Abstract: A vehicle optical sensor device has a snow/ice removal orifice for jetting the cleansing fluid toward an upper space of a lens and an optical sensor cleansing orifice for jetting the cleaning fluid toward a lens surface of the lens of a camera. The jetted fluid from the snow/ice removal orifice and the optical sensor cleansing orifice removes snow/ice protruding from a sensor top cover of a case into a front upper space of the lens in an eaves shape and foreign matter on the lens surface of the lens of the camera.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a friction material composition comprising a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulating agent, an organic friction regulating agent and a binder, wherein active alumina is contained as the inorganic friction regulating agent, and a fluorine series polymer is contained as the organic friction regulating agent, and to provide a friction material using the friction material composition.

Abstract: An on-board optical sensor cover includes a holder and a washer nozzle. The holder holds an optical sensor. The optical sensor has a lens and is mounted above a window of a vehicle outside the vehicle. The washer nozzle performs a washing operation to wash a lens surface of the lens of the optical sensor held in the holder or a glass surface of a cover glass located facing the lens if the cover glass exists by spraying a washer fluid, supplied from a washer fluid tank, onto the lens surface or the glass surface. The optical sensor cover is located above the window outside the vehicle so that the washer fluid spayed from the washer nozzle flows to a window surface of the window after washing the lens surface or the glass surface.

Abstract: Provided is a friction material composition comprising: a binder; a fibrous base material; an abrasive material; an inorganic filler; and an organic filler, wherein the friction material composition further comprises: at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc, a cellulose fiber as the fibrous base materials and a flame retardant fiber as the fibrous base materials; an iron-based fiber as the fibrous base material in an specified amount; and an inorganic abrasive material having a Mohs hardness of 8 or higher and a particle size of 1 ?m or larger as the abrasive material in an amount of 1 wt % or less.

Abstract: A vehicle optical sensor device has a snow/ice removal orifice for jetting the cleansing fluid toward an upper space of a lens and an optical sensor cleansing orifice for jetting the cleaning fluid toward a lens surface of the lens of a camera. The jetted fluid from the snow/ice removal orifice and the optical sensor cleansing orifice removes snow/ice protruding from a sensor top cover of a case into a front upper space of the lens in an eaves shape and foreign matter on the lens surface of the lens of the camera.

Abstract: An on-board optical sensor apparatus includes an optical sensor, an optical sensor cover, and a controller. The optical sensor has a lens. The optical sensor cover includes a holder and a washer nozzle. The holder holds the optical sensor. The washer nozzle performs a washing operation to wash a lens surface of the lens of the optical sensor or a glass surface of a cover glass located facing the lens by spraying a washer fluid, supplied from a washer fluid tank, onto the lens surface or the glass surface. The controller controls the washing operation of the washer nozzle.

Abstract: A Production method of tone wheel made of elastic material to be fixed to a rotating member in which a magnetic encoder is assembled in combination of the tone wheel and a magnetic sensor provided at a fixed member. The tone wheel is produced by using newly designed an assembled molding die which comprises one die blocks and the other die blocks which are detachably engaged each other, and which has a flash groove at matching surface where the distal of the one die blocks and that of the other die blocks are matched. The one die blocks have an annular molding surface formed on the magnetic die member side of the assembled die, and the other die blocks have an annular molding receiving surface part which is formed with an annular molding surface.

Abstract: There are disclosed a friction material composition which comprises a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulator, an organic friction regulator and a binder, part of the inorganic friction regulator is ? alumina and ? alumina in combination, a weight ratio of the ? alumina and the ? alumina, ? alumina:? alumina, is in the range of 1:20 to 1:5, and part or whole part of the binder is a silicon-containing phenol resin, and a friction material obtained by molding the friction material composition under heating and pressure.

Abstract: A friction material composition containing a fibrous material, a binder and a friction adjusting agent, wherein the friction adjusting agent is secondary aggregates of an activated alumina being spherical and having a diameter of 10 to 300 ?m, or an activated alumina having a specific surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1 to 200 ?m. The composition can be used for producing a friction material which exhibits significant improvement with respect to fading phenomenon, without adversely affecting its characteristics of attacking to a disc rotor, which is the article mating therewith, and without marked reduction of the friction coefficient at an elevated temperature, and is capable of controlling the thickness of the sliding film formed on a frictionally sliding face and preventing a high frequency noise (grabbing chatter).

Abstract: An input device enables a user to operate an electronic apparatus in an optimum position for the user. For this purpose, the input device of the present invention includes: a display unit in which images are displayed; an input detection unit that is disposed to be movable back and forth in front of the display unit and optically detects an operation position indicated for an operation screen displayed in the display unit; a control unit that outputs a control signal corresponding to the detected operation position; and an electric driving unit that moves the input detection unit back and forth. By changing the position of the input detection unit to an operation position suitable to a driver, the driver can operate the electronic apparatus in an optimum position for the driver.

Abstract: A Production method of tone wheel made of elastic material to be fixed to a rotating member in which a magnetic encoder is assembled in combination of the tone wheel and a magnetic sensor provided at a fixed member. The tone wheel is produced by using newly designed an assembled molding die which comprises one die blocks and the other die blocks which are detachably engaged each other, and which has a flash groove at matching surface where the distal of the one die blocks and that of the other die blocks are matched. The one die blocks have an annular molding surface formed on the magnetic die member side of the assembled die, and the other die blocks have an annular molding receiving surface part which is formed with an annular molding surface.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a friction material composition comprising a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulating agent, an organic friction regulating agent and a binder, wherein active alumina is contained as the inorganic friction regulating agent, and a fluorine series polymer is contained as the organic friction regulating agent, and to provide a friction material using the friction material composition.

Abstract: There are disclosed a friction material composition which comprises a fibrous material except for asbestos, an inorganic friction regulator, an organic friction regulator and a binder, part of the inorganic friction regulator is &agr; alumina and &ggr; alumina in combination, a weight ratio of the &agr; alumina and the &ggr; alumina, &agr; alumina:&ggr; alumina, is in the range of 1:20 to 1:5, and part or whole part of the binder is a silicon-containing phenol resin, and a friction material obtained by molding the friction material composition under heating and pressure.

Abstract: A friction material composition containing a fibrous material, a binder and a friction adjusting agent, wherein the friction adjusting agent is secondary aggregates of an activated alumina being spherical and having a diameter of 10 to 300 &mgr;m, or an activated alumina having a specific surface area of 100 to 400 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1 to 200 &mgr;m. The composition can be used for producing a friction material which exhibits significant improvement with respect to fading phenomenon, without adversely affecting its characteristics of attacking to a disc rotor, which is the article mating therewith, and without marked reduction of the friction coefficient at an elevated temperature, and is capable of controlling the thickness of the sliding film formed on a frictionally sliding face and preventing a high frequency noise (grabbing chatter).

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an adhesive composition showing high adhesion and cohesion as well as good heat resistance. Adhesive compositions of the present invention include an imide (meth)acrylate, a monomer having a glass transition temperature of −50° C. or less when it is homopolymerized, and a photoinitiator, wherein the content of the imide (meth)acrylate is 1-20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the monomer.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an adhesive composition showing high adhesion and cohesion as well as good heat resistance. Adhesive compositions of the present invention include an imide (meth)acrylate, a monomer having a glass transition temperature of −50° C. or less when it is homopolymerized, and a photoinitiator, wherein the content of the imide (meth)acrylate is 1-20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the monomer.

Abstract: The paint masking tape comprises a substrate, an adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate, and a backing resin layer formed on the back surface of the substrate. Here, the backing resin layer contains a urethane resin and an epoxy resin or a compound containing aziridine ring(s). The paint masking tape does not tear easily when peeled off from a paint object, inhibits the flaking-induced scattering of paint flakes, and provides clearly visible parting lines.