Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120012410 | Movable grille shutter for vehicle - A movable grille shutter for a vehicle, which is provided at a grille opening portion through which ambient air is taken into an engine room, includes a first fin, a second fin provided along a lengthwise direction of the first fin in a manner that a predetermined angle is formed between the first fin and the second in a manner that the first fin and the second fin are arranged to match a shape of the grille opening portion. The movable grille shutter for the vehicle also includes a driving source for driving the first fin and the second fin for opening and closing the grille opening portion, and a universal joint provided between the first fin and the second fin for transmitting a driving force from the driving source to the first fin and the second fin. | 01-19-2012 |
20120186890 | Air intake opening and closing apparatus for vehicle - An air intake opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a cover provided at an air intake formed at a front portion of a vehicle body, and a moving mechanism configured to be supported by the vehicle body and connected to the cover so as to be driven by a drive source and to move the cover between a deployed position at which the cover closes the air intake and a retracted position at which the cover opens the air intake. | 07-26-2012 |
20130075172 | GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE - A grille shutter device adapted to be arranged at a front portion of a vehicle body, the grille shutter device including a main air inlet taking air to flow the air to a specific heat exchanger arranged in the vehicle body, a shutter mechanism arranged at the main air inlet, the shutter mechanism opening and closing to control a flow rate of the air flowing from the main air inlet to the specific heat exchanger, and a bypass air inlet allowing the air to bypass the shutter mechanism to guide the air to the specific heat exchanger. | 03-28-2013 |
20130092463 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus arranged at a grille opening portion at a frontal portion of a vehicle body includes a frame shaping a flow path of air flowing into the vehicle body from the grille opening portion, a movable fin rotationally supported by the frame and configured to control a flow amount of the air by providing an opening movement and a closing movement, the movable fin including a fin portion and rotary shafts rotationally supported by the frame, the rotary shafts including exposure portions configured to be arranged on the flow path of the air, at least one first shielding wall extending radially outward of the rotary shaft and provided at the exposure portion and a second shielding wall arranged at an upstream side of the air that flows in relative to the exposure portion extending in a direction intersecting a direction of the air that flows in. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095740 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus configured to be arranged at a grille opening portion of a front portion of a vehicle body, includes a movable fin for controlling a flow rate of air flowing from the grille opening portion into an inside of the vehicle body by performing an opening/closing operation, wherein the movable fin is configured to form an intake passage extending in a direction intersecting with an inflow direction of the air flowing from the grille opening portion in a case where the movable fin is in a fully-closed state. | 04-18-2013 |
20130248266 | GRILL SHUTTER DEVICE - Provided is a grill shutter device including a shutter mechanism controlling a flow rate of air flowing into a vehicle body from the grill opening portion of the vehicle body front portion by an opening and closing operation; a frame configured to support the shutter mechanism within the grill opening portion; an actuator that is held in the frame and performs the opening and dosing driving of the shutter mechanism; and a holding structure capable of relatively moving the actuator to the front side of the frame, based on the collision load at the time of the vehicle collision. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252531 | GRILL SHUTTER DEVICE - Provided is a grill shutter device that has movable fins rotating around a rotation shaft, and is able to control a flow rate of air flowing into a vehicle body from a grill opening portion, based on opening and closing operation of a shutter mechanism provided in the grill opening portion of a front portion of the vehicle body, in which fin lengths of two directions with a rotation center of the movable fin interposed therebetween are set to unequal lengths so that moment of an opening direction is generated in the movable fin based on the pressure of the air flowing-in from the grill opening portion, and when the movable fin rotates in a closing direction, a wall surface forming a flow path of the air between the wall surface and a leading end is located in a direction that the leading end of the movable fin moves. | 09-26-2013 |
20130312552 | GEAR DEVICE - A gear device includes an eccentric cam rotatably formed and including a support portion arranged eccentrically relative to a rotational axis center of the eccentric cam, an internally toothed gear provided coaxially to the eccentric cam, an externally toothed gear supported by the support portion and engaged with the internally toothed gear, an output portion integrally coaxially rotating with the externally toothed gear, and a bearing portion supporting the output portion in a state where an axis line of the output portion and the externally toothed gear slants relative to the rotational axis center of the eccentric cam in a manner crossing the rotational axis center. Each of the internally toothed gear and the externally toothed gear includes a bevel gear portion which is formed by forming gear teeth on a circular cone whose apex overlaps with an intersection point of the axis line and the rotational axis center. | 11-28-2013 |
20140084626 | DEFLECTOR APPARATUS - A deflector apparatus for regulating air flows at a rear of a vehicle includes a movable portion arranged at a rear of a roof panel and an upper of a rear window of a vehicle and extended in a vehicle width direction. The movable portion is movable to increase and decrease a protrusion amount of a front end portion of the movable portion in a vehicle front-rear direction from an upper surface of the roof panel to upward. The deflector apparatus further includes a driving system for driving the movable portion to decrease (increase) the protrusion amount as a vehicle speed increases (decreases) to decrease (increase) an amount of air introduced by the movable portion and flowing along the rear window. | 03-27-2014 |