51st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150360568 | SOLAR-THERMAL POWERED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - A solar-thermal powered recreational vehicle featuring a solar-thermal air conditioning system integrated with a solar clean energy system to provide a recreational vehicle having improved energy efficiency. In an embodiment employing the principles of the present invention, the solar-thermal powered recreational vehicle can comprise a clean energy system for providing electrical power to the recreational vehicle, whereby the clean energy system features one or more solar photovoltaic panels, a batter bank, and a generator operatively coupled to a hybrid inverter. The solar-thermal air conditioning system is powered by the clean energy system, with the solar-thermal air conditioning system featuring a solar-thermal collector panel functioning to superheat compressed refrigerant prior to the compressed refrigerant being transmitted to the condenser. Because the compressor is the most energy-intensive component in the traditional direct expansion AC system, the use of free solar energy by the present invention to reduce the work load on the compressor significantly reduces the overall energy requirements of the recreational vehicle, thereby providing a recreational vehicle capable of operating on solar and battery power alone for significant periods of time. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360569 | HIGH VOLTAGE SHUT DOWN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A high voltage shut down system and method for an electric vehicle are provided, which perform a high voltage shut down function in connection with a collision detection signal (airbag expansion signal) generated from an airbag controller even when a vehicle is being charged. The high voltage shut down system a third power supply controller which is in an operable state for transmitting power when the vehicle starts and is charged. An airbag control unit is operated by receiving power through the third power supply controller, and is configured to generate an airbag expansion signal when detecting an occurrence of a collision of the vehicle. A high voltage controller is configured to perform a high voltage shut down function in response to receiving the airbag expansion signal. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE MOTOR - A method and system for controlling a drive motor are provided. The method includes determining whether a vehicle is at a sudden braking event by detecting a brake depth of a brake pedal and calculating a depth rate of the brake pedal based on the detected brake depth. In addition, the drive motor is operated to reduce regenerative braking torque when the vehicle is determined to be at the sudden braking event. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360571 | EcoCharge - The earth's magnetic field has not been mined as a source of energy for electric vehicles. With average field strength of 0.5 Tesla around the world it is easy to understand why it has been overlooked. A disruptive technology is needed to mine the earth's magnetic field for powering electric vehicles. Such a technology, graphene, is now at an early stage of development with excellent properties in the form of high conductivity, low resistivity sheets that are durable, light weight, and low cost. Electrical properties of multiple sheets of graphene provide a significant multiplier to earth's weak magnetic field yielding a feasible source of ecologically clean power for electric vehicles. Graphene based EcoCharge systems can be mounted on a vehicles drive shaft and axles putting graphene in motion to mine the earth's magnetic field. Estimates show that EcoCharge can generate 15.1 kW at 60 mph while weighing only 10 oz. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360572 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes: an engine which is disposed on a front side in the vehicle, and which is configured to drive rear wheels of the vehicle, the engine which includes a crank shaft that is extended in a front/back direction of the vehicle; and a drive motor which is arranged in line with the engine in a width direction of the vehicle, and which is disposed on an air intake side of the engine, the drive motor which is configured to drive front wheels of the vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360573 | ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC PROPULSION - An electric power system of a vehicle with electric propulsion having: an electric machine; a storage system provided with two chemical battery packs electrically separated from each other; an electronic DC/AC power converter, which exchanges electric energy with the storage system and controls the electric machine; a pair of electronic DC/DC power converters, each of which increases the voltage and has a low-voltage side, which is electrically connected only and exclusively to a corresponding chemical battery, and a high-voltage side, which is connected to the electronic DC/AC power converter in parallel to the high-voltage side of the other electronic DC/DC power converter; and a common container, which houses the storage system and the electronic power converters therein. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360574 | Circuit Arrangement for Providing a DC Voltage in a Vehicle and Method of Operating a Circuit Arrangement - A circuit arrangement for providing a DC voltage in a vehicle and a method for operating the circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement includes at least one secondary-sided inductance of a vehicle-sided pick-up portion for receiving a magnetic field and for producing an electric output voltage, at least one rectifier for rectifying the output voltage of the at least one inductance, and at least one source element or drain element. The rectifier and the source element are connected such that an output voltage of the circuit arrangement is a sum of an output voltage of the rectifier and an output voltage of the source element or the rectifier and the drain element are connected such that an output voltage of the circuit arrangement is a difference between an output voltage of the rectifier and an input voltage of the drain element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360575 | VEHICLE WITH AC-TO-DC INVERTER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE-TO-GRID POWER INTEGRATION - Vehicles that are capable of connecting to the AC grid are described that comprise a prime mover and at least one motor generator. In one embodiment, a vehicle may be constructed as a plug-in hybrid system and using the powertrain under controller instruction to either place power on an AC power line (to service AC grids) or to draw power from the AC power line to add electrical energy to the batteries on the vehicle. In some aspects, vehicles may test whether the power needed to service the AC power line may be satisfied by the on-vehicle batteries or, if not, whether and how much power to extract from the prime mover. In some aspects, vehicles may have a thermal management system on board to dynamically supply desired heat dissipation for the powertrain, if the powertrain is using the prime mover to supply power to the AC grid. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360576 | STRADDLE-TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power receiving connector includes a connection port to connect a power supply connector in a first direction. A grasped portion for an operator to grasp is provided near the power receiving connector. At least a portion of the grasped portion is located in a second direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the first direction from the power receiving connector when the connection port of the power receiving connector is viewed in the first direction. When the power supply connector provided in a battery charger is connected to the power receiving connector provided in a vehicle body and the power supply connector is pulled out from the power receiving connector, instability of the attitude of the vehicle body is reduced or prevented. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360577 | Charging Indicator - The present invention relates to a motor vehicle ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360578 | BATTER CAPACITY DEGRADATION INDICATION - Methods and systems are described to provide the user with information relating to status of vehicle and battery status based on environment and vehicle use. The user can be educated on the effects of vehicle use and environmental factors on the vehicle battery's status and ability to store charge. This is intended to alter the user's behavior to improve battery performance. A display can provide data representing at least one display image presenting information related to battery status, including capacity decay. A display generator can generate visual data for display in the at least one display image to provide visual stimulation, representing the battery state, which is based on the state of charge (SOC), temperature, and vehicle off time, and user selected options to reduce possible battery capacity decay, to the user. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360579 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electric vehicle includes a voltage converter, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The voltage converter performs bidirectional voltage conversion between an output electric path and one or both of first and second batteries, while allowing switching of an operating mode between a serial operating mode in which the first and second batteries are connected in series relative to the output electric path, and a parallel operating mode in which the first and second batteries are connected in parallel. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of each battery. The control unit switches the operating mode of the voltage converter. When the temperature of one battery is equal to or larger than a predetermined upper threshold value A, or equal to or smaller than a predetermined lower threshold value B, the control unit switches the operating mode of the voltage converter to the parallel operating mode. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360580 | EVACUATED TUBE AND CAPSULE HAVING INTERCHANGE CAPABILITY - A method of interchange for an evacuated tube transport system includes tubes for enabling capsules movement within the tubes. The tubes are evacuated and the capsules magnetically levitated within the tubes. The tubes have an interchanges having diverging and converging tubes, respectively. A control system includes divergence force elements having permanent magnets that are selectively orientable polarity to enable capsule control, or electro magnets with polarity selectively switchable to enable capsule path control. The method selectively energizes the force elements to enable the capsule to diverge or converge in an interchange. An interrupter also regulates the force elements. The method activates the force elements and disables deactivation of the force elements before the capsule diverges in the interchange. The method balances divergence forces through center of gravity and through center of lift on receiving a request for divergence. The control system regulates capsule speed, spacing between capsules, and divergence timing. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360581 | SHORT BLOCK LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS AND SWITCHING MECHANISMS - The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g., as described above, that includes a merge region with a flipper and a broadened region of the running surface. The flipper applies a lateral force to the vehicle to alter an angle thereof as the vehicle enters the merge region, and the broadened region continues the merge by contacting the septum of the vehicle, thereby, providing further guidance or channeling for the merge. The flipper, which can be equipped for full or partial deployment, is partially deployed in order to effect alteration of the vehicle angle as the vehicle enters the merge. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360582 | TORQUE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVE MOTOR - A torque control apparatus and method for a drive motor is provided. The torque control method includes determining whether an input request torque is a rising torque or a falling torque. In addition, a controller is configured to select one of a rising rate map and a falling rate map based on a result of the judgment on the input request torque. Further, the controller is configured to adjust a rising rate of the rising torque using the rising rate map or a falling rate of the falling torque using the falling rate map. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360583 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE MOTOR - A control apparatus for a vehicle motor is provided with: a characteristic switching device configured to switch a characteristic of a motor between a first characteristic in which the output upper limit is first predetermined torque and a second characteristic in which the output upper limit is second predetermined torque, which is smaller than the first predetermined torque; a characteristic determining device configured to determine whether the characteristic of the motor is the first characteristic or the second characteristic; and a characteristic controlling device configured to control the characteristic switching device to switch the characteristic of the motor to the first characteristic and to start the motor with the first characteristic at a next start of the driven body if it is determined that the characteristic of the motor is not the first characteristic. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360584 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING CREEP TORQUE IN MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLE - A method of controlling creep torque in a motor driven vehicle is disclosed herein. In this method, a downhill gradient of a road is calculated. A filter time constant is calculated using the downhill gradient, a predetermined basic creep torque, a set speed and a compensation coefficient of the predetermined basic creep torque corresponding to the set speed. At a variable control step, the calculated filter time constant is applied to a filter, the predetermined basic creep torque is input to the filter, and a motor is controlled based on a torque value output from the filter as a request torque. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360585 | COUNTERWEIGHT FOR TENSIONING THE WIRE OF A CATENARY IN ARAILWAY LINE - A counterweight is provided for tensioning the wire of a catenary in a railway line, comprising a metal shell ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360586 | Seat For A Driver Of A Construction Machine, Construction Machine, As Well As Method For Adjustment Of A Seat - In a seat ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360587 | SPINDLE GEAR UNIT FOR AN ADJUSTING MECHANISM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SEAT - A spindle gear unit ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360588 | LOCKING DEVICE - A locking mechanism ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360589 | Latch Mechanism With Locking Feature - A latch mechanism is provided and may include a first plate, a second plate, a cam rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate, and a plurality of pawls rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate. The plurality of pawls are movable from an unlocked state to a locked state by the cam. The plurality of pawls each include a plurality of discrete locking members extending toward and received by respective notches formed in one of the first plate and the second plate. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360590 | VEHICLE SEAT, PARTICULARLY A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, has a seat cushion and a backrest, and a seat mechanism connecting the seat cushion and/or the backrest to at least one seat rail pair. The seat rail pair has two seat rails that can be displaced relatively to one another and which can be locked together by a rail locking mechanism. The vehicle seat can be shifted by the seat mechanism from a use position to a non-use position. A coupler couples the seat mechanism and the seat locking mechanism together in such a way that a least one seat rail pair is locked in the use position and the non-use position of the vehicle seat and is unlocked in an intermediate position of the vehicle seat located between the use position and the non-use position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360591 | ROTATIONAL ENERGY ABSORBER AND VEHICLE SEAT WITH A ROTATIONAL ENERGY ABSORBER OF THIS TYPE - A rotational energy absorber for a vehicle seat comprises a rotational axis, an outer tube element arranged centrally with respect to the rotational axis, an inner tube element arranged concentrically in the outer tube element and at least one energy absorption element for absorbing rotational energy, the inner tube element and the outer tube element being arranged rotatably relative to one another about the rotational axis. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360592 | SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING A TILTABLE FRONT CUSHION MODULE - A vehicle seat assembly having a seat bottom that includes first and second side frame members and a front cushion module. The front cushion module has a support member and a cushion. The support member has first and second ends that are disposed proximate the front end of the first and second side frame members, respectively. The cushion receives and is supported by the support member and has a front end. The vehicle seat assembly may have an actuator cooperable with the support member for tilting the front end of the cushion relative to the frame members. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360593 | Seat For A Driver Of A Construction Machine, As Well As Construction Machine - In a seat ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360594 | HEADREST FORE-AFT POSITION ADJUSTER - Disclosed is a headrest fore-aft position adjuster including a displaceable body which receives load of an occupant's head and which displaces in a fore-aft direction with respect to a headrest pillar and a lock mechanism which locks and unlocks the displaceable body at a plurality of positions along the fore-aft direction, and the lock mechanism includes an engaging part which displaces in the fore-aft direction integrally with the displaceable body, a plurality of engaged part which is provided along a trajectory of the engaging part and which the engaging part is engaged with in a locked state and the engaging part is configured to engage with the engaged parts from a lateral position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360595 | SEAT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat bottom, a seat back with a seat cover, an upholstery, an A-support structure and a B-support structure. The A-section of the seat cover lies on the upholstery, and a B-section of the seat cover is fastened to the B-support structure. The seat back exhibits a height extension between an upper end and lower end of the seat back. The A-section and B-section of the seat cover are fastened to a A-fixing strip, which is arranged on a back area of the seat back. The distance in the direction of the height extension between an upper end of the A-fixing strip and the upper end of the seat back is greater than 40% of the height extension of the seat back, so as to yield legroom on the back side of the seat back without the A-fixing strip. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360596 | SEAT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat bottom having a seat cover, an upholstery and a support structure, and a seat back having a seat cover, an upholstery and a support structure. Two lateral support parts are fastened to a front section of the support structure of the seat back for increasing the lateral support of an occupant on the seat. The lateral support parts are fastened to the support structure of the seat back. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360597 | RENEWABLE FIBER TRIM LAMINATE - A trim laminate for covering a cushion component, said trim laminate comprising: a trim cover having a top surface and a bottom surface; and a fibrous layer secured to the bottom surface of the trim cover, the fibrous layer comprising nano-crystalline cellulose fiber and synthetic fiber. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360598 | TRUCK BED EXTENDER DEVICE - An extended load device may include a boom adapted to attach to a hitch of a vehicle. A support bracket assembly may be adapted to be adjustably attached to the boom. The support bracket assembly may be positioned at a height in line with a height of a vehicle bed and adapted to support items extending beyond the vehicle bed. An auxiliary trailer bracket assembly may be adapted to allow a trailer to attach to the extended load device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360599 | Securing Assembly - A securing assembly ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360600 | CONNECTOR ANCHOR HAVING MULTIPLE DIRECTION CONNECTIVITY - A connector anchor has a longitudinal axis and at least two spaced apart apertures each of which may receive a buckle clip. The first aperture has a first dimension and a second dimension less than the first dimension. The second dimension of the first aperture extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the connector anchor. The second aperture has a third dimension and a fourth dimension less than the third dimension. The second aperture is spaced from the first aperture. The third dimension of the second aperture extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the connector anchor. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360601 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle headlight control system includes a headlight, a positioning system, a receiver, and a controller. The positioning system is configured to generate host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle trajectory. The receiver is configured to receive remote vehicle information including a remote vehicle location and a remote vehicle trajectory. The controller is configured to calculate a remote vehicle distance from the host vehicle location based on the remote vehicle information and the host vehicle information, determine whether the remote vehicle distance is less than a predetermined distance, and automatically operate the headlight in a first setting while the remote vehicle distance is determined to be less than the predetermined distance. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360602 | VEHICULAR LIGHT BAR AND LUMINESCENT PLANAR SHEET COMBINATION - A vehicle lighting system is provided primarily for use with emergency response vehicles. The lighting system preferably includes a planar plate mounted to one of the horizontal surfaces of a vehicle. A luminescent planar sheet is constructed to provide illuminated alphanumeric characters affixed upon the planar plate so as to illuminate upwardly so as to be seen from the air. Preferably the luminescent planar sheet can selectively produce visible light, or infrared light, or both. The vehicle lighting system also includes a light bar affixed to the planar plate. The light bar is positioned to illuminate primarily horizontally so as to be seen by those on the ground. Preferably, the luminescent planar sheets are connected by wiring to the light bar so that luminescent planar sheet obtains power from the light bar. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360603 | Flashing Brake Light System - A vehicle having left and right lower rear brake lights and a Center High-Mounted Stop Light (CHMSL) flashes the CHMSL when the brakes are initially applied. The lower brake lights do not automatically flash. After a predetermined duration, the CHMSL remains continuously illuminated until the brakes are removed. In an effort to improve on the design referenced by U.S. Pat. No. 5,345,218, a micro-controller circuit is configured to be activated when brakes are applied. Once activated, internal embedded micro code produce a predetermined number cycles of an oscillating output signal that is responsible for causing the CHMSL to flash. After the numbers of cycles have been completed, the embedded micro code forces the output signal to remain in a state that causes the CHMSL to stay illuminated until the brakes have been removed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360604 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT LICENSE PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES - An exterior vehicle component assembly includes an exterior vehicle component having a license plate cavity and an electroluminescent license plate assembly received and held in that cavity. The electroluminescent license plate assembly includes an electroluminescent panel and a transparent cover panel overlying the electroluminescent panel. The transparent cover fits flush with the exposed face of the exterior vehicle component. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360605 | VEHICLE VISOR VANITY LIGHT AND ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - The specification discloses a vehicle visor including a vanity light assembly and an actuator assembly. The visor vanity additionally includes a mirror and a movable mirror cover. The light assembly includes a light source and a light pipe for conveying light from the light source to two or more diffusers, for example, on opposite ends of the mirror. The actuator assembly includes a switching arrangement for switching the light source on and off without flicker or noise in response to the opening and closing of the mirror cover. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360606 | THIN FLEXIBLE LED LIGHT SHEET APPLICATIONS - Various applications and customizations of a thin flexible LED light sheet are described. Microscopic LED dice are printed on a thin substrate, and the LEDs are sandwiched between two conductor layers to connect the LEDs in parallel. The conductor layer on the light emitting side is transparent. In one embodiment, the light sheet backlights all or a portion of a translucent ceiling material of an automobile to cause the backlit portion of the ceiling material to illuminate the automobile's interior with diffused lighting. This greatly reduces glare for the driver. The emitted color of the light sheet may be adjusted to compensate for the color component added by the ceiling material color. Four light sheets may be connected in series to drop approximately 12 volts. The light sheet color may be controllable by using adjustable RGB color components, either with phosphors or different LED colors. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360607 | VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT - The invention relates to a vehicle interior light ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPROVING DRIVER EXPERIENCE - A vehicle apparatus includes a seat and a transducer configured to vibrate such that a vibration is felt by a person sitting in the seat. A transducer control signal that is transmitted to the transducer is based on output from a sensor of the apparatus configured to measure data including parameters indicative of at least one of a vehicle system function, a vehicle environment, and driver state, or on output from the vehicle system indicating parameters related to the vehicle system, vehicle environment, or driver state. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360609 | Vehicle Safety Alert - A safety alert comprises a first vehicle with a microchip, a Global Position Satellite, and a second vehicle with a GPS monitor. The microchip broadcasts a signal through the GPS to the GPS monitor, alerting the second vehicle's driver that there is a first vehicle nearby, thereby reducing the likelihood of a collision. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360610 | System and Method for Improving Vehicle Wrong-Way Detection - Systems and methods for improving vehicle wrong-way detection including systems, sensors or features, such as those for system/network clocks, ambient light, driver impairment, automatic cruise control, blind spot warning or configurable vehicle security, either singly or in any combination therewith, may refine and/or modify the confidence level of detecting particular or potential wrong-way incidents. By modifying the confidence level, the system may change the system sensitivity by moving the cutoff point at which an alert activation takes place. The systems described above can modify the wrong-way detection sensitivity. Greater confidence, or system sensitivity, may also help enable the system to take further actions beyond a simple warning. At greater confidence levels, the system could intervene, by way of a non-limiting example, with throttle limiting, turning on the hazard lights or even bringing the vehicle to a stop. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360611 | Collision Avoidance in Vehicular Networks - A method and nodes for collision avoidance in a vehicular network comprising a plurality of vehicles and lower-speed users. Data from a plurality of position notification messages sent from the lower-speed-node is received (directly from the lower-speed-node or through a road-side-node) and processed, in a vehicle-on-board-node of a moving vehicle, with positioning data of the moving vehicle into collision avoidance instructions. The collision avoidance instructions may be provided inside the vehicle by displaying the instructions on a screen and/or broadcasting the instructions through a speaker in the vehicle. The collision avoidance instructions may also be automatically applied by modifying dynamic parameters of the vehicle (e.g., affecting the vehicle speed and/or changing direction of the vehicle). The position notification message may comprise a sequential number value; a temporary ID value; a geographic latitude value; a geographic longitude value; and a class-speed value. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360612 | AROUND VIEW MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an around view monitoring (AVM) apparatus, including: a plurality of cameras which is mounted on a vehicle; a video composing unit which receives a plurality of videos from the plurality of cameras and composes the plurality of videos to generate an around view video; a brightness correcting unit which receives the around view video and corrects and outputs the brightness of the around view video based on an average brightness value and a variance of the brightness values for every region which is included in the around view video; and a video display unit which displays the around view video whose brightness is corrected. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360613 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF VEHICLES - An apparatus for identifying the location of vehicles includes a camera module continuously photographing peripheral images of a vehicle, an AVM module displaying the peripheral images and an AVM image generated based on the peripheral images, and a control module distinguishing each of the peripheral images and the AVM image as a text recognition image and a text non-recognition image. It updates and stores the distinguished peripheral images and AVM image. When the vehicle is turned off, the control module transmits the text recognition image and the text non-recognition image stored before the turn-off to a predetermined mobile terminal. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360614 | PROCESS FOR REPRESENTING VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS INFORMATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a process for representing vehicle surroundings information of a motor vehicle, wherein the process comprises the following steps:
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20150360615 | EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. A mounting arm is configured for attachment at a side of the vehicle, with the mirror head adjustably mounted at the mounting arm. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the mirror head position relative to the mounting arm between a retracted position and an extended position. The adjustment mechanism, when adjusting the mirror head position, also adjusts a mirror head angle relative to the side of the vehicle. When the mirror head is in the retracted position, a mirror head surface is at a first plane, while, when the mirror head is in the extended position, the mirror head surface is at a second plane. The mirror head surface is angled more towards the side of the vehicle when in the second plane than when in the first plane. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360616 | AUTOMATIC CLOSING ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLE STOWAGE COMPARTMENTS - A vehicle stowage assembly including a storage compartment defining an opening to permit access to the compartment. A door is movably mounted proximate the opening. An actuator is operably connected to the door to move the door from an open position to a closed position. After the door has been opened, the actuator automatically closes the door after a predefined period of time has passed from the time at which the door was opened. The stowage assembly may include a mechanical timer or an electronic controller. The actuator may comprise a spring that biases the door towards the closed position, or the actuator may comprise an electric motor or other powered actuator. The assembly may include a sensor to prevent closure while in use and delay closing time. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360617 | Automated Emergency Response Systems for a Vehicle - A method of automated emergency response for a vehicle includes identifying a condition with respect to the vehicle that indicates a potential collision, and recording imagery in response to the identifying. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360618 | Field of Vision Display Device for a Sun Visor of a Vehicle - A display device adapted to be releasably mounted on a sun visor of a vehicle. The device includes a forwardly facing camera and a computer device such as a “tablet” including a display screen. The display screen is supported by the sun visor and is viewable by the driver or passenger of the vehicle. The field of vision obstructed by the visor when the visor is deployed is displayed on the display screen so that the entire field of vision is available to the driver. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360619 | ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A solution that offers increased comfort for the user and increases the value of the vehicle is obtained with an assembly for a vehicle, having a carrier housing, which has a through-hole, a drive unit, which is attached to the carrier housing, a camera unit, which can move between a standby position and an active position and a protective lid, which can move between an open position and a closed position. An actuating element is movably coupled to the drive unit and forces the protective lid into its open position when the vehicle is driven in reverse and the camera unit is in the active position. The camera unit assumes a collision monitoring position when the vehicle is being driven forwards, in which position the protective lid is disposed in its closed position, and in which the camera unit is disposed at a monitoring opening formed in the protective lid, for filming the following or preceding traffic. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360620 | SNOW BRUSH HOLDER ATTACHABLE TO THE EXTERIOR OF A VEHICLE - The present invention is a snow brush container having a body attached externally to a vehicle to hold a snow brush, wherein the container having a means to be mounted to the vehicle. The container being attached to the part of the vehicle that has a gap between two parts in the body which allow an L-shaped hook of the container pass through the gap. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360621 | CARGO MAT SYSTEM - A cargo mat system comprising a cargo mat including a mat portion configured to cover at least a portion of a cargo area of a vehicle and a partition portion coupled to the mat portion, the partition portion comprising one or more securing structures, wherein the partition portion is movable from a lowered position to a raised position relative to the mat portion, and one or more partition mounts coupleable to the vehicle, the one or more partition mounts engageable with the one or more securing structures to hold the partition portion in the raised position relative to the mat portion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360622 | VEHICLE-USE RESIN COVER - A vehicle-use resin cover including: a resin cover main body configured including an opening, and anchoring portions formed at locations running along a peripheral edge of the opening; a resin cap member, which is mounted in the opening and is configured including a cap main body that covers the opening, and anchored portions, which are provided to an outer peripheral portion of the cap main body so as to correspond to the anchoring portions and are anchored by the anchoring portions; a recessed portion, which is formed at the peripheral edge of the opening and is in communication with the opening at the cap member side of the recessed portion, and through which a leading end of a tool for removing the cap member is insertable; and a marker portion provided to the outer peripheral portion of the cap main body at a position facing the recessed portion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360623 | VEHICLE INTERIOR ZERO GAP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle interior comprises a zero-gap joint formed by a first component that holds a sheet-like flexible material that is supported by supports, and a protrusion of a second component that contacts and deforms the material. The material may comprise a fabric or coated material that is coordinated with the design of the interior. The joint may be formed between components that move relative to one another during normal operation of the vehicle, such as between an instrument panel and a vehicle door panel. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360624 | DECAL HOLDER - A decal holder for placement in a vehicle window that includes: a decal panel, where the decal panel receives a removable sticker on a first surface; a pull tab along a top side of the decal panel; a first sidewall, where a first slot is available within the first sidewall; a second sidewall, where a second slot is available within the second sidewall; a bottom support, extending inwardly from each respective sidewall, where the bottom support, the first slot and the second slot support and receive the decal panel. The decal holder may further include a clear cover extending between the first sidewall and second sidewall, where the clear cover. A back wall may be provided to support the decal panel and a back support is provided above the back wall to support the pull-tab. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360625 | DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF A VEHICLE - A device and a method for determining a position of one or more structural elements of a vehicle the position of which can be changed and a change in the position of which alters external dimensions of the vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360626 | ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR MACHINE - An accessory attachment system for a machine is disclosed. The accessory attachment system includes a housing configured to be detachably coupled with the machine. A plurality of electric connectors is disposed in the housing. The plurality of electric connectors is communicably coupled with an electrical system of the machine. The plurality of electric connectors is configured to selectively provide an electric power to one or more detachable external devices. A fluid connector is disposed in the housing. The fluid connector is in fluid communication with a hydraulic system of the machine. The accessory attachment system further includes a hydraulic device detachably coupled with the housing. The hydraulic device includes a device fluid connector configured to be fluidly coupled with the fluid connector of the housing. The hydraulic device is selectively powered by the hydraulic system of the machine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360627 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes a main harness that can be commonly installed in a plurality of installation target vehicles, and a branch connection portion that is visually identifiably provided at a predetermined location on at least any one of a communication wire, a power supply wire, a signal wire, and a ground wire of the main harness. An additional connection member, connected to at least one electrical device that is actually installed in one of the plurality of installation target vehicles, is later connectable to the branch connection portion in a branching manner. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360628 | PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR SPRING PORTION OF POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - The present invention is to prevent sand or water from adhering to a spring member biasing a rotary member of a power supply device and thus cause the power supply device to smoothly and reliably perform a biasing operation of the rotary member over a long period. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360629 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR POWER-SUPPLYING CASE - The present invention is provided with a wire harness having an exterior member; and a case that accommodates the wire harness, wherein the exterior member has rigidity portions disposed between wall portions of the case in a direction orthogonal to the wall portions, the wall portions being opposite to each other, and when external force acts on the wall portions, the rigidity portions are arranged in directions in which the external force acts on the wall portions to support the wall portions together with the exterior member. The exterior member is a corrugated tube, and the rigidity portions are reinforcing ribs formed on its sidewalls. Alternately, the exterior member is a caterpillar-like member and the rigidity portions are its sidewalls. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360630 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER - A method and a system for supplying electrical energy to an aircraft that is equipped with a plurality of loads to be powered, said power supply system comprising a plurality of power sources and an on-board energy management module, the energy management module being electrically connected to said power sources and to said loads to be powered. The energy management module is arranged so as to control a supply of power to at least one of said loads using at least two different power sources in parallel in the event of increased energy requirements, said load being initially powered by a single power source. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360631 | BODY ARRANGEMENT WITH A PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR SAFETY-RELEVANT PARTS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE FIELD - A protective arrangement for safety-relevant parts of a motor vehicle that are arranged in a supporting structure. The protective arrangement is provided between the safety-relevant part and the closest bumper. The protective arrangement has at least one protective element that is arched in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle toward the outside of the motor vehicle. The protective element is mounted directly or indirectly on the supporting structure via bearings that are configured such that a bearing action acts only in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360632 | VEHICLE BODY FRONT SECTION STRUCTURE - A vehicle body front section structure capable of suppressing deformation of a vehicle body in a small overlap collision is obtained. A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member with a crash box attached to a vehicle front end, a coupling member that is interposed between and joined to the crash box and the front side member at a vehicle front end side, and that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end, and a spacer that is disposed at a portion overlapping with the front side member in a vehicle vertical direction between the front side member and the coupling member. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360633 | VEHICLE FRONT SECTON STRUCTURE - A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360634 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE STRUCTURAL OR SEMI-STRUCTURAL COMPONENT ASSEMBLY ENABLING TUNABLE DECELERATION CHARACTERISTICS - A vehicle structural or semi-structural component assembly or crash sensor assembly includes a body, wherein a first portion of the body comprises a polymer composite material and a sensor mount portion of the body is connected to the first portion; and a sensor directly attached to the sensor mount portion. The sensor mount portion comprises a polymer composite material and a flexible reinforcement material over-molded within the polymer composite material. A method for enabling tunable deceleration characteristics in a vehicle structural or semi-structural component assembly includes forming a structural or semi-structural component for a vehicle from a polymer composite material; over-molding a flexible reinforcement material within the polymer composite material at one or more locations along the component; and attaching a sensor directly to at least one of the one or more locations. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360635 | SIDE PILLAR AIR CURTAIN GUIDE - A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having an air curtain ramp formed by a plurality of ribs. Those ribs project from the main body at an acute and included angle with the main body so as to provide enhanced deformability in a horizontal direction as an energy absorbing countermeasure in the event of a head impact by an occupant of the vehicle when in a side impact collision. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360636 | VEHICULAR SEAT - In a vehicular seat, a side airbag module and a side support bladder are arranged inside a shell frame that constitutes a skeleton of a seat back. A base bracket of a support body is disposed between the side support bladder and the side airbag module. This base bracket is supported by the shell frame. The base bracket supports the side support bladder from outside in a seat width direction at the time of inflation of the side support bladder, and is rotated inward in the seat width direction around a hinge together with the side support bladder due to an inflation pressure of a side airbag at the time of inflation and deployment of the side airbag. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360637 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - An airbag is fixed to a first location of a window in a stowed orientation and extends to a lower end of the window in a deployed orientation. A tether has an airbag end fixedly attached to the first location and an anchor end fixedly attached to a second location proximate the lower end of the window. The tether extends through a tether receiving aperture of the airbag such that during movement of the airbag from the stowed orientation to the deployed orientation the distal end moves along the tether. A one-way movement member is fixed to the tether proximate the anchor end. The one-way movement member passes through the tether receiving aperture in response to the airbag moving from to the deployed orientation and limits movement of the airbag back toward the stowed orientation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360638 | WRAP-AROUND AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cushion chamber between any occupant and the vehicle structure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360639 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO AIR-BAGS - A method of weaving fabric for use in the manufacture of a vehicle air-bag includes: providing a weaving reed having a plurality of adjacent cells; introducing regular warp yarns into at least some of the cells; introducing an additional warp yarn into one of the cells that already includes a regular warp yarn; and carrying out a weaving process. In the weaving process, weft yarns are interwoven with the regular warp yarns and the additional warp yarn. The regular warp yarns each remain within one cell throughout the weaving process. The additional warp yarn is moved from a first cell to a second cell during the weaving process. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360640 | SELF-ACTUATING FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR A VEHICLE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY - An inflatable airbag assembly includes first and second walls sealably connected to define an inflatable bladder having an interior volume that is operable between inflated and deflated states. At least one pleat is defined within at least one of the first and second walls, and defines an expanded portion of the interior volume. First and second slits are defined within the first wall that define a vent in communication with the expanded portion of the interior volume, wherein the vent defines an open position with the inflatable bladder in the deflated state, and wherein the vent moves to a closed position as the inflatable bladder operates to the inflated state. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360641 | BELT BUCKLE PRESENTER FOR A SAFETY BELT OF A VEHICLE - A belt buckle presenter for a safety belt of a vehicle is disclosed. The belt buckle presenter includes at least one belt buckle which is connected to a drive unit via a force transmission element. The belt buckle is able to be moved between an operating position and a presenting position. The force transmission element is formed as a roller chain and a movement direction of the belt buckle during driving is able to be provided by a guide element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360642 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - When end lock has occurred in a seat belt retractor due to winding-up of a webbing, the end lock is easily and surely released. A stop part ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360643 | OCCUPANT SENSING AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - A detection and classification system for detecting an occupant of a vehicle seat. The system includes a webbing, a controller and a first sensing electrode coupled to the webbing. The system also includes a second sensing electrode located in the vehicle seat. The first and second sensing electrodes are operatively coupled to the controller. The controller includes a signal generator that provides time varying voltages to the first and second sensing electrodes. The controller is configured to detect changes in the time vary voltages resulting from the electrodes being located in proximity to the occupant. The controller is configured to detect the occupant moving position or the occupant being out of position. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360644 | SPECIALIZED RESTRAINT SYSTEMS FOR AMUSEMENT RIDES - The patron restraint system for amusement rides includes a locking receiver with a locking assembly for engaging a restraining strap. The engagement of the restraining strap in the locking receiver can be verified by a ride operator by visual or physical inspection, or by a sensor system indicating the locked or unlocked state of the locking receiver. A latching ratchet mechanism may be provided in the receiver to restrict movement of the restraining strap until it is released by the ride operator. The sensor system includes an acoustic sensor that detects alignment of an aperture with a piezoelectric acoustic emitter and an acoustic detector. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360645 | VEHICLE ALARM DEVICE - A vehicle alarm device has a control unit, provided with a transponder presence detector, and a mobile transponder; the control unit is connected to the electric system of the vehicle and is provided with a means for the interruption of a service of the electric system when the transponder presence detector does not detect the presence of the transponder when the transponder is moved away from the control unit. The service interruption means blocks the central locking of the doors and of the hatch of the vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360646 | SWIPE AND TAP VERIFICATION FOR ENTRY SYSTEM - A system and method for providing access to a vehicle operation includes a first user-input interface, a second user-input interface, and a vehicle controller. The first user-input interface is configured to interact with a user via a swipe-up input. The second user-input interface is configured to interact with the user via an application independent of the swipe-up input. The vehicle controller is configured to control the vehicle operation in response to detecting a first swipe-type user-input via the first user-input interface and a second user-input via the second user-input interface within a predetermined time. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360647 | WATER IMMUNE KEYPAD - A keyless entry system for an automobile includes a capacitive touch screen having at least one drive line and at least one sense line, the drive and sense lines defining a plurality of touch detection nodes. The touch screen is associated with an exterior surface of the automobile. A control circuit coupled to the touch screen is configured to detect proximity of a stimulus to the touch detection nodes. The control circuit provides a control output to a lock or latch controller when the control circuit determines that the stimulus has been placed proximate the touch detection nodes according to predetermined criteria. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360648 | WIPER ARM - A wiper arm including an arm main body pivotably connected to an arm head is provided in which the rotation angle of the arm main body is appropriately restricted while minimizing changes of the structure of the wiper arm from that of a wiper arm capable capable to be positioned in its locked back condition. A wiper arm | 2015-12-17 |
20150360649 | Windshield clearing and cleaning apparatus for motor vehicles with performance improving applications - The Windshield Clearing and Cleaning Apparatus for Motor Vehicles with Performance Improving Adaptations is a revolutionary new design for windshield wiper blades incorporating several possible embodiments in which the accumulation of rain water or snow which makes the use of windshield wipers necessary is removed from the windshield in a new and much more efficient manner due to either the wider and firmer construction of the V-Blade which makes the pushing action of the blade result in more complete removal, or the throwing action caused by the unique shaping of the C-Blade which removes the rain or snow from the windshield completely, rather than just pushing it aside. Another related embodiment is not actually a blade at all, but a single tube or a plurality of tubes which remove the rain or snow by means of high pressure air or high pressure water, removing it from the windshield entirely, much as is done by the aforementioned C-Blade. The V-Blade and C-Blade embodiments could be manufactured of a variety of materials, including but not limited to a transparent silicone material, rubber, or flexible plastic. The housing could also be manufactured of a variety of materials, including transparent polycarbonate material, metal, or hard plastic. The tubes in the alternative embodiment could be made of clear plastic surgical tubing or any other form of flexible tubing which would give the necessary strength and durability. Materials used to manufacture any of these components could be anything which will meet the specifications which will allow the unit to perform the functions for which it is designed in a complete and correct manner. The designs of these wipers are also serve to make cleaning of a soiled or greasy windshield easier and more effective, in a shorter period of time. Also disclosed is a modified wiper blade housing, which is specifically adapted to the unique design of the V-Blade and C-Blade which would be manufactured and sold in conjunction with these blades. This blade housing would be adaptable for use with wiper support arms currently in use. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360650 | WIPER BLADE ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a wiper blade assembly including: a primary lever; a secondary lever disposed to be adjacent to the primary lever; a secondary lever connecting structure coupled to the secondary lever; and a yoke member hinge-coupled to the secondary lever connecting structure, wherein the yoke member includes a claw portion, the claw portion being moved apart from the secondary lever and in the present invention, claw portions coupled to both ends of a contact member may be disposed in certain regions of yoke members and the yoke members may be moved apart from secondary levers, such that the claw portions may be moved apart from the secondary levers to allow for improvements in the property of following the curvature of glass, thereby wiping performance of a wiper. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360651 | INTEGRATION OF A RADAR SENSOR IN A VEHICLE - A washer system includes a washer pump constructed and arranged to pump washer fluid from a reservoir to an outlet of the pump. The pump includes an inlet port extending from a bottom thereof. The pump also includes surface features associated with the bottom thereof. Grommet structure has first and second ends and a fluid passage between the ends. The inlet port is received in the fluid passage. The grommet structure has surface features that mate with the surface features of the pump so as to prevent the pump from rotating with respect to the grommet structure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360652 | WIPING DEVICE - A wiping device is provided. The wiping device includes a cartridge. In addition, wiping yarns are disposed on an outer circumference of the cartridge. The wiping yarn includes core yarns substantially perpendicular to the cartridge and sub-yarns disposed extraneous to the core yarns and configured to gather contaminants from a vehicle body. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360653 | JACK ASSEMBLY - A jack assembly including a telescopic column driven via a gear box, wherein: the gear box is coupled to a rotary input of a drive mechanism that extends and retracts the column; the gear box has only a single input gear and a single output gear that is coupled to the drive mechanism; and the input gear has a connector adapted to be engaged and driven by a portable, hand-held power tool. The invention also relates to a jack assembly with a gear box for use as a jockey wheel for attachment to a towed vehicle, to raise and lower a draw bar of the vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360654 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - The brake control device applied to a hydraulic pressure braking force generating device having a driving hydraulic pressure generating device and a pilot hydraulic pressure generating device. The brake control device includes a judging portion which judges whether or not an operating amount of a brake operating member is equal to or less than a predetermined value and a pilot hydraulic pressure control portion which controls the pilot hydraulic pressure generating device to generate a preparatory hydraulic pressure in the pilot hydraulic pressure chamber which is larger than an atmospheric pressure set to a value so that a hydraulic pressure in the wheel cylinder is kept substantially to an atmospheric pressure level when the judging portion judges that the operating amount of the brake operating member is equal to or less than the predetermined value to suppress occurrence of brake dragging during non-braking operation with keeping the braking force responsiveness. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360655 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus is equipped with a vehicle velocity detecting unit that detects a vehicle velocity of a driver's own vehicle, and an automatic brake control unit configured to carry out an automatic brake control process for causing a braking force to be generated automatically in the wheels without reliance on a braking operation when the vehicle is involved in a collision. The automatic brake control unit makes the braking force to the wheels smaller as the vehicle velocity becomes higher after the vehicle collision. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360656 | ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM - An electric brake system is provided which includes an electric brake having a friction pad which is pressed against a brake disk by an electric motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive detection outputs from a load detector for detecting a load applied to the brake disk ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360657 | BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A brake traction control system (BTCS) and a control method thereof are disclosed. The BTCS includes a wheel speed sensor to detect a wheel speed of each of wheels, a calculation unit to calculate a spin amount of the wheel based on the wheel speed of each wheel detected through the wheel speed sensor, and a control unit to calculate a spin amount of a control target wheel and a spin amount of a non-control target wheel opposite to the control target wheel through the calculation unit during a BTCS control, determine whether a hunting phenomenon has occurred based on the calculated spin amount of the non-control target wheel and a spin amount difference between the calculated spin amount of the control target wheel and the calculated spin amount of the non-control target wheel, and decrease a brake pressure of the control target wheel when the hunting phenomenon has occurred. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360658 | Hydraulic Unit for a Slip Control System of a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A hydraulic unit for a slip control system of a hydraulic vehicle brake system comprises a hydraulic block including a socket, a first port, a pressure change damper, and a second port. The socket has a base and defining a first interior. The first port is located at the base of the socket. The pressure change damper defines a second interior and is positioned in the socket in engagement with the first port. The first port is in fluidic communication with the second interior. The second port is in fluidic communication with the second interior via a portion of the first interior outside of the pressure change damper. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360659 | PRESSURE SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM, HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A pressure supply device is provided for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, which are delimited by at least one piston of the pressure supply device, a motor and a gear unit, with the aid of which the at least one piston is displaceable at least in a first direction with the aid of an operation of the motor, an exceeding of a predefined maximum pressure difference between a chamber pressure present in the first pressure chamber and a reservoir pressure present in the brake fluid reservoir being preventable with the aid of a reservoir isolating valve, which is connectable to a brake fluid reservoir of the braking system, hydraulically connected to the first pressure chamber via an opening of the reservoir isolating valve. Also described here is a hydraulic braking system for a vehicle. In addition, a method is provided for operating a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360660 | MASTER CYLINDER - A master cylinder includes a piston seal ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150360661 | LIQUID RESERVOIR FOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A RESERVOIR - The present invention relates to a liquid reservoir for a vehicle that is subjected in service to inclinations in at least two different directions, the reservoir comprising a float well which delimits a bowl containing a float that is able to move depending on the level of liquid in the reservoir. The reservoir is characterized in that the float well comprises at least two retention means positioned successively along a flow path of the liquid as far as the bowl, from the outside toward the inside of the float well, each retention means keeping liquid in the float well if the reservoir is inclined in a set of directions specific to this retention means. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle system comprising such a liquid reservoir and means for binary detection of the level of liquid in the reservoir. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360662 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a hydraulic brake system provided with a high pressure accumulator that reduces a pressure pulsation of brake oil being discharged through operation of a pump. The high pressure accumulator includes a damping member that is provided in a bore communicating with an inlet port and an outlet port of the high pressure accumulator respectively allowing brake oil to be introduced and discharged therethrough, and is provided with a bypass flow passage connecting the inlet port to the outlet port, and a reinforcing member installed at the damping member to improve durability of the damping member. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360663 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A method for operating an electromechanical vehicle brake system is provided. The method includes determining that an activation condition has been met, selecting a pre-charge pressure based at least in part on the activation condition, building up at least an initial portion of the pre-charge pressure in the brake system, and applying at least the initial portion of the pre-charge pressure to at least one wheel brake. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360664 | Method for Operating an Electromechanical Vehicle Brake System - A method is provided for operating an electromechanical vehicle brake system having an ESP module and at least two brake circuits, each brake circuit comprising high and low pressure switching valves, a low pressure storage device, and two wheel brakes. The method comprises, in advance of a possible breaking procedure and based on a trigger factor, filling the low pressure storage device with an amount of brake fluid at a first pre-pressure. Subsequently, an ESP pump is used to fill the vehicle brake system, including the low pressure storage device, with an adjustable amount of final pre-pressure. All valves are closed when the final pre-pressure is achieved. The method further comprises, during a braking procedure, opening respective inlet valves of the wheel brakes and supplying at least a part of the final pre-pressure to at least one wheel brake of the vehicle brake system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360665 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL VEHICLE BRAKING - A method for operating an electromechanical vehicle brake system is provided. The method comprises determining that an activation condition has been met, building an initial portion of the pre-charge pressure in the brake system, applying the initial portion of the pre-charge pressure to at least one wheel brake, building a secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure in the brake system, and adjusting the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure to an expected braking pressure. Adjusting the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure may include reducing the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360666 | ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE BOOSTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE BOOSTER - An electromechanical brake booster is provided for a braking system of a vehicle, having a valve body and an input rod, the valve body, to which at a displacement motion in a brake application direction has been imparted, being displaceable up to a differential travel equal to a limit differential travel with reference to the input rod, and then a co-displacement motion in the brake application direction being impartable to the input rod if the co-displacement motion is acted against at most by a retention force below a predefined threshold value, and at least one buffer element being disposed on the input rod and/or on the valve body in such a way that if a retention force above the predefined threshold value acts against the co-displacement motion, the differential travel is increasable above the limit differential travel by way of a deformation of the at least one buffer element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150360667 | VEHICLE ELECTRIC BRAKING DEVICE - A mount member is fixed to a support member by first and second fastening members, and a caliper is mounted to the mount member by first and second guide members. A motor axis of an electric motor and an axis of a shaft member configured to press a pressing member are different from each other. The electric motor is fixed to the caliper. When viewed from an axial direction of the first guide member, the motor axis is positioned inside a fastening quadrangle having four corners corresponding to positions of respective axes of, and is perpendicular to the axis, and the motor axis is orthogonal to a plane of the fastening quadrangle. As a result, there may be provided a vehicle electric braking device in which an axial direction dimension may be reduced to suppress an amplitude caused by vibration, and components sensitive to vibration influence are appropriately arranged. | 2015-12-17 |