37th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170259704 | Vehicle Safety Seat - A vehicle safety seat for protecting a vehicle occupant from injury due to impact and airborne debris, in the event of a collision. The vehicle safety seat includes a seat bottom, a backrest, and a headrest, wherein the seat is secured to a frame. The frame is pivotally secured to the floor and frame of a vehicle, wherein the seat can recline immediately in advance of a collision for absorbing impact forces. The safety seat further includes telescoping shields that are retractably secured to the lateral sides of the seat bottom, backrest, and headrest. The shields are projected from the safety seat, creating a protective cocoon around the seat occupant prior to a collision. The seat is operably connected to one or more sensors that can detect an imminent collision between the vehicle and another object, wherein a pneumatic system deploys the shields and an electro-mechanical system reclines the seat. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259705 | TOWEL BAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A rail and carrier system for a removable seat of a motor vehicle includes two lower rails fixedly attached laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. a first upper rail is nested with and laterally slidable within the first lower rail, and a second upper rail is nested with and laterally slidable within the second lower rail. First and second cross brackets are laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the first and second upper rails are connected to the first and second upper rails. A cover is connected to and extends between the first and second cross brackets. A spring-loaded lock holds the first upper rail in place with the first lower rail, and a towel bar releases the lock, enabling the first and second upper rails to slide within the first and second lower rails. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259706 | GRIP MECHANISM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A removable seat of a motor vehicle includes first and second cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to first and second upper rails located in a floor of the motor vehicle, the first and second cross brackets being connected to the first and second upper rails, a cover connected to and extending between the first and second cross brackets, a handle extending laterally outward from the cover, a spring-loaded lock that holds the first upper rail in place with one of a first lower rail and second lower rail the floor, and a towel bar that releases the lock, enabling the first and second upper rails to slide within the first and second lower rails. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259707 | TWO PIECE STEP GARNISH - A step garnish for a rail and carrier seat system for motor vehicle is disclosed. The rail and carrier seat system includes two rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle, a carrier laterally slidable within the rails, a handle attached to a laterally exterior side of the carrier, and a seat attached to the carrier. The step garnish includes an inner step garnish portion, the inner step garnish portion being installed below the handle on the carrier, the inner step garnish having an exposed portion; and an outer step garnish portion, the outer step garnish portion including a cut out clearance shape for being installed from above the handle, the cut out clearance shape having a shape substantially similar to the exposed portion of the inner step garnish. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259708 | DRIVING DEVICE AND SEAT ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR VEHICLE - A driving device and a seat adjusting mechanism for vehicle are provided. The driving device includes a motor and a gearbox. The gearbox includes a worm and a worm gear. The worm is fixedly connected to an output shaft of the motor. The gearbox further includes first and second driving gears, and first and second driven gears. The first and second driving gears are coaxially fixed to the worm gear and located at two sides of the worm gear, respectively. The first and second driven gears are fixed coaxially with each other and engaged with the first and second driving gears, respectively. Two driving gears are arranged at the two sides of the worm gear symmetrically, and two driven gears are also arranged at the two sides of the worm gear symmetrically, which results in a compact structure and reduced volume of the driving device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259709 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes: a seat back; a seat cushion; an engagement portion having a U-shaped portion that is configured to engage with an attachment mechanism of a child safety seat; and a cover member adapted to cover at least a portion of the engagement portion. The engagement portion is disposed between a seat back and a seat cushion. The cover member includes: a flap having one end fixed to a cover of the vehicle seat and the other end serving as a free end; and a tab provided on an upper or lower surface of the flap, the tab projecting on an inner side of the U-shaped portion when the free end is inserted between the seat back and the cover member or between the seat cushion and the engagement portion. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259710 | SEAT DEVICE - The seat device includes: wires ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259711 | GARNISH CAP INCLUDING LIVING HINGE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seatbelt integrated into a seat back of the seat and a seatbelt mechanism for providing access to the seatbelt. The seat further includes an extended base attached to the seat, a raised and curved section of the extended base for transitioning the seatbelt from a vertical orientation inside the seatback to a horizontal orientation for use, an arcuate slot atop the extended base, the seatbelt being threaded through the arcuate slot, the arcuate slot preventing the seatbelt from becoming tangled and misaligned, a garnish for covering the seatbelt mechanism, a fastener, and a cap for covering the fastener. The fastener fastens the garnish and the cap to the extended base. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259712 | VEHICLE SEAT - A seat for a motor vehicle includes a cap in the seat back for covering an ISOFIX bar. The cap includes a cap body and a grip portion. The grip portion includes a scoop portion in the cap body for receiving a hand and an indented portion longitudinally forward of the scoop. A second seat for a motor vehicle includes a frame and an inner cover on the frame. The inner cover being generally L-shaped and located on a laterally inward side of the frame. The inner cover includes a smooth lower external surface and a smooth and recessed external upper surface. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259713 | DEFORMATON ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A deformation element for a motor vehicle seat, which element is intended to be arranged on a subassembly of a motor vehicle seat, having a base member, a deformation portion which is formed on the base member and on which the deformation element can be deformed and/or destroyed under the action of an external force, and a force introduction region by means of which a structural element of a motor vehicle seat can be brought into operational connection with the deformation portion so that a force acting on that structural element can be introduced via the force introduction region into the deformation portion. The deformation portion is formed by means of partial deformation of the material of the deformation element and at the transition of the deformation portion to the base member of the deformation element there is a weakening region which defines at least one tear line. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259714 | SLIDING MECHANISM FOR A VEHICLE FLOOR CONSOLE AND A FLOOR CONSOLE SLIDING ARMREST ASSEMBLY - A sliding mechanism for a vehicle floor console is disclosed. The sliding mechanism comprises a base portion including a panel and a sliding groove, the sliding groove being positioned at the end of the panel and having an opening, and a guide portion including a guide rail disposed in the sliding groove and being slidable in the sliding groove. The sliding groove includes first and second surfaces positioned along the first direction, having angles with the first direction, connected to each other and enclosing a first sliding portion of the guide rail. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259715 | HEADREST FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a headrest for a vehicle, the headrest comprising: a fixed elevating unit installed at the top end of a seat backrest and capable of being raised; a fixing shaft fixed to the fixed elevating unit and extending in a horizontal direction; a moving frame installed on the fixing shaft and including a guide rail and an automatic power transfer unit, so as to move linearly forward and backward and rotate upward and downward; a coupling main body coupled in a state enclosing the moving frame, and moving together with the moving frame; and a manually operated unit enabling the moving frame to be manually adjusted on the coupling main body. The manually operated unit is characterized by including an operating switch for electrical control so as to be capable of controlling a current flowing to the automatic power transfer unit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259716 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH SEAT AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT - An air-conditioning system comprising a vehicle air-conditioner which uses a target blowing-out temperature as the basis to control an air outlet temperature in a cabin and a seat air-conditioning unit which sucks recirculated air into a seat and controls at least the seat air-conditioning air flow per unit time so as to perform seat air-conditioning, wherein the air-conditioning system increases the seat air-conditioning air flow when detecting that the vehicle speed is a predetermined value or less, calculates a correction amount for the target blowing-out temperature considered neutral in warmness sense level for the increased seat air-conditioning air flow, and uses the correction amount as the basis to correct the target blowing-out temperature. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259717 | VEHICLE HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATER-EQUIPPED VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle heating apparatus is a heating apparatus to be mounted on or built in a vehicle seat at a position below a sitting portion of the vehicle seat. The vehicle heating apparatus includes: a housing having an intake port, a blowing port, and an internal space serving as a flow path of air from the intake port to the blowing port; a fan provided in the internal space of the housing; and a heater provided in the internal space of the housing. In a usage state where the vehicle heating apparatus is mounted on or built in the vehicle seat, the blowing port is located above the intake port and opens downwardly with respect to a horizontal direction. Thereby, the amount of heating required for the heater is further reduced. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259718 | VEHICLE SEAT - The vehicle seat is structured by covering the pad surface with the surface layer provided with the beading, which prevents the beading formed on the vehicle seat from being rubbed and worn out by clothing of the occupant who is getting on or off the vehicle under pressure applied by the thigh or the back of the occupant, and further prevents dislocation of the beading on the seat under pulling force applied by the thigh of the occupant who is getting on or off the vehicle. The pad has a groove in which the beading is embedded. The beading is embedded in the groove famed in the pad, and the surface layer for enclosing the beading core of the beading is bonded and fixed to the bottom surface of the groove. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259719 | SEAT FOR A VEHICLE - A seat for a vehicle is equipped with a seat frame comprising general steel pipes, cushioning bodies suspended by the seat frame, and a skin covering the cushioning bodies. The seat frame has on an outer side a frame member in which a side portion provided vertically and an upper portion provided horizontally on an upper side are bent into L-shape at a corner portion, and the corner portion is provided with a lock member to be locked to a vehicle body of said vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259720 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ADJUSTABLE CUP HOLDER - A child seat can include a seat bottom and seat back. The seat back can be fixedly, rotatably, and/or removably coupled to the seat bottom. The child seat can further include an adjustable cup holder that can be integrally formed with the seat bottom or positioned adjacent to the seat bottom. For example, the child seat can include one or more arm rests positioned adjacent the seat bottom and the adjustable cup holder can be provided in at least one of the arm rests. The adjustable cup holder can include a static cup holder section and a rotatable cup holder section. The rotatable cup holder section can rotate with respect to the static cup holder section from a stored configuration to a use configuration. The adjustable cup holder can include alignment tabs and corresponding recessed slots and/or bosses and corresponding boss receivers to assist in positioning the adjustable cup holder. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259721 | TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - An object is to restrain a hoist shaft and a bushing of a hoist cylinder from abrading. A haulage vehicle with a pivoting vessel has a telescoping hoist cylinder provided between the vessel and the vehicle. Supply of hydraulic oil to the hoist cylinder is controlled by a valve provided between the hydraulic power source and the hoist cylinder. The haulage vehicle is provided with a bushing at one end portion of the hoist cylinder; a hoist shaft is mounted in a through bore of the bushing; a lubricant supplier supplies lubricant to a clearance between a surface of the hoist shaft and an internal surface of the through bore of the bushing; and when the vessel is seated on the vehicle, a controller controls the valve to make the hoist cylinder contract and also supply lubricant to the clearance. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259722 | SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING UNLOADING OF CARGO - Sensor systems, methods and machine readable medium are provided for a cargo vehicle. A plurality of sensors are arranged about an opening associated with a door through which packages are unloaded from a vehicle or trailer. The plurality of sensors are configured to measure an unpacked depth of the vehicle or trailer. A processor is provided in communication with each of the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to receive measured data generated by the plurality of sensors, determine an empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer based on the measured data as packages are being unpacked from the vehicle or trailer, and generate instructions regarding loading packages in a subsequent vehicle or trailer based on the determined empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259723 | Trailer Securing and Releasing Mechanism for a Boat - A novel trailer securing and releasing mechanism for a boat is disclosed to facilitate the process when unloading and releasing a boat into the water as well as loading the boat back on the trailer via securing the boat's eye bolt, or ring. The invention device encompasses a spring- or hydraulically-activated mechanism normally attached to the trailer tongue. The boat loading mechanism operates by movement of a horizontal rod being forced in the direction toward the trailer resulting from contact by the boat ring. This contact and movement of the rod forward results in positioning the boat ring within an open claw-like device and, simultaneously, causes the open claw to slam shut wherein each claw arm lies with the boat ring and thereby affixing the boat to the trailer. As the rod arm is moved back within its housing by the forward motion of the boat the energy of said movement is captured and retained, either by a compression of a spring or of a fluid (gas or liquid) within a hydraulic mechanism. Subsequent disengagement of the boat ring from the claw-like device on the boat trailer results from release of the stored energy within the compressed spring (or fluid) to reverse the direction of movement of the horizontal rod that will result in the simultaneous opening of the claw mechanism and pushing of the rod head against the boat ring to release the boat from the trailer. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259724 | TRAILER STEP AND GUIDE - A step-and-guide apparatus that aids on centering a boat on a boat trailer and assists an operator in boarding and exiting the boat when on the water or on land is disclosed. The step-and-guide apparatus has guide mechanisms positioned on opposing sides of a trailer frame, and each apparatus includes a trailer mount assembly, a bracket arrangement, an arm having a first end and a second end, with a first end of the arm being rotatably coupled to the bracket arrangement, and a step-and-guide board affixed to the second end of the arm and that is oriented lengthwise along the boat. The arm and the step-and-guide board are rotatable between a first position and a second position defined by the bracket arrangement, with the step-and-guide board functioning as a step when in the first position and as a boat guide member when in the second position. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259725 | BED LIFT MOUNTING MEMBER - A structure such as a toy hauler recreational vehicle includes a bed lift that moves a bed vertically between a lowered position, a raised position, and an upright position. The bed is oriented horizontally and positioned to receive one or more persons to sleep on it in the lowered position. The bed is oriented horizontally and stowed adjacent to a ceiling of the vehicle in the raised position. At least a portion of the bed is oriented vertically and stowed adjacent to a wall of the structure when the bed is in the upright position. The bed lift can include a mounting member that: (a) moves between a first position where the bed is oriented horizontally and a second position where the bed is oriented vertically and/or (b) is vertically offset to allow the bed to be lowered below or adjacent to the bottom of the bed lift. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259726 | TIE-DOWN DEVICE - A tie-down that incorporates a specific design that can be fanciful or utilitarian (i.e., by conveying a message through its shape). The tie-down can be painted to improve both its functionality or fancifulness. In addition, words/phrases, including warnings or advertisements can also be painted on the tie-down. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259727 | LOAD SECURING DEVICE - A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle is provided. Said device having at least one securing element which by external power is adjustable at least from a loading position to a securing position, wherein in the loading position at least one object can be disposed on the load surface, and the at least one object in the securing position by way of the securing element is held in a location on the load surface in that the securing element in the securing position is in contact with the at least one object and a force that acts in the direction of the load surface is applied to the securing element in the securing position. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259728 | VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A vehicle lighting system includes: a lighting device that emits a first light and a second light to a periphery of an own vehicle, the second light having a higher directivity than the first light; a camera to acquire image information; a detector to emit an electromagnetic wave and acquire a reflection wave; and an electronic control unit configured to detect a physical body using the image information, detect the physical body using information of the reflection wave, control the lighting device such that the first light is emitted to the physical body detected by the reflection wave, determine whether the physical body detected using the image information in a state where the first light is being emitted is an target object, and control the lighting device such that the lighting device emits the second light toward a predetermined range around the target object. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS, REPORTING, AND DOT COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods of providing a DOT Lighting monitor that automatically detects when any of the exterior lights on a commercial motor vehicle fails/burns out and that alerts the driver to which one(s) is affected is provided. Each required light is monitored, and a state of an indicator corresponding to that required light is changed to notify an operator of a failure thereof. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259730 | EXPANDABLE LIGHT TOWERS AND METHODS OF USING - Expandable light towers suitable for mounting to a mobile unit, and methods for their use. Such an expandable light tower includes a telescoping assembly comprising first and second telescoping units. The second telescoping unit is telescopically received in the first telescoping unit to configure the expandable light tower to have retracted and extended configurations. The light tower further includes a light-mounting assembly mounted to the second telescoping unit and a mounting assembly coupled to the first telescoping unit and adapted to mount the telescoping assembly to a hitch of a mobile unit. The mounting assembly enables the telescoping assembly to pivot about a transverse axis. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259731 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - The present disclosure provides an automotive lamp, and more particularly, to an automotive lamp capable of informing an ambient vehicle approaching from one side behind the vehicle of a vehicle state by irradiating light of a road pattern to indicate the vehicle state to an area behind the vehicle. The automotive lamp includes a lamp unit disposed in a rear lamp housing of a vehicle and a detection unit configured to detect whether a reverse shift stage is selected. The lamp unit is configured to irradiate a first light distribution pattern that forms a reversing light signal pattern in the rearward direction of the vehicle, and a second light distribution pattern that forms a road pattern on the rearward road surface of the vehicle. The first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern are formed simultaneously, when the reverse shift stage is selected. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259732 | Mountable Vehicle Safety Light System - A mountable vehicle safety light system for conveying additional information regarding the motion of a vehicle. The mountable vehicle safety light system includes a housing having three rows of uniquely colored lights. The colors may include red, yellow and green. A first row indicates when a vehicle is braking, a second row indicates when a vehicle is neither braking nor accelerating, and a third row indicates when a vehicle is accelerating. Additionally, a first side member placed on a first side of the housing may indicate an upcoming right turn, while a second side member placed on an opposing second side of the housing indicates an upcoming left turn. A fastener is provided to secure the mountable vehicle safety light system to a flat surface, such as a rear windshield of a vehicle, in order to be easily visible to surrounding motorists and pedestrians. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259733 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is an automotive lamp and a method for controlling the same, and more particularly, to an automotive lamp capable of informing an ambient vehicle approaching from behind of a vehicle state by irradiating light forming a road pattern indicating the vehicle state to at least an area behind the vehicle, and a method for controlling the same. The automotive lamp includes a detection unit which detects a vehicle state; and lamp units, controlled by a control unit, which irradiates light forming a road pattern indicating the vehicle state to at least an area behind a vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259734 | REAR-ROAD SURFACE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - A rear-road surface illumination apparatus is provided which includes: an avoidance determiner | 2017-09-14 |
20170259735 | Device For Managing Lighting In A Room Of A Public Transport Vehicle, In Particular A Railway Vehicle - The lighting management device comprises a variable lighting system which includes: at least one exterior light sensor, that is capable of measuring the characteristics of the exterior light outside the vehicle, and at least one interior image capture device, that is capable of capturing images within the interior of the compartment; and a control unit for controlling the lighting system, configured so as to adjust the lighting in the compartment based on the brightness of the exterior light measured outside the vehicle and the images captured within the interior of the compartment. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259736 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE BODY - An illumination system includes: a seat; a wall; and a sleep control light for controlling sleep, wherein the seat includes a backrest and a seating portion, and makes a transition between a seated state and a lying state when the backrest and the seating portion make a slide movement, the seated state being a state where a minor angle formed between the backrest and the seating portion is a first angle, the lying state being a state where the minor angle is a second angle greater than the first angle, an optical axis of the sleep control light is tilted downward with respect to the horizontal plane, the sleep control light is located behind or above the seat when the seat is in the seated state, and the optical axis of the sleep control light passes through the backrest when the seat is in the lying state. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259737 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOUND DETECTION INFORMATION, APPARATUS DETECTING SOUND AROUND VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A method for providing sound tracking information includes detecting a sound occurred adjacent to a subject vehicle to generate a sound tracking result based at least on a sound data regarding detected sound; determining an angle of point having the maximum probability among at least one of peak points in the sound tracking result as a first vehicle angle; determining whether an angle of candidate point is a second vehicle angle, wherein the candidate point has the maximum probability among peak points included in a detection range except for the first vehicle angle; and generating at least one detection signal corresponding to the first and the second vehicle angles, when the angle of candidate point is the second vehicle angle, wherein the sound tracking result includes a probability of whether there is at least one another vehicle at each of angles in each of frames continued according to time. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259738 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A communication system for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor configured to emit a periodic function with a parameter correlated to the speed of the vehicle, an acceleration monitoring system, a braking system engagement detector to detect a braking status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of signaling other drivers of a deceleration condition of the vehicle, and a control device. The acceleration monitoring system is configured to compute the acceleration of the vehicle from variations in the parameter of the periodic function of the vehicle speed sensor and to output a deceleration status of the vehicle. The control device is coupled to the acceleration monitoring system, the braking system engagement detector, and the alerting device, wherein the acceleration monitoring system sends signals to the control device and the control device operates the alerting device in a manner dependent on the deceleration status of the vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259739 | DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular driving assist system includes a data processor module that receives and processes image data provided by a plurality of video sensors and sensor data provided by a plurality of non-video sensors. The video sensors include at least five cameras disposed at respective locations of the vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior the vehicle. The data processor module communicates with other vehicle systems via a vehicle bus of the vehicle. Received image data and received sensor data are processed at the data processor module for at least one of (i) object tracking of objects present exterior of the vehicle, (ii) object identification of objects present exterior of the vehicle and (iii) object classification of objects present exterior of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of image data and sensor data at the data processor module, a driving assistance system of the vehicle is controlled. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259740 | ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE - An electric drive vehicle is provided with first and second slider plates contacting a trolley line on the high-voltage side and on the ground side, respectively. A camera has a photographing range of the whole of the second slider plate held in contact with the trolley line on the ground side and a part of the trolley line residing around the second slider plate. A controller controls a display of a monitor, wherein the controller includes a relative distance calculation section that calculates a relative distance between the trolley line on the ground side and a reference position of the second slider plate, and a bird's eye view image data generation section that generates bird's eye view image data reflecting the relative distance calculated by the relative distance calculation section and that outputs the bird's eye view image data to the monitor. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259741 | VIEWING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An in-out motor changes a field of view of vehicle surroundings for a vehicle occupant. When a predetermined condition is satisfied before a predetermined change condition for changing the field of view is satisfied, an ECU controls the in-out motor via a mirror surface operation driver so as to change the field of view to a predetermined preparatory field. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259742 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises a switchable reflective element that can change between a high reflection state and a low reflection state. The mirror assembly also includes a controller communicating with the switchable reflective element, the controller being able to change the switchable reflective element between a high reflection state and a low reflection state. The mirror assembly further includes a housing configured for attachment to the vehicle and housing at least the switchable reflective element. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259743 | ELECTRONIC MIRROR DEVICE - An electronic mirror device includes: a display that is mounted on an installation position of a rear-view mirror in an interior of a vehicle; and a controller that controls the display. The display includes: a body case having an opening on a side of a driver seat of the vehicle; an image display unit that is mounted to the body case and displays the camera image; and a half mirror disposed at a side of the driver seat of the image display unit. The controller identifies an object moving in a direction toward the vehicle in the camera image, and displays a camera image in which a size of the identified object in a display image on the image display unit is magnified or reduced to a size of the object reflected in the half mirror viewed from the driver seat, on the image display unit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259744 | VEHICLE MIRROR WITH IMAGE DISPLAY FUNCTION - According to the invention, there is provided a vehicle minor with an image display function including, in this order: an image display device; a circular polarization reflection layer; and a front surface plate made of glass or plastic, in which the circular polarization reflection layer includes a linear polarization reflection plate and a ΒΌ wavelength plate from the image display device side. The vehicle mirror with an image display function of the invention is capable of displaying a bright image. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259745 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT FLOOR - A motor vehicle includes a body with a luggage compartment for holding cargo and a movable luggage compartment floor providing a lower border for the luggage compartment to support cargo on the luggage compartment floor. The floor includes a loading floor carrier and a cover on the loading floor carrier. An attachment pivotably mounts and holds the luggage compartment floor at a front end region. The cover is formed on a partial elongated section before a front end of the loading floor carrier in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259746 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH CARGO AREA FLOOR - The present disclosure provides a motor vehicle having a cargo area for accommodating cargo and a movable cargo area floor for defining the bottom of the cargo area and supporting cargo on the cargo area floor. The cargo area floor includes a cargo floor support, a covering on the cargo floor support, and at least one stopping element arranged in front of the cargo area floor to limit a forwardly directed motion of the cargo area floor in the longitudinal direction. A section of the covering is arranged between the cargo floor support and the at least one stopping element. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259747 | ORGANIZER ASSEMBLY - An organizer assembly having interconnecting slotted partitions for segregating and organizing vehicular space for securing a plurality of containers therein is provided. The partitions or dividers provide a plurality of evenly spaced apart securing slots along their top edge, each securing slots having a lead-in notch for securing a container. In certain embodiments, the dividers are connected to a base with pivotal supporting elements. In other embodiments, the dividers provide assembly slots for arranging two intersecting dividers into X-shaped configurations. In yet another embodiment, a body divider and wing divider are pivotally connected to form a V-shape configuration, each of which can be sequentially attached to other such configurations by mating connections at the ends of the body dividers. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259748 | Object Storage Assembly - An object storage assembly includes a pair of storage units. Each of the storage units may be positioned beneath a dashboard of a vehicle on a passenger side of the vehicle. Each of the storage units has a rear wall and a front side. The rear wall corresponding to each of the storage units is curved. Thus, the rear wall corresponding to each of the storage units may follow a contour of a floorboard of the vehicle beneath the dashboard. A passenger may sit in the passenger side of the vehicle when the storage units are positioned beneath the dashboard. The front side corresponding to each of the storage units is open to store objects. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259749 | VEHICULAR CONSOLE DEVICE - A vehicular console device includes a console outer casing disposed in the interior of a vehicle, a console box disposed in the console outer casing, and a tray supported in the console box. The tray includes a tray body and a tray vertical wall. The tray body is supported in the console box to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The tray vertical wall is formed to extend upward from a tray rear wall of the tray body. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259750 | INTEGRATED BICYCLE RACK ATTACHMENT FEATURE FOR REAR SPOILER - A bicycle carrier attachment for a vehicle includes at least one bracket held within an interior of a vehicle spoiler. The at least one bracket is attached to a portion of the vehicle and held within the spoiler interior. Optionally, a cover is included that defines a flush surface with the spoiler body when in a closed configuration. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259751 | AIR FRESHENER WITH DEVICE HOLDER - The invention is a combined air freshener and portable device mount which diffuses aromatic fragrance compounds contained in the main cavity of the invention and at the same time engages a fastener mounted on a personal device. The fastener can be but is not limited to ferromagnetic, detent based, or hook and loop fasteners. An elastic member wraps around the main cavity wall at the proximal end and provides friction and cushion for the personal device when it is held by the fastener. Helical threading on the main body engages compatible helical threading on a support structure, allowing the invention to be mounted in a variety of locations in a vehicle interior. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259752 | DOUBLE HOOK ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - A tablet device holder assembly may include a housing defining an housing opening and including a housing lip arranged on a first side of the housing above the housing opening, and a removable bezel having a projection configured to extend through the housing opening and defining a projection opening that when the bezel is rotated to an installed state, the lip is received within the projection opening to maintain the bezel on the housing. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259753 | SIDEPOD STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE - A sidepod stereo camera system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a sidepod housing mounted to the AV, a view pane coupled to the sidepod housing, and a stereo camera mounted within the sidepod housing. The stereo camera has a field of view extending outward from the sidepod housing through the view pane. A control system of the sidepod stereo camera system or the AV can conditionally activate and deactivate the sidepod stereo camera system when needed. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259754 | RADAR TRANSPARENT VEHICLE EMBLEM WITH MULTI-COLOR, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL A-SURFACE - Disclosed herein are vehicle emblems, automobiles with vehicle emblems, and methods of manufacturing vehicle emblems. A vehicle emblem for an automobile includes a bezel for mounting the emblem to the automobile's vehicle structure, such as the front grille, engine hood, or outer fascia panel. A rigid backing is seated within and attached to the bezel. The rigid backing includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs. A cover sheet lays against and is attached to the front-surface of the backing. The cover sheet includes a transparent layer or film with a multi-color print. The cover sheet includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs that are formed in the transparent layer. Each of the cover sheet's depressions is seated inside one of the rigid backing's depressions, while each of the rigid backing's ribs is seated inside one of the cover sheet's ribs. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259755 | VEHICLE BADGE - A badge is provided herein. The badge includes a housing having a front viewable portion. A first light source is disposed rearwardly of the viewable portion. A second light source is disposed adjacently to the first light source. A third light source disposed adjacently to the second light source. The first, the second, and the third light sources are configured to sequentially illuminate at offset intervals. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259756 | AUTOMOBILE LID DEVICE - The automobile lid device capable of opening and closing an opening of an automobile interior component includes a lid body configured to open and close the opening by being attached to and detached from the opening; a first engaging claw arranged at a periphery edge of the lid body, the first engaging claw having an outwardly downward inclination section; and a second engaging claw arranged at a periphery edge of the opening having an inwardly upward inclination section. Faces of the outwardly downward inclination section and the inwardly upward inclination section are engaged as being mutually contacted such that the outwardly downward inclination section crawls under a lower face of the inwardly upward inclination section when the lid body is attached to the opening. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259757 | AUTOMOBILE PART FOR ACOUSTIC SCREENING AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS - An automobile part ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259758 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY EXTENDING AND RETRACTING A LICENSE PLATE HOLDER - A system for selectively extending and retracting a license plate holder includes a housing defining a slide rail attachable to a vehicle. A motor selectively rotates a threaded driver extending through first and second sliders within the housing a first or second rotational direction so as to move the first and second sliders within the housing. As the first and second sliders are moved within the housing, a license plate mount pivotally attached to the first slider is extended from under the vehicle or retracted beneath the vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259759 | Locking bar mechanism for license plates - A license plate locking system is provided that will prevent theft of a license plate. The license plate locking system of the present invention comprises a locking bar, wherein said locking bar comprises a two hollow bodies. Each hollow body provide access to a plate holder device, such as a screw, wherein said plate holder device is positioned inside said hollow body and covered by non-removable cover with resilient properties rendering the screws inaccessible. This prevents the removal of the registration tags or license plate by unauthorized persons. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259760 | KNUCKLE STRUCTURE - A knuckle structure is provided with: a knuckle for rotatably supporting a drive shaft connected to the output shaft of a motor; and a grounding member having a grounding harness, the grounding member electrically connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body. The grounding member is connected to a grounding connection section provided on the protrusion of the knuckle and facing rearward of the vehicle. The grounding connection section is provided between a brake caliper extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and the knuckle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259761 | BUS WATCHMAN - A cyber security module for providing security to an in-vehicle communication network having a bus, at least one node connected to the bus, and at least one communications device coupled to the in-vehicle communication network configured to interface the in-vehicle network with an external communication network, the cyber security module comprising: a communication port configured to receive a message from the communication device that the communication device generates based on a message that the communication device receives from the external communication network; at least one communication port coupled to the bus; an authentication module configured to authenticate whether or not the message originated from an authorized source; and a processor configured to operate to prevent content of the message from being operated on if the authentication module determines that the source of the message received by the communication device is not from an authorized source. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259762 | MANAGEMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A method for implementing at least one function, provided by an external server, in a control device of a vehicle includes transmitting the at least one function from the external server via a wireless interface to a management control device arranged in the vehicle; transmitting, by the management control device, the at least one function to at least one control device of the vehicle; and implementing the at least one function in the at least one control device. The at least one control device controls the vehicle in accordance with the at least one function. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259763 | ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE - The electrical supply system according to the invention is of the type comprising, on the one hand, an electrical power network having a first voltage electrically connecting first items of equipment comprising an electrical motor/generator, an inverter/rectifier and a first electrical energy store, and, on the other hand, an electrical service network having a second voltage that is less than the first voltage electrically connecting second items of equipment comprising a second electrical energy store, an electronic control unit controlling the energy transfers between the power network and the service network by means of at least one reversible DC/DC converter. The electronic unit comprises a first electronic module supplied by the power network exchanging information with the first items of equipment, and a second electronic module supplied by the service network exchanging information with the second items of equipment and electrically insulated from the first module. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259764 | ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE FOR A TRANSPORT VEHICLE - An energy harvesting device for a transport vehicle comprising an electric converter circuit and a power take-off unit is disclosed. The electric converter circuit comprises: an electric energy storage; a first DC bus; an electric generator connected to the first DC bus through an electronic brake controller; a second DC bus connected to the first DC bus through a DC/DC converter, and an inverter connected to the second DC bus and having an output connected to the electrical load of the energy harvesting device. The power take-off unit comprises: a rotatable pivot plate for coupling to the vehicle chassis and supporting the electric generator; an electric generator pulley coupled to the electric generator; a shaft pulley; a shaft attachment for attaching the shaft pulley to the vehicle driveline shaft; and a belt connecting the electric generator pulley and the shaft pulley. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259765 | BIOMETRIC BASED PERSONALIZED SETTINGS FOR A DRIVING APPARATUS - A system and method for facilitating a personalizing settings in a driving apparatus using user's biometric information are provided. Individual users of an automobile are facilitated to set personal settings through a biometric information device in the driving apparatus. In one embodiment, a given user of the driving apparatus is facilitated to provide his/her fingerprint in a first mode through the fingerprint scanner to store settings of a set of currently configured components as the personalized settings for those components. The given user is facilitated to subsequently provide his/her fingerprint in a second mode through the fingerprint scanner to retrieve the personalized settings for the set of configured components and have the set of components configured in accordance with those settings. In some examples, security is provided to determine whether a given user is authorized to personalize certain customizable components in the driving apparatus. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259766 | BUMPER REINFORCING ASSEMBLY - A vehicle front end includes a bumper and a carrier attached to the bumper. A plurality of fins are movably attached to the carrier and are spaced from each other. The fins taper in a direction transverse to the bumper. The fins may be moved to a deployed position to reinforce the bumper to improve low-speed damageability of the bumper, and may be moved to an inactive position, which may allow a fascia to more easily deform relative to the deployed position to provide energy absorption for pedestrian impacts. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259767 | MULTI-TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT BEAM WITH CENTER LEG - A vehicle reinforcement beam is roll formed from a metal sheet to provide a multi-tubular reinforcement beam that includes two adjacent tubular sections that share a common center wall. The outer sections the metal sheet extend from opposing ends of the common center wall and are formed to enclose the adjacent tubular sections. An edge portion of the metal sheet that is bent to have a bend radius of about 3-9 mm, where the edge portions attach in abutting and continuous contact with the common center wall to form crevices between the adjacent tubular sections along the first and second faces. A weld is formed in each of the crevices to define crevice ribs in general alignment with and at each of the opposing first and second ends of the common center wall that are configured to improve bending strength and torsional strength of the reinforcement beam. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259768 | Water Collection System for a Pickup Truck - A pickup truck including a truck bed, a truck box, a storage tank, and a water filtration system is provided. The truck box is mounted to the truck bed and defines a cavity. The storage tank has a valve arranged to control release of liquid received within the cavity into the storage tank. The water filtration system is disposed between, and in fluid communication with, the cavity and storage tank. Walls of the storage tank may be defined by a bumper. The water filtration system may include a strainer at a pass-through open to the cavity and a filter downstream of the pass-through. An air relief valve may be open to the storage tank. The storage tank may be mounted at a location on the truck adjacent a rear bumper of the truck. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259769 | Structure of Underrun Protection - A structure of an underrun protection bound to a plurality of brackets disposed at the front or rear portion of a frame of a vehicle is disclosed. A hollow having a closed section is defined by a distal face of a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a proximal face of the longitudinal direction, an upper face, and a lower face. Lightening holes are formed on at least one of the upper face and the lower face of the underrun protection. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259770 | VEHICLE SEAT HAVING A SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE - A vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device including: a side airbag that is stored within a side portion of a seat back, and that receives gas supplied from an inflator so as to inflate and deploy at a side of a seated vehicle occupant; seat back upholstery that forms upholstery for the seat back, and in which a burst line portion, which is a seam portion, ruptures when it receives inflation pressure from the side airbag, and in which a three-way junction is formed in a seam portion as a result of a seam portion that branches off from the burst line portion being provided; and reinforcement fabric that is joined to both a portion of the burst line portion that bridges an intersection point of the three-way junction and a seat back frame, and that stretches when it receives inflation pressure from the side airbag. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259771 | VEHICLE SEAT SIDE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY - A vehicle seat includes a frame, a cover, and a seat side airbag assembly. The seat side airbag assembly includes a chute mounted to the frame and extending to the cover. An airbag is fixed to the chute, with the chute extending between the airbag and the cover. The chute is attached to the cover. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259772 | VEHICLE TABLE WITH DEPLOYABLE AIRBAG - A vehicle interior includes an interior compartment and a table in the interior compartment. The table has a top surface including a perimeter. An airbag extends around the perimeter of the top surface of the table. The airbag is inflatable in response to a vehicle impact to limit the likelihood of an occupant impacting the table and/or to absorb energy from the occupant during the vehicle impact. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259773 | Cover Element For An Airbag Module, And Airbag Module Having Such A Cover Element - A cover element ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259774 | Vehicle Occupant Restraint Device - An occupant restraining device capable of coping with a plurality of collision directions without additional airbags is provided. An occupant restraining device ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259775 | HYBRID INFLATOR, AIRBAG UNIT AND VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH HYBRID INFLATOR AS WELL AS METHOD OF FORMING A SHOCK WAVE - The invention relates to a hybrid inflator especially for a vehicle safety system, comprising an igniter ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259776 | BONNET DISPLACEMENT MECHANISM - A bonnet displacement mechanism for coupling a bonnet panel to a body structure of a vehicle. The bonnet displacement mechanism comprises a hinge mechanism for elevating a rear edge of the bonnet panel from a normal position, in-use, to a deployed position, and for lowering the rear edge of the bonnet panel from the deployed position to a latched position. The bonnet displacement mechanism comprises a latch mechanism to latch the hinge mechanism at the latched position. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259777 | SEAT BELT DEVICE - A seat belt device | 2017-09-14 |
20170259778 | Height Adjusting Device - A height adjustment device for a belt deflector having a guide rail ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259779 | Seat Belt Retractor - A switching mechanism ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259780 | FRAME COMPONENT FOR A BELT WINDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention describes a method of manufacturing a substantially plate-shaped frame member ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259781 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A webbing take-up device in which, when a pretensioner mechanism is activated and turning of a pinion relative to a spool is allowed, a lock pawl is turned by the pinion and a trigger wire is sheared by the lock pawl. Thereafter, the pinion turns more relative to the lock pawl and shears a lock pin of the lock pawl. Hence, the lock pawl turns and activates an activation mechanism. Therefore, the activation mechanism may be activated without a torsion shaft of a force limiter mechanism allowing turning of a lock base in the take-up direction relative to the spool. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259782 | PRETENSIONER, RETRACTOR, AND SEAT BELT DEVICE - Provided are a pretensioner, a retractor, and a seat belt device that can achieve weight reduction of a device by improving slidability of a power transmission member used for the pretensioner. A pretensioner includes a drive wheel for rotating the spool, and a power transmission unit for transmitting power to the drive wheel in an emergency. The power transmission unit includes a power transmission member for rotating the drive wheel, a pipe that contains the power transmission member, a gas generator for supplying a working gas into the pipe, and a housing that defines a passage for the power transmission member on an outer periphery of the drive wheel. The housing has a sliding member that is disposed at an outlet part of the pipe and that reduces frictional force between the housing and the power transmission member. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259783 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STARTING A VEHICLE - Systems and methods for selectively activating operation of one or more vehicle powertrain elements are presented. In one example, a propulsion source of a vehicle is activated in response to a driver moving a shift lever from a first location to a second location. Further, activation of propulsion source may be made contingent on whether or not the vehicle is coupled to an electrical grid. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259784 | VEHICLE ANTITHEFT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE SECURITY DEVICE - A vehicle antitheft system includes a house security device and a vehicle security device. The house security device includes a detection unit and a transmission unit configured to transmit a notification when a state change of a predetermined security unit is detected by the detection unit. The vehicle security device includes a reception unit configured to receive the notification transmitted from the transmission unit and a function control unit configured to control a vehicle antitheft function depending on whether the notification is received by the reception unit. The function control unit is configured to release the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is not received and a regular vehicle key is used to operate a vehicle, and to restrict releasing of the vehicle antitheft function when the notification is received and the regular vehicle key is used to operate the vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259785 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD WITH AUTHENTICATED UNLOCKING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT - An exemplary locking assembly includes, among other things, a lock that transitions between a first state that prevents disengaging electric vehicle supply equipment from a charge port and a second state that permits the disengaging. A control module is configured to command the lock to transition from the first to the second state in response to a user interaction with a selector device and an authentication of the user interaction. An exemplary securing method includes, among other things, receiving a request to disengage electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) from a charge port of a vehicle, permitting a disengaging if the request can be authenticated, and preventing the disengaging if the request cannot be authenticated. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259786 | Remote Control of Vehicle Functionalities by Means of a Mobile Terminal - A system and method for remote control of functionalities of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle reserved for hire, is provided. The system and method include transmission and receipt of information between a mobile terminal, a remote vehicle management system and a control unit of a vehicle to remotely control, particularly to remotely initiate, particular functionalities of a vehicle which has been selected, particularly reserved, in advance using the vehicle management system. The mobile terminal is identified to the vehicle on the basis of an interchange of identifiers that the vehicle and the terminal have received in advance from the vehicle management system. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259787 | WIPER MOTOR AND WIPING APPARATUS FOR WIPING A VEHICLE WINDOW - The invention relates to a wiper motor ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170259788 | BLADELESS MULTI-JET SURFACE CLEANING SYSTEM PROVIDING CLEAR-VIEW NON-DISTRACTING VISIBILITY FOR AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS, SIDE-VIEW MIRRORS, AND TRANSPARENT VIEWING SHIELDINGS OF AMPHIBIAN, AQUATIC AND AERIAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING BUILDING VIEWING PANELS - Bladeless programmable multi-jet non-vision-distracting wiper/cleaner devices, designs, methods, systems, assemblies and programs utilizing regulated invisible pressurized multi-air-jets and water-jets, for selectively wiping, cleaning, clearing, bouncing off and removing rain, snow, ice, dust, and other particulate matters from the external surfaces of the front, rear, side windshields and side-view mirrors; providing optimally angled linear-slit or wavy-slit jet nozzles built-in from longitudinal singular or aggregated plurality of delivery air-jet pipes and water-jet pipes for releasing controlled sustained and intermittent flow of invisible pressured air-jet-streams and water-jets, providing cleaner, clearer and safer visibility for millions of automobile driver(s) and/passenger(s), globally, preventing automobile accidents during hazardous weather conditions; said invention operable by a selection or combination of manual, automated, remote-control and interactive voice-commands, regulated by ECU and displays within and away from the automobile; eliminating the use of prior-art annoying, visual-field-interrupting long-bladed oscillating windshield wipers. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259789 | INTEGRATED ON-BOARD VEHICLE VISION AND CLEANING SYSTEM - The invention refers to integrated on-board vehicle vision and cleaning system comprising a casing being mounted in a vehicle bodywork, a viewing camera and a cleaning fluid nozzle associated with a nozzle carrier and communicating with a cleaning fluid source. The nozzle carrier is integrated into the casing and is moveable within the casing between first and second positions, the first position being a retracted position and the second position being an extended position which is the operating position. The nozzle carrier is designed as a sleeve encompassing the sensor unit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259790 | LOTUS EFFECT WASHING MACHINE - This washing machine for a railway vehicle includes a water texturing system, mixing water with particles able to produce textured water having super-hydrophoby properties making it possible to implement a lotus cleaning effect on the surface on which the textured water flows; a textured water spraying system, fed by the water texturing system and using at least one appropriate spraying device to spray the textured water on a surface of the railway vehicle to be cleaned. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259791 | TRAILER DOCKING REPOSITIONABLE SUPPORT - A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer comprising a frame having mounted thereto at least a right side wheel and a left side wheel, the frame also including a hitch, a fifth wheel, and at least one of a repositionable wheel chock and a repositionable hook, the trailer stabilizing device further including a repositioning device in order to reposition at least one of the repositionable wheel chock and the repositionable hook. The present disclosure also includes a method of stabilizing a parked trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a wheeled trailer stabilizer underneath a parked freight trailer at a loading dock while landing gear of the parked freight trailer are deployed and a kingpin of the parked trailer is accessible; (b) securing the kingpin of the parked freight trailer to a fifth wheel of the wheeled trailer stabilizer; and, (c) deploying a repositionable hook operatively coupled to the frame of the wheeled trailer stabilizer so the repositionable hook couples to a cleat mounted to the ground, where deployment of the hook is operative to exert a pulling force on the kingpin. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259792 | AUTOMATIC WHEEL CHOCK DEVICE - An automatic wheel chock device includes a motion unit and a mounting bracket for engaging a vehicle or trailer. The motion unit is connected to a swing arm having a wheel chock located along the distal end thereof. The motion unit transitions the swing arm between a retracted and extended position to secure the wheel chock against the vehicle tire. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259793 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE DEVICE - A collision avoidance device includes, for example, a collision avoidance executor that can execute avoidance braking for avoiding collision with an object to be avoided; a determiner that determines whether a brake pedal is operated by a driver; and a collision avoidance controller that inhibits execution of the avoidance braking from ending and controls braking to apply a brake with a larger one of a required braking force through the operation of the brake pedal and a braking force by the avoidance braking, when the driver operates the brake pedal during the avoidance braking. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259794 | METHOD AND BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE FOR STABILISING A VEHICLE COMBINATION - A method for stabilizing a vehicle combination including a towing vehicle and at least one trailer vehicle includes determining wheel revolution rates of a driven axle of the towing vehicle and a vehicle speed of the towing vehicle, checking, as a first criterion, whether there is braking wheel slip at the driven axle of the towing vehicle without the operation of a wheel brake of the driven axle of the towing vehicle, and actuating, in response to the first criterion being met, at least one wheel brake of the trailer vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT - A method for the automated control of the longitudinal movement of a motor vehicle having an automated positive acceleration process in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and an automated deceleration in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An acceleration variable is determined based on a jerk value and limited in terms of absolute value. And the jerk value is in turn determined in a driving mode in which, starting from a vehicle actual longitudinal speed and a vehicle actual longitudinal acceleration, the motor vehicle is adjusted to a predeterminable vehicle longitudinal speed taking into account a predeterminable maximum positive driving mode vehicle longitudinal acceleration, a predeterminable maximum driving mode vehicle longitudinal deceleration and at least one predeterminable driving operating mode jerk absolute value which limits the jerk. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259796 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COUNTER STEERING OF VEHICLE DURING ABS BRAKING - Disclosed may be a method for controlling counter steering of a vehicle, which, in a counter steering section for controlling over-steer while a vehicle travels a curve, prevents lateral force from being decreased by maintaining a braking pressure according to an operation of an antilock braking system (ABS) for a vehicle wheel (a front axle curve-travelling outer wheel) of a counter steering target at an optimal slip level (before an improvement of a target slip), and improves steering performance by forming a linear yaw rate in a direction for counter steering without a delay in forming the yaw rate. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259797 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT OR REINFORCING AN AUTONOMOUS BUILD-UP OF BRAKE PRESSURE IN A BRAKE SYSTEM BY MEANS OF AN ACTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER - A sensor device, active brake booster, and method for a braking system, including an active brake booster for carrying out/boosting an autonomous or partially autonomous brake pressure buildup, including an electronic device, which, at least during the autonomous or partially autonomous brake pressure buildup by the active brake booster, is configured, based on at least one deformation variable, provided externally or established by the sensor device, as to a deformation of the active brake booster, and/or a tensile force which effectuates the deformation and is exerted on a brake pedal, to output at least one activation signal to a warning display device and/or to a warning sound output device and/or at least one control signal to the active brake booster, to control the latter at least for a predefined first time interval into a safety mode or to interrupt the latter at least for a predefined second time interval. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259798 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A motion control system adapted for use on a vehicle having a prime mover with a power range and a speed range and at least one wheel. The preferred motion control system comprises a first control device that is operatively connected to the prime mover, a pump that is operatively connected to the prime mover and adapted to convey fluid, a second control device that is operatively connected to the pump, a fluid line that is adapted to convey fluid from the pump, a motor that is adapted to receive fluid from the fluid line and control the rotational speed of the at least one wheel, and a microprocessor that is adapted to provide a required amount of power and speed infinitely proportional through the power and speed range of the prime mover. A method for controlling the motion of a vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259799 | PISTON ASSEMBLY FOR A PRESSURE-GENERATING DEVICE OF A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A piston assembly for a pressure-generating device of a braking system of a motor vehicle, including a piston, which is at least partially insertable into an opening formed in a hydraulic unit of the braking system and is axially displaceable therein, and including a ball screw for axially displacing the piston. The piston is connected to the axially displaceable spindle of the ball screw in such a way that the piston moves along with the axially displaceable spindle of the ball screw, the piston enclosing at least one first portion of the nut in a first, retracted position of the piston and the piston enclosing at most one second portion of the nut in a second, extended position of the piston, and the first portion is larger than the second portion. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259800 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING AN AIR DISC BRAKE ACTUATOR - An air disc brake system for a heavy-duty vehicle comprising an axle. A spindle is attached to an end portion of the axle. At least a portion of an air disc brake assembly is supported by the spindle. A suspension beam has an axle support portion connectable with the axle. An end portion of the suspension beam is spaced from the axle support portion for attachment with the heavy-duty vehicle. The suspension beam may pivot about the end portion of the suspension beam. An actuator actuates the air disc brake assembly. The actuator has a movable member to actuate the air disc brake assembly. Structure is associated with the suspension beam for supporting at least a portion of the actuator. A surface defines an opening in the suspension beam through which the movable member may extend or that may receive and support a portion of the actuator. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259801 | VEHICLE LANE PLACEMENT - A system of one or more computers can be configured to perform particular operations or actions by virtue of having software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of them installed on the system that in operation causes or cause the system to perform the actions. One or more computer programs can be configured to perform particular operations or actions by virtue of including instructions that, when executed by data processing apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the actions. One general aspect includes sends video data and light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) data to a recurrent neural network (rnn) that includes feedback elements to identify a roadway feature. The system also sends the data to a dynamic convolutional neural network (dcnn) to identify the feature. Output values are sent to a softmax decision network to aggregate the rnn and the dcnn output values and determine a vehicle positional location on the roadway. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259802 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - An electronic control unit sets a drivability target engine speed, sets upper limit engine power on the basis of the drivability target engine speed, and sets upper limit drive power by dividing the upper limit engine power by a rotational speed of a driveshaft. Then, the electronic control unit compares accelerator requested drive power with the upper limit drive power, sets target engine power such that lower one of the accelerator requested drive power and the upper limit drive power is output to the driveshaft, and controls an engine, a first motor, and a second motor such that the target engine power is output from the engine. In this way, a driver can receive further favorable drive feeling. | 2017-09-14 |
20170259803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWERING START-STOP AND HYBRID VEHICLE COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES - A vehicle includes an engine cranked by an electric machine powered by a first battery, a first plurality of components powered by the first battery, a second plurality of components powered by a second battery, and a processor programmed to isolate the second battery and associated components from the first battery and associated components at least during engine cranking. The first battery may be a low voltage battery having a first chemistry, such as a lead-acid battery with associated components that are less sensitive to voltage variation induced by engine cranking or starting, such as heated mirrors, seats, wipers, a climate control blower, power windows/doors, and auxiliary pumps. The second battery may be a low or high voltage battery having a second chemistry, such as a lithium-ion battery with associated components that may be more sensitive to low voltage during engine cranking/starting, such as lighting, electronics, and infotainment systems. | 2017-09-14 |