Abstract: A pedal simulator includes a pedal housing, a pedal unit rotatably mounted to the pedal housing, and a simulator unit mounted in the pedal housing and configured to compress a plurality of rods connected to the pedal unit by pressing the pedal unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle are disclosed. The method comprises acquiring an acceleration of a front wheel and a rear wheel, determining that the front wheel is passing a bump of a road in response to determining that the acceleration of the front wheel is outside an acceleration range and fluctuates in the range wider than the acceleration range within a first maximum time period, determining that the rear wheel is passing the bump in response to determining that the acceleration of the rear wheel is outside the acceleration range and fluctuates in the range wider than the acceleration range within a second maximum time period, and in response to determining that the front wheel has passed the bump and the rear wheel is passing the bump, controlling a drive unit of the vehicle.

Abstract: Proposed are a vehicle occupant protection apparatus and method. A vehicle sensor detects a target present around a vehicle. A drive unit is configured to increase a space between a side structure of the vehicle and an occupant in the event of a side collision between the vehicle and the target collide. A space control unit controls the drive unit in response to detection information detected by the vehicle sensor to protect the occupant from the side structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for managing condensate of a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a first heater for applying heat to coolant of a fuel cell stack, a second heater for applying heat to the condensate produced in the fuel cell stack, and a controller that controls an operation of the second heater using residual power based on whether at least some of functions of the first heater are activated.

Abstract: A brake system and a control method therefor are disclosed. A brake system is provided including a main brake system, auxiliary brake system, signal bus, and communications unit. The main brake system distributes braking force to each of vehicle wheels. The auxiliary brake system operates in place of the main brake system when having a malfunction. The signal bus includes wired device(s) arranged between the main brake system and the auxiliary brake system and transmits a signal regarding a presence or absence of malfunction between the main brake system and auxiliary brake system. The communications unit transmits operation state information between the main brake system and the auxiliary brake system. Responsive to the detected malfunction signal of the main brake system through the signal bus, the auxiliary brake system performs a preparation for providing the braking force to each vehicle wheel.

Abstract: A valve assembly for a vehicle brake apparatus is disclosed, including a solenoid valve, a pump housing having a bore accommodating the solenoid valve at least partially, a coil for applying a magnetic force to the solenoid valve, a circuit board configured to generate a signal for controlling opening and closing of the solenoid valve, a circuit board housing for accommodating the circuit board, a bobbin at least partially disposed inside the coil, a pin coupled to the bobbin and configured to supply an electric current to the coil, and a coil case at least partially disposed radially outwardly of the coil. Here, the bobbin is coupled with a compression unit that is in external contact with one surface of the circuit board and configured to compress the bobbin and the coil case toward the pump housing.

Abstract: A transportation system includes: a vehicle hub including a plurality of connection slots. The vehicle hub is configured such that, in response to vehicles being parked respectively in the connection slots, the vehicle hub is connected to interior spaces of the vehicles through the connection slots, the vehicles are categorized by use, and the connection slots are grouped by category such that connection slots grouped together by category, among the connection slots, are disposed adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A variable grille apparatus controls a flow rate of air circulated through the grille. Commercial properties are improved through an advanced opening and closing operation during adjustment of the air flow rate. The opening and closing operation of the grille is diversified, such as by sequential or simultaneous operation, so that the sense of operation is enhanced, an exterior design is diversified, and the air flow is secured through an optimization of the structural arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lamp system for matching two images projected on a road surface in a case where one image is output in a divided manner by a left lamp and a right lamp in image projection on the road surface by vehicle lamps.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body, and an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section, and a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four-wheel independent steering apparatus. The apparatus includes a load estimator configured to receive, from a sensor disposed in a steering system, a value corresponding to a sensing by the sensor, and calculate an amount of load based on the value received from the sensor. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to receive, from an autonomous driving controller that is an upper-level controller, a steering angle reference, calculate an output value for allowing an actual steering angle to track the steering angle reference, based on the steering angle reference, the value from the sensor, and the amount of the load from the load estimator, and output the output value to the steering system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a touchscreen configured to detect capacitive touch, a detachable input device configured to input the capacitive touch to the touchscreen, and at least one controller. The at least one controller may be configured to determine, when the detachable input device is disposed on the touchscreen, a type of the detachable input device disposed on the touchscreen, output a user interface to be output on the touchscreen based on the type of the detachable input device, and execute a program based on an operation of the detachable input device when the capacitive touch is input to the touchscreen from the detachable input device.

Abstract: A brake device comprises a main braking caliper body, a brake pad part including a first brake pad and a second brake pad that are arranged at one side and another side of the main braking caliper body and have first surfaces facing each other, a main braking piston pressurizing second surfaces of the first brake pad and the second brake pad to shorten a distance between the first brake pad and the second brake pad, a parking caliper body coupled to the main braking caliper body and including a locking part caught by the second surface of the first brake pad and a parking piston installed on the parking caliper body and pressuring the second surface of the second brake pad, when the parking piston pressurizes the second brake pad, the locking part of the parking caliper body moves the first brake pad toward the second brake pad.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp, and more particularly, to a vehicle lamp. A communication lamp and a control method of the communication lamp according to the present invention are capable of implementing both a technology of performing light irradiation using a road surface in front of a vehicle as a screen and a technology of performing light irradiation using a vehicle grille as a screen without adding an additional component, by applying a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film whose transmittance changes depending on whether or not a voltage is received and automatically adjusting a phase of an optical system according to the transmittance.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a roof side assembly connecting upper ends of pillars of a vehicle body along the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly constituting an A-pillar of the vehicle body; and an outer garnish coupled to the outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes: a pipe having a closed cross-section shape and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body so as to form a closed section; an upper reinforcement member coupled to the upper side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; a lower reinforcement member coupled to the lower side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; and an inner reinforcement member coupled to the vehicle body inner side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A corner module apparatus may include: a drive unit configured to provide driving power to a wheel, a knuckle unit connected to the drive unit, a steering drive unit configured to generate a steering force while extending or contracting in a longitudinal direction, a steering angle adjustment unit connected to the knuckle unit, disposed so that a longitudinal direction thereof is different from the longitudinal direction of the steering drive unit, and configured to adjust a steering angle of the wheel in conjunction with the steering force generated from the steering drive unit, and a crank member disposed to be spaced apart from the steering drive unit in a height direction of the vehicle body and configured to convert a transmission direction of the steering force, which is generated from the steering drive unit, into the longitudinal direction of the steering angle adjustment unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical system, and more particularly, to an optical system with optical fiber. According to an optical system with optical fiber and a method of controlling an optical system with optical fiber of the present invention, it is possible to implement two different light radiating functions by applying a side light emitting optical system to a vehicle lamp and applying light sources of different wavelengths to both sides.

Abstract: A picture generation apparatus using a heat sink dissipating system is disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a picture generation apparatus including a PCB on which one or more light sources are disposed; a funnel configured to focus light of the light sources emitted from the PCB, and to reflect the focused light of the light sources to a user; and a heat sink comprising a cup-shaped accommodating part to accommodate the PCB and the funnel, and a polygonal flange part formed on an end thereof.

Abstract: A pad liner includes a first pad clip that surrounds and is coupled to a side protrusion protruding in a lateral direction from a brake pad, and a torque support located under the first pad clip and between a side surface of the brake pad and the caliper body. The torque support supports a braking torque. The first pad clip includes a reference surface located on one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the side protrusion, a vertical elastic portion located on an opposite side from the reference surface that pressurizes the side protrusion in a direction of the reference surface, and a clip side portion that connects the reference surface and the vertical elastic portion and surrounds a side surface of the side protrusion. The pad liner minimizes a vertical gap and movement of the brake pad.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting structure of a shaft ground ring of a motor in which a second contact part of the ground ring is inserted into a hole positioned in a rotating shaft, thus making the ground ring be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotating shaft to transfer an axial current occurring in a rotor to a motor housing.