Abstract: A platooning system for causing multiple vehicles to travel in a platoon includes: a management device configured to set an order of the vehicles in the platoon; a transmission device mounted on each vehicle and configured to transmit driving information regarding a driving state of the vehicle; a reception device mounted on each vehicle and configured to receive the driving information of at least one of the vehicles; and a control device mounted on each vehicle and configured to control an operation of the vehicle based on the driving information, wherein the management device is configured to arrange the vehicles from a front end to a rear end with respect to a travel direction in an ascending order of driving performances of the vehicles.

Abstract: A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device, and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device have a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by the casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with the pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which the rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to the abutment portion, to be spaced from the rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving the rack guide; and an urging unit to urge the rack guide against the rack bar through the rack guide base member.

Abstract: A platooning system for causing multiple vehicles to travel in a platoon includes: a management device configured to set an order of the vehicles in the platoon; a transmission device mounted on each vehicle and configured to transmit driving information regarding a driving state of the vehicle; a reception device mounted on each vehicle and configured to receive the driving information of at least one of the vehicles; and a control device mounted on each vehicle and configured to control an operation of the vehicle based on the driving information, wherein the management device is configured to arrange the vehicles from a front end to a rear end with respect to a travel direction in an ascending order of driving performances of the vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle rental system includes: plural vehicles; plural vehicle control units included in the respective vehicles, configured to communicate with each other, and configured to execute travel control of the respective vehicles such that a leading vehicle selected from the vehicles is followed by a following vehicle included in the vehicles; and a management server configured to communicate with the respective vehicle control units. The management server is configured to acquire reservation application information, which includes at least a use start place and a use start time of a vehicle to be rented, from a user terminal, create a vehicle dispatch plan including a platoon travel group including one of the vehicles to be moved to the use start place by the use start time and another of the vehicles and a travel plan for the platoon travel group, and transmit the vehicle dispatch plan to the vehicle control units.

Abstract: A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device, and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device have a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by the casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with the pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which the rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to the abutment portion, to be spaced from the rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving the rack guide; and an urging unit to urge the rack guide against the rack bar through the rack guide base member.

Abstract: A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, has a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which said rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to said abutment portion, to be spaced from said rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving said rack guide; and urging means for urging said rack guide against said rack bar through said rack guide base member.

Abstract: A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, has a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which said rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to said abutment portion, to be spaced from said rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving said rack guide; and urging means for urging said rack guide against said rack bar through said rack guide base member.

Abstract: A vehicular display device includes an information display portion disposed on a housing provided forwardly of a driver's seat. The information display portion has a display screen disposed in opposed relationship to the driver's seat. The display device further includes a holder unit disposed rearwardly of the housing in opposed relationship with the information display portion, and a mobile terminal detachably retained between the holder unit and the housing.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part and adapted to be disposed in a predetermined position in a vehicle. The mobile display part is configured to display contents such that at least one of a display size and a display position of each of the contents is changed in accordance with positions of eyes of a driver sitting on a driver's seat in the vehicle with respect to a reference position in the vehicle. Preferably, the mobile device has an imaging unit for picking up an image and recognizes the positions of the driver's eyes and the reference position from the image picked up by the imaging unit. The vehicular display system may further include a vehicle on-board unit fixedly mounted in the vehicle.

Abstract: A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, has a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which said rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to said abutment portion, to be spaced from said rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving said rack guide; and urging means for urging said rack guide against said rack bar through said rack guide base member.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a vehicle on-board unit having a vehicular display part, and a mobile device having a mobile display part. The vehicular display part is fixedly mounted on a vehicle and configured to display vehicular information including at least a vehicle speed. The mobile display part is configured to display the vehicular information including the vehicle speed when the mobile device is set in position between a driver of the vehicle and the vehicular display part.

Abstract: In a quick connection device for piping installed with a checker (40), a connector housing (20) of a quick connector (10) is formed with opening portions (74) for inserting resilient legs (58) therein through the opening portions (74) in a direction perpendicular to an axis from leading ends of the resilient legs, and inserted portions of the resilient legs (58) are held inside the connector housing (20). The resilient legs (58) are resiliently deformed in an axially inward direction by an annular projecting portion on an outer peripheral surface of a mating pipe at insertion of the mating pipe, to unlatch latching pawls (64) of the resilient legs (58) from corresponding latch portions of the connector housing (20), whereby the checker (40) is allowed to be removed out of the connector housing (20).

Abstract: A vehicular entry system, which performs collation using a mobile terminal having an authentication element and enables use of a predetermined function of a vehicle on the basis of a result of the collation, includes: an authentication control section which, when authentication information from the authentication element matches predetermined authentication information, generates a signal enabling use of the predetermined function of the vehicle; a door detection section which outputs a signal in response to opening/closing of a vehicle door; and a cradle capable of fixing the mobile terminal, the authentication control section activating a read section, provided on the cradle, on the basis of the signal from the door detection section, the read section being capable of transmitting an electromagnetic wave, the authentication element being capable of generating electric power from the electromagnetic wave and transmitting the authentication information.

Abstract: An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a display, a reflector, a rotation device, a manual operation device, an automatic operation device, a controller, and a memory. The manual operation device is capable of, during manual operation thereof, causing the rotation device to operate the reflector in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction. The memory stores, in association with a rotation position stored in the memory, a rotation direction of the reflector rotated to the rotation position based on an input from the manual operation device. When the controller causes, based on an input from the automatic operation device, the rotation device to rotate the reflector and to stop the reflector at the rotation position stored in the memory, the controller causes the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the rotation direction stored in the memory in association with the rotation position.

Abstract: A vehicular display device includes an information display portion disposed on a housing provided forwardly of a driver's seat. The information display portion has a display screen disposed in opposed relationship to the driver's seat. The display device further includes a holder unit disposed rearwardly of the housing in opposed relationship with the information display portion, and a mobile terminal detachably retained between the holder unit and the housing.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part, and a vehicle on-board unit which is previously fixed in the vehicle. An application of the mobile device is booted up by a boot-up signal produced by setting the mobile device in the vehicle. Preferably, the application receives vehicle information (e.g., a vehicle speed) collected in the vehicle from the vehicle on-board unit, and displays the vehicle information on the mobile display part.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a mobile device having a mobile display part and adapted to be disposed in a predetermined position in a vehicle. The mobile display part is configured to display contents such that at least one of a display size and a display position of each of the contents is changed in accordance with positions of eyes of a driver sitting on a driver's seat in the vehicle with respect to a reference position in the vehicle. Preferably, the mobile device has an imaging unit for picking up an image and recognizes the positions of the driver's eyes and the reference position from the image picked up by the imaging unit. The vehicular display system may further include a vehicle on-board unit fixedly mounted in the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a vehicle on-board unit having a vehicular display part, and a mobile device having a mobile display part. The vehicular display part is fixedly mounted on a vehicle and configured to display vehicular information including at least a vehicle speed. The mobile display part is configured to display the vehicular information including the vehicle speed when the mobile device is set in position between a driver of the vehicle and the vehicular display part.

Abstract: A head-up display device according to the invention includes a projector that projects an image to be displayed on a windshield of a vehicle; a housing that accommodates the projector and has an opening portion on a pathway of a projection light that is projected from the projector; a transmissive member that blocks the opening portion and transmits the projection light; and a light blocking portion that blocks a light path along which light incident from an outside of the vehicle is reflected on the transmissive member and the windshield and reaches a predetermined viewpoint region on a driver's seat side, wherein the light blocking portion is formed by a printed layer provided in the periphery of the windshield.

Abstract: An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a display, a reflector, a rotation device, a manual operation device, an automatic operation device, a controller, and a memory. The manual operation device is capable of, during manual operation thereof, causing the rotation device to operate the reflector in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction. The memory stores, in association with a rotation position stored in the memory, a rotation direction of the reflector rotated to the rotation position based on an input from the manual operation device. When the controller causes, based on an input from the automatic operation device, the rotation device to rotate the reflector and to stop the reflector at the rotation position stored in the memory, the controller causes the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the rotation direction stored in the memory in association with the rotation position.