All The Claims

1. A reinforced slide chassis structure of an AV system for a motor vehicle having a tiltable monitor disposed at a front surface of a main body of the AV system, the reinforced slide chassis structure comprising:
a low-surface chassis disposed at a lower end of the main body;
a slide chassis mounted on the low-surface chassis, to permit movement of a lower side of the monitor back and forth; and
a plurality of reinforcing brackets provided on the slide chassis adjacent a plurality of elongated holes formed along sides on the slide chassis.
wherein a cross section of each reinforcing bracket is generally \u201cU\u201d-shaped.
2. The reinforced slide chassis structure of the AV system according to claim 1, wherein an assembly hole is drilled into the reinforcing bracket.
3. The reinforced slide chassis structure of the AV system according to claim 1, wherein each reinforcing bracket straddles a respective elongated hole.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A stall indicator for use on an aircraft comprising:
a housing;
a structure for mounting said housing at a leading edge of a wing of said aircraft;
a paddle disposed to air flow at said leading edge of said wing and movable in response to said air flow; and
a proximity sensor disposed at said housing for detecting movement of said paddle at a sensing area.
2. The stall indicator of claim 1 wherein the paddle is in a first position with respective to the sensing area under normal air flow conditions and movable to a second position with respect to the sensing area as the air flow approaches a stall condition.
3. The stall indicator of claim 2 wherein the proximity sensor detects the first and second positions of the paddle by electrical energy at the sensing area to generate first and second signals when the paddle is in the first and second positions, respectively.
4. The stall indicator of claim 3 wherein the proximity sensor comprises an inductive circuit for generating an electromagnetic field in the vicinity of the sensing area for detecting the first and second positions of the paddle.
5. The stall indicator of claim 3 wherein the proximity sensor comprises a capacitive circuit for generating an electrostatic field in the vicinity of the sensing area for detecting the first and second positions of the paddle.
6. The stall indicator of claim 3 wherein the proximity sensor comprises a solid-state switch for generating the first and second signals when the paddle is in the first and second positions, respectively.
7. The stall indicator of claim 6 wherein the solid-state switch generates the first and second signals through conduction and non-conduction states.
8. The stall indicator of claim 3 wherein the paddle comprises electrically conductive material.
9. The stall indicator of claim 2 wherein one end of the paddle is pivotably hinged to a surface of the housing and another end is disposed to extend beyond said wing a predetermined distance, said paddle movable with respect to said housing surface in response to air flow at said wing; and wherein the paddle is in the first position when close to the surface of the housing and is in the second position when away from the surface of the housing.
10. The stall indicator of claim 9 wherein the paddle is in the first position when at rest.
11. The stall indicator of claim 9 wherein the sensing area is in the vicinity of the housing surface.
12. The stall indicator of claim 1 wherein the structure is configurable to fit a curved surface of the leading edge of the wing and adjustable at said wing surface to render movement of the paddle with movement of a stagnation point.
13. The stall indicator of claim 1 wherein the proximity sensor is disposed within the housing and the housing is sealed.
14. The stall indicator of claim 1 wherein the housing comprises electrically non-conductive material.
15. The stall indicator of claim 1 wherein the paddle is in a rest position with respective to the sensing area under normal air flow conditions and movable variably to new positions with respect to the sensing area as the air flow approaches a stall condition; and wherein the proximity sensor detects the new positions of the paddle by electrical energy at the sensing area to generate a variable signal in proportion to the movement of the paddle away from the rest position.
16. A method of indicating when an aircraft is approaching a stall condition, said method comprising the steps of:
permitting a paddle, disposed at a leading edge of a wing of the aircraft, movement with respect to a sensing area in response to air flow at said wing;
detecting movement of said paddle by proximity sensing with electrical energy in the vicinity of the sensing area; and
effecting an electrical signal representative of said detected movement of said paddle, which signal being indicative of an approaching stall condition at said wing.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of detecting includes generating electrical energy in the form of an electromagnetic field in the vicinity of the sensing area for detecting the movement of the paddle.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of detecting includes generating electrical energy in the form of an electrostatic field in the vicinity of the sensing area for detecting the movement of the paddle.
19. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of detecting includes the steps of: affecting a change in the electrical energy by the movement of the paddle; and detecting a position of the paddle based on the affected change in electrical energy.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the change in electrical energy is affected by an electrically conductive paddle.
21. The method of claim 16 wherein the electrical signal is effected through one of a conduction state and non-conduction state of a solid-state switch.
22. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of permitting includes the step of positioning the paddle at the leading edge of the wing to cause movement thereof is response to a changing position of a stagnation point.

What is claimed is:

1. Device for fastening a ceiling covering made of leather or imitation leather in a roof cutout for a sliding roof which is arranged in a molded ceiling element and which can be inserted in a vehicle roof, and the ceiling covering is pulled around an upright edge of the roof cutout and can be glued to the molded ceiling element,
wherein, on corners of a rounded cutout of the ceiling element, corner clamping pieces are arranged on an exterior side of the ceiling element, which corner clamping pieces consist of an angle profile, and the ceiling covering is held between an upright leg of the angle profile and an edge of the roof cutout.
2. Device according to claim 1, wherein, in its leg, the respective corner clamping pieces have prongs each facing the upright edge of the ceiling element, in which prongs the covering is held which follows in a contacting manner the course of the cutout rounded on the corner side.
3. Device according to claim 1, wherein the respective corner clamping pieces are connected with the ceiling element by means of a clamping frame fastened thereto, which clamping frame comprises several bendable fastening lugs which are arranged to correspond with slots of the corner clamping pieces.
4. Device according to claim 2, wherein the respective corner clamping pieces are connected with the ceiling element by means of a clamping frame fastened thereto, which clamping frame comprises several bendable fastening lugs which are arranged to correspond with slots of the corner clamping pieces.
5. Device according to claim 1, wherein, at least on a straight-extending edge area of the cutout, straight clamping pieces are arranged, and at the rounded corner areas of the cutout, the corner clamping pieces are arranged which approximately form a quarter circle.
6. Device according to claim 1, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
7. Device according to claim 2, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
8. Device according to claim 3, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
9. Device according to claim 4, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
10. Device according to claim 5, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
11. A corner clamping piece for fastening a ceiling covering in a roof cutout of a passenger vehicle sliding roof, which roof cutout is arranged in a molded ceiling element which can be inserted in a vehicle roof, said ceiling covering being pulled in use around an upright edge of the roof cutout and can be glued to the ceiling element, said corner clamping piece being formed as an angle profile member with an upright leg which in use clampingly holds the ceiling covering between the upright leg and an edge of the roof cutout.
12. A corner clamping piece according to claim 11, wherein the upright leg has prongs which face and engage into the edge of the roof cutout.
13. A roof assembly for a passenger vehicle comprising:
a vehicle roof,
a roof cutout for a sliding roof in said vehicle roof,
a ceiling covering disposed on a side of the vehicle roof which in use faces a passenger space, said ceiling covering being arranged on a molded ceiling element which can be attached to the vehicle roof, said ceiling covering being pulled around an upright edge of the roof cutout and being glued to the molded ceiling element, and at least one corner clamping piece for fastening the ceiling cover to the molded ceiling element at the respective rounded corner of the roof cutout,
wherein the at least one cover clamping piece is formed as an angle profile with an upright leg, which upright leg clamps the ceiling covering to a facing upright edge of the roof cutout.
14. A roof assembly according to claim 13, wherein said upright leg has prongs facing the upright edge of the roof covering, said ceiling covering being held in said prongs.
15. A roof assembly according to claim 13, wherein four of said corner clamping pieces are provided one each at respective rounded corners of the roof cutout.
16. A room assembly according to claim 14, wherein four of said corner clamping pieces are provided one each at respective rounded corners of the roof cutout.
17. A roof assembly according to claim 15, wherein the respective corner clamping pieces are connected with the ceiling element by means of a clamping frame fastened thereto, which clamping frame comprises several bendable fastening lugs which are arranged to correspond with slots of the corner clamping pieces.
18. A roof assembly according to claim 17, wherein, at least on a straight-extending edge area of the cutout, straight clamping pieces are arranged, and at the rounded corner areas of the cutout, the corner clamping pieces are arranged which approximately form a quarter circle.
19. A roof assembly according to claim 15, wherein the corner clamping pieces are held on the clamping frame by way of studs by means of holding nuts or rivets.
20. A roof assembly according to claim 13, wherein said at least one clamping piece is a sheet metal member.
21. A roof assembly according to claim 13, wherein said ceiling covering is made of one of leather and imitation leather.
22. A method of making a roof assembly according to claim 13, comprising prestressing the ceiling covering at the rounded corner and clamping the ceiling covering in a prestressed condition to the roof cutout using the at least one corner clamping piece.

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 liquid crystal display device comprising:
a plurality of pixel electrodes formed of a frame-shaped connection electrode and electrode bodies arranged in parallel to one another in a frame of the connection electrode and supported by and connected to the connection electrode; and
a common electrode insulated from the plurality of pixel electrodes.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
further comprising a wiring line connected to a thin-film transistor for driving each of the pixel electrodes and disposed via an insulating film in such a way that the wiring line and the common electrode sandwich the pixel electrode,
wherein the connection electrode of the pixel electrode overlays the wiring line.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2,
wherein the wiring line is a signal line.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to any of claims 1 to 3,
further comprising a liquid crystal layer between a substrate on which the pixel electrodes are arranged and a counter substrate on which the common electrode is provided.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to any of claims 1 to 3,
wherein each of the pixel electrodes has a plurality of areas in which the electrode bodies extend in respective different directions.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5,
wherein a slit is provided between the areas.
7. The liquid crystal display device according to any of claims 1 to 6,
wherein liquid crystal molecules driven by the pixel electrodes have negative dielectric anisotropy.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7,
wherein an orientation film that covers the pixel electrodes has a pretilt angle of 89.5 degrees or smaller.
9. The liquid crystal display device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
wherein a plurality of pixels formed of adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes form one unit pixel.
10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9,
further comprising a wiring line connected to a thin-film transistor for driving each of the pixel electrodes and disposed via an insulating film in such a way that the wiring line and the common electrode sandwich the pixel electrode,
wherein the plurality of pixels that form any of the unit pixels are driven at different threshold values, and
among the plurality of pixels, the connection electrode of the pixel electrode in a pixel driven at a low threshold value is disposed in a position where the connection electrode is shifted from at least part of the wiring line.
11. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display panel including
a plurality of pixel electrodes formed of a frame-shaped connection electrode and electrode bodies arranged in parallel to one another in a frame of the connection electrode and supported by and connected to the connection electrode, and
a common electrode insulated from the plurality of pixel electrodes.