Abstract: If a second operation is performed on a driver's seat side button (or a front passenger seat side button) when a door of a vehicle is in a locked state, a controller unlocks the door and then opens a sliding door for a rear seat behind a driver's seat (or a front passenger seat). If the second operation is performed on the driver's seat side button (or the front passenger seat side button) when the door of the vehicle is in an unlocked state and the sliding door for the rear seat behind the driver's seat or the front passenger seat is in an opened state, the controller closes the sliding door and then locks the door.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inflator including a rupturable plate closing between the ignition device chamber having a gas discharge port and the pressurized gas chamber filled with a pressurized gas; a partition wall provided with a rod axially separating an interior of an ignition device unit housing, corresponding to the ignition device chamber, into two chambers; a combustion chamber provided on the side of a first end of the ignition device unit housing and provided with an igniter, and a diffuser chamber having the gas discharge port and provided on the side of a second end, which is an opposite end to the first end, the rupturable plate being circular and having, a circumferential edge fixing portion and a circular non-fixing portion on an inner portion other than the circumferential edge fixing portion, a fragile portion formed by not less than three grooves provided on a first surface facing the bottle, the grooves extending from a circumference of the circular non-fixing portion or from po

Abstract: The present invention is to improve a method of rupturing a closing member for a pressurized gas filled chamber in a gas generator. The gas generator according to the present invention has, in a cylindrical housing, a closing member closing between an ignition device chamber and a pressurized gas chamber, an igniter and a breaking device that are disposed in the ignition device chamber, and a rupturing portion of the breaking device having a base plate, which is provided with a plurality of through holes passing through in a thickness direction thereof, and a rod that extends in the axial direction from the base plate. At least a tip portion of the rod is a polygonal column, and at time of actuation, the base plate and the rod move inside the guide portion, and the tip portion of the rod collides with the closing member to open the closing member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator including an ignition device provided at one end of a cylindrical housing and a diffuser portion having a gas discharge port and provided at the other end of the housing, molded articles of a gas generating agent and a molded article of a pressure increasing agent charged into a combustion chamber inside the cylindrical housing, the molded articles of a gas generating agent charged into a charging space remained except for a charging portion for the molded article of a pressure increasing agent inside the combustion chamber such that the molded articles of a gas generating agent are in contact with the ignition device and a total volume of the molded articles of a gas generating agent is less than a volume of the charging space, the molded article of a pressure increasing agent charged in contact with the molded articles of a gas generating agent at a position axially distant from the ignition device, a combustion temperature of the molded articles of a gas ge

Abstract: A vehicle control device equipped with a vehicle state switching control unit for permitting an on/off switching control of an onboard device or a start/stop switching control of a drive source by a normal pressing operation of a start/stop switch SSSW when the vehicle is currently stopped, and for prohibiting a STOP control of the drive source by the normal pressing operation of the start/stop switch SSSW and permitting the STOP control of the drive source by a special pressing operation of the start/stop switch SSSW when the vehicle is currently traveling. A traveling judgment unit judges that the vehicle is currently stopped, if an abnormality has occurred in at least one of a plurality of signals, and all of the signals, which have been judged not to be abnormal, are stop signals.

Abstract: An inflator attachment structure for attaching an inflator of an airbag apparatus to a retaining member of the airbag apparatus includes a first flange member including a first cylindrical part having a shape matching a substantially cylindrical projecting part provided on a lateral surface of the inflator, and including a first flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the first cylindrical part, the first flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from one side of the projecting part in an axial direction, and a second flange member including a second cylindrical part having a shape matching the projecting part, and including a second flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the second cylindrical part, the second flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from another side of the projecting part in the axial direction, wherein the first flange member includes a securing part for use in bolt securement to the retaining member, and wh

Abstract: In a switching control device of a vehicle control device, when a vehicle is in a non-traveling condition, an operating method for a pressing operation, which is carried out with respect to a push switch in relation to a switching control for switching an operating state of a drive source of the vehicle or a power supply state to a vehicle mounted device of the vehicle, in a case that the operating state of the drive source of the vehicle or the power supply state to the vehicle mounted device of the vehicle is switched from off to on, differs from an operating method for a pressing operation in a case that the operating state or the power supply state is switched from on to off.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator in which an outer container is formed by a pressurized gas bottle and a gas generation chamber housing, and a closing member closes therebetween, a gas inflow chamber formed with a gas discharge port is provided between a gas generation chamber and a pressurized gas chamber, a partition wall provided with a rupturing member separates the gas inflow chamber from the gas generation chamber. The partition wall has a communication hole that makes communication between the gas generation chamber and the gas inflow chamber, an outer circumferential edge surface of the partition wall abuts against an inner circumferential wall surface of the outer container so as to make the partition wall movable in an axial direction, and the partition wall faces directly the closing member at a distance therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator, including: a cylindrical housing attached with an ignition device at one end and a diffuser portion, which has a gas discharge port, at the other end; and a combustion chamber charged with a molded article of a gas generating agent in the remaining space inside the cylindrical housing, the combustion chamber provided with a plurality of grooves serving as a gas discharge path, the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path being formed plurally and continuously in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical housing and arranged in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical housing, a size of the grooves in the lateral direction being adjusted to be less than a minimum length of the molded article of the gas generating agent, and combustion gas, which is generated by combustion of the molded article of the gas generating agent at a time of actuation, flowing along the grooves serving as a gas discharge path and being discharged from the gas d

Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing structure for an inflator and an airbag, in which the inflator and the airbag are fixed by a fixing member, including the fixing member being a lower fixing member that supports and fixes the inflator from a lower surface side of a plate portion, the lower fixing member having a tubular wall portion and a flange portion formed at an opening at one end, the tubular wall portion having an inner surface in a shape that is fitted to a circumferential wall surface including a lower annular step surface of the inflator housing, the flange portion having a plurality of bolt holes, the lower fixing member having the tubular wall portion abutting against the circumferential wall surface, which includes the annular step surface of the inflator housing on the lower surface side of the plate portion, and the flange portion abutting against a lower surface of the plate portion, and the airbag and the lower fixing member being fixed with a bolt and a nut mounted through the ai

Abstract: The present invention provides a rupturable plate in a circular shape for closing an opening of a pressurized gas-filled space in an inflator, including: a fragile portion formed in a regular polygon on one surface of the rupturable plate, the fragile portion including, first fragile portions formed by grooves forming a circumference of the regular polygon, and second fragile portions formed by grooves extending from all apexes of the regular polygon to a center of the regular polygon; a plurality of triangles formed by the first fragile portions as a base and the second fragile portions as the remaining two sides, a depth (h1) of first fragile portion and a depth (h2) of second fragile portion satisfying the relationship h1<h2, and at the time of rupture, the rupturable plate receiving a pressure on a rear surface opposite to the one surface provided with the fragile portion, and rupturing to a side of the one surface provided with the fragile portion.

Abstract: Upon determination that a mobile device is present within a first communication area, a control device maintains transmitter power output of an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted from a communication section. Further, the mobile device decreases sensitivity for receiving the electromagnetic wave such that the first communication area is narrowed to a second communication area. Then, the control device determines, based on presence/absence of a response from the mobile device, whether the mobile device is present within the second communication area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator including an ignition device provided at one end of a cylindrical housing and a diffuser portion having a gas discharge port and provided at the other end of the housing, molded articles of a gas generating agent and a molded article of a pressure increasing agent charged into a combustion chamber inside the cylindrical housing, the molded articles of a gas generating agent charged into a charging space remained except for a charging portion for the molded article of a pressure increasing agent inside the combustion chamber such that the molded articles of a gas generating agent are in contact with the ignition device and a total volume of the molded articles of a gas generating agent is less than a volume of the charging space, the molded article of a pressure increasing agent charged in contact with the molded articles of a gas generating agent at a position axially distant from the ignition device, a combustion temperature of the molded articles of a gas ge

Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a mobile terminal having a display screen in which display ON and OFF of the display screen can be operated by a user and a vehicle that performs communication with the mobile terminal in a first interval period when a connection has been established. The vehicle has an in-vehicle control unit that, before the connection is established, sends an inquiry signal for establishing the connection to a vicinity of the vehicle in a second interval period. The mobile terminal has a control section that, before the connection is established, performs scanning operation that enables the inquiry signal to be received in a third interval period. The control section can set the third interval period so as to be operational in at least two periods and sets the third interval period to the high-speed mode when the display of the display screen is on.

Abstract: A non-contact charger includes a position detector, a determination unit, a primary coil, a coil moving unit, and a controller. The position detector detects placement of an electronic device, which incorporates a secondary coil, onto a top plate of the non-contact charger. The determination unit determines whether the electronic device is placed onto the top plate of the non-contact charger from a lateral direction. When the determination unit determines that the electronic device is placed onto the top plate from the lateral direction, the controller instructs the coil moving unit to wait for a predetermined period of time in moving the primary coil. After the waiting for the predetermined period of time to delay the movement of the primary coil, the controller moves the primary coil toward a position of the secondary coil of the electronic device.

Abstract: An alert system includes a vehicle that transmits predetermined verification information within a communication range and a portable terminal that performs a predetermined alert operation on receiving the verification information. The portable terminal includes a control part that stores reference status being status of the vehicle and needing no alert operation. The control part regularly receives the verification information within the communication range. The control part determines that an alert operation is necessary when the portable terminal is moved out of the communication range from inside of the communication range and when a result of comparison between the verification information received immediately before the portable terminal is moved out of the communication range and the reference status stored in advance indicates that the verification information and the reference status are different.

Abstract: An inflator attachment structure for attaching an inflator of an airbag apparatus to a retaining member of the airbag apparatus includes a first flange member including a first cylindrical part having a shape matching a substantially cylindrical projecting part provided on a lateral surface of the inflator, and including a first flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the first cylindrical part, the first flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from one side of the projecting part in an axial direction, and a second flange member including a second cylindrical part having a shape matching the projecting part, and including a second flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the second cylindrical part, the second flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from another side of the projecting part in the axial direction, wherein the first flange member includes a securing part for use in bolt securement to the retaining member, and wh

Abstract: A smart entry system includes a driver seat unlock sensor and a centralized control unit. The driver seat unlock sensor is provided in the vicinity of the door handle of the door of the driver seat of a vehicle to detect an intention of an operator of unlocking. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor and establishment of communication with a mobile device carried by the operator in a predetermined communication range in the vicinity of the vehicle, unlocks a driver seat door lock. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor for less than a predetermined time, unlocks only the driver seat door lock. The centralized control unit, when detecting an operation of the driver seat unlock sensor for the predetermined time or more, unlocks all the door locks.

Abstract: A non-contact charging system includes a power receiving device including a secondary coil, and a non-contact charger including a primary coil and a controller. The primary coil performs charging of the power receiving device through the secondary coil in a non-contact manner. Upon receiving a signal representing an abnormality of the power receiving device or detecting an abnormality of the charging in the non-contact charger, the controller stops the charging temporarily and executes procedures for restarting the charging when a first predetermined time has lapsed from the reception of the signal representing the abnormality or the detection of the abnormality of the charging.

Abstract: A smart entry system has an auto lock mode in which an auto lock function to automatically lock at least one door of the vehicle is executed in response to detection that a mobile device has got away from the vehicle, and the smart entry system includes: at least one movable member visually recognizable from outside the vehicle; and a control section that, once the vehicle shifts to the auto lock mode, actuates the at least one movable member to a predetermined state. Examples of the at least one movable member include electric folding door mirrors, vehicle height adjustment devices, electric sun shades, and pop-up door handles.