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.

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).

Abstract: A roller sunshade device suppressing the drooping of both end portions in a width direction of a shad. The roller sunshade device includes an extendable and retractable shade, and a tension providing unit providing greater tension to both end portions in the width direction of the shade than to a center portion thereof. The roller sunshade device also includes a handle member including a support portion supporting a distal end portion of the shade, wherein at least one of the support portion of the handle member and the distal end portion of the shade is curved prior to assembly thereof, and when the distal end portion of the shade is assembled to the support portion of the handle member, greater tension is provided to the both end portions in the width direction of the shade than to the center portion thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a sunroof apparatus including a movable roof panel installed in an opening in a fixed outer roof panel of a vehicle, a drive slider to move in a front-rear direction along a fixed guide frame, and a panel support stay interposing between the roof panel and the drive slider to support the roof panel. The roof panel is tilted up and moves backward by a backward moving of the panel support stay while the panel support stay is in an inclined position, as the drive slider slides backward. A part of a plurality of engagement portions between the panel support stay and the drive slider is located rearward more than a rear edge of the opening when the opening is fully opened.

Abstract: Provided is a sunroof apparatus capable of opening and closing an opening of a fixed outer roof panel of a vehicle, the closing being done by locating a front edge of a movable roof panel at a location adjacent to an upper edge of a front window without the fixed outer roof panel between the front edge of the movable roof panel and the upper edge of the front window. The sunroof apparatus comprises a front roof rail whose cross sectional shape is approximately closed, the front rail extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being attached to an inside of the upper edge portion of the front window. And the front edge portion of the movable roof panel is located over the closed cross sectional shape of the front roof rail when the opening of the fixed outer roof panel is closed.

Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes a movable roof panel including a front edge connected to an upper edge of a front window without a roof outer plate interposed between the roof panel and the front window for closing an opening portion of a roof; a seal member disposed at a circumference of an edge portion of the opening portion; a front panel holder fixed to a lower surface of at least the front edge of the roof panel for reinforcing the roof panel, wherein during closing of the opening portion of the roof, the front panel holder pressingly contacts the seal member disposed at the front edge of the roof panel, and a lower surface of the roof panel pressingly contacts directly the seal member disposed at a rear edge of the roof panel.

Abstract: A window regulator including a drive gear connected to a drive motor, an elongate push-pull member which is open ended and flexible, meshes with the drive gear, and can be pushed and pulled by bidirectional rotations of the drive gear, a carrier which is connected with one end of the elongate push-pull member and is also connected with window glass, and a guide rail which guides the elongate push-pull member and the carrier in a drive path. The window regulator further includes a frame in which a means for fixing and supporting the drive motor, a means for fixing and supporting the guide rail, a means for holding an orbit of the elongate push-pull member in an idle path, and a means for mounting on an object are integrally formed.

Abstract: There is provided a sunshade apparatus comprising a pair of guide rails, a screen to move along each guide rail, and a roll-up device to send off or roll up the screen. The roll-up device comprises a roll-up shaft having bending flexibility, a pair of end members disposed at both ends of the roll-up shaft, a pair of support members to support each end member, and an abutment member including a push-up portion to bend the roll-up shaft so as to protrude upward and a positioning portion to be disposed on the side of the opening relatively to the roll-up shaft to position the roll-up shaft. Each end member is formed so as to be movable relatively to each support member in an open-close direction when the opening is opened or closed by use of the screen.

Abstract: A penetration load reduced staple includes a pair of leg portions configured to penetrate sheets of paper, a crown portion connecting the pair of leg portions. Each of the leg portions includes a protrusion protruding in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the leg portion, from a portion of a side surface of the leg portion between the crown portion and a distal end portion of the leg portion and near the distal end portion.

Abstract: Provided is a sunroof apparatus including a movable roof panel installed in an opening in a fixed outer roof panel of a vehicle, a drive slider to move in a front-rear direction along a fixed guide frame, and a panel support stay interposing between the roof panel and the drive slider to support the roof panel. The roof panel is tilted up and moves backward by a backward moving of the panel support stay while the panel support stay is in an inclined position, as the drive slider slides backward. A part of a plurality of engagement portions between the panel support stay and the drive slider is located rearward more than a rear edge of the opening when the opening is fully opened.

Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes a movable roof panel including a front edge connected to an upper edge of a front window without a roof outer plate interposed between the roof panel and the front window for closing an opening portion of a roof; a seal member disposed at a circumference of an edge portion of the opening portion; a front panel holder fixed to a lower surface of at least the front edge of the roof panel for reinforcing the roof panel, wherein during closing of the opening portion of the roof, the front panel holder pressingly contacts the seal member disposed at the front edge of the roof panel, and a lower surface of the roof panel pressingly contacts directly the seal member disposed at a rear edge of the roof panel.

Abstract: This invention provides a sunroof device, which is simple and compact in constitution around a drain channel. The sunroof device is constituted to close a roof opening by extending a front edge of a movable roof panel on an upper edge of a front window without sandwiching a roof outside plate. The sunroof device comprises a front roof stiffener and a rear roof stiffener provided in an edge of the roof opening, and a seal member mounted at the front roof stiffener and the rear roof stiffener and sealing the movable roof panel at the time of closing the roof opening. The roof stiffener is provided with a drain channel and the seal member is constituted to form a part of channel wall of the drain channel.

Abstract: Provided is a sunroof apparatus capable of opening and closing an opening of a fixed outer roof panel of a vehicle, the closing being done by locating a front edge of a movable roof panel at a location adjacent to an upper edge of a front window without the fixed outer roof panel between the front edge of the movable roof panel and the upper edge of the front window. The sunroof apparatus comprises a front roof rail whose cross sectional shape is approximately closed, the front rail extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being attached to an inside of the upper edge portion of the front window. And the front edge portion of the movable roof panel is located over the closed cross sectional shape of the front roof rail when the opening of the fixed outer roof panel is closed.

Abstract: There is provided a sunshade apparatus comprising a pair of guide rails, a screen to move along each guide rail, and a roll-up device to send off or roll up the screen. The roll-up device comprises a roll-up shaft having bending flexibility, a pair of end members disposed at both ends of the roll-up shaft, a pair of support members to support each end member, and an abutment member including a push-up portion to bend the roll-up shaft so as to protrude upward and a positioning portion to be disposed on the side of the opening relatively to the roll-up shaft to position the roll-up shaft. Each end member is formed so as to be movable relatively to each support member in an open-close direction when the opening is opened or closed by use of the screen.

Abstract: A window regulator includes: a drive gear attached to a drive motor; an open-ended pliable elongate push-pull member that meshes with the drive gear and is push-pulled by the two-way rotation of the drive gear; and a career connected to one end of the elongate push-pull member as well as a window glass, wherein, as viewed from a direction substantially perpendicular to the plate surface of the window glass, a drive route of the elongate push-pull member from an meshing portion between the drive gear and the elongate push-pull member to a mounting portion of the career is formed in a straight line, while at least a part of an idle route from the meshing portion to the other end of the elongate member is formed in a curved shape.

Abstract: A window regulator including a drive gear connected to a drive motor, an elongate push-pull member which is open ended and flexible, meshes with the drive gear, and can be pushed and pulled by bidirectional rotations of the drive gear, a carrier which is connected with one end of the elongate push-pull member and is also connected with window glass, and a guide rail which guides the elongate push-pull member and the carrier in a drive path. The window regulator further includes a frame in which a means for fixing and supporting the drive motor, a means for fixing and supporting the guide rail, a means for holding an orbit of the elongate push-pull member in an idle path, and a means for mounting on an object are integrally formed.

Abstract: A penetration load reduced staple includes a pair of leg portions configured to penetrate sheets of paper, a crown portion connecting the pair of leg portions. Each of the leg portions includes a protrusion protruding in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the leg portion, from a portion of a side surface of the leg portion between the crown portion and a distal end portion of the leg portion and near the distal end portion.

Abstract: A stapler has a table formed with a clincher mechanism at a front end and is rotatably supported on a frame. A pair of locking plates slidably supported along the frame between the table and the frame prevents the clincher mechanism from rotating in a direction in which the clincher mechanism moves toward a staple driving section. Drive cams are provided independently for each of the locking plates to drive the locking plates. The times at which the respective locking plates are pulled out from between the table and the frame by the respective drive cams are shifted from each other.

Abstract: A stapler both forms and drivers staples from connected staple blanks retained in a magazine. The stapler includes a driver and a former. The former eliminates jams caused by the last staple in a magazine becoming rotated prior to being formed and struck by having the capability of simultaneously forming a staple being struck and the staple blank connected to the staple being stuck.

Abstract: A table 5 formed with a clincher mechanism 11 at a front end thereof is rotatably supported on a frame 2. The clincher mechanism 11 of the table 5 is prevented from rotating in a direction in which the clincher mechanism 11 of the table 5 moves toward a staple driving section 3 by inserting a pair of locking plates 16a, 16b that are supported slidably along the frame 2 between the table 5 and the frame 2. Drive cams 24a, 24b operable to drive the locking plates 16a, 16b are provided independently for each of the locking plates 16a, 16b. Timings, at which the respective locking plates 16a, 16b start to operate in a direction in which each of the locking plates 16a, 16b is pulled out from between the table 5 and the frame 2 by the respective drive cams 24a, 24b, are shifted.