| 38th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20220297691 | VEHICLE MONITORING STRATEGY FOR DETECTING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION DURING SPEED CONTROL - A method detects unintended acceleration of a motor vehicle during a closed-loop speed control mode by determining external forces on the vehicle via a controller, and then calculating a desired acceleration using a measured vehicle speed and the external forces. The method includes determining an actual acceleration of the vehicle, including filtering a speed signal as a first actual acceleration value and/or measuring a second actual acceleration value using an inertial measurement unit (IMU). During the speed control mode, the method includes calculating an acceleration delta value as a difference between the desired acceleration and the actual acceleration, and then using the acceleration delta value to detect the unintended acceleration during the speed control mode. A powertrain system for the motor vehicle, e.g., an electric vehicle, includes the controller and one or more torque generating devices coupled to road wheels of the vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297692 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a surroundings situation of a vehicle, a driving controller that controls one or both of steering and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, and a first receiver that receives an operation of switching between driving modes, the driving controller causes the vehicle to travel in any of a plurality of driving modes including a first mode and a second mode in which a task imposed on an occupant of the vehicle is lighter than that in the first mode, and the driving controller switches the driving mode from the first mode to the second mode after a speed of the vehicle reaches a target speed when a traveling environment is such that the first mode is being executed and the second mode is able to be executed and when an operation of switching to the second mode. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297693 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE AND MACHINE CONTROL - A mobile machine control method includes receiving, by a single controller, a first request for movement of the machine by a ground-engaging device, receiving, by the single controller, a second request for movement of an implement system of the machine, and determining, with the single controller, an amount of desired power from an engine to satisfy the first request and the second request. The method also includes selecting an engine speed from a plurality of candidate engine speeds to produce the desired power and operating the engine at the selected engine speed to produce the desired power. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297694 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect the type of lane line demarcating a travel lane being traveled by a vehicle from a sensor signal generated by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, the sensor signal representing surroundings of the vehicle, and determine whether the detected type of lane line matches the type of lane line represented in map information between the travel lane and an adjacent lane adjacent thereto at the current position of the vehicle when a lane change to the adjacent lane is required. The processor is further configured to control the vehicle to start a lane change to the adjacent lane in the case that the detected type of lane line matches the type of lane line represented in the map information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297695 | MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile object control device acquires an image obtained by imaging an outside space of a mobile object, determines whether the mobile object is in a merging lane closer to a merged lane between two merging lanes, determines whether another mobile object is in a merging lane farther from the merged lane between the merging lanes in front of the mobile object when it is determined that the mobile object is in the closer merging lane, sets one or more merging position candidates at which merging of the mobile object to the merged lane is completed and which are positions between mobile objects in the merged lane, and selects a merging position at which the merging of the mobile object to the merged lane is completed from the one or more merging position candidates. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297696 | MOVING OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A moving object control device includes a storage device storing a program and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes the program stored in the storage device to acquire an image by imaging a space outside of a moving object, determine whether or not the moving object is traveling in a merging lane on the basis of the image, detect a first reference object and a second reference object according to image processing when it is determined that the moving object is traveling in the merging lane, virtually set a plurality of third reference objects extending parallel to the first reference object at a first prescribed width in a hypothetical plane virtually viewed from above, and derive information about a location where the merging lane disappears on the basis of at least a first intersection between the second reference object and the plurality of third reference objects. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297697 | Systems And Methods For Iced Road Conditions And Remediation - Systems and methods for iced road conditions and remediation are disclosed herein. A method can include determining an ambient temperature around a vehicle or a road relative to a temperature threshold, determining lateral acceleration of the vehicle due to steering input, determining a slippery condition based on the ambient temperature being below the temperature threshold and the expected lateral acceleration exceeding the measured lateral acceleration by more than a threshold, and selectively adjusting a vehicle operating parameter when the slippery condition is present. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297698 | Enhanced Rider Pairing for Autonomous Vehicles - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced rider pairing of an autonomous vehicle (AV). A system may pair a first user profile of a first user located at a first location with a first autonomous vehicle (AV) to complete a trip to a destination selected by the first user. The system may detect a second AV at the first location, wherein the second AV is associated with a second user profile. The system may connect the second AV with the first user using a connection mechanism. The system may select a profile status of the first user profile based on the connection to the second AV. The system may pair the first user profile with the second AV based on the profile status. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297699 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING ABNORMAL OPERATION INFORMATION - Presented in the present disclosure is a method by which a driver situation monitoring device or adjacent vehicles detect the situation of a driver and/or a vehicle in which an abnormality occurs while driving, and provide, through a V2X communication device, the information to the vehicle in which the abnormality has occurred and adjacent vehicles, networks or related organizations, and thus accidents can be prevented or a vehicle in which an abnormality occurs can be controlled. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297700 | Methods And Systems For Managing Interactions Between Vehicles With Varying Levels Of Autonomy - Methods, devices and systems enable controlling an autonomous vehicle by identifying a vehicle that is within a threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle, determining an autonomous capability metric (ACM) the identified vehicle, determining whether the ACM of the identified vehicle is greater than a first threshold, determining whether the ACM of the identified vehicle is less than a second threshold, and adjusting a driving parameter of the autonomous vehicle so that the autonomous vehicle is more or less reliant on the capabilities of the identified vehicle based on whether the ACM of the identified vehicle exceeds the thresholds. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A method of tracking an object includes obtaining a likelihood of a free behavior model of the object and a likelihood of a constant speed model of the object using the position, the speed, and the type of the object determined at a previous time point and the position, the speed, and the type of the object determined at the current time point, and correcting the type of the object at the current time point using the likelihood of the free behavior model, the likelihood of the constant speed model, and the measured type of the object. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297702 | MANAGER, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE - A manager includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a plurality of first kinematic plans from a plurality of electronic control units in each of which is implemented an advanced driver assistance system application function, receive a second kinematic plan following at least one of the first kinematic plans, arbitrate the first kinematic plans, calculate one or more motion requests based on an arbitration result, and output the one or more motion requests to one or more actuator systems. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297703 | TIRE FORCE ESTIMATOR, FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLE, AND TIRE FORCE ESTIMATION METHOD - A tire force estimator includes a measuring unit configured to measure an acceleration of a vehicle body of a four-wheeled vehicle in a horizontal direction and an acceleration of at least one of four wheels of the four-wheeled vehicle in a vertical direction; and a processing unit configured to estimate a tire force acting on the at least one wheel from a ground surface in the vertical direction based on the acceleration of the vehicle body in the horizontal direction and the acceleration of the at least one wheel in the vertical direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297704 | Detecting Vehicle Infotainment User Position - An in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system is described that includes a display device, an input device communicatively coupled to the display device, and one or more sensors disposed proximate to the input device, wherein the IVI system is configured to determine whether a driver or a passenger is utilizing the input device based on a detection by the one or more sensors. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297705 | SENSOR FOR GENERATING TAGGED SENSOR DATA - A method, apparatus and system for generating sensor data comprising a subset of tagged sensor data. The method includes: sensing, using a sensing element, ambient data, wherein the ambient data characterises a condition of an environment proximate to the sensing element; identifying, using a data identification engine, at least a first subset of the ambient data comprising a representation of, or identifying information related to, personally relevant information obtained by the sensing element; tagging, using a data tagging engine, the first subset of the ambient data with at least one data tag; and outputting, via the communication interface, at least a second subset of the ambient data comprising ambient data that has not been tagged by the data tagging engine. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297706 | COMBINING RULE-BASED AND LEARNED SENSOR FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS - In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed that perform sensor fusion using rule-based and learned processing methods to take advantage of the accuracy of learned approaches and the decomposition benefits of rule-based approaches for satisfying higher levels of safety requirements. For example, in-parallel and/or in-serial combinations of early rule-based sensor fusion, late rule-based sensor fusion, early learned sensor fusion, or late learned sensor fusion may be used to solve various safety goals associated with various required safety levels at a high level of accuracy and precision. In embodiments, learned sensor fusion may be used to make more conservative decisions than the rule-based sensor fusion (as determined using, e.g., severity (S), exposure (E), and controllability (C) (SEC) associated with a current safety goal), but the rule-based sensor fusion may be relied upon where the learned sensor fusion decision may be less conservative than the corresponding rule-based sensor fusion. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297707 | PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS - Herein, a “perception statistical performance model” (PSPM) for modelling a perception slice of a runtime stack for an autonomous vehicle or other robotic system may be used e.g. for safety/performance testing. A PSPM is configured to: receive a computed perception ground truth; determine from the perception ground truth, based on a set of learned parameters, a probabilistic perception uncertainty distribution, the parameters learned from a set of actual perception outputs generated using the perception slice to be modelled. The PSPM comprises a time-dependent model such that the perception output sampled at the current time instant depends on at least one of: an earlier one of the perception outputs sampled at a previous time instant, and an earlier one of the perception ground truths computed for a previous time instant. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297708 | VEHICLE OUTPUT SIMULATION SYSTEM - A vehicle output simulation system is applied to an electric vehicle including a motor and a power supply. The vehicle output simulation system includes a storage module, a control panel, a motor control module, a speaker device, and a host computer. The storage module stores a simulation setting including an acceleration curve characteristic datum and a sound effect. The control panel selects operations, and outputs a control command. The motor control module controls the motor and the power supply according to the acceleration curve characteristic datum. The speaker device outputs the sound effect corresponding to the control command. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297709 | PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS - Herein, a “perception statistical performance model” (PSPM) for modeling a perception slice of a runtime stack for an autonomous vehicle or other robotic system may be used e.g. for safety/performance testing. A PSPM is configured to: receive a computed perception ground truth t; determine from the perception ground truth t, based on a set of learned parameters, a probabilistic perception uncertainty distribution of the form p(e|t), p(e|t,c), in which p(e|t,c) denotes the probability of the perception slice computing a particular perception output e given the computed perception ground truth t and the one or more confounders c, and the probabilistic perception uncertainty distribution is defined over a range of possible perception outputs, the parameters learned from a set of actual perception outputs generated using the perception slice to be modeled, wherein each confounder is a variable of the PSPM whose value characterized a physical condition on which p(e|t,c) depends. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297710 | HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE CONFIGURABLE IN A STAND-BY MODE OF OPERATION - A control unit for a heavy-duty vehicle, where the control unit is arranged to control the vehicle according to a mode of operation selected from at least three different modes of operation, wherein the mode of operation is configurable by a driver via a mode selection device, wherein a first mode of operation is a mode of operation wherein the vehicle is in an inactivated state, wherein a second mode of operation is a stand-by mode of operation where the vehicle is in an active state, and wherein the control unit is arranged to turn off a combustion engine of the vehicle in case a vehicle state meets a pre-determined power-down criterion, and wherein a third mode of operation is a mode of operation where the vehicle is in the active state. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297711 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a driving assist system, a requested acceleration and ending information indicating an end of a deceleration control; and a control unit configured to control a powertrain and a brake based on the requested acceleration, and perform a prescribed process of stabilizing a driving force and a braking force that are generated in an ending process of the deceleration control based on the requested acceleration when the acquisition unit acquires the ending information. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297712 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A driving assistance device includes an unable-to-drive state detection unit configured to detect that a driver is in an unable-to-drive state, the unable-to-drive state detection unit being provided in a vehicle, and a stop control unit configured to execute an automatic stop control causing the vehicle to decelerate and stop based on whether the unable-to-drive state is detected by the unable-to-drive state detection unit, wherein the vehicle is provided with an operator configured to operate the vehicle, includes an operation state detection unit configured to detect an operation state of the operator, and cancels the execution of the automatic stop control in a case where the operation state detection unit detects that the operation state of the operator has changed multiple times during transition to the automatic stop control or during the automatic stop control. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297713 | SAFETY CONFIRMATION SUPPORT DEVICE, SAFETY CONFIRMATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND SAFETY CONFIRMATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - A safety confirmation support device (equipment system) according to the present disclosure contains hardware of storage unit and CPU processor and several sensing & display devices, and corresponding software including moving object detection unit, risk level detection unit, and output display control unit etc. The moving object detection unit is used to detect an object in a detection area around a vehicle. The risk level detection unit is used to determine, for each detected object, a risk level indicating a level of risk affecting the vehicle. The output display control unit is used to control output display information about the object via the one or more output devices when the risk level of the object is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value, and not to display the information about the object when the risk level is below the threshold value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297714 | TRAVEL CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR TRAVEL CONTROL - A travel controller detects, from an image representing the face of a driver of a vehicle, an act of the driver checking surroundings of the vehicle, records a time at which the act of checking is detected, and suggests to the driver a lane change for the vehicle to change a travel lane to an adjoining lane. In the case that the act of checking is detected in a precheck period before a suggestion time at which the lane change is suggested, the travel controller makes the vehicle execute the lane change regardless of whether the act of checking is detected in a post-suggestion check period after the suggestion time of the lane change. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297715 | Dynamic AR Notice - The disclosure relates to a device for the improved visualization of a notice in a motor vehicle. A contact-analog head-up display places information in direct contact with the environment. In contrast to conventional head-up displays, the information appears as part of the environment. Some embodiments provide an information container that is placed at a distance x from the vehicle which grows corresponding to the reduction of the distance x, and is placed fixed relative to the environment to produce the effect of a container located in reality. The necessity of an interaction may be communicated by the element remaining stationary. That is, shortly before the position of the information container is reached, it remains immobile in the field of vision and is “pushed” in front of the ego vehicle. This makes it immediately apparent that an operation is needed to acknowledge the pop-up respectively to thereby trigger an action. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297716 | Autonomous Driving under User Instructions - System and method for a user to navigate an autonomous vehicle. In an aspect, upon receiving a user's request, the vehicle starts a journey sooner. In another aspect, after the user submits a forward command, the vehicle is arranged to go straight within a given distance. In another aspect, after the user submits a turn-right command, the vehicle is arranged to turn right and then go straight within a given distance. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297717 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an electronic control unit configured to: obtain a traveling plan from an automatic driving system of a vehicle, the traveling plan including a course of the vehicle under automatic drive control of the automatic driving system; obtain, from the automatic driving system, a system confidence level of the automatic drive control calculated based on at least an external environment around the vehicle; and display, on a display, a pointer as an image indicating the course during the automatic drive control in a display mode set based on the system confidence level. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297718 | NAVIGATION ROUTE PLANNING METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A starting point, a set of one or more way points, and a destination point of a route along which the ADV is to be driven are determined. All lane segments near the starting point, the set of way points, and the destination point within a predetermined threshold distance are determined respectively. A set of route candidates are determined with an A-star (A*) searching algorithm based on a set of nodes representing all the lane segments near the starting point, the set of way points, and the destination point respectively. The route is selected from the set of route candidates based on respective costs of the set of route candidates. The ADV is being controlled to drive along the selected route autonomously. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297719 | Real-Time Dynamic Traffic Speed Control - The present disclosure is directed to method for controlling an autonomous or human-driven vehicle that can include receiving, via a processor a vehicle communication indicative of a traffic flow parameter, and determining, based on the vehicle communication, a driver behavior characteristic, determining, via the processor and based on a historic driver behavior record, a driver performance characteristic, generating, via the processor, a first speed assignment and a lane assignment and associated with the vehicle and causing to transmit a first speed and lane assignment message to the vehicle. The system uses enhanced sensing technology within a connected environment to observe vehicle speeds and other vehicle patterns to ingest real-time, road network patterns of vehicle behavior, manages traffic through simulation, and sends messages to dynamic lane management controls such as signage, V2V communication, etc. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297720 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSIGNING PRIORITIES TO TRAFFIC LANES - An apparatus for assigning priorities to traffic lanes detects a plurality of lanes reachable by a vehicle from a travel lane of the vehicle without straddling a lane line, and assigns a higher priority to at least one of the plurality of lanes than to the plurality of lanes except the at least one lane in the case that the plurality of lanes is included in the same road, that the at least one of the plurality of lanes adjoins a lane included in the road other than the plurality of lanes with a lane line in between, and that the plurality of lanes except the at least one lane does not adjoin any lane included in the road other than the plurality of lanes with a lane line in between. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297721 | MULTI-SENSOR SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A multi-sensor synchronization method is provided. The method comprises steps of: obtaining a first field of viewing direction of a first sensor, and a second field of viewing direction of a second sensor, the second sensor being rotatable; calculating a synchronization time when the second sensor is rotated to change the second field of viewing direction to be consistent with the first field of viewing direction; when the time of the current moment is earlier than the synchronization time by a preset time, triggering the first sensor to output a first image; adjusting first sensing parameters of the first sensor to obtain second sensing parameters according to the first image; and when the second sensor is rotated to change the second field of viewing direction to be consistent with the first field of viewing direction, triggering the first sensor to output a second image based on the second sensing parameters. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297722 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING DEVICE, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING METHOD, AND PLURALITY OF NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIA - An autonomous driving device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a first ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a second ECU configured to operate the vehicle under remote control from an outside. The first ECU is configured to keep an activated state while the second ECU is operating the vehicle. The second ECU is configured to keep a power saving state while the first ECU is autonomously driving the vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297723 | MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION METHOD, AND MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION PROGRAM - A moving route calculation apparatus configured to calculate a moving route for an autonomous vehicle, includes a first route calculation unit configured to calculate a first route, the first route being a moving route from a start position to one of a plurality of wide-area target points located in a surrounding area of a target position, a database in which a plurality of moving routes are stored, and a second route setting unit configured to set, among the plurality of moving routes stored in the database, a moving route from a wide-area target point corresponding to the arrival point of the autonomous vehicle, which has moved along the first route, to the target position as a second route, the second route being a moving route from the arrival point of the autonomous vehicle to the target position. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297724 | MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile object control system includes a recognizer configured to recognize a situation in a periphery of a mobile object, a controller configured to control a behavior of the mobile object based on a situation in the periphery recognized by the recognizer, in which the controller, when there is a plan to move the mobile object to an area that interferes with a scheduled trajectory to which a first mobile object moves, estimates a behavioral characteristic of the first mobile object, sets an attention area according to the estimated characteristic for the first mobile object, and controls the mobile object using the set attention area. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297725 | PULLOVER MANEUVERS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Aspects of the disclosure relate to conducting pullover maneuvers for autonomous vehicles. For instance, a pullover location may be identified. A pullover start location may be determined for the pullover location. A first distance for the vehicle to come to a complete stop within a pullover deceleration limit may be determined based on a current speed of the vehicle. A second distance between a current location of the vehicle and the pullover start location may be determined. The first distance may be compared to the second distance to assess feasibility of the pullover location. The vehicle may be controlled in order to conduct a pullover maneuver in an autonomous driving mode. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297726 | COMPUTERIZED DETECTION OF UNSAFE DRIVING SCENARIOS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media configured to obtain one or more series of successive sensor data frames during a navigation of a vehicle. Disengagement data is obtained. The disengagement data indicates whether a vehicle is in autonomous mode. A training dataset with which train a machine learning model is determined based on the one or more series of successive sensor data frames and the disengagement data. The training dataset includes a subset of the one or more series of successive sensor data frames and a subset of the disengagement data, the machine learning model being trained to identify unsafe driving conditions. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297727 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control the vehicle, and a first receiver configured to receive a switching operation on a driving mode. The driving controller causes the vehicle to travel in any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first mode and a second mode that a task imposed on an occupant is milder than that in the first mode, and performs acceleration/deceleration control so that a vehicle speed becomes a target speed in a state that the first mode is being executed and the second mode is executable and switches the driving mode from the first mode to the second mode when the first receiver has received an operation for switching the driving mode to the second mode in a state that the speed has become the target speed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297728 | AGENT TRAJECTORY PREDICTION USING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE FUSION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for agent trajectory prediction using context-sensitive fusion. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297729 | LOW PRESSURE ENCLOSURE VEHICLES HAVING SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN SYSTEMS - A low pressure enclosure (LPE) vehicle can include a hull defining a cabin therein. The hull can be configured to travel within a LPE and the cabin can be configured to be pressurized. The LPE vehicle can include a supplemental oxygen system configured to be activated and/or made accessible to one or more occupants within the cabin in a depressurized state such that a cabin pressure is less than a threshold cabin pressure. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297730 | RAILWAY TRUCK WITH RELEASABLE BEARING ADAPTER - An adapter assembly of a vehicle includes a bearing adapter configured to physically contact a bearing on an axle of the vehicle, and an adapter pad nested within an opening of a side frame of the vehicle and secured to at least one thrust lug of the side frame. The adapter pad includes a base section and legs depending from the base section. The legs are compressed between the at least one thrust lug of the side frame and shoulders of the bearing adapter to exert frictional forces on the shoulders of the bearing adapter. A combination of the frictional forces exerted by the adapter pad on the bearing adapter is less than a weight of the bearing adapter, such that as the side frame rises away from the bearing during movement of the vehicle, the adapter pad rises relative to the bearing adapter. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297731 | TRAIN SIGNAL SYSTEM AND LINKAGE METHOD THEREFOR - A train signal system includes a first subsystem, a second subsystem, built by an LUA framework, and a control platform configured to perform communication with the first subsystem by using a first interface, perform communication with the second subsystem by using a second interface, and transmit an LUA script instruction to the second subsystem by using the second interface, so that the second subsystem executes the LUA script instruction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297732 | TRAIN DISPATCHING CONTROL METHOD, PLATFORM, AND SYSTEM, INTELLIGENT CARRIAGE, AND MEDIUM - A train dispatching control method includes obtaining a train marshalling instruction, determining target carriages corresponding to a marshalling quantity based on carriage positioning information corresponding to to-be-dispatched carriages parked on to-be-dispatched parking lines, and controlling all the target carriages to drive from the to-be-dispatched parking lines to a marshalling dispatch parking line, to form a target train. The train marshalling instruction includes the marshalling quantity. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297733 | FOLDABLE CONTAINERS FOR MANUAL AND ROBOTIC USE - Systems and methods are disclosed for foldable containers for manual and robotic use. In one embodiment, an example foldable container may include a first container wall, a second container wall configured to rotate outwards in a first direction with respect to the first container wall, and a bottom container platform configured to rotate outwards in a second direction with respect to the first container wall. The bottom container platform may include an automatic locking mechanism configured to engage with the second container wall when the foldable container is in an unfolded position, where the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Some embodiments may include a number of wheels. The foldable container may be configured to be transported using (i) the plurality of wheels via manual pushing, and (ii) robotic manipulation to lift and move the foldable container. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297734 | LATERALLY OPERATING PAYLOAD HANDLING DEVICE - A loading frame includes a rectangular u-shaped frame with an opening at one side, forks extendable and retractable between the closed side and the open side of the U-shaped frame, loading frame wheels on one arm of the U-shaped frame, and a truck interface on the other arm of the U-shaped frame. The loading frame wheels and truck interface support travel of the frame in a direction other than the direction of travel of the forks between the open and closed sides of the U-shaped frame. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297735 | AUTONOMOUS LUGGAGE CART SYSTEM AND METHOD - An autonomous luggage cart system and method for transportation of objects in facilities such as hotels, condos, universities, and convention centers, providing a cart having a floor, a bumper, riser pipes, and an underside housing, wheels driven by electric motors, a high-capacity battery and a battery charge manager, front and rear tow hitches and tow-hitch sensors, corner sensors, a camera-sensor package, directional sensors, RFID units, a controller unit applying machine learning and artificial-intelligence methods to sensor data, and a communications unit and a remote unit for external communications with other systems. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297736 | PULL HANDLE ASSEMBLY AND CART - A cart having a storable pull handle assembly and a pull handle assembly for a cart. In an embodiment, the cart includes having a frame, and the pull handle assembly includes a guide rail extending in a traveling direction of the frame and provided below the frame; a slide block slidably provided on the guide rail; and a pull handle movable between a stored position below the frame and an extended position where the pull handle is grasped by a user for pulling the cart. The pull handle includes a rod part and a grip part provided at a first end of the grip part, and a second end of the grip part is pivotally connected to the slide block. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297737 | CHILD STROLLER APPARATUS - A child stroller apparatus includes a rear and a front leg frame respectively having a first and a second side segment, a handle frame having a grip portion and a third side segment respectively connected fixedly with a first and a second joining part that are pivotally connected with each other, a latching mechanism for locking the rear and front leg frames and the handle frame in an unfolded state, and a latch carried with the third side segment. The latch can engage and disengage the first joining part to lock and unlock the grip portion relative to the third side segment. Moreover, a linking part couples the latch to the rear leg frame or the front leg frame so that a folding rotation of the handle frame relative to the rear leg frame causes the latch to disengage from the first joining part. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297738 | BEARING RETAINER AND STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY WITH THE BEARING RETAINER - A steering column assembly comprises an outer jacket extending along an axis and defining a central opening for placing a steering shaft and a bearing assembly. A bearing retainer is located in the outer jacket for axially retaining the bearing assembly in the outer jacket. The bearing retainer comprises a first surface spaced from a second surface by an outer edge and an inner edge. The inner edge defines an opening for placement of the steering shaft. The bearing retainer includes a first spring finger extending from the first surface away from the second surface at an angle and a second spring finger extending from the second surface away from the first surface at an angle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297739 | VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle steering device includes a positioning clip configured to align a pinion shaft with a joint portion of a steering shaft, wherein the pinion shaft includes a torsion bar and a tubular member having the torsion bar inserted thereinto, an upper end of the torsion bar is axially further away from the joint portion than an upper end of the tubular member, the positioning clip includes an inserted portion to be inserted into the tubular member, and a gap between the inserted portion and the tubular member is sealed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297740 | STEERING DEVICE - A steering device includes a column housing encapsulating a steering shaft and enabling a posture change, a bracket located adjacent to the column housing, and a tensioner mechanism being between the column housing and the bracket, and pressing the column housing and the bracket. The tensioner mechanism includes a casing provided in the column housing or the bracket, a tensioner main body being provided in the casing, and being movable in a direction intersecting a facing direction of the column housing and the bracket, and a biasing member biasing the tensioner main body. The tensioner main body includes a first surface facing toward the column housing, and a second surface facing toward the bracket. The first surface and the second surface are configured to be in a tapered shape in which a space therebetween becomes narrower as closer to a lower side of a biasing direction. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297741 | STEERING DEVICE - In a steering device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a load absorbing mechanism includes a large diameter shaft portion provided in an EA block, a long hole provided in a housing and guiding the large diameter shaft portion at the time of a secondary collision, a guide plate projecting inside the long hole and having a resistance portion plastically deformed by the large diameter shaft portion at the time of the secondary collision, and an EA guide overlapping the guide plate when viewed in a front-rear direction, provided in the EA block to be slidable on the guide plate at the time of the secondary collision, and formed of a material having a friction coefficient smaller than that of the EA block. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297742 | MOVABLE OBJECT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A movable object includes: a steering part including a wheel provided to rotate along a ground, a wheel rod connected to the wheel and extending in a direction away from the wheel, and a steering motor connected to the wheel rod to rotate the wheel rod and steer the wheel; and a cover part disposed on top of the steering part, and including a receiving member in which a portion of the steering part is received. When the steering motor rotates the wheel rod in one direction, the steering part is engaged with the receiving member so that the steering part and the cover part may be joined, and when the steering motor rotates the wheel rod in an opposite direction, the steering part is separated from the receiving member so that the steering part and the cover part may be disengaged. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297743 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - In a steering control device, a plurality of control systems is configured to switch a drive mode to a cooperative drive mode when command values calculated by control units of the control systems are not different from each other and to switch the drive mode to an independent drive mode when the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other. The control systems are configured to gradually limit the command values respectively calculated by the control units of the control systems when a start switch of a vehicle has been turned off. The control systems are configured to switch the drive mode to the independent drive mode regardless of whether the command values calculated by the control units of the control systems are different from each other when the start switch has been turned off while the vehicle is traveling. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297744 | VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - The vehicle steering control system includes a control unit configured to control the steering actuator to achieve the steered angle based on at least one of the steering angle and the steering torque. The control unit executes an output restriction control to restrict an output of the steering actuator when a steering torque is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value, and cancels the output restriction control when the detection unit has detected a prescribed mode of operation by the operator while the output restriction control is being executed. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297745 | POWER STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A power steering system includes a pair of wheel steering mechanisms configured to turn a pair of steered wheels of a vehicle, and a coupling mechanism coupling the steered wheels and coupling the wheel steering mechanisms including operating-side and nonoperating-side mechanisms. The operating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to one end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and a steering operation member engaged with the drive shaft. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to the other end of the coupling mechanism and extending in an axial direction, and an electric assist device engaged with the drive shaft. The operating-side mechanism includes at least two operating-side stoppers respectively configured to limit right and left turns of the steered wheels. The nonoperating-side mechanism includes at least one nonoperating-side stopper configured to limit any one of right and left turns of the steered wheels. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297746 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE LOADS ENCOUNTERED BY A STEERING RACK - Methods and apparatus to determine rack force are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a rack to couple to a steering knuckle of a vehicle, a ball nut engaged with the rack, a first ring gear coupled to the ball nut, a first pinion fixed to a motor, the first pinion engaged with the first ring gear, the motor to rotate the ball nut to move the rack, a motor encoder to detect a rotation of the first pinion, a second ring gear coupled to the ball nut, and a sensor fixed to a second pinion, the second pinion engaged with the second ring gear, the second pinion to rotate as the second ring gear rotates, the sensor to detect a rotation of the second pinion, the rotation of the second pinion and the rotation of the first pinion corresponding to a force on the rack. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297747 | MOTOR VEHICLE POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle power steering system may include a steering handle having at least one handle sensor for detecting a handle position of the steering handle, an electronically controlled steering actuator having an electric motor for providing an actuating torque based on the detected handle position, a mechanical power transmission for transmitting the actuating torque to steered wheels, a position sensor for detecting a wheel position of the steered wheels, and a monitoring device that is configured to relate the wheel position detected by the position sensor to at least one input parameter of the mechanical power transmission given by the electric motor to monitor the functioning of the mechanical power transmission. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297748 | STEERABLE WHEEL AXLE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A STEERABLE WHEEL AXLE ARRANGEMENT - The present disclosure relates to a steerable wheel axle arrangement for a vehicle, the steerable wheel axle arrangement being connectable to a pair of wheels and comprising a steering linkage connectable to the pair of wheels; a cylinder comprising a fluidly controlled piston movable within the cylinder, wherein the fluidly controlled piston is connected to the steering linkage; and a fluidly controlled brake actuator adapted to be in fluid communication with a wheel brake of the vehicle for controlling braking of the wheels, wherein the fluidly controlled brake actuator is arranged in fluid communication with the cylinder, and wherein the fluidly controlled piston exerts a steering force on the steering linkage upon actuation of the fluidly controlled brake actuator for steering the wheels. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297749 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE WITH STEERABLE REAR WHEELS - A hydraulic system for controlling a pair of steerable caster wheels includes a left side actuator and a right side actuator. A rear steering control valve is moveable between a first state for disabling direct control of the left and side actuators and a second state for enabling direct control the left and right side actuators to provide a steer response. A fluid connection continuously connects the pressure source and the fluidic tie rod fluid circuit in fluid communication when the rear steering control valve is disposed in one of the first state and the second state to continuously supply the pressurized fluid to the fluidic tie rod fluid circuit. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297750 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ACTUATOR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, RESPECTIVE ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ARRANGEMENT OF AN ACTUATOR AND A CONTROL UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The application relates to a method for operating an actuator for a motor vehicle, the actuator having an actuating drive and a signal input. The actuating drive is operated as a function of a setpoint value received via the signal input and a threshold value stored in the actuator for setting an actual value of the actuator to the setpoint value, wherein the threshold value is set equal to the setpoint value when the actuator leaves an operating range of the actuator defined by the threshold value of the setpoint value. The application further relates to an actuator for a motor vehicle and a method for operating an arrangement of an actuator and a control unit for a motor vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297751 | STEERING DEVICE - A steer-by-wire type steering device includes: a steering support part fixed to a vehicle body; a steering shaft rotatably supported by the steering support part; a steering wheel fixed part fixed to the steering support part; and a steering wheel rotation part connected to the steering shaft and rotatably disposed on an outer circumference of the steering wheel fixed part, wherein the steering wheel rotation part is formed in rotational symmetry with respect to a rotation axis thereof. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297752 | Method and Control System for Limiting Vehicle Turning Radius - The turning radius of a differentially steered vehicle towing a trailer is controlled when turning so that its turning radius is greater than a minimum allowable turning radius. The turning radius may be autonomously adjusted using a controller to monitor the instantaneous rotational speed differential between the driven wheels and increase or decrease the relative speed between the wheels when the instantaneous rotational speed differential exceeds a threshold rotational speed differential, indicating a turn which is too tight. Alternately, the turning radius may be controlled by the vehicle's operator, who receives a signal from the controller indicating that the vehicle's turning radius is less than the minimum allowable. The operator may then take action to enlarge the turning radius using manual controls. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297753 | SENSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a sensing device comprising: a rotor; and a stator in which the rotor is disposed, wherein the stator comprises a stator tooth and a stator body, the stator tooth comprises a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth disposed inside the first stator tooth, at least one of the first stator tooth and the second stator tooth includes a tip protruding toward the center axis of the stator, and the tip is disposed at one surface of the stator body. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297754 | METHOD FOR DETECTING FAULTS RELATED TO WHEELS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A DRIVING SITUATION - The subject matter of the invention is a method for detecting faults related to wheels of a motor vehicle in a driving situation, comprising: a step (S | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297755 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A driving support device includes: a trajectory deriving unit configured to derive a reference trajectory in a predetermined section corresponding to a predetermined curve shape; a frequency deriving unit configured to derive a first frequency which is determined according to a frequency component of a steering angle of a vehicle when it is assumed that the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section along the reference trajectory; a detection value acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection value of the steering angle; a component deriving unit configured to derive a frequency component of the steering angle acquired in the predetermined section when the vehicle has passed through the predetermined section; and a driving support unit configured to determine a driving support operation for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a result of comparison between an integrated value of the frequency component in a first band equal to or greater than the first frequency and equal to or less than a second frequency and a first reference value. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297756 | STEERING WHEEL OVERLAY SIGNAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a control system for controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal to control a trajectory of a host vehicle. The control system includes one or more controllers. The control system is configured to determine a principal axis of a lane of travel. A target trajectory is determined for the host vehicle in dependence on the determined principal axis. The steering wheel overlay signal is generated, including an intra-lane steering signal for aligning the trajectory of the host vehicle with the target trajectory. The intra-lane steering signal is removed when the trajectory is at least substantially aligned with the target trajectory. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle; and a method of controlling generation of a steering wheel overlay signal. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297757 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - A rotation angle detection device including: an angular position calculation unit configured to calculate angular position information representing an angular position of the motor rotation shaft based on a first sensor signal of the first sensor; an rotation number detection unit configured to detect a rotation number of the motor rotation shaft based on a second sensor signal of a second sensor and outputs rotation number information representing the rotation number; a rotation angle calculation unit configured to calculate rotation angle information indicating a rotation angle of the motor rotation shaft based on the angular position information and the rotation number information; and a power supply unit configured to stop supplying power to the first sensor, the angular position calculation unit and the rotation angle calculation unit and to supply power to the second sensor and the rotation number detection unit when the power switch is off. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297758 | INTERLOCKING VEHICLE BEAM ASSEMBLY - An interlocking beam assembly for a frame assembly of a vehicle that includes an upper beam and a lower beam. The upper beam includes an upper hollow section integrally formed with a lower hollow section and a common wall shared by the upper and lower hollow sections. A notch is disposed in the lower hollow section of the upper beam at a select portion along a length of the upper beam. The notch is defined at cut edges along a bottom wall and side walls of the lower hollow section. A lower beam is configured to extend substantially perpendicular to the upper beam and attach in the notch in the upper beam between the cut edges of the side walls in a manner that bridges load paths across the notch in the upper beam. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297759 | VEHICLE BODY LATERAL SECTION STRUCTURE - A lateral section structure ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297760 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297761 | SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY STRUCTURES - Shock absorber assembly structures are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a body of a vehicle having a first longitudinal structural member adjacent a wheel arch area of the body, a first locating rib integrally formed in the first longitudinal structural member to position a shock absorber of a chassis of the vehicle during assembly of the vehicle body to the chassis, and a first attachment boss integrally formed in the first longitudinal structural member adjacent to the first locating rib to receive a first fastener to fasten the shock absorber to the body. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297762 | CAR BODY PANEL STRUCTURE - The disclosure provides a car body panel structure. The car body panel structure includes a stress relieving part disposed on the car body panel and located between multiple connecting sides for connecting the car body panel and the frame component. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297763 | Hood Cable Fixing Case for Vehicle - An embodiment hood cable fixing casing for a vehicle includes a body part configured to be fixed to a vehicle body so that a first surface thereof faces the vehicle body and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of a hood cable while hingedly rotating. An embodiment body part includes clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and configured to be inserted and fixed into the vehicle body, and cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive the hood cable therein. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297764 | Container Of All-Terrain Vehicle And All-Terrain Vehicle Thereof - The present disclosure discloses a container of an all-terrain vehicle. The container includes: a container body including a bottom plate and a front side plate, the front side plate being connected to a front-side edge of the bottom plate, the bottom plate being defined with a first through hole, and the front side plate being defined with a second through hole in communication with the first through hole; a first cover plate detachably arranged at the first through hole; a second cover plate detachably arranged at the second through hole and detachable relative to the first cover plate. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297765 | LAWN MOWER FENDER - A fender for a lawn mower having tire and wheel assemblies that are mounted to a yoke of a swivel caster assembly, whereby the yoke pivots through 360 degrees of rotation, includes an arcuate fender body. The fender body is attached to the yoke by a bracket so that it is rotatably carried by the rotating yoke. As such, the fender body is maintained at an optimal position relative to the mower tire and thereby provides desirable deflection of lawn clippings and other debris from the various operational components provided upon the mower deck. This prevents the premature wear of such operational components, thereby decreasing down time and reducing maintenance costs of the mower. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297766 | CAR BODY PANEL STRUCTURE - The disclosure provides a car body panel structure. The car body panel structure includes multiple beads disposed on the car body panel and separated by multiple ridges formed on the car body panel. Each of the beads is formed in a zigzag shape. The beads are all not in contact with the ridges. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297767 | COMPOSITE FLOORING FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES - A composite floor is provided comprising a skeletal framework, foam core inserts, an impact resistant sheet, and a weather resistant sheet bonded together with adhesive. Recreational vehicles incorporating such floors are also contemplated, as are methods of making the composite floor. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297768 | FRAME WHICH IS MADE OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE - Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and where a bending strength and a vibration damping capability are compatible. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of the corners with the compressive wall part; and a tension wall part which is away from the compressive wall part and extends in the longitudinal direction, and where a tensile stress occurs in the longitudinal direction when the frame receives the bending load. The tension wall part has a loss coefficient which is larger than a loss coefficient of the compressive wall part by 0.005 or more. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297769 | FRAME WHICH IS MADE OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE - Provided is a frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite and has an increased bending strength by suppressing occurrence of buckling. The frame which is made of a fiber reinforced composite includes: a compressive wall part where a compressive stress occurs in a longitudinal direction of the frame when the frame receives a bending load in a normal direction perpendicularly intersecting the longitudinal direction; and a side wall part extending in the normal direction and defining one of corners with the compressive wall part. The compressive wall part includes a longitudinal alignment layer having reinforcement fibers aligned in the longitudinal direction. The side wall part has a surface section composed of a normal directional alignment layer having reinforcement fibers aligned in a direction different from the longitudinal direction, and serving as a differential alignment layer. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297770 | VEHICLE TAILGATE CARGO STABILIZER - A vehicle tailgate configured to secure cargo and methods of using the same. The vehicle tailgate tray have a base portion. The base portion may have a top surface and he attachable to the vehicle. The vehicle tailgate may further have a top portion. The top portion may have a bottom surface and be attachable to the base portion. The top surface and the bottom surface may face each other and be configured to receive and fix the cargo when the top portion and the base portion are attached together. The bottom surface may be configured to adapt to a shape of the cargo. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297771 | COUNTERACTING BACKDRIVE IN A POWER TAILGATE SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods for operating a power tailgate system are disclosed. A vehicle includes a rotatable element structured for operable connection with, and disconnection from, a tailgate when the rotatable element resides in a predetermined tailgate removal orientation. A motor is connected with the rotatable element for interdependent movement, and a motor circuit is provided for the motor. During a driving event, the system identifies when no tailgate is connected with the rotatable element. If no tailgate is connected with the rotatable element, the system determines if the rotatable element resides in the predetermined tailgate removal orientation. If the rotatable element resides in the predetermined tailgate removal orientation, the system may check the rotatable element against rotation during the driving event by operating a motor circuit to electrically brake the motor to prevent the rotatable element from rotating out of the predetermined tailgate removal orientation. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297772 | ARTICULATING AIR WALLS FOR USE BETWEEN SEMI-TRUCK AND TRAILER - An apparatus for reducing aerodynamic drag in a gap between a tractor and a trailer comprises a frame assembly and a panel assembly. The frame assembly includes a vertical member extending upwardly from a base, and two arms extending horizontally from the vertical member. The horizontal arms support a cylindrical member which rotates about its longitudinal axis and is biased by a biasing member so as to apply torque to the cylindrical member. The panel assembly is attached to the cylindrical member proximate a leading edge of the panel and includes a wheel offset from a trailing edge of the panel and gliding strips on an inner surface of the panel body. The inner surface of the panel body is in contact with a surface of the trailer proximate the wheel when the tractor is attached to and pulling the trailer. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297773 | Portable Dock Trailer - A portable dock trailer is provided herein. In various embodiments, the portable dock trailer includes a frame, a ramp, a loading deck, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the ramp. The portable dock trailer permits the loading and unloading of cargo when a traditional loading dock is not available. Embodiments of the portable dock trailer are configured to assume a towing position to be used during transport and a loading position to be used at a loading site. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297774 | WHEEL-TO-TRACK CONVERSION SYSTEM - A track assembly mounted to a rotating wheel drive of a vehicle that includes a frame with inboard and outboard frame members having a center gap between them. A bearing housing is mounted to the outboard frame member. A hub adaptor has a peripheral wall forming a hollow interior that receives the wheel drive. Separate annular flanges are connected to and extend away from inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall and connect to the wheel drive and a sprocket surrounding the hub adaptor. As the hub adaptor rotates within the bearing housing, the sprocket rotates within the center gap of the frame. Idler are rotatably connected to opposed ends of the frame. An endless track is routed over the sprocket and around the idlers. The endless track engages with and is driven by rotation of the sprocket in order to circulate the track about the frame in a generally triangular path. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297775 | Track kit - A track kit for a vehicle ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297776 | LEG ASSEMBLY FOR LEGGED ROBOT AND LEGGED ROBOT - A leg assembly for a legged robot includes first through three motors, first through second legs, and a transmission component. The first motor is coupled to the second motor to drive the second motor to rotate, and a rotation axis of the first motor is substantially orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second motor. The second motor is coupled to the third motor to drive the third motor to rotate, and a rotation axis of the third motor substantially coincides with the rotation axis of the second motor. The third motor is arranged at a first end of the first leg, the second leg is pivotably coupled to a second end of the first leg, and the transmission component is coupled to an output shaft of the third motor and the second leg to drive the second leg to rotate relative to the first leg. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297777 | Hydraulic Drive System Trailer - A hydraulic drive system trailer is provided and generally includes a first rotor assembly arranged along a first side of the frame and having a first rotor and a first drive shaft extending through and connectable with the first rotor, a first motor assembly disposed along the first side of the frame and positioned linearly the first rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly arranged along a second side of the frame that is opposite the first side and having a second rotor and a second drive shaft extending through and connectable with the second rotor. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297778 | VEHICLE PLATFORM, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING AN UPPER BODY STRUCTURE ONTO AND FROM A VEHICLE PLATFORM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A vehicle platform for a vehicle is provided. The platform includes a platform base extending in a longitudinal direction, and a loading system for laterally loading and unloading an upper body structure onto the platform base. The loading system includes first and second fork arms supporting the upper body structure with respect to a vertical direction, and a lifting mechanism coupled to the platform base and the first and second fork arms. The lifting mechanism moves the first and second fork arms relative to the platform base along the vertical direction. The first and second fork arms are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction and each are movable along a lateral direction between a retracted position, in which the fork arms completely overlap with the platform base, and an extended position, in which the fork arms protrude in the lateral direction from a lateral side of the platform base. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297779 | FRONT STRUCTURAL BULKHEAD FOR VEHICLE CHASSIS - An apparatus and methods are provided for a front structural bulkhead for improving the strength of an off-road vehicle chassis. The chassis is a welded-tube variety of chassis that includes a front portion and a rear portion that are joined to an intervening passenger cabin portion. Frontward stays and a bulkhead mount couple the front structural bulkhead to the front portion. Bulkhead mount pillars and a bulkhead mount crossmember couple the front structural bulkhead to the passenger cabin portion. The front structural bulkhead includes a modular chassis for supporting drivetrain components that are operably coupled with front wheels of the vehicle. The front structural bulkhead includes upper and lower mounting points configured to receive front suspension controls arms. The upper and lower mounting points are configured to allow the front wheels to move vertically due to the vehicle traveling over terrain. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297780 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - An adaptive vehicle headlight is provided for being installed on a vehicle body for use. The adaptive vehicle headlight includes a light body, an optical lens, a driver, and a control unit. The optical lens, the driver, and the control unit are integrated into the light body. In practice, the optical lens can optionally include a light distributing member. The control unit can cause an operation of the driver according to a tilt angle of the vehicle body, such that the optical lens and/or the light distributing member are rotated to a predetermined angle, so as to produce an illumination pattern in a horizontal state. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297781 | ADJUSTABLE SEAT ACCESSORY - A bicycle seat accessory that includes an adjustable seat and a rear seat accessory to provide a seating surface for a user and a rider or passenger. The adjustable seat is movable between a first and second position and when in the second position, the seating surface of the seat substantially aligns with the seating surface of the rear seat accessory to form a substantially continuous seating surface. The frame of the bicycle includes an accessory shelf onto which the rear seat accessory can be mounted. Additionally, the frame includes one or more brackets to which footpeg accessories can be mounted to provide foot rests for the passenger of the bicycle while seated on the rear seat accessory. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297782 | COVER STRUCTURE - A cover structure of a vehicle front portion of a straddle-type vehicle provided with a headlamp unit is provided. The cover structure includes a lamp cover attached to a periphery of the headlamp unit, and a side cover disposed on a rear side of the lamp cover and outward in a left-right direction of the lamp cover An outer side surface of the lamp cover is inclined outward in the left-right direction toward an outer side surface of the side cover. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297783 | STRADDLED VEHICLE - A straddled vehicle including a seat frame extending rearward and upward, a seat supported by the seat frame, a rear fender extending rearward and downward, the rear fender having a front end located further forward than a rear end of the seat frame, a tail light having a rear end thereof located further rearward than a rear end of the seat, and a radar including a transmitter that transmits radio waves, a receiver that receives the radio waves, and a casing that houses the transmitter and the receiver. The radar is supported by the seat frame. At least a portion of the radar is arranged further forward than a rear end of the tail light, further downward than an upper end of the seat frame, further rearward than the front end of the rear fender, and further upward than a lower end of the rear fender. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297784 | VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH A STEERING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BASED IN BOWDEN CABLES OR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a front wheel, a support of the front wheel, a steering handlebar, a platform and a front part joined to the platform. The support is rotatably mounted on the front part, and includes a driven rotating part, the handlebar having a driving rotating part. The driven rotating part and the driving rotating part are connected by Bowden Cables or hydraulic tubes. An impact absorber for a scooter is provided with a support of the front wheel formed by at least a leaf spring including a front end destined to bear the support of the front wheel, an opening adjacent to the front end destined to allow the passage of an upper prolongation of the scooter platform, and a rear end provided with two arms destined to support the rear wheel, such that the impact absorber constitutes the suspension of both the front wheel and the rear wheel. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297785 | CREATING EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND INDICATIONS OF A VEHICLE STATE - Presented here is a system and method for creating easy-to-understand notifications of the vehicle state. The notification can be visual or can be auditory and can indicate to the user the vehicle state even when the user's attention is directed elsewhere. The indication can serve to attract the user's attention before more involved information is presented to the user, such as text, or the indication can serve to communicate to the user the vehicle state in an easy-to-understand way such as using color-coded displays or audio indications. The intensity of the indication can be adjusted based on the likelihood that indication will be perceived by the user by, for example, measuring ambient light and/or ambient noise. Reducing the intensity of the indication conserves energy of an energy source associated with the vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297786 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL ASSISTED ERGONOMIC TRICYCLE TYPE DEVICE - An assisted and multifunctional ergonomic tricycle-type device for exercise, therapy, sports, recreation and alternative transportation for adults with or without disabilities, having a 4-piece chassis where part ( | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297787 | PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - A representative system includes a personal transportation device with: first and second wheels aligned along an axis; an idler wheel rearward of the axis; a platform configured to support a user in a standing position; electric motors to drive the first and second wheels; first and second hand grips fixed in position at respective locations forward of the platform; and first and second control actuators disposed, respectively, on the first and second hand grips, the first and second control actuators being operative to control rotations of the first and second wheels and configured to be actuated by corresponding thumbs of the user while hands of the user are grasping corresponding ones of the first hand grip and the second hand grip. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297788 | Bicycle Tethering System - A vehicle tethering device includes a lead support configured for coupling to a lead vehicle, a trailing support configured for coupling to a trailing vehicle, a lead connector coupled to the lead support, and a trailing connector coupled to the trailing support. The lead connector is engageable to the trailing connector to form a junction transferring force between the lead connector and the trailing connector through the junction to permit a pulling force to be applied to the trailing vehicle from the lead vehicle. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297789 | Bicycle Wheel Suspension for a Bicycle - In an embodiment a bicycle wheel suspension includes a wheel axle having on its both axial ends a respective internal thread, a bicycle frame section of the bicycle, wherein the bicycle frame section comprises a first frame end and a second frame end, a respective bush for each one of the frame ends, wherein the respective bush is arranged concentrically with a through hole and form-fittedly in the through hole and a respective screw for each one of the frame ends, wherein the respective screw is arranged concentrically with the bush and extends form-fittedly through the bush and via the axial end to an inside of the wheel axle, and wherein a screw thread of the screw is in engagement with the internal thread. | 2022-09-22 |
| 20220297790 | SEQUENTIAL ADJACENT DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A CYCLE - A sequential adjacent drive assembly for a single pivot rear suspension cycle includes a cycle frame and a suspension assembly operably attached to the cycle frame. The suspension assembly includes a wheel carrier and a wheel carrier fixed pivot. A primary drive assembly includes a primary drive sprocket having a primary drive sprocket rotation axis, a primary driven sprocket, and a primary drive chain operably connecting the primary drive sprocket and the primary driven sprocket. A secondary drive assembly is operably connected to the primary drive assembly. The secondary drive assembly includes a secondary drive sprocket having a secondary drive sprocket rotation axis, a secondary driven sprocket, and a secondary drive chain operably connecting the secondary drive sprocket and the secondary driven sprocket. A wheel is operably attached to the cycle frame and the secondary driven sprocket is operably connected to the wheel. | 2022-09-22 |
