Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Hideyuki Hirota

Takahiro Ikunami

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A camera unit is housed and attached in an internal space of a pillar, the camera unit including a plurality of modules that executes respective functions regarding camera imaging, and a housing having a dimension in such a manner that an outer shape of the housing around a longitudinal direction of the housing is accommodated in the internal space, the modules being mounted on the housing without protruding from the outer shape.

Camera unit and occupant monitoring system

When a lever driving sectionthat rotates integrally with a displayabout a shaftis pushed out by a concave portion, a switch operating sectionon the other end side is rotated about a rotational central sectionto turn off a switch. When the lever driving sectionis drawn into a convex portion, the switch operating sectionis rotated about the rotational central sectionto turn on the switch

Switch lever device and open/close detection device

A connecting portion() includes a hole portion() and a shaft insertion portion() that is cut in from an edge of an arm() to the hole portion() by a width smaller than a diameter of the hole portion(), and a post portion() includes a shaft() that is attachable to/detachable from the hole portion() through the shaft insertion portion() only from a predetermined direction when upper and lower armsandare projected to an extent not normally used, and a fixing portion() formed at both ends of the shaft() by a diameter larger than that of the hole portion().

Display device

A push button structure includes: a panelin which an openingfor exposing a buttonis provided; a buttonhaving a leg of which one end side is supported by a rotational central sectionof the paneland of which the other end side has a legextending in an orthogonal direction to the panel, wherein the other end side is rotated about the rotational central sectionwhen the button is pushed with exposed from the openingof the paneland a boardon which a switchis mounted and which is attached at an angle to the panelsuch that a direction C tangential to a rotational path of the legis substantially the same as a stroke direction D of the switch

Push button structure

A heat dissipating fan is housed in the opening of a chassis in the direction of thickness of the fan; a plurality of holding portions provided on the edges of the opening support the heat dissipating fan, parallel to the surface of the chassis; a plurality of elastic members provided on the two adjoining edges of the opening, respectively, urge the heat dissipating fan in the respective directions of the opposed edges of the opening to position the fan; and further a holder is provided with a plurality of elastic portions around ventilating openings corresponding to a blower window of the heat dissipating fan, and the elastic portions are abutted against the top surface of the peripheral portion of an outer casing of the heat dissipating fan to urge the heat dissipating fan perpendicularly to the face of the chassis.

Fan fastening device

A hinge deviceincludes: a one-piece hinge basesuch that connecting hinge basesin which rotational shaft portionsare protrusively provided in the same direction by a burring process are connected together through a hinge base connecting part; and a one-piece holdersuch that connecting holdershaving click washersattached thereto are connected together through a holder connecting part, wherein the one-piece holderis assembled to the one-piece hinge basefrom one direction.

Hinge device

A display securing structure includes a rectangular displaywith thickness including a terminal, and a holderassembled by the display; the holderincludes a resilient lugserving as a thickness-directionally urging member, formed on a bottom plate of the holder to urge the displaymounted thereon in the direction of thickness; a resilient lugworking as a downwardly urging member, formed on an upper side plate thereof to urge the displayto the side of the terminal; resilient lugsserving as a rightwardly and leftward urging member, formed on left and right side plates thereof so as to urge the displayfrom left and right; and resiliently engaging clawsandworking as a face pressing member, formed on a backside plate and the right and left side plates thereof to press the face of the display

Indicator securing structure

A protrusionformed at an end edge of a board that is not screw-fixed is inserted into a rectangular opening engaging sectionformed on a chassis, sides of the board are mounted on a screw-fixing section (also serving as a board receiver), and a first and a second board receiving sectionsthat are formed on the chassisby a cutting and raising manner, respectively, the boardis gripped by board gripping sections, and one side of the boardis screw-fixed to the screw-fixing section (also serving as the board receiver)

Board fixing structure

A display device includes, within a panel formed of a front paneland a rear panel, a switchboarddisposed in proximity to the front panel; a display boarddisposed in proximity to the rear panel; a displaydisposed between the switch board 80 and the display board; a switch mounting sectionformed by protruding laterally at least a portion of the display boardfrom the display; a rotary switchattached to the switch mounting section; and an operation knobattached to a shaft of the rotary switchextended through the switch boardand the front panel

A structure assembled to a panel includes a panel, a hood, and a filter, and is arranged such that the hoodand the filterare assembled to the panelindependently from each other by the engagement between resiliently engaging claws and engaging concavities.

Structure assembled to panel

A shaftis provided on the opposite side of the side provided with a locking mechanismin a remote control; a remote control holderhas provided thereon a bearing sectionabutting on the shaftwhen the remote controlis housed in the remote control holder; the remote control holderfurther has supportingly provided thereon a holding levergripping the shaftin cooperation with the bearing section; the holding leverhas provided thereon a coil springenergizing the holding levertoward the shaft; and further the remote controlhas provided thereon a lever engaging sectionthat rotates the holding leveragainst the resilient force of the coil spring when the remote controlis rotated to take out the remote control.

Remote control retainer

A chassisas a first sheet-metal part has an L-shaped hooking sectionformed at a cover mounting opening end of each side plate thereof, and an assembly guide sectiondimpling inwardly the opening end of the chassisby the thickness of a cover; the coveras a second sheet-metal part has a hooking clawextending from each side edge of the cover to the mounting side thereof and engaging with the L-shaped hooking section, and a guide lugengaging with the assembly guide section, wherein an engaging clawand an engaging hole, and a tapped holeand a screw passing-through holeare relatively provided on the abutment faces between the chassisand the cover, respectively.

Structure for fastening metallic plate parts together

A display panel fitting structure includes two or more pairs of fitting meansbetween two panelswhich are detachably fixed to and held by each other with the mating faces thereof mated with each other. Each fitting member is disposed such that the fit between each of the two or more pairs of fitting means is made by slide of one of the two panels in a predetermined sliding direction Z determined as a direction in which the panel is slid with respect to the other panel when the panels are assembled, and the fitting structure further includes a lock meansenabling to maintain the fitting state established by the fitting means and release the fitting engagement of the fitting means.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideyuki Hirota