Abstract: Provided are an airbag deployment system of a vehicle and an airbag deployment method thereof. The airbag deployment system includes a rear-viewable seat rotatably installed in a front row of the vehicle; a seat state detection unit configured to measure a rear-facing state, a current slide amount, and a backrest angle of the rear-viewable seat; a multiple-airbag unit that includes a first airbag installed in a backrest of the rear-viewable seat and configured to deploy rearward, and a second airbag installed in a dashboard; and a controller configured to, when a vehicle collision event occurs in the rear-facing state of the rear-viewable seat, calculate a distance between the dashboard and the backrest by using the current slide amount and the backrest angle, and selectively deploy at least one airbag according to a preset multiple-airbag deployment condition for each range based on the calculated distance.

Abstract: A method is directed to operating an internal combustion engine having at least one catalytic converter, wherein control interventions of a lambda control for controlling an exhaust gas composition of the engine are deactivated. The method includes the steps of ascertaining a current exhaust gas composition upstream of the catalytic converter, determining a current oxygen fill level of the catalytic converter on the basis of the ascertained current exhaust gas composition, ascertaining a planned control intervention on a composition of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine on the basis of the determined current oxygen fill level of the catalytic converter, ascertaining a current exhaust gas composition downstream of the catalytic converter, ascertaining a future exhaust gas composition downstream of the catalytic converter resulting on the basis of an air-fuel mixture already supplied to the engine, and reactivating the lambda control and specifying a control intervention to be carried out.

Abstract: Systems are provided including a selective catalytic reduction catalyst structured to receive first exhaust gas from a first fuel source of a dual fuel engine system and second exhaust gas from a second fuel source of the dual fuel engine system, a first fuel of the first fuel source differing from a second fuel of the second fuel source, an ammonia slip catalyst positioned downstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst to receive a flow of exhaust gases from the selective catalytic reduction catalyst without an intervening catalyst, and an oxidation catalyst positioned downstream of the ammonia slip catalyst to receive the flow of exhaust gases from the ammonia slip catalyst without an intervening catalyst.

Abstract: A drive system driving front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle includes a powertrain comprising an output shaft, a rear driveshaft coupled to the rear wheels, a drive mechanism coupling the output shaft to the rear wheels, a front driveshaft shaft coupled to the front wheels and a prop shaft coupling the rear driveshaft and to the front driveshaft.

Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting injection timing of closely spaced multiple injections via a same injector. In one example, during an inter-injection spacing between a first injection and a second injection in a set of multiple injections being lower than a threshold period, an opening time of the second injection in the set of multiple injections may be adjusted based on another opening time of another second injection in a previous set of multiple injections.

Abstract: A pump unit may include a pump configured to increase a pressure of diesel fuel and discharge the diesel fuel to a fuel passage in which a filter is disposed, and a controller configured to control an operation of the pump. The controller may be configured to execute freeze avoidance control in which the operation of the pump is controlled using an index that indicates a degree of clogging of the filter caused by the diesel fuel freezing. In the freeze avoidance control, the controller may be configured to apply a higher load to the pump as the degree of clogging of the filter indicated by the index is higher.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes multiple systems, each system including a sensor. The refuse vehicle also includes an automated check system. The automated check system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain sensor data from the sensor of each of the multiple systems, determine which of the multiple systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data, and operate a display screen to prompt a technician to manually inspect one or more of the multiple systems.

Abstract: A harness buckle locking assembly for a buckle of for a car seat includes an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) device, comprises a first transceiver and is configured to operationally engage an OBD II port of a vehicle, and a housing, which is positionable over a release button of a buckle of a car seat. A depressible button is attached to a pin and can be depressed to actuate the release button. A lock unit selectively locks the pin within the housing. An electronics unit is operationally engaged to the lock unit and communicates with the OBD device and with an electronic device of a user. The electronics unit can signal the user of occupancy of the car seat, when the vehicle has been turned off for a preset time, and also can selectively actuate the lock unit to unlock the pin.

Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus for controlling a height of a vehicle includes a seat having a seat unit and a backrest unit, the seat unit movable in directions of two or more axes, a control module configured to determine a position of the seat in a state in which a driver is seated, estimate a body shape of the driver based on the position of the seat, calculate a vehicle height adjustment parameter based on the body shape and generate a suspension control signal for adjusting a vehicle height based on the vehicle height adjustment parameter and a suspension driving device configured to control a suspension based on the suspension control signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to dynamic power curve throttling. In an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method for enabling dynamic throttling of an engine includes graphically displaying a graph of a linear throttle line for the engine including an idle speed in revolutions per minute (RPM) and one or more operating speeds in revolutions per minute; using a graphical user interface to alter the linear throttling line into a non-linear dynamic throttling line; and generating a table based on the non-linear dynamic throttling line, the table including dynamic throttle increments that vary based on RPM and that are usable by a controller for dynamic throttling of the engine.

Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a train control method, system, computer device and storage medium. A scheme applying the train control method of the application determines a current travelling state of a vehicle under control firstly, and configures different state weights according to different travelling states to determine a corresponding target travelling parameter in a particular travelling state. The scheme can ensure to determine and obtain in real time an optimal target travelling parameter for the vehicle under control according to its current travelling state, regardless of the travelling environment of the vehicle under control, and control the vehicle under control in real time and effectively by the target travelling parameter during a travelling process. Thereby, the real-time performance and control accuracy of vehicle control can be improved, and the control effect of the train control method provided by the embodiments of the application can be further improved.

Abstract: An electric suspension apparatus includes an electric actuator mounted in a vehicle, the electric actuator being driven with a motor, a voltage determination unit determining whether an electromotive force generated by the motor is equal to or more than a predetermined voltage in a state where regenerative power is generated in the motor, and an instruction unit short-circuiting the motor in a case where the voltage determination unit determines that the electromotive force generated by the motor is equal to or more than the predetermined voltage.

Abstract: Tank for a vehicle comprising at least one wall defining a closed volume configured to contain an urea solution, and conditioning means configured to maintain the urea solution within a preset temperature range between a maximum threshold and a minimum threshold, the conditioning means generating a heat flow suitable to maintain the urea solution within the aforementioned range by converting an electric power supply of the conditioning means.

Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine control device capable of appropriately correcting a flow rate of EGR gas. Therefore, an internal combustion engine control device 20 includes moisture amount calculation units 301 and 302, a dew condensation calculation unit 303, and an EGR correction unit 304. The moisture amount calculation unit 301 calculates a total moisture amount contained in the mixed gas. The dew condensation calculation unit 303 calculates a dew condensation generation amount WQcon in an intercooler based on the total moisture amount. The EGR correction unit 304 corrects a flow rate of the EGR gas based on the dew condensation generation amount WQcon.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan and a dryer, where the centrifugal fan includes a shell, a driving mechanism, an impeller and a volute tongue arranged in the shell, the driving mechanism is connected with the tongue and can drive the tongue to rotate between a first limit position and a second limit position, the tongue includes a first volute tongue part and a second volute tongue part; when the tongue is located at the first limit position and the impeller rotates forwards, the first tongue part abuts against the inner wall of one side of the shell in a sealed mode, the second tongue part can cut the air blown by the impeller, and when the tongue is located at the second limit position and the impeller rotates reversely, the first tongue part can cut air blown by the impeller.

Abstract: A motor for a vehicle includes a motor housing, a motor shaft, a hub, and a wheel speed sensor assembly. The motor shaft is disposed at least partially within the motor housing. The hub is configured to be coupled to the motor shaft and to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle. The wheel speed sensor assembly includes a first end that is coupled to the motor housing and a second end that is rotatably coupled to the hub. The wheel speed sensor assembly is configured to generate a wheel speed signal that facilitates determination of a speed and direction of rotation of the wheel.

Abstract: A vibration damping control apparatus of a vehicle obtains first data from a road surface information in which position information, a road surface displacement related value, and speed information are rerated to one another. The first data represents a time series change of the road surface displacement related value on a predicted route of a wheel. The vibration damping control apparatus obtains speed information at a predicted passage position from the road surface information. In the case where the speed of the vehicle at the present point in time is higher than a speed represented by the speed information, the vibration damping control apparatus executes a first process (low-pass filter process) on the first data, obtains preview information from the first data having been subjected to the first process, and controls a control force generating apparatus on the basis of a target control force computed by using the preview information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a performance variable of an engine system are provided. An apparatus includes a response model circuit structured to apply a constraint to a response model that represents a relationship regarding a manipulated variable or a relationship between the performance variable and the manipulated variable. The apparatus further includes an optimization circuit structured to determine a target for the manipulated variable via the response model such that the target of the manipulated variable satisfies the constraint of the response model. The performance variable is indicative of performance of operation of the engine system and the manipulated variable is capable of affecting the performance variable. Operation of the engine system is adjusted based upon the target of the manipulated variable by controlling at least one of a fuel system or an air handling system of the engine system.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a piston, a main combustion chamber, a subchamber, an injector that injects fuel into the main combustion chamber, a main spark plug that ignites a mixture gas inside the main combustion chamber, a subspark plug that ignites the mixture gas inside the subchamber, and a controller electrically connected to the injector, the main spark plug and the subspark plug. When an engine speed is above a given reference engine speed, the controller controls, in a low-load range below a given reference load, the ignition devices so that the subignition is performed after the main ignition, and the controller controls, in a high-load range exceeding the reference load, the ignition devices so that only the subignition is performed, or so that the main ignition is performed at the same timing as or after the subignition.