41st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150283825 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND PROGRAM FOR PRINTING ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A system for printing on a three-dimensional object includes: a recording head; a three-dimensional object supporting device supporting a three-dimensional object rotatively with a shaft member as a center; a print control section causing the recording head to print an image on the three-dimensional object while rotating the three-dimensional object by the three-dimensional object supporting device, and causing the three-dimensional object supporting device to support the three-dimensional object at a designated angle, for each of designated angles, and causing the recording head to print divided images on the three-dimensional object, the divided images being set with respect to the designated angles; an image accepting section that receives the print image; and an image dividing section that divides the print image received by the image accepting section in association with the designated angles to set the divided images to the designated angles. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283826 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a transportation unit that transports a recording medium having flexibility; a head unit that has a liquid droplet ejection head which ejects an ink onto the recording medium transported by operation of the transportation unit, and a carriage which supports the liquid droplet ejection head; a movement unit that moves the head unit in a direction orthogonal to a transportation direction of the recording medium with respect to the recording medium; and a warpage straightening member that straightens a warpage to disappear when the warpage in a degree to interfere with the head unit which is moved by operation of the movement unit, occurs in the recording medium. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283827 | Paper Level Measurement - Detecting a continuous level of paper in a paper supply providing paper for a printing device. A length of the paper supply includes applied indicia, with the indicia extend contiguously across the length of the paper supply. When a paper section is dispensed, the position of the indicia on the dispensed portion of paper is determined, with the position reflecting a level pertaining to the paper supply remaining or dispensed. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283828 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED MATTER - To provide an image forming method, including: a pre-treatment liquid application step for applying a pre-treatment liquid on a recording medium including a substrate and a coating layer at least on one surface of the substrate, wherein the pre-treatment liquid is applied on a surface of the recording layer with the coating layer! a drying step for drying the recording medium on which the pre-treatment liquid has been applied; and an image forming step for forming an image on the recording medium after drying by discharging a water-based ink by inkjet method, wherein the pre-treatment liquid includes a water-soluble cationic polymer, an ammonium salt of an organic acid and water, and wherein the water-based ink includes water and negatively charged colored particles including a colorant. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283829 | MEDIA TREATMENT APPARATUS - Media treatment apparatus to apply liquid treatment to media, the media treatment apparatus including a roller to receive liquid treatment and to transfer the liquid treatment, and a drop ejector to apply liquid treatment to the roller to transfer liquid treatment to an object. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283830 | Printed ink curing - Abstract: An ink-jet printing system (10) includes a generator (20) for in situ generation of a component of an inert atmosphere (an atmosphere that is depleted of oxygen). The system also includes a curing zone (16) in which the generated component (for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide) is distributable over ink that had been deposited on a substrate (12), and in which the ink is exposable to a curing agent (for example UV radiation). | 2015-10-08 |
20150283831 | Printing Apparatus - A printing device comprising: a housing; a printing mechanism; a receiving portion for receiving a supply of image receiving medium; a cutting mechanism for cutting the image receiving medium; a drive mechanism for driving the cutting mechanism during a cutting operation; wherein the cutting mechanism comprises a blade holder removably attachable in the printing device; and said drive mechanism comprises at least one of a drive member or engaging portion for engaging with a respective other of at least one drive member or engaging portion of said blade holder; wherein said drive member is configured to be received in said engaging portion when said blade holder is in the printing device, and wherein said drive member and engaging portion are configured to permit said blade holder to be inserted in said printing device when said blade holder is moved in a direction of insertion, and to permit said blade holder to be removed from said printing device when said blade holder is moved in a direction of removal. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283832 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid jetting apparatus includes a casing, a tank formed with a liquid storage chamber which stores liquid, an inlet which allows the liquid to be poured into the liquid storage chamber, and a liquid outflow channel which allows the liquid to flow out from the liquid storage chamber, a conveying mechanism which conveys a recording medium along a conveying path extending in a front-rear direction, a carriage which moves in a left-right direction, and a head mounted on the carriage and having a nozzle which jets the liquid onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism. The tank, the conveying path, and the carriage are arranged inside the casing, the tank is arranged outside the conveying path in the left-right direction, and at least a part of the tank is arranged inside both ends of a movement area of the carriage in the left-right direction. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283833 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A screening output density corrector of an image processor corrects output densities of a plurality of types of dotted pattern data stored in a screening data storage upon printing. A dotted image data generator uses a plurality of types of the dotted pattern data subjected to the output density correction for performing screening processing to each of images, the images being represented by the continuous tone image data. Consequently, the dotted image data generator generates dotted image data of the images with the corrected output density. Accordingly, output density correction is made not to the continuous tone image data but to the dotted pattern data. Consequently, uniformity of the discharge characteristic (the number of ink droplets) is obtainable upon printing with different types of dotted pattern data. This allows prevention of unevenness in printing through the screening processing based on a plurality of types of dotted pattern data. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283834 | INK RIBBON CASSETTE, INK RIBBON CARTRIDGE, PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING DEVICE - An ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll; a winding roll; and a power transmission mechanism to transmit power from a drive source to the supply roll and the winding roll. A direction in which an ink ribbon is wound by the winding roll is a ribbon winding direction and a direction in which the ink ribbon is wound by the supply roll is a ribbon rewinding direction. The power transmission mechanism may include a winding side one-way clutch to transmit a driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the winding roll and cut off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the winding roll; and a supply side one-way clutch to transmit the driving force in the ribbon rewinding direction to the supply roll and cuts off transmission of the driving force in the ribbon winding direction to the supply roll. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283835 | TAPE CARTRIDGE - A tape cartridge to be installed in a tape printing apparatus by which a printing tape is fed out to perform printing on the printing tape, includes the printing tape, a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated, and a reaction force application portion that is provided on a front surface of the cartridge casing, displaced by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus, and applies a reaction force against the pressing force to the pressing portion according to a displacement of the reaction force application portion. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283836 | TAPE CARTRIDGE - A tape cartridge includes a printing tape, an ink ribbon, a platen roller that receives power from a tape feeding mechanism portion and faces a printing head portion so that the printing tape and the ink ribbon are provided between a platen roller and a printing head at a printing position, a cartridge casing that accommodates the printing tape, the ink ribbon, and the platen roller, an insertion opening that is provided on the cartridge casing and in which a head cover is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion, and a facing portion that is provided on an opening peripheral wall portion of the insertion opening and receives a convex portion to restrict a displacement of the tape cartridge in the cartridge installation portion. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283837 | TAPE CARTRIDGE - A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus having a platen supporting shaft and a printing head, a base end of the platen supporting shaft being fixed to the cartridge installation portion at one end of the platen supporting shaft and extending in an attaching/detaching direction of the tape cartridge. The tape cartridge has a platen roller through which the platen supporting shaft passes when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion and which receives a pressing force from the printing head when a printing operation is performed in a state in which the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion, and a fitting portion in which a tip end of the platen supporting shaft passing through the platen roller fits when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283838 | TAPE CARTRIDGE - A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus having the cartridge installation portion and a press switch. The cartridge installation portion has an installation base portion and an installation peripheral wall portion surrounding the installation base portion and allows the tape cartridge to be installed on the cartridge installation portion. The press switch has a stem projecting in a direction crossing an installation direction of the tape cartridge and provided on the installation peripheral wall portion. The tape cartridge includes a detected portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tape cartridge and corresponds to the stem when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. The detected portion has an installation guide slant surface that presses the stem when the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge installation portion. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283839 | Colour-Forming Materials, Contact Recording Devices and Pressure Recording Devices - The present invention relates to devices and apparatus for detecting contact and optionally its duration and/or recording the level of pressure and/or its duration and/or recording the level of shear force and/or its duration. In particular, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to devices which comprise an element comprising a hydrophobic material and a colour-forming material dispersed in at least a portion of the hydrophobic material. Certain embodiments of the present invention relates to materials comprising a solid dispersion of a colour-forming material in an elastomeric hydrophobic material. The solid dispersion may take the form of a molecular dispersion or a partial molecular dispersion. Also included in the present invention, although not exclusively, are devices which comprise a hydrophobic material, a colour-forming material and a colour developing material wherein the colour forming material and the colour developing material are brought into contact when pressure of a predetermined threshold level is applied or removed from the device. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283840 | COATED PRINTING PAPER FOR INDUSTRIAL INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED PRODUCTS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a coated printing paper which is for use in an industrial inkjet printing machine and which has printability that can accommodate the printing speed of an industrial inkjet printing machine while having printability for a conventional printing machine such as an offset press. The present invention provides a coated printing paper for an industrial inkjet printing machine, which comprises: a base paper at least containing a boric acid compound or a borate compound; and on the base paper, a coating layer at least containing polyvinyl alcohol and ground calcium carbonate having a mean particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 0.28 μm. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283841 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium includes a substrate, a first ink receiving layer and a second ink receiving layer in that order. The first ink receiving layer contains at least one inorganic pigment selected from the group consisting of alumina, hydrated alumina and fumed silica, polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid compound. The second ink receiving layer contains fumed silica, particles having an average particle size in a specific range, polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid compound. The boric acid compound content in the first ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range, and the boric acid compound content in the second ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range. The particle content in the second ink receiving layer is in a predetermined range. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283842 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONVEYING SHEETS TO SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus capable of producing a product having the optimum image layout dependent on a discharge destination even when saddle-stitching is canceled due to input of image data for sheets in excess of a limit of a saddle-stitchable number of sheets. The number of output sheets per one copy is calculated based on image data. When the number of output sheets per one copy exceeds a saddle-stitchable number of sheets, it is selected whether to perform the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed without performing the saddle stitching processing thereon or to perform neither the saddle stitching processing nor the center folding processing on the sheets on which images are printed. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283843 | METHOD FOR BINDING A BUNDLE OF LEAVES, A BUNDLE OF LEAVES, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SUCH A BUNDLE OF LEAVES - Method for binding a bundle ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283844 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGE PERSONALIZATION - According to some aspects, a method of personalizing a message to be provided to a recipient is provided. The method may comprise obtaining audio data corresponding to the message, obtaining characteristic data from the audio data, incorporating the characteristic data into a representation of an object to provide a message object, and providing at least one presentation of the message object. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283845 | ENCAPSULATED PRECIOUS METAL CARDS - An encapsulated precious metal card ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283846 | METHOD OF PRODUCING NANOPARTICLE TAGGANTS FOR EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS - A method includes producing an article having a substrate with a plurality of independent taggant layers that each include metal oxide nanocrystals doped with at least one Lanthanide element. Each taggant layer includes metal oxide nanocrystals doped with a different Lanthanide element than each other taggant layer. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283847 | Information Medium And A Method Of Producing The Same - The invention provides for an information medium containing one or more light transmissible opening. Further processes and/or security features may be added within this see-through section or on other part(s) of the information medium body or both. This includes, but not limited to, personalization, hologram stamping, laser engraving, printing, etc. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283848 | Combination Binding and Perforating Assembly - A combination binding and perforation assembly, which includes a base portion, binding rings, perforating rods, guiding plates, a wall portion, a perforation slot, and a lever. The binding rings protrude from the base portion. Each perforating rod is coupled with a respective binding ring via a respective connector. The perforation slot is defined by a gap between the guiding plates and wall portion, which is disposed at an edge of the base portion. The lever is coupled with the binding rings, and can be manually raised and lowered. When the lever is raised, the binding rings open and the perforating rods advance toward the perforation slot to perforate at least one paper sheet inserted in the perforation slot. When the lever is lowered, the binding rings close and the perforating rods retract from the perforation slot. The perforated sheet can then be inserted into the binding rings through the perforations. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283849 | METHOD FOR TREATING A PANEL OF WOOD-BASED MATERIAL AND BUILDING PANEL WITH A CORE OF WOOD-BASED MATERIAL - A method for treating a panel of wood-based material to achieve an adhesive-free surface after a decoration ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283850 | TURKEY MOUNT AND PROCESS - A new and novel turkey mount and a process for manufacturing said turkey mount. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283851 | NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE - A connecting member ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283852 | CUSHIONING WHEEL MEMBER - A cushioning wheel member has an annular body, an axis and multiple cushioning spokes. The annular body has a through hole defined axially through the annular body. The axis is mounted axially and located centrally in the through hole of the annular body. The cushioning spokes are curved and resilient, are deformed to decentralize the axis with external force applied to the cushioning spokes and recover to centralize the axis with removal of the external force. Each cushioning spoke has two ends, and one end of the cushioning spoke is connected to an inner annular surface of the annular body and the other end is connected to the axis. The cushioning spokes are structurally simple and light and may be deformed when encountering external force or impact and therefore provide excellent press-engaging effect and cushioning effect when installed in an ink ribbon cassette and a light duty carrier. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283853 | HUBLESS WHEEL - The invention discloses a wheel structure and a scooter comprising the wheel structure. The wheel structure comprises: an inner rim having a first inner annular face and a first outer annular face that are arranged radially, the first inner annular face is hollow and provided with an interface for connecting to a steering mechanism of the scooter; an outer rim having a second inner annular face which is arranged radially and a second outer annular face for contacting the ground; wherein an intermediate connecting assembly is disposed between the first outer annular face of the inner rim and the second inner annular face of the outer rim, and the outer rim, without need for hub, contacts the inner rim in a rolling manner via the intermediate connecting assembly and is rotatable relative to the inner rim. The wheel structure does not contain a hub and presents a hollow visual effect of the wheel. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283854 | TIRE TREAD - Treads and tires having such treads having improved characteristics breaking the compromise between Wear and wet braking, such treads manufactured from a rubber composition that may include greater than 90 phr of an elastomer component selected from styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), a polybutadiene or combinations thereof having, a glass transition temperature of between −100° C. and less than −50° C. and a plasticizing system. The plasticizing system may include, for example, between 5 phr and 120 phr of a plasticizing resin having a Tg of at least 25° C. and between 0 phr and 60 phr of a plasticizing liquid. Particular embodiments may include the elastomer component having a Tg of between −90° C. and −60° C. and/or may further have the elastomer component included in an amount of at least 95 phr. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283855 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass layer; a belt layer which is positioned to the outer side of the carcass layer in the tire radial direction; and a rubber tread which is positioned on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of intersecting belts having belt angle with absolute values of 10 to 45° and mutually opposite-signed belt angles, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle which is within a range of ±5° with respect to the tire circumferential direction. A distance (Gcc) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumferential surface along the tire equatorial plane, and a distance (Gsh) from a tread end to the tire inner circumferential surface have a relationship satisfying 1.10≦Gsh/Gcc. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283856 | WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A COLLAPSIBLE WHEEL - A wheel assembly includes a collapsible wheel and an airless flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements attached to the central portion. Each of the mounting elements is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, and may be pivotally attached to the central portion of the wheel and configured to pivot between the retracted position and the extended position. The tire may be positioned on the wheel when one or more of the mounting elements is in the retracted position, and the one or more mounting elements are moved to the extended position wherein the mounting elements engage and support the tire. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283857 | Tire With Pre-Stressed Toroidal Element - A tire includes at least one body defining a plurality of body ply layers, and a toroidal element located between the body ply layers. The toroidal element includes inner and outer regions formed by the body ply layers, and a central region formed by an inner rubber component located between the body ply layers. At least a portion of the central region is more elastic than the inner and outer regions. The toroidal element includes a first sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the first sidewall region of the tire, and a second sidewall portion extending along at least a portion of the second sidewall region of the tire. The toroidal element is pre-stressed such that the first sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a first axially outward force, and such that the second sidewall portion of the toroidal element exerts a second axially outward force. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283858 | TIRE CORD FABRIC - A tire cord fabric having paired cords used as warps. The fabric is suitable for use in pneumatic tires as carcass and cap ply reinforcement, enabling the use of less rubber and higher cord content in a specified cord-rubber composite volume. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283859 | REINFORCING BELT PACKAGE FOR RADIAL VEHICLE TIRES - The present invention relates to a reinforcing belt package for radial vehicle tires ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283860 | CURED TREAD AND TIRE - The invention provides a cured tread and a tire capable of controlling irregular wear of the tread. A base tire which is to be the base for the tire and a cured tread which is to be bonded to the base tire are molded separately, and they are integrated with each other to produce the tire. The tread is provided in its width (axial) direction with a plurality of grooves extending in its length (circumferential) direction. The thickness of the tread in a width cross section gradually decreases from the equator to the equator-side edge of the outermost groove located at an axially outermost position and gradually increases from the outer edge of the outermost groove outward in the axial direction. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283861 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire including a block that is partitioned by plural circumferential direction grooves extending along a tire circumferential direction and by plural lug grooves extending diagonally with respect to the tire circumferential direction and provided with two or more bend portions, and at least one inclined fine groove that extends diagonally with respect to the tire circumferential direction, that is provided with at least two bend or more portions inside a single block, and that divides the block. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283862 | Tire for Driving on Ice | 2015-10-08 |
20150283863 | EVOLVING TREAD - Tread for a heavy vehicle tire, having a wearable thickness of material PMU and having at least two main grooves of depth P | 2015-10-08 |
20150283864 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire has carcass layers mounted between a pair of bead parts, the carcass layers being wound from the inner side of the tire to the outer side thereof about a bead core of each bead part. Protective layers including organic fiber cords are positioned in sidewall parts on the outer side of the carcass layers. The upper end parts of the protective layers are positioned along the carcass layers from outer end locations of the belt layers, between a location 20 mm toward the inner side in the tire width direction and a location 15 mm toward the outer side in the tire width direction. The lower end parts of the protective layers are positioned between main body portions of the carcass layers and the bead filler. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283865 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A tire includes a pair of beads, a carcass, chafers, an insulation, and cushion layers. Each bead includes a core positioned inward of the bead in a radial direction. At an inside of the core in the radial direction, the insulation is laminated on the chafers so as to be located outward of the chafers in the radial direction. Each cushion layer is laminated on the insulation so as to be located outward of the insulation in the radial direction. The insulation and the cushion layer are formed from respective crosslinked rubbers different from each other. A compressive elastic modulus Eα* of the crosslinked rubber of the cushion layer is smaller than a compressive elastic modulus Eβ* of the crosslinked rubber of the insulation. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283866 | Method and Device for tyre Pressure Regulation and for Automatic Repair - Setting or regulating a tire inflation pressure in one or more vehicle tires includes measuring and inflating in cycles. In each case, a seal is applied in at least one rotary transmitter. When the seal is applied, a tire filling pressure is changed and/or measured, and then the seal is removed again. The measuring and filling cycles can even be initiated while the vehicle is traveling. In intermediate time periods between the measuring or filling cycles, the seal is not applied. The measuring and filling cycles and the intermediate time periods are set as a function of ascertained current vehicle variables. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283867 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING USING HALF DUPLEX TRANSPONDER FREQUENCY SHIFT - A tire pressure sensor has an RFID (radio frequency identification) device having a parallel resonant circuit including an inductor and a first capacitor for generating a first radio frequency (RF) signal for transmission to a reader circuit, and a second capacitor coupled across the parallel resonant circuit by a first switch in a first position and generating a second RF signal for transmission to the reader circuit. A capacitive pressure sensor is coupled across the parallel resonant circuit by the first switch in a second position for generating a third frequency RF signal for transmission to the reader, wherein a difference in frequency between the first and third RF signals is indicative of a pressure of a tire. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283868 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE - The tire pressure sensor module contains a casing, a nozzle, a sleeve element, a fastening element, and a two-way tire information transmission and sensory system inside the casing. The casing has a trough and an air opening. The nozzle contains a nozzle mouth and a nozzle base. The nozzle base is joined to the casing, and the mouth is threaded through the sleeve element. The nozzle and the sleeve element are secured to the casing by the fastening element through the trough. The two-way tire information transmission and sensory system contains a battery, a micro-controller circuit, a low-power-consumption Bluetooth wireless transceiver circuit, a boosting/regulating circuit, a pressure sensor, an operation amplifier, a gravity sensor, a temperature sensor, and an antenna. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283869 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING TIRE TREAD TEMPERATURE - Methods and systems are provided for estimating a temperature of a tire. The method includes: receiving tire pressure data; and estimating a temperature of a tread of the tire based on the tire pressure data. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283870 | TRANSVERSE LEAF SPRING BEARING UNIT AND TRANSVERSE LEAF SPRING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A bearing component has a first structural component and a second structural component and supports a transverse leaf spring. The first structural component and the second structural component are connected with each other in a hinge-like fashion for rotation and surrounded by a sleeve. The first structural component has a hinge head which is positively held in a hinge head receptacle of the second structural component. The sleeve has a bellow section and protects the structural components of the bearing component from contamination. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AIR CONDITIONER EFFICIENCY CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE - A system and method for providing an air conditioning compressor efficiency in a vehicle. The method and system includes determining one or more vehicle driving scores based on one or more vehicle driving factors. The system and method additionally includes predicting when the vehicle will be put into the vehicle idle stop state based on the one or more vehicle driving scores and providing air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states. The providing of air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states includes disabling an air conditioner compressor and providing cooling to a vehicle cabin from a cold storage evaporator when the vehicle is put into the vehicle idle stop state and continuing to provide cooling from the cold storage evaporator when the vehicle operating state changes from the vehicle idle stop state to an engine enabled state. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283872 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner which is capable of selecting and changing an optimum operation mode so that a desirable air conditioning performance can be exerted on conditions such as an environment and a set temperature. A controller changes and executes at least one of a heating mode, a dehumidifying and heating mode, a dehumidifying and cooling mode, and a cooling mode. In the dehumidifying and heating mode, the controller shifts to the dehumidifying and cooling mode on the basis of a situation where heat absorption in a heat absorber | 2015-10-08 |
20150283873 | AIR PASSAGE OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE - An air passage opening and closing device has: a case defining an air passage; and a slide door provided with a door body that has a plate shape, the slide door slidably disposed in the case and opening or closing the air passage. The case is provided with a case-side sealing surface that is in contact with the door body when the slide door is located to close the air passage. The door body is provided with a rib that protrudes toward an upstream side in a flow direction of air and extends in a moving direction of the slide door. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283874 | BATTERY COOLING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - A battery cooling device may include a refrigeration circuit configured to communicate a refrigerant in a flow direction. The refrigeration circuit may include a plurality of refrigerant paths configured to be flowed through in parallel by the refrigerant along the flow direction. The plurality of refrigerant paths may respectively include at least one of a cooling element and a cooling element section. The at least one of the cooling element and the cooling element section may be fluidically incorporated into the respective refrigerant paths and be thermally coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to at least one battery. A plurality of valve devices may be arranged in the respective refrigerant paths and be configured to control a throughflow of the refrigerant. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283875 | HEAT EXCHANGER, PARTICULARLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, including: a bundle for a heat exchange between at least one first fluid and one second fluid, including first channels for the flow of the first fluid, and second channels for the flow of the second fluid; a housing ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283876 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - The invention relates to an air conditioning system for conditioning the air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, including an outlet section for diverting at least a portion of an air-mass flow circulating in the air conditioning system into the environment of the motor vehicle, a housing for directing the air-mass flow, wherein at least one fan for conveying the air-mass flow is designed within the housing, as well as a coolant circuit for tempering components of the motor vehicle, in particular, components of a power train, having a coolant-air-heat exchanger for transferring heat from the coolant to an air-mass flow. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283877 | PARTIAL RECIRCULATION VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM - A blower unit for a vehicle heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit is disclosed. The blower unit includes a case member that defines at least one exterior air intake aperture and at least one interior air intake aperture. The blower unit also includes a sealing member, a first door, and a second door. The first and second doors can move independent of each other. The first and second doors can be positioned in a mixture position to allow air flow into the blower unit through both the exterior and interior air intake apertures. The first door, in the mixture position, is sealed against the sealing member. As such, the first door and the sealing member cooperate to reduce air flow out of the blower unit through the interior air intake aperture. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING MODES FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE (HEV) - A system and method for providing a user of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) more flexibility and control regarding the selection of heating modes, without adversely affecting vehicle engine emissions. According to one embodiment, when the HEV is in a normal heating mode, the user is able to switch to an economy or deferred heating mode, so long as the switch takes place during the following ignition cycle. When the HEV is in an economy heating mode the user is able to switch to a normal heating mode right away, but is only allowed to do so once per ignition cycle. In both instances, the switch between heating modes is initiated by the user through a non-emissions related system, such as a vehicle infotainment module or climate control module. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283879 | Automatic Cabin Temperature Control for Unattended Vehicle Application - The cabin's temperature of any Vehicles that are parked outdoor is very dependant to weather conditions; hence it can become very hot or very cold. Controlling the temperature manually, by turning on the engine via remote control, also have its own problem because the signal, where the car is parked or where the operator is located, could have too much radio interference and/or too far from each other. This invention offers an automatic way to regulate the cabin temperature of the parked vehicle, without user intervention. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283880 | VEHICLE AMBIENT AIR PURIFICATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD, AND A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE FLEET COMPRISING SUCH ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle ambient air purification arrangement, a vehicle, a vehicle fleet and a method for purifying air ambient to a vehicle are provided. The arrangement comprises an air conveying apparatus and a controller. The controller is arranged to control the air conveying apparatus to convey ambient air through ducts and filters of a ventilation system in response to a determination that an engine is inoperative and that a voltage supplied to the arrangement from an electricity supply source exceeds a threshold voltage. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283881 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE STATUS OF A HEATING OR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE OF A VEHICLE AND HEATING OR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A method for displaying the status of a heating or air conditioning device of a vehicle wherein a graphical object that depicts the vehicle is displayed by a display device of the vehicle, the status of the heating or air conditioning device is detected, and different statuses of the heating or air conditioning device are displayed by the display device by different depictions of vehicle surfaces. Also disclosed is a heating or air conditioning device for performing the method. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283882 | PRESSURE RELIEF ASSEMBLY - A pressure relief assembly may include at least one pressure relief chamber including a membrane support base connected to a counterbalance clearance space. The membrane support base defines one or more air passages. The pressure relief assembly may also include at least one flap sub-assembly pivotally secured to the at least one pressure relief chamber. Each flap sub-assembly may include a pivot bracket pivotally secured to the at least one pressure relief chamber and including a counterbalance configured to pivot into the counterbalance clearance area, and a membrane flap securely connected to the pivot bracket. The membrane flap seats on the membrane support base over the one or more air passages in a closed position, and is configured to move into an open position. The counterbalance counterbalances the membrane flap and pivots into the counterbalance clearance area when the membrane flap moves into the open position. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283883 | Air Freshener and Packaging Therefor - An air freshener including a pair of opposed legs extending in spaced relation to one another such that a space is defined therebetween that is adequate for attaching the air freshener to the louver of an air vent in an automobile with the two legs straddling in contacting relation thereto. The air freshener further includes a scent absorbing material and a scented core. The scent absorbing material is positioned distally from the scented core so that the air passing through the air vents and over the air freshener is first exposed to the odor absorber to eliminate at least a portion of the odor present in the air stream prior to the air passing over the scented core which disperse fragrance into the automobile's cabin. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283884 | SUN VISOR HOLDER - A sun visor holder includes a main body section to receive the shaft and a leg section to engage with the inner wall of the vehicle. A first engaging piece is formed with the tip side of the leg section as a fulcrum so as to be bendable inward, includes a release section that extends outward along the mounting surface of an inner wall from the free-end side of said first engaging piece, and is configured so that pressing the release section from the surface side of the inner wall causes the first engaging piece to bend inward and engagement with a mounting hole is released. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283885 | COMBINATION STRUCTURE OF DOOR EQUIPPED ON VEHICLE - A combination structure of a door that is equipped on a vehicle may include an upper rail formed by bending a metal plate and disposed to correspond to an edge of a door glass, an inner panel disposed by a distance from the upper rail to form an insertion hole and one side of the inner panel is fixed to the upper rail, a frame molding in which a protrusion portion is formed on at least one side thereof and the protrusion portion is inserted into the insertion hole formed between the upper rail and the inner panel, a vehicle body disposed by a distance from the inner panel, and a first sealing member and a second sealing member. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283886 | POWER DOOR SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A power side door system for a motor vehicle includes a vehicle side door connected to a vehicle body and an actuator for displacing the side door between an open and a closed position. The system further includes a presence sensor to determine a change in presence of an individual in a seat position adjacent the side door. Further, the system includes a controller responsive to the presence sensor to control operation of the actuator. Advantageously the system automatically closes the door either after an individual enters the vehicle and occupies the seat or after an individual vacates the seat and leaves the vehicle. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283887 | RAIN SHIELD DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An automotive rain shield system including: an air compressor that injects and sucks air to operate a rain shield; a shield module including a lift tube that operates an X-shaped frame so that the rain shield like a tent expands, by expanding when the air compressor injects air into the lift tube, and a rain shield tube that expands when the air compressor injects air into the rain shield tube so that the rain shield like a tent expands; an external switch that inputs a signal for making the air compressor inject air, outside a vehicle; and a door sensor that senses a door of the vehicle closing so that the air compressor returns the rain shield by sucking the air. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283888 | DOOR WEATHERSTRIP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A front door weatherstrip for motor vehicles has a wind-noise suppressing rib formed in a groove portion defined between a hollow sealing lip and a tongue-like sealing lip of the door weatherstrip to serve as a dam against a flow in a longitudinal direction of the groove portion. When these lips are elastically deformed by closing the front door, the wind-noise suppressing rib penetrates into a recess portion of the hollow sealing lip to overlap with the recess portion and to make the flow continuous by a bypass flow through the recess portion. Therefore, the front door weatherstrip is improved in at least drainage property without affecting sealing property and door closure property. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283889 | REAR CARRIAGE STRUCTURE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle traction drive assembly includes a variable-speed electric motor for providing the torque. A multi-speed transaxle multiplies the torque of the electric motor through the vehicle operator's selection between more than one gear ratio. An adapter mechanically couples the motor and the transaxle to integrate the motor with the transaxle keeping an output shaft of the motor center-aligned with an input shaft of the transaxle. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283890 | REMOTE LOCATED CLUTCH - A drive package includes a remote located CVT and a motor where the CVT is positioned rearward (or forward) of the motor. An auxiliary drive mechanism couples a drive shaft of the CVT to a crankshaft of the motor. The auxiliary drive mechanism is a belt or chain. The drive shaft is substantially parallel to, and longitudinally offset from, the crankshaft. Thus, the width of the drive package is reduced as compared to ATVs having a CVT located adjacent the motor. A method of making an ATV with the drive package is provided. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283891 | POWERTRAIN HOUSING ASSEMBLY - A powertrain housing assembly ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283892 | VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN CONTROL METHOD - A heavy road vehicle provided with a hybrid propulsion system includes a mechanical propulsion system and a hydraulic propulsion system. The mechanical propulsion system is connected to at least one traction wheel which is powered by an internal combustion engine via a mechanical drive train and a gearbox. The hydraulic propulsion system is connected to at least one other traction wheel including a hydraulic motor powered by a hydraulic pump unit. The hybrid propulsion unit further includes a control unit for at least controlling the hybrid propulsion unit, optionally also controlling the mechanical propulsion system. The hydraulic propulsion system further includes a pressure accumulator which is connected to the hydraulic motor in order to maintain a pressure in the hydraulic motor even if the hydraulic pump unit is switched off. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283893 | POWERTRAIN ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - A powertrain assembly for creating a torque transmission path between an internal combustion engine and a rotor of a reversible electric machine and to a vehicle comprising such a powertrain assembly. The powertrain assembly includes a freewheel in the torque transmission path. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283894 | ELECTROMECHANICAL VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A drive train for a vehicle includes an engine having an output shaft, a first gear set, a second gear set, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and electrically coupled to the first motor/generator, a first clutch, and a second clutch. Planetary gears of both sets are rotatably supported by respective planetary gear carriers that are coupled to each other. The first clutch selectively engages the output shaft of the engine with the second motor/generator, and the second clutch and a third gear set operate to selectively engage at least one of the sun gear and the ring gear of the second gear set with the planetary gear carriers of the first and second gear sets. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283895 | RADIATOR AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE RADIATOR - A radiator is accommodated in an engine compartment in a front part of a vehicle and configured to dissipate heat of coolant that has circulated in an internal combustion engine. The radiator includes a weak portion, which is weaker against load in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle than the other portions. The radiator is easily compressed and deformed when load in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is applied compared to a case where the radiator lacks the weak portion. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283896 | Electric Vehicle - An air supply mechanism of an electric vehicle includes: a first air flowing pipe; a second air flowing pipe; and an air blower configured to generate a flow of air such that the air flows through a first air inlet into a first air flowing pipe and is discharged through a first air outlet to electric component accommodating spaces, and the air in the electric component accommodating spaces flows through a second air inlet into a second air flowing pipe and is discharged through a second air outlet to a space outside a vehicle body. The first air inlet and the second air outlet are arranged higher than a first battery, a second battery, and an inverter serving as “electric components.” | 2015-10-08 |
20150283897 | Vehicle Exhaust Assembly - A vehicle exhaust assembly for modifying a sound of the vehicle exhaust includes a housing that is operationally coupled to a vehicle exhaust pipe on a vehicle. The vehicle exhaust is directed into the housing. A baffle is coupled to the housing. A flow of the vehicle exhaust passes over the baffle. The baffle has a plurality of exhaust apertures extending therethrough. The flow of the vehicle exhaust passes through the plurality of exhaust apertures. The plurality of exhaust apertures alters a resonant frequency of the flow of the vehicle exhaust. An audible sound of the flow vehicle exhaust is modified. A knob is operationally coupled to the housing. The knob is operationally coupled to the baffle so the knob moves the baffle. A user selectively moves the knob so baffle is positioned at a selected angle with respect to the flow of the vehicle exhaust. The audible sound of the flow of the vehicle sound is adjusted between a minimum and a maximum resonant frequency. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283898 | Alignment and Retention System for Laterally Slideably Engageable Mating Components - An elastically averaged alignment system includes a first component having first and second alignment features, and a second component having third and fourth elastically deformable alignment elements. The first and second components are laterally slidably engageable with each other. The third elastically deformable alignment element is configured and disposed to interferingly, deformably and matingly engage with the first alignment feature. The fourth elastically deformable alignment element is configured and disposed to interferingly, deformably and matingly engage with the second alignment feature. Portions of the third and fourth elastically deformable alignment elements when engaged with respective ones of the first and second alignment features elastically deform to an elastically averaged final configuration that aligns the first component relative to the second component in six planar orthogonal directions by averaging the elastic deformation of the respective elastically deformable alignment elements. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283899 | Transmission Having Integrated Transmission Pump and Accessory Drive - A transmission includes provisions to mount two accessory drive units and to transmit power to the accessory drive units from an engine. The accessories are driven by an accessory drive gear that is coupled to a torque converter impeller as opposed to a turbine such that power is provided to the accessories regardless of the selected gear state or vehicle speed. The accessory drive gear also transmits power to an off-axis transmission pump. In one embodiment, power is transferred to the accessories via idler gears that is supported by the transmission housing and is present even when no accessory is installed. In another embodiment, the idler gear is supported by the accessory drive unit and is only present when the accessory is installed. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283900 | PORTABLE HAND CONVERTER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A portable hand converter for enabling foot-free operation of a conventional motor vehicle. An upper assembly includes a support plate with means for attachment to the steering column of a motor vehicle and a pivotally attached handle. Two adjustable action arms, pivotally connected to the handle, each include a threaded rod slideable within a hollow tube and an adjustable lock nut for adjusting the length of the action arm. A lower end of each action arm is pivotally connected to a pedal clamp assembly. The pedal clamp assemblies enable connection of the lower end of each action arm to one of the foot-operated pedals of a motor vehicle. Attaching the support plate to the steering column and the pedal clamp assemblies to the brake pedal and gas pedal respectively, and adjusting the length of the adjustable action arms enables total control of the motor vehicle by the operator's hands. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283901 | Motor Vehicle Provided With A Powertrain Unit And A Safety Device for Moving the Powertrain Unit Sideways During An Impact - A motor vehicle has an engine compartment accommodating a powertrain and at least one strut, which is substantially parallel to an advancing longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle; the motor vehicle has a safety device configured so as to move the powertrain sideways during an impact, towards the side opposite to the one concerned by the impact; the safety device is provided with a beam having a first end, distanced from an end portion of the strut towards the outside of the engine compartment, and a second end fixed to the strut in a position which is horizontally beside the powertrain; the safety device is also provided with a restraining member fixed to the strut and to having a protruding portion arranged behind a wall of the beam. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A DRIVER BASED ON SENSOR INFORMATION - An approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a collection of sensor data from at least one virtual or augmented reality device associated with at least one user. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the sensor data to cause, at least in part, a classification of the at least one user as a driver of at least one vehicle. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an optimization of content information presented via the at least one virtual or augmented reality device based, at least in part, on the classification. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283903 | RESTRICTION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND RESTRICTION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Provided is a technology for dealing with display restrictions more easily. A restriction information distribution apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing software restriction information, component layout setting information, and component validity setting information; a communication unit for receiving, from an external device, software identification information, model identification information of an output device, and location information; a restriction information distribution unit for transmitting the software restriction information corresponding to the software identification information to the external device; a location determination unit for determining the region based on the location information; and a layout distribution unit for specifying the component layout setting information corresponding to the model identification information and transmits, together with the component validity setting information corresponding to the region, the component layout setting information to the external device. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283904 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method controls a climate control system in a motor vehicle. The method involves displaying climate control information on a primary display, determining that a hand is approaching a manual control element for the climate control system, and displaying climate control information on a secondary display while the hand is approaching the manual control element, before the hand touches the manual control element, the secondary display being a multi-use changeable display that, at different times, displays information for different systems of the motor vehicle. The method may therefore provide the information to the occupant of the vehicle when it is needed, before the climate control system is adjusted. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283905 | MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES - In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle functions in an efficient manner. The user may select one of a plurality of displayed options on a screen of such an interface. Through audio, video and/or text media, the user is provided with information concerning the selected option and the vehicle function corresponding thereto. Having been so informed, the user may activate the selected option to control the corresponding vehicle function. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283906 | Current collector for a rail-mounted vehicle - A current collector for a rail-mounted vehicle includes a collector arm and an insulation system which has insulating posts for the electrically insulating fastening of the collector arm on a vehicle roof element above an electrically grounded roof surface. In order to achieve a flatter roof structure, the insulation system includes an electrically insulating layer, which is disposed between the roof surface and the collector arm and is spaced apart from the roof surface by an air gap. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283907 | POWER BOOST CIRCUIT - The power boost circuit is disclosed. The power boost circuit includes a controller, one or more switches and a capacitor bank. The capacitor bank is connected to an overhead trolley line for charging the capacitor bank to an operating voltage of the overhead trolley line. The capacitor bank is then connected in between the trolley line and an electric drive machine such that the capacitor bank discharging results in boosting of the operating voltage of the electrical trolley line. This boosted voltage is then used as a driving voltage for the electric drive machine. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283908 | SYSTEMS UTILIZING A CONTROLLABLE VOLTAGE AC GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft taxi system includes a controllable voltage AC generator configured to be connected to a power generation turbine shaft and configured to convert rotational energy to electrical energy, wherein the controllable voltage AC generator is configured to output a desired voltage irrespective of a change in a rotational speed of the power generation turbine shaft, an AC electric motor configured to motor at least one of fuel or oxidizer to a combustion chamber of the aircraft, and an AC bus connecting the controllable voltage AC generator to each of the AC electric motors. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283909 | VEHICLE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a power receiving unit and an RFID tag. The power receiving unit contactlessly receives electric power output from a power transmission unit. The RFID tag preliminarily stores information which is identification information for identifying the vehicle in the power transmission device and can be contactlessly read by the power transmission device. Here, the RFID tag is arranged at a vehicle body front end (a vehicle body trailing end) in a vehicle traveling direction when the vehicle is guided into a parking frame. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283910 | ENERGY TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The invention relates to an energy transmission device ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283911 | VEHICLE POWER SHARING AND GRID CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS AND DRIVES - A power sharing system for electric motors and drives shares power between multiple power sources. Multiple motor drives share power between multiple energy sources, without the need for a DC to DC converter. A motor drive adapts the DC voltage range of the power source to either AC voltage or a different DC voltage range to operate one or more electric motors. Either a capacitor bank or a battery is directly connected to a motor drive's DC input. Two separate DC inputs exist, each able to operate at its own voltage and both feeding the same motor through separate motor drives, to allow batteries to be operated at one voltage level while capacitors are operated at another. The motor drives inherently cause power to flow between the motor and either power source, regardless of the relative voltages of the two sources, provided that each source is at a sufficient voltage to power the motor independently. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283912 | CHARGING MANAGEMENT BASED ON DEMAND RESPONSE EVENTS - The disclosure includes a system and method for providing charging services to mobile client devices. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: estimate a departure time for a mobile client device; determine a target state of charge at the departure time for a battery system in the mobile client device; determine one or more available charging periods and one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system during the one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more charging time slots within the one or more available charging periods based on the target state of charge and the one or more amounts of power to be discharged; and charge the battery system using the one or more charging time slots. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283913 | ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEM HAVING DOUBLE POWER-STORAGE DEVICES OF A HYBRID OR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE - An electricity supply system having double power-storage devices which is suitable for implementation in an electric or hybrid motor vehicle. The supply system is intended for being connected to a power network of the vehicle. The supply system is of the type that includes a first power-storage device, having a first specific energy, a first specific power and a first operating voltage (Ue), and a second power-storage device, having a second specific energy that is lower than the first specific energy, a second specific power that is higher than the first specific power and a second operating voltage (Up) that is higher than the first operating voltage (Ue). The first and second power-storage devices are electrically coupled by a bidirectional DC-DC converter controlled in accordance with the operating states of the vehicle. The DC-DC converter includes a floating capacitor connected in series between the first and second power-storage devices. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283914 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BATTERY ENVIRONMENT CONTROL - Methods and system for controlling conditions within an enclosure housing a vehicle propulsion energy source are described. In one example, vehicle windows, vents, and shades may be operated to reduce an amount of energy used to maintain conditions within an enclosure housing a vehicle propulsion source. The systems and methods may be at least incorporated into electric and hybrid vehicles. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283915 | FUEL CELL HYBRID SYSTEM - A fuel cell hybrid system includes a fuel cell pack and a hybrid battery pack. The hybrid battery pack includes a high voltage battery, a low voltage battery, a bidirectional converter to perform power conversion between the high and low voltage batteries, and a battery manager. The battery manger enters a low temperature charging mode based on an internal temperature of the hybrid battery pack, and charges one of the high or low voltage batteries using the other of the high or low voltage batteries through the bidirectional converter in the low temperature charging mode. The battery manager may perform the charging operation based on a state of charge of each of the batteries. The fuel cell pack may supply power to a motor of a vehicle, and the hybrid battery pack may supply voltage to the motor and the fuel cell pack. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283916 | Magnetic Track System for a Transport Device, and Transport Device - A magnetic track system for a transport device for moving a rotor along the magnetic track system includes a plurality of linear sections having an even number of magnets of alternating polarity, which are disposed on a support in each case, the magnetic orientation of the magnets reversing itself at regular intervals across abutting sections n the linear regions of the magnetic track system. In the curved regions of the magnetic track system, on the other hand, the polarity of two adjacent magnets of different sections is the same. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283917 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD - A vehicle includes an electric motor, a direct current power source, and an inverter operatively connected to the direct current power source and the electric motor. The inverter is configured to convert direct current from the power source to alternating current and to transmit the alternating current to the electric motor. The inverter is characterized by an on status and an off status. A controller is operatively connected to the inverter and is configured to control whether the inverter is on or off. The controller is configured to selectively cause the inverter to enter a mode of operation in which the inverter cycles between being on and off. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283918 | VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle that can improve vehicle posture control or operation performance during accelerating turn. A vehicle is provided with: a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel connected to a motor; a required drive power amount input device for inputting a required drive power amount; and a required turn amount input device for inputting a required turn amount. The vehicle further includes a turn control device that adjusts a power difference between the left drive wheel and the right drive wheel on the basis of a time derivative value of the required drive power amount in addition to the required turn amount. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283919 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF THE SAME - A system for controlling driving of an electric vehicle including a motor and a method of the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes a battery configured to output a driving current to the motor and a battery capacity calculator configured to determine the remaining battery capacity of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to limit the driving current to a predetermined current limit value or less when the remaining battery capacity reaches a first predetermined value. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283920 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE GEAR SHIFTING CONTROL DEVICE - A drivetrain from a drive source to drive wheel is provided with a motor-generator for implementing regeneration during deceleration and an automatic transmission having an engaging clutch as a shifting element. The electric vehicle has a gear shifting controller that is programmed to assess whether to grant gear shifting permission based on whether a deceleration grade difference occurring as a result of a reengagement gear shifting is less than a prescribed acceptable deceleration fluctuation when a reengagement gear shift request involving disengaging or engaging the meshing clutch is made during deceleration or regeneration. Shifting is initiated according to the gear-shift request if a decision to grant gear shifting permission is made. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283921 | OVERHEAD POWER GRID FOR MOBILE MINING MACHINES - A vehicle is provided that connects to an power structure for powering and guiding the vehicle. The power structure includes a trolley, a track along which the trolley runs, a power source connected to the track, and a cable connected to the trolley and configured to attach to the vehicle moving on a surface. The vehicle includes a chassis and a cable connected to the chassis and configured to mechanically and electrically connect the vehicle to the power structure. The chassis includes a connector rotatable 360 degrees, and the cable connects to the chassis through the connector. | 2015-10-08 |
20150283922 | SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR UNIT FOR SEAT WITH SPRING SUSPENSION OR SEAT PAN - A pressure-responsive seat occupancy sensor unit ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283923 | SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR UNIT AT A LOWER B-SURFACE SIDE OF A SEAT CUSHION - A B-surface seat occupancy sensor unit ( | 2015-10-08 |
20150283924 | MOTOR-DRIVEN HINGE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT HINGE - Motor-driven hinge device comprising a hypocycloid hinge mechanism ( | 2015-10-08 |