Abstract: An assembly includes a dash and a deployable panel supported by the dash. The deployable panel is moveable relative to the dash from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The deployable panel has a proximal end at the dash in the deployed position and a distal end spaced above the dash in the deployed position. An airbag is supported by the dash and is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag abuts the deployable panel when the deployable panel is in the deployed position and the airbag is in the inflated position. A tether extends from the airbag to the deployable panel in the undeployed position.

Abstract: The battery structure for an electric vehicle includes battery arrays. A first battery array includes first walls that are secured to each other to form a first unitized structure that is configured to house a first cell stack. One first wall of the first walls includes a first vertical portion, a first upper portion, and a first lower portion. A second battery array includes second walls that are secured to each other to form a second unitized structure that is configured to house a second cell stack. One second wall of the second walls includes a second vertical portion and a second upper portion. The second vertical portion is spaced apart from the first vertical portion. The second upper portion extends toward the first vertical portion from an upper end of the second vertical portion and is secured to the first upper portion of the first battery array.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery assembly includes a lithium-ion battery pack that produces exhaust gases under stress conditions. Characteristically, the exhaust gases includes carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and hydrocarbons. A catalyst system is in fluid communication with the exhaust gases. Advantageously, the catalyst system configured to promote breakdown of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and hydrocarbons at temperatures greater than about 100° C.

Abstract: A composition for preparing a foam comprises (A) a polyol, (B) a pre-mixture comprising (B1) a silicone resin at least partially solubilized in (B2) a physical blowing agent capable of at least partially solubilizing the silicone resin (B1), (C) a polyisocyanate, and (D) a catalyst. The silicone resin (B1) includes at least 20 mol % (R13SiO1/2) siloxy units and at least 40 mol % of (SiO4/2) siloxy units, each based on the total moles of siloxy units present in the silicone resin (B1), with the proviso that the combined amount of (R13SiO1/2) and (SiO4/2) siloxy units is at least 85 mol % based on the total moles of siloxy units present in the silicone resin (B1), where each R1 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group.

Abstract: A diagnostic system of a vehicle may evaluate the output of a first monitor configured to identify conflicts with forecasts for objects in proximity to the vehicle generated by a first processor based on perception information that indicates the objects to determine whether there is a conflict with a forecast for an object of the objects in proximity to the vehicle. The diagnostic system may evaluate the output of a second monitor configured to identify conflicts with instructions for controlling an operation of the vehicle generated by a second processor based on the perception information to determine whether there is a conflict with the instruction. The diagnostic system may provide instruction for causing the vehicle to execute a maneuver responsive a conflict with the forecast for the object, the conflict with the instruction for controlling the operation of the vehicle, and/or the like.

Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, has at least one storage chamber, laterally delimited on both sides by two side walls, and at least one dividing element, arranged in the storage chamber and which serves for subdividing the storage chamber. In order to provide a center console having a storage chamber which can be adapted to articles that are to be stored, the center console has at least two upwardly open holding slots which are arranged in the storage chamber and are mutually spaced in a transverse direction of the center console and which are arranged mutually oppositely on the side walls such that the dividing element can, at edges, be at least partially inserted into the holding slots from above.

Abstract: A center console for a vehicle has an armrest in a rearward region which is pivotable at a rearward end about a pivot axis, extending between a horizontal armrest position and a vertical opening position, an upwardly open storage chamber arranged to be partially forwardly offset in relation to the armrest situated in the horizontal armrest position, a storage insert configured to be at least partially inserted, from above, into the storage chamber, and a securing unit for securing the storage insert within the storage chamber in a vertical direction of the center console. The securing unit has a securing receptacle and a securing projection that engages into the securing receptacle. A forward end portion of the armrest situated in the horizontal armrest position lies on a rearward end portion of the storage insert that has been inserted into the storage chamber.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle operates in a Follow Mode, wherein an apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle includes an exterior monitoring system comprising at least one sensor to monitor an exterior region and to detect a location of a target user. A controller is configured to A) interactively map an activity zone having a selected expanse in the exterior region relative to the vehicle, B) compare a monitored location of the target user to the activity zone, C) detect a relocation event when the comparison of the monitored location of the target user to the activity zone exceeds a predetermined deviation, and D) send a navigation command in response to detecting the relocation event in order to autonomously reposition the vehicle so that a relative location of the target user is restored to the activity zone.

Abstract: A data map is modeled to generate a modeled data map, the data map including a calibration to control vehicle operation over various weather conditions encountered by a vehicle, the modeled data map characterizing data elements of the data map according to a mathematical model. The modeled data map is sent to the vehicle to expand into at least a portion of the data map to control the vehicle operation.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a method for forming light olefins may comprise introducing a hydrocarbon feed stream into a reactor, reacting the hydrocarbon feed stream with a dehydrogenation catalyst in the reactor to form a high temperature dehydrogenated product, separating at least a portion of the dehydrogenation catalyst from the high temperature dehydrogenated product in a primary separation device, combining the high temperature dehydrogenation product with a quench stream to cool the high temperature dehydrogenation product and form an intermediate temperature dehydrogenation product, and cooling the intermediate temperature dehydrogenation product to form a cooled dehydrogenation product.

Abstract: A vehicle door control system includes a door assembly, which includes a side door and a liftgate. The door assembly includes an actuation assembly that adjusts each of the side door and the liftgate between opened and closed positions. A sensor assembly defines a rear sensor field, a first side sensor field, and a second side sensor field. A controller determines whether a person in at least one of the rear sensor field, the first side sensor field, and the second side sensor field is a recognized passenger, determines a speed of the recognized passenger, determines whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, and activates the actuation assembly to open at least one of the liftgate and the side door based on whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, where timing of activation of the actuation assembly is based on the speed of the recognized passenger.

Abstract: A high-voltage module, such as a traction battery, a traction inverter, or a DC/DC converter of a traction powertrain of an electrified vehicle (EV), includes an enclosure and a fuse box. An electronics assembly for performing electrical power operations is housed within the enclosure. The enclosure has a socket. The fuse box is removably insertable into the socket of the enclosure. The fuse box connects to the electronics assembly while the fuse box is inserted into the socket of the enclosure for the fuse box to provide a power distribution and fuse protection arrangement to the electronics assembly.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a first heat exchanger, a first region of a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a compressor, a vapor generator, an accumulator, a first expansion valve, and a first three-way valve. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The vapor generator is positioned downstream of the outlet of the compressor and upstream of both the low-pressure inlet and the mid-pressure inlet. The accumulator is positioned immediately upstream of the compressor. The accumulator includes an inlet and an outlet. The first expansion valve is positioned upstream of the accumulator. The first expansion valve includes an inlet and an outlet. The first three-way valve is positioned immediately downstream of the first expansion valve and immediately upstream of the accumulator.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a continuous process for the production of hydroxyethylpiperazine that includes feeding neat piperazine, recycled piperazine, and ethylene oxide to a reactor to form crude hydroxyethylpiperazine, in which the reactor is a continuous stirred tank reactor or a plug flow reactor. The process further includes continuously feeding the crude hydroxyethylpiperazine from the reactor to a distillation system that includes at least one distillation column, the distillation system produces at least a recycled piperazine stream and a hydroxyethylpiperazine stream, the recycled piperazine stream includes the recycled piperazine that is fed to the reactor to form the crude hydroxyethylpiperazine, and the hydroxyethylpiperazine stream includes at least 60 wt % of hydroxyethylpiperazine based on a total weight of the hydroxyethylpiperazine stream.

Abstract: An elastomer composition including (a) an elastomer blend component; (b) at least one first odor-reducing component; and (c) at least one second odor-reducing component; the elastomer component (a) including a hydrogenated block copolymer, a propylene polymer, a maleic anhydride grafted polymer, a mineral oil, and a filler, and/or a nucleating agent. The elastomer composition can be particularly suitable for fabricating injection molded non-carpet vehicle flooring with a reduced amount of undesirable odor.

Abstract: Deployable step systems for accessing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly having a door subassembly may include a bumper integrated step pad that is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the step pad establishes a portion of the bumper, and in the deployed position, the step pad is rearward and vertically lowered relative to the bumper.

Abstract: A battery pack includes an upper sidewall section of an enclosure, a lower sidewall section of the enclosure, and a fastener that moves to a secured position to secure the upper sidewall section to the lower sidewall section. The fastener is configured to be moved to the secured position from within an interior area of the enclosure. The battery pack further includes a gasket seal held between the upper sidewall section and the lower sidewall section at a position outside the fastener relative to an interior area of the enclosure.

Abstract: Solar power generation panels added on a transportation vehicle have a layout wherein power output of the panels varies according to an azimuth orientation of the vehicle. A controller includes a database of calibration curves relating an expected power output to a respective range of the azimuth orientation according to different solar altitude angles. A self-learning sequence is performed which (a) collects a magnitude of power output while the vehicle traverses the respective range of the azimuth orientation, (b) identifies a current solar altitude angle, and (c) stores a resulting calibration curve. A parking sequence comprises (a) selecting a calibration curve according to solar altitude angle, (b) determining a target vehicle azimuth angle which optimizes a cumulative power output based on the calibration curve and solar azimuth, and (d) initiating a movement of the vehicle to orient it at the target vehicle azimuth angle.

Abstract: Monitoring of a vehicle is provided. A plurality of video feeds captured from cameras of the vehicle are received, over a network from a vehicle, each of the plurality of video feeds including a plurality frames, each of the frames of each of the video feeds being assigned a sequence number that increases for each successive frame. The sequence numbers are analyzed to identify missing frames, delayed frames, or stale frames. The plurality of video feeds is displayed, to one or more monitors, the sequence numbers corresponding to the displayed frames, and for each of the plurality of video feeds, indications of whether any missed frames, delayed frames, or stale frames were identified.