All The Claims

1. A vehicular integrated mirror system that is supported on a vehicle body that includes a door, and has an outside mirror disposed outside a vehicle compartment and an inside mirror disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position proximate the outside mirror so that, in cooperation with the outside mirror, a vehicle rear field of vision is obtained, wherein the system comprises:
a mirror holder retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon:
a mirror support device mounted on the vehicle body so as to swingably support the mirror holder thereon in order to change a reflection angle of the two mirrors relative to a vehicle driver; and
a remote drive device for making the mirror holder swing by remote operation in order to change the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror;
wherein the mirror holder comprises an outside mirror holder and an inside mirror holder respectively retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon, wherein said outside mirror holder and said inside mirror holder are supported on the mirror support device and are operable so as to swing independently from each other,
wherein the remote drive device comprises:
an outside drive device and an inside drive device for respectively making the outside and inside mirror holders swing;
a control unit for controlling operation of the outside drive device and the inside drive device, the control unit being switchable between a normal operation control state in which the outside and inside drive devices are both operated so as to make the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder swing in association, and a specific operation control state in which only the outside drive device is operated so as to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own; and
a remote operation member that enables manual operation by a vehicle driver on a driver’s seat of the vehicle, wherein:

the control unit selects the specific operation control state, and operates the outside drive device only by a predetermined amount toward a side that makes a direction the outside mirror faces change downward only by a predetermined angle, in response to an operation of an operation device operated by the vehicle driver when reversing the vehicle,
the control unit operates the outside drive device so as to return the outside mirror holder to the position the outside mirror holder was in before the specific operation control state started in response to the vehicle driver completing operation of the operation device,
when the operation by the vehicle driver for reversing the vehicle is not detected, the control unit selects the normal operation control state in which the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder are made to swing in association with each other in response to a signal input from the remote operation member, and
when the operation by the vehicle driver for reversing the vehicle is detected, the control unit is switched to select the specific operation control state in which only the outside driver device is operated to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own.
2. A vehicular integrated mirror system that is supported on a vehicle body that includes a door, and has an outside mirror disposed outside a vehicle compartment and an inside mirror disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position proximate the outside mirror so that, in cooperation with the outside mirror, a vehicle rear field of vision is obtained, wherein the system comprises:
a mirror holder retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror:
a mirror support device mounted on the vehicle body so as to swingably support the mirror holder in order to change a reflection angle of the two mirrors relative to a vehicle driver; and
a remote drive device making the mirror holder swing by remote operation in order to change the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror;
wherein the mirror holder comprises an outside mirror holder and an inside mirror holder respectively retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror thereon, said outside mirror holder and said inside mirror holder are supported on the mirror support device and are operable so as to swing independently from each other,
wherein the remote drive device comprises:
an outside drive device and an inside drive device for respectively making the outside and inside mirror mirror holders swing;
a control unit for controlling operation of the outside drive device and the inside drive device, the control unit being switchable between a normal operation control state in which the outside and inside drive devices are both operated so as to make the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder swing in association and a specific operation control state in which only the outside drive device is operated so as to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own; and
a remote operation member that enables manual operation by a vehicle driver on a driver’s seat of the vehicle, wherein:

the control unit selects the specific operation control state, and operates the outside drive device only by a predetermined amount toward a side that makes a direction the outside mirror faces change downward only by a predetermined angle, in response to an operation of an operation device operated by the vehicle driver when changing a path of the vehicle,
the control unit operates the outside drive device so as to return the outside mirror holder to the position the outside mirror holder was in before the specific operation control state started in response to the vehicle driver completing operation of the operation device,
when the operation by the vehicle driver for changing the path of the vehicle is not detected, the control unit selects the normal operation control state in which the outside mirror holder and the inside mirror holder are made to swing in association with each other in response to a signal input from the remote operation member, and
when the operation by the vehicle driver for changing the path of the vehicle is detected, the control unit is switched to select the specific operation control state in which only the outside driver device is operated to make the outside mirror holder swing on its own.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A seat for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a bicycle, motorcycle and a scooter, comprising a relatively soft saddle support to bear a rider thereon, said saddle support having a longitudinal direction axis and a cross direction axis, a supporting structure connecting said saddle support to a seat-carrying upright of said vehicle, between said supporting structure and said upright there being provided a longitudinal oscillatable pin having an oscillating axis longitudinally extending substantially along a full extension of said longitudinal axis of said saddle support, thereby allowing said saddle support to oscillate about said longitudinal axis of said saddle support, oscillation preventing means for preventing an oscillation of said pin and accordingly of said saddle support being provided between said pin and said supporting structure, said seat further comprising means for adjusting an amplitude of said oscillation of said pin around said longitudinal axis thereof, said pin being connected to said upright and having two pin ends rotatably connected to said supporting structure, said pin being integral with said supporting structure and being connected to said upright in such a manner as to be able to slide and turn, wherein a tubular guide is moreover provided within which said pin is slidably and rotatively mounted and is integrally connected to said upright, means being provided for controlling a sliding of said pin within said tubular guide.
2. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for controlling the sliding of said pin within said tubular guide comprise pulling means that extend between said upright and at least one end of said pin and are connected to a remote actuation device.
3. A seat in accordance with claim 2, wherein said pin has an outer thread and said tubular guide has an inner thread, manual actuating means being provided at one end of said pin to impart an angular displacement to said pin, to cause said pin to slide within said guide.
4. A seat in accordance with claim 2, wherein said oscillation preventing means comprise an element sliding on said supporting structure and a seating integral with said pin, said sliding element being positioned on said structure in such a way as to be aligned with said seating to become engaged within said seating to prevent said oscillation or to become disengaged therefrom to permit said oscillation.
5. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said oscillation preventing means also allows to regulate the amplitude of the oscillation and comprise at least one sleeve integral with said tubular guide and coaxial with it and at least one sleeve integral with said pin and coaxial with it, said sleeves having opposed ends provided with complementary inclined surfaces that gradually become engaged with each other and reduce the oscillation possibility as the distance between them becomes smaller until they eventually come to constitute a locking fit that prevents one end of said sleeve from rotating with respect to the other end of said sleeve.
6. A seat in accordance with claim 5, wherein a first sleeve with an inclined end is coaxially fixed to one end of said tubular guide and a second sleeve with a complementary inclined end is counterposed to the first coaxially integral with one end of said pin, a pull wire being connected to the other end of said pin and elastic means being interposed between this latter end of said pin and an end of said tubular guide opposite to the one to which said first sleeve is attached.
7. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said supporting structure has a part integral with said saddle support and a part integral with said upright, the part integral with said upright being provided with longitudinal linkage elements rigidly connected to said upright and converging onto two coaxially opposed pins (23, 24) that are rotatably connected to the part of the supporting structure rigidly connected to said saddle support.
8. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said oscillation preventing means also allows to regulate the amplitude of the oscillation and comprise two sleeves with inclined ends coaxially fixed to the two ends of said tubular guide, two corresponding sleeves with complementary inclined ends being coaxially fixed to the ends of said pin, there being provided a remote manually actuated tension cable which has its ends connected to the ends of said pin, said tension cable being slidingly supported by said upright, so that pulling said tension cable in one direction or the other will cause said pin to slide relatively forward or backward until it reaches two limit positions of complete forward displacement or complete rearward displacement of the seat in which the respective pairs of the inclined ends of said sleeves prevent said pin from further rotating, whereas in an intermediate position relative rotation of said pin is possible with an increasing amplitude that depends on a distance between said inclined ends of said sleeves.
9. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein from said pin there extends a tooth that projects within a longitudinal slot provided on said tubular guide capable of becoming engaged with a vault delimited by an arcuate portion bridging said tubular guide to prevent rotation of said pin in an intermediate position between an extreme forward position of the seat and an extreme rearward position thereof.
10. A seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pin is slidingly and rotatably engaged in a longitudinal groove integral with said supporting structure, there being provided, integral with said structure, pulling means for controlling sliding movements of said pin in both directions and means for locking the oscillation.
11. A seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein said oscillation preventing means comprise a radial rib arranged between two walls situated at a gradually variable distance from each other.
12. A seat in accordance with claim 11, wherein said walls comprise a flared groove of a substantially triangular section provided in a small block that can slide with respect to said pin, said rib being engaged in said groove.
13. A seat in accordance with claim 11, wherein said walls comprise end portions of two setting screws axially facing to each other and screwed into walls integral with said structure.
14. A seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein said oscillation control means comprise a longitudinal groove provided on said pin and a prismatic tooth of a substantially triangular section that can gradually become engaged within said groove.

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a rotary developer unit that has a developing roll opposed to the image carrier when located at a developing position; and
an exposure device that writes a latent image onto the image carrier;

wherein an optical path from the exposure device to the image carrier passes within a circumscribed circle of the developing roll with the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit as the center of the circle.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exposure device outputs a beam to make an incident angle of the beam on the image carrier, which is equal to or less than 30 degrees relative to the normal line of the image carrier.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exposure device has a mounting portion, and the mounting portion is mounted to the main body of the image forming apparatus outside of the region formed by vertically projecting the rotary developer unit.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the exposure device is disposed in a mounted position by being slid relative to the main body of the image forming apparatus.
5. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a rotary developer unit that has a developing roll opposed to the image carrier when located at a developing position; and
an exposure device that writes a latent image onto the image carrier;

wherein the image carrier is located to provide the developing position above a horizontal line passing the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit, and the exposure device is located to provide a beam exit position below the horizontal line and out of a region formed by vertically projecting the image carrier to the rotary developer unit side.
6. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a rotary developer unit that has a developing roll opposed to the image carrier when located at a developing position; and
an exposure device that writes a latent image onto the image carrier;

wherein the image carrier is located to provide the developing position above a horizontal line passing the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit, and the exposure device is located to provide a beam exit position below the horizontal line and within a region formed by vertically projecting the rotary developer unit.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the rotary developer unit further has a bottom plate, and the exposure device is located to provide the beam exit position within a region formed by vertically projecting the bottom plate.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a beam passing portion is formed in the bottom plate, and an optical path from the exposure device to the image carrier via the beam passing portion is formed.
9. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a rotary developer unit that has a developing roll opposed to the image carrier when located at a developing position; and
an exposure device that writes a latent image onto the image carrier;

wherein the exposure device is located below the rotary developer unit, and outputs a beam in a direction substantially the same as a direction of rotation of the rotary developer unit.
10. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a rotary developer unit that has a plurality of developing parts and moving to a developing position in which each of the developing parts is opposed to the image carrier by rotating around a predetermined center of rotation; and
an exposure device disposed to allow light output by the exposure device to pass inside of a circumscribed circle along which the developing parts rotate.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein an incident angle of the light output by the exposure device is equal to or less than 30 degrees relative to the image carrier.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the rotary developer unit further has a bottom plate, and the exposure device is located to provide a beam exit position within a region formed by vertically projecting the bottom plate.
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a beam passing portion is formed in the bottom plate, and an optical path from the exposure device to the image carrier via the beam passing portion is formed.
14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the image carrier is located to provide the developing position above a horizontal line passing the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit, and the exposure device is located to provide a beam exit position below the horizontal line and out of a region formed by vertically projecting the image carrier to the rotary developer unit side.
15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the image carrier is located to provide the developing position above a horizontal line passing the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit, and the exposure device is located to provide a beam exit position below the horizontal line and within a region formed by vertically projecting the rotary developer unit.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An eyewear system comprising eyeglasses comprising:
first and second lenses;
first and second nose pads operably connected to the first and second lenses, respectively, and adapted to permit relative movement between the first and second nose pads and the first and second lenses, respectively, to provide first and second pad forces resisting relative movement between the first and second nose pads and the first and second lenses from rest positions; and
a bridge operably connecting the first and second lenses, the bridge being bendable from a bridge rest position to provide a bridge pinch force between the nose pads,
the bridge pinch force being greater than the first and second pad forces.
2. The eyewear system of claim 1 wherein the first and second nose pads each comprise a connector and a cantilever extending from the connector.
3. The eyewear system of claim 2 wherein the bridge force is a spring force having a spring constant greater than a spring constant of the cantilever of the first nose pad and the second nose pad.
4. The eyewear system of claim 1 wherein the first and second nose pads each comprise a connector that is adjustable to change a width between resting positions of the first and second nose pads.
5. The eyewear system of claim 1 wherein the nose pads each comprise a friction material having a micro texture surface.
6. The eyewear system of claim 5 wherein the friction material comprises a textured polymer.
7. The eyewear system of claim 5 wherein the friction material comprises a 60-400 grit impregnated material.
8. The eyewear system of claim 1 wherein the bridge is connected to the first and second lenses.
9. The eyewear system of claim 8 wherein the bridge comprises first and second adjustable connectors adapted to move with respect to the first and second lenses, respectively, to change an effective distance between the nose pads.
10. The eyewear system of claim 1 further comprising a case adapted to receive the eyeglasses, the case and eyeglasses being sized so that the bridge bends from its rest position when the eyeglasses are within the case.
11. The eyewear system of claim 10 wherein the case comprises offset frame guides sizes and configured with respect to the eyeglasses to engage and fold the eyeglasses as the eyeglasses are inserted into the case.
12. An eyewear system comprising eyeglasses comprising:
first and second lenses;
first and second nose pads each comprising a cantilever operably connected to the first and second lenses, respectively, and adapted to permit relative movement between the first and second nose pads and the first and second lenses, respectively, to provide first and second pad forces resisting relative movement between the first and second nose pads and the first and second lenses from rest positions; and
a bridge operably connecting the first and second lenses, the bridge being bendable from a bridge rest position to provide a bridge pinch force between the nose pads,
the bridge pinch force being greater than the first and second pad forces.
13. The eyewear system of claim 12 wherein the bridge force is a spring force having a spring constant greater than a spring constant of the cantilever of the first nose pad and the second nose pad.
14. The eyewear system of claim 12 wherein the first and second nose pads each comprise an adjustable connector disposed between the cantilever and its respective lens to change a width between the first and second nose pads.
15. The eyewear system of claim 12 wherein the nose pads each comprise a friction material having a micro texture surface.
16. The eyewear system of claim 15 wherein the friction material comprises a textured polymer.
17. The eyewear system of claim 15 wherein the friction material comprises a 60-400 grit impregnated material.
18. The eyewear system of claim 12 wherein the bridge is connected to the first and second lenses.
19. The eyewear system of claim 18 wherein the bridge comprises first and second adjustable connectors adapted to move with respect to the first and second lenses, respectively, to change an effective distance between the nose pads.
20. The eyewear system of claim 12 further comprising a case adapted to receive the eyeglasses, the case and eyeglasses being sized so that the bridge bends from its rest position when the eyeglasses are within the case.
21. The eyewear system of claim 20 wherein the case comprises offset frame guides sizes and configured with respect to the eyeglasses to engage and fold the eyeglasses as the eyeglasses are inserted into the case.
22. A method of mounting eyeglasses on a user’s nose, the method comprising:
bending a bridge of the eyeglasses from a rest position to generate a bridge pinch force, the bridge operably connecting first and second lenses of the eyeglasses;
contacting first and second nose pads with opposite sides of the nose, the first and second nose pads being operably connected to the first and second lenses, respectively;
moving the first and second nose pads with respect to the first and second lenses to generate first and second pad forces less than the bridge pinch force; and
applying the bridge pinch force through the nose pads to stably support the eyeglasses on the user’s nose.
23. The method of claim 22 wherein the first and second nose pads each comprise a cantilever, the moving step comprising bending the cantilevers of the first and second nose pads.
24. The method of claim 22 further comprising adjusting a position of at least one of the first and second nose pads with respect to a lens of the eyeglasses to change a width between resting positions of the first and second nose pads.
25. The method of claim 22 wherein the nose pads each comprise a friction material having a micro texture surface, the contacting step comprising gripping skin of the user’s nose with the micro texture surface.
26. The method of claim 22 further comprising moving the bridge with respect to at least one of first and second lenses of the eyeglasses to change an effective distance between the nose pads.
27. The method of claim 22 further comprising bending the bridge from its rest position while inserting the eyeglasses into a case.
28. The method of claim 27 further comprising engaging the eyeglasses with offset frame guides in the case during the inserting step to fold the eyeglasses.