Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector holding structure in which a connector is held in a door frame, the connector being mated with a mating connector attached to a fulcrum end of a door handle and pivotally held in the door frame. The connector holding structure according to the present invention allows the connector to be smoothly mated with the mating connector while permitting a change in the orientation of the connector caused by a pivoting motion of the door handle. The connector has two projections arranged on each side in a horizontal direction. A door frame has a guide groove extending along a horizontal direction in association with a direction in which the two projections are arranged, and two grooves extending downward from the guide groove in association with the two projections to permit pivoting motion of the connector.

Abstract: To a pair of link arms, portions of a fitting mechanism that can be engaged with each other in a vehicle width direction are formed. Further, hinge bases that hold both ends of the pair of link arms rotatably can fit together in the vehicle width direction. By this structure, when a load is applied onto a sliding door from the outside of the vehicle owing to a side collision or the like, and a force is applied onto the fitting mechanism and the pair of hinge bases in the vehicle width direction and in the vehicle vertical direction, the portions of the fitting mechanism and the pair of hinge bases fit together, and the movement of the link arms to the upper side in the vehicle vertical direction is regulated. Thereby, the pulling deformation of the sliding door to the inside of the vehicle body is suppressed.

Abstract: To provide a camera built-in type rearview mirror device with illumination, wherein rigidity of the mirror housing can be raised, the camera main body part can photo a clear picture by extensive photographing feasible viewing angle through a transparent cover, and built-in of the camera module is simple. Mirror housing 2 includes concave part 2C formed in an opening manner downwardly which is arranged in the vicinity of photographing window 2B where lens 5B of the camera main body part 5A is faced, and capable of accommodating an illumination light source. For this reason, opening area of the photographing window 2B is decreased. Also, the circumference of the photographing window 2B is reinforced by the cross-sectional box type form of the concave part 2C. Especially a bulge part with circular curved section is formed so that the lens of the camera main body part may rush in, to thereby decrease the opening area of the photographing window further. Then rigidity of the mirror housing 2 is further raised.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector attached to a fulcrum end of a pivotal door handle and into which wiring extending from a sensor is introduced, the sensor being built into the door handle to detect a predetermined signal from surroundings, the connector having a contact connected to the wiring. The present invention reliably prevents water from infiltrating into the connector and eliminates the necessity to also replace the door handle when the connector is replaced. The connector includes paired latch arms provided on respective sides of the door handle and which can be installed in and removed from the door handle; and a seal member provided at a port through which wiring is introduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector holding structure in which a connector is held in a door frame, the connector being mated with a mating connector attached to a fulcrum end of a door handle and pivotally held in the door frame. The connector holding structure according to the present invention allows the connector to be smoothly mated with the mating connector while permitting a change in the orientation of the connector caused by a pivoting motion of the door handle. The connector has two projections arranged on each side in a horizontal direction. A door frame has a guide groove extending along a horizontal direction in association with a direction in which the two projections are arranged, and two grooves extending downward from the guide groove in association with the two projections to permit pivoting motion of the connector.

Abstract: To provide a camera built-in type rearview mirror device with illumination, wherein rigidity of the mirror housing can be raised, the camera main body part can photo a clear picture by extensive photographing feasible viewing angle through a transparent cover, and built-in of the camera module is simple. Mirror housing 2 includes concave part 2C formed in an opening manner downwardly which is arranged in the vicinity of photographing window 2B where lens 5B of the camera main body part 5A is faced, and capable of accommodating an illumination light source. For this reason, opening area of the photographing window 2B is decreased. Also, the circumference of the photographing window 2B is reinforced by the cross-sectional box type form of the concave part 2C. Especially a bulge part with circular curved section is formed so that the lens of the camera main body part may rush in, to thereby decrease the opening area of the photographing window further. Then rigidity of the mirror housing 2 is further raised.

Abstract: A camera built-in exterior rearview mirror is presented, which has a mirror housing mounted on a vehicle through a mirror base for free pivotal movement from a neutral position to a rear stored position and a front position, a camera module disposed in the mirror housing, a camera installed in the camera module and a camera angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting an angle of the camera. The camera is controlled for restraining shifting of an image acquisition area so that it can be an approximately fixed area while the mirror housing makes a pivotal movement.

Abstract: A wiper arm for a vehicle windshield includes an arm head to be rotatably connected to a driving motor mounted in a vehicle, a spring member, a retainer pressed against the windshield by the spring member, a wiper blade supported by the retainer. The retainer has a channeled structure tapering to the wiper blade and is composed of an upper wall, a first side wall extending from one side of the upper wall, a second side wall extending from the other side of the upper wall to be located at a downstream side on the windshield relative to the first side wall and an open side disposed opposite the upper wall to face the windshield. The first side wall has a larger height from the upper wall than the second side wall.

Abstract: There is provided an automobile door handle comprising: a handle grip including a rotating shaft portion formed at one end of the handle grip, and a handle sliding portion formed at another end of the handle grip and having an engaged portion; a handle case including a rotating shaft mounting portion in which the rotating shaft portion is rotatably mounted, and a slide hole in which the handle sliding portion is inserted; and a lever including a wire connecting portion to which a wire connected to a door lock releasing mechanism is connected, and an engaging portion engaged with the engaged portion, the lever being rotatably supported by the handle case, in which a reinforcing portion is provided within the slide hole and a recessed portion is provided in the handle sliding portion to prevent the handle sliding portion and the reinforcing portion from interfering with each other.

Abstract: A high-strength and highly wet-heat-resistant polyvinyl-alcohol-based fiber--in which the crosslinking agent has hardly been oxidized by the heat at the drawing time upon preparation of the fiber, the crosslinking agent has not exhaled so much at the time of dry heat drawing, and the crosslinking agent has penetrated even inside of the fiber so that not only the surface but also the inside of the fiber has sufficiently been crosslinked--can be obtained by the steps of: preparing a polyvinyl-alcohl-based fiber by spinning the polyvinyl-alcohol-based solution, wet drawing the fiber, applying an acetalization compound of an aliphatic dialdehyde having at least 6 carbon atoms to the fiber, subjecting the fiber which contains above compound to dry heat drawing to a total draw ratio of at least 15, and then crosslinking the drawn filament with an acid under mild crosslinking treatment conditions.