Vehicle
Mobility & Imaging Business Unit
Airbags, Side airbags
Inflators
An inflator is a gas generator that inflates the air bag. Nippon Kayaku started with inflators for driver’s seat and passenger seat applications, and later expanded our scope to add inflators for side air bags and knee air bags to our portfolio.
Seatbelts
Micro gas generators
Do you know that there is a function that seatbelts can be automatically pulled in a few centimeters at the time of vehicle crash? This seatbelt pretensioner incorporates a small gas generator called a micro gas generator. Seat belts are word up with gas pressure in an emergency to securely and safely restrain the occupant’s body.
Pop-up hoods
Micro gas generators
When a car collides with a pedestrian, a micro gas generator is used in a mechanism called a pop-up hood that instantly bounces up the bonnet, creates a space between it and the engine below it, and mitigates the pedestrian's impact on the head.
Airbags, Seatbelts, Pop-up hoods
Squibs
A squib is an ignition part embedded in inflators and micro gas generators. When the sensor detects a collision, an electric current is sent to the squib, and then the heat that is generated ignites the agent inside the squib, leading to its activation.
Driver assistance systems
Polarizer filters for in-vehicle camera
Polarizing filters for in-vehicle camera reduce (minimize) glare cause by reflected light from puddle and reflection occurring on the front glass or window glass which contribute handling and stability of vehicle by improvement of traffic detection of white lines and pedestrians.
Head Up Display
Light Control Film, panels for HUD system
Our light-control films and Sun guard films with polarization performance for HUD system are designed to reduce (minimize) the energy of sunlight coming into the systems protecting displays from overheating. It also prevents dust and foreign materials from entering as a dust cover.
Fine Chemicals Business Unit
Car navigation system
Films for LCD displays, Sealants for LCDs
We develop and provide highly reliable film that can maintain display performance in harsh environments, regardless of seasons, and highly adhesive sealants for liquid crystal encapsulation.
Engines
Epoxy resin for semiconductors and resin for printed circuit boards for engine motor control
We develop and supply epoxy resins for semiconductors and materials suitable for printed circuit boards that can maintain long-term reliability in a variety of environments without interfering with vehicle safety control and other factors.
CFRP
Matrix Resin
We have developed and provided epoxy resins with excellent heat resistance, impact resistance, and flame retardancy that are suitable for carbon fiber composites that can be reduced in weight while maintaining strength and rigidity and contribute to lower fuel consumption in vehicles.
