Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Pilkington Group Limited

Research Institute of Advanced Material Gas-generator, Ltd.

Kazuhiro Fujiwara

Charles E Ash

Charles Sitterlet

Tsuneaki Sakai

Yasukazu Kanatani

In a window module including a molding molded along the peripheral part of a window panel in situ, the deformation of the molding due to the shrinkage following the molding process is controlled. The window module comprises a window panel and a molding molded on and attached to a peripheral part of the window panel. The molding comprises a base portion extending along and attached to the peripheral part and a projection projecting from and extending along the peripheral part, and the projection is provided with an easily deformable portion at least in a part of the projection located along a lengthwise direction of the peripheral part, the easily deformable portion being deformable in the lengthwise direction of the peripheral part more readily than a remaining part of the projection.

Window module

An encapsulated vehicle window assembly has, as a component thereof, a polymeric seal member surrounding at least a peripheral portion of a transparent glass substrate, the polymeric seal having interlocking portions. A method of installing the encapsulated vehicle window assembly in a vehicle body opening is also an aspect of the invention.

Encapsulated vehicle window assembly with interlocking seal and method of bonding same in vehicle body opening

There is provided a terminal sealing device that can realize easy change of a protective cover, reduce the number of components used, and be efficiently placed in a small space. A power supply terminal sealing deviceincludes a molded thermoplastic resin memberthat seals a power supply terminalprovided on a surface of a glass plate, and a locking holeformed integrally with the molded thermoplastic resin member, and the locking holeengages a protective coverthat houses the molded thermoplastic resin member

Terminal sealing apparatus

The object of the invention is to offer an optical fiber sensor for measuring pressure or displacement having a simple, compact and light-weight structure, which is capable of performing high-precision range, displacement and pressure measurements over a wide range of temperatures. The optical fiber sensor has a drive control circuit 2 which controls a laser diode 1 to emit a laser beam, which is then split by an optical fiber coupler 4. An optical fiber coupler 7 directs one portion of the split laser beam to an optical fiber 10, and the other portion to an optical fiber 16. A portion of the laser beam propagating through the optical fiber 10 is reflected at the end surface 10a of the optical fiber 10 as a reference beam, while the rest of the laser beam is reflected at a peripheral portion of a diaphragm 12 to be incident upon the end surface 10a as a reflected beam. The two beams form an interference beam which is then split by the optical fiber couple.sub.r 7. In the same manner as with the optical fiber coupler 7, an optical fiber coupler 8 splits an interference beam propagating through the optical fiber 16. The interference beams are converted to electrical signals by a photoelectric converter 22, from which distances L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are determined and the measurement pressure P is calculated by means of a calculation processing circuit 23.

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Kazuhiro Fujiwara