Patents Assigned to Automotive Technologies
  • Publication number: 20240161715
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for adjusting a level of luminance of a display unit. The system comprises a display unit to display content. Further, the system comprises a capturing unit to capture image of front view of the display unit. Furthermore, the system comprises a computing unit. The computing unit is configured to receive the image from the capturing unit. Further, the computing unit is configured to determine one or more target regions from plurality of regions in the image. The one or more target regions are determined based on weightage assigned to each of the plurality of regions. Furthermore, the computing unit determines effects of light incident on the one or more target regions. Thereafter, the computing unit adjusts the display of the content based on the effects of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Chee Wei Lee, Fook Wai Lee
  • Publication number: 20240159090
    Abstract: A releasable hinge assembly includes a mounting bracket, a hinge bracket, and at least one spring biased locking mechanism. The mounting bracket having a first mounting plate and two pin tabs extending therefrom, at least one of the pin tabs defining a through hole therein. The hinge bracket having a second mounting plate and a knuckle extending therefrom. The knuckle defining at least one cutout that is L-shaped. The at least one spring biased locking mechanism having a pawl arm and a pin. The at least one locking mechanism positioned within a channel of the hinge bracket with the pawl arm positioned within and projecting from the at least one cutout. The pawl arm configured to move within the at least one cutout to push the pin beyond a second end of the knuckle and through a through hole defined in the pin tab of the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeannette Young, Timothy Young, Daniel Edmunds
  • Publication number: 20240157926
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for connection of a hydraulic fluid line to a hydraulic apparatus of a motor vehicle comprises a connecting pipe having a first pipe section at least partially inserted into a receiving bore in a connection body of the hydraulic apparatus. The connection body and the first pipe section are connected by a union screw. The connecting pipe also comprises a second pipe section to which a quick-connecting device is attached, a fluid line is also connected to the quick-connecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Maximilian Kretschmer
  • Patent number: 11981165
    Abstract: A method for locating wheels of a motor vehicle. The vehicle including at least one central processing unit which includes a main ultra-wideband radio frequency transceiver and a plurality of wheel units, each including a secondary ultra-wideband radio frequency transceiver adapted for communicating with the main transceiver. The method includes at least one step of measuring the distance between the main transceiver and the secondary transceiver to be located, by analyzing the propagation time of an exchanged message, and a step of locating the wheel unit associated with the secondary transceiver to be located, on the basis of the distance measured in the measurement step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Stéphane Billy, Rachid Benbouhout, Jérôme Lee
  • Publication number: 20240154338
    Abstract: The present application provides a terminal and a processing method thereof. The terminal includes a connecting portion, a first fixing portion and a conducting portion that are connected in sequence. The connecting portion is used for being connected to a cable. The conducting portion includes a plurality of elastic sheets that are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction. First ends of the elastic sheets are all fixedly connected to the first fixing portion, and a first groove is arranged between any two adjacent elastic sheets. The present application alleviates the technical problems of large contact resistance and high temperature rise at the connection position of the existing plug-in terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Changchun Jetty Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao WANG, Yun MIAO
  • Publication number: 20240152144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods for automatically controlling a machine includes: receiving data generated using at least one sensor of a machine; performing one or more prediction tasks on the data using a neural network, wherein the neural network includes at least one parameter tensor having at least one element, and the at least one parameter tensor was over-parameterized during training into a plurality of component tensors; and controlling the machine based on results of the one or more prediction tasks. The present disclosure further relates to a computing system for carrying out the method, a method for generating a machine learned neural network for the method, a data structure, a machine, a mobile agent, a data processing system, and a computer program, machine-readable storage medium, or a data carrier signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Vincent Ribli, Shen Ren, Sinno Jialin Pan
  • Publication number: 20240154336
    Abstract: A plug-in terminal, including a connection unit and an elastic unit that are arranged and connected to each other in an axial direction of the plug-in terminal. The elastic unit includes a plurality of elastic sheets arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the plug-in terminal. One ends of the plurality of elastic sheets away from the connection unit form a free end of the elastic unit. The plurality of elastic sheets enclose a cavity for receiving a mating terminal inserted from the free end. The plug-in terminal further includes conductive wear-resistant layers located in the cavity and fixed to inner walls of the elastic sheets, respectively. The conductive wear-resistant layers protrude from inner wall surfaces of the elastic sheets respectively for being in contact with an outer wall of the mating terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Changchun Jetty Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao WANG, Zijian WANG
  • Publication number: 20240151841
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband sensor transmits impulse radio signals over a predetermined time period, detects echo signals of the impulse radio signals by way of at least one sensor of the ultra-wideband sensor and generates a time-variant channel impulse response that describes the echo signals received by the at least one sensor as a function of a time at which the respective impulse radio signal of the predetermined time period was transmitted and a path delay, uses a predetermined selection method to ascertain at least one ascertained path delay, generates a signal characteristic of the time-variant channel impulse response for the at least one ascertained path delay, uses a predetermined comparison method to determine a similarity of the signal characteristic to a reference characteristic, and detects a predetermined movement pattern associated with the reference characteristic if the similarity meets a predetermined similarity criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Weisgerber, Mario Schuehler, Thomas Eichstetter, Christian Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240153377
    Abstract: A method for protecting the content of data for collective perception and execution by an electronic control apparatus of a first road user including capturing object data, received by means of vehicle-to-X communication, for describing an object detected by at least one capture device of a second road user and/or at least one capture device of an infrastructure device, and checking a plausibility of a state of the object described by the received object data using map information and/or sensor information, wherein the sensor information is determined using sensors of the first road user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Strunck, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20240154297
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement for an electronic key includes an antenna, and an antenna circuit configured to control the antenna, wherein the antenna and the antenna circuit are arranged on a printed circuit board, the antenna arrangement is configured to transmit and receive ultra-wide band signals or signals according to a Bluetooth standard, and the antenna circuit includes a filter arrangement configured to filter signals received by and to be sent by the antenna, wherein the filter arrangement includes a capacitance formed by at least two conducting paths formed on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Razvan Bejinaru
  • Patent number: 11975641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sewing structure for a seat cover, comprising a first cut piece (1), a second cut piece (2), a first sewing thread (3), a second sewing thread (4) and an inlay (5), wherein the first and the second cut piece in an overlapped status are sewn together by the first and the second sewing thread which are spaced apart from each other, wherein the inlay is arranged between the first and the second cut piece and between the first and the second sewing thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qibin Zhou, Yaoyuan Ding, Lifeng Hu
  • Patent number: 11979180
    Abstract: A method for detecting and attenuating the impact of interference in a signal of a radio receiver with multiple tuners. The method includes providing a first input signal RF1 to a first tuner T1; simultaneously providing a second input signal RF2 to a second tuner T2; simultaneously producing a first intermediate high injection signal IFH1, by the first tuner T1, using the first input signal RF1 filtered on a first frequency fE, and a first intermediate low injection signal IFB2, by the second tuner T2, using the second input signal RF2 filtered on the first frequency fE; comparing the first intermediate high injection signal IFH1 and the first intermediate low injection signal IFB2; selecting one out of the first intermediate high injection signal IFH1 and the first intermediate low injection signal IFB2 to be decoded by the radio receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Chao Lin, Laurent Théry
  • Publication number: 20240140287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat headrest device comprising a fixed base (30), a headrest (20) and a headrest electric motor (40). The headrest electric motor (40) drives the headrest (20) to move relative to the fixed base (30) through a composite motion mechanism comprising a screw-nut mechanism (70) and a pinion-rack mechanism (10). The present invention further discloses a seat headrest device comprising the seat headrest device. The seat headrest device has the following characteristics: a stroke of the headrest can be significantly enhanced by means of the composite movement mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yineng SHEN, Xinze ZHANG, Xiaocui ZHANG, Aiping ZHANG, Kunjia GAN
  • Publication number: 20240140383
    Abstract: A brake actuating device for a motor vehicle brake system comprising a hydraulic unit has a side face, on which an electric motor is arranged. The electric motor drives a pressure generator, located in the hydraulic unit, for conveying a hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic unit comprises a first plurality of location openings in the side face. An adapter unit having a first connecting surface is arranged on the side face of the hydraulic unit. The adapter unit comprises a second plurality of location openings in the first connecting surface, wherein each of the first plurality of the location openings of the hydraulic unit is connected in fluid communication with one of the second plurality of connection openings of the adapter unit. The adapter unit comprises a second connection surface having a plurality of connection openings for fluidically connecting wheel brakes of the motor vehicle brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Rüdiger Briesewitz, Johannes Singer, Constantin-Petrica Cazacu, Constantin-Cosmin Avacaritei
  • Publication number: 20240140379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake device (100) for a hydraulic vehicle brake system, comprising at least one simulator unit (1) for generating a counterforce (G) which acts counter to an actuating force (B) and which is fed back to an actuating member (2) of the brake device (100), having at least one hydraulically actuated simulator piston (4), which is axially displaceable in a piston bore (3), and having at least one sealing element (5) for sealing off the simulator piston (4) in the piston bore (3). In order to be able to produce brake devices with different simulator characteristics at lower cost and more efficiently, it is proposed according to the invention that the sealing element (5) is fastened to the simulator piston (4), and slides on a lateral surface (6) of the piston bore (3) when the simulator piston (4) is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Mihaita-Florin Siniuc, Tudor Ulian
  • Patent number: 11973581
    Abstract: The time synchronization of a network is protected against unauthorized changes to the grandmaster clock of a base time domain by monitoring the physical communication interfaces of a network device for arrival of messages relating to time synchronization. If the messages relating to time synchronization apply to the initially set-up and synchronized base time domain, a check is performed to determine whether the messages relating to time synchronization announce a new grandmaster clock having better clock parameters than those of the present grandmaster clock. If so, a virtual base time domain is started by the network device. If the verification reveals that the proposed new grandmaster clock is trustworthy or valid, the network device discontinues the virtual time domain, updates its stored information concerning the grandmaster clock and, from this time onward, sends messages relating to time synchronization that are based on the new clock parameters to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Zinner, Julian Brand
  • Patent number: 11970148
    Abstract: A method for activating a parking brake function of a drum brake of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein a parking situation is taken into account in order to reduce the holding force to be exerted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Scheib, Heinz-Anton Schneider, Christof Maron, Gunther Seipel, Giulio Brezza
  • Publication number: 20240134392
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a vehicle based on a driving specification received from an external infrastructure. In a normal mode the vehicle is controlled along a trajectory specified thereby and in a test mode the vehicle is controlled along a test trajectory that deviates from the trajectory specified by the driving specification, and/or is controlled using test parameters. This allows the reliable operation of the infrastructure to be verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20240137246
    Abstract: A first network node for a vehicle communicates with a second network node and identifies a data transfer rate symmetry by: transmitting a first message and storing a first timestamp indicating the transmission time of the first message, transmitting a second message directly after transmitting the first message and storing a second timestamp indicating the transmission time of the second message, receiving a third message and storing a seventh timestamp indicating the transmission time of the third message, receiving a fourth message, which was transmitted after the third message, and storing an eighth timestamp indicating the transmission time of the fourth message. The first computing unit is configured for identifying, a data transfer rate symmetry by means of the first timestamp, the second timestamp, the seventh timestamp, and the eighth timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Helge Zinner
  • Patent number: 11966069
    Abstract: A display including a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, with a light guide with edge coupling, wherein the backlight is designed so the light intensity of the backlight is lower in a peripheral region of the display panel than in a central region of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bäthis, Oliver Jakoby, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jochen Möller