Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicular camera. A first layer of a planar member includes a fifth surface opposite to a third surface in the second region. The fifth surface of the first layer of the planar member is fixed to a first flange surface of a flange portion of a lens unit, and is fixed to an end portion of a second tubular portion of a housing. A second-layer end surface of a second layer of the planar member has at least one second-layer protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the second tubular portion of the housing and abutting on the inner surface of the second tubular portion of the housing.

Abstract: An airbag device for protecting an occupant in a cabin of a vehicle, the airbag device including: a front airbag that expands and deploys in front of an occupant seated in a seat; and an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the front airbag. Furthermore, the front airbag includes: a first chamber that deploys downward from a roof portion of the vehicle; and a second chamber that deploys in front of the first chamber.

Abstract: To provide an airbag device provided in a steering wheel, which enables an airbag module to be made smaller so as to be compatible with a steering wheel having a smaller center pad than conventional ones. The airbag device includes an airbag module containing an airbag cushion and a cylindrical inflator that supplies inflator gas to the airbag cushion, a damper unit that dampens vibrations transmitted between the airbag module and the steering wheel, a mounting member formed of a plate material and to which the inflator and the damper unit are assembled, and an elastic member that is provided between the mounting member and the steering wheel and elastically holds the airbag module to the steering wheel. The mounting member is formed with a circular through-hole part for press-fitting the inflator to secure the inflator, and a retaining part for holding the damper unit.

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a case, a heat spreader, a heat-dissipation plate, and a heat-dissipation sheet. The case has a side wall including an inner surface and an outer surface. The heat spreader is disposed in the case and is configured to spread generated heat to the case. The heat-dissipation plate is formed from metal and is disposed between the heat spreader and the case. The heat-dissipation sheet is disposed between the heat spreader and the heat-dissipation plate. The heat-dissipation sheet has elasticity, and is configured to transmit the heat of the heat spreader to the heat-dissipation plate. At least a portion of the heat spreader is in contact with the heat-dissipation sheet. At least a portion of the heat-dissipation sheet is in contact with the heat-dissipation plate. At least a portion of the heat-dissipation plate is in contact with the inner surface of the side wall of the case.

Abstract: Provided is a device including: a housing 9 for holding an air bag cushion; a locking plate 8 provided on the back-side surface 9d of the housing with its plate surface overlaid thereon and provided with a damper unit assembled thereto; a coil spring for elastically supporting, on the steering wheel, the locking plate with the housing overlaid thereon; and a bushing 25 inserted through both the housing and the locking plate for fixing the coil spring. The bushing is fixed to the locking plate by being locked by means of a first locking means. The bushing having been fixed to the locking plate by means of the first locking means is fixed to the housing by being locked by means of a second locking means.

Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel device enabling miniaturizing an airbag module and also a miniaturized horn pad portion while ensuring a damping effect comparable to a conventional damping effect. Each damper has a straight pin, a grip provided at a first end is engaged to a central cored bar through rotate operation around the pin axis, and a connecting tip end part that connects to the module housing is provided at the other end. A plurality of insertion holes through which the connecting tip end part is inserted are arranged in the module housing surrounding the outer edge of the inflator, and the connecting tip end part is formed with a constricted portion having an outer diameter smaller than the diameter of the insertion hole, and the connecting tip end part is connected to the module housing via a set spring supported by the module housing to engage the constriction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicular camera. A first layer of a planar member includes a fifth surface opposite to a third surface in the second region. The fifth surface of the first layer of the planar member is fixed to a first flange surface of a flange portion of a lens unit, and is fixed to an end portion of a second tubular portion of a housing. A second-layer end surface of a second layer of the planar member has at least one second-layer protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the second tubular portion of the housing and abutting on the inner surface of the second tubular portion of the housing.

Abstract: A heating coil 1 is integrally formed by a modeling method repeating laying, melting, solidifying, and laminating of a powder containing a conductive material based on three-dimensional data, and includes a pair of plate-shaped grounding portions 2a, 2b, a pair of plate-shaped supporting portions 3a, 3b, and an annular heating unit 4. The pair of grounding portions 2a, 2b are for contact with an electrode through which a high-frequency current is flowed. The pair of supporting portions 3a, 3b are disposed to be perpendicular to the respective grounding portions 2a, 2b. The annular heating unit is disposed to connect distal ends of the supporting portions 3a, 3b to one another. The annular heating unit 4 has a shape in which a plurality of circumferential heating bodies Ha, Ha, . . . horizontally disposed at different height positions are coupled by a plurality of vertically disposed columnar heating bodies Hc, Hc, . . . .

Abstract: An image capturing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a camera, a bracket, a heat-dissipation part, and a coupling part. The camera is housed in a metal case. The bracket is formed of resin and configured to support the camera. The heat-dissipation part is disposed on a rear side of the camera and configured to dissipate heat of the camera. The coupling part is formed of metal and configured to couple the case of the camera and the heat-dissipation part to each other.

Abstract: A vehicular airbag device that comprises: an inflator; and an airbag cushion that inflates and deploys between a steering wheel and an occupant. The airbag cushion includes: an occupant-side panel that deploys to the occupant side and restrains the occupant; a vehicle-side panel that is disposed on the opposite side to the occupant-side panel; and side panels that connect the occupant-side panel and the vehicle-side panel and constitute the side surfaces of the airbag cushion. The side panels comprise a plurality of subpanels. A base material weft that constitutes a central section E1 of the sub-panels extends in a virtual plane S2 that follows the occupant side of the rim of a steering wheel when the airbag cushion is inflated and deployed.

Abstract: A process proposal device includes: a processor; and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit holds evaluation information that associates, with a DR (Demand-Response) priority score, each of an adjustable amount of power consumption for production of a product in a factory, a residence time of the product, and personnel required for production of the product, and the processor: acquires process information indicating a plurality of processes for producing the product, a past production plan, and sensor data acquired in response to the past production plan; calculates, on the basis of the process information and the past production plan, an adjustable amount of the power consumption in each of the processes included in the process information; and calculates the residence time in each of the processes on the basis of the past production plan and the sensor data.

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a cap having a barrel portion disposed to an outer circumference of a lens barrel and a second edge portion. At least a part of the second edge portion overlaps the circumference of the first lens and overlaps the first edge portion. Each of the plurality of protrusions is oriented from the barrel portion of the cap toward the optical axis, and protrudes along the first surface of the first lens. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed adjacent to each other. A part of the first protrusion overlaps the first edge portion, and a part of the second protrusion overlaps the first edge portion. A first top portion and a second top portion are closer to the optical axis than the first edge portion, and the first surface of the first lens is exposed between the first and second top portions.

Abstract: To provide an airbag device provided in a steering wheel, which enables an airbag module to be made smaller so as to be compatible with a steering wheel having a smaller center pad than conventional ones. The airbag device includes an airbag module containing an airbag cushion and a cylindrical inflator that supplies inflator gas to the airbag cushion, a damper unit that dampens vibrations transmitted between the airbag module and the steering wheel, a mounting member formed of a plate material and to which the inflator and the damper unit are assembled, and an elastic member that is provided between the mounting member and the steering wheel and elastically holds the airbag module to the steering wheel. The mounting member is formed with a circular through-hole part for press-fitting the inflator to secure the inflator, and a retaining part for holding the damper unit.

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a circuit board accommodated in a housing and a metal shield. The circuit board includes a first component disposed on a second surface and having a first height and a second component disposed on the second surface and having a second height smaller than the first height. The first component is disposed in a position opposite to a second bottom surface portion of a recessed portion of a first bottom surface portion of the shield, and the second component is disposed in a position opposite to a portion other than the recessed portion of the first bottom surface portion of the shield.

Abstract: A converter for electromagnetically coupling a dielectric waveguide and a coaxial line, includes a shaft-shaped waveguide member composed of a dielectric having a conical-shaped portion at one end in an axial direction, an antenna arranged opposite a conical surface of the conical-shaped portion, a housing for housing the waveguide member and the antenna, and a support member for supporting the waveguide member against the housing, wherein the coaxial line is connected to the antenna, while the dielectric waveguide is connected to the waveguide member, wherein the support member supports the waveguide member against the housing by contacting one part of a circumferential portion of an outer circumferential surface of the waveguide member, and wherein a gap is formed between an other part of a circumferential part of an outer circumferential surface of the waveguide member, which the support member does not contact, and an inner surface of the housing.

Abstract: An in-vehicle camera includes a lens barrel including at least one lens and being tubular, an imaging element disposed on the circuit board and on an optical axis of the at least one lens, a ring member made of a first resin having a first light transmittance, and disposed to protrude in a direction away from the optical axis over an entire periphery of the lens barrel, and a housing portion a part of which has a tubular shape, and one end surface of the tubular shape is made of a second resin having a second light transmittance smaller than the first light transmittance. The in-vehicle camera further includes a third resin disposed on an inner side of the tubular shape between the ring member and the imaging element in a direction of the optical axis, and having a third light transmittance smaller than the first light transmittance.

Abstract: An in-vehicle camera includes a lens barrel including at least one lens and being tubular, an imaging element disposed on the circuit board and on an optical axis of the at least one lens, a ring member made of a first resin having a first light transmittance, and disposed to protrude in a direction away from the optical axis over an entire periphery of the lens barrel, and a housing portion a part of which has a tubular shape, and one end surface of the tubular shape is made of a second resin having a second light transmittance smaller than the first light transmittance. The in-vehicle camera further includes a third resin disposed on an inner side of the tubular shape between the ring member and the imaging element in a direction of the optical axis, and having a third light transmittance smaller than the first light transmittance.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a driver seat airbag device with a simple configuration and that enables suppressing injury value of the driver. Resolution Means An airbag cushion 108 of the airbag device 100 for a vehicle includes a rear panel 122 positioned on the steering wheel 106 side, a front panel 120 positioned on the driver 104 side for restraining the driver 166, and a side panel 124 that connects an edge of the rear panel 122 and an edge of the front panel 120 and constitutes a side part of the airbag cushion 108. The front panel 120 is a combination of sub-panels 120a to 120d that gradually narrow from the outer edge of the front panel 120 toward the center thereof. The airbag cushion 108 further includes an internal tether 144 inside the airbag cushion 108 that pulls the center region of the front panel 120 toward the rear panel 122.

Abstract: An airbag device installed in a steering wheel of a vehicle and includes: a gas generator that is secured to the steering wheel and generates expansion gas; and an airbag cushion that is expanded and deployed by the expansion gas toward the occupant side. The airbag cushion includes an occupant side panel that faces an occupant when expanded and deployed, a steering side panel that is opposite the occupant side panel, and a side panel that connects both panels at the outer edge of the occupant side panel and the steering side panel. A recessed part is formed near the center of the occupant side panel with the airbag cushion in an expanded and deployed state. A substantially flat part that comes into contact with the face of the occupant is formed in an area above the recessed part of the occupant side panel.

Abstract: An airbag cushion of the airbag device for a vehicle includes a rear panel positioned on the steering wheel side, a front panel positioned on the driver side for restraining the driver, and a side panel that connects an edge of the rear panel and an edge of the front panel and constitutes a side part of the airbag cushion. The front panel includes the circular panel that is a circular shape and the fan-shaped panels and that are fan-shaped and the arc portion is connected to the inner circumferential portion of the circular panel. The airbag cushion further includes an internal tether inside the airbag cushion that pulls the fan-shaped panel toward the rear panel.