Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover that is disposed at aside portion of a seat cushion and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes, and a reclining lever that is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover and is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner. A part of an edge portion of the opening of the hinge cover is provided with a facing portion that protrudes further toward the recliner shaft side than another portion of the edge portion and faces the recliner shaft in proximity.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover and a reclining lever. The hinge cover is disposed at a side portion of a seat cushion, and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes. The reclining lever is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover, is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner, and has a protrusion protruding inward in the seat width direction, the protrusion facing an edge portion of the opening in a radial direction of the recliner shaft.

Abstract: A method for inspecting the quality of the resistance weld, in which the adhesive force between twisted wires, as materials to be welded in a welding portion, can be predicted on the basis of the inter-tip resistance between electrodes, so that the quality of the weld can be evaluated accurately. The method comprises the steps of: measuring a welding width of the welding portion; calculating a reference welding height of the welding portion from the measured welding width on the basis of a predetermined reference welding sectional area of the welding portion; passing the welding current through the welding portion until the height of the welding portion reaches the calculated reference welding height; and inspecting the state of welding of the twisted wires on the basis of a bottom value of inter-tip resistance of the pair of electrodes in an initial stage of conduction of the welding current.

Abstract: The rubber plug fitting apparatus includes a temporary receiver (4) disposed after the feeder (3); a rubber plug holder (5) pivotable 90 degrees by a first drive means (29); a transfer pin (7) for transferring the rubber plug (2) to the holder (5); a wire guide (11) disposed opposite the holder (5) when the latter is pivotated 90 degrees with the rubber plug held therein, which supports a wire (9); a second drive means (37) for moving the holder in a rubber plug fitting direction; and a third drive means (36) for moving the guide (11) in the same direction. A waterproofing rubber plug is reliably fitted over a wire with high positional accuracy.

Abstract: A resistance welding method in which a welding current is passed through a welding portion of a material to be welded in a condition that the welding portion is put in between a pair of electrodes, so that the welding portion is fused and welded by use of the resistance heating caused by conduction of the welding current under pressure applied between the pair of electrodes, characterized by comprising the steps of: measuring a welding width of the welding portion by the width measurement unit; calculating a reference welding height of the welding portion from the measured welding width on the basis of a predetermined reference welding sectional area of the welding portion; passing the welding current through the welding portion until the height of the welding portion reaches the calculated reference welding height; and displaying current-conduction time from the start to end of conduction of the welding current on the display unit.

Abstract: A resistance welding apparatus in which welding portions of materials to be welded are resistance-welded with each other by use of resistance heating caused by conduction of a welding current while the welding portions are pressed between a pair of electrodes, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a welding transformer for supplying the welding current; a welding timer for controlling the current-conduction time of the welding current; a width measurement unit for measuring the welding width of the welding portions; an arithmetic operation unit for reversely calculating the reference welding height of the welding portions from the welding width measured by the width measurement unit on the basis of a predetermined reference welding sectional area of the welding portions; a height detection unit for detecting whether the height of the welding portion has reached the reference welding height or not; and an interface for controlling the welding timer to stop conduction of the welding current when the re

Abstract: The rubber plug fitting apparatus includes a temporary receiver (4) disposed after the feeder (3); a rubber plug holder (5) pivotable 90 degrees by a first drive means (29); a transfer pin (7) for transferring the rubber plug (2) to the holder (5); a wire guide (11) disposed opposite the holder (5) when the latter is pivotated 90 degrees with the rubber plug held therein, which supports a wire (9); a second drive means (37) for moving the holder in a rubber plug fitting direction; and a third drive means (36) for moving the guide (11) in the same direction. A waterproofing rubber plug is reliably fitted over a wire with high positional accuracy.

Abstract: A method of controlling a terminal press attaching device by providing a elevating crimper for crimping terminals onto exposed conductors of the cables, setting an anvil opposite to the crimper, and elevating the drive means including a servo motor. More specifically, the crimp height for press attached terminals is monitored, a detected height and the predetermined set value are compared to control said drive means such that the detected height is made equal to the set value. Thus, the crimp height of the terminal to be attached (or the crimper height) is automatically and easily adjusted.

Abstract: A method of mounting a rubber plug to a wire used for a waterproof connector in which the fluctuation in the position of the rubber plug about the wire is reduced.

Abstract: In a method of peeling an intermediate portion of an insulative covering from a coated electric wire, the electric wire is subjected to an annular slits forming step, an intermediate portion fixing step and lateral slit forming step in any order. After all of the above steps has been finished, the intermediate portion of the covering is separated from the electric wire with the intermediate portion remaining fixed. Therefore, variations in the peeling length is prevented and the intermediate portion-peeling can be carried out without damaging a conductor of the electric wire. Further, the method can be applied even to a very narrow and thin electric wire.