01st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160001708 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A passenger seat mounting system adaptable for various and changing mobile technology is provided. The universal mounting system has an enclosure and a universal bracket assembly for securing to the various and changing mobile technology. The enclosure defines an enclosure cavity for said mobile technology, wherein the universal bracket assembly operatively engages the mobile technology through rear cutouts of the enclosure so that all three components are removably secured. The universal mounting system may be pivotally connected to supporting legs that are adapted to slide into standard head rest holes of a seat body. As the universal bracket assembly is adjustable, so are the varieties of mobile technology that can be universally mounted. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001709 | MULTI-DEVICE DASH MOUNT FOR VEHICLES - A dash mount for securing a plurality of electronic devices to the front dash of a vehicle. The dash mount includes a base having a top surface with a top slot formed therein, as well as a rotatable mounting screw with a threaded portion extending upward, through the top slot, to project above the top surface. The dash mount also includes a support bracket having a first arm receivable within the top slot and a second arm with a device connector located at its distal end. The mounting screw extends through a straight aperture in the first arm to threadably engage with a first electronic device located on the top surface, to secure both the support bracket and the first device to the base, while the device connector on the second arm receives and supports a second electronic device in a location spaced from the first device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001710 | Foldable Load Carrier With A Latching Brace - A cargo load carrier configured to be mounted at the rear of a carrying vehicle and having a support frame mountable to the vehicle. A load carrying member is coupled to the support frame and is deployable from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. A collapsible brace is coupled between the support frame and the load carrying member and has an articulated joint between a pair of pivot arms. A latch is releasably coupled between the pair of pivot arms and the latch has a plurality of latched configurations that releasably lock the load carrier in at least the travelling configuration and the load supporting configuration. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001711 | Trailer Hitch Ball Mount Holder and Storage System - A trailer hitch ball mount holder and storage system includes a receiver opening for receiving a stem of a ball mount in a holder cross member. Angular elongate leg members spatially separate foot members of the holder cross member from the foot members. The holder cross member includes pin apertures for storage of ball mount pins, and a leg member includes R-clip apertures for storage of clips. A leg member also includes a cable aperture for attachment of a cable to lock and secure the ball mount accessories to the ball mount holder. The ball mount holder foot members are attached to a vehicle surface, such as the bed of a pickup truck. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001712 | SWITCHING METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM BASED ON SIGNAL INTENSITY - A switching method for a multimedia player of a vehicle includes setting an operational mode for playing a predetermined signal; the multimedia player receiving a broadcasted signal to determine whether an intensity signal corresponding to the broadcasted signal exceeds a threshold value when the multimedia player processes a broadcast mode; and the multimedia player processing the operational mode for playing the predetermined signal when the intensity signal corresponding to the broadcasted signal is smaller than the threshold signal; wherein the predetermined signal is a source signal from a CD/DVD multimedia player, an audio multimedia player or a mobile device, or is a silent signal. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001713 | CAMERA DEVICE - A camera device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001714 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR PART - A vehicular interior part includes an interior part and a trim main body where the interior part is mounted. The interior part includes an interior part main wall portion and a mount projection projecting from a rear surface of the interior part main wall portion. The trim main body includes a main body side wall portion and an extended portion extending from the main body side wall portion toward a middle portion of the trim main body. The extended portion includes an insertion through hole in which the mount projection is and a clearance portion adjacent to the insertion through hole and with which the extended portion is movable toward the middle portion of the trim main body relative to the mount projection that is in the insertion through hole in response that the main body side wall portion receives a load in a vehicular interior-exterior direction. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001715 | HYBRID WIRELESS-WIRED ARCHITECTURE BASED ON POWER LINES FOR INTRA-VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION - A hybrid vehicle communications network including a combination of wired and wireless ECUs and wired and wireless peripherals. A communications backbone, either a CAN bus or a powerline, is electrically coupled to each of the ECUs. The wireless peripherals provide wireless signals to all of the wireless ECUs and each wireless ECU provides data messages on the backbone based on the signals received from the wireless peripherals to be received by a target ECU. Also, one or more of the ECUs puts messages on the backbone to be transmitted wirelessly by all of the wireless ECUs to be received by a wireless peripheral. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001716 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - In a vehicle control device in which a driver circuit which does not have a computing function and a computing device communicate with each other, there is provided a technology which can efficiently diagnose that both the driver circuit and the computing device normally communicate with each other by a simple technique. The vehicle control device according to the present invention transmits diagnosis data as a control command from a computing portion to the driver circuit, and the driver circuit sends inverted diagnosis data in which the diagnosis data is bit-inverted back to the computing portion. The computing portion diagnoses whether or not the communication between the computing portion and the driver circuit is normally performed, by using the diagnosis data and the inverted diagnosis data. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001717 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOLDING PLATE AND WIRING UNIT PROVIDED WITH SAME - A wiring unit includes a wiring harness (WH), a holding plate ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001718 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EXTENSION FOR CAN BASED ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURES - A method for communicating using a hybrid vehicle communications network including a combination of wired and wireless electronic control units (ECUs) and wired and wireless peripherals. The network includes a plurality of ECUs that include a plurality of wireless ECUs. The network also includes a plurality of peripheral devices, where one or more of the peripheral devices receive commands from one or more of the ECUs and one or more of the peripheral devices provide signals to the ECUs, and where the plurality of peripherals include at least one wireless peripheral. Wireless transmission signals transmitted from one of the wireless peripherals is received by all of the wireless ECUs. The method performs an arbitration process where a message provided from one of the wireless ECUs is placed on a communications backbone based on a quality of the transmission signal from the wireless peripheral. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001719 | Charging Method - In accordance with the present invention there is provided an engine ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001720 | CONFIGURABLE RENTAL VEHICLE - A rental vehicle has features that can be activated or deactivated wirelessly. Additional features can be purchased and activated after a customer has paid for an initial set of features and started to use the vehicle. Configuration of the vehicle is automated by transmitting a configuration message to the vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001721 | IMPACT RESISTANT COMPONENT FOR A VEHICLE - Provided is a load-carrying or non-load carrying structural component for a vehicle having improved impact resistance, such as a gas tank protection shield, an underbody shield, a structural panel, an interior floor, a floor pan, a roof, an exterior surface, a storage area, a glove box, a console box, a trunk, a trunk floor, a truck bed, and combinations thereof. The component has a support structure with ridges, each spaced apart from one another at predetermined intervals, to form a corrugated surface capable of load-carrying. The ridges are longitudinally extending, raised ridges. The corrugated designs provide support structures that are impact resistant. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001722 | BUMPER STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bumper cross member for a motor vehicle includes an insert of fiber-reinforced composite material and reinforcing structures molded onto the insert. A first groove is formed onto the insert, and the reinforcing structures include ribs formed in the first groove. The ribs extend inclined in relation to a longitudinal direction of the groove from one lateral wall of the groove to the other. The insert is further formed into a second groove, which are open toward opposing sides of the insert. The first and second grooves share a lateral wall. An outer bumper skin is supported by the bumper cross member. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001723 | BUMPER DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A bumper device for an automobile includes a bumper beam consisting of a fiber-reinforced resin and bumper extensions which consist of a fiber-reinforced resin. The bumper device for an automobile is characterized in that the bumper beam has a Θ-shaped cross-section and in that the bumper beam and the bumper extensions are molded integrally. The bumper device for an automobile has desirable strength and rigidity and is capable of exhibiting excellent energy absorption performance when a large load is inputted to the bumper beam. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001724 | Bumper Beam With Mounting Plates - A bumper beam has a U-profile with its top directed toward the vehicle. It has fixedly welded mounting plates ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001725 | VEHICULAR IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER - A vehicle shock absorbing member, which has a tubular shape having a plurality of flat plate-shaped sidewalls and having a closed section, in which, of the plurality of sidewalls, each of a pair of sidewalls located on right and left sides and separated from each other in a lateral direction of a vehicle has a groove portion formed extending in an axial direction of the tubular shape so as to be recessed inward, which is disposed between a vehicle body-side member and a bumper member in such an attitude that the axial direction corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load, is crushed like an a bellows in the axial direction to absorb impact energy, a pair of flat plate-shaped partition walls being formed in the tubular shape integrally with the tubular shape so as to be separated from each other in a vertical direction and so as to couple the pair of sidewalls, and the upper partition wall being tilted downward and the lower partition wall being tilted upward such that an interval between the pair of partition walls decreases closer to an inner side of the vehicle in the lateral direction of the vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001726 | IMPACT ABSORBING ELEMENT - An impact absorbing element comprising a tubular body for absorbing the impact energy in a vehicle is proposed, the impact absorbing element having a double honeycomb-shaped cross section and being configured as a 10-face polygonal line, and honeycomb points being configured which are situated at a spacing (b | 2016-01-07 |
20160001727 | WHEEL DEFLECTOR BRACKET AND METHOD - A vehicle wheel deflector bracket and method is provided. The bracket is attachable to a vehicle having a wheel, a door, and a body structure supporting a door hinge. The bracket is configured to deflect a force from the wheel to the body structure and away from the door hinge when the bracket is attached to the body structure. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001728 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF OBJECTS IN A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE - A method and device for detecting the presence of objects in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, wherein electromagnetic signals are radiated into the passenger compartment. The signals are reflected in accordance with at least one object property of at least one object that is present in the passenger compartment. The reflected signals are received and are evaluated with regard to the at least one object property. The method is performed by a vehicle-to-X communication device that communicates wirelessly. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001729 | VEHICLE INTERIOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle interior structure has a driver's seat disposed inside a cabin, a rear passenger's seat disposed on a vehicle rear side of the driver's seat inside the cabin, and a partition panel arranged along a vehicle width direction between the driver's seat and the rear passenger's seat. Both ends of the partition panel in the vehicle width direction are disposed close to left and right side walls of the cabin, respectively. At least one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the partition panel is provided with a fragile section including a recess formed by a cutout extending toward a vertical center, and a protrusion protruding such that a distance from the vertical center to a tip of the protrusion in a vertical direction is greater than that of the recess. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001730 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG MODULE - An airbag ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001731 | TURRET AIR BAGS - A turret airbag system is provided including a plurality of airbags disposed within the turret to protect an occupant of the turret from injury and/or ejection from the turret. Turret airbags may be configured in padding around a turret access opening, and/or as substantially cylindrical airbags that deploy between the occupant of the turret and a wall or exterior opening of the turret. In some examples, the turret airbag(s) may be integrated with a countermeasure system that deploys explosion countermeasures and activates the turret airbags based on sensor data and multiple thresholds that indicate a collision event, a rollover event and/or an explosion event. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001732 | Curtain Airbag - A curtain airbag capable of applying tension in a vertical direction to improve occupant ejection mitigation performance. The curtain airbag is housed in an upper portion of a side surface inside a vehicle cabin and deployed along the side surface. The curtain airbag includes: a main chamber having a protection area for the occupant, and receiving an inflation gas and being inflated along a side window of a vehicle; a first chamber that overlaps an upper edge of the side window of the vehicle, the first chamber extends by being deployed toward an upper side of the main chamber along the upper portion of the side surface inside the vehicle cabin. The main chamber includes a second chamber positioned in a below portion of the first chamber to overlap the vehicle beltline upon deployment. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001733 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - According to an airbag apparatus according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, at the time of an accident of a vehicle, a sub-cushion protrudes toward a front side of a main cushion to prevent a head of an occupant from sliding toward a lateral side, thereby preventing the head of the occupant, which is in contact with the main cushion, from sliding toward a lateral side even though the vehicle collides with an object obliquely with respect to a direction in which the vehicle travels. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001734 | Knee Airbag - A knee airbag having an inlet opening ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001735 | TUBULAR AIRBAG - Embodiments of the present invention provide an airbag system formed of a plurality of tubular structures. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001736 | Actuator Housing Sealing Mechanism - A pressurized fluid-powered actuator includes a housing and a striker movably coupled to the housing. Resilient sealing means are positioned between the striker and the housing. The sealing means are compressible so as to seal an end of the housing responsive to a force exerted on the sealing means by the striker in a first direction toward the housing. Releasable retaining means are operatively coupled to the striker and are structured to prevent motion of the striker in a second direction opposite the first direction prior to activation of the actuator, and responsive to a reaction force in the second direction exerted on the striker by the sealing means when the sealing means is compressed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001737 | PILLAR GARNISH - A pillar garnish includes a body, a sliding plate, a mounting base, and a bridging portion. The body includes a decorative surface facing an inner side of a compartment of a vehicle and a back surface opposite from the decorative surface. The body extends in an extending direction of a pillar of the vehicle and mounted to the pillar with space between the back surface thereof and the pillar. The sliding plate is slidable along the back surface. The mounting base on the back surface is for mounting the body to the pillar. The bridging portion on the body is for retaining space in which the sliding plate is inserted between the back surface and the mounting base and for holding the mounting base. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001738 | VEHICLE WEBBING GUIDE STRUCTURE - A vehicle body includes a pillar member disposed on an outer side of a cabin in a vehicle width direction and a side wall member located closer to inside in the vehicle width direction than the pillar member and coupled to the pillar member. The guide member for guiding drawing of a webbing includes a front edge fixing portion coupled to the pillar member, a rear edge fixing portion coupled to the side wall member, and a guide body whose two ends are coupled to the front and rear edge fixing portions and which forms a webbing drawing opening together with the pillar member and the side wall member. The front and rear edge fixing portions are separated from each other with an interval greater than or equal to a width of the webbing and coupled to the pillar member and the side wall member. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001739 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR MEMBER ASSEMBLY AND VEHICULAR INTERIOR PART - A vehicular interior member assembly includes an interior member main body and an interior part mounted on the interior member main body to cover a seat belt retractor from a vehicular interior side. The interior part includes a main wall portion and a front wall portion extending from the main wall portion toward a vehicular exterior side and being in front of the seat belt retractor. The front wall portion includes a seat belt outlet that is through the front wall portion, and a guide portion on a side opening edge of the seat belt outlet and guiding the seat belt to the seat belt outlet when the interior part is attached to the interior member main body. The seat belt outlet has an elongated opening having a side opening that is open toward the vehicular exterior side. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001740 | ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM - A locking device for a motor vehicle having a steering wheel column has a housing, a worm wheel cover, a blocking bolt that locks a steering wheel shaft in the steering wheel column, wherein the blocking bolt is movable between a first and a second position, a drive that moves the blocking bolt from the first position to the second position, a latching element that latches the blocking bolt, a mechanical activation mechanism that activates the latching element, and that has a trigger element, and a pushing element. In the first position, the blocking bolt is in blocking engagement with the steering wheel shaft. In the second position, the blocking bolt is disengaged from the steering wheel shaft. The latching element comprises a pin, and an opening is disposed in the blocking bolt for engagement with the pin. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001741 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BYPASSING WIRELESS VEHICLE IMMOBILIZERS - A remote start immobilizer bypass system records signals of an authorized key transponder and emulates the key transponder signals in response to receipt of a remote start command from a remote controller. To extend the range and facilitate placement of the remote start immobilizer bypass system within a vehicle, the emulated signals are reinforced by emitting the emulated signals in-phase and out-of-phase relative to the immobilizer coil signal used for inductively-coupled communications between the key transponder and the immobilizer coil. The in-phase and out-of-phase signals are generated in accordance with the recorded key transponder signals. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001742 | ELECTRONIC KEY DEVICE - An electronic key device includes a portable device capable of being carried by a user, and a vehicle-mounted device configured to perform mutual communication with the portable device to perform predetermined control. The vehicle-mounted device includes a plurality of antennas that is provided in different positions of a vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves every predetermined time. A response signal based on the reception strength of the radio waves transmitted from the plurality of antennas is transmitted from the portable device to the vehicle-mounted device. The vehicle-mounted device determines that a moving direction of the portable device heads for any one of the antennas based on the response signal, and when it is determined that a distance between the vehicle and the portable device is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, control is performed such that a door becomes unlocked. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001743 | POWER CONSUMPTION SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC KEY TERMINAL AND POWER CONSUMPTION SUPPRESSION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC KEY TERMINAL - A power consumption suppression system enables effective reduction of power consumption of an electronic key terminal. A position information acquisition section ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001744 | WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A window assembly includes a polymeric interlayer provided between an inner pane of glass and an outer pane of glass. The inner pane and outer pane each have a first major surface and a second major surface. The second major surface of the outer pane and the first major surface of the inner pane face each other. The window assembly also includes a connector assembly. The connector assembly has a wire assembly. The wire assembly has a terminal connector. The terminal connector has a width and a height. The width is greater than the height. The terminal connector is attached to a busbar provided on the second major surface of either the inner pane or the outer pane. A potting layer is provided over the terminal connector. The potting layer separates the terminal connector from an electrically conductive portion of a vehicle adjacent thereto. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001745 | WIPER BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIPER BLADE - A wiper blade extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a blade rubber, a plate spring-like backing, and a rubber holder. The blade rubber wipes a wiped surface. The backing adds rigidity and elasticity to the blade rubber. The rubber holder holds an intermediate portion of the blade rubber in the longitudinal direction and an intermediate portion of the backing in the longitudinal direction. The rubber holder includes a backing accommodation slot that accommodates and holds the backing. The backing accommodation slot extends through the rubber holder in the longitudinal direction. The parting line is set in a middle section of the backing accommodation slot in the longitudinal direction. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001746 | WIPER BLADE FOR THE CLEANING OF VEHICLE WINDOWS, AND WIPER DEVICE - A wiper blade for the cleaning of vehicle windows is disclosed. The wiper blade has a body which is connected with a wiper arm by a wiper blade adapter. The wiper blade adapter includes a first adapter element on the wiper-arm side and a second adapter element on the wiper-blade side, which are arranged pivotably with respect to one another in an axis. On the adapter element on the wiper-arm side a first holding arrangement is arranged for securing the wiper blade body in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade with a flexible tongue, and with a detent element arranged on the flexible tongue for form-fitting arrangement in a mount of the wiper arm, and with a second holding arrangement, which secures the wiper blade on the wiper arm additionally in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade body. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001747 | CLEANING SYSTEM FOR MACHINE - A system for a machine having an air conditioning unit is provided. The system includes a first conduit in fluid communication with an evaporator module of the air conditioning unit. The first conduit is configured to receive a condensed liquid from the evaporator module. The system also includes a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit. The system further includes a reservoir configured to store a liquid therein. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the second conduit and a cleaning system of the machine. The system further includes a third conduit in fluid communication with the second conduit. The third conduit is configured to inhibit a flow of the liquid from the reservoir to the evaporator module. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001748 | VEHICULAR ACCESSORY - An electrical vehicle including a vehicle body, a passenger compartment, a chassis supporting the passenger compartment, a plurality of wheels and at least one electrical motor for driving the wheels. A battery compartment of the vehicle is configured to removably mount therein a plurality of more than two rechargeable batteries which are movable into position in the battery compartment by a battery conveyor system which has a battery access opening through which batteries are installed or removed, one by one, to and from the battery compartment. In the battery compartment, a connection mechanism effects the needed mechanical and electrical connections. An overall control system controls the conveyor system and the connection mechanism to enable rapid replacement of the removable batteries, whereby an electrical vehicle can be instantly driven, even after its batteries have been discharged by a replacement of the discharged batteries and the installation of freshly charged batteries. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001749 | TRAILER STABILIZATION AND RESTRAINT - A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001750 | TRAILER LEG SECURING DEVICES AND SYSTEM - Devices and systems for securing and locking tractor trailer support legs in the down position are described herein. A securing pin passing through one of the support legs of a trailer while in the down position prevents the trailer legs from being raised. The pin can be locked in place such that only authorized users may remove the pin, raise the support legs, and move the trailer. A variety of kits for retrofitting existing trailers with securing devices are also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001751 | PARKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A parking device for a vehicle has a parking rod which is movably driven from a position in which a parking gear is engaged to a position in which the engagement of the parking gear is released, a rotational lever which movably drives the parking rod, a drive device which rotationally drives the rotational lever, an elastic member which urges the rotational lever in a direction opposite from a direction in which the rotational lever is rotationally driven, and engagement device having an engaging portion in which the engaging portion is engaged with an engaged portion, in a position where the parking gear is engaged, which is provided at an end surface of the rotational lever which follows the radial direction of rotation. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001752 | ELECTRIC BRAKING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - When a braking operation amount is reduced, a stiffness value representing a ratio of variation in actual pressing force of a friction member to a variation in actual position of an electric motor are sequentially computed. The actual position when the stiffness value changes from being higher than or equal to a predetermined value to being lower than the predetermined value is stored as a candidate position. When a duration during which the stiffness value is lower than the predetermined value is shorter than a clearance corresponding value corresponding to a transmission member clearance in a state where the candidate position is stored, the candidate position is deleted. When the duration during which the stiffness value is lower than the predetermined value exceeds the clearance corresponding value, the stored candidate position is determined as a reference position at which the friction member and the rotary member begin contacting each other. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001753 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION TO BRAKE SYSTEMS - A low voltage DC power system for powering an aircraft brake actuator assembly. The brake actuator assembly may comprise an electric actuator motor system with a park brake and/or a hybrid electric hydraulic system with a park brake. The brake actuator assembly may also comprise a load cell and one or more sensors. The load cell and sensors may be configured to operate with low voltage DC power. Moreover, by employing a low voltage DC power system, the wiring of an aircraft brake system may be reduced and/or simplified. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001754 | HIGH PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR OF BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a high pressure accumulator of a brake system capable of attenuating pressure pulsation of oil discharged from a pump. The present invention is directed to a high pressure accumulator a brake system in which a damping chamber disposed to attenuate pressure pulsation is optionally partitioned into a plurality of layers to change characteristics of a flow of brake oil so that pressure pulsation can be efficiently reduced. Therefore, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide a high pressure accumulator of a brake system in which an orifice part is integrally formed so that a processing time for installing an orifice separately and an assembling time therefor can be reduced. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001755 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The braking device for a vehicle includes a judging portion which judges whether the input piston and the output piston are in contact with or separated from each other and a control portion which outputs the control signal to the pilot pressure generating device so that the hydraulic pressure detected by the hydraulic pressure detecting device becomes a target value corresponding to a vehicle state, when judged that the input piston is not in contact with the output piston and outputs another control signal to the pilot pressure generating device, by which the pilot pressure becomes higher than the pilot pressure generated under a same vehicle state to a vehicle state in a case that the control signal is outputted when the judging portion judges that the input piston is not in contact with the output piston, when judged that the input piston is in contact with the output piston. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001756 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE, AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - A required brake force calculator calculates a required brake force for each vehicle based on a load on the vehicle or carriage detected by a variable load detector and a brake command acquired by a command acquirer. A target brake force calculator, based on the required brake force, calculates a common target brake force for a vehicle driven by a main electric motor and calculates a common target brake force for a vehicle not driven by a main electric motor. A control pattern generator, based on the target brake force and a vehicle speed detected by a speed detector, generates a common control pattern for electric power converters. An electric brake force calculator calculates an electric brake force generated by operation of main electric motors. A supplementer sends a brake force command value based on the electric brake force and the target brake force to mechanical brakes. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001757 | VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM - The instant disclosure describes a braking system for braking at least a first wheel of a motor vehicle comprising a first brake, a hydraulic circuit for controlling the first brake and a first electric motor for controlling the first brake, which brake and motor can be actuated at least partially simultaneously using one and the same actuating member. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001758 | OIL SEPARATOR - An oil separator is provided that restrains cleaned air from entraining collected liquid. An oil separator causes purge air, which has flowed into a case from an air dryer, to strike an impingement member, to separate oil, thereby recovering liquid containing oil and discharging cleaned air. The oil separator includes, inside the case, a baffle plate, which restrains cleaned air from coming contacting collected liquid. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001759 | BRAKE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HEAVY VEHICLES - A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator shaft on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal; a data processor carried in an axle box associated with each axle and connected to sensors associated with brakes for the axle for receiving, interpreting, storing, and upon request, transmitting the brake condition signal, wherein each data processor includes an auto-address mechanism to identify its position on the vehicle; and a master station, wherein said master station includes a display for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication of the travel on the brake actuator shaft associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001760 | MANUALLY OPERATED ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND INSTALLATION SCHEME FOR ELECTRIC HYBRID VEHICLES - A hybrid vehicle system facilitates operator control over electric power generation and use. The system features a motor/generator that can be mounted to an output of a transmission of the vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001761 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE MOTOR - A control apparatus for a vehicle motor is a control apparatus for a vehicle motor configured to control a motor that can realize a plurality of characteristics in which output upper limits of torque are different from each other. The control apparatus for the vehicle motor is provided with: a characteristic switching device configured to switch a characteristic of the motor between a first characteristic in which the output upper limit is first predetermined torque and a second characteristic in which the output upper limit is second predetermined torque, which is lower than the first predetermined torque; a characteristic switching abnormality determining device configured to determine whether or not there is an abnormality in switching of the characteristic of the motor; and a fail-safe performing device configured to perform a fail-safe process according to the characteristic of the motor if it is determined that there is the abnormality in the switching of the characteristic of the motor. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001762 | Optimized De-Inertia Control Method for Kinetic Hybrids - Method for CVT and powertrain control in a kinetic hybrid that integrates two constituent control strategies at the same time, one for the kinetic energy exchange between a vehicle and a flywheel to recover the vehicle's kinetic energy and to cancel the effect of the vehicle's inertia on changes in speed, and one for operating the kinetic hybrid's prime mover on its ideal operation line to optimize efficiency. Two different rates of change in the CVT ratio are computed in real time and are superimposed to realize both strategies. Using the combined rate of change in the CVT ratio derived by the present invention to control the powertrain, the primary power source need not expend a significant portion of its power to overcome the vehicle's inertia, and performance is not compromised. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001763 | A METHOD FOR PROPELLING A VEHICLE - A method is provided for propelling a vehicle having a power-train including a primary power source accompanied with a primary power torque curve and a secondary power source accompanied with a secondary power torque curve, the primary power source being adapted to deliver a maximum torque output in relation to rotational speed according to the primary power torque curve and the secondary power source being adapted to deliver a maximum torque output in relation to rotational speed according to the secondary power torque curve, the vehicle being adapted to be propelled by either one of the primary power source and the secondary power source or by both together, the powertrain further including a powertrain limit curve which is adapted to where applicable to restrict a current driver demand from a driver of the vehicle in relation to the primary power torque curve and the secondary power torque curve when propelling the vehicle. The method includes, when propelling the vehicle by both the primary power source and the secondary power source: determining a current driver demand, determining a current propulsion adaption condition for the vehicle, adjusting the powertrain limit curve according to a propulsion adaption torque factor depending on the current propulsion adaption condition, where applicable restricting the current driver demand according to the adjusted powertrain limit curve, and requesting the powertrain to propel the vehicle according to the thus possibly restricted current driver demand. A vehicle adapted to perform the method is also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001764 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A first rotating machine and a second rotating machine are provided. Total torque of a torque command value of the first rotating machine and a torque command value of the second rotating machine is set higher than requested torque for a vehicle when transition from a first travel mode, in which one of the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine is used as a power source, to a second travel mode, in which the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine are used as the power sources, is made. The torque command value of the rotating machine, which is used as the power source in the first travel mode, during the transition from the first travel mode to the second travel mode may be set higher than the torque command value before beginning of the transition. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001765 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND VEHICLES WITH ELECTROMECHANICAL VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A method of operating a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator in a vehicle drive includes operating the vehicle drive in a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the first operating mode including operating the first motor/generator as a generator and operating the second motor/generator as a motor, the second operating mode including operating both the first motor/generator as a generator and the second motor/generator as a generator when a first power generation capability associated with the first motor/generator is below a first threshold level, the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator providing electrical power to the DC bus without doing either of (a) providing electrical power to an energy storage device or (b) consuming electrical power from an energy storage device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001766 | Vehicle - A vehicle includes an electric storage apparatus that outputs an electric power to be converted into a kinetic energy for use in running of the vehicle, an engine that generates a kinetic energy for use in running of the vehicle, a generator that receives an output from the engine to generate an electric power, and a controller that controls charge and discharge of the electric storage apparatus. In performing charge of the electric storage apparatus using an electric power from an external power source and in performing charge of the electric storage apparatus using the electric power output from the generator in response to a signal produced through operation by a user, the controller calculate a full charge capacity of the electric storage apparatus based on an SOC of the electric storage apparatus at each of start and end of the charge and a current sum amount during the charge. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001767 | HYBRID VEHICLE - An ECU causes a vehicle to travel while selecting one of a CD mode in which an SOC of a power storage device is consumed and a CS mode in which the SOC is maintained to a prescribed level. The ECU controls vehicle driving force to be smaller in the CD mode than in the CS mode at the same accelerator pedal position. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001768 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING A HYBRID ELECTRICAL VEHICLE - A method is provided for operating a hybrid electric vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electrical system, which electrical system includes at least one electronic control unit, an engine-driven electric machine (operable as a motor for driving the vehicle or as a generator for supplying power to one or more electrical loads via a high voltage traction bus, and a high voltage battery pack coupled to the high voltage traction bus by at least one contactor arranged to connect the battery pack to the high voltage traction bus. If it is determined that the at least one parameter indicates a condition preventing the battery pack from being connected to the high voltage bus, the electric machine is operated in voltage control mode during operation of the vehicle until the condition is eliminated, whereafter the high voltage bus is pre-charged and the high voltage battery pack reconnected. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001769 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A transmission control device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001770 | METHOD AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A SHAFT OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A WHEEL SHAFT OF AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED OR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for coupling an electric motor shaft with a wheel shaft of a vehicle includes measurement of rotation speed of the electric motor and measurement of rotation speed of the wheels. The method also includes formulating via a closed-loop control a first operating setpoint for the electric motor based on the measured rotation speed of the electric motor and the measured rotation speed of the wheels; formulating a second operating setpoint based on the measured rotation speed of the wheels to which at least one coefficient is applied; controlling the operation of the motor around a final operating setpoint formulated based on adding together the first and second operating setpoints; and coupling, if the measured speed of the wheels to which the at least one coefficient is applied is equal to the measured speed of the motor, the electric motor shaft with the wheel shaft. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001771 | ENGINE START CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - When driver's deceleration intention is detected during traveling by a motor generator with an engine being stopped, a clutch is engaged to start the engine, and thereafter disengaged. When an engine speed after engine start is lower than a reference rotational speed being an input shaft rotational speed produced by driving force reversely transmitted from drive wheels, the engine speed is increased to a target rotational speed lower than the reference rotational speed. When the engine speed reaches the target rotational speed, output from the engine is decreased and the clutch is reengaged. Thus, while engine stall when activating the engine brake, which is due to the engine speed too low after engine start, is avoided by increase in the engine speed, the clutch is reengaged earlier so as to activate the engine brake fully, generating deceleration feeling the driver expects. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001772 | HYBRID VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL APPARATUS - A hybrid vehicle running control apparatus that is mounted in a hybrid vehicle that has a high-voltage battery and a low-voltage battery, and is selectively controlled to drive in a first running mode in which an electric motor to which power is supplied from the high-voltage battery is used as a drive source, and a second running mode in which an engine is used as the drive source, includes a transport state determining portion that determines whether the hybrid vehicle is in transport; and a battery running inhibiting portion that inhibits the hybrid vehicle from running in the first running mode when it is determined by the transport state determining portion that the hybrid vehicle is in transport. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001773 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A system for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes a control unit for determining whether or not an Oil Pump Unit (OPU) and an Electric Oil Pressure (EOP) temperature sensor are normally operated; a phase current density comparison unit for comparing the mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting the gears of the vehicle with the density of coil phase currents which flow through a coil at a maximum permissible temperature at which the coil is not burning; and a torque control unit for controlling the value of torque to be applied to a transmission according to a result acquired by the phase current density comparison unit. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001774 | Parking Assistance Device and Parking Assistance Device Control Method - A parking assist device includes a target steering angle setting section configured to set a target value of the steering angle; a target vehicle speed setting section configured to set a target value of the vehicle speed; an automatic steering control device configured to automatically steer the steering wheel so that the sensed steering angle becomes the target steering angle; an automatic vehicle speed control device configured to automatically control the vehicle speed so that the sensed vehicle speed becomes the target vehicle speed; and a parking space recognizing section configured to recognize a parking space of the host vehicle, the host vehicle being parked within the recognized parking space by the automatic steering control device and the automatic vehicle speed device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001775 | Method for ascertaining an emergency trajectory and method for partially automated or automated driving of an ego-vehicle - A method for ascertaining at least one emergency trajectory of an ego-vehicle using an assistance system, in particular a driver assistance system of the ego-vehicle, and/or an automatic driving function, upon detection of an imminent collision of the ego-vehicle, at least one emergency trajectory of the ego-vehicle being ascertained by the assistance system or the automatic driving function under consideration of at least one other trajectory of at least one other object which is different from the ego-vehicle. Also described is a computer program or a computer program product, a computer unit or a processing unit, and a safety device, in particular having an assistance system and/or an automatic driving function for a vehicle, including a motor vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001776 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOST VEHICLE - Provided are a control method and system for a host vehicle. The control method in which the host vehicle has adaptive cruise control (ACC) includes selecting a lane or another vehicle as a target lane or a target vehicle for the ACC according to selection of a driver; when the lane is selected, controlling the ACC to cause the host vehicle to travel in the selected target lane; and when the other vehicle is selected, controlling the ACC to cause the host vehicle to follow the selected target vehicle, wherein the controlling includes changing the lane when the target lane or a lane of the target vehicle does not correspond to a lane of the host vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001777 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ENTERING A PRECEDING VEHICLE AUTONOMOUS FOLLOWING MODE - A method for entering a preceding vehicle autonomous following mode includes the steps of registering and identifying at least one preceding vehicle in front of a host vehicle by at least a first and a second sensor device, comparing the preceding vehicle with vehicle data in a remote database system, and upon a match establishing a communication channel between the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle, identifying to an operator of the host vehicle preceding vehicles with which the communication channel has been established, and obtaining from the operator a selection of a target vehicles to engage following of Finally, autonomous following mode of the target vehicle is engaged, wherein a vehicle control system automatically controls at least the following three main functions of the host vehicle: forward propulsion, steering, and braking. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001778 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING STARTABILITY OF A VEHICLE - A method for improving startability of a vehicle is provided, the vehicle being provided with a prime mover and a kinetic energy recuperation system The prime mover is adapted to propel the vehicle either alone or in combination with the kinetic energy recuperation system which is operably coupled to the prime mover and to wheels of the vehicle and is adapted to store energy at times when there is an abundance of energy and to use energy at times when there is a demand for energy. A vehicle is also provided. The method includes determining that the vehicle is standing still or essentially standing still; detecting a take-off assistance condition; detecting a level of energy in the kinetic energy recuperation system; if the level of energy is found insufficient, connecting the prime mover to the kinetic energy recuperation system and running the prime mover such that energy from the prime mover is stored in the kinetic energy recuperation system; and when a driver requests the vehicle to take off, running the prime mover and consuming energy from the kinetic energy recuperation system such that the wheels of the vehicle initiate propelling thereof. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001779 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A control device for a vehicle including an engine, drive wheels, and brake devices includes an electronic control unit configured to: execute braking force maintaining control for operating the brake devices; execute first idling control for converging an engine speed to a first target idling speed while the vehicle is traveling; execute second idling control for converging the engine speed to a second target idling speed while the vehicle is stopped; restart the engine and execute the second idling control when executing the braking force maintaining control, while the vehicle is stopped; restart the engine and execute the first idling control without executing the braking force maintaining control, while the vehicle is traveling; and execute engine speed control for setting the first target idling speed higher than the second target idling speed, in a state where drive torque output from the engine is transmitted to the drive wheels. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001780 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING A ROAD SURFACE STATE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A driver assistance apparatus and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The driver assistance apparatus includes a stereo camera, a memory to store road surface data regarding a state of a road surface classified into a dry state, a wet state, a snow covered state, and an icy state, and a processor to classify the state of the road surface as any one of the dry state, the wet state, the snow covered state, and the icy state based on stereo images received from the stereo camera and the road surface data. Consequently, it is possible to recognize a current road surface state. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO DRIVER STATE - A method for controlling vehicle systems includes receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems and determining a plurality of driver states based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems. The method includes determining a combined driver state based on the plurality of driver states and modifying control of one or more vehicle systems based on the combined driver state. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001782 | Method and device for identifying a driver of a vehicle - In a method for identifying a driver of a vehicle, it is ascertained to what extent the driver is authorized to operate the vehicle, and the option of automatically adapting settings of the vehicle to individual users of the vehicle is provided. The identification of the driver, i.e., the recognition of an authorized user or a particular person who is an authorized user initially takes place by acquiring at least one operating parameter of the vehicle. The temporal behavior of this operating parameter then is compared to correspondingly stored comparison data in order to allow an identification of the driver or the user of the vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001783 | Method for Combined Determining of a Momentary Roll Angle of a Motor Vehicle and a Momentary Roadway Cross Slope of a Curved Roadway Section Traveled by the Motor Vehicle - A method and device for the combined determining of a momentary vehicle roll angle of a motor vehicle and a momentary roadway cross slope of a curved roadway section traveled by the motor vehicle is disclosed. The momentary vehicle roll angle and momentary roadway cross slope are determined from chassis data and transverse dynamics data of the motor vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001784 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A DESIRED YAW RATE FOR A VEHICLE - A method is provided for calculating a driver's desired yaw rate of a vehicle for use in a vehicle movement control system and includes determining the current yaw rate of the vehicle, determining the rate of the vehicle's steering wheel rotation. The method further includes calculating a first desired yaw rate of the vehicle based on the determined current yaw rate of the vehicle and the determined rate of the vehicle's steering wheel rotation, the desired yaw rate being further calculated based on the assumption that the driver applies a rate of steering wheel rotation as function of the driver's perceived error in yaw rate, and finally the step of providing the first desired yaw rate as an input to the vehicle movement control system for controlling the vehicle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001785 | MOTION SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The motion sensing system contains an application module installed in an information device, a control device in the automobile data-linked to the application module, an assistance subsystem data-linked to the control device and providing interaction with a driver of the automobile on behalf of the control device, and a motion sensing device data-linked to the control device and providing control to automobile and the information device through the control device by hand gestures performed by the driver. The motion sensing device contains a gesture definition module allowing the driver to define hand gestures by himself or herself. The driver then can wave his/her hand and make gestures within a coverage area by the motion sensing device to operate the automobile or the information device with little distraction to the traffic condition ahead | 2016-01-07 |
20160001786 | USER-CENTERED LOCOMOTIVE CREW CONSOLE - A locomotive crew console includes a chair with a backrest, and a seat and a footrest both foldable with respect to a frame for seated and standing operations, The chair armrest assemblies include locomotive controls. An articulating mount is coupled to an armrest assembly for one or more displays of locomotive information. A rotatable base for the frame allows the chair, the locomotive controls, and the displays to rotate with the chair. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001787 | EQUIPMENT ENVELOPE FOR HOPPER WAGON - The present invention relates to an equipment envelope ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001788 | BAFFLE - A baffle comprising a panel body that is mountable on a wall of a hopper adjacent to an edge of an outlet of a hopper and is arrangeable in a projecting position, to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet so as to restrict the spread of bulk commodities past the panel body as the bulk commodities discharge through the outlet. The panel body is arrangeable in the projected position to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet and between a gap space defined by the edge of the outlet and an outlet cover arranged in an open position. The baffle may comprise rotatable mounting means for rotatably mounting the panel body on the wall of the hopper such that the panel body is movable between the projected position and a retracted position, where the panel body is arranged so as to provide a minimal or no barrier effect. The baffle may comprise drive means to drive the panel body between the projected position and the extended position. The drive means may be self-actuating means and the self-actuating means are optionally configured to incite the rotation of the panel body between the projected position and the retracted position as the outlet cover moves between an open position and a closed position. The self-actuating means may comprise slidable coupling means for slidably coupling the panel body to the outlet cover and optionally the slidable coupling means comprise one or more low friction contact members mounted on a lower edge and/or side edge of the panel body and arranged in mating contact with the outlet cover. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001789 | RAILCAR BODYSHELL - A railcar bodyshell includes: a plurality of modules into which at least one of a floor portion, side portion, and roof portion of the bodyshell is divided in a car longitudinal direction; and an elongated member extending in the car longitudinal direction, the plurality of modules being attached to the elongated member. The elongated member includes a groove portion for fixing the plurality of modules to the elongated member the groove portion extending in the car longitudinal direction. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001790 | AIR-CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - An air-conditioning assembly for a rail vehicle includes an air distribution box, which has an air inlet and at least two air outlets for connecting to outgoing air ducts. A throttling device is associated with each air outlet. The throttling device is arranged between the air outlet and an air division chamber inside the air distribution box. In the air division chamber the air flow coming from the air inlet is divided into at least two partial air flows. Pressure loss factors of the at least two throttling devices are chosen in such a way that a specified value results for a ratio of volumetric air flows at the at least two air outlets. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001791 | AIR COMPRESSION DEVICE - The present application discloses an air compression device, including a housing in which an air compressor is stored, the air compressor being configured to generate compressed air; and a filter through which air passes, the air being sucked into the housing. The filter may include a plate member having a first main plate portion provided with air holes through which the air passes. A surface of the first main plate portion is oriented in a first direction, the air holes extending through the plate member in a second direction intersecting with the first direction so as to change a flow direction of the air. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001792 | INLET CLOSURE SYSTEM - The invention relates to an inlet closure system for covering an inlet formed in an upper region of a container body The container body may a storage region of a hopper, a hopper vehicle such as a hopper railway wagon or other storage devices. The inlet closure system comprises at least one closure member arranged substantially above the inlet and moveable between a first closed configuration in which the inlet is substantially closed and a second fully open configuration in which the inlet is substantially open, and at least one actuator mounted on an end wall of the container body for moving the closure member. The actuator remains below an upper edge of the end wall when the closure member is in the second fully open configuration. The actuator is arranged in use to act upon the at least one closure member via a linkage, which linkage is arranged for pivotal motion relative to the end wall about a point substantially midway between the side walls. The linkage may comprise a first link and a second link. The second link may have a first and a second limb which meet at a non-straight angle. Preferably, the first limb and/or the second link lie below the upper edge of the end wall when the closure member is in the second fully open configuration. The second limb may lie substantially beyond an inward facing surface of the closure member when the closure member is in the second fully open configuration. If two actuators are arranged to act upon respective closure members, the first links of the linkages are arranged to pivot about a common pivot point. The common pivot point is preferably located on the end wall at a point substantially midway between the sidewalls. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001793 | CHASSIS FOR RAIL VEHICLES - A chassis for rail vehicles, particularly with inside-supported wheelsets, wherein the drive unit is elastically supported transversely to the travel direction via spring devices within the chassis frame, where the vibrational behavior is optimized and the space available for the drive unit is enlarged because the spring devices are supported directly on the housing of the bearing of the wheelset. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001794 | SOLEBAR FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a solebar for a railway vehicle having an elongate body that comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and second are configured to meet at a vertex and have an obtuse angle θ therebetween such that the solebar has an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The solebar may be configured to be mounted as an underframe side member in a railway vehicle such that the first leg extends in a downwardly direction towards a floor supporting the railway vehicle and clears a lower sector loading gauge and the second leg inclines upwardly in a direction away from the railway vehicle and clears an upper sector loading gauge. The second leg may be configured to support an upper sidewall of the railway vehicle body such that the upper sidewall clears the upper sector of the loading gauge. The first leg may be configured to support a lower sidewall of the railway vehicle body such that the lower sidewall clears the lower sector of the loading gauge. Due to the configuration of the solebar and mounting arrangement of the upper sidewall and/or lower sidewall on the solebar the volumetric capacity of the hopper wagon body is increased. The present invention also relates to a railway vehicle comprising a first solebar arranged to form a first underframe side member with an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The railway vehicle may further comprise a second solebar that is arranged to form a second underframe side member with an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile and extends parallel to the first solebar. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001795 | ACTUATOR UNIT - An actuator unit includes a rod side chamber and a piston side chamber defined by a piston; a tank; a first opening/closing valve communicating the rod side chamber with the piston side chamber; a second opening/closing valve communicating the piston side chamber with the tank; an suction passage allowing a working fluid to flow from the tank toward the piston side chamber; a rectifying passage allowing the working fluid to flow from the piston side chamber toward the rod side chamber; a pump suppling the working fluid to the rod side chamber; a first discharge passage and a second discharge passage respectively communicating the rod side chamber to the tank; a first passive valve provided on the first discharge passage; a second passive valve provided on the second discharge passage; and a third passive valve configured to communicate and block the first discharge passage. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001796 | TRUCK AND SIDEFRAME THEREFOR - A railroad car truck includes a bolster mounted cross-wise between a pair of sideframes, with the sideframes supported on wheelsets. The bolster and the sideframes are steel castings. The interface between the sideframes and the wheelsets may include self-steering apparatus. Friction dampers are mounted at the interface between the bolster and the sideframes. The friction dampers have non-metallic friction surfaces that bear against the sideframe columns. The sideframe columns may be of a width for single dampers contact; double-damper side-by-side contact; or double-dampers separated by a land contact. The sideframe column bearing surfaces are permanent, and may be formed as part of the sideframe castings. The sideframes do not have removable, replaceable wear plates. Where double dampers are used, the damper edges may have both primary and secondary damper wedge angles. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001797 | Top Operating H Tightlock Coupler - A system comprising a type H tightlock coupler comprising a channel and an inner chamber, the channel running from a top side of the type H tightlock coupler to the inner chamber, and an anti-creep shelf disposed on an interior surface of the inner chamber, a plug comprising a first surface operable to contact the anti-creep shelf, the plug configured to fit at least partially within the channel, a link comprising a second surface operable to contact the anti-creep shelf and a hook, the link configured to fit at least partially within the channel, and a lock comprising a slot operable to receive the hook, the lock configured to fit at least partially within the inner chamber. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001798 | Railroad Vehicle - The present invention provides a railroad vehicle which makes it possible: not only to separate a high-voltage cable involving a point of problem and sound high-voltage cables from each other without an operator climbing onto the roof of a vehicle; but also to automatically conduct the separating work without necessity for any special work. The railroad vehicle of the present invention is formed by dispersedly mounting a plurality of vehicles with main power devices that are supplied with power from a power supply line through a pantograph and constitute power supply units. The railroad vehicle includes: a plurality of vehicle units in which respective vehicles are coupled; a cable placed astride the vehicles to connect the power supply unit of each vehicle unit; and a disconnector that is installed at some midpoint in the cable and electrically separates the vehicle units from one another. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001799 | HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR LOCOMOTIVES - A locomotive consist includes a first locomotive unit that receives a power command from a throttle signal or a dynamic brake signal from MU trainlines, a second locomotive unit with an energy storage system electrically connected to one or more second unit traction motors, and a hybrid control system on the first locomotive unit. The hybrid control system intercepts the throttle signal or the dynamic brake signal from the MU trainlines, calculates first and second alternate power commands for the first and second locomotive units, respectively, that when added together equal the power command received on the MU trainlines, communicates the first power command to the first locomotive prime engine or dynamic braking system, and communicates the second power command to the second locomotive unit. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001800 | RAIL VEHICLE COMPRISING A TACHOMETER-SPEED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle has a tachometer-speed display device and an European train control system speed display device. In order to easily avoid the speed being read incorrectly by the vehicle driver in such a rail vehicle, the glass cover of the tachometer-speed display device is an electro chrome glass pane that contains an electrical connection device. A method also operates a rail vehicle which contains such a tachometer-speed display device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001801 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Generating Vital Messages on an On-Board System of a Vehicle - A system, method, and apparatus for generating vital messages on an on-board system of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of vital messages with each processor of a plurality of different processors of the on-board system based on train data available to each processor, transmitting the plurality of vital messages from the plurality of different processors to a separate processor, and generating, by the separate processor, a final vital message based on at least two vital messages of the plurality of vital messages. A system and an apparatus for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001802 | RAIL VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE TRAIN PROTECTION DEVICE ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL STANDARD AND HAVING AN ETCS VEHICLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle includes at least one train protection device according to a national standard, an ETCS vehicle apparatus with a driver's cab display, and an interface for inputting operational data via the interface for the at least one train protection device. In order to make such a rail vehicle maintenance-friendly, the train protection device is embodied in such a way that an interrogation of an identification code is generated on the driver's cab display within the scope of the inputting of the operational data, and when the response to the interrogation is correct a data interrogation with technical maintenance data is generated on the driver's cab display. A method for operating the rail vehicle is also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001803 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TRAIN POSITION - An apparatus for detecting a position of a train, the apparatus includes a reader. The reader electrically irradiates beams along a plurality of directions toward a tag, combines signals received from the tag and obtains a beam direction information toward the tag, and then detects the position of the train using the beam direction information and a tag information of the tag. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001804 | INFANT STROLLER APPARATUS - An infant stroller apparatus includes a stroller frame, two first seat mounts respectively affixed with the stroller frame at a left and a right side thereof, and two second seat mounts respectively affixed with the stroller frame and arranged behind the first seat mounts. Each of the first seat mounts is positionable to protrude upward, the first seat mounts being configured to detachably engage with any of a stroller seat and an infant car seat as a first seat. Each of the second seat mounts is positionable to protrude upward, the second seat mounts being configured to detachably engage with any of a stroller seat and an infant car seat as a second seat. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001805 | INFANT STROLLER APPARATUS - An infant stroller apparatus includes a stroller frame having a leg frame, a stand platform pivotally connected with the leg frame about a pivot axis, and a spring connected with the leg frame. The stand platform is connected with a caster assembly disposed rearward relative to the pivot axis. The spring is configured to bias the stand platform in a direction for displacing the caster assembly downward. In some embodiment, the infant stroller apparatus can include a brake assembly operable to lift the caster assembly of the stand platform in a braking state. | 2016-01-07 |
20160001806 | APPARATUS COMPRISING A BODY SUPPORT FRAME AND MEANS FOR MANOEUVRING THIS FRAME WITH RESPECT TO A SPORTS BOARD - According to the invention, there is provided a frame ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160001807 | Motor Vehicle Steering Wheel - A motor vehicle steering wheel with at least one gripping portion for gripping the steering wheel by a driver and with a central steering wheel region which is connected with the gripping portion is provided. The central steering wheel region—based on the state of the steering wheel properly mounted in a motor vehicle—forms a cover surface facing the driver, wherein behind the cover surface a receptacle for a gas bag is arranged and the cover surface defines an outlet opening through which the gas bag can be deployed for the protection of the driver. The steering wheel furthermore comprises an electronic display device with a screen. The screen is provided beside the outlet opening on the cover surface of the central steering wheel region, and the surface of the screen amounts to at least 60% of the opening cross-section of the outlet opening. | 2016-01-07 |