Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing an air flap for a vehicle. The apparatus for opening and closing an air flap may include a coolant temperature sensor provided at an engine to measure a coolant temperature of the engine, a control unit comparing a measurement value input from the coolant temperature sensor with a reference value stored therein, thus outputting a control signal, an actuator rotating in response to the control signal of the control unit, a power transmission unit connected to the actuator to transmit rotating force of the actuator, and a flap unit installed in an opening of a front end module carrier, and being selectively movable in a vertical direction in the opening by power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the flap unit to open or close the opening, thus permitting or preventing an inflow of air into the cooling module.

Abstract: A rear monitor mounting structure may include an armrest having a recess formed in an upper portion and an armrest hinge portion provided on one end thereof, a rear monitor mount provided in the one end of the armrest and pivotally coupled to the armrest hinge portion of the armrest, a vertical rotary motor fixed to the armrest hinge portion and coupled to the rear monitor mount to selectively rotate the rear monitor mount, wherein the vertical rotary motor is co-axially aligned with an armrest hinge shaft pivotally coupling the armrest and a center console, and a rear monitor connected to the rear monitor mount, wherein the rear monitor rotates toward or away from the recess according to a rotation angle of the rear monitor mount with respect to the armrest hinge shaft.

Abstract: A mobile phone cradle may include a housing, a lower body displaceably received in the housing, an upper body rotatably fixed to an upper portion of the lower body and displaceably received in the housing, wherein a mobile phone is held on the upper body, a first elastic member, wherein one end of the first elastic member is selectively wound around a roller rotatably mounted on the housing to move the lower body upwards and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the lower body, a fixing member selectively fixing the lower body to the housing, and a moving unit guiding displacement of the lower body along the housing, wherein the upper body is rotated at a predetermined angle when taken out of the housing by the first elastic member.

Abstract: A multi-glass fiber bonded high-strength plastic back beam for a vehicle bumper, which may be made of glass fiber and thermoplastic resin, may include a first fiber resin layer in which long fiber or short fiber may be bonded with thermoplastic resin, and a second fiber resin layer in which continuous fiber may be bonded with thermoplastic resin, wherein, when the first fiber resin layer may be independently attached onto the second fiber resin layer by heating, the long fiber or short fiber of the first fiber resin layer may be configured not to permeate between the continuous fibers of the second fiber resin layer.

Abstract: A light emission device for simplifying a structure of an electron emission unit and a manufacturing process thereof is provided. A display device using the light emission device as a light source is also provided. The light emission device includes a vacuum panel having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other. A sealing member is between the first and second substrates. Recess portions each have a depth into a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. Cathode electrodes are in corresponding recesses. Electron emission regions are on corresponding cathode electrodes. A gate electrode is fixed at one side of the first substrate at a distance from the electron emission regions. A light emission unit is at one side of the second substrate. The gate electrode includes a mesh unit having openings for passing through an electron beam and a supporting member surrounding the mesh unit.

Abstract: A fail-safe air flap control apparatus for a vehicle includes a coolant temperature sensor, a control unit, an actuator, a movable unit, a flap unit, an elastic member and a solenoid unit. The coolant temperature sensor measures the temperature of a coolant. The control unit compares a value measured by the sensor to a reference value and generates a corresponding control signal. The actuator has a rotator which rotates in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction depending on the control signal. The movable unit linearly moves under rotational force of the rotator. The flap unit includes a flap housing having an air flow slot, a flap door mounted to the flap housing to openably close the air flow slot, and a connecting rod connected to the movable unit. The elastic member applies elastic force to the movable unit in a direction in which the flap door opens.

Abstract: A telescopic bicycle carrier installed on a vehicle so as to be able to load a bicycle outside the vehicle, may include a guide rail located inside a bumper of the vehicle and fixed to an end of a body of the vehicle, a guide frame slidably installed on the guide rail along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of expansion brackets installed on lateral sides of the guide frame and slidable toward or away from each other with respect to the guide frame in a widthwise direction of the vehicle through the guide frame, bicycle wheel fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix wheels of the loaded bicycle, and bicycle body fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix a body of the loaded bicycle, wherein the pair of expansion brackets may be received inside the bumper along with the guide frame in a retracted state where the expansion brackets slide toward each other into the guide frame, and may be extracted from the bumper along with the guide frame if

Abstract: A system for controlling a clock for a vehicle using Global Positioning System (GPS) information, may include a GPS reception unit for receiving the GPS information from satellites, a clock oscillator for measuring a time value by generating clocks, a switch unit for supplying a user-changed time value by manipulation thereof, a display unit for displaying a current time, and a control unit for, when power of the vehicle is applied, displaying the current time to the display unit by outputting a sum of the time value of the clock oscillator and the user-changed time value of the switch unit, and, when invalid information has been received from the GPS reception unit, storing the user-changed time value reset using the switch unit and then outputting the current time.

Abstract: A method for selectively providing a low beam state and a high beam state of an LED headlamp, may include driving an engine of a vehicle, switching on a multi-function switch to turn on at least a second LED module to emit a high beam after driving the engine to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp, and converting a low beam state of at least a first LED module into a high beam state to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system for an electric vehicle and a method of controlling the air conditioning system. According to preferred embodiments, the air conditioning system includes a blower, a battery and a Motor Control Unit (MCU), and a controller.

Abstract: A method of controlling an adaptive head lamp including a control unit for detecting a driving signal of a vehicle to control an actuator which controls the head lamp in a horizontal or vertical direction in accordance with a control signal of the control unit, may include steps of, a) verifying whether an ignition of the vehicle is turned on or off, b) after the ignition of the vehicle is verified, driving the actuator to move the head lamp to a rightmost or leftmost position in the horizontal direction, or a lowermost or uppermost position in the vertical direction, c) driving the actuator by a predetermined number of pulses previously set in a micro stepping manner in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the headlamp at the step b), and d) setting a position of the head lamp determined at the step c) as an initial position.

Abstract: Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fault signal when fail occurs in the motor, a power supply unit which controls a magnitude of electric power supplied to the headlamp according to a power control signal, and a controller which selectively outputs the power control signal to the power supply unit according to the motor fault signal of the motor driver.

Abstract: An adaptive front lighting system for performing highway and urban district modes of front lights is provided, which includes a leveling actuator rotating a light source of front lights of a vehicle in upward and downward directions, and a control unit judging a driving state of the vehicle as either of a highway driving state and an urban district driving state in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle and determining a degree of rotation of the light source performed by the leveling actuator in accordance with a result of judgment. The driving condition includes at least one of a vehicle speed, external illumination, and frequency of vehicle stops.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for air conditioning a vehicle interior using a battery charge control of an electric vehicle, which can improve the cooling/heating performance by setting a start-up time of the electric vehicle and supplying heat generated from a battery during charge and its latent heat to the vehicle interior during initial start-up of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system for an electric vehicle and a method for controlling the same in which heat generated from a drive motor during vehicle running is used to assist the heating of a vehicle interior so as to provide more efficient heating of the vehicle interior and, especially, reduce the amount of battery power consumed for the heating of the vehicle interior, thus increasing driving distance and improving fuel efficiency. The air conditioning system of the invention can cool the drive motor, heat the vehicle interior using waste heat of the drive motor, and purify the air supplied to the vehicle interior with the use of a single blower.

Abstract: A light emission having: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a sealing member between the first and second substrates and forming a vacuum envelope with the first and second substrates. The device also includes an electron emission unit on the first substrate, the electron emission unit having a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions having an independently controlled electron emission; a light emission unit on the second substrate, the light emission unit having a phosphor layer and an anode electrode on the phosphor layer; at least one anode button penetrating the second substrate at a region enclosed by the sealing member and spaced apart from the light emission unit; and a conductive layer on the second substrate and electrically coupling the anode button to the anode electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing an air flap for a vehicle. The apparatus for opening and closing an air flap may include a coolant temperature sensor provided at an engine to measure a coolant temperature of the engine, a control unit comparing a measurement value input from the coolant temperature sensor with a reference value stored therein, thus outputting a control signal, an actuator rotating in response to the control signal of the control unit, a power transmission unit connected to the actuator to transmit rotating force of the actuator, and a flap unit installed in an opening of a front end module carrier, and being selectively movable in a vertical direction in the opening by power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the flap unit to open or close the opening, thus permitting or preventing an inflow of air into the cooling module.

Abstract: A rear monitor mounting structure may include an armrest having a recess formed in an upper portion and an armrest hinge portion provided on one end thereof, a rear monitor mount provided in the one end of the armrest and pivotally coupled to the armrest hinge portion of the armrest, a vertical rotary motor fixed to the armrest hinge portion and coupled to the rear monitor mount to selectively rotate the rear monitor mount, wherein the vertical rotary motor is co-axially aligned with an armrest hinge shaft pivotally coupling the armrest and a center console, and a rear monitor connected to the rear monitor mount, wherein the rear monitor rotates toward or away from the recess according to a rotation angle of the rear monitor mount with respect to the armrest hinge shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle roof headliner which includes a back panel and a skin panel attached onto the back panel through a thermoforming process. The skin panel includes: an adhesive sheet serving as a medium of attaching the skin panel onto the back panel; an cushion sheet which is adhered on the adhesive sheet and is more flexible than the back panel; a cloth adhered on the cushion sheet; and a nanofiber unwoven fabric which is provided on a side of the cloth facing the cushion sheet, which is prepared by electrospinning a spinning solution containing a far infrared emitting material on the side of the cloth and which is melted during the thermoforming process and thus bonded with fiber tissues of the cloth. The vehicle roof headliner contributes to the improvement in health of vehicle passengers because it has excellent far infrared emission capability.

Abstract: A mobile phone cradle may include a housing, a lower body displaceably received in the housing, an upper body rotatably fixed to an upper portion of the lower body and displaceably received in the housing, wherein a mobile phone is held on the upper body, a first elastic member, wherein one end of the first elastic member is selectively wound around a roller rotatably mounted on the housing to move the lower body upwards and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the lower body, a fixing member selectively fixing the lower body to the housing, and a moving unit guiding displacement of the lower body along the housing, wherein the upper body is rotated at a predetermined angle when taken out of the housing by the first elastic member.