[Problem] To make it possible to reduce the size of an outside region of an electromagnetic wave radiation region in a front view of a radome base, and make a radome inconspicuous to enhance the design performance of a vehicle body. [Solution] A snow melting radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device comprises an electromagnetic-wave-permeable base 2, and a heater wire 5 that is serpentine-wired to the base 2 and heats an electromagnetic wave radiation region R of the base 2, a first bend part 22 bending to the inside of a vehicle body and a second bend part 24 bending to the inside of the vehicle body being provided as bend parts respectively in the vicinity of upper and lower edge sides opposing each other in a front view of the base 2, and turn-back points TP of turn-back parts 52 of the heater wire 5 being disposed closer to distal ends of the base 2 than the bend parts.
An exhaust valve includes a pipe body connecting an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe for exhaust, a valve plate disposed inside the pipe body in a state of being attached to a rotary shaft that rotates by drive of an actuator, the valve plate configured to rotate to open/close an exhaust flow path inside the pipe body, and a stopper fixed inside the pipe body and configured to come into contact with the valve plate in a closed state. In the stopper, at least one of an upstream contact surface at which the valve plate makes contact and a downstream contact surface at which the valve plate makes contact runs along an inner peripheral surface of the pipe body at a position closer to an upstream side or a downstream side of the exhaust than an outer periphery of the rotary shaft.
Provided is a bearing attachment structure for attaching a bearing 71, 72 that supports a rotary shaft 3 inserted into a housing. The bearing attachment structure includes a bearing case 61, 62 including a base portion 612, 622 having a substantially cylindrical shape and a flange portion 611, 621 formed to spread outward from one end portion of the base portion 612, 622 in the axial direction. The bearing 71, 72 is installed in the bearing case 61, 62. The bearing case 61, 62 is disposed by aligning the flange portion 611, 621 with respect to the housing, and the bearing case 61, 62 is welded to the housing at the flange portion 611, 621. This can greatly reduce damage to a bearing caused by welding heat and reliably prevent breakage of the bearing, deterioration of lubricant on the bearing, and a reduction in service life of the bearing.
An exhaust valve includes a pipe body connecting an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe for exhaust, a valve plate disposed inside the pipe body in a state of being attached to a rotary shaft that rotates by drive of an actuator, the valve plate configured to rotate to open/close an exhaust flow path inside the pipe body, and a stopper fixed inside the pipe body. The stopper is a member including, formed integrally, a base portion including an insertion hole configured to receive insertion of the rotary shaft, a first contact portion extending along an inner peripheral surface of the pipe body on one side of the base portion upstream and downstream of the exhaust, and a second contact portion extending along the inner peripheral surface on another side of the base portion upstream and downstream of the exhaust, on a side opposite to the first contact portion.
A radome 1 comprises: a radome body 2 that is formed by a first resin base material which is electromagnetic wave-transmissive; a snow-melting substrate 3 that is formed by a second resin base material which is electromagnetic wave-transmissive and which has a refractive index mutually consistent with the refractive index of the first resin base material; and a heater wire 4 that is wired to an electromagnetic wave transmission region R of the snow-melting substrate 3 and bonded to the snow-melting substrate 3. A recess 21 is locally formed in the radome body 2, in a region that includes the electromagnetic wave transmission region R, and is recessed in the direction of electromagnetic wave transmission. The snow-melting substrate 3 is fitted in the recess 21 such that the heater wire 4 is embedded in the recess. This configuration eliminates a snow-melting part the entirety of which protrudes locally from a radome body, thus preventing breakage and failure of such a snow-melting part.
In a thermally insulated double container 1: a thermal insulation layer 4 is provided between a metal inner container 2 substantially in the shape of a bottomed cylinder and a metal outer container 3 substantially in the shape of a bottomed cylinder; a folded back portion 331 which is folded back to an inner side, and an outer container tapered portion 332 extending toward a bottom side from a lower edge of the folded back portion 331 so as to have a gradually decreasing diameter are formed in a mouth portion 33 of the outer container 3; an inner container tapered portion 231 extending toward a mouth side of the inner container 2 so as to have a gradually increasing diameter is formed in a tip edge portion of a mouth portion 23 of the inner container 2; and a tip edge 2312 of the inner container tapered portion 231 is brought into contact with an inner inclined surface 3321 of the outer container tapered portion 332 and is circumferentially welded to the outer container tapered portion 332. This enables the outer container and the inner container to be easily positioned in correct positions, and enables a simplification of manufacturing equipment and a reduction in manufacturing cost.
A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles
B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
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EXTERIOR COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
An exterior component 1 is characterized in that: a metal substrate 2 made of titanium or a titanium alloy has fine recesses and projections 21 formed on the surface thereof, the average height H of the projections 22 being 5 nm to 50 μm; the projections 22 of the fine recesses and projections 21 are formed such that the ratio of the average height of the projections 22 to the average width W of the projections 22 is at least 0.25; and an anode oxide coating film 3 is formed to cover the fine recesses and projections 21. The present invention enables the appearance of a component to be made highly uniform, the component being of a dark color such as black and not having metallic gloss.
In this snow-melting radome 1, an electromagnetic wave permeable first base material 3 and an electromagnetic wave permeable second base material 4 are both formed with a solid synthetic resin, a heater wire 5 routed between the first base material 3 and the second base material 4, which are arranged on the visible side, is sealed by the first base material 3 and the second base material 4, and an electromagnetic wave permeable/heat-insulating material such as a foamed resin material 7 is laminated on and attached to the surface of the second base material 4 on the opposite side from the visible side. Thus, snow can be melted reliably with less power consumption while ensuring the electromagnetic wave permeability required for the radome, and a long-term and stable snow-melting function can be provided.
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
B60R 13/00 - Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decoratingArrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
B60R 19/04 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
H05B 3/20 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
The present invention is an attachment structure for a hole sealing member 5 which is disposed so as to obstruct an opening section 41 of a vehicular panel member. The hole sealing member 5 comprises a body section 51 and an outer peripheral lip section 52. The hole sealing member is disposed so that a tip section 523 of the outer peripheral lip section 52 is pressed against an outer peripheral section 42 of the opening section 41 of the vehicular panel member by elastic bias. An engagement bracket 53 roughly in the shape of a squared-off letter U is formed so as to protrude from the body section 51 in the direction in which the tip section 523 is pressed. A tip pressing surface 617 of a clip 6 inserted into the engagement bracket 53 is pressed against the outer peripheral section 42 of the opening section 41 of the vehicular panel member in a direction opposite the direction in which the tip section 523 is pressed. The ease and efficiency of attachment work can be greatly improved when the hole sealing member, which obstructs the opening section of the vehicular panel member, is attached using the clip.
Provided is a structure for installing, on a to-be-attached member, a clip 6 which attaches the to-be-attached member to an attachment member by inserting the clip 6 into a substantially C-shaped engagement bracket 53 of the to-be-attached member. An engagement hole 621 is formed in the clip 6. An engagement bracket 53, an engagement protrusion 55 which engages the engagement hole 621 when the to-be-attached member is attached, and an auxiliary engagement protrusion 56 are provided to the a to-be-attached member. The engagement protrusion 55 is formed away at a position behind the engagement bracket 53. The auxiliary engagement protrusion 56 is formed away at a position behind the engagement protrusion 55 and is formed having a projection height which is greater than that of the engagement protrusion 55. When the auxiliary engagement protrusion 56 engages the engagement hole 621 of the clip 6, the clip 6 is inserted into the engagement bracket 53 in an inclined manner, thereby provisionally affixing the clip. It is possible to prevent the clip which attaches the to-be-attached member to the attachment member from getting lost and to improve the workability and efficiency of attachment work using the clip.
Disclosed is a radome 1 for vehicle-mounted radar devices including a base body 2 having an electromagnetic wave permeable substrate 3 and a heater wire 41 laminated on an inner surface side of the substrate 3 and wired in a surface direction of the substrate 3, in which linear portions 411 of the heater wire 41 are arranged side by side at intervals in the surface direction of the substrate 3 in an electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3, and a surface occupancy ratio of the linear portions 411 of the heater wire 41 in the electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3 is set to 1% or more and 24% or less. It is possible to exhibit a practical snow-melting function as a radome for vehicle-mounted radar devices while suppressing attenuation of electromagnetic waves irradiated by a vehicle-mounted radar device within an allowable range.
Disclosed is a radome structure for vehicle-mounted radar devices, in which a planar heating element 2 is laminated and fixed onto a substrate 1 of the radome, a local recess 3 is provided so as to protrude from the substrate 1, a connecting body 4 for electrically connecting an electrode of a heater wire 21 of the planar heating element 2 to a power supply line 5 to the planar heating element 2 is accommodated in the recess 3, and the recess 3 is filled with an insulating resin 6 so as to embed and seal the connecting body 4. It is possible to simplify a connection structure and a waterproof structure of a connecting portion for electrically connecting the heater wire and the power supply line of the radome, and reduce the manufacturing cost of the radome structure having a snow melting function.
In a radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device: a base body 2 is configured by stacking a first resin base material 3 and a second resin base material 4 on one another and affixing the same; a heater wire 5 routed along a groove 31 is embedded between the first resin base material 3 and the second resin base material 4; connecting end portions 51, 52 of the heater wire 5 are configured in a proximate wiring region 53 in which portions of the heater wire 5 are routed so as to be in close proximity to one another; wire harness connection terminals 61, 62 are placed respectively on the connecting end portions 51, 52 and are affixed using bonding portions 71, 72 comprising an electrically conductive bonding material; and the bonding portions 71, 72 are embedded in the base body 2. Bonding between the connecting end portions of the heater wire and the wire harness connection terminals can be performed easily and reliably, and manufacturing costs can be reduced.
In this battery heat exchange structure, a heat exchange panel 42 and a battery cell 41 are closely arranged side by side so that a heat exchange wall 421 of the heat exchange panel 42 in which a heat exchange fluid circulates follows a side surface 411 of the battery cell 41, and the heat exchange wall 421 following the side surface 411 of the battery cell 41 is formed of a flexible thin plate. Preferably, a flow path wall 425 defining a flow path through which the heat exchange fluid circulates along the heat exchange wall 421 is provided in the heat exchange panel 42 so as to be able to expand and contract in an erecting direction. This battery heat exchange structure can perform heat exchange between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell with high efficiency and stably maintain high heat exchange efficiency even when the battery cell expands.
H01M 10/659 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells by heat storage or buffering, e.g. heat capacity or liquid-solid phase changes or transition
H01M 10/6568 - Liquids characterised by flow circuits, e.g. loops, located externally to the cells or cell casings
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 10/6569 - Fluids undergoing a liquid-gas phase change or transition, e.g. evaporation or condensation
This exhaust path structure is installed in an underfloor space of a vehicle (100), an exhaust path (1) is constituted of exhaust pipes (21, 22, 23) and silencers (31, 32) located partway through, the entire lower end of the exhaust path (1) extends substantially horizontally, on the lower side of the exhaust path (1) there is formed a tilted drainage path (4) which is extended to the rear end of the exhaust path (1) and of which a bottom part (41) gradually tilts downward toward the rear end of the exhaust path (1), and a capillary section (5) is provided to lead condensed water from the interiors of the silencers (31, 32) out to the tilted drainage path (4). The height of the installation space under the floor of the vehicle can be minimized, and necessary drainage of condensed water generated inside can be reliably performed.
This connection structure 1 for an exhaust muffler is formed of a heat-resistant resin or the like, wherein an upstream-side metal exhaust pipe 4 installed in an automobile and a connection pipe 3 formed of a soft polymer material having properties such as a copper damage resistance are secured, the connection pipe 3 and an exhaust introduction pipe 21 of the exhaust muffler 2 are secured, and the exhaust pipe 4 and the exhaust introduction pipe 21 are spaced apart by a distance of 35 mm or more in the pipe axis direction. The connection structure 1 for an exhaust muffler can be used to minimize the transmission of vibration to the exhaust muffler and prevent damage to the exhaust muffler made of a heat-resistant resin.
A thermal insulation panel is characterized in that first flange parts are formed at an edge part on one side of an axis direction of a flattened metal cylinder and the first flange parts are overlaid on and welded to each other in such a manner as to close the one edge part, second flange parts are formed at an edge part on the other side of the axis direction of the flattened metal cylinder and the second flange parts are overlaid on and welded to each other in such a manner as to close the other edge part, and thermal insulation space is provided inside the flattened metal cylinder. A welding length is shortened significantly and welding operation is reduced during manufacture of the thermal insulation panel to achieve improvement of manufacturing efficiency and achieve reduction in manufacturing cost.
A heat-insulated container for beverages includes: a wooden or bamboo inner cylinder having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed bottom; a wooden or bamboo outer cylinder having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed bottom; and a fit body where decompressed space is provided between an inner wall having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed bottom and an outer wall having a substantially cylindrical shape with a closed bottom. The fit body is fitted over the inner cylinder in such a manner as to cover a bottom part and a peripheral wall part around beverage storage space of the inner cylinder. The outer cylinder is fitted over the fit body in such a manner as to cover a bottom part and a peripheral wall part of the outer wall of the fit body.
Provided is a muffler valve 1 that opens and closes an exhaust passage according to a pressure of an exhaust gas of an engine. A valve body 3 is swingably supported by a support shaft 4 with respect to a valve seat 2 having an opening 22, the valve body 3 is urged in a closing direction by a coil spring 5 externally inserted on the support shaft 4, a valve seat hook portion 23 is provided so as to embrace both ends of the support shaft 4 in a circumferential direction and is fixed to the support shaft 4, and a valve body winding portion 34 is provided so as to embrace the coil spring 5 in the circumferential direction from a direction opposite to the valve seat hook portion 23 and embrace the coil spring 5 over an entire length of the coil spring 5 in the circumferential direction. It is possible to prevent or suppress axial misalignment of the coil spring coaxially externally inserted on the support shaft for opening and closing the valve body as much as possible, and appropriately control the opening and closing of the valve body with high stability.
In this battery heat exchange structure: a battery cell and a heat exchange panel are closely arranged side by side so that a heat exchange surface of the heat exchange panel follows a side surface of the battery cell, a flow path wall defining a flow path through which a refrigerant circulates along the heat exchange surface is provided in the heat exchange panel, and a storage space surrounded by the flow path wall is filled with a latent heat storage material that undergoes a phase change at a temperature lower than a temperature of the refrigerant F when the refrigerant is supplied. As a result, the heat exchange efficiency between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell can be increased, and the temperature of the battery can be controlled to be within an appropriate temperature range.
H01M 10/658 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells by thermal insulation or shielding
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
A molded foam manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a cylinder 2 in which a plasticization zone 21 where a thermoplastic resin is plasticized and melted, a starvation zone 22 where the molten resin is in a starved state and an injected physical blowing agent is dissolved in the molten resin, and a feeding zone 23 where the molten resin in which the physical blowing agent is dissolved is compressed and weighed are provided in this order from the upstream side, and a screw 3 that is internally rotatable around an axis in the cylinder 2 and has helical flights formed on the outer circumference of a shaft portion 31, wherein a lead angle β of the flights of the screw 3 corresponding to the feeding zone 23 is set smaller than a lead angle α of the flights corresponding to the starvation zone 22, and the number of flights of the screw 3 corresponding to the feeding zone 23 is set smaller than the number of flights corresponding to the starvation zone 22. A decrease in the flow rate of the molten resin transported in the starvation zone and the feeding sone is prevented, and high-quality molded foam can be manufactured with high production efficiency.
A plated molded article 1 is characterized in that a partial region R in a surface 21 of a base material 2 is provided with a plurality of non-penetrating holes 4 of substantially corresponding shapes and substantially corresponding sizes that are formed in a scattered pattern in such a manner as to be separated from each other at a substantially averaged hole density, and a plated part 3 is formed while filling the non-penetrating holes 4 and is provided continuously over the partial region R in such a manner as to extend across the non-penetrating holes 4. It is possible to obtain a plated molded article capable of forming a required plated part in a short time on a surface of a base material and capable of improving smoothness of an outer surface of the plated part and adhesion property of the plated part.
A circuit part is provided that provides both high heat dissipation and high adhesion of its circuit wiring. A circuit part includes: a metal member; an insulating resin layer located on the metal member; circuit wiring including a plating film located on the insulating resin layer; and a mounted component mounted on the circuit wiring and electrically connected to the circuit wiring, wherein a plurality of non-penetrating holes are provided in a wiring region, the non-penetrating holes being filled with the plating film, the wiring region being a portion of the resin-layer surface on which the circuit wiring is located, and the ratio of the depth d of the non-penetrating holes to the width D of the non-penetrating holes, d/D, is 0.5 to 5.
This radome 1 for an on-board radar has a discontinuous metal film 3, i.e. a collective body of island-shaped metal regions 31 divided by cracks 32, laminated and fixed to one surface of an insulating substrate 2, and is disposed on the front side of an on-board radar 10, wherein the area of the island-shaped metal regions 31 is in a range of 10,000 nm2to 80,000,000 nm2, and the area of the island-shaped metal regions 31 has a variation coefficient in a range of 0.5 to 1.5. The radome having the discontinuous metal film formed from the collective body of the island-shaped metal regions can be reliably manufactured, and practical electromagnetic wave permeability can be reliably exerted.
An on-board radar device radome (1) in which a heater line (5) is embedded so as to be wired in a groove (31) between a first resin base material (3) and a second resin base material (4), a first metal plate (61) and a second metal plate (62) are embedded so as to be isolated from one another between the first resin base material (3) and the second resin base material (4) in a region other than an electromagnetic wave-transmitting region (R), one end section (51) of the heater wire (5) and one wire harness connection terminal (71) are positioned on and affixed to a mounting surface (611) of the first metal plate (61), and the other end section (52) of the heater wire (5) and another wire harness connection terminal (72) are positioned on and affixed to a mounting surface (621) of the second metal plate (62). This radome makes it possible to prevent one resin base material from being melted and damaged by the heat produced when electrically connecting an end section of the heater wire wired to the one resin base material and a wire harness connection terminal to one another, by layering another resin base material on the surface of the one resin base material on the side thereof on which the heater wire is positioned, and affixing said other resin base material thereto.
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
This door hole seal structure comprises: a foam body 6 composed of foamed resin; and a hole seal material 5 formed of the same molding material as an outer peripheral lip 7 composed of an unfoamed resin. The hole seal material 5 is disposed so as to block up an opening 41 in an inner panel 4. The foam body 6 is mechanically fixed to the inner panel 4. A leading end 721 of the outer peripheral lip 7 is disposed at a location that becomes a rim of the hole seal material 5. The leading end 721 of the outer peripheral lip 7 is pressed against an outer perimeter 43 of the inner panel 4 by an elastic biasing force so as to keep an abutted state therebetween. This configuration makes it possible to prevent generation of abnormal noise arising from a hole seal material, improve manufacturing efficiency, and reduce manufacturing cost.
Provided is a hole sealing material 5 for an automotive door 1, the material serving to integrally mold a foam body 6 comprising a foamed resin and a peripheral lip 7 comprising an unfoamed resin, a leading end 721 of the peripheral lip 7 being elastically pressed against so as to abut a peripheral part 43 of an opening 41 in an inner panel 4 such that same is secured thereto, wherein a standing wall 63 is provided peripherally on the outer side of a core backing scratch groove 64 in the foam body 6, an unfoamed standing wall 631 comprising the unfoamed resin is formed on the outer side of the standing wall 63, and the peripheral lip 7 is formed so as to project outward from the unfoamed standing wall 631. Deformation of the unfoamed resin such as the peripheral lip due to thermal contraction can be minimized.
A battery heat exchange structure in which a battery cell 41 and a heat exchange panel 42 are closely arranged side by side so that a heat exchange surface 421 of the heat exchange panel 42 follows a side surface 411 of the battery cell 41, the heat exchange panel 42 is formed so that a heat exchange fluid F can be recirculated along the heat exchange surface 421, and the heat exchange panel 42 and the battery cell 41 are elastically urged so as to be compressed in the arrangement direction. This battery heat exchange structure can increase heat exchange efficiency between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell and can increase the stability of heat exchange.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 10/6556 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange
H01M 10/6568 - Liquids characterised by flow circuits, e.g. loops, located externally to the cells or cell casings
Provided is a muffler valve 1 which is attached to a separator partitioning the inside of a muffler and opens and closes an exhaust passage according to the pressure of an exhaust gas of an engine. A valve body is swingably supported by a support shaft with respect to a valve seat. The valve body is urged in a closing direction by a spring member externally inserted to the support shaft. A valve seat substrate of the valve seat arranged along the separator is formed in a substantially flat-plate ring shape having an opening in the center. A valve body substrate of the valve body is formed in a flat dish shape having a flat rim. The muffler valve provides excellent handleability during attachment and can reduce the manufacturing cost of the muffler, improve manufacturing efficiency, and maintain high durability of the muffler.
This battery insulation structure includes a double-walled insulating container 1 including an insulating container main body 2 in which an insulating space S1 is provided between an inner wall 21 and an outer wall 22, and an insulating lid 3 in which an insulating space S2 is provided between an inner lid 31 and an outer lid 32, and a battery body 4 housed in the insulating container 1, wherein the battery body 4 is arranged to be spaced apart from the inner wall 21 of the insulating container main body 2 and the inner lid 31 of the insulating lid 3. This battery insulation structure can be adapted to both a very low-temperature external environment and a very high-temperature external environment, and can reduce the influence of the temperature of the external environment on the batter as much as possible.
This exhaust valve is lightweight and makes it possible to achieve improvement in manufacturing efficiency, reduction in manufacturing cost, and improvement in product accuracy. The exhaust valve 1 is provided with: a pipe body 2 that connects an upstream exhaust pipe 11 and a downstream exhaust pipe 12; a valve plate 4 that is disposed in the pipe body 2 in a state of being mounted to a rotation shaft 3 to be rotated by driving of an actuator 8, and is rotatable so as to open/close an exhaust flow channel in the pipe body 2; and a stopper 5 fixed in the pipe body 2. The stopper 5 is an integrally formed member of: a base part 51 having formed therein an insertion hole 511 through which the rotation shaft 3 is inserted; a first contact part 52 that extends along an inner circumferential surface 24 of the pipe body 2 at one side of the exhaust upstream and downstream of the base part 51; and a second contact part 53 that is along the inner circumferential surface 24 of the pipe body 2 at the other side and extends to the side opposite to the first contact part 52. The valve plate 4 is brought into contact with the first contact part 52 and the second contact part 53 at a position where the valve plate closes the exhaust flow channel.
Provided is a bearing attachment structure for attaching bearings 71, 72 that support a rotating shaft 3 passing through a housing, wherein: the bearings 71, 72 are embedded in bearing cases 61, 62 respectively having roughly cylindrical base sections 612, 622 and flange sections 611, 621 that are formed so as to widen from one end in the axial direction of the base sections 612, 622 to the outside; the bearing cases 61, 62 are disposed so that the flange sections 611, 621 follow the housing; and the bearing cases 61, 62 are welded to the housing at the flange sections 611, 621. Damage caused by welding heat on the bearings is greatly reduced, and breakage of the bearings, deterioration of the lubricant of the housing, and a decrease in the lifetimes of the bearings can be reliably prevented.
An exhaust valve that can improve a sealing property in a closed state and enables high-performance adjustment of an exhaust amount or exhaust noise. The exhaust valve 1 is provided with: a pipe body 2 that connects an upstream pipe 11 and a downstream pipe 12 for exhaust to each other; a valve plate 4 that is disposed inside the pipe body 2 and is attached to a rotation shaft 3 rotated by driving of an actuator 8, the valve plate 4 being rotatable so as to open and close an exhaust flow path inside the pipe body 2; and a stopper 5 that is fixed inside the pipe body 2 and comes into contact with the valve plate 4 in a closed state. At least one of an upstream side contact surface and a downstream side contact surface of the stopper 5 to the valve plate 4 is extended along an inner peripheral surface 24 of the pipe body 2 at a position closer to an upstream side or a downstream side of exhaust than the outer periphery of the rotation shaft 3. The valve plate 4 comes into contact with the upstream side contact surface and the downstream side contact surface at a position at which the valve plate 4 closes the exhaust flow path.
m, which has an unevenly colored region on the surface thereof and the whole of which has been already sintered, in a surface treatment liquid containing sulfuric acid and chromic anhydride, in which the concentration of chromic anhydride is 300 g/L or more, for 5 minutes or longer. When producing a resin sintered body by sintering thermoplastic resin powder, the surface of the resin sintered body can be evenly and sufficiently colored to an extent required without an unevenly colored region on the surface thereof, and also the surface of the resin sintered body can have a good appearance and smoothness.
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
C09D 11/102 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions other than those only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
35.
RADOME FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
The present invention provides a radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device provided with a heater wire 5 that is wired in the plane direction of an electromagnetic wave-transmissive substrate. A substrate 2 is configured by laminating and fixing a first base material 3 and a second base material 4, a recessed groove 31 is formed on the fixed surface side of the first base material 3 and second base material 4, and the heater wire 5 is fitted into the recessed groove 31 and wired along the recessed groove 31. It is thereby possible to ensure waterproof properties, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, and scratch resistance, which are required of a heater wire in an installed state, as well as improve manufacturing efficiency, stabilize product quality, and improve yield.
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29C 65/70 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor by moulding
H01Q 1/32 - Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
An exhaust muffler 1 is constituted of an exhaust pipe 2 provided with a first silencer 3, a second silencer 4, and a third silencer 5, and is attached in the underfloor space of a vehicle 100. The entire muffler is formed in a flat shape that spreads substantially horizontally, and is preferably formed of plastic such as polypropylene. The muffler is fixed to an attachment-receiving member 100 of the vehicle 100 via an attachment part near the tip ends of attachment plates 6, 6 extended as protrusions on both widthwise sides of the exhaust pipe 2. The height of the installation space in the underfloor space of the vehicle can be minimized, and lowering of the floor of the vehicle can be promoted.
Provided is an exhaust structure 1 attached to an underfloor space of a vehicle 100, in which an exhaust muffler 2 and aerodynamic parts such as an under panel 3 and a diffuser 4 are formed from the same heat-resistant resin in an integrated way, the exhaust muffler 2 is formed into a flat shape extending substantially horizontally, and the entire exhaust structure 1 is formed into a flat shape extending substantially horizontally. With this arrangement, the number of parts installed under the floor of the vehicle can be reduced to attain an increase in the efficiency of parts attachment work and a reduction in manufacturing costs, creation of a wasted space in the underfloor layout of the vehicle can be suppressed, and the degree of freedom of the underfloor layout of the vehicle can be increased.
B60K 13/06 - Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units using structural parts of the vehicle as ducts, e.g. frame parts
F01N 13/00 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features
F01N 13/18 - Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly or disassembly
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Tube end member, flange tube, band joint structure for flange tube, and method for manufacturing tube end member
A tube end member to be provided at an end of a flange tube includes a tubular part configured to be fitted to an end of a tube body of the flange tube, a flat part formed by bending an end of the tubular part outwards at a substantially right angle, in an opposite side to a fitting side of the tubular part to be fitted to the tube body, an extending part formed by bending an outer end of the flat part at a substantially right angle towards the tubular part, a tapered part extending at an angle from an edge of the extending part so as to approach the tubular part, and a folded-back part folded back from an edge of the tapered part into a space S enclosed by the tubular part, the flat part and the extending part. The folded-back part abuts on the tapered part.
A radome for on-board radar devices 1 is provided with heater wires 3 wired in parallel so as to be separated from each other in a plane direction of an electromagnetic-wave-transmitting base member. A line pitch d of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in an electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to 0.2 to 2.5 times a wavelength of electromagnetic waves of the radar of an on-board radar device. A surface occupancy rate of the heater wires 3 arranged in parallel in the electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the base member is set to be greater than 10% to 35%. The present invention provides a radome for on-board radar devices with which it is possible to obtain an electromagnetic-wave transmission property required of a radome, and to melt snow satisfactorily with a high heater performance.
This battery heat exchange structure is formed such that: a heat exchange panel 42 having circulated therethrough a heat exchange fluid in the inside thereof, and a battery cell 41 are closely disposed side by side for a heat exchange wall 421 of the heat exchange panel 41 to extend along a side surface 4411 of the battery cell 41; the heat exchange wall 421 extending along the side surface 411 of the battery cell 41 is formed of a flexible thin sheet; and, preferably, a flow path wall 425 for demarking a flow path through which the heat exchange fluid circulates along the heat exchange wall 421 in the heat exchange panel 42 is provided in an extendable/contractable manner in the standing direction. Accordingly, it is possible to perform heat exchange highly efficiently between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell, and to maintain stably the high heat-exchange efficiency even when battery cell expansion occurs.
H01M 10/659 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells by heat storage or buffering, e.g. heat capacity or liquid-solid phase changes or transition
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 10/6557 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange arranged between the cells
H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/264 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
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Silencing apparatus and method for manufacturing silencing apparatus
A silencing apparatus is provided with a shell, ventilation pipes communicating with the inside of the shell, insertion holes which are respectively formed in the shell so as to have sizes smaller than surrounding skirt parts and allow the ventilation pipes to be loosely inserted in, and partitions partitioning the inside of the shell. In the silencing apparatus, at least, a sound-absorbing chamber partitioned by the partition and positioned adjacent to the insertion hole is filled with a sound-absorbing fiber material, and a sound-absorbing fiber material filling gap between the insertion hole and the ventilation pipe is closed by an annular closing member. To provide a silencing apparatus allowing a sound-absorbing chamber to be filled with sound-absorbing fiber material without a gap, even in a complicated configuration having the inside of a shell partitioned by a partition.
Provided is a heat exchange device 1 in which: a heat exchange path composed of a plurality of heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2 and a detour path DR are provided inside a base structure 2 having a fluid introducing portion 21 and a fluid discharging portion 22; a heat exchange portion 4 through which a heating target fluid is arranged in each of the heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2; and a switching portion is provided that can switch a flow of heated fluid circulating through the base structure 2 so as to be regulated to either the heat exchange path or the detour path DR. A heat exchange device having excellent heat exchange performance and capable of shortening the length and reducing the size is provided.
F01N 3/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust
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THERMAL INSULATION PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
In a thermal insulation panel 1, first flange parts 32 are formed at respective one edge parts 31 in an axial direction of metal flat tubes 2, and the first flange parts 32, 32 are welded in an overlapped manner to close the respective one edge parts 31, and second flange parts 42 are formed at the respective other edge parts 41 in the axial direction of the metal flat tubes 2, and the second flange parts 42, 42 are welded in an overlapped manner to close the respective edge other parts 42. A thermal insulation space S is disposed in each of the metal flat tubes 2. It is possible to substantially reduce a welded length, decrease welding work, improve manufacturing efficiency, and reduce manufacturing cost in manufacturing of the thermal insulation panel.
This radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device comprises an electromagnetic wave transmissive substrate 3, and a base body 2 arranged laminated on the inner surface side of the substrate 3 and provided with a heater line 41 wired in the planar directions of the substrate 3, wherein linear sections 411 of the heater line 41 in an electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3 are aligned in rows spaced apart in a planar direction of the substrate 3, and the surface occupancy ratio of the linear sections 411 of the heater line 41 in the electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3 is set to 1-24%. This radome for a vehicle-mounted radar device exhibits a practical snow melting function while suppressing attenuation of electromagnetic waves emitted by the vehicle-mounted radar device to within a permissible range.
Disclosed is a radome structure for a vehicle-mounted radar device, wherein: a planar heat-generating body 2 is layered and fixed onto a base material 1 of a radome; a local recess 3 is provided so as to protrude from the base material 1; a connection body 4 that electrically connects an electrode of a heater wire 21 of the planar heat-generating body 2 with a power supply wire 5 to the planar heat-generating body 2 is housed in the recess 3; and the recess 3 is filled with an insulating resin 6 so as to bury and seal the connection body 4. The connection structure and waterproofing structure of a connection part that electrically connects the power supply wire and the heater wire of the radome can be simplified, and the cost for manufacturing a radome structure having a snow-melting function can be reduced.
In this battery heat exchange structure: a battery cell 41 and a heat exchange panel 42 are arranged parallel to and in intimate contact with one another in such a way that a heat exchange surface 421 of the heat exchange panel 42 follows a side surface 411 of the battery cell 41; a flow passage wall 425 demarcating a flow passage 424 through which a refrigerant F circulates along the heat exchange surface 421 is provided within the heat exchange panel 42; and an accommodating space 426 enclosed by the flow passage wall 425 is filled with a latent heat storage material 427 that changes phase at a temperature lower than the temperature of the refrigerant F during refrigerant supply. As a result, the heat exchange efficiency between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell can be increased, and the temperature of the battery can be controlled to lie within an appropriate temperature range.
H01M 10/633 - Control systems characterised by algorithms, flow charts, software details or the like
H01M 10/6555 - Rods or plates arranged between the cells
H01M 10/6557 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange arranged between the cells
H01M 10/6569 - Fluids undergoing a liquid-gas phase change or transition, e.g. evaporation or condensation
H01M 10/659 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells by heat storage or buffering, e.g. heat capacity or liquid-solid phase changes or transition
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Provided is a muffler valve 1 that opens and closes an exhaust path in accordance with the pressure of exhaust from an engine, wherein: a valve body 3 is swingably supported via a support shaft 4 with respect to a valve seat 2 having an opening 22; the valve body 3 is biased in the closing direction by a coil spring 5 externally fitted to the support shaft 4; valve seat hook parts 23 are provided as wrapping around respective ends of the support shaft 4 in the circumferential direction so as to be fixed to the support shaft 4; and a valve body wound part 34 is provided as wrapping around the coil spring 5 in the circumferential direction opposite from that of the valve seat hook parts 23, and as wrapping around the entire length of the coil spring 5 in the circumferential direction. Thus it is possible to prevent or maximally suppress axial misalignment of the coil spring fitted coaxially onto the support shaft during valve body opening and closing, and to suitably control opening and closing of the valve body with high stability.
The present invention is a heat-insulated container for beverages with which it is possible to effectively utilize bamboo or wood materials such as thinned wood, said container having highly distinguishing qualities and exhibiting an attractive appearance derived from the wood material. The heat-insulated container for beverages has: a wooden or bamboo inner cylinder 3 describing the form of a substantially bottomed cylinder; a wooden or bamboo outer cylinder 4 describing the form of a substantially bottomed cylinder; and a fitting body 5 in which a depressurized space DS is provided between an inner wall 6 describing the form of a substantially bottomed cylinder and an outer wall 7 describing the form of a substantially bottomed cylinder. The fitting body 5 is fitted onto the inner cylinder 3 so as to cover a peripheral wall part 32 and a bottom part 31 of the beverage containment space BS of the inner cylinder 3, and the outer cylinder 4 is fitted onto the fitting body 5 so as to cover a peripheral wall part 72 and a bottom part 71 of the outer wall 7 of the fitting body 5.
Provided is a radome structure for an on-board radar device, in which a heater part 41 and a wireless power receiving unit 6 for supplying power to the heater part 41 are provided in an embedded manner in a resin body 10 that is transparent to electromagnetic wave and makes up a radome 1, a wireless power transmitting unit 7 is arranged spaced apart from and opposite to the wireless power receiving unit 6, and the wireless power transmitting unit 7 is sealed in a resin sealing body 70. Waterproofing treatment on mechanical and electrical mating segments of a connector on the heater side of a radome and a connector on the vehicle side can be dispensed with, desired waterproofing performance can be ensured during vehicle washing, against rainy weathers, etc., and a reduced manufacturing cost as well as an improved manufacturing efficiency can be achieved.
A plated molded article 1 is characterized in that, in a partial region R of a surface 21 of a base material 2, a plurality of non-penetrating holes 4 having shapes and sizes substantially corresponding thereto are formed scatteredly and spaced apart from each other so as to have a substantially averaged hole density, and plated parts 3 are formed so as to fill the non-penetrating holes 4 and contiguously formed to cover the partial region R so as to spread over each of the non-penetrating holes 4. It is possible to achieve a plated molded article which enables formation of necessary plated parts on the surface of a base material within a short time and enables improvement of smoothness of the outer surface of the plated parts and adhesiveness of the plated parts.
Provided is a circuit component that makes it possible to achieve both high heat dissipation and high circuit wiring adhesion. A circuit component that includes a metal member, an insulating resin layer that is formed on the metal member, circuit wiring that includes a plating film that is formed on the insulating resin layer, and a mounted component that is mounted on the circuit wiring and electrically connected to the circuit wiring. A plurality of blind holes that are filled with the plating film are formed in the surface of the insulating resin layer in a wiring region in which the circuit wiring is formed. The ratio d/D of the depth d of the blind holes to the width D of the blind holes is 0.5–5.
Provided is a muffler valve 1 which is mounted to a separator 102 partitioning the inside of a muffler 100 and opens and closes the exhaust passageway in accordance with the pressure of engine exhaust. A valve body 3 is supported via a support shaft 4 pivotally with respect to a valve seat 2. The valve body 3 is biased in a closing direction by a spring material inserted over the support shaft 4. A valve seat substrate 21 of the valve seat 2 disposed along the separator 102 is formed in the shape of a substantially flat-plate ring having a central opening 22. A valve body substrate 31 of the valve body 3 is formed in the shape of a flat dish having a flat rim 32. The muffler valve provides good handling during mounting operation, reduces the manufacturing cost of the muffler, improves manufacturing efficiency, and enables maintenance of high durability.
A battery heat exchange structure in which a heat exchange surface 421 of a heat exchange panel 42 is made to follow a side surface 411 of a battery cell 41 and the battery cell 41 and the heat exchange panel 42 are juxtaposed closely, the heat exchange panel 42 is formed so that a heat exchange fluid F can be recirculated along the heat exchange surface 421, and is provided elastically energized to be compressed in the direction in which the heat exchange panel 42 and the battery cell 41 are juxtaposed. Provided is the battery heat exchange structure that can increase heat exchange efficiency between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell, and that can increase the safety of the heat exchange.
This battery insulation structure has a double-walled insulating container 1 constituted by: an insulating container main body 2 in which an insulating space S1 is provided between an inner wall 21 and an outer wall 22; and an insulating lid 3 in which an insulating space S2 is provided between an inner lid 31 and an outer lid 32. A battery body 4 is housed in the insulating container 1, and the battery body 4 is arranged spaced apart from the inner wall 21 of the insulating container main body 2 and the inner lid 31 of the insulating lid 3. This battery insulation structure is capable of adapting to both a very low-temperature outside environment and a very high-temperature outside environment, and minimizing as much as possible the impact of the temperature of the outside environment on the battery.
A radome 1 for vehicle-mounted radar device is provided with: a transparent and electromagnetic wave-permeable front base material 2; and an electromagnetic wave-permeable heater base material 3 disposed on the rear side of the front base material 2, wherein a linear first heater element 51 is wired on a front surface 31 of the heater base material 3, a linear second heater element 52 is wired on a back surface 32 of the heater base material 3, and a decorative layer 4 is provided on the front side of the first heater element 51. In the radome 1, preferably, the heater base material 3 is made as an MID circuit molded component. The radome for vehicle-mounted radar device that can secure good visibility of the decorative layer and can remarkably enhance heating performance with respect to the outer surface of the radome to which snow or ice adheres is provided.
In this method for manufacturing a radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device, a front substrate 2 that is transparent and transmits electromagnetic waves, a decorative layer 3, and a heater layer 4 are provided in close contact and in order from the front surface side. The method includes a step for disposing the heater layer 4, which comprises an insulating film 42 and a heater element 41 fixed to the rear surface side of the insulating film 42, onto the rear surface side of the front substrate 2. Preferably, a flat film body 7a is formed through the fixing of the heater element 41a onto the rear surface side of the insulating film 42a, and the heater layer 4 is formed through the use of air pressure shaping to deform the flat film body 7a such that the same roughly follows the shape of the recesses and protrusions of the rear surface side of the front substrate 2. This method provides a radome for a vehicle-mounted radar device that is capable of: ensuring good visibility of a decorative layer forming an emblem design part or the like; enhancing electromagnetic wave transmission; and reliably melting snow adhered to the outer surface of the radome with high heat transfer efficiency.
In a radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device, a transparent, electromagnetic-wave-transmitting front substrate 2, a decorative layer 3, and a heater layer 4 are provided in close contact and in order from a front-surface side. The decorative layer 3 is formed so as to partially protrude toward the front-surface side so as to follow a first recess part 211 on the rear-surface 21 side of the front substrate 2. The heater layer 4 is formed so as to partially protrude toward the front-surface side so as to follow a second recess part 34 provided on the rear-surface side of the decorative layer 3 at a position corresponding to the first recess part 211. Provided is a radome for a vehicle-mounted radar device that is capable of: ensuring good visibility of a decorative layer, which forms an emblem design part or the like; enhancing electromagnetic wave transmission; and reliably melting snow adhered to the outer surface of the radome with high heat transfer efficiency.
A tube end member (2) to be provided to the end of a flange tube (1) comprises: a cylindrical part (21) that can be fitted to the end of the tube body (3) of the flange tube (1); a flat part (22) that is formed by bending the end of the cylindrical part (21) outwards at a substantially right angle at the opposite end to the end at which the cylindrical part (21) is fitted to the tube body (3); and extending part (23) that is formed by bending the outer end of the flat part (22) at a substantially right angle towards the cylindrical part (21); a taper part (24) that extends at an angle from the leading edge of the extending part (23) so as to approach the cylindrical part (21); and a folded back part (25) folded back from the leading edge of the taper part (24) into a space (S) enclosed by the cylindrical part (21), the flat part (22) and the extending (23), the leading edge of the folded back part (25) abutting the taper part (24) so as to bias the taper part (24) outwards. The manufacturing cost of the flange tube can be reduced, the manufacturing efficiency can be increased, and the flange tube can be made lighter. Moreover, the accuracy required for the taper part and the flat part of a flange of a flange tube can be reliably obtained, and said accuracy can be stably maintained.
Provided is a foam molded body production device that performs foam molding by compressing a molten resin with a physical foaming agent at a constantly fixed pressure in a starved zone, achieving excellent foam molding where fine cells are formed inside the molded body, with no reduction in the ability to foam the molded body, even if the size of the device is increased further. The foam molded body production device 1 comprises: a cylinder 10 having a plasticization zone 40, wherein a thermoplastic resin undergoes plasticization and melting to be turned into a molten resin, and a starved zone 16 in a molten resin-starved state, provided with an introduction port 2 for introducing a physical foaming agent into the starved zone 16; a screw 20 disposed in the interior of the cylinder 10 so as to be rotatable around an axis and movable back-and-forth in the axis direction; and a pressure adjustment container 5 for introducing the physical foaming agent at a constant pressure through the introduction port 2 into the starved zone 16, to hold the starved zone 16 at a constantly fixed pressure. The screw 20 has a multi-flight structure in the starved zone 16.
A radome 1 for an on-board radar device is provided with a heater wire 3 arranged in parallel lines with a space therebetween in a surface direction of a substrate having an electromagnetic-wave transmission property. A line pitch d between the parallel lines of the heater wire 3 in an electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the substrate is set 0.2 to 2.5 times the wavelength of electromagnetic waves of the radar of the on-board radar device. The surface occupancy of the parallel lines of the heater wire 3 in the electromagnetic-wave transmission region R of the substrate is set greater than 10% and less than or equal to 35%. The present invention provides a radome for an on-board radar device with which it is possible to obtain an electromagnetic-wave transmission property required of a radome, and to melt snow effectively with a high heater performance.
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G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
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SILENCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILENCING APPARATUS
A silencing apparatus 1 is provided with: a shell 2: ventilation pipes 3, 4 that are connected to the inside of the shell 2; insertion holes 5, 6 which are formed to the shell 2 so as to have a size smaller than skirt parts 51, 61 therearound and through which ventilation pipes 3, 4 are loosely inserted; and partitions 7, 8 that divide the inside of the shell 2, wherein at least a sound-absorbing chamber 10 divided by the partition 7 and adjacent to the insertion hole 5 is filled with a sound-absorbing fiber material 9, and a sound-absorbing fiber material filling gap 13 between the insertion hole 5 and the ventilation pipe 3 is closed by an annular closing material 14. Thus, it is possible to provide a silencing apparatus in which the sound-absorbing chamber can be filled with a sound-absorbing fiber material without any space even in the case of a complex structure where the inside of the shell is divided by partitions.
A radome 1 for an onboard radar comprises heater wires 3 placed in the planar direction of a substrate 2 that transmits electromagnetic waves. The principal part of the heater wires 3 extends toward a millimeter-wave transmission region R of the substrate 2 outwardly with respect to a basic point C located at the center of the surface of the substrate 2. Currents passing through the adjacent heater wires 3 are preferably set in antiparallel with each other. The radome for an onboard radar is provided so as to secure necessary millimeter-wave transmission, eliminate the direction dependency of the onboard radar on the polarization plane of millimeter waves, provide high versatility, and enable satisfactory snow melting.
Provided is a heat exchange device 1 in which: a heat exchange path configured by a plurality of heat exchange branch paths ER1, ER2 and a detour path DR are provided inside a base body 2 having a fluid introducing part 21 and a fluid discharging part 22; heat exchange parts 4, in which a fluid to be heated flows, are respectively disposed on the heat exchange branch paths ER1, ER2; and a switching unit is provided which can switch the flow of the heated fluid flowing through the base body 2 so as to be limited to either the heat exchange path or the detour path DR. Provided is the heat exchange device which has excellent heat exchange performance and with which size reduction can be achieved by reducing the length thereof.
This radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device comprises, from the surface of a transparent substrate 2, a first background color visibility range 21 where a first background color of a first background color printing layer 4 is visible, a second background color visibility range 22 where a second background color of a second background color decorative layer that is different from the first background color is visible, and an electromagnetic-wave-transmitting metallic layer visibility range 23 where an electromagnetic-wave-transmitting metallic layer 5 having an appearance different from those of the first background color and second background color is visible. The second background color decorative layer is at least provided on the back side of the first background color printing layer 4 of the first background color visibility range 21 positioned near the second background color visibility range 22 and on the back side of the electromagnetic-wave-transmitting metallic layer 5 of the electromagnetic-wave-transmitting metallic layer visibility range 23 positioned near the second background color visibility range 22. The radome for a vehicle-mounted radar device can be manufactured without using a coating mask for decoration and makes it possible to make the boundaries between decorative layers clearer, make decorative work more efficient, and reduce manufacturing cost.
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
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B60R 13/00 - Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decoratingArrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
An automobile exhaust heat recovery device 1 is provided with a substrate 2 through which a first fluid is circulated and flat flow tubes 5m, 5n which extend at an angle with respect to the flowing direction of the first fluid and has flat surfaces provided so as to be along the flowing direction of the first fluid and through which a second fluid for exchanging heat with the first fluid is circulated. A flat flow tube group on the upstream side and a flat flow tube group on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the first fluid are provided such that a plurality of flat flow tubes 5m and a plurality of flat flow tubes 5n are disposed side by side with gaps therebetween in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flowing direction of the first fluid. End parts 51n on the upstream side in the flowing direction of the first fluid in the flat flow tubes 5n on the downstream side are provided so as not to overlap the flat flow tubes 5m on the upstream side in the flowing direction. A flow path through which the second fluid is circulated so as to make a U turn between the flat flow tube group on the upstream side and the flat flow tube group on the downstream side is configured. Accordingly, heat exchange efficiency can be increased remarkably, a fluid for exchanging heat with cooling water or the like can be guided out to the same side as the introduction side, and the degree of freedom of an installation place in a vehicle can be increased.
A method for manufacturing a door sash formed from a single plate material includes: a roll-forming step of providing a gap portion between the plate materials forming a stepped section and roll-forming a periphery of an end portion of a plate material extending from a tubular section, so as to come into contact along the plate material forming the stepped section; a press working step of pressing the end portion of the plate material to a position where the end portion does not protrude further toward the side on which a weather strip is fitted than a surface of an overlapping section and a surface of the tubular section on the side on which the weather strip is fitted, while crushing the gap portion; and a welding step of continuously laser-welding the overlapping section along a longitudinal direction of the door sash.
E06B 3/00 - Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing openingsLayout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windowsFeatures of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
B60J 10/76 - Sealing arrangements specially adapted for windows or windscreens for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides for window sashesSealing arrangements specially adapted for windows or windscreens for sliding window panes, e.g. sash guides for glass run channels
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
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This radome 1 for a vehicle-mounted radar device comprises: an insulating transparent substrate 2 that is visible from a front-surface side, a discontinuous metal film 3 that has electromagnetic wave transparency and metallic luster and is formed on the rear-surface side of the transparent substrate 2 in a mark shape, and a background color layer that is provided on the rear surface side of the discontinuous metal film 3 across the entire surface of an area corresponding to the mark shape and an area around the mark shape in a surface view. The discontinuous metal film 3 is preferably formed as an electroless plating metal film on a modified surface 22 formed on the transparent substrate 2 in a shape corresponding to the mark shape. The present invention makes it possible to manufacture without a silk screen printing process, enhance manufacturing efficiency, reduce manufacturing cost, obtain even electromagnetic wave transparency, and reliably prevent radar performance reduction in a vehicle-mounted radar device.
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Provided is a catalyst support 1 comprising: a catalyst-supporting filter 2 for dispersing and supporting a catalyst substance, the catalyst-supporting filter being composed of a wire mesh-laminated porous body obtained by laminating and sintering a plurality of wire meshes 20; and an outer cylinder 3 in which a plurality of catalyst-supporting filters 2 are installed parallel to the axial direction. Using this catalyst support in which a plurality of catalyst-supporting filters supporting a catalyst substance on a wire mesh-laminated porous body are installed in an outer cylinder, the contact between the catalyst substance and exhaust gas can be enhanced, and excellent purification performance can be achieved more reliably.
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
F01N 3/035 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters in combination with other devices with catalytic reactors
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A door sash which is formed by roll-forming from a single plate material and in which a weather strip is fitted includes: an overlapping section formed by making the plate materials overlap each other; a tubular section formed to extend from a car-interior-side end portion of the overlapping section; and flange sections and respectively formed to protrude from a car-exterior-side end portion of the overlapping section to both sides, in which a periphery of an end portion of the plate material extending from the tubular section is formed so as to come into contact along a plate material forming the overlapping section on the side on which the weather strip is fitted, and the vicinity of an end portion of the plate material forming the overlapping section, in which deformation has occurred during the roll-forming, protrudes to the inside of the tubular section.
A door sash formed from a single plate material and in which a weather strip is fitted, includes an overlapping section, a stepped section, a tubular section and flange sections. The overlapping section is formed by making the plate materials overlap each other. The stepped section, which extends from a car-interior-side end portion of the overlapping section, has a step bent toward the side on which a window glass is disposed. The tubular section is formed to extend from the stepped section. The flange sections respectively formed to protrude from a car-exterior-side end portion of the overlapping section to both a side on which a window glass is disposed and a side on which a weather strip is fitted. A periphery of an end portion of the plate material extending from the tubular section is formed to come into contact along the plate material forming the stepped section.
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A catalyst carrier 1 is provided with: a catalyst carrier filter 2 constituted of a metal mesh laminated porous body wherein a plurality of metal meshes 20 are laminated and sintered for dispersed carrying of catalytic material; and a metal outer cylinder 3 wherein the catalyst carrier filtered 2 is installed. The outer peripheral edge of the catalyst carrier filter 2 is formed so as to be substantially in contact with the inner peripheral surface 31 of the outer cylinder 3. In an intermediate area 45 that goes around in the middle in the direction of thickness of the catalyst carrier filter 2, end surfaces 21 of wire positioned at the outer peripheral end of the catalyst carrier filter 2 are welded to the inside peripheral surface 31 of the outer cylinder 3, which is in contact with the same. Thus, it is possible to maintain shape by preventing molten droplets and thermal deformation because of welding of the catalyst carrier filter in which the plurality of metal meshes have been laminated and sintered, and also achieve a state wherein the outer peripheral end of the catalyst carrier filter, wherein the end surfaces of the wires are disposed randomly, is welded to the outer cylinder with high-strength.
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
F01N 3/035 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters in combination with other devices with catalytic reactors
F01N 3/24 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
This door sash (10) is formed from a single plate by means of roll forming, and a weatherstrip (17) is fitted thereto. The door sash comprises an overlapping section (11) which is formed by sections of the plate being laid on top of each other, a tubular section (13) which is formed so as to extend from the vehicle-inner-side end of the overlapping section (11), and flange sections (14, 15) which are formed so as to protrude sideways in both directions from the vehicle-outer-side end of the overlapped section (11). The plate section that extends from the tubular section (13) has an end portion that is formed, along with its surrounding area, so as to come into contact along the plate section (19b) that forms the side of the overlapping section (11) where the weatherstrip (17) is fitted, and the plate section (19b) of the overlapping section (11) has an end portion (12) that is deformed during roll forming and protrudes, along with the area in its vicinity, into the tubular section (13).
Provided is a method for manufacturing a door sash such that rust is prevented and adhesion to a weatherstrip is improved. The method for manufacturing a door sash formed from a single plate comprises: a roll-forming step of performing roll-forming such that a gap (S) is created between plate sections which form a stepped part (12) and such that a plate section extending from a tubular section (13) has an end portion which, along with its surrounding area, comes into contact along the plate sections which form the stepped part (12); a pressing step of pressing the abovementioned end portion of the plate section, while crushing the gap part (S), to a position where the end portion will not protrude to the side where the weatherstrip (17) is fitted beyond the surface (111) of an overlapping section (11) and surface (131) of the tubular section (13) on the side where the weatherstrip is fitted; and a welding step of continuously laser-welding the overlapping section (11) along the longitudinal direction of the door sash.
A muffler has a first flared part provided at an opening end portion of an upper half body of a muffler shell. A flange is provided at a tip of a peripheral wall extending substantially vertically and belonging to the first flared part. The flange is bent to project outwardly. A second flared part is provided at the opening end portion of the lower half body of the shell. A peripheral wall of the second flared part is press fitted inside the peripheral wall of the first flared part to fit into the peripheral wall so as to extend substantially along the peripheral wall. A part of the peripheral wall of the first flared part and a part of the peripheral wall of the second flared part that fit into each other are laser welded along their entire peripheries, thereby forming a welded part.
A method of manufacturing a bright surface product comprises a step of performing electroless plating to form a first metal film on a base coat layer formed on a substrate, a step of performing electrolytic plating to form a second metal film thereon so that the bonding strength between each film of a multi-layered metal film comprising the first metal film and the second film is higher than the bonding strength between the base coat layer and the first metal layer, a step of integrally and discontinuously segmentalizing the multi-layered metal film with cracks to form an island-like metal film comprising a collection of fine multi-layered metal regions with island-like structures; and a step of forming a translucent top coat layer to cover the fine multi-layered metal regions of the island-like metal film and enter into the cracks to make contact with the base coat layer.
C23C 18/16 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coatingContact plating by reduction or substitution, i.e. electroless plating
B32B 33/00 - Layered products characterised by particular properties or particular surface features, e.g. particular surface coatingsLayered products designed for particular purposes not covered by another single class
B32B 38/00 - Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 15/08 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
C25D 5/50 - After-treatment of electroplated surfaces by heat-treatment
C25D 5/12 - Electroplating with more than one layer of the same or of different metals at least one layer being of nickel or chromium
C25D 5/00 - Electroplating characterised by the processPretreatment or after-treatment of workpieces
C25D 7/00 - Electroplating characterised by the article coated
A muffler (1) is constituted of a shell (2) wherein a welded part (5) is formed by laser welding along the entire periphery of an abutting part where an upper side half body (3), in which a peripheral wall (32) is provided so as to arise from a peripheral edge of a base plate (31), and a lower half body (4), in which a peripheral wall (42) is provided so as to arise from a peripheral edge of a base plate (41), are made to abut each other at an opening edge. Preferably, flared parts (33, 43) are formed on the upper side half body (3) and the lower side half body (4). Small radius parts (34, 44) that curve toward the outside are formed on the tip edges of the flared parts (33, 43), and the small radius parts (34, 44) that are made to abut may be formed into the welded part (5) by melting with laser welding. When the shell is formed by welding processed products made of metal, it can be easily determined whether reliable joining by laser welding has been carried out, and even if problems with the welding by laser welding arise, adjustment operations can easily be carried out on the production line, and also material costs are reduced, weight is reduced, and techniques can be diversified.
B21D 51/18 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects vessels, e.g. tubs, vats, tanks, sinks, or the like
B21D 53/84 - Making other particular articles other parts for engines, e.g. connecting-rods
F01N 13/00 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features
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Electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film, manufacturing method of electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film, and radome for vehicle-mounted radar devices
2) provided on a surface of a substrate through an electroless plating step, wherein fine metal film pieces adjacent to each other are electrically isolated, a manufacturing method of the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film, and a radome for a vehicle-mounted radar devices using the electromagnetic wave penetrative metal film.
B32B 15/00 - Layered products essentially comprising metal
B32B 15/04 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance
C23C 18/20 - Pretreatment of the material to be coated of organic surfaces, e.g. resins
C23C 18/44 - Coating with noble metals using reducing agents
G01S 7/03 - Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
C23C 18/16 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coatingContact plating by reduction or substitution, i.e. electroless plating
B32B 15/08 - Layered products essentially comprising metal comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin
B32B 3/10 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. apertured or formed of separate pieces of material
G01S 13/93 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes
A muffler (1) having a shell (2) formed therein as a result of fitting and welding, at an opening end section, a metal upper-side conductor (3) and lower-side conductor (4) that have peripheral walls (32, 42) installed from a peripheral end of substrates (31, 41). A first flaring section (33) is formed in the opening end section of the upper-side conductor (3) of the shell (2); a flange (34) that protrudes outwards is formed in a bent shape, at the tip of a peripheral wall (332) extending substantially vertically from the first flaring section (33); a second flaring section (43) is formed in the opening end section of the lower-side conductor (4) of the shell (2) ; a peripheral wall (432) of the second flaring section (43) is inserted inside the peripheral wall (332) of the first flaring section (33), and is fitted so as to substantially follow same; and a welded section (5) is formed by laser welding, along the entire periphery in the fitted section between the peripheral wall (332) of the first flaring section (33) and the peripheral wall (432) of the second flaring section (43). As a result, the bond of the laser welding can be ensured by the suppression of gaps in the fitting section, the production process can be made more efficient, and technology can be diversified.
Provided is a method for manufacturing a product with a bright surface that has good surface brightness, has outstanding anti-corrosive and peeling-resistance properties, and can be manufactured in large quantities at low cost. The method is provided with the following: a step wherein a first metal film (23) is formed on a base coat layer (22) of a substrate (21) by electroless plating; a step wherein a second metal film (24) is formed on top of the first metal film (23) and the binding force between the films of a multi-layer metal film comprising the first and second metal films (23, 24) is made stronger by the binding force between the base coat layer (22) and the first metal film (23); a step wherein the entire multi-layer metal film is entirely divided into discontinuous sections by cracks (26) due to the internal stress difference between the substrate (21) and the multi-layer metal film to form an island-shaped metal film that comprises an aggregation of fine multi-layer metal regions (25) with an island-shaped structure and that has a unified bright surface; and a step wherein a translucent top coat layer (27) is formed so as to cover the fine multi-layer metal regions (25) and so as to come into contact with the base coat layer (22) by entering into the cracks (26).
Provided is a vacuum double container, wherein a welded section of the body part and the bottom part of an outer container is formed on a site that is not easily visible by a consumer, and it is possible to improve design properties, simplify the welding step, and to reduce production costs. A vacuum double container (1) in which a vacuum insulation layer (4) is disposed between a metal inner container (2) having a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom and a metal outer container (3) having a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom, wherein: a bent section (311) is formed by inwardly bending the edge on the bottom of the body (31) of the outer container (3); the bottom part (33) of the outer container (3), which is formed separately from the outer container (3), is provided so as to close an opening (313) formed at the tip edge of the bent section (311); and the bent section (311) and the bottom part (33) are secured by being welded together toward the bottom of the outer container (3).
A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles
B65D 77/04 - Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
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VACUUM DOUBLE CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
The present invention is able to reliably ensure that a drinker can drink with ease without providing a separate member such as a resin inner plug to a mouth part and to improve the safety of the drinker, and has an advantage in terms of simplicity of the structure of the container, high efficiency of the production steps, low production costs, and of preventing the number of components and the weight of the container from increasing. A vacuum double container (1) wherein: a vacuum insulation layer (4) is disposed between a metal inner container (2) having a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom and a metal outer container (3) having a nearly cylindrical shape with a bottom; a folded section (321) that is inwardly bent is formed on the tip of a mouth part (32) on the outer container (3); and the folded section (321) of the outer container (3) and a mouth part (23) on the inner container (2) are secured by being welded inside the mouth part (32) of the outer container (3).
A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles
B65D 77/04 - Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
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METAL COATING FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL COATING FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION, AND RADOME FOR VEHICLE RADAR DEVICE
The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal coating for electromagnetic wave transmission, the metal coating being highly mass-producible and having an extremely low transmission attenuation rate for electromagnetic waves; a method for producing the metal coating for electromagnetic wave transmission; and a radome for a vehicle radar device using the metal coating. In order to solve this problem, provided is a metal coating for electromagnetic wave transmission comprising greater than 10,000 fine metal regions per unit area (1 mm2), the fine metal regions being provided to the surface of a base material through a non-electrolytic plating step, wherein the metal coating is characterized in that mutually adjacent fine metal regions are electrically isolated; also provided are a method for producing the metal coating for electromagnetic wave transmission, and a radome for a vehicle radar device using the metal coating.
This fuel cell module of one aspect of this invention is provided with a casing that houses a reformer and a cell stack. The casing is provided with a first case forming an internal space, a second case which covers the first case and, together with said first case, forms an exhaust gas flow path which allows passage of an exhaust gas resulting from combustion of offgas, and a third case which covers the second case and, together with said second case, forms an oxidizer flow path which allows passage of an oxidizer. The second case is configured to include second case side walls opposite to one another, a second case top wall fixed to the second case side walls, and a second case bottom wall formed integrally with the second case side walls by bending the sheet material. The third case is configured to include third case side walls opposite to one another, a third case top wall fixed to the third case side walls, and a third case bottom wall formed integrally with the third case side walls by bending the sheet material.
This fuel cell module is provided with a reformer which generates a reformed gas using a hydrogen-containing fuel, a cell stack which generates power using the reformed gas and an oxidizer, and a casing which houses the reformer and the cell stack. The casing is provided with a body which houses the reformer and the cell stack and has an opening, and with a lid covering the opening of the body. The body is provided with a lid receiving unit formed around the opening and opposite of the periphery of the lid, and with first screw members vertically installed in the lid receiving unit and extending in the thickness direction of the lid. In the periphery of the lid, through-holes are formed into which the first screw members are inserted, and the lid is fixed to the lid receiving unit by the first screw members and second screw members being screwed together.
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