Abstract: A tubular reinforcement for a vehicle including a tubular portion having a sheet metal rolled to have closed edges, and an integral attachment portion formed from the same sheet metal, the attachment portion extending longitudinally from a tubular portion end and having a planar attachment base. The attachment base is raised to bring forward the contact surface, forming a peripheral wall. The tubular reinforcement is disposed in the vehicle so that an attachment base contact surface closely contacts a mounting location in the vehicle. The attachment portion lateral edges have lateral flanges on the peripheral wall opposite sides extending along with the peripheral wall toward the contact surface plane. The peripheral wall and the lateral flanges form turnback portions on both sides of the attachment base, each turnback portions defining a concavity recessed from the contact surface and having a U- or J-shaped section perpendicular to a tubular portion centerline.

Abstract: A laminated composite part, which includes a first member having a predetermined mating surface, and a second member that is made of an elastically deformable resin material, that has a plate portion substantially parallel to the mating surface and having a multiplicity of protrusions formed integrally therewith so as to protrude toward the mating surface so that space is created between the plate portion and the mating surface, and that is placed on the first member such that the protrusions contact the mating surface, which has cushioning properties as tip ends of the protrusions are pressed against the mating surface and elastically deformed, and in which one of the first and second members which is located on a design surface side has an engaging projection that projects to a larger extent than the protrusions, and the engaging projection is inserted through an insertion hole formed in the other of the first and second members and is retained in the insertion hole, whereby the first and second members are

Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a main bracket with a pair of side plates supporting a pedal and attached to a dash panel, and a sub-bracket coupling a main bracket rear end and reinforcement. Where both ends of a clinching pin inserted through coupling holes formed in side plate rear ends are inserted through insertion holes of sub-bracket side plate portions, the both ends are axially clinchingly compressed, whereby the rear ends are clinchingly attached to the portions to be overlapped, inner peripheral edges of the coupling and insertion holes having a non-circular shape, distances from their centers circumferentially varying, the portions being extended outward to be separated further away from the side plates toward the panel, and the insertion holes formed in the portions having an elongated hole shape whose length allows the both ends protruding from the side plates to pass therethrough where the portions are extended outward.

Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor, a case, and a filler. The case houses the capacitor and includes a metal plate and a partition wall. The filler is interposed between the case and the capacitor. The metal plate is positioned between the capacitor and another electronic component, inside the power converter. Also, the partition wall separates the capacitor from the metal plate.

Abstract: A clevis pin (connecting pin) (26) is inserted into a clearance hole (72), and is displaceable relative to an operating pedal (16). A pivotal moving link (68) is disposed between the clevis pin (26) and a sensor pin (64) of a load sensor (30). A reaction force applied from the clevis pin (26) to the load sensor (30) always acts in a substantially constant direction (substantially leftward in FIG. 1A) even if the operating pedal (16) and an operating rod (22) are pivoted relatively around the axis of the clevis pin (26) in accordance with the depressing operation of the operating pedal (16). Thus, the detecting accuracy of the load sensor (30) is heightened, and variation in detecting accuracy is prevented, rendering the high reliability.

Abstract: When a lever main body is contacted to a stopper portion of a rearward movement preventing lever so as to suppress the rearward movement thereof as a dash panel is displaced rearward such as in the vehicle collision, an output connecting member is separated from a lever main body by fracturing fasteners member and only the lever main body is pivoted relatively in the output direction. Accordingly, regardless whether or not an operating rod can be displaced relatively to the vehicle front side, since at least the lever main body of the intermediate lever is pivoted relatively in the output direction, and the operating pedal connected to the lever main body through the connecting link is pivoted in the direction of tread operation so as to suppress the rearward movement of the tread portion, the rearward movement preventing effect can be obtained stably.

Abstract: A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member, the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension S, and the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension S, and

Abstract: When the dash panel is displaced backwards, the intermediate lever is not pivoted relatively in an outputting direction, but a second connecting pin of a coupling link is detached from a cutout of the intermediate lever upon engagement of a contact section provided in the second pedal bracket with an operation pedal to release a connection between the intermediate lever and the operation pedal is released, and the operation pedal is made to pivot relatively in the direction of the tread operation. Regardless of whether or not the pivoting in the outputting direction of the intermediate lever is possible due to the operation rod not being able to be pushed in, the backdown of the tread section of the operation pedal is prevented as appropriate and a backdown preventing effect is stably achievable.

Abstract: A reinforcement rib is provided from surroundings of a boss section continuously extending towards a lower-end portion thereof, and the boss section is provided substantially perpendicular to a flat section of the reinforcement rib; this improves the strength of the pedal arm as appropriate including the surroundings of the boss section on which a large load is applied at the time of depressing operation, and thus makes it possible to achieve reduction in weight and costs by thickness reduction while securing a required strength. Although the pedal arm is of a flat plate shape, providing a front side flange and a rear side flange allows for forming a front side recess and a rear side recess between the reinforcement rib and the respective front side flange and rear side flange.

Abstract: A tip portion of a half body has a joining plane section formed, whose tip of a flat plate part formed extending towards a right side in the width direction is bent at right angles towards the rear side. Similarly, a tip portion of a half body has a joining plane section formed, whose tip part of a flat plate part formed extending towards a left side in the width direction is bent at right angles towards the rear side. A stopper section for retaining the operation pedal in an initial position is fixed in a state sandwiched between the joining plane sections and that are provided projecting outside a space formed by joining the half bodies. As a result, an operation pedal device for vehicles whose assembling process is easy and which can secure a supporting rigidity with respect to a pivot movement of an operation pedal is provided.

Abstract: A crush box, which has a tubular body having a plurality of flat plate-shape sidewalls and having a polygonal shape in section, which is disposed in such an attitude that an axial direction of the tubular body matches a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load in the axial direction, is crushed like an accordion in the axial direction to absorb impact energy, the crush box being configured such that a plurality of flanges projecting outward from the tubular body are provided along only a plurality of outer ridges located on an outer side in a lateral direction of the vehicle out of a plurality of ridges located along a boundary between the plurality of sidewalls, such that the plurality of flanges extend along an entire axial length of the tubular body, the tubular body is formed by a pair of body halves divided by a pair of upper and lower outer ridges located at upper and lower positions on the outer side in the lateral direction of the vehicle out of the pluralit

Abstract: First bracket including first upper wall wherein first leg extending downward from, first flange extending from lower end of first leg; second bracket including second upper wall overlapped on first upper wall, second leg extending downward from second upper wall, and second flange extending from lower end of second leg. First and second flanges are fixed to vehicle body member, and upper portion of fender panel is connected to second upper wall. Second leg includes structure that deforms when impact load is input from fender panel to second upper wall to cause second upper wall together with fender panel to be displaced horizontally. Fender panel support structure includes connector coupling first and second upper walls together with certain clamping force that when certain impact load is input from fender panel to second upper wall, second upper wall is displaced against clamping force until it is separated from first upper wall.

Abstract: A vehicle hood structure, which includes an outer panel that forms an outer surface of a vehicle, an inner panel that is disposed below the outer panel and fixedly attached to the outer panel and that has a plurality of beam portions extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, having a hat-shaped section opening downward, and being separated from each other in a lateral direction of the vehicle, and which covers a front part of the vehicle, the vehicle hood structure including: a reinforcing member that is disposed below the inner panel so as to extend in the lateral direction of the vehicle and to have clearance between the reinforcing member and the beam portions, that has a convex shape curved upward in the lateral direction of the vehicle, and that is fixedly fastened at its both ends in the lateral direction of the vehicle to the inner panel.

Abstract: A power generation device for a mobile body includes power generating units and a holding member. Each power generating unit includes an elastically deformable base member and a piezoelectric film, which are laminated alternately. The holding member holds the power generating units. Each power generating unit has an elongated flat-plate shape. Opposite ends of the power generating unit in a longitudinal direction are held by the holding member such that the power generating unit is in an orientation in which a longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the flow direction of the external fluid. A fixing member is provided at each of the opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of each power generating unit. The power generating units are arranged in the holding member via the fixing members to pivot in accordance with the flow of the external fluid.

Abstract: A suspension arm includes an arm body having a longitudinal shape, a wheel-side attachment portion disposed at one end of the arm body, and a vehicle body-side attachment portion disposed at the other end of the arm body, and is mounted near a drive shaft to extend in a lateral direction of a vehicle, the arm body including an overlap portion that overlaps the drive shaft as viewed from a front in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, a weak portion having lower strength than the overlap portion being provided between the overlap portion and the wheel-side attachment portion, the arm body having a hollow longitudinal shape, and portions on both sides of the weak portion being quenched by high frequency heating so as to have high strength, such that the weak portion is partially provided at an intermediate position between the overlap portion and the wheel-side attachment portion.

Abstract: A pedal operation amount detecting device that is provided in an operating pedal apparatus including a transmitting member having a pedal arm of an operating pedal that is arranged so as to be pivotable about a support axis and that is depressed, and an output member to which a depression force is transmitted from the transmitting member and to which a reaction force corresponding to the depression force is applied, the pedal operation amount detecting device including a sensor member that is arranged on a load transmission path at a position offset from the transmitting member in a direction parallel to the support axis and that is deformed by the depression force and the reaction force, and the pedal operation amount detecting device electrically detecting a deformation of the sensor member.

Abstract: A vehicle operation pedal device including a pedal bracket attached to a vehicle, a pedal arm swingably supported by the pedal bracket about a substantially horizontal support axis, extending downward from the pedal bracket, and having at its lower end a pedal that is operated by being depressed with a foot, and an operation amount sensor disposed on the pedal bracket to detect a pedal arm operation amount, the vehicle operation pedal device having: a cover member including at least a lower wall portion extending from below the operation amount sensor toward a driver's seat and fixedly attached to the pedal bracket; and a reinforcing member made of a metal and fixedly attached to the pedal arm so as to be interposed between the lower wall portion and the operation amount sensor when in an initial state where the pedal arm is not operated by being depressed with the foot.

Abstract: In a vehicle operation pedal apparatus, an engagement hook is formed in one end portion of a return spring, an engagement hole or cutout into which the engagement hook is hooked is formed in a bracket plate member disposed on an operation pedal, and a surface direction of a portion of the bracket plate member, in which the engagement hole or cutout is formed, is set such that a contact point at which the engagement hook contacts one of a pair of edges that are ridgelines between an inner wall surface of the engagement hole or cutout and one surface and an other surface of the bracket plate member is a relative pivot point of the return spring that pivots relative to the operation pedal in accordance with a pivoting operation of the operation pedal in an entire operation angle range of the operation pedal.

Abstract: First and second cover sections 53 and 55 of a coupling member 51 are connected to each other at a branching section where a cowl side 11 and a lower member 19 are joined, by a concave portion 56 inserted into a groove section 23 which is the inner side portion of a branch. A concave portion 56 connects a side edge portion 53A on the side of the groove section 23 in the first cover section 53 and a side edge portion 55A on the side of the groove section 23 in the second cover section 55. A coupling member 51 closes an opening of the groove section 23 by the concave portion 56 which connects the first and second cover sections 53 and 55. Therefore, the coupling member 51 is able to fix the branching section more firmly which couples frame members of a vehicle to each other.

Abstract: In first and second flat plates and provided in the pad mounting portion, projecting portions for locking the pedal pad are provided at positions not juxtaposed with each other in any one of first to third directions. On the other hand, the pedal pad is mounted on the pad mounting portion with an inner wall of a through hole locked by the projecting portion, and with an inner wall of a through hole locked by the projecting portion. In a mounting work, a worker inserts the pad mounting portion through an opening portion of the pedal pad and makes the pedal pad slide toward the second direction so as to complete the mounting. As a result, an operation pedal for a vehicle capable of improving assembling performances of a pedal pad to a pad mounting portion is provided.