Abstract: A seat mounted in the cabin of a vehicle has side supports for supporting the respective right and left lateral sides of the upper half body of an occupant. The seat also has a seat frame and a side support frame incorporated in the side support on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and secured on the seat frame. A console box is mounted adjacent to the seat, on the inner side of the seat in the vehicle width direction. The side support frame and the console box or the console frame are positioned so as to at least partially overlap each other in a side view.

Abstract: A seat mounted in the cabin of a vehicle has side supports for supporting the respective right and left lateral sides of the upper half body of an occupant. The seat also has a seat frame and a side support frame incorporated in the side support on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and secured on the seat frame. A console box is mounted adjacent to the seat, on the inner side of the seat in the vehicle width direction. The side support frame and the console box or the console frame are positioned so as to at least partially overlap each other in a side view.

Abstract: An airbag device for a front passenger seat includes a front passenger seat airbag main body, a center airbag portion, an actuator and a control section. The actuator is configured to switch a strap between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the center airbag portion is retained in a folded state. In the second state, the other end portion of the strap is released and the center airbag portion is allowed to inflate and expand. The control section sets the actuator to the first state when there is a full overlap frontal collision, and sets the actuator to the second state when there is a collision that is any of an oblique collision against a driver seat side of a vehicle front portion or a small overlap collision.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle airbag device including: an airbag that inflates and deploys due to supply of gas, that has a main body and a projection that projects in a vehicle rearward direction, and that has a gap portion, between the main body and the projection, which opens in the vehicle rearward direction; and a coupling portion that couples together a first attachment portion set at the airbag at a front end portion side of the gap portion and a second attachment portion set at a side portion of the projection, and which, when inflation and deployment of the airbag, stretches between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, which is positioned further in the vehicle rearward direction than the first attachment portion.

Abstract: A register includes: an air outlet; a front movable louver disposed inward of the air outlet, the front movable louver turning vertically; and a bulging curved ledge portion disposed below an area in front of the air outlet. The ledge portion includes a curved surface that curves downward ahead, and a groove or a ridge for disturbing a flow of air along the curved surface is provided in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the front movable louver, in the curved surface.

Abstract: A passenger protecting device 10 for a vehicle has: a side airbag portion 20 that is accommodated at an interior of a side support portion 14B, and that, by receiving a supply of gas and inflating at a time of an oblique side collision of a vehicle, causes the side support portion 14B to bulge-out toward the seat upper side; and a seat cushion airbag portion 22 that is accommodated at an interior of the seat portion 14A, and that, by receiving a supply of gas and inflating at a time of an oblique side collision of the vehicle, causes the seat portion 14A to bulge-out toward the seat upper side and raises the femoral region D of the passenger P, and whose inflation is completed later than the side airbag portion 20.

Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat frame, an inflator and a side airbag. The seat frame is provided at a seat lower side of a side support portion. The seat frame includes an upright wall portion and an upper wall portion. The inflator is provided at the seat lower side of the upper wall portion. The side airbag is disposed between the side support portion and the seat frame. In an inflated state, the side airbag includes a first inflation portion that causes an upper portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side, and a second inflation portion that causes a lower portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle airbag device including: an airbag that inflates and deploys due to supply of gas, that has a main body and a projection that projects in a vehicle rearward direction, and that has a gap portion, between the main body and the projection, which opens in the vehicle rearward direction; and a coupling portion that couples together a first attachment portion set at the airbag at a front end portion side of the gap portion and a second attachment portion set at a side portion of the projection, and which, when inflation and deployment of the airbag, stretches between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, which is positioned further in the vehicle rearward direction than the first attachment portion.

Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat frame, an inflator and a side airbag. The seat frame is provided at a seat lower side of a side support portion. The seat frame includes an upright wall portion and an upper wall portion. The inflator is provided at the seat lower side of the upper wall portion. The side airbag is disposed between the side support portion and the seat frame. In an inflated state, the side airbag includes a first inflation portion that causes an upper portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side, and a second inflation portion that causes a lower portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side.

Abstract: An airbag device for a front passenger seat includes a front passenger seat airbag main body, a center airbag portion, an actuator and a control section. The actuator is configured to switch a strap between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the center airbag portion is retained in a folded state. In the second state, the other end portion of the strap is released and the center airbag portion is allowed to inflate and expand. The control section sets the actuator to the first state when there is a full overlap frontal collision, and sets the actuator to the second state when there is a collision that is any of an oblique collision against a driver seat side of a vehicle front portion or a small overlap collision.

Abstract: An occupant protection device includes a vehicle seat including a pair of side supports each provided on a seat cushion so as to be capable of supporting a seated occupant from a side, a seatbelt including a lap belt for waist restraint of the occupant, and an airbag that is provided at the seat cushion, that is capable of receiving a supply of gas and inflating, that is disposed in a position such that, at a time of inflation, at least a portion of the airbag overlaps with the lap belt in an occupant-worn state thereof, in a side view of the seat, and that, by inflating, causes the side support to be displaced and applies tension to the lap belt.

Abstract: A passenger protecting device 10 for a vehicle has: a side airbag portion 20 that is accommodated at an interior of a side support portion 14B, and that, by receiving a supply of gas and inflating at a time of an oblique side collision of a vehicle, causes the side support portion 14B to bulge-out toward the seat upper side; and a seat cushion airbag portion 22 that is accommodated at an interior of the seat portion 14A, and that, by receiving a supply of gas and inflating at a time of an oblique side collision of the vehicle, causes the seat portion 14A to bulge-out toward the seat upper side and raises the femoral region D of the passenger P, and whose inflation is completed later than the side airbag portion 20.

Abstract: A susceptor for holding a semiconductor wafer to be flash-heated by a flash of light emitted from flash lamps is formed of transparent quartz. The susceptor has a backside surface only which is roughened by shot blasting to provide a ground-glass-like surface. When a flash of light is emitted, part of the flash of light emitted from the flash lamps and passing by a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer held by the susceptor into the susceptor reaches the ground-glass-like backside surface and is diffusely reflected therefrom. Part of the diffusely reflected light impinges on the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer held by the susceptor to thereby heat the low temperature regions which have appeared in the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer to be treated is placed in a horizontal position on a holding plate held by a susceptor. Six bumps are mounted upright on the upper surface of the holding plate. The semiconductor wafer is supported by the six bumps in point contacting relationship, and is held at a distance ranging from 0.5 mm to 3 mm from the upper surface of the holding plate. Light is directed from halogen lamps onto the semiconductor wafer held by the holding plate to preheat the substrate until the temperature of the semiconductor wafer is increased up to a predetermined temperature. Thereafter, flash light is directed from flash lamps onto the semiconductor wafer. A thin gas layer lying between the back surface of the semiconductor wafer and the upper surface of the holding plate acts as a resistance to suppress the motion of the semiconductor wafer, thereby preventing a crack in the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A susceptor for holding a semiconductor wafer to be flash-heated by a flash of light emitted from flash lamps is formed of transparent quartz. The susceptor has a backside surface only which is roughened by shot blasting to provide a ground-glass-like surface. When a flash of light is emitted, part of the flash of light emitted from the flash lamps and passing by a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer held by the susceptor into the susceptor reaches the ground-glass-like backside surface and is diffusely reflected therefrom. Part of the diffusely reflected light impinges on the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer held by the susceptor to thereby heat the low temperature regions which have appeared in the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: An improved liquid crystal device and manufacturing method for same are described. In the device, a pair of substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is disposed, is joined with pillars inbetween functioning as spacers which are provided of photocurable resin by photolithography. With this structure, the spacers can be in surface contact with the inside surfaces of the substrates on which electrode arrangement and active devices are formed.

Abstract: An improved liquid crystal device and manufacturing method for same are described. In the device, a pair of substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is disposed, is joined with pillars inbetween functioning as spacers which are provided of photocurable resin by photolithography. With this structure, the spacers can be in surface contact with the inside surfaces of the substrates on which electrode arrangement and active devices are formed.

Abstract: An improved liquid crystal device and manufacturing method for same are described. In the device, a pair of substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is disposed, is joined with pillars inbetween functioning as spacers which are provided of photocurable resin by photolithography. With this structure, the spacers can be in surface contact with the inside surfaces of the substrates on which electrode arrangement and active devices are formed.

Abstract: Part of output light of an LD 11 issuing a signal light 10 depending on a driving current is received by a photo diode 13, and the current corresponding to the reception power is converted into a voltage in a current-voltage converting circuit 14, and an average voltage V1 is detected in an average voltage detecting circuit 15. The average voltage V1 and a reference voltage V2 depending on a mark rate issued from a reference voltage control circuit 16 are entered in an optical output control circuit 17, and the driving current to be supplied into the LD 11 is controlled by a laser driving circuit 19 through a driving current control circuit 18 so that the LD 11 may not pass any current exceeding a preset value. At the time of response by optical output cut-off or its cancellation, by controlling the average voltage V1 and reference voltage V2 by the excessive output preventive circuit 41, generation of excessive optical output is prevented.

Abstract: An optical receiver includes a light-receiving device, an equalizing amplifier, a regenerating circuit, a timing signal extraction circuit, a reference voltage generation circuit, and a comparator. The light-receiving device converts input signal light into an electrical signal. The equalizing amplifier amplifies the electrical signal output from the light-receiving device and performs waveform shaping. The regenerating circuit regenerates data from an output from the equalizing amplifier on the basis of a retiming signal. The timing signal extraction circuit extracts a timing signal from an output signal from the equalizing amplifier. The reference voltage generation circuit generates a reference voltage changing in accordance with a variation in ambient temperature. The comparator compares an output signal from the timing signal extraction circuit with the reference voltage output from the reference voltage generation circuit and supplies the retiming signal to the regenerating circuit.