29th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220227164 | RETRACTABLE ELEMENT FOR A WRITING IMPLEMENT - A writing implement has a writing tip extending from the barrel for writing and a rubbing element that surrounds the writing tip that is selectively extendable from a housing to erase or change color of the writing and retractable into the housing for storage. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227165 | MARKER PIXEL WICKING APPARATUS - The present disclosure is directed to a marker pixel wicking apparatus that allows a user to create dimensional pixelated art using a method of applying a colored ink marker directly onto the top white surface of a specifically designed substrate. The substrate has been molded specifically with an array of small vertical flat-topped cylinders covering nearly the entire surface. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227166 | AERODYNAMIC TRUCK WHEEL COVER - An aerodynamic disk-shaped wheel cover ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227167 | Variable Compliance Wheel - A system for adjusting the compliance of a wheel is provided. In one embodiment, wheel segments are adjusted, causing the stiffness of the wheel to change. Such adjustments can be made while the wheel is rotating, allowing the wheel compliance to be changed while a vehicle is in motion. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227168 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL HUB DRIVE - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, drive systems for transport devices. In one example embodiment, a drive system is disclosed including at least two drive wheels, at least one wheel bearing, at least one rim of the at least one of the drive wheels mounted by means of the at least one wheel bearing, at least one drive of the at least one of the drive wheels is arranged within the at least one wheel bearing, and at least one braking device coupled to at least one of the drive wheels. The at least two drive wheels are aligned on a common first axis, the drive wheel axis of rotation, which is angled relative to a second axis, the pendulum axis, and a third axis, a pivot axis, is likewise arranged at an angle relative to the first and second axes. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227169 | FLANGED WHEEL HUB BEARING PROVIDED WITH A SENSOR - A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles including a rotatable hub provided with a flange for the engagement of the hub to a wheel of a vehicle and provided with a radially outer free portion and a bearing unit provided with a radially outer ring for the engagement of the wheel hub bearing to a knuckle of the vehicle and a radially inner rotatable ring angularly connected to the hub. Furthermore, the wheel hub bearing has a device for detecting a vehicle parameter and provided with an encoder and a sensor in communication with the encoder. The encoder is ridgidly coupled to the radially outer free portion of the flange to jointly rotate with the hub. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227170 | HUB STRUCTURE AND HUB FOR A BICYCLE - A hub structure includes a tubular body defining a hollow cavity. The tubular body includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a first groove extending along an axial direction of the tubular body. The first groove is defined by an inner sidewall surrounding the hollow cavity, an outer sidewall spaced from and configured to face the inner sidewall, and a bottom surface coupling the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227171 | CASTER SWIVEL RESTRICTION STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to an improvement in caster swivel restriction structure. The present invention is characterized in that a swivel brake plate has a body piece having a plurality of through holes arranged therein and latch pieces bent downward from the body piece, a support base has latch hole portions for fitting the latch pieces in a vertical slidable manner, a gap portion provided at a location corresponding to below the group of through holes formed in the swivel brake plate, and cushioning members or biasing members which are disposed in the gap portion and supports the swivel brake plate aloft and which is repulsively compressed when downward force is applied to the swivel brake plate. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227172 | Retractable Furniture Caster System - An example article of furniture includes a number of furniture legs having mechanically coupled thereto a respective furniture caster having a rolling component. The furniture casters are movable between (i) an extended position in which their rolling components at least partially extend below bottom surfaces of the furniture legs and (ii) a retracted position in which their rolling components are positioned entirely above the bottom surfaces of the furniture legs. Push-pull cables are mechanically coupled to the furniture casters, and at least one actuator is mechanically coupled to the push-pull cables. When actuated, the actuator applies a pushing force to the push-pull cables, thereby causing the furniture casters to transition from the retracted position to the extended position. When the actuator is not actuated, the pushing force is removed from the push-pull cables, thereby causing the furniture casters to transition from the extended position to the retracted position. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227173 | Airless Wheel - An airless wheel that includes a hub of a constant diameter and having a shaft fitting hole, and an elastic wheel main body fixed to the periphery of the hub, and having a large number of integrated shock-absorbing spokes which pass and attenuate impact energy transmitted from a road surface during travel. In the airless wheel, the surface contacting the ground is capable of sufficient elastic deformation, and because a large number of shock-absorbing spokes are provided, the shock-absorbing action is made two-fold, making shocking-absorbing performance that much more favorable. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227174 | TIRE - A tire includes a plurality of rim members disposed at different positions on a same axis, a plurality of body springs that connect between the respective plurality of rim members, and an interlink member that interlinks the adjacent body springs. Each of the plurality of body springs includes an elastic deformable portion, and latch portions that are provided at both ends of the elastic deformable portion and have a different shape from the elastic deformable portion. The latch portions are latched on the rim members. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227175 | Tire for a Heavy-Duty Vehicle of Construction Plant Type, Provided with a Protective Reinforcement Having Three Differentiated Layers - A radial tire ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227176 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in the tread circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions defined by circumferential main grooves adjacent in the tread width direction among the plurality of circumferential main grooves, or by the circumferential main grooves and tread edges. A widthwise groove (widthwise sipe) (circumferential sipe) includes a widened portion, on the groove bottom side (sipe bottom side), at which the groove width (sipe width) is larger than on the tread surface side. In a tire radial direction region including at least a reference depth position, the storage modulus of first tread rubber, which is a groove wall surface layer defined by the widened portion and covering at least part of the widened portion, is larger than the storage modulus of second tread rubber located in a region around the first tread rubber. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227177 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire including a belt constituted by at least one belt layer on a tire radial-direction inner side of a tread portion. The belt layer includes a reinforcing element containing plural metal filaments aligned in a single row without being twisted together is embedded in an elastomer. The tread portion includes: two or more circumferential main grooves arranged within a width of a ground-contact surface; and land portions, and widthwise sipes are arranged in at least one of center land portion. The widthwise sipes each include: a linear portion linearly extending from the surface of the tread portion toward the tire radial-direction inner side; and a bent portion extending from the linear portion toward the tire radial-direction inner side, and the length of the linear portion increases from an extending length center portion of each widthwise sipe toward at least one of tread widthwise end portions. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227178 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, circumferential main grooves extending in a tread circumferential direction, and land portions defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in a tread width direction among the circumferential main grooves, or by a circumferential main groove and a tread edge. The land portions include widthwise grooves (and/or widthwise sipes), extending in the tread width direction, each including a gradually decreasing groove (sipe) width portion in which a groove (sipe) width gradually decreases from the tread surface towards an inner side in the tire radial direction, a constant groove (sipe) width portion that extends from the gradually decreasing groove (sipe) width portion towards the inner side in the tire radial direction and has a constant groove (sipe) width, and a branched groove (sipe) portion branching and extending from the constant groove (sipe) width portion towards the inner side in the tire radial direction. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227179 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, circumferential main grooves extending in the tread circumferential direction, rib-like land portions defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in the tread width direction or by circumferential main grooves and tread edges, and resonators, arrayed circumferentially in the rib-like land portions, each including a narrowed neck and an air chamber. The narrowed neck is a widthwise sipe opening at one end to the circumferential main groove that defines the rib-like land portion, extending therefrom in the tread width direction, and terminating at another end within the rib-like land portion. The air chamber is a circumferential sipe connected to the other end of the widthwise sipe, extending in the tread circumferential direction, terminating at both ends within the rib-like land portion, and including a first widened portion, at the sipe bottom, with a larger sipe width than at the tread surface side. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227180 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in the tread circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions each defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in the tread width direction among the plurality of circumferential main grooves, or by a circumferential main groove and a tread edge. A widthwise groove (widthwise sipe) (circumferential sipe) includes a widened portion, on the groove bottom side (sipe bottom side), at which the groove width (sipe width) is larger than on the tread surface side. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227181 | TIRE - A tire includes: circumferential grooves along a circumferential direction of a tire; lateral grooves along the circumferential direction, each lateral groove having one end opened to a side of the tire and the other end communicated with the circumferential groove; and narrow grooves in blocks defined by the circumferential and lateral grooves, each narrow groove having one end opened to the side of the tire and the other end communicated with the circumferential groove. The tire includes a surface that projects, at a position more to one side or the other in the circumferential direction than the narrow groove that is opened to the tire side, further to an outer side in a tire width direction than a tire side shape to which the narrow groove is opened, and the surface extends in a radial direction from a ground contact end to include a groove bottom of the narrow groove. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227182 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - In at least outermost side circumferential grooves on outermost sides in a tire widthwise direction among a plurality of circumferential grooves of a tread, a plurality of ridge portions are formed in a spaced relation with each other in a tire circumferential direction such that the plurality of ridge portions project from a groove bottom of the outermost side circumferential grooves and cross the outermost side circumferential grooves, and at least one of the widthwise grooves on the shoulder land portions in shoulder regions among the plurality of land portions partitioned by the circumferential grooves has, on a groove bottom thereof, a widened groove portion having an increased groove width. Therefore, the pneumatic tire in which the shoulder land portions at which the tread is most deformable and most liable to generate heat can be cooled effectively to suppress the temperature rise. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227183 | Tire Tread Wear and Road Condition Measuring Device - A tire with a treads depth measuring device that includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are fixed to internal surface of the tire, and an oscillator that is electrically connected to the electrodes so that capacitance between the electrodes affects frequencies of the oscillator. Changes in frequencies of the oscillator can be used to detect and calculate changes in thickness of the tire and changes in depth of treads in the tire. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227184 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes at least one balance patch arranged on a tire inner surface that is a surface on the inner side of the tire, and a functional component having a communication function and arranged on the tire inner surface at a position separated at a predetermined angle θ from the balance patch in a tire circumferential direction. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227185 | WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ANNULAR HUB CHAMBER - A wheel end assembly having a spindle, a hub, and a rotary seal assembly. The spindle may have a spindle air passage. The hub may have a hub air passage and an annular hub chamber that may extend around an axis. The rotary seal assembly may fluidly connect the spindle air passage to an inlet of the annular hub chamber. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227186 | ROTARY TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL AND/OR WORKING PRESSURES TO A WHEEL HUB OR A VEHICLE WHEEL RECEIVED BY THE WHEEL HUB - A rotary transmission device for transmitting control and/or working pressures to a wheel hub. The rotary transmission device has a housing structure in which a piston element is displaceable between a first and a second position relative to the housing structure and relative to a running body of the wheel hub which is mounted so as to rotate relative to the housing structure. To transmit the control and/or working pressures, at least one pressure medium channel is formed in the piston element. In the first position, an air gap is present between an end face of the piston element on the running body side and an end face of the running body on the piston element side, while in the second position, no air gap is present, and the at least one pressure medium channel opens in sealed fashion into at least one pressure medium channel formed in the running body. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227187 | ROTARY TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL AND/OR WORKING PRESSURES TO A FLUID DUCT IN THE INTERIOR OF A SHAFT - The invention relates to a rotary transmission apparatus ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227188 | ANTI-SKID DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL MOUNTING TO THE HUB OF A WHEEL PARTICULARLY FOR WHEELS WITH ALLOY RIMS - An anti-skid device with mounting from the outside for wheels, particularly with alloy rims with central hole, includes: a central body intended to be placed at the hub of a wheel on which the anti-skid device is to be mounted; arms radially protruding from this central body and terminating in terminal elements intended to be placed on the tread of the tire; chain segments connected to the terminal elements forming a ring on the tread of the tire; a device designed to be fixed to the rim of the wheel; a connecting element between the device and the central body of the anti-skid device; and a tensioning mechanism placed in the central body which can be actuated to pull the connecting element and bring the central body closer to the wheel hub. The device is an expansion device fixed in the central hole of the rim of the wheel. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227189 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure includes a front side member, a tow hook, a bumper assembly and a tow hook cover. The tow hook has an attachment end and a hook end. The attachment end is fixedly attached to the front side member and the attachment end extending away from the hook end. The bumper assembly is connected to the front side member and has at least one fascia panel. The tow hook cover is removably attached to the at least one fascia panel. The tow hook cover has an upright wall portion that defines an opening. At least a portion of the hook end of the tow hook extends through the opening such that the attachment end of the tow hook is at least partially concealed by the tow hook cover. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227190 | Device for Pulling a Trailer and/or Retaining a Load Carrying Unit - In order to improve a device for pulling a trailer and/or retaining a load carrying unit that is mountable at the rear end of a motor vehicle body and which comprises a supporting arm that is connected by a first end region to the motor vehicle body and is provided at a second end region with an element for attaching the trailer and/or for fixing the load carrying unit and furthermore which comprises sensors for capturing reversible deformations of the supporting arm caused by loads on the supporting arm in such a manner as to provided a device with which an allocation of captured elongations to individual applications of force is possible in as simple a way as possible, it is proposed that strain sensors which are affected by reversible deformations thereof be assigned to a supporting arm section of the supporting arm, and that, for capturing at least one selected bending strain, at least one strain sensor be arranged on one side and at least one strain sensor on an opposite side of a surface region of a neutral reference surface assigned to the selected bending load and that each of the strain sensors be arranged at a distance from this surface region. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227191 | ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE - The present disclosure discloses an all-terrain vehicle including a frame; a trailing arm, an upper tie rod and a lower tie rod. A front end of the trailing arm is connected to the frame. An inner end of the upper tie rod is connected to the frame and an outer end of the upper tie rod is mounted at a rear end of the trailing arm. An inner end of the lower tie rod is connected to the frame and an outer end of the upper tie rod is mounted at the rear end of the trailing arm. The lower tie rod is located below the upper tie rod. An included angle between the upper tie rod and the lower tie rod being a, and a satisfies a relationship: 0° | 2022-07-21 |
20220227192 | Independent Wheel Suspension for a Two-Track Vehicle, Axle and Vehicle - An independent wheel suspension for a two-track vehicle has a wheel carrier, a vibration damper designed and arranged in the manner of a damper strut, and a leaf spring element, which has, in particular, a fiber composite material or is made from a fiber composite material. The leaf spring element is oriented at least approximately in the transverse direction of the vehicle and is designed to provide a suspension function and, together with the vibration damper, to guide a vehicle wheel fastened to the wheel carrier when the independent wheel suspension is installed in a vehicle for functional usage. The leaf spring element is connected, on the wheel carrier end, to the wheel carrier via two rubber bearings, each having a bearing axis and a central bearing point, so as to be rotatable about the respective bearing axis of each rubber bearing and is designed to be connected, on the vehicle body end, to an axle support in a torsion-resistant manner and/or directly to a vehicle body. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227193 | SUSPENSION ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE - A suspension element of a vehicle includes a coil spring, and a bearing part provided with a main stop. The spring is mounted on the bearing part in such a manner that a first end of the spring comes to bear against the main stop. The bearing part includes a secondary stop placed in front of the main stop, against which secondary stop the first end of the spring bears during a method for assembling the suspension element. The secondary stop is capable of moving away under the effect of pressure exerted by the spring on the secondary stop during a stage of compressing the spring after the spring has pivoted about the spring's rotational axis during a stage involving straightening the spring, so that a second end of the spring is made to interact with a centering element, in order to come to bear against the main stop. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227194 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein a suspension system includes a damper in which a piston valve is movably provided in a chamber inside a cylinder; and an actuator coupled to a side portion of the cylinder to communicate with the chamber inside the cylinder; wherein the actuator comprises a rotating body in which a rotational drive shaft coupled to a center thereof, the rotating body configured to be rotated by working fluid transmitted from the chamber during a stroke of the piston valve; a centrifugal valve coupled to the rotational drive shaft in front of the rotating body, the centrifugal valve rotating together with the rotating body and varying an area of a flow path hole through which the working fluid passes according to a rotational speed of the rotating body; and a generator combined motor in which the rotational drive shaft is rotatably arranged at a rear of the rotating body, the generator combined motor configured to charge by generating electric energy through the rotation of the rotational drive shaft. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227195 | Leveling control method for multi-point support platform - The present disclosure discloses a leveling control method for a multi-point support platform, which comprises the steps: respectively measuring and obtaining a load-bearing interaction matrix and a deformation interaction matrix of the platform to construct a load-bearing and deformation joint control matrix; calculating the optimal loads of the legs and measuring the current loads of the legs to obtain the load deviation rates of the legs, and determining if the platform warrants leveling in combination with the two-dimensional inclination angles of the platform; constructing a platform geometry and leg load joint control equation according to the two-dimensional inclination angles of the platform, the load deviations of the legs and the load-bearing and deformation joint control matrix, calculating the actuation quantities of the legs and performing synchronous leveling; and determining the load deviation rates of the legs and the two-dimensional inclination angles of the platform cyclically and performing the actuation control until the leveling goal is achieved. The method is capable of synchronously realizing the geometric leveling of the platform and the load control of the legs, and can significantly improve the speed, geometric accuracy, process stability, leg load-bearing stability and control robustness of the leveling control for the multi-point support platform. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227196 | ELECTRONICALLY OPEN-LOOP OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLLED AIR SPRING SYSTEM, AIR SPRING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEIGHT REGULATION OF A VEHICLE - A controlled air spring system with a compressed air supply for height regulation of a vehicle includes a number of air springs and a reservoir for the storage of compressed air, a number of switching valves for height regulation, and a controller configured to actuate the number of switching valves. The at least one switching valve is actuated with a number of sequential switching periods and switches over in a switching period, between a first switching state with an open valve state and a second switching state with a closed valve state, the switching period of the number of sequential shifting periods having the open valve state and the closed valve state. The controller is configured to set a speed for a height change of the height regulation. The setting of the speed takes place via an open/closed parameter. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227197 | STABILIZER BAR FOR A CHASSIS OF A VEHICLE, PENDULUM SUPPORT FOR SUCH A STABILIZER BAR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A STABILIZER BAR OR SUCH A PENDULUM SUPPORT - A stabilizer for a chassis of a vehicle, having a curved stabilizer body ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227198 | Ejector-Enhanced Heat Recovery Refrigeration System - A refrigerated transport system comprises: an engine. A vapor compression system comprises: a compressor for compressing a flow of a refrigerant; a first heat exchanger along a refrigerant flowpath of the refrigerant; and a second heat exchanger along the refrigerant flowpath of the refrigerant. A heat recovery system has: a first heat exchanger for transferring heat from the engine to a heat recovery fluid along a heat recovery flowpath; and a second heat exchanger along the heat recovery flowpath. The heat recovery system second heat exchanger and the vapor compression system first heat exchanger are respective portions of a shared tube/fin package. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227199 | Truck Bed With Integrated Heating System - A pickup truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A heating system includes a heating unit located between an inner sidewall panel and an outer sidewall panel of one of the sidewalls. The heating unit is in communication with an outlet the extends through the inner sidewall panel. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227200 | Heating Arrangement and Heat Distribution Unit for Such a Heating Arrangement - A heating arrangement for recreational vehicles. The heating arrangement comprises a heating apparatus and a heat distribution unit. The heating apparatus comprises a heating unit configured to generate hot air. Furthermore, the heating apparatus comprises a first heat exchanging unit and a second heat exchanging unit. The first heat exchanging unit is configured for heat exchange between the hot air and a heating liquid in a heating liquid circuit. The second heat exchanging unit is configured for heat exchange between the hot air and ventilation air from an indoor room. The heat distribution unit comprises a third heat exchanging unit. The third heat exchanging unit is configured to be coupled to an external liquid supply line leading from a cold liquid supply to a hot liquid output device. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227201 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - The present invention comprises: a unit case; a damper which switches between the open state and the closed state of a flow path; a plurality of damper levers which have pins and rotatably support the damper with respect to the unit case; and a main lever which has guide grooves into which the pins are fitted, and rotates the damper levers by guiding pins through rotation around an axis, wherein the main lever has a main lever body having the guide groove formed therein, and a shaft part which rotatably supports the main lever body and is provided with a hook portion engaged with the unit case, and the shaft part has a higher toughness than the main lever body and is made of a material different from that of the unit case. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227202 | Central Console Unit for a Vehicle and Vehicle Having Such a Central Console Unit - A central console unit for a vehicle includes a first partial unit that is fixedly connectable to the vehicle and a second partial unit shiftably connected in relation to the first partial unit to the first partial unit. The first partial unit has a first air guiding arrangement that is connectable to an air-conditioning device of the vehicle. The second partial unit has a second air guiding arrangement which is shiftably connected to the first air guiding arrangement at least in sections along the first air guiding arrangement. The second partial unit forms a central console for the vehicle. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227203 | HEADLINER AIR DUCT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle headliner air duct assembly includes a headliner having a first surface and a second surface. A radiused edge is defined between the first surface and the second surface. A headliner duct is coupled to the first surface and the second surface of the headliner. The headliner duct defines an inlet. The inlet is disposed on the radiused edge. A connector duct is coupled to a vehicle body and at least partially overlaps the headliner duct proximate to the inlet to form a duct interface. The connector duct defines an outlet disposed on the radiused edge. The outlet is in fluid communication with the inlet via the duct interface. The duct interface is disposed on the radiused edge. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227204 | MESH TYPE AIR VENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A mesh type air vent apparatus for a vehicle includes a duct including an open inlet and an open outlet, a mesh cover including a plurality of mesh holes communicating with the outlet of the duct, a wind direction adjusting wing provided in the duct and configured to laterally adjust a wind direction, air dampers disposed on upper and lower ends of the wind direction adjusting wing in the duct to selectively open or close gaps between the outlet of the duct and upper and lower ends of the mesh cover, and a link part which individually moves the air dampers in the duct in forward and backward directions. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227205 | TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An object of the present disclosure is to achieve a reduction in the space taken up by a temperature management system in an electric automobile. A temperature management system for an electric automobile includes: an air-conditioning refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for adjusting a temperature in a passenger compartment of the electric automobile flows; a high-voltage device refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a high-voltage device flows; a battery refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a battery flows; and a tank that stores a refrigerant, wherein the air-conditioning refrigerant circuit, the high-voltage device refrigerant circuit, and the battery refrigerant circuit are connected to the tank, and a refrigerant is supplied from the tank to the air-conditioning refrigerant circuit, the high-voltage device refrigerant circuit, and the battery refrigerant circuit. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227206 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - An air conditioning device mounted on a vehicle in which a cabin on which an occupant boards is open to an outside of the vehicle includes: a front air blowing port provided further forward than a boarding position on which the occupant boards in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; a rear air blowing port provided further rearward than the boarding position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; and a control unit for controlling the air conditioning device. The control unit performs control to blow the air from the front air blowing port when the vehicle travels forward, and performs control to blow the air from the rear air blowing port when the vehicle travels rearward. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227207 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL BY CONDUCTION OF RADIATION - A device for temperature control for a motor vehicle, includes a diffractive optical element disposed on a surface of the motor vehicle, and a radiator. The diffractive optical element couples in incident radiation and conducts the coupled-in incident radiation away from an area of the motor vehicle to be cooled. The radiator includes an absorber to absorb the coupled-in incident radiation which is conducted to the absorber from the diffractive optical element. The radiator releases energy based on the coupled-in incident radiation absorbed by the absorber. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227208 | Armrest Assembly for Vehicle and Door Assembly Having Slidable Armrest for Vehicle - A door assembly includes a door panel including a metallic plate material, a lower trim attached to the door panel, and an armrest installed on top of the lower trim and configured to be slidable in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The door assembly further includes a base fixedly installed on the top of the lower trim, a slider positioned on top of the base, wherein the armrest is coupled to a top of the slider, and a guide fixedly installed on the base and configured to penetrate the slider. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227209 | TAILGATE ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO A CARGO BED - A tailgate assembly for a vehicle includes, among other things, a frame sub-assembly that includes a driver side section, a passenger side section, and a connection member coupling the driver side section to the passenger side section. The assembly further includes a door sub-assembly disposed between the driver side section and the passenger side section. The door sub-assembly and the frame sub-assembly are pivotable together about a first axis between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position. The door sub-assembly is pivotable relative to the frame sub-assembly about a second axis between a door closed position and a door open position. The door sub-assembly in the door open position provides a cargo bed access opening that extends vertically downward at least as far as a floor of the cargo bed. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227210 | OPENING AND CLOSING BODY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An opening and closing body control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sunroof device that opens and closes a movable panel provided in a roof opening of a vehicle; a shade device that opens and closes a light shielding member provided below the movable panel; and a drive circuit that supplies drive power to first and second motors that drive the sunroof device and the shade device, respectively. The drive circuit includes first to third arms connected in parallel in three rows and each including first and second switching elements connected in series, and by turning on the first or second switching element in the first, second or third arm and the first or second switching element in the first, second or third arm, the first or second motor is rotated forward or backward to drive the sunroof device or the shade device to be opened or closed. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227211 | Multi-Panel Tonneau Cover - A tonneau cover for a bed of a truck is provided. The tonneau cover includes several improvements including but not limited to a bulkhead panel that is secured to the truck. A first cover panel section pivotably attached to the bulkhead panel. A first intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the first cover panel section and a second panel section. A second intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the second cover panel section and a third panel section. The first cover panel section, the second cover panel section, and the third cover panel section fold to form a stack of cover panel sections which is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel which supports the stack of cover panel sections in an upright position. The second intermediate panel section sets upon the bulkhead panel when the stack of cover panel sections is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227212 | GLASS RUN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A glass run includes an installation member and a body. The installation member couples to a frame of a door of an automobile. The body forms a channel to receive a door glass. An outer-cabin side of the installation member is extended in a direction away from the door to form an extended part. A base composed of hard resin higher in rigidity than the extended part attaches a decorative film to the extended part. The decorative film alongside of the base is bent toward an interior of the automobile, to cover an end surface of the extended part. Parts of upper and lower ends of the decorative film are removed by predetermined distance FL | 2022-07-21 |
20220227213 | INFLATABLE CAMPER SKIRT ASSEMBLY - An inflatable camper skirt assembly includes a plurality of inflatable barriers. Each of the inflatable barriers has an inflation valve integrated therein to facilitate the inflatable barriers to be inflated with air. Each of the inflatable barriers is longitudinally elongated when each of the inflatable barriers is inflated with air for positioning beneath a camper. In this way each of the inflatable barriers can define a skirt extending around the camper thereby inhibiting wind from blowing beneath the camper. A plurality of deflate valves is provided and each of the deflate valves is fluidly integrated into a respective one of the inflatable barriers. Each of the deflate valves is actuatable into an open condition to deflate the respective inflatable barrier. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227214 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED BATTERY PACK - A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed in a battery disposition region. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The right frame and the left frame are formed to be thinner than the right and left impact-absorbing regions. Further, an easily deformable portion is formed at a lower portion of the right and left impact-absorbing regions. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227215 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED BATTERY PACK - A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed at the center of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. A cooling passage for cooling the battery module extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body inside the battery disposition region. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227216 | MODULAR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR HYBRID POWER SYSTEM, AND HYBRID POWER SYSTEM - The present invention provides a modular transmission mechanism for a hybrid power system, and a hybrid power system; the modular transmission mechanism integrates a motor, a rotor support assembly, a clutch, a concentric slave cylinder, and an engine output shaft. On the one hand, the modular transmission mechanism enables an input/output bracket of the clutch to be in drive coupling with the engine output shaft, and the rotor support assembly to be in drive coupling with an input shaft of a transmission; on the other hand, the modular transmission mechanism enables the input/output bracket of the clutch to be in drive coupling with the input shaft of the transmission, and the rotor support assembly to be in drive coupling with the engine output shaft. In this way, the modular transmission mechanism according to the present invention can realize a conversion of the hybrid power system between a P1 architecture and a P2 architecture only by simple adjustment on the structure, thereby reducing the research and development cost and burden consumed by separately developing the P1 architecture and the P2 architecture. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227217 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) drives front wheels by a motor-generator via drive shafts by use of electricity generated by an internal combustion engine (ICE). A lower portion of the internal combustion engine is locate on a front side of a lower portion of the motor-generator in the vehicle body with being distanced therefrom. A steering gearbox is placed between the internal combustion engine and the motor-generator and located on a front side of the drive shafts. According to this configuration, driving stability, steering feeling, and noise and vibration can be balanced at a high level. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227218 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle control apparatus includes (a) a clutch control portion configured to output a hydraulic-pressure command value for supplying a hydraulic pressure to a clutch actuator of a clutch disposed between an engine and an electric motor, when the engine is to be started by being cranked by the electric motor, and (b) a learning control portion configured to execute a plurality of leanings for correcting a relationship representing a correlation between the hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic-pressure command value, wherein at least one of the leanings is a higher priority learning, and at least one of the leanings is a lower priority learning. The learning control portion is configured, when the higher priority learning is in an unconverged state, to cause a degree of reflection of a learning result of the lower priority learning to be lower, than when the higher priority learning is in a converged state. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227219 | AXLE ASSEMBLY FOR LOW FLOOR VEHICLE - An axle assembly for a low floor vehicle is described herein. The axle assembly includes an axle housing and a drive unit for driving a wheel assembly. The drive unit includes an axle shaft, a wheel end assembly, an electric machine, and a transmission unit. The axle shaft extends along an axle centerline axis between a first axle end and a second axle end. The wheel end assembly is coupled to the first axle end. The electric machine is positioned within the axle housing and includes a rotor shaft, a drive pinion coupled to the rotor shaft, and an electric motor for rotating the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft extends along a rotor shaft centerline axis that is orientated parallel to the axle centerline axis. The transmission unit is positioned within the axle housing and is configured to transfer torque from the electric machine to the axle shaft. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227220 | COMPONENT NODE AND A COMPONENT CARRIER FOR THE COMPONENT NODE - A component node for a vehicle is provided. The component node has an electric drive motor and an electric energy store. The component node includes at least one function component of a cooling circuit of the vehicle that can be flowed through by cooling liquid and a component carrier. On the component carrier, a component interface or the respective function component is moulded and the respective function component is detachably fastened to the component carrier via the component interface. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227221 | COOLING MODULE FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE, COMPRISING A TANGENTIAL-FLOW TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to a cooling module ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227222 | FUEL FILLER CAP - A tank closure that includes a first tank closure member, a second tank closure member, and a bias member having a spring force to brace the second tank closure against the first tank closure member. The first tank closure member has a first stop member, while the second tank closure member has a second stop member. The second tank closure member is flexibly mounted in an axial direction relative to the first tank closure member, the second tank closure member. The second stop member, in a closed position of the tank closure, forms a mechanical stop relative to the first stop member to prevent axial movement of the second tank closure member relative to the first tank closure member against the spring force of the bias member. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227223 | FULLY-INTEGRATED, FLUID FLOW-CONTROL MODULE DESIGNED FOR INSTALLATION WITHIN AN ISO FILLER NECK OF A TOP-FILL DEF TANK - A fully-integrated flow-control module is designed to fit within a filler neck of a DEF tank that conforms to ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 22241-4:2009(E). The flow-control module includes a breather cap that locks the flow-control module within the mouth of the ISO filler neck. A spring-biased valve piston, which is controlled by a bleed path within a bleed and float body, opens and closes to control fluid flow into the DEF tank. A fluid level float is mounted on a control rod. The control rod and a bleed valve poppet are rigidly secured to a connector beam. When fluid levels in the tank raise the float, the bleed valve poppet seals a bleed circuit escape port, thereby enabling the valve piston to close, increase fluid pressure at the nozzle, and cause the nozzle to shut off. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227224 | FUEL TANK MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A vehicle fuel tank mounting assembly configured to secure a vehicle fuel tank to a vehicle is described. The assembly comprises a first elongate securing member having at least a first fixing point attachable to a vehicle body. The elongate securing member extends at least partially around the fuel tank in an assembled configuration. The assembly comprises a support member having a first end attachable to the first fixing point, and a second end configured to engage at least one of the elongate member and a wall of the fuel tank at a point remote from the fixing point. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227225 | Transmission and Drive Device for an at Least Partially Electrically Driven Vehicle - A transmission for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle includes two electric machines which are rotationally driveable in a first direction and in a second direction. The transmission further includes an output shaft at least indirectly operatively connected to the first and second electric machines, a first freewheel clutch that at least indirectly transmits a drive power of the first electric machine to the output shaft with a first ratio when the first electric machine rotates in the first direction, and a second freewheel clutch that at least indirectly transmits the drive power of the first electric machine to the output shaft with a second ratio when the first electric machine rotates in the second direction. Additionally, the transmission includes at least one first gear stage in power flow between the first or second freewheel clutch and the output shaft to rotate the output shaft in a third direction. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227226 | MOBILE ROBOT - The improved mobile robot utilizes a cooperative wheeled support arrangement having a unique axle design that preferably cooperates with a base support module. A tri-axle is preferably used to support at least one omni-wheel on each axle section. Multiple omni-wheels on each section can be used for higher load applications. The tri-axle is of a fixed design and each wheel pivots on the individual axle section. Preferably, the axle sections are welded to each other. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227227 | TRANSFER DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A transfer device of a vehicle is provided, in which an auxiliary-drive-wheel output shaft extending in parallel with a main-drive-wheel output shaft is connected to a propeller shaft having a universal joint. An end part of the auxiliary-drive-wheel output shaft on a propeller shaft side is formed in a hollow shape and includes a fitting part configured to be spline-engaged with a joint part provided to the universal joint. The joint part is provided with a centering part which is inserted into a centering hole formed in a flange part provided to one side of the auxiliary-drive-wheel output shaft so that the joint part is centered on the auxiliary-drive-wheel output shaft. The flange part is sandwiched between a spacer and the joint part, and a bolt member is attached to a bolt hole formed in the centering part so that the propeller shaft is assembled to the auxiliary-drive-wheel output shaft. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227228 | TRANSPORT DISPLAY REPRESENTATION FOR EXTERNAL DEVICE - An example operation includes one or more of displaying, by a transport, a representation of an external device proximate to the transport, receiving, by the transport, input via the representation, transmitting, by the transport, the input to the external device, and causing, by the transport, the external device to perform an action related to the input. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227229 | BATTERY STATE DISPLAY DEVICE, BATTERY STATE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A battery state display device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a full charge capacity of a secondary battery mounted in a vehicle, a display configured to display an image, and a display controller configured to control the display so that a display process before a prescribed time point is performed on the basis of a ratio of a full charge capacity at a time point before the prescribed time point to a full charge capacity of the secondary battery at an initial time point and a display process after the prescribed time point is performed to display an image based on a ratio of a full charge capacity at a time point after the prescribed time point to a full charge capacity at the prescribed time point. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227230 | WINDOW OR SURFACE OF A VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An optoelectronic device comprises a plurality of layer segments, in particular intermediate layer segments, arranged between a cover layer and a carrier layer. At least one optoelectronic component is arranged on at least one of the plurality of layer segments and a first and a second layer segment of the plurality of the layer segments are overlapping each other along a first direction each forming a respective boundary region. The first layer segment comprises at least one first contact pad and the second layer segment comprises at least one second contact pad, wherein the at least one first and second contact pad are arranged in the respective boundary region facing each other and being mechanically and electrically connected. The at least one first and second contact pad each comprises a plurality of nanowires which are at least partially made of conductive material such as for example copper, gold, or nickel. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227231 | CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A COMPONENT IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Controlling the operation of one or more components in an electric vehicle, including: receiving, from one or more vehicle operation sensors, operation data including sensor data corresponding to a condition of one or more components of the vehicle; determining, using a trained model, whether the one or more components of the vehicle are operating in an acceptable manner; and generating a control signal to adjust operation of the one or more components of the vehicle. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227232 | REGENERATIVE BRAKING DURING COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTIONS - A braking control system includes a regenerative brake controller, a friction brake controller, and a master controller. The regenerative brake controller, in response to absence of expected communication between the master controller and regenerative brake controller, decreases regenerative braking. The master controller, in response to detecting the decrease in regenerative braking, commands the friction brake controller to increase friction braking. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227233 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE, ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE - Look-ahead deceleration assistance control includes: accelerator-off guidance control that is control to, when a target location related to deceleration of an electrically-powered vehicle is set, notify a driver of information prompting the driver to release an accelerator pedal; and regeneration increasing control that is control to, when the target location related to deceleration of the electrically-powered vehicle is set, increase a braking force generated by a motor generator as compared to when the target location is not set. The strong regeneration control is control to, when the strong regeneration mode is set by a switch operating unit, increase the braking force in a state where the accelerator pedal is released as compared to the normal mode. The control apparatus is configured to, when the strong regeneration mode is set by the switch operating unit, execute the strong regeneration control and not execute the look-ahead deceleration assistance control. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227234 | Energy-supplying double-deck carriage, rail vehicle and method of manufacturing a double-deck carriage - The invention relates to an energy-supplying double-deck carriage, in particular a passenger double-deck carriage, for power supply, in which a main transformer is arranged in the roof region, preferably on or at the roof, and moreover preferably substantially above a bogie. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227235 | ELECTRIC DRIVE STALL TORQUE ENHANCEMENT BASED ON VEHICLE LEVEL INPUTS - A method for increasing a default electric stall torque limits in a motor vehicle having an electrified powertrain inclusive of a traction power inverter module (TPIM) connected to an electric traction motor includes receiving vehicle level inputs via a controller. The controller is programmed with the default electric stall torque limits. The method includes selecting an inverter control strategy, via the controller, as a selected inverter control strategy in response to the vehicle level inputs, the strategy including temporarily increasing the default electric stall torque limits while applying a pulse width modulation (PWM) type at a corresponding PWM switching frequency. The method also includes controlling an output state of the TPIM and the electric traction motor over a calibrated duration, via the controller, using the selected inverter control strategy. A motor vehicle includes the controller, road wheels, TPIM, and traction motor. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227236 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AUTOMATIC DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE, AUTOMATIC FREIGHTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An electric vehicle, an automatic driving method and equipment, and an automatic freight transportation method and system, the electric vehicle ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227237 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLES AND CONTROL LOGIC FOR BRAKE TORQUE REQUEST ESTIMATION FOR COOPERATIVE BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL - A method of operating a vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving an operator-input vehicle control command with an associated torque request, and identifying any propulsion actuator constraints that limit a brake torque capacity available from the vehicle powertrain. Using the propulsion actuator constraint(s) and torque request, the controller determines a propulsion brake torque distribution for the vehicle's road wheels and a maximum brake torque capacity for the powertrain actuator(s). A first brake torque request is determined using the propulsion brake torque distribution and a vehicle control mode of the powertrain system, and a second brake torque request is determined using the maximum brake torque capacity and the vehicle control mode. A friction brake torque command is determined by arbitrating between the first and second brake torque requests. The vehicle controller transmits the friction brake torque command to the friction brake system and a powertrain brake command to the powertrain actuator(s). | 2022-07-21 |
20220227238 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - An object of the present invention is to control driving force and braking force of a motor while considering an SOC of a battery. A control device controlling a rotating electric machine including windings of a plurality of independent system. The rotating electric machine is controlled in: a first mode in which an AC current is energized to the windings of the plurality of systems to generate torque such that a combined magnetic field generated in the windings is greater than or equal to a predetermined value; and a second mode in which the AC current having a phase difference different from that in the first mode is energized to the windings of the plurality of systems, the combined magnetic field generated in the windings is made smaller than the predetermined value, and current greater than or equal to that in the first mode flows. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227239 | OPEN-LOOP VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL - A propulsion control system has an electric motor configured to generate an axle torque in response to a final torque command, and has a motor constraint that specifies a maximum torque. A motor controller is configured to generate the final torque command in response to an intermediate torque command and a distributed power limit command. An open-loop function in supervisory controller is configured to calculate an initial torque command vector in response to a driver torque command, calculate an intended operating vector by mapping the initial torque command vector into a multidimensional power space, generate the intermediate torque command by clipping the intended operating vector in response to the motor constraint, generate a constrained command vector by clipping the intended operating vector in response to the motor constraint and a plurality of energy storage constraints, and generate the distributed power limit command in response to the constrained command vector. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227240 | ENERGY UNIT CELLS FOR PRIMARY VEHICLE STRUCTURE - Methods and apparatuses for energy unit cells for primary structures are described. The method comprises obtaining enclosure criteria of an enclosure space, wherein the enclosure space is configured to contain an energy storage device. The method further comprises obtaining a load case of a primary structure of a vehicle. The method further comprises determining a primary structure design based on the enclosure criteria and the load case, where the primary structure design incorporates the enclosure space. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227241 | CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL ACCESS TO A LITHIUM BATTERY ON A UTILITY VEHICLE - Techniques control a utility vehicle. Such techniques involve storing electric power in a lithium battery of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve operating a motor controller of the utility vehicle in a normal mode in which the motor controller provides electric power from a lithium battery of the utility vehicle to an electric motor of the utility vehicle to turn one or more ground engaging members of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve, after operating the motor controller in the normal operating mode, operating the motor controller in a walkaway mode in which the motor controller configures the electric motor to provide braking torque. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227242 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AN ELECTRIC BATTERY VEHICLE - An apparatus for charging a (fully) electric battery vehicle with a direct current, having a rectifier connected to a multiphase power supply system, having an intermediate circuit which is arranged on the charging side of the rectifier and is coupled to the latter and has a number of capacitances and a centre point, having a DC/DC converter which is arranged on the charging side of the intermediate circuit and is coupled to the latter and is intended to adapt an intermediate circuit voltage of the intermediate circuit to a charging voltage of a battery of the battery vehicle, wherein the centre point of the intermediate circuit is connected to a neutral conductor of the multiphase power supply system. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CHARGING MOTOR VEHICLES - The charging system comprises: two chargers ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227244 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device includes: a relay cable having one end connected to a charging connector; a battery charged by a direct current supplied from the charging connector; a battery cable having one end connected to the battery; a charging connection portion connected to the other end of the relay cable; a battery connection portion connected to the other end of the battery cable; a relay that switches the direct current to be supplied or not relative to the battery; and a housing arranged between the battery and the charging connector so as to house the relay. The charging connection portion is arranged on the housing adjacent to the charging connector, and the battery connection portion is arranged on the housing adjacent to the battery. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227245 | CHARGING SOCKET - The present application provides a charging socket including a socket body, the socket body is provided with a charging end configured to connect to a charging plug, a conversion end configured to connect to a battery pack, and a terminal accommodating cavity communicated with and between the charging end and the conversion end; the conversion end is provided with a mating installation groove configured to mount an adapter plug and configured to pluggably connect with the adapter plug. In the charging socket provided in the present application, only the adapter plug is required to be pulled out from the mating installation groove on the socket body when the charging terminal mounted in the terminal accommodating cavity needs to be repaired or replaced, thereby removal of the connection between the charging terminal and the battery pack is completed, which effectively reduces the difficulty of disassembly and assembly. Therefore, this process is simple, improves the working efficiency, and reduces the maintenance cost. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227246 | FRACTIONAL ENERGY RETRIEVAL - An example operation includes one or more of directing, by a server, a transport to provide charge to a stationary energy source when a grid demand is above a threshold, and directing, by the server, one or more other transports to retrieve a portion of the provided charge from the stationary energy source. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227247 | COMBINED HYDROGEN FUEL CELL FOR VEHICLE FUELING, ELECTRIC VEHICLE FAST CHARGING AND FUEL CELL BACK-UP POWER FORECOURT - The system may comprise a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEM FC) stack that is connected to and provides energy to a microgrid for back-up applications, is connected to and provides energy to a fast-charge battery electric vehicle station (BEV) for fast charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and is connected to and provides hydrogen to a hydrogen dispenser for fueling Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs). Utilizing an integrated forecourt to support several different energy delivery applications and technologies may result in improved overall project economics and may accelerate the transition to a low/zero carbon economy for transportation and stationary back-up power. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227248 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS - A method for the efficient placement of electric vehicle chargers in a target area couples vehicle dynamics and battery dynamics modeling with environmental factors to accurately incorporate the impact that the environment has on the range of the battery into the placement of the chargers by simulating trips of fleets of electric vehicles. The vehicles can be of various types, for example, motorcycles, cars, trucks or aircraft, and will each have their battery state of charge monitored as they traverse a simulated trip through the target area. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227249 | OFF-LINE BATTERY SWAP METHOD, BATTERY CHARGING AND SWAP STATION, VEHICLE WITH BATTERY TO BE SWAPPED, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention relates to the technical field of battery charging and swap, and in particular to an off-line battery swap method, a battery charging and swap station, a vehicle with a battery to be swapped, and a readable storage medium. The invention is intended to solve the problem that battery swap cannot be performed at a battery charging and swap station when a vehicle is not connected to a network or a cloud server has a fault. To this end, the off-line battery swap method of the invention includes: switching, by a battery charging and swap station, to a backup battery swap mode upon receiving a battery swap mode switching instruction; establishing, by a vehicle with a battery to be swapped, a communication connection with the battery charging and swap station by using backup connection information; authenticating, by the battery charging and swap station, the vehicle with a battery to be swapped; and performing, by the battery charging and swap station, battery swap for the vehicle with a battery to be swapped where the authentication is successful, the backup connection information being pre-stored in the vehicle with a battery to be swapped. According to the battery swap method of this application, a battery swap procedure can be completed in an off-line state, thereby effectively solving the problem that battery swap cannot be performed when a cloud server has a fault or a vehicle with a battery to be swapped is not connected to a network. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227250 | MODULAR MEASURING UNIT AND AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ENERGY OUTPUT - The disclosure relates to a modular measuring unit comprising a measuring module and an access module. The measuring module and the access module are connected via an interface internal to the measuring unit. The defined interface guarantees modular isolation of the measuring module for the determination of a measured data item from the access module for generating a measuring data set with assignment of an identification data item. Because of this modular isolation, technical changes or developments in the access module do not necessarily lead to a loss of an approval under calibration legislation of the measuring module, as its core function significant under calibration legislation remains untouched. The modular measuring unit interacts with an authentication apparatus, which may be provided as a remote instance apart from a charging station. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227251 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS) USING BLOCK CHAIN - The present invention relates to a method and a system for charging Electric Vehicles (EV) ( | 2022-07-21 |
20220227252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET CHARGING - Systems and methods are provided for dynamically selecting a control policy from among several available control policies for controlling an energy system having multiple controllable assets. The performance of the selected control policy is monitored and a different control policy may be deployed in its place if the different control policy has a higher chance of providing better performance given the current control environment. Thus, as the control environment changes, the control policy that controls the power system may also be changed in an adaptive manner. In this way, the control policies may be changed as the control environment changes to provide an improved real-time performance compared to the use of a single control policy. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227253 | METHODS FOR RECONFIGURABLE POWER EXCHANGE FOR MULTIPLE UAV TYPES - A reconfigurable system capable of autonomously exchanging material from unmanned vehicles of various types and sizes. The system comprises an environmental enclosure, a landing area, a universal mechanical system to load and unload material from the unmanned vehicle, and a central processor that manages the aforementioned tasks. The landing area may comprise a one or more visible or non-visible markers/emitters capable of generating composite images to assist in landing the unmanned vehicle upon the reconfigurable, autonomous system. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227254 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A power supply management system according to the present embodiment includes: a prediction apparatus configured to predict occurrence of a power outage in each of a plurality of areas; a plurality of predetermined facilities provided in each of the areas; a plurality of vehicles configured to perform power supply to facilities provided outside the vehicles; and a management apparatus configured to select a vehicle from the vehicles based on position information on each of the vehicles and a hazard area determined, by the prediction apparatus, to be more likely to have a power outage from among the areas, the management apparatus being also configured to notify the selected vehicle of being selected as a vehicle usable for power supply to a predetermined facility provided in the hazard area. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227255 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a reception unit configured to receive vehicle information about a vehicle equipped with a secondary battery and secondary battery information about the secondary battery transmitted from the vehicle, an analysis unit configured to generate analysis information by analyzing a relationship between the vehicle information and each type of the secondary battery information, and a provision unit configured to provide provision information based on the analysis information. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227256 | VEHICLE TRACTION BATTERY CIRCUIT AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Aspects of the present invention relate to a circuit for a traction battery of a vehicle, the circuit comprising: switching means configured to electrically interconnect in series a first cell set comprising one or more battery cells and a second cell set comprising one or more battery cells, and configured to electrically interconnect in parallel the first cell set and the second cell set; and at least one component configured to control electrical energy transfer between the first cell set and the second cell set associated with the first cell set and the second cell set having unequal voltages | 2022-07-21 |
20220227257 | PRE-CHARGE VIA BI-DIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER AND AUXILIARY BATTERY - A power control arrangement for a vehicle includes a bi-directional DC/DC converter and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers, after a request to activate the vehicle, command the bi-directional DC/DC converter to charge a DC link capacitor electrically between main contactors and the bi-directional DC/DC converter to a target value without connecting a resistor in parallel with one of the main contactors and before closing all of the main contactors. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227258 | POWER LINE SYSTEM WITH RIPPLE GENERATOR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A power line system is provided for efficiently using excess electrical energy produced by electric vehicles in a generation mode. A power line detector on the vehicle senses the power line to determine if voltage ripples are present before supplying excess electrical energy from the vehicle to the power line. First voltage ripples are generated on the line by a substation providing power to the power line. Second voltage ripples are also generated on the power line by a ripple generator to allow excess energy from the vehicle to be supplied to the power line in order to charge an energy storage system. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227259 | VEHICULAR CHILD MONITORING SYSTEM - A vehicular child monitoring system includes a child monitoring device having a connector for securing the device within a motor vehicle and oriented toward a child seat. The device including a mirror, a seat connector, a camera, and a controller having a wireless communication unit and a plurality of sensors. The sensors include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a proximity sensor, and a child detection sensor. A child monitoring application is communicatively linked to the communication unit and includes functionality for displaying the information received from the camera and each of the sensors, and for determining a separation distance with the child monitoring device. The system including functionality for determining that a child is in the car seat, and that a separation distance is beyond a predetermined threshold and activating an alarm protocol. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227260 | LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER AND VEHICLE SEAT - A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have at least one pair of rails which is formed from a first rail and a second rail. A spindle nut may be connected to the second rail and a spindle operatively connected to the spindle nut are located in the inner channel. A spindle gear, which can be driven a motor and interacts with the spindle, may be located at one end of the first rail. The spindle nut may be fixed to the second rail so that the spindle nut has a degree of freedom of at least one. The spindle nut may be fixedly connected to the second rail by a fixing device. A projection may be provided between a base body of the spindle nut and the second rail. The invention also relates to a vehicle seat with the longitudinal adjuster. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227261 | REINFORCEMENT BRACKET WITH INTEGRATED END STOP - A vehicle seat including a fixed rail assembly, a translatable rail, and a translatable bracket. The fixed rail assembly includes a fixed rail and a fixed bracket extending from the fixed rail assembly. The translatable rail is configured to translate in a longitudinal direction along the fixed rail. The translatable bracket is fixed relative to the translatable rail such that the translatable rail and the translatable bracket translate in unison. The translatable bracket is configured to retain portions of the translatable rail within portions of the fixed rail. The translatable bracket includes a translating stop. The translatable rail is configured to translate between a first position in which the translating stop engages a fixed stop and a second position in which the translating stop is spaced apart from the translating stop. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227262 | Adjustable Seat Assembly with Operator Controls for Riding Vehicles - Systems and mechanisms for facilitating concurrent positional adjustments of a seat with one or more steering controllers along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, are disclosed. The embodiments provide a mechanism by which operators of a wide range of body types may comfortably occupy and use vehicles configured with lap bar controls, such as zero-turn radius mowers. In one example, the seat and steering controllers are both mounted on a support structure that is configured to be movable relative to a chassis of the vehicle. | 2022-07-21 |
20220227263 | SEAT LATCHING MECHANISM - A latching mechanism configured to secure a first component and a second component. The latching mechanism includes a locking plate that operatively engages a first latch plate and a second latch plate. The plates each include an end that inserts into a slot located on the second component, therein securing the first component to the second component. Actuation of the latching mechanism displaces the plates, therein releasing the ends from the slot and allowing for movement of the first component in relation to the second component. | 2022-07-21 |