Murakami Corporation

Masaaki Matsuura

Masahiro Motomiya

Hisaya Suzuki

Hidenori Sato

Masatoshi Nakamura

Tohru Yamana

Momoko Takinami

Tomoaki Takinami

A hydrophilic member that enables provision of favorable photocatalytic performance while enhancing water repellent agent resistance and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A maintenance method for removing a water repellent agent adhering to a surface of a hydrophilic layer of a hydrophilic member, the water repellent agent having a cation property, is provided. A photocatalytic layer is formed on a base material. An intermediate layer is formed on the photocatalytic layer. A hydrophilic layer having an isoelectric point exceeding 7 is formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is a layer that causes the hydrophilic layer to be formed so as to have a low density compared to a case where the hydrophilic layer is formed directly on the photocatalytic layer under the same film forming condition. A water repellent agent adhering to a surface of the hydrophilic layer can effectively be removed using sodium bicarbonate.

Hydrophilic member, method for manufacturing same and hydrophilic member maintenance method

Disclosed is an outer mirror in which individual components are easy to assemble and which is superior in durability. An outer mirror includes a mirror base having a protrusion which sticks out outward from a side face of a vehicle body, a shaft being placed on the protrusion, and a mirror housing being coupled to the shaft in a rotatable fashion. Furthermore, the mirror housing includes a mirror for showing an area behind the vehicle body, and an opening on its side that faces the vehicle body.

Vehicle side mirror assembly with rearward and forward viewing

The present invention provides an outer mirrors installed in an automobile, that has a capability to be reset into a housing position, features to have auxiliary mirrors to percept and monitor the front wheels and thereabout, has a flexibility for well appreciated apparent design, has no reflection of head lamp lights of oncoming automobiles thereby and is capable to perform the function of the auxiliary mirror in the night or in the dark place. The outer mirror comprises a mirror base extending outward and a mirror housing, being capable to be reset into the housing position, suspended under the mirror base with a rotation capability thereunder and a separation distance from the automobile, wherein a first auxiliary mirror facing obliquely downward is attached to the mirror housing on the surface facing to the automobile body.

Exterior vehicle mirror with auxiliary mirror having position marker indicating position of vehicle

A door mirroras a vehicle exterior component is fixed by three bolt-nut pairsto a mountA of a vehicle body, and secure electric connection is established via the bolt-nut pairsbetween an ignition switch circuit in the vehicle body and electric parts, such as a driving motor, a mirror angle adjustment circuit and a mirror retracting/deploying operation circuit, incorporated in the door mirror. Thus, a defect in electric connectivity (e.g., a break and a short circuit) to the electric part can be prevented, and the number of assembly steps, and thus man-hours for assembly, of the vehicle exterior component can be reduced.

Wiring arrangement for vehicle exterior component

The present invention provides an inner mirror with a built-in antenna in which an antenna angle remains unchanged regardless of adjustment of a mirror angle. The upper end of a stay is mounted on a ceiling in a vehicle room. A pivot is formed at the lower end of the stay The pivot is inserted into a mirror body and fitted into a pivot supporting pmember to support the mirror body pivotally in three-dimensional directions. An antenna is mounted on one side of the pivot through shafts and Since the antenna is mounted on the pivot the angle of the antenna remains unchanged, even though the mirror angle adjustment is performed by pivoting the mirror body

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Shizuoka, Japan

Masaaki Matsuura