Patents Issued in August 7, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140217774
    Abstract: A vehicular door assembly includes a door and at least one hinge structure. Each of the at least one hinge structure includes a knuckle and a bushing. The knuckle extends away from the door. The door and the knuckle of each of the at least one hinge structure are integrally formed as a unitary structure. The knuckle of each of the at least one hinge structure includes an upper surface and a lower surface, and defines a bore extending through the knuckle and opening onto each of the upper surface and the lower surface. The bushing defines a hinge aperture and a hinge axis. At least a substantial portion of the bushing is positioned within the bore defined by a respective one of the knuckles. Each of the at least one hinge structure is configured for coupling with a frame of a vehicle. Vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Peterson, John B. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140217775
    Abstract: An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus is adaptable for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus consists of a series of nesting shapes and/or frameworks that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Scott Breidenbach
  • Publication number: 20140217776
    Abstract: A system of aerodynamic skirt fairings designed to minimize aerodynamic drag and maintain smoother air flow over highway-operated long-haul tractor-trailer vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Richard P. Senatro
  • Publication number: 20140217777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle front body structure comprising a cross-sectionally closed front side frame installed to extend in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The front side frame has a depressed section formed in a lower region of a vehicle-width directional inner wall surface portion thereof in such a manner as to be depressed toward a vehicle-width directional outward side. The front side frame is internally provided with a reinforcing member extending over a front-rear directional dimension of the depressed section. An upper portion of the reinforcing member is joined to at least one of a vehicle-width directional intermediate region of an upper wall portion of the front side frame and an area of the upper wall portion located outward side of the intermediate region, and a lateral portion of the reinforcing member is joined to a wall surface portion corresponding to the depressed section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Tanaka, Kenichi Yano, Takayuki Nakamae
  • Publication number: 20140217778
    Abstract: A cab of a mobile machine may include a seat for an operator. The cab may also include a first vertical plane centrally located on the seat and extending along a length of the cab. The cab may further include a rollover protective structure (ROPS). The ROPS may include a first component and a second component positioned on either side of the first vertical plane. At least one of the first component and the second component may include a single tube shaped to form a C-post positioned behind the seat, a B-post positioned in front of the seat, and a header connecting the C-post and the B-post. The C-post and the B-post may each include support structures that extend from a floor of the cab to a roof of the cab. The header may extend along a length of the cab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Gielda, Christian D. Ritchie, Brent Ryan Frazier, Justin Michael Malohn
  • Publication number: 20140217779
    Abstract: The cab of a mobile machine may include a first vertical plane centrally positioned along a width of the cab and extending along a length of the cab. The cab may also include a frame with an integrated rollover protective structure. The frame may include an A-post, a B-post, and a C-post arranged along a side of the cab and extending along a height direction of the cab. An elongated portion of the A-post may he inclined from a vertical axis of the cab to make an acute angle with the first vertical plane and an acute angle with a second vertical plane orthogonal to the first vertical plane. And, an elongated portion of the B-post may be inclined from the vertical axis to make an acute angle with the first vertical plane and an acute angle with the second vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Gielda, Christian D. Ritchie, Justin Michael Malohn, Brent Ryan Frazier
  • Publication number: 20140217780
    Abstract: A support structure is configured for locating an instrument panel within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The support structure includes a support bracket and an end bracket. The support bracket is attached to a body panel of the vehicle. The support bracket includes a lateral biasing guide. The end bracket is attached to an end of the instrument panel. The end bracket has a first side. The first side abuts the lateral biasing guide of the support bracket such that the lateral biasing guide biases the instrument panel in a lateral direction until the end bracket abuts the lateral datum surface of the first body panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rudy M. Vican, Michael R. Kaphengst, Rick J. Ferrara, Denis L. Arnold
  • Publication number: 20140217781
    Abstract: A wheel house liner for a wheel house of a vehicle includes a main body and at least one flange along at least a portion of an end of the main body, the at least one flange forming a hemmed edge. The wheel house liner also includes a bonding agent to hold the at least one flange and the main body together, and at least one fastener hole. The main body is formed by a forming machine. The at least one flange is then formed by bending, by a bending tool, at least a portion of an end of the main body. The bonding agent may be applied to the portion of the end before or after the forming of the at least one flange. Finally, the hemmed edge is formed by folding, by the bending tool, the at least one flange against the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wayne R. Witkop, Joseph C. Simmer
  • Publication number: 20140217782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for the vehicle chassis of motor vehicles, which subframe has at least one cavity usable as a pressure accumulator and has a cross member (1) which is connected, at the two end faces (27, 28) thereof, to a node element (3, 4). Bearing elements (10 to 12) and/or further frame elements are attached to the node elements (3, 4). The cross member (1) is formed as a continuous rib-reinforced component or extruded part (15) and forms for the pressure accumulator a pressure-resistant cavity which is closed off by the node elements (3, 4) at the end faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Dominik Mohrlock, Thomas Janek, Andreas Goerke, Roland Hudler, Friedrich-Oskar Winter
  • Publication number: 20140217783
    Abstract: Left and right roof rails for supporting a roof panel include left and right inner rails; and left and right outer panels located on the outsides of the left and right inner rails in the width direction of the vehicle. Each of the outer panels is formed in a stepped shape and includes a stepped section at an intermediate stage and an upper outer flange at a lower stage. The upper outer flanges are joined to the upper surfaces of the associated inner rail. The left and right ends of the roof panel are joined to the stepped surfaces of the stepped sections by adhesion sections and temporarily securing sections. The temporarily securing sections are weld portions that provide temporary affixation until the adhesion sections can exhibit an adhesion force, and the temporarily securing sections are covered with filling agent layers that are filled into the stepped sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Hida, Hitoshi Mizohata
  • Publication number: 20140217784
    Abstract: A strong collapsible chair has a frame and a soft panel attached to the frame. The frame has right and left front tube legs, right and left rear legs, right and left armrest bars pivotally linked to respect right front and right rear legs and respect left front and left rear legs, right and left front lower legs slidably inserted in respective right and left front tube leg, right and left front feet fixed to right and left front lower legs, right and left front supporters respectively fixed to right and left front legs, a pair of front scissoring bars, right and left seat bars, right and left backrest bars, right and left first sleeves, right and left reinforcement bars, right and left rear feet, and a pair of rear scissoring bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Libin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140217785
    Abstract: Articles of furniture with a system of heating and cooling that can be integrated into a building environmental control network are provided. The heating/cooling system of the article has surfaces of a porous or non-porous, moisture-permeable material allowing convective and evaporative heat exchange from the body surface to the environment. The material covers a plenum that has reflective surfaces to reduce radiant losses and low-wattage fans to circulate air that convectively cools the occupant. Resistance heating may be incorporated at key occupant contact areas in the seat and backrest. Temperature, occupancy and other sensors can be incorporated. A control interface controls the actions of the heating/cooling system of the article and can interact with a network server to transmit measurements of environmental temperatures and occupant selection of control settings that are useful for control of the building's indoor environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Edward A. Arens, Hui Zhang, Wilmer Pasut
  • Publication number: 20140217786
    Abstract: A seat cooling system for a vehicle seat comprising: a cooling fluid container; a mechanism to transfer cooling fluid from the cooling fluid container into a bottom portion of the seat; and a mechanism to transfer cooling fluid from the cooling fluid container into a lumbar portion of the seat. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism to transfer cooling fluid from the cooling fluid container into a bottom portion of the seat may include a plurality of coils. Furthermore, the mechanism to transfer cooling fluid from the cooling fluid container into a lumbar portion of the seat may also include a plurality of coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Brant Stremmel
  • Publication number: 20140217787
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat structure in which, when a pretensioner operates, parts at a pretensioner side interfering with parts disposed at a side of a seat cushion is suppressed. A vehicle seat structure has: a three-point seatbelt device that is configured to restrain a passenger by a shoulder webbing and a lap webbing; a lap outer side pretensioner that is connected to a distal end side portion of the lap webbing at a vehicle transverse direction outer side with respect to a seat cushion, and that is fixed to an upper rail, and that, when a vehicle collision is detected or predicted, forcibly applied tension to the lap webbing; and an outer shield that covers, from a vehicle transverse direction outer side, the seat cushion together with the lap outer pretensioner and a portion of the lap webbing which portion includes a region connected to the lap outer pretensioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaki Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20140217788
    Abstract: A vehicle safety device for decreasing injury to occupants resulting from a collision, comprising enhanced impact absorbing apparatuses: (1) headrests and seatbacks with conical or cylindrical holes and layers of material to absorb impact forces; (2) 4 embodiments of apparatuses attaching the headrests to the seatback comprising shock absorption means to reduce whiplash injuries; (3) spring loaded means of attaching the seat bottom to the vehicle floor to provide the seats recoil mechanisms for collisions from all directions; (4) seatbelts with all points of contact to the seat to provide the seatbelts recoil mechanisms, and comprising gel and/or foam layers and a flexible weave design; (5) seat tilt mechanisms that enable the seat to recoil during a collision; and (6) airbags with multiple layers of material of increasing impact absorption from the occupants to the dashboard and steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Norwood, Viktor Kapiliovich
  • Publication number: 20140217789
    Abstract: A smart vehicular headrest video entertainment system is adapted for use with a means of transport having a headrest and adapted for passengers to select one of a first video signal and a second video signal. The system includes a casing, a displaying unit, a processing unit, a video unit, and a connection unit. The casing fits into or onto the headrest. The displaying unit is received in the receiving space, has a control interface, and interacts with the passengers through the control interface, so as to generate a control signal and display the first video signal and the second video signal. The processing unit receives the control signal and operates the video unit according to the control signal or operates the multimedia device through the communication port. The processing unit sends the first video signal or the second video signal to the displaying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Arthur Shi CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140217790
    Abstract: A bench apparatus utilized with a hitch mechanism is disposed on the rear of vehicles. Specifically, the bench apparatus of the present invention, preferably having a quick-release hitch, may be disposed on the rear of a vehicle, such as a car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle, for allowing individuals to sit thereupon and be transported. The hitch apparatus allows quick and easy placement and removal of the same to the vehicle. Methods of using the same are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Alfred D. Stavros
  • Publication number: 20140217791
    Abstract: A compact jumper for an infant or young child. The compact jumper includes a support frame, at least one resilient member, and a child-receiving apparatus. The support frame is configured for resting on a support surface and the at least one resilient member is coupled to a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is supported by the at least one resilient member and is guided by a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is movable with respect to the support surface as the child moves and jumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. BURNS, Alex SORIANO, Blake D. POMEROY
  • Publication number: 20140217792
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system is disclosed having a seat and at least one powered seat adjustment actuator for altering the seating position formed by the seat. A controller dynamically adjusts the speed of movement of said seat back based on comparing at least one speed parameter from said first series of speed parameters with a first smooth movement speed projection and dynamically adjusting a first control signal to said first powered seat adjustment actuator to converge the speed of movement toward or equal to said first smooth movement speed projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Innovative Biomechanical Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Christopher Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140217793
    Abstract: An article of furniture and seating system are disclosed. The article of furniture comprises a base providing a seating area and a support coupled to the base. A linkage couples the support to the base so that the support can be presented in a generally upright position and in a generally forward position relative to the base. The seating system comprises a base comprising a seat and a backrest comprising a first surface and a second surface. A member couples the backrest for movement on a path of travel relative to the base. The backrest is moveable to an upright position and to a forward position. When the backrest is in the first position the first surface is presented in a generally downward orientation. When the backrest is in the second position the first surface is presented in a generally forward orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Huu-Toan Antoine Nguyen, Jesse Menayan, Michael Waalkes, Robert Arko, Timothy Stuive
  • Publication number: 20140217794
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, includes a seat part (3), a backrest (4) attached to the seat part (3) to pivot about a backrest axis (L), seat rails (9) for adjusting the seat length position of the vehicle seat (1), which rails are provided on the seat part (3), a control lever (30) for unlocking the seat rails (9) that is pivotably mounted on the seat part (3), and an unlocking cam (40) for acting on the control lever (30). The unlocking cam (40) is fixed to the backrest. The control lever (30) has a deactivated state in which the unlocking cam (40) moves past the control lever (30) at a distance during the pivoting of the backrest (4) and an activated state in which the unlocking cam (40) is seated against the control lever (30) and acts thereon during the pivoting of the backrest (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Holger Emrich
  • Publication number: 20140217795
    Abstract: In various embodiments, self-adjusting reclinable seating is disclosed. When the user applies a force to the seating by shifting his or her center of gravity, the backrest and seat portions of the seating move in response to the force to recline the seating. The user can return the seating to an upright position by again shifting his or her center of gravity. Such a configuration eliminates the need for manual recline controls. The seating is further configured to continuously vary the angle of the seat and backrest portions relative to the ground as the user moves. In particular, vertical distance between the front of the seat and the ground increases as the backrest reclines. Continuously varying the angle of both the seat and the backrest portions of the seating relative to the ground may improve a user's seating comfort, for example, by decreasing or eliminating the user's need to shift position on the seat when reclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TROPITONE FURNITURE CO., INC.
    Inventor: Richard Rivera
  • Publication number: 20140217796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utility vehicle seat with a seat part, with a backrest part and with a seat substructure for arrangement on a bodywork part of a utility vehicle. The seat substructure includes a rotation adjustment device for rotating at least the seat part with respect to the bodywork part with a ball bearing unit, and with a rotating shell part which is rotatable with respect to a stationary shell part. The utility vehicle seat further includes a rotation adjustment device overload protection unit with support elements by means of which the rotating shell part and the stationary shell part are additionally capable of being supported with respect to each other when the carrying capacity of one of the circular ball tracks reaches or exceeds a critical deformation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Erwin HALLER
  • Publication number: 20140217797
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a side wall coupled with the frame, and a door pivotally coupled with the side wall and pivotable between a closed position and an opened position. The vehicle also includes a seat having a seat back that is pivotable about a pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. The seat further includes a striker member rigidly coupled with the seat back and movable along a travel path when the seat back is pivoted between the stowed position and the deployed position. The vehicle also includes a latch assembly coupled with the side wall and configured to selectively engage the striker member when the seat back is in the deployed position to secure the seat back in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Casey Heit, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Yoshiyuki Sato, Eric B. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20140217798
    Abstract: An armrest expansion device. The armrest expansion device can include two or more planar housings and couplings for reversibly coupling the device to a pre-existing armrest, for example a commercial passenger vehicle's armrest, or any other desired armrest. At least one of the planar housings may extend the useable area available as an armrest. Further, the armrest expansion device may additionally increase the effective height of the pre-existing armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Isaac NEGUSSE
  • Publication number: 20140217799
    Abstract: In an aspect, a leg support for a vehicle occupant is provided, and includes a leg support base and a leg engagement member. The leg support base is connected (or is connectable) to a center console of the vehicle. The leg engagement member may be integral with the leg support base or may be extendable from the leg support base. The leg engagement member is configured to engage the laterally outer face of a lower leg of a vehicle occupant. The leg engagement member has a leg engagement surface that has a lower edge and an upper edge. The lower edge is positioned to engage the lower leg of the vehicle occupant above the lateral malleolus of the fibula of the vehicle occupant. The upper edge is positioned to engage the lower leg of the vehicle occupant above a midpoint of the fibula and below the superior epiphysis of the fibula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Mohamed Ali Baig
  • Publication number: 20140217800
    Abstract: A portable footrest device is provided, the footrest having a first and a second support portion, each of the first and second support portions having a first and second connector elements configured for releasable connection to a structure; and a first and a second foot portion coupled to said first and second support portions, wherein said first and second foot portions are configured to couple and decouple. A method for utilizing an enclosed space to rest a user's feet on a footrest, the foot rest having a foot portion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Ryan Block
  • Publication number: 20140217801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel B. Homans, Tae Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20140217802
    Abstract: There is provided an adjustable air chamber which is located beneath the prostate area that is housed within the cushion of the seat contour which may be vertically deflated and reinflated 1½ inches by utilizing an electronic two-position switch located alongside the automobile and truck seat. The rider may select the desired position to allow for maximum rider comfort. The electronic pump would be actuated by a motor controlled by the electronic two-position switch and force air into the air chamber. A pressure valve between the pump and air chamber would be used to bleed off excessive air to prevent over inflation. Accordingly, the prostate automobile and truck seat would eliminate contact on the prostate thereby reducing the risk of deleterious effects on the rider's prostate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Eugene Daniel Lucas
  • Publication number: 20140217803
    Abstract: An apparatus for removably attaching a lateral support to a chair. The apparatus comprises a support frame removably attachable to the chair. The support frame comprises two side members and a lateral member coupled between the side members spacing the side members apart by a lateral distance, and an adjustment mechanism that is operable to adjust the lateral distance between the two side members to clamp the chair between the side members. The apparatus comprises a lateral support attachable to a said side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew Laurence O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20140217804
    Abstract: A seatbelt device for a vehicle. The seatbelt device includes a seatbelt connected at a first end to retractor and connected at a second end to a belt position changing member, which is movable between forward and rearward positions relative to the vehicle. The second end of the seatbelt is connected to the belt position changing member such that the position of the second end of the seatbelt changes relative to the belt position changing member, as the belt position changing member is moved from the rearward position to the forward position, thereby preventing the webbing of the seatbelt from twisting and inverting of the tongue plate upon activation of the belt position changing member, the latter which makes the tongue the plate difficult for an occupant to reach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Eiji Maemura, Tatsuya Harada
  • Publication number: 20140217805
    Abstract: A drill bit exchange device for a shield tunneling machine includes: a housing with an aperture; a valve body housed in a chamber of the housing, the valve body being pivotable about a pivot axis (Ob) inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an axis perpendicular to the front of a cutter head; a bit-housing hole formed in the valve body to detachably accommodate a bit; and an exchange seal part located at the front of the chamber and at a symmetrical position from the aperture with respect to the pivot axis (Ob). The valve body is pivoted about the pivot axis (Ob) to move the bit, which faces the aperture, to the exchange seal part, allowing the bit to be removed from the bit-housing hole and exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Yasuharu Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20140217806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool system having a bit holder and a shank bit, the bit holder comprising a bit receptacle that comprises a first and a second diameter region that lead into one another via a transitional segment (taper), a bit shank of the shank bit comprising a first and a second cross-sectional region that lead into one another via a transitional segment. With a tool system of this kind, a wear-optimized design results from the fact that the transitional segments of the shank bit and of the bit holder are arranged spaced away from one another in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the shank bit, in order to form a resetting space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Allgaier, Thomas Lehnert, Markus Roth
  • Publication number: 20140217807
    Abstract: A method of making safety toothbrushes is disclosed. The toothbrush apparatus detailed herein employs a composite head made from a rigid inner polymer material and a softer thermoplastic material surrounding the inner material. The softer material provides safety for prison toothbrush applications as well as elderly and patient care where care givers may brush the teeth of the patient. The solution is importantly devoid of glue due to bonding that occurs during the mold curing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Loops, LLC
    Inventor: Steven L. Kayser
  • Publication number: 20140217808
    Abstract: Vehicle tires with solid materials, such as rubber and polymer, are designed to increase the safety of the vehicle without the risk of having a flat tire. The tires are non pneumatic and have treads. The tires are for use on a variety of vehicles, including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, trucks, buses, aircrafts, earthmovers, tractors, trailers, carts, heavy equipments, and lawnmowers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Alice Chang
  • Publication number: 20140217809
    Abstract: The brake actuator includes a housing, a differential pressure control valve, pressure increase control valves, a reservoir, pressure decrease control valves, a pump, an intake system pipeline, and a check valve. The differential pressure control valve is provided in a main pipeline divided into first and second pipelines. The check valve is included in a communication path formed within the housing. The check valve includes a cylindrical pipe member with a hollow portion and an opening portion. A valve body is disposed on the outer circumference of the pipe member. A first path configuring a portion of the intake system pipeline is formed in the pipe member. In the communication path, a gap configuring a portion of the second pipeline is formed outside the pipe member. The check valve allows brake fluid to flow from the first pipeline to the second pipeline through the pipe member and the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20140217810
    Abstract: An emergency brake device for a rail vehicle, having an emergency brake control valve device which provides an emergency brake control pressure to a pneumatic brake device of the rail vehicle; and having an emergency brake adjustment device which is capable of adjusting the emergency brake control pressure, which is provided to the pneumatic brake device, as a function of at least a load value of the rail vehicle and a speed value of the rail vehicle. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle and to a rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GmbH
    Inventors: Marc-Oliver Herden, Matthaeus Englbrecht
  • Publication number: 20140217811
    Abstract: A system has a power source connected to power access points and at least one environmental control system. A threshold compare device is effective to compare the proportional load on the environmental control systems to a preset threshold. If the threshold is exceeded, unused power access points are disabled. This prevents such access points from placing additional loads on the environmental control systems. Conversely, when the proportional load on the environmental control systems drops below a preset threshold, power can be restored to the disabled power access points. A master control unit can monitor the load on the environmental control systems and either or both the environmental conditions in environment zones or the power loading of the power access points and determine whether to disable unused power outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jouper, John S. Lamb
  • Publication number: 20140217812
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a storage device configured to store power used for traveling; an auxiliary battery configured to store power supplied to an auxiliary load; a converter configured to charge the auxiliary battery by using power supplied from the storage device; and a shut-off device configured to switch between a supply condition in which power is supplied to the auxiliary load from the auxiliary battery and a shut-off condition in which power is not supplied to the auxiliary load from the auxiliary battery. During control of the electric vehicle, the converter is controlled such that an output voltage of the converter is higher when the shut-off device is in the shut-off condition than when the shut-off device is in the supply condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu SUGIYAMA, Keiji KAITA, Takahiko HIRASAWA, Yasuomi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140217813
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a connection signal line having electric potential is changed when a connector of a power charging cable is attached to a control pilot line through which a pilot signal CPLT is transmitted from the power charging cable. The charging connector is attached to a vehicle in place of the power charging cable. The power supply connector includes a first connection portion connected to the connection signal line and a second connection portion connected to the first connection portion and the control pilot line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Kinomura, Tomoya Ono, Shintaro Kosetsu
  • Publication number: 20140217814
    Abstract: A high-voltage relay system for a vehicle. The system includes a high-voltage bus, a parallel relay set and a controller. The parallel relay set includes two or more relays wired in parallel and that are electrically coupled to the high-voltage bus. The controller is programmed to adjust the power flowing through the parallel relay set when a malfunction is detected in one of the relays in the set. The system can include a high-voltage power source electrically coupled to the high voltage bus through the parallel relay set, where the controller reduces the power flowing through the parallel relay by reducing output of the high-voltage power source. The system can include a high-voltage motor electrically coupled to the high voltage bus through the parallel relay set, where the controller reduces the power flowing through the parallel relay set by reducing the motor's power demands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Namou, James E. Tarchinski
  • Publication number: 20140217815
    Abstract: An automobile electronic regulator includes a timing circuit, a signal circuit, a phase shift driving circuit, a pulse oscillation outputting circuit, an electronic switching circuit, and an electronic filtering circuit. An input terminal of the electronic filtering circuit is connected to an output terminal of the electronic switching circuit, for supplying the timing circuit, the signal circuit and the phase shift driving circuit with an accurate and stable voltage. The output terminal of the signal circuit is connected to an input terminal of the phase shift driving circuit via a circuit for accelerating and limiting, for driving and amplifying a phase shift of a signal of a generated rectangular square wave. The phase shift driving circuit supplies the pulse oscillation outputting circuit with a phase shift amplification signal. The pulse oscillation outputting circuit uploads a pulse signal to an automobile-mounted inductive load system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Haoyu Sun, Jianpeng Sun
  • Publication number: 20140217816
    Abstract: A mobile terminal charging system includes: a wireless power supply device that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that is configured to perform a charging operation for charging a mobile terminal; and a control device that controls the wireless power supply device, wherein, when wireless communication is carried out between an in-vehicle communication device and an electronic key inside the vehicle cabin in a situation that the charging operation is being performed by the wireless power supply device, the control device temporarily suppresses the charging operation performed by the wireless power supply device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Okada
  • Publication number: 20140217817
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical drive system of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a traction battery (1), a high-voltage intermediate circuit (2), a pulse-controlled inverter (3) which is coupled to the high voltage intermediate circuit (2), an electrical machine (5) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3); a DC-to-DC converter (6) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3) and the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) and is designed to convert a high voltage (UE) from the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) into a low voltage (UA) for a vehicle electrical system; a low-voltage battery (8) which is coupled to the DC-to-DC converter (6); a plurality of selectively-connectable electrical consumers (9a, 9b) of the vehicle electrical system, which are coupled to the low-voltage battery (8) and the DC-to-DC converter (6); and a control device (7) which, in the event of a traction battery failure, is designed to operate the DC-to-DC converter (6) in a current-controlled manner using t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Raichle, Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Markus Michels
  • Publication number: 20140217818
    Abstract: A method for operating a first and a second electrical load or consumer in an alternating current network. The method can be operated in an optional first operating mode, in which the positive and negative half waves for each load are controlled with a first leading edge phase angle. In addition, a second operating mode is provided, in which a first part of the positive and negative half waves for the first load and a second part of the positive and negative half waves for the second load are controlled with respective second leading edge phase angles. Furthermore, a device for performing the method, having first and second leading edge phase-angle control for the first and second loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Becker, Edgar Rueth, Benedikt Klein
  • Publication number: 20140217819
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for igniting thin rods composed of electrically conductive material at are thin silicon rods, wherein a three-phase AC system forming a three-phase system is used to feed electrical energy to the thin rods, wherein the three-phase AC system forms the three-phase system or a three-phase transformer having a secondary-side three-phase winding system forms the three-phase system, and wherein the three phases of the three-phase system or of the secondary-side three-phase winding system are interconnected or controlled such that voltages comprising voltage vectors of the three phases cancel one another out in a three-phase closed vector triangle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Günter Heid
  • Publication number: 20140217820
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a power supply device having one or more converters (DC/DC and/or AC/DC) that convert input power supplied from one or more power sources, and a secondary battery which is charged by receiving power supplied from power sources. In addition, however, the power supply device has the unique feature of increasing power output by serially connecting the secondary battery to the DC/DC converter and/or AC/DC converter. In this regard, the secondary battery may comprise a Lithium Ion battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: IKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20140217821
    Abstract: A power management and distribution (PMAD) system includes first and second power supplies, first and second loads and a matrix of solid state power controllers (SSPCs) connected between the first and second power supplies and the first and second loads. The matrix is configured to selectively supply each of the first and second loads with a plurality of different power levels based on on/off states of the SSPCs of the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory I. Rozman, Steven J. Moss
  • Publication number: 20140217822
    Abstract: A powered device has a specifications storage device. Specifications are sent to an interpreter that converts specifications into power supply control signals. The specifications storage device and powered device can be removed. They are replaced with a new powered device and a specification storage device that contains specifications of the new powered device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Carl Lee Danner
  • Publication number: 20140217823
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power control apparatus includes a receiving unit, an environment-data acquiring unit, and a calculation unit. The receiving unit receives, from a power supplying side, a power-consumption reduction request for reducing power consumption at a power demanding side. The environmental data acquiring unit acquires, from the power demanding side, environmental data representing environmental state of the power demanding side. The calculating unit calculates a power-reduction value based on the environmental data, in response to the power-consumption reduction request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Baba, Takaaki Enohara, Nobutaka Nishimura, Kazumi Nagata, Shuhei Noda