A window regulator includes a carrier plate, a wire to pull the carrier plate, a slide member including a main body attached to an end of the wire and a flange at a base end of the main body, and a spring to apply a tensile force to the wire. The carrier plate includes a housing portion including a bottom surface, the housing portion accommodating the spring. A grease storage portion for storing grease is formed between the flange and the bottom surface. A protruding portion is formed on one surface out of the bottom surface and the end face so as to protrude from the one surface and comes into contact with the other surface out of the bottom surface and the end face to restrict an advancing position of the slide member. The protruding portion is deformed by the contact such that a protruding length thereof is reduced.

An opening/closing body control device may include an actuator, a drive device configured to drive the actuator configured to at least one of open and close an opening/closing body of a vehicle, an operation switch, and a signal output device. The signal output device may be configured to drive the actuator via outputting a signal to the drive device when the operation switch is operated. The signal output device may include a signal line, a submergence detection circuit configured to detect submergence of the vehicle in water, a switch, and a pullup resistance connected via the switch to a power source. The switch may be configured to turn on when submergence of the vehicle in water is detected and the operation switch is not operated. The pullup resistance may be connected electrically to the signal line when the switch turns on to output a signal to the drive device.

A vehicle window parts assembly includes a fixed window glass with a division bar, the fixed window glass with a division bar including a fixed window glass having an outer periphery, a resin frame attached to the periphery, and a division bar attached to a surface of the resin frame opposite to the fixed window glass and having a guide portion formed therein, such that the resin frame and the division bar are integrally molded to the fixed window glass as an integral molded product; and a glass run including a first glass run vertical side, a second glass run vertical side, and a glass run upper side connecting the first glass run vertical side and the second glass run vertical side; wherein the glass run further includes a first coupler, and the fixed window glass with a division bar further includes a second coupler.

A window regulator includes a guide rail, a carrier plate, and a raising/lowering means to raise/lower the carrier plate along the guide rail. The carrier plate includes a front surface sliding member configured to slide on a front surface of a flange portion of the guide rail and a back surface sliding member configured to slide on a back surface of the flange portion. The back surface sliding member includes a contact portion coming into contact with the back surface and a base portion that presses the contact portion against the back surface by a restoring force of elastic deformation. The contact portion extends toward the back surface and is elastically deformed and bent on the end side to allow the flange portion to enter from a lateral side in an extending direction thereof when assembling the carrier plate to the guide rail.

A window regulator includes a guide rail, a carrier plate, and a raising/lowering means to raise/lower the carrier plate along the guide rail. The carrier plate includes a front surface sliding member configured to slide on a front surface of a flange portion of the guide rail and a back surface sliding member configured to slide on a back surface of the flange portion. The back surface sliding member includes a contact portion coming into contact with the back surface and a base portion that presses the contact portion against the back surface by a restoring force of elastic deformation. The contact portion extends toward the back surface and is elastically deformed and bent on the end side to allow the flange portion to enter from a lateral side in an extending direction thereof when assembling the carrier plate to the guide rail.

A safety alert system for a vehicle has a computerized monitoring apparatus storing a pre-programmed telephone number for a specific cellular telephone, a plurality of sensors coupled to the computerized monitoring apparatus, sensing at least on/off status of vehicle ignition system, presence or absence of a person in a driver's seat of the vehicle, and presence of a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, and wireless transmission circuitry adapted to send an alert to a cellular telephone. The computerized monitoring apparatus senses that vehicle ignition is on, a person is in the driver's seat, and there is a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, then senses that the ignition is switched off, then senses that there is no person in the driver's seat, and then sends an alert to the cellular telephone.

A safety alert system for a vehicle has a computerized monitoring apparatus storing a pre-programmed telephone number for a specific cellular telephone, a plurality of sensors coupled to the computerized monitoring apparatus, sensing at least on/off status of vehicle ignition system, presence or absence of a person in a driver's seat of the vehicle, and presence of a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, and wireless transmission circuitry adapted to send an alert to a cellular telephone. The computerized monitoring apparatus senses that vehicle ignition is on, a person is in the driver's seat, and there is a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, then senses that the ignition is switched off, then senses that there is no person in the driver's seat, and then sends an alert to the cellular telephone.

An automated vehicle inspection system utilizing a watertight booth process of a manufacturing plant includes a diagnostic terminal mounted in a vehicle and connected to an engine control unit (ECU) of the vehicle through vehicle communication, sequentially operating individual electric components through the ECU based on a stored electric component inspection items while the vehicle passes through a watertight booth and receiving individual operating currents measured accordingly to determine whether the electric components normally operate, a transceiver connecting the diagnostic terminal and wireless diagnostic communication through an antenna disposed in the watertight booth process, and an inspector recognizing a vehicle ID of a vehicle that enters the watertight booth, transmitting inspection items according to a vehicle type and specification of the vehicle ID to the diagnostic terminal through the diagnostic communication, recognizing a vehicle ID of a vehicle that leaves the watertight booth to collect inspection results determined in the diagnostic terminal.

An automated vehicle inspection system utilizing a watertight booth process of a manufacturing plant includes a diagnostic terminal mounted in a vehicle and connected to an engine control unit (ECU) of the vehicle through vehicle communication, sequentially operating individual electric components through the ECU based on a stored electric component inspection items while the vehicle passes through a watertight booth and receiving individual operating currents measured accordingly to determine whether the electric components normally operate, a transceiver connecting the diagnostic terminal and wireless diagnostic communication through an antenna disposed in the watertight booth process, and an inspector recognizing a vehicle ID of a vehicle that enters the watertight booth, transmitting inspection items according to a vehicle type and specification of the vehicle ID to the diagnostic terminal through the diagnostic communication, recognizing a vehicle ID of a vehicle that leaves the watertight booth to collect inspection results determined in the diagnostic terminal.

There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.