing body in the closing direction.

Abstract: A drive device includes a drum housing rotatably supports a drum, allows an outer tube end to be inserted into an outer tube connecting portion and allows a wire to pass through a wire passage portion, and a drive member rotates the drum. An anti-deflection portion limits deflection of the wire and is formed on the drum housing/drive member. The anti-deflection portion includes a range surrounded by a line connecting one end of the formation range of the spiral groove and one end of the formation range of the insertion hole at the outer tube end connected to the outer tube connecting portion and a line connecting the other end of the spiral groove formation range and the other end of the insertion hole formation range at the end of the outer tube connected to the outer tube connecting portion, in the rotational axis direction of the drum.

Abstract: An assembling determination method and an assembling determination device for a vehicular opening-closing body driving device can determine a normal/abnormal winding of a drive wire around a spiral groove to ensure a quick and accurate action. The assembling determination method includes winding a drive wire around the spiral groove on the peripheral surface of a drive drum, wherein the drive wire drives a vehicular opening-closing body, arranging an inspection jig to face the drive drum surface via a clearance, determining that the drive wire is wound around the spiral groove in an abnormal manner when the inspection jig contacts the drive wire, and determining that the drive wire to be wound around the spiral groove in a normal manner when the inspection jig and the drive wire are contactless.

Abstract: A gear device includes a housing, a cover, and a gear. The cover covers an opening of the housing. The gear is accommodated in the housing. One of the housing and the cover includes a projection projected toward the gear and having a center axis that extends along a rotation axis of the gear. The gear includes a recess that receives the projection.

Abstract: A reduction gear includes a housing, a worm, a worm wheel, and a drive gear. The worm is located in the housing and rotates by power of a motor. The worm wheel is moved in cooperation with the worm. The drive gear is moved in cooperation with the worm wheel. The drive gear overlaps the worm. The housing includes a partition wall located between the worm and the drive gear.