Abstract: Construction is achieved that more completely protects the driver of a vehicle during a secondary collision by gradually increasing the impact load that is absorbed by an energy absorbing member 22b the more the steering wheel displaces in the forward direction. The energy absorbing member 22b comprises a base section 27a that is provided in the center section, and a pair of impact absorbing sections 28b that extend in the forward direction from both ends of the base section 27a and have U-shaped bent back curved sections 29b in the middle section. Of these impact absorbing sections 28b , at least the portions that are nearer the tip end side than the bent back curved sections 29b are pressed so that the height of the energy absorbing member 22b with respect to a stroking section 32 gradually increases going in a direction from the bent back curved sections 29b toward the tip end side of the energy absorbing sections 28b.

Abstract: Construction is achieved that more completely protects the driver of a vehicle during a secondary collision by gradually increasing the impact load that is absorbed by an energy absorbing member 22b the more the steering wheel displaces in the forward direction. The energy absorbing member 22b comprises a base section 27a that is provided in the center section, and a pair of impact absorbing sections 28b that extend in the forward direction from both ends of the base section 27a and have U-shaped bent back curved sections 29b in the middle section. Of these impact absorbing sections 28b, at least the portions that are nearer the tip end side than the bent back curved sections 29b are pressed so that the height of the energy absorbing member 22b with respect to a stroking section 32 gradually increases going in a direction from the bent back curved sections 29b toward the tip end side of the energy absorbing sections 28b.

Abstract: A steering device including a column rotatably supporting a steering shaft on which a steering wheel is mounted; a vehicle body attaching bracket that is attachable to a vehicle body and has a pair of right and left side plates for holding right and left side surfaces of the column therebetween; a fastening rod spaced from the axis of the column and inserted into the side plates of the vehicle body attaching bracket and the column; and fastening members arranged at both ends of the fastening rod to fasten the inner surfaces of the side plates to the side surfaces of the column, wherein contact surfaces of the right and left side surface of the column and the inner surfaces of the side plates are formed in two parts including a part near the axis of the fastening rod and a part spaced from the axis of the fastening rod.

Abstract: A steering device including a column rotatably supporting a steering shaft on which a steering wheel is mounted; a vehicle body attaching bracket that is attachable to a vehicle body and has a pair of right and left side plates for holding right and left side surfaces of the column therebetween; a fastening rod spaced from the axis of the column and inserted into the side plates of the vehicle body attaching bracket and the column; and fastening members arranged at both ends of the fastening rod to fasten the inner surfaces of the side plates to the side surfaces of the column, wherein contact surfaces of the right and left side surface of the column and the inner surfaces of the side plates are formed in two parts including a part near the axis of the fastening rod and a part spaced from the axis of the fastening rod.

Abstract: A terminal, with an inquiring function for transmitting unique information, which identifies a user or terminal, to a computer network and obtaining, in response to the unique information, address information that is an address corresponding to the unique information on the computer network or another computer network or information corresponding to the address, and a transmitting function for outputting information to a destination of the address information, and an information providing system, with a responding function for transmitting, via the computer network, the address information in response to the unique information received via the computer network, are provided. When telephone numbers are used as this unique information, it is possible to provide an easy-to-use Internet telephone that can obtain a domain name or an address on the Internet for connecting to an Internet telephone.

Abstract: A television camera having a photo-taking lens, an image pick-up device to take an image of a photographic object formed on its image pick-up surface by the photo-taking lens, a synchronous signal generator to control operations of the pick-up device, and an electronic view finder which displays the photographic object image based on an image pick-up signal obtained by the pick-up device. In this type of camera, there are further provided a detecting device to detect a focussed state of the photographic object image formed on the above-mentioned image pick-up surface, and a pattern generator to generate a pattern signal corresponding to the detected state. On the basis of the synchronous signal from the above-mentioned synchronous signal generator, an output from the pattern generator can be displayed at a predetermined position on the image surface of the above-mentioned electronic view finder.

Abstract: A regulator is provided which includes a housing, a seesaw-like operating member supported by the housing, a projection provided on the operating member, two movable members rotatably supported by the housing to push back the projection in a predetermined direction, a spring secured to these movable members to bias them in opposite directions, and limit member provided on the housing to determine the approach limit amount of the two movable members, a resistor provided on the housing, and a sliding brush coupled to the operating member to slide on the resistor.

Abstract: This specification discloses a moving picture camera provided with a cam cylinder for transferring movable lens groups, a motor for rotating the cam cylinder, a rotary type resistor having its adjusting shaft coupled to a cam ring through a gear train and to which a constant voltage is applied, a differentiation circuit for differentiating the output voltage of the resistor to detect any variation in rotational speed of the cam cylinder, and an electric circuit for inputting the output signal of the differention circuit to the motor with a zooming speed indication signal, thereby eliminating any speed fluctuation during zooming.