Patents Assigned to Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9987910
    Abstract: Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device, including: a thin cloth member that extends in a tensioned state to smooth a drive airflow when a roof panel is opened, and is folded when the roof panel is closed; a housing section that houses the folded thin cloth member; a reinforcement member that is arranged on a lower side of a front portion of the roof panel to reinforce the roof panel; and an upper holder that is fixed to an upper end portion of the thin cloth member, and is housed together with the thin cloth member into the housing section when the roof panel is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Kamioka
  • Patent number: 9981546
    Abstract: A fuel tank valve device includes a housing in which a partition wall defines a lower valve chamber and an upper ventilation chamber, and a first opening and a second opening are provided to establish a communication between the lower valve chamber and the upper ventilation chamber, a first float valve that is accommodated in a first valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the first opening when a fuel level in a fuel tank nearly reaches a set full fuel level, and a second float valve that is accommodated in a second valve chamber of the lower valve chamber so as to rise and fall and that closes the second opening when the fuel level in the fuel tank rises abnormally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: PIOLAX, INC., YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Mihara, Kazunari Nakaya, Masato Shinozaki, Masaru Sawano
  • Patent number: 9981550
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle body mounting structure for a fuel tank tank, which can suppress deformation of the fuel tank due to a band member while suppressing increase in weight of the fuel tank, the vehicle body mounting structure for a fuel tank includes: a band member (21) disposed along a lower surface (14) of the fuel tank (1) made of resin and having both ends secured to the vehicle body; an upper groove (31) formed in a side surface (12) of the fuel tank (1) to extend downward from an upper surface (13) of the fuel tank (1) over at least a part of the side surface (12) of the fuel tank (1); and a cushion member (26) interposed between the fuel tank (1) and the vehicle body and straddling the upper groove (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Shoji, Yuta Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 9975411
    Abstract: Provided is a sunroof device including: a stay that is attached to a roof panel; a lifting arm that serves to lift, and support the weight of, the roof panel; and a guide member that is attached to the lifting arm and guides the sliding of the roof panel via a guide groove into which the stay is fit, wherein the guide member is configured to include a first member that is molded of a resin material and has the guide groove, and a second member as a reinforcing member that covers the first member, wherein the first member can be inserted into or removed from the second member in the sliding direction of the roof panel and is mounted to the second member by a snap-fit coupling means that exploits elastic deformation of the first member toward the guide groove This arrangement facilitates assembling the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kanai
  • Publication number: 20180134150
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank which allows effective suppression of the deformation of a fuel tank body and has excellent durability. This fuel tank is equipped with: a fuel tank body; connecting members which partially connect the opposed inner wall surfaces of the fuel tank body to each other, and/or abutment portions where the opposed inner wall surfaces of the fuel tank body partially abut on each other; and reinforcing members which are provided integrally with the outer wall surfaces of the fuel tank body and reinforce the outer wall surfaces. The fuel tank is configured such that the reinforcing members are equipped with: base portions which are disposed at positions corresponding to the connecting members and/or the abutment portions; and extension portions which extend along the outer wall surfaces from the base portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 9963025
    Abstract: Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device, including: a thin cloth member that extends in a tensioned state to smooth a drive airflow when a roof panel is opened, and is folded when the roof panel is closed; a housing section that is disposed below the roof panel to house the folded thin cloth member; a lower holder provided at the housing section to fix a lower end portion of the thin cloth member; and an upper holder that is fixed at an upper end portion of the thin cloth member, and is housed together with the thin cloth member into the housing section when the roof panel is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamotsu Nishiba
  • Patent number: 9937788
    Abstract: A fuel tank has a welded member that is welded inside a fuel tank body. The welded member includes a welded face that is welded on at least one of a first tank face and a second tank face which faces the first tank face, of the fuel tank body, and wherein the welded face includes a facing side in a concave shape that faces a given point determined based on a displacement of distance between the first tank face and the second tank face when the fuel tank body receives an internal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 9920881
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a pressure container configured so that a seal member is excellent at maintainability and has a simple structure. The container includes a hollow plastic liner (2) provided with a projected cylindrical neck portion (2b), and to reserve gas or liquid; a mouthpiece member (3) disposed outside the neck portion (2b) in a radial direction; a reinforced layer (4) covering outsides of the plastic liner (2) and the mouthpiece member (3); an attachment member (5) capable of being inserted between the neck portion (2b) and the mouthpiece member (3), and attachable to and detachable from the mouthpiece member (3); and a first seal member (6) disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the neck portion (2b) and an inner peripheral surface of the attachment member (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kojiro Ooe
  • Publication number: 20170361690
    Abstract: This roller shade device is provided with: a shade; a shade take-up roller for taking up the shade; wires which are attached to the shade; wire take-up rollers which are disposed with the axial centers thereof offset from the shade take-up roller and which are used for taking up the wires; reversal pulleys for reversing the direction of the wires; tension imparting means for imparting tension to the shade and the wires by application of bias such that the shade take-up roller and the wire take-up rollers are separated from the reversal pulleys; and interlocking rotating means for rotating the shade take-up roller and the wire take-up rollers in an interlocked manner. According to this roller shade device, a large width can be secured for the shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Higuchi, Moto Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9821652
    Abstract: A structure for opening and closing a fuel filler opening having a main flap and a dust flap that are opened or closed in accordance with insertion or removal of a fuel gun to a filler pipe. The dust flap is arranged at an outer end side with respect to the main flap, and is constituted by a plurality of flaps arranged flush with each other. The dust flap is opened such that ends of the respective flaps are separated from each other by the fuel gun inserted into the filler pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Hirohara
  • Publication number: 20170305244
    Abstract: Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device, including: a thin cloth member that extends in a tensioned state to smooth a drive airflow when a roof panel is opened, and is folded when the roof panel is closed; a housing section that houses the folded thin cloth member; a reinforcement member that is arranged on a lower side of a front portion of the roof panel to reinforce the roof panel; and an upper holder that is fixed to an upper end portion of the thin cloth member, and is housed together with the thin cloth member into the housing section when the roof panel is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka KAMIOKA
  • Publication number: 20170305243
    Abstract: Provided is a sunroof device including: a stay (13) that is attached to a roof panel; a lifting arm (4) that serves to lift, and support the weight of, the roof panel; and a guide member (5) that is attached to the lifting arm (4) and guides the sliding of the roof panel via a guide groove (6) into which the stay (13) is fit, wherein the guide member (5) is configured to include a first member (16) that is molded of a resin material and has the guide groove (6), and a second member (17) as a reinforcing member that covers the first member (16), wherein the first member (16) can be inserted into or removed from the second member (17) in the sliding direction of the roof panel and is mounted to the second member (17) by a snap-fit coupling means (19) that exploits elastic deformation of the first member (16) toward the guide groove (6). This arrangement facilitates assembling the guide member (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kanai
  • Publication number: 20170305265
    Abstract: To provide a component mounting structure for a fuel tank capable of suppressing an increase in the weight of the tank body and reducing the weight and thickness of the fuel tank component, the component mounting structure includes: a tank body (2) provided with an oblong opening (2a); a pump module (3) serving as a tank component mounted to the tank body (2); a flange (5) that is provided to the pump module (3) so as to project out from an outer surface of the pump module (3), has an oblong contour larger than the opening (2a) and having a minor dimension (W2) smaller than a major dimension (L1) of the opening (2a), and is placed inside the tank body (2) through the opening (2a) with an edge thereof opposing the tank body (2) over an entire circumference; a sealing member (7) placed between the tank body (2) and the flange (5); and a fastening member (8b•9, 11•12) that holds the pump module (3) to the tank body (2) while compressing the sealing member (7) via the flange (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Shoji, Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170282698
    Abstract: Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device, including: a thin cloth member that extends in a tensioned state to smooth a drive airflow when a roof panel is opened, and is folded when the roof panel is closed; a housing section that is disposed below the roof panel to house the folded thin cloth member; a lower holder provided at the housing section to fix a lower end portion of the thin cloth member; and an upper holder that is fixed at an upper end portion of the thin cloth member, and is housed together with the thin cloth member into the housing section when the roof panel is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamotsu NISHIBA
  • Patent number: 9758026
    Abstract: A deflector structure for a sunroof device includes: a thinned-cloth member (6) having a lower side connectedly fixed to a front frame (11), the thinned-cloth member being configured to be stretchedly developed to regulate a traveling air while a roof is opened and to be foldedly stored while the roof is closed; and a storage guide member (14) configured to guide folding motion of the thinned-cloth member (6). The storage guide member (14) includes: a front-side first upright wall (15) and a rear-side second upright wall (16) provided upright on the front frame (11) at the rear of a fixation portion of the front frame (11) and the thinned-cloth member (6); and a guide wall (17) formed on an upper holder (7) along a rear surface of an upper portion of the thinned-cloth member stretchedly developed. Thereby, a folded shape of the thinned-cloth member (6) is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Takahashi, Keisuke Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9751400
    Abstract: A wave-eliminating plate securing structure in a fuel tank 1 includes: a wave-eliminating plate configured to be fixed to an inside of a resinous fuel tank and to suppress waving of fuel; and resinous clips each including a weld portion to be welded and fixed to an inner wall of the fuel tank, and an attachment portion to which to attach the wave-eliminating plate. After the clips are welded and fixed at their respective predetermined positions to an inner wall of the fuel tank in advance, the wave-eliminating plate may be inserted into the fuel tank, and attached and fixed to the clips. Thereby, the wave-eliminating plate can be easily fixed at a predetermined position to the inside of the fuel tank with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tsukahara, Takaaki Nakajima, Toru Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 9718333
    Abstract: Provided is a water discharge structure for a sunroof device, the water discharge structure being capable of suitably preventing rainwater, etc. from penetrating a stationary roof. A water discharge structure for a sunroof device is configured so as to comprise: a panel body for closing an opening formed in the stationary roof of a vehicle; frame members arranged along edges of the stationary roof and provided with water discharge grooves; brackets mounted to the frame members and supporting the panel body; and water discharge guide plates disposed between the panel body and the brackets and conducting rainwater etc., which have entered along the seal surfaces between the panel body and the edges of the stationary roof, to the water discharge grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Kanehiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20170182870
    Abstract: A deflector structure for a sunroof device includes: a thinned-cloth member (6) having a lower side connectedly fixed to a front frame (11), the thinned-cloth member being configured to be stretchedly developed to regulate a traveling air while a roof is opened and to be foldedly stored while the roof is closed; and a storage guide member (14) configured to guide folding motion of the thinned-cloth member (6). The storage guide member (14) includes: a front-side first upright wall (15) and a rear-side second upright wall (16) provided upright on the front frame (11) at the rear of a fixation portion of the front frame (11) and the thinned-cloth member (6); and a guide wall (17) formed on an upper holder (7) along a rear surface of an upper portion of the thinned-cloth member stretchedly developed. Thereby, a folded shape of the thinned-cloth member (6) is stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TAKAHASHI, Keisuke FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9630490
    Abstract: A filler pipe mounting structure that suppresses permeation of the fuel constituents and that provides ease of mounting. The filler pipe mounting structure includes a resin fuel tank including a projecting cylindrical neck; a fastening member including an embedded section and a joining section, the embedded section being embedded in the neck along a circumferential direction thereof, the joining section formed on the embedded section and exposed from an inner wall of the neck; a mounting member disposed on an end portion of a filler tube and attached to an inner side of the fastening member, the filler tube being in communication with the fuel tank; and a seal member placed between the inner wall of the neck and the outer wall of the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9623735
    Abstract: A panel body of a sunroof device able to have reduced weight and a method for producing the panel body. The panel body of a sunroof device includes: a sunroof panel; a holder attached to the peripheral rim of the bottom surface of the sunroof panel and provided with a concavity; a lid member occluding the opening of the concavity; and a resin holding member formed in a manner so as to integrate the sunroof panel, holder, and lid member. The panel body of a sunroof device includes the holder having flanges, an end of the lid member being sandwiched between the top surface of the flanges and the bottom surface of the sunroof panel, and the holding member having a sandwiched section entering the space encircled by the top surface of the flanges, the bottom surface of the sunroof panel, and the end surface of the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Akuzawa, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto