44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150306930 | SAFETY CHAIN FOR TOWED VEHICLES - A safety chain apparatus for connecting a trailer to a towing vehicle includes a chain, comprising a continuous length of chain links, extending through a right and left tongue holes defined in a right and left side portions of the trailer tongue. An engagement device is installed on right and left ends of the chain, the engagement devices adapted to be attached to corresponding attachment locations of the towing vehicle. Right and left blocking members are each secured to a selected blocking chain link between the right and left tongue holes and configured to prevent passage of the selected blocking chain links through the corresponding right and left tongue holes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306931 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle is provided having a towing lug at a front end of the motor vehicle. The towing lug is directly accessible. A longitudinal axis of the towing lug is arranged substantially vertical or downward at an angle, such that a free end of the towing lug, at which a lug section of the towing lug is formed, points downward in the direction of a roadway. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306932 | VEHICLE WHEEL SUSPENSIONS - A wheel suspension for a vehicle may include a wheel carrier and a torsionally stiff transverse control arm. The control arm may include a first front joint element and a first rear joint element pivotably mounted to the wheel carrier. The first front joint element may include a moveable bearing configured to transmit forces only in a direction that is parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306933 | ROTARY DAMPER - A rotary damper includes a damper motor and a damper housing in surrounding relationship to the damper motor. The damper housing has a connection piece for mounting the damper housing to a first mass. An articulated lever is swingably mounted in relation to the damper housing and connected to a second mass. The articulated lever has a lobe which is movable during a swinging motion of the articulated lever in relation to the damper housing along a movement path between two stops which are connected to the damper housing. A gear mechanism transmits and/or converts a relative rotational movement between the first and second masses to the damper motor for vibration damping. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306934 | VEHICLE HEAT EXCHANGER - A vehicle heat exchanger includes a low-temperature side radiator, a condenser, and a high-temperature side radiator, which are aligned in an airflow direction and are integrated together. The low-temperature side radiator includes an inflow portion and an upper path, which are located in an upper portion thereof. In addition, the low-temperature side radiator includes a lower path and an outlet portion, which are located in a lower portion thereof and communicate with the upper path. A subcooler of the condenser overlaps, in the airflow direction, with at least a part of the lower path of the low-temperature side radiator. As a result, thermal influence by the low-temperature side radiator on the subcooler of the condenser can be reduced. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306935 | Vehicle Air-Conditioning Unit - To provide a vehicle air-conditioning unit that increases a volume of airflow delivered from a side vent opening in a foot mode, to effectively prevent fogging of windowpanes on right and left end sides. An air passage has: a first passage that guides hot air to a center vent opening, a side vent opening, and a defrost opening; and a second passage that is branched from the first passage and guides the hot air to a foot opening. A first door is arranged at a branched position of the air passage to the second passage, and a second door is arranged between the center vent opening and the defrost opening. In a foot mode, the first door closes the first passage and opens a first supply passage, the first supply passage communicates between the first and second passages, the second door closes the center vent opening and forms a second supply passage on an upstream side of the side vent opening, and the second supply passage communicates between an extending direction of the first supply passage and the side vent opening. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306936 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a drive motor, a battery, a front seat, a rear seat, a passenger-compartment air conditioning unit, an inlet port, a blower, a temperature sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to selectively perform a first air conditioning mode, a second air conditioning mode, and a third air conditioning mode. The controller is configured to control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to perform the third air conditioning mode when the temperature of the battery is higher than a first temperature threshold. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306937 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle air conditioning control device calculates, through a thermal load calculating unit, a vehicle interior thermal load Q on the basis of, for example, a vehicle interior temperature Tin, a vehicle interior humidity Hin, a vehicle exterior temperature Tout, a passenger load factor θ, and a vehicle-interior-temperature set value Tset. Through an air conditioning output calculating unit, the vehicle air conditioning control device calculates an output command value for an air conditioner on the basis of a vehicle-interior-temperature upper-limit value Tmax, a vehicle-interior-temperature lower-limit value Tmin, the thermal load Q, power-running/regenerative electric power P, and then, corrects the calculated output command value for the air conditioner on the basis of power-running/regenerative electric power Pf at or after a prediction time point and of a passenger load factor Of at or after the prediction time point. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306938 | AIR CURTAIN USING SMART MATERIALS - An apparatus provides an air shield over a portal access opening between a vehicle access member and a stationary vehicle trim member. An air supply device disposed within the vehicle. The air supply device includes an active material creating the burst of air. The air supply device produces a burst of air that discharges upon opening of the vehicle access member. At least one output port outputs the burst of air. The burst of air forms the air shield in a direction substantially transverse to the portal opening. The air shield is formed across at least a portion of a perimeter of the portal access opening between the vehicle access member and the stationary vehicle trim member. The air shield inhibits precipitation from entering the compartment of the vehicle during a pressure equalization phase that occurs in response to the opening of the vehicle access member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306939 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner which can enlarge an effective range of a dehumidifying and cooling mode to realize comfortable air condition in a vehicle interior. 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 at least the dehumidifying and cooling mode, the controller controls a capability of a compressor | 2015-10-29 |
20150306940 | VEHICLE HYPERTHERMIA AVOIDANCE - A vehicle is provided that includes a passenger compartment, one or more movable body panels to expose the passenger compartment to an outside environment, and a motion sensor located in the passenger compartment. The vehicle also includes a temperature sensor located in the passenger compartment, and a controller operable to open the one or more movable body panels when the vehicle is turned off, movement is detected within the passenger compartment prior to opening any door of the vehicle, and temperature in the passenger compartment exceeds a temperature threshold. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306941 | OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION FOR A VEHICLE - An open roof construction is provided for a vehicle having a roof opening in a stationary roof part of the vehicle. The roof opening comprises forward and rearward roof opening edges which each extend transversely and two opposite, longitudinally extending roof opening side edges. At least at some of said roof opening side edges and forward and rearward roof opening edges have roof opening flanges extending substantially downwardly from the respective roof opening side edges and forward and rearward roof opening edges. A stationary roof panel permanently closes part of the roof opening, while a movable panel closes and opens a remainder of the roof opening. The stationary panel has panel edges extending along the roof opening side edges and along one of the forward and rearward roof opening edges and near to some of which downwardly extending panel brackets are provided which are attached to corresponding roof opening flanges. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306942 | ROOF SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Roof system for a motor vehicle having a fixed roof cutout and having a movably mounted roof part for closing and opening the roof cutout which is displaceable by a tilt and guide mechanism between a closed position, a tilt position and an open position. The tilt and guide mechanism includes on both sides of the roof part in each case a front tilt lever and a rear tilt lever pivotably connected to the roof part by means of a pivot point and operatively connected to a control carriage movable in a guide rail arrangement. The roof part pivot points of the front and of the rear tilt lever are interconnected by an integral, dimensionally stable fastening profile extending along a side edge of the roof part and fastened on the side edge thereof. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306943 | Tarpaulin retraction and extension device - A device for manipulating a tarpaulin so as to selectively cover and uncover a top aperture of a container, comprising: a guide mountable to the container along an aperture first side edge; a stopper positioned along the guide; a caddie mounted to the guide and movable therealong, the stopper being configured and sized for preventing movements of the caddie beyond the stopper; a tarpaulin rod support defining a pivot section and a tarpaulin rod supporting section spaced apart therefrom, the tarpaulin rod support being pivotally mounted to the caddie in the pivot section; a tarpaulin rod for rolling the tarpaulin therearound and unrolling the tarpaulin therefrom, the tarpaulin rod being rotatably mounted to the tarpaulin rod supporting section so as to be rotatable about a rod longitudinal axis thereof; and an actuator operatively coupled to the tarpaulin rod for selectively rotating the tarpaulin rod about the rod longitudinal axis. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306944 | Cover for a Motor Vehicle Roof - A cover for a motor vehicle roof has a first sheet of planar extent with a main area, a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet, the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet, a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306945 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE-BACKED WEATHERSTRIP - A device for applying an adhesive-backed elongated seal (e.g., a weatherstrip seal) to a surface of a substrate. The device comprises a release liner removal tool having a stripper portion. The stripper portion comprises a spacer and a release liner guide surface. The spacer has a leading edge, an angled trailing edge, a central axis and a thickness profile that separates the adhesive on the back of the seal from the substrate surface while allowing the body of the seal to contact the substrate surface, when the stripper portion is positioned between the seal and the surface. The angled trailing edge has a transverse radius of curvature allowing the release liner to be removed from the adhesive, bent-backwards-over the trailing edge, and pulled-off along a portion of the guide surface, while the seal is adhered along its length to the surface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306946 | UTILITY VEHICLE - A utility vehicle is provided that includes first and second pairs of wheels, a controller, and a potentiometer. The first pair of wheels is propelled by an internal combustion engine. The second pair of wheels is propelled by a battery-operated motor. The motor drives a transaxle that drives the second pair of wheels. The controller controls operation of the motor. The potentiometer is configured to be manually activated to propel the utility vehicle, and is coupled to the controller to send a signal to the controller to rotate the motor. The potentiometer is also configured to activate fuel flow into the internal combustion engine. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306947 | INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - An exemplary infinitely variable transmission includes a planetary gear set situated in a drive train of an automotive vehicle and interfaced with a worm gear driven by an electrical motor continuously controlled by an electronic control unit in response to a torque demand. Another aspect may be selection of the worm gear helix angle to effect a balance between worm gear teeth friction and load placed on the worm gear by the planetary gear set, such that power required to drive the worm gear is minimized for all input load conditions. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306948 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A hybrid vehicle drive device includes a transmission coupled to the engine output shaft of an engine, a final reduction gear coupled to the transmission output shaft of the transmission, a drive shaft coupled to the final reduction gear, and a power transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of an electric motor to the final reduction gear. The hybrid vehicle drive device includes a transaxle case accommodating the transmission, the final reduction gear and the power transmission mechanism and having a mounting surface for mounting the engine and the electric motor. The transaxle case is formed by an engine-side converter housing, a transmission-side transmission case, and a middle wall attached to the converter housing and separating the converter housing from the transmission case, the power transmission mechanism being housed between the converter housing and the middle wall. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306949 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A hybrid vehicle drive device includes a power transmission mechanism including a transmission coupled to an engine output shaft, a clutch coupled to a transmission output shaft, a first gear coupled to a clutch output shaft, a final reduction gear that constantly meshes with the first gear, a drive shaft coupled to the final reduction gear, a first rotary element coupled to an electric motor, and a second rotary element that meshes with the final reduction gear and rotates in accordance with the rotation of the rotary element. The power transmission mechanism is disposed so that, when viewed from the rotational axis direction of each gear, a line that connects the rotational axis of the first rotary element and the rotational axis of the second rotary element is inclined to the first gear side in relation to the vertical direction of the vehicle when mounted to a vehicle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306950 | ENGINE DEVICE - An engine device in which a first case and a second case can be installed in a compact manner while preventing a decrease of temperature of the first case and the second case due to cooling air for an engine. The engine device is equipped with the first case for removing particulate matter in exhaust gas of the engine, and the second case for removing nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas of the engine. The first case and the second case are disposed on the upper surface side of the engine at a position higher than an air flow path of a cooling fan of the engine. The second case is disposed at a position higher than the first case. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306951 | FUEL TANK STRUCTURE - A flow inhibiting member that inhibits a flow of vapor is provided, between a full-tank regulating valve and a sealing valve, at a communication pipe that communicates a canister and a full-tank regulating valve of a fuel tank. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306952 | FILL PIPE ANTI-SIPHON DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A device and method of use for a fill pipe anti-siphon device are described. The device and method of use are designed to provide a simple, reliable, cost-effective means to prevent theft of fuel or other liquids from holding tanks, such as a fuel tank on a semi-tractor trailer diesel truck, by siphoning. The device is a barrier which prevents insertion of a siphon hose or tube of suitable diameter to efficiently siphon fuel of other liquid from a tank. The barrier device allows for the simultaneous filling of a tank through a fill pipe neck while venting an from the tank at a sufficient rate to prevent or minimize backflow of fuel or other liquid during fueling or tank filling from the tank when using a high-flow fill nozzle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306953 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE REFUELING REQUEST SWITCH - A method for a vehicle, comprising: depressurizing a fuel tank while restricting access to a fuel fill line responsive to receiving a refueling request from a refueling request module located external to a vehicle cabin; and allowing access to the fuel fill line responsive to the fuel tank pressure decreasing below a threshold. In this way, all of the steps of a refueling procedure can be carried out entirely outside of a vehicle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306954 | TRANSAXLE AND WORKING VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE TRANSAXLE - A transaxle is adaptable to a vehicle equipped with a longitudinal engine including an engine output shaft to be oriented in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The transaxle comprises a transmission output shaft to be oriented in a lateral direction of the vehicle so as to be drivingly connected to a drive wheel of the vehicle, a hydrostatic transmission and a mechanical transmission for transmitting power from the engine output shaft to the transmission output shaft, and first and second power take-off shafts for taking off power from the mechanical transmission. The engine is joined to the transaxle so that the engine, the hydrostatic transmission and the mechanical transmission are assembled together. The first and second power take-off shafts are distributed rightward and leftward from the engine. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306955 | DRIVE TRAIN OF A PURELY ELECTRICALLY ALL-WHEEL DRIVABLE MOTOR VEHICLE - A drive train ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306956 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING ENGINE SPEED - Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus for limiting engine speed using any one of multiple engine components. The apparatus includes a user interface manually actuable to select at least one of the multiple engine components for limiting engine speed. The user interface includes an identification signal generator and transmitter that is configured to, upon selection of the multiple engine component(s), generate and transmit an identification signal that identifies the engine component(s) that was selected. The apparatus also includes a controller that is configured to, upon receipt of the identification signal, provide an instruction to the identified engine component(s), such that the identified engine component(s) operates to limit engine speed upon occurrence of conditions warranting that engine speed be limited. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE SPEED MANAGEMENT - Controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least a portion of a route grade and a route distance divided into a plurality of route sections, each including at least one of a section grade and section length. Controlling the speed of the vehicle is further based on determining a cruise control speed mode for the vehicle for each of the plurality of route sections and determining a speed reference command of the vehicle based on at least one of the cruise control speed mode, the section length, the section grade, and a current speed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306958 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INCLUDING TELLTALE ILLUMINATION - An instrumentation gauge for a vehicle includes a single piece light guide divided into multiple sections by an opaque light guide insert. The single piece light guide includes at least one telltale graphic printed on a surface of the light guide in each of the light guide sections. When light is communicated into a given section of the light guide, the light scatters on the telltale graphic causing the graphic to be illuminated and distinguishable from a same or similar colored background. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306959 | CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL DEVICE - A control device for a vehicle steering wheel ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306960 | DC-DC Converter - As an object of reducing a noise resulted from the mutual influences between circuit-configuring components, a DC-DC converter includes a high voltage circuit section that is electrically connected to a transformer, a low voltage circuit section that is electrically connected to the transformer, a housing in which the high voltage circuit section and the low voltage circuit section are accommodated, a control circuit board that controls the driving of the low voltage circuit section, and a frame that supports the control circuit board. The frame is arranged on a position facing a bottom surface of the housing while crossing the low voltage circuit section. The housing includes a first wall that separates a first space in which the high voltage circuit section is accommodated and a second space in which circuit components configuring the low voltage circuit section are accommodated. The frame forms a second wall that protrudes toward a direction approaching a leading end of the first wall. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306961 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE CAPABLE OF BEING DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - In a method for operating a vehicle ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306962 | DUTY CYCLE UPDATES FOR A POWER CONVERTER - A method and system are provided for updating a duty cycle for a power converter. The system and method operate the power converter to compute a first duty cycle during a first pulse-width modulation period and updating a second duty cycle for a second pulse-width modulation period at the completion of the first pulse-width modulation period. Next a third duty cycle for a third pervious pulse-width modulation period is updated at the completion of the first pulse-width modulation period. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306963 | VEHICULAR CHARGING AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS - A charging system for a vehicle. The charging system includes an on-board battery, a charger region and a wireless receiver for generating a charging signal in the charger region to charge a battery. The system also includes a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings and foreign objects in proximity to the charger region. The system further includes a controller for filtering transient conditions and terminating the charging signal when a being or a foreign object is near the charger region. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306964 | Automobile Charger - A novel automobile charger which comprise a direct current voltage, wherein a positive pole of the direct current voltage is connected with one end or lead of a DC to DC module, one end of a battery voltage detection module and one end of a load module simultaneously, while a negative pole of the battery is connected with the other end of the DC to DC module, one end of a microcontroller, one end of the automobile start control module and the other end of the battery voltage detection module simultaneously. A third end of the DC to DC module is connected with the other end of the microcontroller, the other three ends of which are connected with the third end of the battery voltage detection module, the other end of the automobile start control module and one end of the load detection module respectively. The other end of the load detection module is connected with the third end of the automobile start control module and the other end of the load module simultaneously. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306965 | Hand-powered jump starter for a vehicle - A hand-powered jump starter for a vehicle is a manually actuated generator, either directly or by storing charge in a capacitor, produces 12V DC at high current for a brief duration sufficient for the vehicle's electric starter motor to turn the engine over. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306966 | INDUCTIVELY CHARGED VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC POSITIONING - An electric vehicle receives electric power, in a non-contact manner, from an electric power transmitting coil provided externally to the vehicle. The electric vehicle includes an electric power receiving unit that is disposed at a bottom of the vehicle and receives electric power from the electric power transmitting unit via electromagnetic field resonance; a camera that captures an image of the outside; and a display unit that displays an outside view from the vehicle that is captured by the camera. The electric power receiving unit is disposed at a position that is offset toward a peripheral face, on which the camera is disposed, with respect to the center of the bottom in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306967 | IDENTIFICATION OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADJACENT TO A POWER REPLENISHMENT STATION - The present invention concerns a technique (method and a system) for use in servicing of electric vehicles at power replenishment service stations. The technique of the invention enables identification of a respective vehicle located at the power replenishment service station by carrying out the following: receiving and processing user request data from at least one power replenishment service station for identifying therein user data indicative of a user requesting power replenishment service, receiving and processing data from control systems of vehicles for identifying certain data including at least specific vehicle data, and processing the user data and the specific vehicle data and identifying the respective vehicle located at the power replenishment service station to thereby enable management of services to be provided to the respective vehicle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306968 | ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND MOBILE UNIT - An electric power management device is an electric power management device that is provided in a facility connected to an electric power system and connects to a mobile unit provided with a power generator and an electricity storage device and includes a receiver operative to accept an instruction for selecting one of a first mode in which generated electric power of the power generator is preferentially supplied to an outside of the mobile unit and a second mode in which the electricity storage device is preferentially charged with the generated electric power of the power generator and control circuitry operative to change a supply destination of the generated electric power of the power generator in accordance with the instruction accepted by the receiver. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306969 | Automotive Recharge Scheduling Systems and Methods - An apparatus includes a processor configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selected charging station. The processor is further configured to select an electrical charge allocation from an available power budget of the selected charging station in response to the input signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306970 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING SAME - An energy management method and an energy management system are disclosed. The energy management method, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises the steps of: collecting electric vehicle energy-related information from one or more electric vehicles; collecting power generation-related information from one or more new renewable energy power plants; and comparing the total amount of the collected power and a predicted amount of electric vehicle consumption to process a surplus energy or power amount. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306971 | Method to Adjust Battery Minimum State of Charge Limits Based on Battery Power Capability - A hybrid-electric vehicle includes a traction battery. A controller may operate the traction battery within certain state of charge and voltage limits. The controller may define a minimum operating voltage or state of charge below which no power may be requested from the traction battery. The minimum voltage and state of charge may be based on an electrical resistance of the traction battery. The voltage may also be based on a minimum power level required to crank the engine while meeting emissions standards. As the battery ages, the minimum voltage level may be adjusted such that the minimum power level is available at the minimum voltage level. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306972 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POWERING AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An electrical apparatus for powering an electrical machine with two different energy sources includes an electrical drive system having a battery and a super capacitor, and an electrical machine, wherein the electrical machine includes a rotor, a first separate multi-phase stator winding and a second separate multi-phase stator winding, wherein the drive system includes a first multi-phase bridge inverter connected to the first multi-phase stator winding, and wherein the apparatus further includes a second multi-phase bridge inverter connected to the second multi-phase stator winding and to the battery, where the first multi-phase bridge inverter is connected to a super capacitor, and where the drive system includes a switch adapted to connect and disconnect the DC links of the first multi-phase bridge inverter to and from the second multi-phase bridge inverter. The super capacitor can be used to both deliver and absorb transient power peaks which can prevent the battery from exposure of the power peaks which can improve the battery life. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306973 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery charging system of a vehicle and method for charging a low-voltage battery from a high-voltage battery or an external power supply are provided, where the battery charging system includes an on-board charger (OBC) to charge the low voltage battery either from the high-voltage battery or from the external power supply, and the OBC is powered either by the low-voltage battery or the external power supply. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306974 | CHARGING STATION PROVIDING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE DURING CHARGING SESSION - A method of thermally conditioning an energy storage of a vehicle while charging includes: receiving, at a charging station, thermal information about the energy storage; supplying, by the charging station, electric energy to the energy storage in a charging session; and providing, by the charging station and based on the thermal information, thermal conditioning of the energy storage during at least part of the charging session. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306975 | Integrated Motor-Gear Box Wheel Hub Drive - A monorail vehicle includes a chassis supporting a vehicle body, that includes a passenger floor and at least one side wall, and an electrical motor supported by the chassis. A drive wheel is coupled to a rotor of the electric motor with a rotation axis of the drive wheel substantially coaxial with an axis of the rotor. Portions of the drive wheel and the electric motor are positioned on both sides of an imaginary plane extension of the passenger floor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306976 | REVERSE EQUIPMENT FOR MOTORCYCLE - Disclosed is a reversing device for a motorcycle, including: a housing having first and second output holes; a first output shaft installed in the housing through the first output hole; a second output shaft installed in the housing through the second output hole; a motor supplying power to the first output shaft or the second output shaft; a first solenoid supplying operating power to the first output shaft; a second solenoid supplying operating power to the second output shaft; a decelerating part decelerating the power of the motor to transmit the decelerated power to the second output shaft; and a controller transmitting a driving signal to the motor, the first solenoid or the second solenoid. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306977 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A control device for a vehicle seat includes at least one motor for adjusting the seat, a sampling circuit for generating a ripple signal indicative of a rotational number of the motor, a converter for converting the ripple signal to a pulse signal which has the frequency proportional to the ripple signal, and a controller for counting the pulses in the pulse signal such that seat position information can be determined. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306978 | SEAT FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle seat is provided in which a seat back is constrained from tilting down when a seat cushion is moved to a position in which the seat back cannot be tilted down. The vehicle seat includes a base frame, a seat cushion frame ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306979 | SLIDE RAIL - A slide rail includes a lower rail fitted to a vehicle structure member with use of a fixing member; and an upper rail. In a cross-section of the lower rail, the lower rail includes a lower face portion, paired side face portions extending upward from respective ends of the lower face in a width direction thereof, paired upper face portions respectively extending inward from upper ends of the side face portions, and paired flange portions respectively extending from inner end portions of the upper face portions, in parallel with the side face portions to face the side face portions. A discharge structure is provided in the flange portions to allow a foreign substance in the lower rail to be moved beyond the fixing member and to be discharged when a force is applied such that the foreign substance is moved toward an end portion of the lower rail. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306980 | SLIDE RULE MECHANISM - Provided is a slide rail mechanism including a movable rail that is difficult to deform even if an external force acts on the movable rail and that is stably kept in a state in which a portion of the movable rail is inserted into an inner space of a lower rail. Of an upper rail, an inner portion inserted into an inner space of a hollow-shaped lower rail includes a region having a closed cross-section in a slidable movement direction of the upper rail, a normal direction of the closed cross-section being the slidable movement direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306981 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a slide rail including a lower rail and an upper rail; and a slide lock mechanism. The slide lock mechanism includes a lock member and an operating member. The lock member includes a first urging member. The operating member includes a second urging member. A clearance is set in a region from an initial position to an operation position of the operating member. The operating member includes an input operating member and an output operating member. The clearance is provided between the input operating member and the output operating member. The initial position is set by maintaining the clearance between the input operating member and the output operating member using an urging force of the second urging member. The second urging member includes a first support portion, a second support portion, and a first engagement portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306982 | VEHICLE SEAT CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - A vehicle seat control device includes a seat unit on which an occupant sits, a seat unit support mechanism that supports the seat unit such that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are capable of moving relative to each other in a vehicle up-down direction, a lock actuator for fixing the relative movement in the up-down direction of the seat unit supported by the seat unit support mechanism, and a seat ECU that controls the lock actuator so as to fix the seat unit in cases in which a predetermined fixing condition for fixing the seat unit has been satisfied. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306983 | OPERATING LEVER, SEAT DEVICE AND OPERATING SECTION STRUCTURE - An operating lever includes a fixing portion, a handle, and an interface. The fixing portion is to be fixed to a power transmitter. The handle is to be gripped by a user. The interface connects the fixing portion and the handle. The fixing portion, the handle, and the interface are integrally formed. The interface has a weak portion at a portion other than the outer periphery of the interface, the weak portion being weaker than other portions. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306984 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306985 | VEHICLE SEAT - A restricting structure that restricts an allowable adjustment range of a backrest angle of a seatback is formed by a surface abutment structure of a bracket provided on the seatback, and an additional stopper provided on a seat cushion. The additional stopper is joined to a lower arm in a state positioned by a positioning hole in the additional stopper being fit onto a positioning pin that is integrated with the lower arm. A plurality of arrangement positions of the additional stopper are able to be selected by providing the positioning pin in a plurality of locations with respect to the lower arm along a path of a specific location along which additional stopper moves with respect to the lower arm, when the backrest angle of the seatback is changed while the additional stopper is surface abutted against, and temporarily fixed to, the bracket. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306986 | HINGING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a bracket ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150306987 | VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vehicle seat includes paired right and left recliners; operating pins respectively inserted through the recliners in an axial direction, and rotated about axes thereof to respectively unlock the recliners; and a rod that integrally connects the operating pins. One operating pin includes an operating shaft portion inserted through, and connected to one recliner, and a connection portion that contacts the rod and is connected to the rod. An insertion depth of the operating shaft portion with respect to the one recliner can be changed by moving the operating shaft portion between a first position in which the connection portion contacts the rod to be connectable to the rod, and a second position in which the connection portion is away from the rod in the axial direction. The operating shaft portion is connected to the one recliner so as to operate the one recliner, in the first position. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306988 | Buckle Retraction Device - Car seat harness buckle retract system which by encircling the harness buckle that includes a cord lock with a length of elastic cord, where both ends pass through the cord lock to present a loop to encircle the harness buckle at the base wherein the loop is adjusted to secure the harness buckle. The other end is attached to the material or the like near the harness adjust opening of the car seat. This is then adjusted by releasing and adjusting the cord lock device to prevent the harness buckle from resting in the bottom of car seat. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306989 | SEAT FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle seat in which the transmission direction of deformation of a seat when an impact load is applied thereto is diffused so that impact absorbability is improved. This vehicle seat includes a seat back having a seat back frame that serves as a framework. The seat back frame has side frames positioned on the left and right sides, and a lower frame connecting lower parts of the side frames. The lower frame has a weakened part that is deformed when an impact load is applied, and a deformation guiding part for guiding the deformation direction of the weakened part. The weakened part and the deformation guiding part are arranged in the centers of areas obtained by extending the center portion of the lower frame toward the right and left sides with the same vertical-direction width, are provided on the same horizontal plane. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306990 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is disclosed a vehicle seat having an operating member to operate an operating seat mechanism disposed in the seat, and a pivoting operation lever coupled to the operating member to exert a pivoting operation force, thereby operating the operating seat mechanism, the operating member is integrally constituted of a shaft portion and an arm portion, the pivoting operation lever has a holding region and a coupling region to transmit the pivoting operation force to the operating member, and the coupling region has a fitting portion which fits on the shaft portion from an axial direction, and an output surface portion which comes in contact with the arm portion in a pivoting direction of the arm portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306991 | LOCK DEVICE - A lock device includes a base, a first rotation member, a second rotation member, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member. Protrusions are provided on one of the base and one of the first rotation member and the second rotation member. The protrusions are protruded in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the first rotation member. An end of one of the first elastic member and the second elastic member is fixed to the protrusions. The protruding length in the rotation axis direction of the protrusions is longer than the length in the rotation axis direction of one of the first elastic member and the second elastic member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306992 | FULLY COLLAPSING ARMREST INSERT WITH TUNABLE TENSIONING ELEMENTS - A collapsible vehicular armrest substrate includes load-bearing strips extending across a gap defined within a support frame. A first tunable element secures the load-bearing strips in a support position on the support frame. A first tension-adjusting portion sets a predetermined first tension limit of the first tunable element. The load-bearing strips disengage from the support position when the first tunable element experiences an actual tension greater than the predetermined first tension limit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306993 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a support installed on the seatback, and a headrest having a stay inserted into the support. The support has a flanged head disposed outside the seatback and into which the stay is inserted, and a body disposed inside the seatback, and when the support is installed on the seatback, the head of the support depresses the seatback. The head has an overhang part, and a narrowed part that is provided between the overhang part and the body and that is narrower than the overhang part. A degree of narrowing of the narrowed part is set in such a way that, when the narrowed part of the head of the support depresses the seatback with the support installed on the seatback, the overhang part is in contact with a depressed surface of the seatback. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306994 | HEADREST MOUNTING STRUCTURE VEHICLE SEAT - A headrest is mounted to a seat back by inserting a support into a support hole of a holder and inserting a stay of the headrest into to stay hole of the support inserted into the support hole of the holder. A gap occupying part provided in the support moves between an advanced position at which the gap occupying part protrudes from an outer wall of the support and is capable of touching an inner surface of the support hole, and a retracted position at which the gap occupying part is retracted to an inner side of the stay hole from the advanced position. The gap occupying part moves toward the retracted position from the advanced position when the support is inserted into the support hole, and moves toward the advanced position when the stay is inserted into the stay hole. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306995 | HEADREST - A headrest is to be mounted to the top of a seat back with a headrest pillar and a headrest guide height-adjustably supporting the headrest pillar and being attached to the seat back such that the head of the headrest guide is exposed from the top of the seat back. The headrest includes a recess on a bottom of the headrest, the recess facing the head of the headrest guide. The surface of the recess is set to be separate from the head of the headrest guide. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306996 | VEHICLE MOUNTED PRINTER STATION - A vehicle mounted printer station is made up of a printer secured to a support surface tray that includes an adaptor capable of attaching the tray and printer to the top of a vehicle seat. The support surface is preferably a rectangular shaped plate with front, back and side edges along with top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface is attached to the adaptor, the adaptor includes at least one attachment rod for securing the support surface to the vehicle seat. The attachment rods are sized to be received into receptacles provided in the top of a vehicle seat designed for the vehicle headrest. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306997 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat provided in a vehicle includes a headrest with a pad in which an insert member is provided at a portion at which a head of an occupant is received. The insert member has rigidity that is higher than rigidity of the pad. When a rear-side collision occurs in the vehicle in a state in which the head of the occupant is away from the headrest and an inertia force applied to the occupant, the insert member allows the head of the occupant to sink into the headrest after the head of the occupant comes in contact with the headrest. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306998 | SPRING MEMBER MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF SEAT FRAME FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a spring member mounting structure, which is a structure for mounting a spring member on a cushion frame connecting side frames by use of a rear pipe. The spring member has rear clipping portions engaged with the rear pipe. Cover members, which are provided at seat central sides of connecting portions of the side frames and the rear pipe, have extension portions extending toward the seat central sides. The rear clipping portions abut on ends of the seat central sides of the extension portions, and are mounted to the rear pipe by width direction positioning of the spring member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150306999 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes: a seat back having an upper frame; a fan provided in the seat back; a lumbar plate that is provided in the seat back and elastically supports a waist of a seated occupant from a rear side; and a support member that elastically supports the fan in an area at a height between the lumbar plate and the upper frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307000 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is configured in such a way that webbing of a strip shape more difficult to elongate than a seat cover is provided around an airbag at a back side of the seat cover, and a bulging portion is caused to crack by means of tension of the webbing accompanying inflation of the airbag, wherein a hanging member more difficult to elongate than the seat cover is provided on a part of the seat cover, a pleat portion that is a part of the seat cover and to which the hanging member is mounted, is pulled towards an inside of the seat, the hanging member is locked to a locking member at the seat pad side, one end side of the webbing is mounted at the bulging portion side, and the other end side of the webbing is mounted to the hanging member or the locking member in a position closer to the inside of the seat than the pleat portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307001 | VEHICLE SEAT - The present invention relates to a vehicle seat. A locking member is displaceable between a first state, in which a locking portion is used to hold part of a seat cover while a base portion is buried and fixed to a seat pad, and a second state, in which part of the seat cover is pulled more strongly toward the outside of the seat than in the first state, so that the base portion is bent gradually toward a direction away from the seat pad as toward a fragile part from an end of the first part and an end of the second part. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307002 | VEHICLE SEAT - A rear end portion of a cushion cover that covers a surface of a seat cushion in a rear end portion thereof is provided with a hook that clips the rear end portion of the cushion cover at a frame wire of the seat cushion, and that is formed with a clip mounting hole for mounting a clip. The clip is mounted to the hook by the clip mounting hole, and an electric wiring is held by the clip. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307003 | VEHICLE SEAT - A seat pad is configured to be capable of, with an increased pressing from a top plate portion at a seating side, gradually shortening a distance between an outer side of a frame body portion and a separated part, and at the same time deflecting and deforming in a direction of immersing into a seat frame, and by a pressing from an edge portion at the seating side, an abutting part abuts against a supporting portion, so as to be supported on the seat frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307004 | VEHICLE SEAT - A carpet which forms a terminal of a cushion cover is folded back in a direction opposite to a direction in which the carpet extends from the cushion cover to form a folded portion, a wire is enclosed inside the folded portion to stitch the carpet, a locking hole is opened in a position of the folded portion closer to a cushion cover side than the wire, and a locking plate on a cushion frame side is locked to the locking hole. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307005 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150307006 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a side frame of a seat cushion having a side frame opposing portion extending in a front-rear direction of the seat cushion, and a bracket member disposed below the side frame having a bracket opposing portion extending in the front-rear direction and opposing the side frame opposing portion. The side frame opposing portion and the bracket opposing portion are provided such that the side frame opposing portion and the bracket opposing portion come in contact with each other in a state in which the seat cushion sinks rearward and downward when a load acted on the vehicle seat from behind is transmitted to the seat cushion from the seat back via a connection part. An arrangement interval between the bracket opposing portion and the side frame opposing portion is smaller in a front side than in a rear side in the front-rear direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307007 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes: a side frame of a seat cushion; a seat support member on a floor side; and a joining bracket that joins the side frame and the seat support member together. The seat support member has at least an upper surface and side surfaces and has a hat shape in cross section in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the seat support member. The joining bracket has a fastening surface portion that comes in surface contact with the upper surface of the seat support member and is fastened by a single fastening unit to the upper surface of the seat support member at the fastening surface portion. The joining bracket has at least one projecting portion capable of coming in contact with at least one of the side surfaces of the seat support member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307008 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a bracket, a frame on which the bracket is installed, and a fixing member that is used for fixing the bracket and the frame. The bracket is provided with an engaging portion, the frame is provided with an engaged portion that is engageable with the engaging portion. By installing the fixing member to fix the bracket and the frame to each other, a state where at least a part of the engaging portion is inserted into the engaged portion or a state where at least a part of the engaged portion is inserted into the engaging portion is maintained while the bracket is elastically deformed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307009 | VEHICLE SEAT AND COUPLING METHOD FOR USE IN VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a coupling bracket coupling the side frame to the floor-side seat supporting member and fixed to the side frame by welding joining. An upper part of the coupling bracket and a lower part of the side frame are overlapped with each other in an overlapped region. An edge of a first member as one of the coupling bracket and the side frame in the overlapped region is welded, in a first welding joining portion, to a second member as the other of the coupling bracket and the side frame. A joining hole extending through the first member in a plate thickness direction thereof is provided at a position in the overlapped region other than the first welding joining portion, and an edge of the joining hole is welded, in a second welding joining portion, to the second member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307010 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat having a frame and a shield mounted thereto, wherein the frame has a hole portion or an insertion portion, the shield has an insertion part which is inserted into the hole portion or a hole part into which the insertion portion is inserted, the engaging portion of the shield engages with the engaged portion of the frame in a state where the infix portion is inserted into the cavity portion, and the cavity portion is arranged such that a direction in which the infix portion is inserted into the cavity portion is a direction intersected with the insertion direction of the insertion part relative to the hole portion or the direction intersected with the insertion direction of the insertion portion relative to the hole part. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307011 | VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a vehicle seat, wherein a cushion cover that covers a seat cushion is provided to extend towards a floor along a side portion of the seat cushion facing a central control station, a hook which engages with the cushion cover at a cushion frame is provided on a portion of the cushion cover interposed between a cushion frame and the central control station, and a tab is provided on the cushion frame in order to engage with the hook, the tab being provided on a portion of the cushion frame facing the central control station. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307012 | Vehicle or Trailer with Dropping Floor - A loading bed for a load carrying vehicle or trailer, the loading bed having a base and including first and second body sections and an ejector type unloading mechanism, wherein the first body section has a base and a pair of opposing side walls, wherein the second body section has a base and a pair of opposing side walls, wherein the bases of the first and second body sections form at least a portion of the base of the loading bed, wherein the second body section is pivotably movable relative to the first body section between a first position and a second position, wherein the second body section is adapted to pivot relative to the first body section while the first body section remains fixed relative to a vehicle or trailer to which the loading bed is attached. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307013 | Tank Trailer Operating System - A ground-level access operating system for a tank trailer. The ground-level system includes a cleaning/washing device, a venting device, an inspection access port, and device for loading/unloading the compartments. All devices in this system are located on the side of the semi-trailer, within an operator's reach on the ground. The devices locations are meant to be reachable to ensure operator safety. The operator of the trailer can execute all work without having to reach the top of the tank. Both of venting and cleaning/washing devices have their access port on top of the tank but are hooked up at a position proximate ground level, for an easy-to-reach operation and inspection by on operator on the ground. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307014 | COVERING APPARATUS FOR OPEN-TOPPED CONTAINERS - A spring-loaded covering apparatus. The covering apparatus can include a drive screw and a carriage threadably engaged with the drive screw. Rotation of the drive screw can affect translation of the carriage, such that the position of the carriage is adjustable along the length of the drive screw. Moreover, the carriage can include a spring, which can be attached to the extendable cover via a pivot arm. The cover can be wound onto a roller and, when a length of the cover is unwound from the roller, the spring can pivot the arm to pull the cover into an extended configuration. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307015 | CARGO STRAP LAUNCHING DEVICE - A cargo strap launching device is provided. A catapult frame is mounted on a trailer stake pocket bed rail. A lever arm has an upper and a lower end. The lower end is connected to the catapult frame. A coiled strap bucket is connected to the lever arm upper end. The bucket has a generally rectangular ejection opening so that the bucket is capable of retaining and then releasing a coiled cargo strap by pushing upwardly on the lever arm. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307016 | Folding Divider Device - A folding divider device for separating and transporting items on a truck bed. The divider device includes a first and second panel pivotally connected by a spring-biased hinge that allows the device to open and fold for installation and uninstallation. The surface of the panels comprise one or more channels, wherein one or more dividers are removably attached thereto. The dividers are positioned perpendicularly to the panels to create compartments therebetween. The device further includes inserts that can be used to adjust the length of the device so it fits within a user's truck bed. To prevent the device from shifting while in use, the inserts can removably attach to end pieces, wherein the end pieces can attach to the sides of a truck bed. In the alternative, the inserts can removably attach directly to grooves on the sides of a truck bed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307017 | Closure System for Closing an Opening of a Vehicle Light and Vehicle Light - The invention relates to a closure system ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150307018 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM - In the event that a predetermined illuminance is obtained by illuminating a certain area with light of a first light quantity, an illumination control system illuminates the area with light of a second light quantity which is larger than the first light quantity at a period, and at periods which follow the period, the illumination control system illuminates the area with light of a third light quantity of light which is smaller than the first light quantity. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307019 | DRIVABLE COMPRESSION CLIP - A lamp assembly is provided for installation in an opening of a vehicle body. The lamp assembly includes a lamp container having first and second sides, each of the first and second sides integrally including first and second stops, and at least one clip assembly including a clip, a threaded bolt, and a nut. The clip has a connecting wall with respective first and second side walls extending from the connecting wall, and first and second tabs extending inwardly respectively from the first and second side walls, the threaded bolt being inserted through an opening in the connecting wall of the clip, and the nut being threaded onto the bolt. When the lamp assembly is in a pre-compressed position, the nut is spaced away from the stops, and, when the lamp assembly is in a compressed position, at least one of the nut and the connecting wall contacts the stops. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307020 | ILLUMINATED EXTERIOR STRIP - A lighting system for a vehicle panel is provided herein. The lighting system includes an outer panel mated to an inner panel. An aperture is disposed in the outer panel. A light-producing assembly is arranged as a strip and includes a plurality of light sources. A photoluminescent structure is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the plurality of light sources. A retention feature is coupled to the light-producing assembly and insertable through the aperture for disposing the light-producing assembly on the outer panel. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307021 | ELECTROPLATING LIGHT-TRANSMISSIVE DECORATION PANEL FOR REAR LICENSE PLATE - An electroplating light-transmissive decoration panel for a rear license plate, configured with a plurality of accepting grooves on a framework for the accommodation of corresponding LED light boards of a light emitting module; a letter plate with hollowed-out graph-typed and/or letter-typed slots are covered in front of the LED light boards; a cover is made of a light transmissible material, the surface thereof being treated by means of sputter coating to form a sputter coating film, and coupled to the framework with fixing elements and then mounted above the rear license plate; a power line extended from the light emitting module is connected to a power source of a tail light. Whereby, when the decoration panel is not energized, the surface can display a highly textured electroplating matte effect, and when energized, light from the LED light boards passes through the letter plate to show preset graphs and/or letters. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307022 | HAPTIC STEERING WHEEL - At least one location of an operator's hand on a vehicle steering wheel is detected. One or more haptic devices may be actuated in the steering wheel to provide a message to the operator, the one or more haptic devices selected for actuation being determined according to the at least one location. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307023 | FALSE WARNING REDUCTION USING LOCATION DATA - A collision warning system for a host vehicle includes a false warning reduction arrangement. A collision sensor senses a presence of a target object within a forward path of a vehicle and a navigation system senses the global position of the vehicle. The collision warning system receives the location information and the target object to provide a collision warning to a vehicle operator. To avoid false alerts, the collision warning system compares target object and location to target objects and locations stored in a false alert database. When the target object is provided in the database, a warning is delayed or suppressed. The collision warning system also senses driver reactions to a warning. When a warning results in no reaction by a vehicle operator, the warning is considered a false alert, and the target object and location are stored in the false alert database. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307024 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL OBSTACLE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle peripheral obstacle notification system, used on a construction machine, detects a moving obstacle, gives composite display of the detected moving obstacle, and notifies a user thereof, the moving obstacle being at a location not appearing in a composite bird's-eye view obtained by onboard cameras acquiring images of the surroundings of the vehicle including an image immediately under the vehicle body. The system has a composite image formation part that extracts composite image formation areas from the surrounding images to compose a composite bird's-eye image. A moving obstacle is detected using the surrounding images and it is decided whether the detected position of the moving obstacle is inside or outside the composite image formation areas. If the detected position is determined to be outside the composite image formation areas, information about the detected position is extracted and an image thereof is output for superimposition onto the composite bird's-eye image. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307025 | Identifying and Responding to Tailgating Vehicles - A computer-implemented method includes capturing, using a rear view camera of a forward vehicle, an image of a following vehicle. Based on one or more attributes of the image, a distance between the forward vehicle and the following vehicle is determined. Based on the distance between the forward vehicle and the following vehicle and on a speed of the forward vehicle, it is determined that the following vehicle is closer than a predetermined distance. In response to determining that the following vehicle is closer than the predetermined distance, a first safety response is activated. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307026 | ROOF MOUNTED IMAGER MODULE - A roof mounted module for a vehicle includes an imager housing in secure engagement with a roof of the vehicle. The imager housing defines a lateral aperture and a vertical aperture. An imager is disposed in the imager housing and is in communication with the lateral aperture. An antenna housing is removably coupled to the imager housing and is in communication with the vehicle via a data connection that extends through the vertical aperture. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307027 | EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An exterior rearview mirror assembly suitable for a vehicle includes an attachment portion and a casing portion having a variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A mirror reflector is disposed at at least a portion of a surface of a rear substrate of the reflective element. The mirror reflector includes a stack of thin films having at least a first metal thin film and a second metal thin film. The first metal thin film is formed of a metal material that has a specific resistivity of less than about 1×10 | 2015-10-29 |
20150307028 | ELECTRO-OPTIC REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A reflective element assembly for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes front and rear substrates with an electro-optic medium disposed therebetween. An electrical connector has an attachment portion and a wire receiving portion for receiving an electrical wire therein. A flange of the attachment portion is configured to be disposed at a fourth surface of the rear substrate and a tab is configured to extend at least partially across a perimeter edge of the rear substrate. An electrically conductive material is disposed in an uncured state and uncured electrically conductive material flows at least partially through the aperture and is cured to secure the electrical connector at the rear substrate. The wire receiving portion of the electrical connector is configured to receive the electrical wire therein and includes at least one tang that engages the electrical wire when the electrical wire is inserted into the wire receiving portion. | 2015-10-29 |
20150307029 | STEP ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A BED - A step assembly for a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment including a driver side and a passenger side and a cargo bed having first and second side portions includes a step member extending from a first end configured to be mounted at one of the driver side and the passenger side of the passenger compartment to a second end configured to be mounted at a corresponding one of the first and second side portions of the cargo bed. | 2015-10-29 |