Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes: a map data storage unit 11a for storing map data in which a guide map location pointer 20 is included in data showing each guide point; a guide map data storage unit 11b for, for each guide point, storing guide map data which are used for drawing different views as guide maps; a processing unit 17 for, when a detected current position reaches a guide point shown by map data acquired from the map data storage unit, acquiring guide map data corresponding to a current situation from a location of the guide map data storage unit which is shown by a guide map location pointer included in data showing the guide point, and combining the guide map data with the map data to generate display data; and a display output unit 15 for displaying a map and a guide map according to the display data.

Abstract: A map information processing device extracts objects having a relation therebetween which satisfies a predetermined requirement from among objects each of which is a search target, and selects an object which the user desires from among the objects extracted thereby by prompting the user to input the name of one of the objects according to a row of characters defined by identifier character information showing the row of a predetermined number of characters from the head of a character string showing the name of the object.

Abstract: A circular stitcher for a sewing machine having a bed and a needle plate, and a feed dog includes a base attachable to an upper surface of the bed or the needle plate; a pin support seized movably in a predetermined direction by the base and having an engagement subject; a pin having an engagement engagable with the engagement subject of the pin support and a needle that pierces a workpiece cloth from an underside of the workpiece cloth at a laterally spaced position from a needle drop point, the needle assuming a center of rotational cloth feed executed by the feed dog during circular stitching; and a lock mechanism provided in the pin support and releasably locking the engagement and the engagement subject together.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes: a map data storage unit 11a for storing map data in which a guide map location pointer 20 is included in data showing each guide point; a guide map data storage unit 11b for, for each guide point, storing guide map data which are used for drawing different views as guide maps; a processing unit 17 for, when a detected current position reaches a guide point shown by map data acquired from the map data storage unit, acquiring guide map data corresponding to a current situation from a location of the guide map data storage unit which is shown by a guide map location pointer included in data showing the guide point, and combining the guide map data with the map data to generate display data; and a display output unit 15 for displaying a map and a guide map according to the display data.

Abstract: An inflator for an air bag, includes, a tubular housing including a gas discharge portion, a first fixing member provided in an outer circumferential surface of the tubular housing for fixing the inflator to a vehicle, the first fixing member including a contacting surface fixed to the outer circumferential surface, and a non-contacting surface extending in a direction tangential to the outer circumferential surface from one end of the first fixing member without contacting the outer circumferential surface. The first fixing member has a rib that extends from the contacting surface to the non-contacting surface.

Abstract: A circular stitcher for a sewing machine having a bed and a needle plate, and a feed dog includes a base attachable to an upper surface of the bed or the needle plate; a pin support seized movably in a predetermined direction by the base and having an engagement subject; a pin having an engagement engagable with the engagement subject of the pin support and a needle that pierces a workpiece cloth from an underside of the workpiece cloth at a laterally spaced position from a needle drop point, the needle assuming a center of rotational cloth feed executed by the feed dog during circular stitching; and a lock mechanism provided in the pin support and releasably locking the engagement and the engagement subject together.

Abstract: An air bag apparatus having a constitution of developing an air bag folded to contain in a case to a rear side of a vehicle by making an expanding gas flow from a gas flow inlet in expanding to develop the air bag. The air bag is arranged with a through hole. The air bag is constituted by a ring-like member arranged with a lower expanded portion arranged with a gas flow inlet, an upper expanded portion arranged to an upper side of the lower expanded portion to communicate with a front side of the lower expanded portion, and a rear expanded portion arranged to connect to a rear part of the lower expanded portion and a rear part of the upper expanded portion at a surrounding of the through hole. The air bag is constituted to finish to expand by closing the through hole.

Abstract: The airbag apparatus includes an airbag housed in a folded state and an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag. The inflator includes a first gas supply region and a second gas supply region respectively supplying inflation gas into the airbag under control of a control device. The first gas supply region is operable independently and in advance of the second gas supply region. The substance quantity of inflation gas supplied to the airbag by the first gas supply region per unit time at the time the first gas supply region operates independently and in advance of the second gas supply region is less than the substance quantity of inflation gas supplied to the airbag by the second gas supply region per unit time.

Abstract: A needle threading device of a sewing machine comprising a needle threading shaft mounted rotatably and vertically movably; a needle threading hook fixed to a lower end of the needle threading shaft; and a rotating mechanism that rotates the needle threading shaft such that the needle threading hook passes through a needle eye of the sewing needle. In a such a needle threading device, a first thread guide member is fixed to a lower end of the needle threading shaft and arranged opposed to the needle threading book with respect to the needle threading shaft; a second thread guide member is pivotally mounted on the lower end of the needle threading shaft and linked to the first thread guide member via a link mechanism. The second thread guide member is mounted with a thread retaining unit that retains the upper thread upon needle hooking.

Abstract: A needle bar thread guide for a sewing machine includes a thread guide body mounted on a needle bar and having a threading portion for threading the sewing machine, an introducing portion formed on the thread guide body for introducing a needle thread to the threading portion, and a fall-off preventing member disposed at a position near to spaces over and below the thread guide body. The fall-off preventing member allows the needle thread to be introduced via the introducing portion to the threading portion and prevents the needle thread introduced to the threading portion from falling off from the introducing portion.

Abstract: A threader for a sewing machine includes a thread tension regulator, a thread take-up spring, a thread take-up lever, a thread transferer setting a needle thread drawn from a thread supply onto the thread tension regulator, the thread take-up spring and the thread take-up lever so that the thread tension regulator, the thread take-up spring and the thread take-up lever are threaded, a path forming member forming a guide path guiding the thread transferee so that the thread transferer is moved, a driving unit driving the thread transferer, and a drive transmitting member transmitting drive of the driving unit to the thread transferer.

Abstract: In the airbag device of the present invention, a cylinder-shaped inflator includes a discharge side end portion having a plurality of gas discharge ports. The discharge side end is connected with the airbag utilizing a clamp by being inserted into a tubular gas inlet port of the airbag. Each of gas discharge ports includes a circumferential opening and an end face opening. The end face opening emits inflation gas in an axial direction of the inflator when the inflator is connected with the gas inlet port. Between each of the circumferential openings is a supporting plane for supporting an inner surface of the gas inlet port. The discharge side end includes a guide portion for redirecting inflation gas flowing from inside to directions perpendicular to the axis of the inflator when the gas inlet port is not connected with the inflator, such that inflation gas is discharged from the circumferential openings of the gas discharge ports.

Abstract: A needle threading device of a sewing machine comprising a needle threading shaft mounted rotatably and vertically movably; a needle threading hook fixed to a lower end of the needle threading shaft; and a rotating mechanism that rotates the needle threading shaft such that the needle threading hook passes through a needle eye of the sewing needle. In such a needle threading device, a first thread guide member is fixed to a lower end of the needle threading shaft and arranged opposed to the needle threading hook with respect to the needle threading shaft; a second thread guide member is pivotally mounted on the lower end of the needle threading shaft and linked to the first thread guide member via a link mechanism. Upon rotation of the needle threading shaft, the upper thread is retained in a predetermined position near the needle eye in cooperation with the second thread guide member and the first thread guide member.

Abstract: The airbag device for pedestrian protection includes an airbag to be inflated in front of the vehicle and then be disposed between a pedestrian and the vehicle. The airbag includes a front cover portion and two fall preventing portions. The front cover portion covers the front side of the vehicle. The fall preventing portions cover the vicinities of the left and right edges of the top surface of the hood panel, respectively, and are projected upward so as to prevent the pedestrian from falling down. The airbag device for pedestrian protection is able to prevent the pedestrian mounted on a hood panel from falling down on road surface.

Abstract: A needle bar thread guide for a sewing machine includes a thread guide body mounted on a needle bar and having a threading portion for threading the sewing machine, an introducing portion formed on the thread guide body for introducing a needle thread to the threading portion, and a fall-off preventing member disposed at a position near to spaces over and below the thread guide body. The fall-off preventing member allows the needle thread to be introduced via the introducing portion to the threading portion and prevents the needle thread introduced to the threading portion from falling off from the introducing portion.

Abstract: A threader for a sewing machine includes a thread tension regulator, a thread take-up spring, a thread take-up lever, a thread transferee setting a needle thread drawn from a thread supply onto the thread tension regulator, the thread take-up spring and the thread take-up lever so that the thread tension regulator, the thread take-up spring and the thread take-up lever are threaded, a path forming member forming a guide path guiding the thread transferee so that the thread transferer is moved, a driving unit driving the thread transferer, and a drive transmitting member transmitting drive of the driving unit to the thread transferee.

Abstract: In the airbag device of the present invention, a cylinder-shaped inflator includes a discharge side end portion having a plurality of gas discharge ports. The discharge side end is connected with the airbag utilizing a clamp by being inserted into a tubular gas inlet port of the airbag. Each of gas discharge ports includes a circumferential opening and an end face opening. The end face opening emits inflation gas in an axial direction of the inflator when the inflator is connected with the gas inlet port. Between each of the circumferential openings is a supporting plane for supporting an inner surface of the gas inlet port. The discharge side end includes a guide portion for redirecting inflation gas flowing from inside to directions perpendicular to the axis of the inflator when the gas inlet port is not connected with the inflator, such that inflation gas is discharged from the circumferential openings of the gas discharge ports.

Abstract: An inflator, in which a mounting work to a vehicle is improved, is provided. One or more first fixing members 21 which is a mounting means to a vehicle are fixed by welding to a circumferential surface of the housing 11 of an inflator 10. As to the first fixing member 21, part of a surface 25 is fixed along the circumferential surface of the tubular housing 11, the remaining surface 26 is radially extended, not contacting with the circumferential surface of the tubular housing 11, and the radial length a1 of the remaining surface is 0.5 to 1.5 times the diameter 2r of the housing 11.

Abstract: An air bag apparatus having a constitution of developing an air bag folded to contain in a case to a rear side of a vehicle by making an expanding gas flow from a gas flow inlet in expanding to develop the air bag. The air bag is arranged with a through hole. The air bag is constituted by a ring-like member arranged with a lower expanded portion arranged with a gas flow inlet, an upper expanded portion arranged to an upper side of the lower expanded portion to communicate with a front side of the lower expanded portion, and a rear expanded portion arranged to connect to a rear part of the lower expanded portion and a rear part of the upper expanded portion at a surrounding of the through hole. The air bag is constituted to finish to expand by closing the through hole.