Abstract: A method for producing a resin sintered body 1 by applying an ink 3 to thermoplastic resin powder 2 and sintering the powder, the method including the step of immersing an intermediate resin sintered body 1m, which has an unevenly colored region on the surface thereof and the whole of which has been already sintered, in a surface treatment liquid containing sulfuric acid and chromic anhydride, in which the concentration of chromic anhydride is 300 g/L or more, for 5 minutes or longer. When producing a resin sintered body by sintering thermoplastic resin powder, the surface of the resin sintered body can be evenly and sufficiently colored to an extent required without an unevenly colored region on the surface thereof, and also the surface of the resin sintered body can have a good appearance and smoothness.

Abstract: A navigation device 10 comprises: position detecting means 11 for determining the current position of a user from the absolute position in longitude and latitude by using the electric waves coming from a plurality of artificial satellites going around the earth; storage means 14 for storing the coordinates in longitude and latitude of nodes, as obtained by setting a starting point and a final place, on a scheduled route; display means 12 for displaying the current position and the scheduled route; and control means 16 for controlling the display on the display means 12 by converting the angular data of the absolute positions and the coordinates into distance data while making corrections according to the current position, and by calculating an element between the nodes thereby to calculate whether or not the current position is on the scheduled route, in dependence upon whether or not the distance between the element and the current position is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A clip for attaching a mounting component to a base component, and the clip comprises: a pin including a head portion for engaging the mounting component, and a shaft portion which is contiguous to the head portion, and a lock pins which extends downward from the head portion; and a grommet including a flange and a shank contiguous to the flange and partially defining an aperture operable to receive the pin in one of a temporary fitted position and a permanent fitted position; and wherein the temporary fitted position, the lock pin abuts a recessed portion in the grommet for maintaining the temporary fitted position, and wherein in the permanent fitted position, the lock pin collapses on the inside, and is contained on the inside of the shank portion of the grommet.

Abstract: A vehicular door sash includes a sash frame formed by subjecting a predetermined metal sheet to a roll molding process to have a predetermined cross section. The sash frame includes a groove portion for retaining a glass-run channel, a retainer portion for retaining a weather strip, a flange portion that connects the retainer portion and the groove portion and partially forms an outer surface of a door of a vehicle, and a sash molding configured to cover the flange portion. The flange portion has a first configuration in which the flange portion is not covered by the sash molding and a second configuration in which the flange portion is covered and compressed by the sash molding.

Abstract: A current place indicating icon a for indicating the current place of a user, a used road image b for indicating a used road being followed by the user, an option road image c for indicating an option road connected to the used road and located in front of the current place in the traveling direction, and a way point indicating icon d set by the user and located in front of the current place in the traveling direction are displayed in the screen X of a display unit 7.

Abstract: To use the same sash material for producing two types of a vehicular door sash, a lower-cost type provided with no sash molding, and a luxury type provided with sash molding produced through additional roll molding means to reduce the width of its flange portion. The additional roll molding means (D) performed by a plurality of rollers (D1, D2, D3) includes a crushing step that crushes a space formed on the back surface of the flange portion 3 under pressure, and a bending step that bends an end portion 12 of the crushed flange portion 3 at the side of the groove portion 1 upward.

Abstract: A navigation system for displaying the information on at least the situations of a user in the screen x of a display unit. The entirety of the screen X can be so switched that a plurality of display modes may be automatically displayed at a suitable timing by the setting of the user. The navigation system has a menu mode for making the aforementioned setting, in which thumbnails T1 to T5 for reducing and displaying the individual designs of the display modes other than the menu mode are displayed in the screen X.

Abstract: An oil cooler assembly with an integrated oil filter, comprises: (i) a casing in which an oil-cooling chamber is formed, the casing constituting an external component attached to an engine block; (ii) a cooler-element unit disposed in the oil-cooling chamber of the casing, the cooler-element unit being provided with a cooling-water passage having a cooling-water inlet portion and a cooling-water outlet portion both of which open into the exterior of the casing; (iii) an oil filter detachably mounted in the oil-cooling chamber of the casing so as to divide the oil-cooling chamber into two compartments, the oil filter being coaxially arranged with the cooler-element unit; and (iv) oil-communication passages by which the two compartments of the oil-cooling chamber are communicated with a lubricating-oil passage provided in the engine block, respectively.