Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.

Abstract: The constitution includes a heater 2 used as current receiving element, a thyristor 3 placed in the current travelling route of the heater 2, a series connection circuit of a capacitor 4 and diode 5 for control power source connected parallel to the thyristor 3, a Zener diode 9 as a constant voltage element connected to the gate of the thyristor 3, and a control circuit 6 connected parallel to the capacitor 4, with its control terminal connected to the gate of the thyristor 3, whereby a specified control voltage determined by the Zener voltage of the Zener diode 9 is obtained at the first capacitor 4 by the control of the thyristor 3, so that the transformer for stepping down the supply voltage is not necessary.