Abstract: A sliding lid structure includes a sheet base material capable of being curved in a sliding direction; and a plurality of ribs disposed on a lower surface side of the sheet base material at intervals in a sheet base material sliding direction. Two ends of the rib engage guide grooves formed at two sides of an opening of a device main unit and having curved groove parts. The sheet base material includes axially supported parts positioned on two sides of the lower surface side of the base material and provided at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. The rib includes rib uppers arranged inside the axially supported parts on the two sides and attachable to and detachable from a sheet base material lower, shaft supports engaging the axially supported parts, and projections fitting into the guide grooves; and is rotatably or swingably supported with respect to the sheet base material.

Abstract: A mounting part structure of an external detection sensor for a vehicle includes a sensor cover. A front portion of the sensor cover is locked to the sensor bracket via a front locking part that restricts displacement in a vertical direction of the vehicle when displacement of the sensor cover in forward and rearward directions of the vehicle and a vehicle width direction and rotation thereof around an axis following the vehicle width direction are allowed. A rear portion of the sensor cover is locked to the console bracket via a rear locking part that restricts displacement of the sensor cover in the vertical direction of the vehicle and the forward and rearward directions of the vehicle when displacement of the sensor cover in the vehicle width direction is allowed. The rear portion of the sensor cover is biased in the vehicle width direction by a rear spring part.

Abstract: A structure for mounting an electronic sound generator (ESG) in a vehicle includes: an ESG located inside a cowl space of a vehicle body; and a mounting bracket formed to fix the ESG to members defining the cowl space. In particular, the mounting bracket includes a plurality of fixation parts fixed to the members defining the cowl space and a mounting part to which the ESG is fixed.

Abstract: A center console for a vehicle includes a base. The base is coupled to the vehicle and includes a receptacle. The center console includes a body that is coupled to the base and that includes a shelf. The body is operable to move relative to the base between a retracted position, wherein the shelf covers the receptacle, and an extended position, wherein the receptacle is exposed.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a compartment mounted to a frame of the vehicle. The compartment includes a box coupled to the frame in a fixed position relative to the frame and a latch system coupled to the box to allow a user to access the box. The latch system includes a shape-memory alloy wire guided by a pulley during actuation of the latch system.

Abstract: A double-doored lid apparatus includes: a box body; first and second doors; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the first and second doors in conjunction with each other; a locking mechanism that locks the first and second doors in their closed states; an urging member that urges the first and second doors in an opening direction while the doors are locked by the locking mechanism; and a support member that transmits the urging force from the urging member to the first and second doors. The support member includes: a first support portion that supports one end portion of the urging member; and second and third support portions that start to come into contact with the first and second doors, respectively, before the doors reach a predetermined locking position during closing motions thereof, and that support the first and second doors when the doors are locked by the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A palm rest assembly includes a palm rest bracket and a palm rest pad. The palm rest assembly is for a console assembly of a vehicle. The center console assembly includes a console frame. The palm rest bracket includes a generally C-shape. The palm rest bracket includes a base wall, a side wall, and an upper wall. The base wall is mounted to the console frame. The side wall extends between the base wall and the upper wall such that the upper wall is cantilevered. The palm rest pad is coupled to the upper wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for abstracting a data record, wherein the data record is provided for machine learning at least one function, comprising the following steps: Training a complex neural network structure comprising different neural networks in the at least one function by way of machine learning based on the data record by means of a machine learning control apparatus, wherein the neural networks and the complex neural network structure are optimized with respect to maximum representativity of the data record, providing the trained complex neural network structure in the form of a data-record-specific knowledge module so that knowledge contained in the data record can be further used in a manner compliant with data protection. The invention further relates to an associated device.

Abstract: In a vehicle control device of an embodiment, a recognizer that recognizes the presence or absence and type of article carried by a user who uses a vehicle and an instrument controller that controls a vehicle-mounted instrument are included, and the instrument controller determines a mode of control of the vehicle-mounted instrument on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer.

Abstract: A vehicle interior member includes: a first core material; a first skin forming a first rim part in which at least a part of the peripheral edge part is folded back to the back surface side of the first core material to sandwich a peripheral edge part of the first core material; a second core material; a second skin forming a second rim part in which at least a part of the peripheral edge part is folded back to the back surface side of the second core material to sandwich a peripheral edge part of the second core material; and a stitch part that stitches the first rim part, the peripheral edge part of the first core material sandwiched by the first rim part, the second rim part, and the peripheral edge part of the second core material sandwiched by the second rim part.

Abstract: A multifunctional center console system for a vehicle is disclosed. The multifunctional center console system includes a multifunctional center console, which may include a main body configured to be mounted to a vehicle within an interior of the vehicle. The main body of the multifunctional center console may have at least top, bottom, front and rear portions and first and second side portions disposed between at least the front and rear portions. The multifunctional center console may further include at least one portable body configured to be removably attached to the main body. The at least one portable body of the multifunctional center console may have at least top, bottom, front and rear portions and first and second side portions disposed between at least the front and rear portions. The at least one portable body of the multifunctional center console may include at least one functional feature.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first housing having a first surface and a second surface facing opposite to the first surface, and a first display disposed in the first housing and visually exposed through the first surface, a second device including a second housing having a third surface, and a second display disposed in the second housing and visually exposed through the third surface, an assembly connecting the first device and the second device, a processor and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the assembly so that the second surface faces the third surface and covers the second display in a first state, and control the assembly so that the second surface does not cover the second display in a second state.

Abstract: A center console may include a moving portion, a motor, and a controller. The moving portion may be configured to move between a first position and a second position. The motor may be configured to move the moving portion between the first position and the second position. The controller may be configured to, responsive to moving the moving portion in a first direction towards the first position, a number of motor position increments exceeding a first threshold within a period, and an absence of location data of a position of the moving portion, stop the motor.

Abstract: A stowing device includes a stowing main body having a hole part at a side thereof, a side panel covering the side of the stowing main body, a lid including a hinge having a hinge hole thereof and partially positioned in a gap between the side of the stowing main body and the side panel, a bush inserted through the hole part and the hinge hole, and a temporary holding mechanism configured to temporarily hold the bush at a predetermined position with respect to the hole part. A sum of a protruding length of the bush at the predetermined position protruding from the hole part and a dimension obtained by subtracting a dimension of overlap between the hinge and the bush in a width direction from a maximum width of the part of the hinge positioned in the gap, is set to be less than a width of the gap.

Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a first (e.g., front) passenger seating area having a console; a second (e.g., rear) passenger seating area that is located rearwardly of the first passenger seating area; a floorpan that extends beneath the first and second passenger seating areas; and a multipurpose tray that is configured for removable connection to the floorpan. The floorpan includes an access port extending therethrough that is located generally adjacent to the console. The multipurpose tray is configured to conceal the access port, and defines at least one compartment that is configured to receive personal effects.

Abstract: A receptacle storage structure formed in an interior member of a sliding door movable in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, includes a bottom wall part and a peripheral wall part forming a storage space with an upward opening. The peripheral wall part includes a displacement wall part forming at least an upper part of a front-side wall part in the front-and-rear direction and displaceable to a front side in the front-and-rear direction. The displacement wall part is tiltable to the front side in the front-and-rear direction.

Abstract: A console assembly includes a body that has a front portion and a rear portion. The body defines a support extension extending from a rear portion. The support extension includes a guide and a resilient member that defines a channel. A lid is operably coupled to the body. A connector outwardly extends from the lid and is coupled to the support extension. An engagement member is positioned within the channel and is coupled to the connector and mutually engageable with the resilient member.

Abstract: An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle interior component comprising a cover rotatably coupled to a base is disclosed. The component may comprise a mechanism comprising a feature on the base and a feature on the cover. When the cover is closed, the feature on the cover may axially align with the feature on the base. The feature on the base may disengage the feature on the cover when the cover opens and may engage the feature on the cover when the cover closes. The mechanism may comprise a cam mechanism comprising a cam surface and a follower. The mechanism may comprise a pivot joint. The pivot joint may comprise a set of projections to provide an axis of cover rotation. The pivot joint may comprise a projection and a ramp. The component may comprise a console, center stack/console, floor console, overhead console, instrument panel, door panel, etc.

Abstract: The present application relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least two seats and, located between these seats, a storage compartment which has a base, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, wherein one or both side walls can be moved between a lowered position, laterally opening the storage compartment, and a raised position, laterally closing the storage compartment.

Abstract: An automotive rear console includes a rear console body fixed to a bracket provided on a floor between a driver's seat and a passenger seat inside a cabin of an automobile, wherein: the rear console body has a rectangular shape having a bottom portion; the rear console body includes fragile portions provided in a rear side of the bottom portion in a vehicle front-rear direction, in one side of the bottom portion in a vehicle width direction, and in the other side of the bottom portion in the vehicle width direction; and the fragile portions are configured to be broken when impact load is applied from above the rear console body.

Abstract: A cell phone holder structure includes a first part and a second part. The first part defines a downwardly facing recessed area. The second part is located below the first part and defines at least a first recessed area and a second recessed area. A first mobile device has a first dimension that allows the first mobile device to be inserted and retained between the first recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A second mobile device has a second dimension greater than the first dimension that allows the second mobile device to be inserted and retained between the second recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A display of the one of the first and second mobile devices set between the first part and the second part is viewable by a vehicle operator seated within the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A scene sharing-based navigation assistance method and terminal is disclosed. A first terminal shares a scene image screen of a current scene of the first terminal with a second terminal, the first terminal receives prompt information sent by the second terminal, and the first terminal displays, on the scene image screen, the prompt information used to indicate a position of a target point. In this way, a user of the first terminal can more accurately describe, by using the scene image screen, a scene in which the user is located, so that the second terminal can more accurately determine the prompt information.

Abstract: A vehicle console includes a housing having an interior volume. A console bin is disposed within the interior volume. The console bin is an injection molded member having a base and a plurality of bin walls coupled to the base at living hinges, wherein the plurality of bin walls form an interior surface that extends orthogonally from the base.

Abstract: Communication system of a rescue vehicle, comprising a plurality of speech input channels and a plurality of speech output channels, and an interface router connecting the plurality of speech input channels and the plurality of speech output channels in a way that each of the plurality of speech input channels can be linked to communicate with a plurality of the speech output channels at the same time.

Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base, a cover moveable between closed and open positions and a handle. The handle may be retracted when the cover is closed and extended when the cover is open. The handle may move toward the retracted position when the cover moves from the open position to the closed position. The component may comprise a mechanism to engage the base to move the handle. The mechanism may comprise a spring to bias or move the handle. The component may comprise a spring to move the cover from the closed to the open position. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a floor console, a center console, a storage compartment, an arm rest. The cover may comprise at least one of a door, a tambour door, a shade, a blind, a roller blind.

Abstract: A motor vehicle console comprises a mount and a pair of exposed parallel tubular members. Each of the tubular members has a forward section, an intermediate section extending rearwardly, and a rearward section, wherein at least one of the forward horizontal section, intermediate section, and rearward section is disposed at an elevation horizontally above the other of the forward section, intermediate section, and rearward section and each forward section is operatively coupled with the mount.

Abstract: Arranged between a steering wheel (or more generally, steering handle) and a windshield of a motor vehicle, a control panel module has at least on e operator control element, each arranged on one side of a steering column of the steering wheel. The at least one operator control element is rotatable about an axis of rotation and/or movably at least along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle with respect, to a driver's seat. An actuator device of the control panel module respectively moves the at least one operator control element response to a control device of the control panel module, depending on at least one enable signal, into an enable position and, depending on at least one position signal, from the enable position into position corresponding in each case the position signal.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger compartment that defines a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior having at least one front row of seats that includes at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats that includes at least two rear seats. The front and rear rows of seats are arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor. Each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A floor-mounted console assembly includes a stationary floor bracket having a longitudinal first support bar and a longitudinal second support bar positioned parallel to the first support bar. The console assembly further includes a cradle having a first connector wing and a second connector wing. The first connector wing is slidably received over the first support bar and the second connector wing is slidably received over the second support bar. The console assembly further includes a console connected to the cradle and supported by the first connector wing and the second connector wing such that the console is vertically spaced above the first support bar and the second support bar. The console and the cradle are configured to translate along the first support bar and the second support bar.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction.

Abstract: A console device for a vehicle is provided. A console box is provided to be movable to a desired position in the forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle. The console box is inserted into the space under a crash pad when the console box moves in the forward direction of the vehicle. Therefore, utilization of the interior space of the vehicle is maximized, and the console device is therefore suitable for installation in an autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base and a door moveable along a track between open and closed positions. The door may move in a direction transverse to the track between offset and biased/centered positions. The door may comprise a spring to bias the door toward the biased position. The spring may move first and second arms of the door against the base to prevent door rotation. The door may move along a biased path and first and second offset paths parallel to the biased path. The component may comprise a mechanism configured to move the door from the open position to the closed position along the offset paths and the biased path. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a floor console, a center console, an instrument panel, a door, a cockpit, a storage compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a panel defining a portion of an interior area in the vehicle and having a concave shape, and a reversible pocket configured to be attached to the panel in a stowed configuration in which the reversible pocket conforms to the concave shape of the panel and a deployed configuration in which the reversible pocket extends into the cargo area and defines a storage area together with the concave shape of the panel.

Abstract: A vehicle storage system includes a structure with a storage compartment at least partially defined by a bottom surface. The storage compartment defines an opening in an upper surface of the structure through which the storage compartment is accessible. The system further includes a plurality of flexible protruberances extending vertically upward from the bottom surface into the storage compartment.

Abstract: An inertia device is provided for attaching under a cover of an armrest console in a vehicle. The inertia device comprises a flap to be pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover at a location adjacent to a front of the cover; and a resilient member connected to the flap and the cover. The flap and the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position by a retaining force of the resilient member and rotated downward from the normal position when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.

Abstract: A re-configurable center console assembly includes a center console assembly and a phone holder tray. The center console assembly has a main body that includes a first side wall and a second side wall defining a concaved storage area therebetween. The first side wall and the second side wall further define a plurality of retaining positions therebetween. The phone holder tray has a first side portion, a phone supporting portion and a second side portion. The first side portion is configured to manually attach, detach and re-attach to the first side wall. The second side portion is also configured to attach, detach and re-attach to the second side wall such that the phone holder tray is installed to a first of the plurality of retaining positions and is detachable and re-attachable to a second of the plurality of retaining positions.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device and a hand rest which can be adjusted between a first position and a second position are included in an operating device for a motor vehicle. The hand rest is arranged in the area of the display device. A control device activates a first display area of the display device and activates a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the first position. The control device activates a second display area of the display device and an autopilot of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the second position.

Abstract: An insert for a passenger compartment in a vehicle is preferably made of a compressible foam with a handle inserted on a generally flat top. The opposite or bottom side of the insert includes a channel adapted to conform with the handbrake in the vehicle. The compressible main body fits between the seat and the central console and prevents the accidental dropping of objects into the space therebetween.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction.

Abstract: A vehicle console assembly includes a console housing including a storage compartment including a floor, a front wall, a rear wall and opposite side walls that extend between the front wall and the end wall defining a storage volume. A device charging tray includes a floor, a front wall, a rear wall and opposite side walls that extend between the front wall and the rear wall defining a storage volume. The device charging tray includes a raised support boss that extends out of the floor at the front wall. The raised support boss reduces a distance between the floor and an edge of the front wall. The raised support boss is located to support a mobile computing device positioned within the storage volume of the device charging tray spaced from the floor.

Abstract: A pop-up console apparatus for a vehicle may include a console housing disposed in a vehicle; a cover device disposed on the console housing to cover or pop open a top portion of the console housing; and one or more lower trays sequentially disposed under the cover device, wherein at least one of the lower trays moves up and down along a guide that is coupled to an end portion of the cover to pop up together with the cover while being inserted into the console housing.

Abstract: A storage box includes a case, a moving body, and slide mechanisms guiding relative movement of the moving body. The slide mechanisms include fixed rails disposed in the case, and moving rails disposed in the moving body. The moving rail includes a first projection and a second projection apart from each other in a movement direction of the moving body. The first projection and the second projection are apart from each other when seen in the movement direction. The fixed rail includes: a third projection and a fifth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a first position; and a fourth projection and a sixth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a second position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat with touch control function includes a seat armrest, the seat armrest includes an armrest frame, a flexible pad, a flexible touch panel, and a protective cover. The flexible touch panel is elastic, and the flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate and a carbon nanotube touch function layer to collect touch input from a user. Such flexible touch panel may be installed on or in armrest of any seat in vehicle, enabling control of a display while comfortably seated, having to lean forward is avoided. A vehicle-mounted entertainment system incorporating such touch control system is also provided.

Abstract: A door for a vehicle console includes first and second cover portions that each have an outer, exposed finished surface. The second cover portion is slidable between closed and open cover positions in which the second cover portion is substantially flush with the first cover portion in the closed cover position and is at least partially lapping the first cover portion in the open cover position. A bi-directional latch is actuatable in first and second opposed directions. Actuation in the first direction locks together the first and second cover portions in either closed or open positions and unlocks the door such that the first and second cover portions are rotatable in unison. Actuation in a second direction releases the first and second cover portions from one another such that the second cover portion is slidable from the closed cover position to the open cover position.

Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes an elastically compressible layer between a substrate and a decorative skin layer. The compressible layer has a non-uniform thickness along which voids are formed within the thickness of the panel. A center console can be equipped with the panel in the form of a tambour door that opens to access a storage space in the console and closes to serve as a cushioned armrest. The compressible layer can be formed from a foam material molded directly onto the decorative layer and shaped as a series of projections that are attached to flexibly interconnected crossmembers of the substrate. Thin portions of the compressible layer between the projections facilitate reversible bending of the panel during movement along curved guides.

Abstract: A center console for a vehicle includes a base, a storage compartment disposed within the base having an upwardly facing opening, and a cover hingedly connected to the base for selectively covering the opening of the storage compartment. The cover includes a first cover portion, a second cover portion, two rods positioned between the first cover portion and the second cover portion, and two reversible sections disposed around the rods. The reversible sections are axially rotatable about the rods between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the reversible sections present an armrest, and in the second position, the reversible sections present a storage tray.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly according to the present disclosure includes a door inner structure and a storage bin. The door inner structure includes an outer side panel and an armrest. The armrest projects laterally inward from the outer side panel. The storage bin is disposed below the armrest, attached to the door inner structure, and translatable relative to the door inner structure between a rearward position and a forward position.

Abstract: A vehicle center console assembly includes a console having a side wall dimensioned to receive a bin therein and a bin including a side wall having a top edge including a pair of opposed strikers. A hinged bin lid includes a dual pawl latching mechanism disposed on a bottom surface thereof whereby the dual pawl latching mechanism does not extend beyond an exterior dimension defined by the bin lid. The bin lid may include a pair of opposed bin lid side walls. The latching mechanism is disposed on the bin lid bottom surface whereby a gap is defined between an outer portion of the latching mechanism and an inner portion of the opposed bin lid side walls. The console side wall includes a top edge configured to define a mating surface for the bin lid side walls.

Abstract: A vehicle partition mounted in a vehicle for separating a driver's compartment and a cargo compartment. The partition has a perimeter defining the outer extent of the surface area. The perimeter is contoured to closely fit within the contoured surfaces of the vehicle. The partition has a top section and a bottom section. The top section is transparent over the entire expanse of the top section extending to the perimeter such that top section can be seen through without visual obstructions over the entire surface area of the top section.