Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus determines that a control start condition is satisfied when there is an object in an area of a moving route of the own vehicle and determine that a control forbidding condition is satisfied when there is an oncoming vehicle which satisfies a predetermined moving condition that the oncoming vehicle moves in an oncoming lane next to a moving lane of the own vehicle and approaches the own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the control forbidding condition is not satisfied when a forbidding cancelling condition is satisfied, the forbidding cancelling condition being satisfied when a first me elapses since determining that the oncoming vehicle satisfying the predetermined moving condition disappears after determining that the control forbidding condition is satisfied and executes the steering control when the control start condition is satisfied, and the control forbidding condition is not satisfied.

Abstract: A set of electronic package elements intended to be mounted on an electronic board having a component to be cooled including: a chassis, a heatsink fixed by a retaining piece inside the chassis, a cover configured to be fixed on the chassis so as to retain the electronic board in the package. The heatsink is configured to be fixed on the electronic board while maintaining a predetermined distance between a lower face of the heatsink and the component. The cover is configured to be able to be fixed by a fixing point to the heatsink. The retaining piece is connected to the heatsink so as to allow the heatsink a translational movement relative to the chassis in three orthogonal directions.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus determines that a control start condition is satisfied when there is an object in an area of a route which the own vehicle moves and executes a steering control of steering the own vehicle to increase a yaw angle of the own vehicle with respect to a moving lane of the own vehicle and decrease the yaw angle to avoid a collision of the own vehicle with the object when determining that control start condition is satisfied. The vehicle control apparatus determines that a control termination condition is satisfied when the yaw angle becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined yaw angle, and a steering angle of the own vehicle becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined steering angle after starting steering the own vehicle to decrease the yaw angle in executing the steering control.

Abstract: An electronic housing element intended to be fastened to a circuit board having a component to be cooled, including: a frame made of plastics material having a rigid surround and an upper wall, and a radiator intended to cool the component, having: a gripping portion protruding from the upper wall of the frame and designed so as to engage with gripping claws of a gripping device, and a holding portion engaging with the upper wall of the frame. The upper wall of the frame is formed from a material that has a deflection temperature under load and is designed to deform in order to allow the orientation of the radiator to be adjusted when the upper wall reaches the deflection temperature under load.

Abstract: A closing device for opening and closing an opening in a vehicle is disclosed. The closing device comprises a closing system, having a closing body (SK) that is fitted on the vehicle (FZ) in a movable manner and is configured to open and close the opening (O), a drive device (AV) that is operatively connected to the closing body (SK) and is configured to move the closing body (SK), and a transmission system (US) that is arranged between the closing body (SK) and the drive device (AV) and is configured to transmit a drive force generated by the drive device (AV) to the closing body (SK). The closing system (SLS) has a closing system spring rate (FRSLS) that characterizes an overall elasticity of the closing body (SLS), of the drive device (AV) and of the transmission system (US). The closing device (SV) also comprises a force transmission spring unit (KUFE) that is configured to pick up the drive force transmitted from the drive device (AV) to the closing body (SK).

Abstract: A sound emission arrangement, having a seat that has a backrest surface and a headrest surface, where the sound emission arrangement has at least one first and one second actuator for vibration excitation, where each of the two actuators is arranged in the seat, so that the first and the second actuator are each arranged with their excitation surface on the inner side of a covering of the headrest surface or the inner side of a covering of the backrest surface at substantially the same height.

Abstract: A system of at least two units that transmit and/or receive a signal at a first or a second frequency, respectively, each of the units being individually connected to the antenna, which is common to a first branch and to a second branch, respectively. The first branch or the antenna includes first passive electronics preventing passage of the signal at the second frequency to the first unit and allowing passage of the signal at the first frequency to the antenna. The second branch or the antenna includes second passive electronics preventing passage of the signal at the first frequency to the second unit and allowing passage of the signal at the second frequency to the antenna.

Abstract: An obstacle avoidance system for a camera arm configured to observe traffic to the rear of a vehicle, the vehicle having bodywork, includes: the camera arm having a camera; and a guide configured so as to extend from a lateral surface of the bodywork of the vehicle to a roof surface of the bodywork of the vehicle. The camera arm is arranged on the guide so as to be slidable along the guide back and forth between a position of rest on the roof surface and a working position on the lateral surface.

Abstract: An electronic unit suitable for being positioned on an internal face of a tread of a tire with a view to measuring operating parameters of a vehicle wheel equipped with the tire. The electronic unit includes: a body, configured to be embedded into the thickness of the tire, in a housing provided for this purpose, and includes sensors dedicated to measuring operating parameters of the wheel, a head, arranged at one end of the body, including a circuit board for managing information output from the sensors of the body and a way of communicating with a central unit installed in the vehicle; a way for connecting the elements with which the body is equipped and the elements with which the head is equipped; and a way to supply the electronic unit with power.

Abstract: A shaker screen assembly comprising a support frame and a screen subassembly attached to the support frame is provided. The screen subassembly includes a planar panel that includes a plurality of undulation sealing tabs, and a mesh section attached to the planar panel. The mesh section includes a series of undulations, each undulation including an elongated base portion and an elongated raised portion. The mesh section is attached to the planar panel such that the elongated raised portions form a series of elongated open areas having open ends and an undulation sealing tab of the planar panel is positioned in each of the open ends. The undulation sealing tabs help prevent fluid from leaking or flowing through the open ends when the shaker screen assembly is in use.

Abstract: An electronic assembly including: a housing for enclosing electronic components within. The housing includes an opening; an input-output port for allowing connection of at least one of the electronic components with at least one input-output device. The input-output port extends through the opening; and a flexibly resilient material integrated with the housing and arranged to partially cover the opening. The flexibly resilient material being dimensioned to complement the dimensions of the input-output port. Also provided is a method of producing the electronic assembly.

Abstract: An antenna module which is provided, in particular, for vehicle-to-X communication, and which performs pre-processing. An associated control unit and an associated motor vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electromechanical-hydraulic piston actuator providing pressurized pressure medium for a brake system of a vehicle, including an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, a rotation-translation mechanism driven by the electric motor and which has a rotatable threaded nut and a threaded spindle prevented from rotating and displaceable in its axial direction, a piston coupled with the threaded spindle in the axial direction thereof, a hydraulic cylinder having a hydraulic chamber filled with pressure medium into which the piston is displaceable from a rear piston position towards a forward piston position to pressurize the pressure medium and/or expel it from the chamber. A hydraulic connection is connected to the chamber via which pressure medium can be expelled from the chamber. An isolation device is provided for the piston-travel-controlled isolation of the rotational coupling between the rotor of the electric motor and the threaded nut.

Abstract: A vehicle electrical system, particularly for a motor vehicle. The vehicle electrical system has at least two electrical system branches, a disconnecting switch device between the two electrical system branches, wherein the disconnecting switch device has a first controllable switch unit and a series circuit having a second controllable switch unit and an overcurrent protection unit, wherein the first switch unit and the series circuit are electrically connected to each other in parallel between the two electrical system branches, and a control unit which in an idle mode of the vehicle electrical system, is equipped to switch the first switch unit into an open, current-disconnecting switching state and to keep it in the current-disconnecting switching state and to switch the second switch unit into a closed, current-carrying switching state and to keep it in this current-carrying switching state. A motor vehicle with the above-mentioned vehicle electrical system is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for controlling a brake, a steering and/or a drive of an autonomous or automated vehicle. This involves an artificial-intelligence-based first control apparatus being monitored by virtue of a criticality of a driving situation being determined on the basis of simple calculation values, wherein a specific criticality of the driving situation, or an inappropriate reaction by the first control apparatus to the driving situation, can result in changeover to a second control apparatus that undertakes the control of the vehicle on the basis of a deterministic calculation rule.

Abstract: A corner sensor for a motor vehicle capable of communicating over a wireless communication link with an authentication device and including: an array of antennae; and an electronic control unit configured to: determine the phase difference between the segments received by the antennae; determine the probability of each angle of incidence over a range of angles that is predetermined on the basis of the determined phase differences and of a predefined table, so as to determine a probability profile; measure the power of the segments received by the antennae of the array of antennae so as to determine a power profile; determine the actual angle of incidence of the signal by multiplying the probability profile with the power profile; and send the value of the determined actual angle of incidence to a central electronic control unit of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for characterizing the curvature of a road section, including: selecting, from among the points of the section, the points marking a curvature of the section; computing, for each selected point of the section contained between the second and the penultimate one, an indicator of curvature of the section at this point; identifying each bend contained in the road section, each bend including a set of successive selected points of the section; and for each bend contained in the road section, comparing the indicator of curvature of at least one of the points of the bend with a predetermined threshold. If the indicator of curvature computed for at least one of the selected points of the bend exceeds the predetermined threshold, recording, in a database, a data record including at least the set of points of the bend, and an item of data characterizing the curvature of the bend.

Abstract: A radio-transmitting sensor for a vehicle wheel, suitable for measuring at least one physical quantity and for transmitting a radio signal representative of this measured physical quantity. The sensor includes a measurement and transmission circuit, an antenna impedance matching circuit, and an antenna circuit. The sensor includes a sensitivity switch controlled by the measurement and transmission circuit and suitable for switching the antenna circuit according to two modes: a dynamic mode in which the antenna circuit is configured as a magnetic antenna, and in which the sensor transmits said radio signal representative of the measured physical quantity, this signal including transmitted data frames; and a static mode in which the antenna circuit is configured as an electric antenna.

Abstract: A system for implementing an interaction between a semi-autonomous or autonomous motor vehicle and a vulnerable user of a carriageway used by the motor vehicle and potentially crossed by a vulnerable user at a crossing, pedestrians and cyclists being considered to be vulnerable users. The system includes an environment sensor, a computer which processes the data received from the environment sensor, and a display device which is directed to outside of the vehicle and controlled by the computer. The display device being in the form of a horizontal strip occupying a longitudinal end of the vehicle, including an at least four pixels per cm2 matrix panel configured to provide vulnerable users present in the vehicle's environment with a visual indication as to whether or not they may cross the carriageway road surface, and delivers either an indication prompting them to cross or, conversely, an indication forbidding them from crossing.

Abstract: A collision avoidance assist apparatus calculates a lane marking recognition reliability level and execute an emergency steering control. The emergency steering control includes processes to determine a target steering torque to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle when determining that the vehicle has a high probability of colliding with the obstacle, a moving lane defined by the left and right lane markings is a straight lane, and the calculated lane marking recognition reliability level is equal to or higher than a first threshold reliability level, and apply a steering torque corresponding to the target steering torque to a steering mechanism. The collision avoidance assist apparatus stops executing the emergency steering control when the lane marking recognition reliability level becomes lower than a second threshold reliability level set to a value lower than the first threshold reliability level.