A vehicle controller is provided for supplying a driving current to a large current load. A smoothing capacitor is previously charged to reduce the ripple component in an operating current. Thereafter, a relay contact is closed and the operating current is supplied to a load from a DC power unit. Thus, the rush current to the capacitor is reduced when supplying the operating current to the load through the relay contact. It is, therefore, possible to use a relay having a contact current capacity...

An automobile lamp comprising a light source, a shade covering the light source, a reflector having an aperture, an outer lens covering the aperture, and an inner lens arranged vertically between the shade and the outer lens, wherein the reflector has a central reflecting surface, which directs light emitted from the light source to the inner lens, a left reflecting surface, a right reflecting surface, and at least one non-reflecting surface which is at least one step between the central reflect...

An automobile seat is composed of a seat cushion, seat back, and supporting element. The seat cushion supports the hip portion of a vehicle occupant at its normal position. The seat cushion is disposed so that the seat cushion may be freely movable while being forwardly rotated about a front end supporting fulcrum from the normal position to an inverted position. The seat cushion has a reverse surface which is made substantially horizontal at its inverted position. The seat back supports the bac...

An automobile seat is provided with a side impact air bag accommodated within a seat back. To permit prompt burst-out of the side impact air bag precisely at a predetermined position in a predetermined direction without the need for the arrangement of a member different in nature from a surface of the seat back on the surface of the seat back, an air bag module is arranged within a cushion pad of the seat back. Further, the cushion pad is provided, on a surface of a surrounding portion thereof w...

A sensor for an automobile wherein a coating material 35 for covering the connections between a sensor body 11 and lead wires 20 is formed by injection-molding a thermoplastic elastomer. Since the elastomer has rubber elasticity, no stress concentration takes place in the lead wire connections even though the sensor is vibrated, and disconnection of the lead wires cannot easily take place.

An automobile sunshade cover shades a passenger compartment of an automobile. The sunshade is attached at one end to a pouch for storing the cover, and is arranged so that the pouch is freely suspended by laces from suitable fittings of the automobile, such as the hinges attaching the lid of the trunk to the automobile body. The pouch serves to anchor the sunshade when deployed. The sunshade has a crossbar attached to its front edge which provides a convenient grip for the user during the deploy...

An automobile mat including an upper layer formed with a plurality of arrow-shaped recesses and diamond-shaped recesses arranged alternately and extending obliquely and downwardly through the upper layer to form a larger open top, and a lower layer attached to a bottom of the upper layer, whereby the mat can prevent the automobile occupant's shoes from slipping and collect the sand and dirt from the automobile occupant's shoes.

An automobile bumper for use on an automobile body has a thicker region having a relatively large wall thickness, a gradually varying region having a gradually varying wall thickness, and a thinner region having a relatively small wall thickness. The thicker region, the gradually varying region, and the thinner region are integrally formed with each other and arranged successively downwardly when mounted on the automobile body. The gradually varying region has a wall thickness reduced at a const...

A headlamp for an automobile includes a reflector, a filament, and a front lens, and the filament is disposed along the principal optical axis of the reflector. The basic surface of the reflecting surface has a shape obtained by adding deformations to an elliptical paraboloid which has an elliptical cross section at a plane perpendicular to the principal optical axis. The focal length of a cross section (parabola) of a basic surface in a horizontal plane including the principal optical axis is s...

An automobile lock has a body, an ejecting rod and a retaining rod. When in using, use a key to rotate a lock core to withdraw the ejecting rod inwardly to make the retaining rod disengaged from a locating pin and urged outwardly by a spring to form a gap for allowing a steering wheel rim to be received therein and embraced by a holding member of the body and a retaining member of the retaining rod, and then pull the ejecting rod outwardly to be fixed at a rear end of the body, thus providing a ...