Monday, September 12th, 2011
Construction
The pretensioner mechanism consists of the retractor shaft, pretensioner shaft, drum, wire, drive plate, piston, cylinder, inflator, etc.
The pretensioner shaft is directly installed on the retractor shaft (for seat belt ...
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
The engagement/disengagement mechanism has two functions.
Engages the pinion gear with the ring gear.
Disengages the pinion gear from the ring gear.
Engagement mechanism
When the end faces of the pinion gear and the ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
1. Four-valve mechanism
The valve mechanism of the diesel engine is basically the same as the one on the gasoline engine. However, some valve mechanisms are distinctive to the engine. The ...
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
1. Description
The tilt steering mechanism allows selection of the steering wheel position (in the vertical direction) to match the driver's driving posture. The tilt steering mechanisms are classified into the ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The valve mechanism opens or closes the intake valve and exhaust valve at the proper timing in order to draw the air-fuel mixture into the cylinder and discharge the combustion ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
There is a scissors gear (sub-gear) on the driven gear of the camshaft for the compact DOHC which serves to reduce gear noise associated with changes in torque. The sub-gear ...
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
When a vehicle involved in a collision, this mechanism helps prevent the steering main shaft from injuring the driver in two ways: by the breaking at the time of the ...
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
1. General
This mechanism is provided to reduce brake pedal kickback, thereby improving pedal "feel", by causing only half of the feedback pressure to be applied to the pedal (the other ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
This is a theft deterrent feature that disables the steering wheel by locking the steering main shaft to the column tube when the ignition key is pulled out. There are ...
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