Abstract: A vehicle hood structure includes a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel that is disposed at a back surface of the hood outer panel. In vehicle hood structure, the hood inner panel includes an outer peripheral frame that is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the hood inner panel, a proximate surface that is arranged inside from the outer peripheral frame and is joined to the back surface of the outer panel, and a connection vertical wall that connects an inner peripheral vertical wall configuring an inner periphery of the outer peripheral frame and the proximate surface.

Abstract: A vehicle body side structure includes: a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at a side bottom of the vehicle and having a recess sagging inward in a width direction of the vehicle; a door being hollow, having a door bottom portion disposed so as to overlap the side sill when seen from a side, and being arranged at an outer side of the side sill in the width direction; and a force transferring member having a projection protruding inward in the width direction, being disposed in a hollow interior of the door bottom portion, and being configured to transfer force acting inward in the width direction to the side sill.

Abstract: A vehicle hood structure includes a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel that is disposed at a back surface of the hood outer panel. In vehicle hood structure, the hood inner panel includes an outer peripheral frame that is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the hood inner panel, a proximate surface that is arranged inside from the outer peripheral frame and is joined to the back surface of the outer panel, and a connection vertical wall that connects an inner peripheral vertical wall configuring an inner periphery of the outer peripheral frame and the proximate surface.

Abstract: A vehicle body side structure includes: a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at a side bottom of the vehicle and having a recess sagging inward in a width direction of the vehicle; a door being hollow, having a door bottom portion disposed so as to overlap the side sill when seen from a side, and being arranged at an outer side of the side sill in the width direction; and a force transferring member having a projection protruding inward in the width direction, being disposed in a hollow interior of the door bottom portion, and being configured to transfer force acting inward in the width direction to the side sill.

Abstract: A door member opener apparatus for a vehicle includes an engaging mechanism, a lock mechanism, a clearing mechanism, and an ECU (electronic control unit). The engaging mechanism includes a striker and a claw member that rotatively moves to engage with the striker. The engaging mechanism engages a tailgate with a car body. The lock mechanism regulates rotative movement of the claw member. The clearing mechanism clears the regulation of the rotative movement of the claw member when a handle member is operated. The ECU sets the amount of time before the lock mechanism can regulate the rotative movement of the claw member equal to a normal driving time.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a cylinder bed extending in a predetermined direction and accommodating a shuttle and a shuttle shaft for driving the shuttle, a cloth holding frame for holding a work cloth, a moving member for supporting the cloth holding frame, the moving member being guided by the shuttle shaft so as to be moved in the predetermined direction, and a moving member driving unit for driving the moving member in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A door member opener apparatus for a vehicle includes an engaging mechanism, a lock mechanism, a clearing mechanism, and an ECU. The engaging mechanism includes a striker and a claw member that rotatively moves to engage with the striker. The engaging mechanism engages a tailgate with a car body. The lock mechanism regulates rotative movement of the claw member. The clearing mechanism clears the regulation of the rotative movement of the claw member when a handle member is operated. The ECU sets the amount of time before the lock mechanism can regulate the rotative movement of the claw member equal to a normal driving time.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a cylinder bed extending in a predetermined direction and accommodating a shuttle and a shuttle shaft for driving the shuttle, a cloth holding frame for holding a work cloth, a moving member for supporting the cloth holding frame, the moving member being guided by the shuttle shaft so as to be moved in the predetermined direction, and a moving member driving unit for driving the moving member in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: An over-lock sewing machine executing an over-edge chain stitch and a double-chain stitch includes a sewing machine motor for driving a needle bar so that the needle bar is moved upward and downward, a sewing needle mounted on a lower end of the needle bar, an upper looper and a lower looper forming stitches in cooperation with the sewing needle, and a stepping motor for driving the lower looper so that the lower looper is rocked.

Abstract: A shuttle hook driver for a sewing machine includes a driving pulley mounted on a main shaft, a driven pulley rotatable about a second shaft substantially crossing the shaft center of the main shaft and extending horizontally, a timing belt extending between the driving and driven pulleys and twisted approximately 90 degrees, and a converting mechanism for converting rotation of the driven pulley to reciprocation of the shuttle hook.

Abstract: A lock stitch machine capable of being selectively set for either an overcasting mode or a hemming mode. A needle plate tongue is shifted between an operative position and an inoperative position in a region separated from the operating region of the looper, along a path substantially resembling a circular arc for a vertical displacement and a horizontal displacement greater than the vertical displacement, by turning an overcasting width adjusting knob which turns a control shaft. Thus, the needle plate tongue can be shifted between the operative position and the inoperative position regardless of the position of the looper thereby facilitating the stitching mode changing operation.

Abstract: A zigzag sewing machine includes a frame, a needle bar supporting member mounted on the frame for swinging motion about a horizontal fixed axis, and a needle bar carried by the needle bar supporting member for endwise reciprocation. A rotary member is rotatably supported by the frame for rotary motion about an axis parallel to the horizontal fixed axis, and a connecting rod is connected eccentrically and pivotally at the upper end thereof to one side of the rotary member. The connecting rod is connected pivotally at the lower end thereof to the needle bar at a position below the upper end. At a moment when the shuttle hook of a shuttle catches a loop, the upper end of the connecting rod and the shuttle hook of the shuttle move in a direction opposite to the direction of swinging motion of the needle bar supporting member. When the shuttle hook catches a loop, the lower end of the connecting rod is located above the horizontal fixed axis about which the needle bar supporting member swings.

Abstract: A thread take-up device comprising a loop tightening member adapted to reciprocate within a predetermined range limited by a thread slackening limit position where the loop tightening member is located when a thread loop is expanded to its maximum extent by a loop-seizing member, and a loop tightening limit position for tightening the thread loop; and a movable member adapted to reciprocate within a predetermined range limited by a stopping position defined within the range of reciprocation of the loop tightening member above the loop tightening limit position, and a position corresponding to the thread slackening limit position of the loop tightening member. The respective loci of the recess for engaging the needle thread of the loop tightening member, and the thread catch of the movable member overlap each other.