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A keyboard device includes at least one luminous key, at least one light-emitting element, a membrane switch circuit member, an opaque seal structure, and a transparent seal structure. The luminous key has a light-transmissible zone. The light-emitting element is electrically connected with the membrane switch circuit member, and disposed under the light-transmissible zone. A top surface of the light-emitting element is encapsulated by the transparent seal structure. The transparent seal structure is partially surrounded by the opaque seal structure. Consequently, the light beam from the light-emitting element is transmissible through the transparent seal structure, and directed to the light-transmissible zone.

In a rotation input device, a planetary carrier, connected to an operation knob, rotatably supports a planetary gear which meshes with an outer teeth row provided for a sun gear, to which an output shaft is secured, and also meshes with an inner teeth row provided for an outer gear. A plunger provided for the sun gear is in elastic contact with a recess cam provided for the outer gear. A solenoid unit prevents rotation of the outer gear in accordance with an output of a magnetic sensor which faces a magnet provided for the output shaft.

The present invention provides a steering apparatus which has increased rigidity in a fixed state of the steering column after positioning performed by tilt and telescopic adjustment, and in which a play is inhibited and operation feeling of steering is improved. The steering apparatus includes a fixed bracket, an outer column, an arm unit, an inner column, a steering shaft, and a tightening tool. The outer column is constituted by a main holding body portion, a divided portion, and a tightening portion. The arm unit is constituted by a bifurcated arm portion that extends axially outward in a substantially bifurcated shape at the axial front side of the main holding body portion and a linking portion formed between the arms of the bifurcated arm portion. The inner column is held by the outer column. The steering shaft is pivotally supported by the linking portion. Two tightening plate-like pieces of the tightening portion are disposed inside two fixed side portions of the fixed bracket and tightenably connected by the tightening tool.

Provided is an impact type electric tool. A striking mechanism is used, which uses a hammer having striking claws that are equally arranged in the rotational direction and an anvil having struck claws. A relationship between a striking energy E, which the hammer has right before striking the anvil, and a disengaging torque TB, which is applied between the hammer and the anvil right before the hammer is disengaged from the anvil, is set as 5.3×TB<E<9.3×TB in the case of three claws and set as 9.3×TB<E<15.0×TB in the case of two claws, so as to perform striking by skipping one of the claws of the hammer and the anvil when a high torque is required. Accordingly, the electric tool achieves output of a high torque while maintaining a favorable operational feeling during striking.

A terminal used in a connector includes a base portion that is retained in a housing, and a front terminal and a rear terminal that extend from the base portion. A front terminal is provided with a front contact portion that comes in contact with a mating terminal through a flat plate surface of the front contact portion, and a rear terminal is provided with a rear contact portion that comes in contact with a terminal of a mating connector through a flat plate surface of the rear contact portion. The front contact portion and the rear contact portion are arranged at the same position in a width direction.

A steering wheel includes: a cylindrical slider which is disposed on an outer side of a support member so as to slide in a front-to-rear direction and which is biased to the rear; a cap member which covers at least respective rear end portions of the support member and the slider from the rear; a movable-side contact portion which is provided inside the cap member; an annular damper holder which is mounted inside the cap member; an annular elastic member which is interposed between the slider and the damper holder; a transmitting portion which is provided in an inner circumferential portion of the damper holder; and a movement catch portion which is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the slider so as to be positioned immediately before the transmitting portion and to which a forward movement of the damper holder is transmitted through the transmitting portion.

A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering angle measuring unit, a vehicle speed measuring unit, a yaw rate measuring unit, a yaw rate-based reaction force control unit for controlling a steering reaction force depending on an actual yaw rate measured by the yaw rate measuring unit, and a yaw rate deviation-based reaction force control unit for determining a standard yaw rate depending on at least the steering angle and the vehicle speed, calculating a yaw rate deviation between the standard yaw rate and the actual yaw rate, and controlling the steering reaction force depending on the yaw rate deviation, and a primary control unit for executing a control operation such that a degree of contribution of the yaw rate-based reaction force control unit is decreased and a degree of contribution of the yaw rate deviation-based reaction force control unit is increased as the yaw rate deviation increases.

A friction washer (70, 80, 90) is placed between a housing (10) and a pedal member (20) and exerts a frictional force against rotational movement of the pedal member (20). The friction washer (70, 80, 90) includes at least one displaceable portion (72, 75, 82, 85, 92, 95), which is adapted to be displaced relative to the rest of the friction washer (70, 80, 90) by a predetermined amount in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis (O) of the pedal member (20) upon rotation of the pedal member (20).

A brake fluid pressure control device for a bar handle vehicle has a front wheel brake system which imparts a braking force to a front wheel and a rear wheel brake system which imparts a braking force to a rear wheel. At least one of the brake systems has a master cylinder which generates brake fluid pressure in accordance with an operation amount of a brake operation element, first and second wheel cylinders both of which impart the brake force on one of the front and rear wheels, a first hydraulic path which communicates the master cylinder with the first wheel cylinder, a second hydraulic path which is branched from the first hydraulic path and connected to the second wheel cylinder and a boosting unit which boosts the brake fluid pressure in the second wheel cylinder without boosting the brake fluid pressure in the first wheel cylinder.

An air conditioner controlling device for a vehicle may include a knob rotatably installed on the front of a case, a cylindrical cam rotatably installed inside the case, interlocked with a shaft of the knob, and having a slot formed in an outer surface thereof, and a lever having one end rotatably mounted to the case and the other end insertedly coupled to the slot of the cylindrical cam to thereby reciprocate the cylindrical cam at the time of rotation of the cylindrical cam, wherein the lever may be insertedly mounted in a portion of the slot formed along the outer surface of the cylindrical cam, and a mounting position and angle of the lever may be thus adjusted, such that a reciprocation direction of the lever may be freely adjusted.

There is provided an optical disc drive comprising: a chassis assembly formed in a box shape, including a chassis; and a tray on which an optical disc is loaded, wherein: the tray is able to move between a close state in the chassis assembly and a open state ejecting form the chassis assembly; the optical disc drive further comprises a flexible wiring member for connecting a first circuit board mounted on the chassis and a second circuit board mounted on the tray; the flexible wiring member includes a thicker reinforced part in a part of the flexible wiring member than in the other part of the flexible wiring member; and the reinforced part has a width which is narrower at an end on the chassis side than the other part of the reinforced part.

A touchpad device includes a substrate, a circuit board, a resilient member, an annular plate, a first linkage member, and a second linkage member. The circuit board is disposed above a top surface of the substrate. The resilient member, the first linkage member, and the second linkage member are disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. The annular plate is fixed around a bottom surface of the circuit board and includes an inner periphery. The inner periphery includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side connected to each other. The first linkage member includes a first swing plate, and the first swing plate includes a first outer side and a first inner side. The first inner side is swingably connected to the substrate, and the first outer side is sandwiched between the first limiting member and the circuit board.

A first arm extends from a first edge of an opening edge and is coupled to a push-button handle. A second arm extends from a second edge of the opening edge and is coupled to the push-button handle. The first edge and the second edge faces each other. The push-button handle, the opening edge, the first arm and the second arm are formed integrally formed with each other.

In a door handle device for a vehicle, an elastic stopper includes: a stopper main body having a receiving surface that can be brought into contact with and separated from one of case and handle members, and being attached to the other member; and a lip part formed integrally with the stopper main body. The stopper main body is formed into a shape capable of alleviating impact by bringing the receiving surface into contact with the one member when the handle member swinging in a closing direction reaches a closed position. The lip part is formed to protrude further toward the one member side than the receiving surface in a free state of the lip part, and can exert a resilient force in a direction where the receiving surface and the one member are separated from each other when the handle member starts open-swing thereof from the closed position.

A controller includes: an automatic shifting control section that carries out automatic shifting control in which a shifting actuator is driven in response to a predetermined automatic shifting command; and an assist control section that, when a predetermined assist condition is met, carries out assist control in which the shifting actuator is driven to assist motion of a manual shifting power transmission mechanism actuated upon operation of a shifting operation member by a driver.

A controller includes: an automatic shifting control section that carries out automatic shifting control in which a shifting actuator is driven in response to a predetermined automatic shifting command; and an assist control section that, when a predetermined assist condition is met, carries out assist control in which the shifting actuator is driven to assist motion of a manual shifting power transmission mechanism actuated upon operation of a shifting operation member by a driver.

A switching device of an image recording and replaying apparatus, having: a frame with a button sheet having a guide boss opening positioned in a center of the button sheet and operation boss openings positioned around the guide boss opening, pairs of the operation boss openings being oppositely disposed with respect to the guide boss opening; a switchboard placed on a first side of the frame and having tact switches facing respective operation boss openings; an integrated button disposed to be elastically biased toward a second side of the frame opposite the first side, and having a guide boss inserted into the guide boss opening and operation bosses inserted into respective operation boss openings; and a fixation holder disposed on the guide boss to fix the integrated button to the frame, such that the operation bosses continuously contact with corresponding tact switches.

A touchpad device includes a substrate, a circuit board, a connection plate, a resilient member, a triggering member, a first balance bar, a second balance bar, a first swing plate, and a second swing plate. The circuit board is disposed above the substrate and includes a trigger switch. The connection plate has a hollow hole corresponding to the trigger switch. The resilient member is disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. The triggering member corresponds to the hollow hole. The first balance bar is disposed between a first side of the connection plate and the substrate, and the second balance bar is disposed between a second side of the connection plate and the substrate. The swing plates are disposed between the substrate and the circuit board and are pressable to move with respect to the substrate, thereby driving the triggering member to move toward the trigger switch.

A toner supply device includes a pressing portion that presses a toner cartridge such that the toner cartridge is detached from a device body. The toner cartridge has an engaging portion. The device body has a guiding portion. The guiding portion has an upper guide groove that guides the engaging portion in an attachment operation of attaching the toner cartridge to the device body, and a lock portion provided at a position deviated from the upper guide groove in an innermost portion of the guiding portion. When the engaging portion moving in the upper guide groove along with the attachment operation reaches the innermost portion, the engaging portion is engaged with the lock portion by the pressing portion pressing back the toner cartridge, allowing the toner cartridge to be attached to the device body so as not to be detached therefrom.