Abstract: A mid-mounted radiator in a motor vehicle has at least one outgoing air guide attached laterally on the left and right of the radiator. In vehicles with a relatively low cooling requirement, the lateral outgoing air guides are removed and the openings are closed by a cover.

Abstract: This invention patent covers a high pressure fuel tank (reservoir) (1) manufactured from high-strength “HSS” or “AHSS” steels with an organometallic surface coat, containing structural elements consisting of structural columns (2) internally fastened by quick couplers welded to the half-bodies, and structural bands (3) that have the same geometric shape as the external surface of the half-bodies and fastened to the tank edges by means of screws on such edges. Such fuel tank (1) contains also an internal fuel ventilation system with a continuous tube (4) interconnecting components, such as: fuel filling stop valves (5), intermediary liquid/vapor separator (6), vent valves (7 and 8), to secondary tube segments (9), as well as an outlet opening (10) connected to an appropriate tubing and linked to the fuel vapor treatment carbon canister system through the outlet opening (11).

Abstract: This invention patent covers a process to manufacture a fuel tank (reservoir) consisting of two body halves (2 and 3) made from medium- or high-strength steel sheets with organometallic coat and a bending arrangement of flanged edges, in which the fastening of the inlet tubes (filler neck) (8), vent (9), unchoking device (10) and the part with a truncated cone channel shape (11) is made by means of brazing and/or a special cold crimping process and mechanical pressing of the tubes with stop rings (12) on the outside sheet wall (13) that forms the fuel reservoir for motor vehicles.

Abstract: An improper fuel nozzle insertion-inhibiting assembly is configured to prevent an improper fuel-dispensing device from dispensing fuel into a fuel fill line of a vehicle. The assembly may include a cover including an open cavity defined by a circumferential wall and a front face wall, and a main body defining an internal chamber. At least one barrier door may be pivotally secured to the main body. The barrier door(s) is configured to close a nozzle-receiving channel that extends through the internal chamber. The barrier door(s) may include an integral pivot axle that is pivotally secured to an axle bearing within the main body. The barrier door(s) is configured to be pivoted open by inward urging of a proper or compatible fuel nozzle.

Abstract: A multifunction operation tool includes a swing body swingably supported in a front/back direction of a vehicle body and implementing acceleration control on a transmission by swinging in a forward direction and implementing deceleration control on the transmission by swinging in a rearward direction. A grip body arranged on a free end portion of the swing body. A grip part arranged on a first lateral area of the grip body in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and having a convex surface. A vertical lateral surface arranged on a second lateral area of the grip body and which is a lateral surface of the grip part. An operator-facing surface arranged on the second lateral area of the grip body and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle body from a bottom edge of the vertical lateral surface. Operation switch groups are arranged on the vertical lateral surface and the operator-facing surface.

Abstract: A human machine interface (HMI) can communicate warnings and messages to a driver by selecting among a variety of warning devices based on information related to the driver's viewing angle. The variety of warning devices can include a primary-visual warning device (e.g., a heads up display), secondary-visual warning devices (e.g., an instrument cluster or a navigational screen), a portable device (e.g., a tablet or a cellular phone), an audio system, or a haptic device. The HMI apparatus displays warnings on visual warning devices within the driver's view, can signal an active portable device to output a warning. Visual warnings can include directional cues. Audio warnings may accompany the visual warnings, and can be output with greater intensity when no visual devices are within the driver's view.

Abstract: A system and method for presenting a range via a graphical user interface (GUI) representing a gauge based on an operating parameter of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a speed receiver to receive the speed of the vehicle; a setting retriever to retrieve the range based on the operating parameter, the operating parameter being related to the speed; and a display driver to communicate the range to the GUI.

Abstract: Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes a sensor system to detect a surface of a vehicle, where the sensor system obtains a feedback signal representative of a spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to a reference as the vehicle approaches a doorway of the loading dock. A controller detects a threshold deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface of the vehicle relative to the reference based on the feedback signal. A display varies an output signal in response to the detected deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to the reference.

Abstract: A display system for a vehicle includes a display device, a pivot coupling and an electronically controlled locking arrangement. The display device includes a screen and a housing. The pivot coupling is configured to, in an exemplary implementation, pivotably fix the display device to an instrument panel of the vehicle such that the display device is non-removably spaced apart from the instrument panel and articulatable relative thereto. The electronically controlled locking arrangement is, in an exemplary implementation, associated with the pivot coupling and display device and is configured to i) be selectively activated to lock the pivot coupling to lock a position of the display device relative to the instrument panel, and ii) be selectively deactivated to unlock the pivot coupling to allow for articulation of the display device relative to the instrument panel.

Abstract: A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. A control system for the device of the electrically motorized wheel can include an application module operable to execute a control algorithm that manages operation of the device and a boot loader module in communication with the application module, the boot loader module operable to update the application module in response to a validity of the application module.

Abstract: An electric motor control unit for controlling the operation of an electric motor. The unit comprises: an electric motor controller comprising a processor having at least one input and at least one output, wherein an output of the processor is coupled to a power provider for controlling power to an electric motor; a tilt accelerometer for determining a measure of the tilt of the electric motor unit relative to a reference orientation, wherein the tilt accelerometer system comprises an output for providing a signal based on the determined measure of the tilt; wherein the output of the tilt accelerometer system is coupled to an input of the processor of the electric motor controller; wherein the power provider comprises a power output for controlling the operation of an electric motor based on the output of the tilt accelerometer system.

Abstract: A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. The device of the electrically motorized wheel can include a modular systems package including a control system operable to continuously control the device of the electrically motorized wheel in response to a user input.

Abstract: A battery module provided with a memory unit that stores identification information of the battery module, a motor module provided with a memory unit that stores identification information of the motor module, a battery control unit that controls the battery module, a motor control unit that controls the motor module, and a control module provided with the battery control unit and the motor control unit in a single module are provided. The battery control unit and the motor control unit respectively read the identification information of the modules and further load parameters for the battery module and the motor module corresponding to the identification information in response to activation of the control module.

Abstract: The invention relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or truck, having a diesel electric traction drive, wherein at least one alternator is or can be driven by at least one internal combustion engine of the work machine. In accordance with the invention, the current generation can also be reliably interruptible with a running internal combustion engine by interruption of the excitation circuit by means of a breaker switch.

Abstract: An apparatus for alleviating a voltage drop of a battery cell includes a battery having a plurality of battery cells, a sensor configured to sense the battery to generate sensing information, a calculator configured to calculate an allowable torque of a motor using the sensing information and calculate an expected voltage of the battery using the allowable torque and the sensing information, and a determinator configured to control a torque quantity of the motor using the expected voltage and a reference voltage.

Abstract: A generator motor unit includes a generator motor including a rotor equipped with magnets, and magnetic bodies that protrude from a wall surface, a first stator that makes magnetic flux act on the magnets, thereby generating torque in the rotor, and a second stator that makes magnetic flux act on the magnetic bodies, thereby generating torque in the rotor; and a controller that controls energization of coils of the first stator and the second stator.

Abstract: A device having a charging unit and being configured for inductive power transmission from the charging unit to a vehicle, in which the charging unit comprises a primary coil and the vehicle comprises a secondary coil and in which the primary coil generates a magnetic transmission field in a transmission range between the primary coil and the secondary coil, wherein the vehicle has a sensor unit for temperature monitoring in the transmission range, the charging unit comprises a control unit and in a charging operation the transmission power can be controlled by the control unit as a function of a result of temperature monitoring.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes a power-supplying coil configured to wirelessly transmit power to an electric vehicle (EV) serving as a vehicle, be installed in a slanted state or perpendicularly to a horizontal plane, and form an electromagnetic coupling circuit along with a power-receiving coil provided in the EV.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for performing one or more vehicle functions associated with a vehicle. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive sensor data indicating that a vehicle has arrived at a destination location; determine a synchronized arrival time describing when the vehicle arrived at the destination location, the synchronized arrival time determined based in part on the sensor data; and determine one or more vehicle functions associated with the vehicle based in part on the synchronized arrival time.

Abstract: A first voltmeter measures a voltage of a connector held by a holder of a vehicle power device. A second voltmeter measures a voltage of a second port of a power converter. when the connector is held by the holder. A controller detects presence or absence of a malfunction in a connector-side switch based on: measurement results of the voltmeters while controlling the connector-side switch so that electrical connection between the second port and the connector is broken; and measurement results of the voltmeters while controlling the connector-side switch so that the electrical connection is made.

Abstract: A device for transmitting data between a data transmission device of a vehicle and a data transmission device of a communications network, as part of a charging process of an electrical energy store of the vehicle, is disclosed. The vehicle data transmission device is based on a first communications protocol with a first signal level, while the communications network data transmission device is based on a second communications protocol with a second signal level. The device includes a signal-matching device having at least one first coupling transformer, which couples a data transmission device of a charging station to the data transmission devices of the vehicle and of the communications network via respective coils. The signal-matching device is configured to match the first signal level to the second signal level and vice versa.

Abstract: Method for operating a charging station for electric vehicles in which a charging power is negotiated between a charge control device of the electric vehicle and the charging station, the charge control device controls a charging current which is transmitted from the charging station to the electric vehicle in accordance with the charging power negotiated, wherein a continuous power rating and a maximum power of the charging station which is greater than the continuous power rating are determined. In order to optimise the charging power and to accelerate a charging operation, it is proposed that a charging power which is above the continuous power rating and which at most corresponds to the maximum power is first negotiated, that the temperature in the charging station be monitored, and that, when a limit temperature is exceeded, a new charging power which at most corresponds to the continuous power be negotiated.

Abstract: A method of optimizing electricity use from an electric grid is disclosed. The method includes formulating a target load using a cost function for the electric grid, broadcasting a cost signal to the electric device based on the target load, receiving a charging profile from the electric device based on the cost signal, aggregating a demand profile for the electricity use based on the charging profile, determining an updated cost signal based on the demand profile, and broadcasting the updated cost signal to another electric device. The electric device is chargeable electric device, such as a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV). The electric device determines the charging profile only once based on the cost signal, and is charged at maximum power.

Abstract: A method for controlling a high-voltage system circuit of an electric vehicle comprises: judging whether the circuit is in a closed-circuit state after receiving an instruction of opening the circuit; judging whether the positive contactor is in an on-state and whether an instruction of turning on the positive contactor is valid if the circuit is in a closed-circuit state; sending an instruction of turning off the positive contactor if the positive contactor is in an on-state and the instruction of turning on the positive contactor is valid; sending an instruction of turning off the negative contactor; judging whether the pre-charging contactor is in an on-state and whether an instruction of turning on the pre-charging contactor is valid; sending an instruction of turning off the pre-charging contactor if the pre-charging contactor is in an on-state and the instruction of turning on the pre-charging contactor is valid.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a generator, lead-battery, and second-battery. Open-circuit voltages and internal resistances of the batteries are determined so that: there is a point, where the open-circuit voltage of the second-battery coincides with that of the lead-battery, in a region on a smaller-residual-capacity side relative to a range of use in an entire-residual-capacity range of the second-battery; the open-circuit voltage of the second-battery is larger than that of the lead-battery in the range of use of the second-battery; the internal resistance of the second-battery is smaller than that of the lead-battery in a charging state of the generator; and a terminal voltage of the second-battery in a state where a maximum charge current is passed through the second-battery is smaller than a regulated voltage in a power-generation state of the generator. An opening/closing section is closed in at least one of a power-generation state and a load-activated state.

Abstract: An electric power system includes an electric power generator, a first converter, an electric energy storage device, and a first converter controller. The first converter controller is to correct a target output of the electric power generator based on a charging margin so as to control an output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an input electric power to the electric energy storage device does not exceed an input electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device or to correct the target output of the electric power generator based on a discharging margin so as to control the output of the electric power generator via the first converter so that an output electric power from the electric energy storage device does not exceed an output electric power threshold of the electric energy storage device.

Abstract: A guideway vehicle system using Linear Motors where the vehicle bound translators act laterally against ferromagnetic stators on regular guideway sections and interact singly with magnet arrays on one side or the other in switch guideways sections. A Linear Switched Reluctance Motor which enables the aforementioned behavior using dual-sided magnetic attraction and repulsion. An embodiment of this invention specifically applicable to PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) where balance is provided to a monorail-type vehicle by Linear Motors. A safety case for the above that assures the vehicle remains captive to the guideway which can also be used as a non-magnetic version applicable to PRT where balance is provided to a monorail-type vehicle.

Abstract: Electric vehicles and, more particularly, a control system for an all-wheel drive electric vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat locking device includes: a base member having a base groove into which a striker fixed to one of fixed and movable members is inserted, and fixed to the other of the and movable members; a latch having a latch groove engageable with and disengageable from the striker, rotatably attached to the base member, and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a cam pawl attached to the base member, rotatable between an allowable position and a preventive position and rotating from the preventive position to the allowable position when a locking release operation is performed, wherein the cam pawl has a restricting surface restricting the rotation of the latch, and a cam surface rotating in a direction toward the preventive position, coming into contact with the contact surface, rotating the latch, and restricting the rotation of the latch.

Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a seat cushion frame configuring a frame member of a seat cushion, and a seat unit that is supported by the seat cushion frame and on which an occupant sits, that has a higher seating face rigidity in a seat front-rear direction than a seating face rigidity in a seat width direction, and that has the seating face rigidity in the seat width direction set lower at a seat front-rear direction rear side than at a seat front-rear direction front side.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a main frame joined to a vehicle body floor; a rocking frame supported by the main frame so as to be rockable about an axis along a vehicle front-rear direction, the rocking frame fixed with a seat portion configured to support hips of a seated occupant; and a lap belt extending from a buckle via a member or directly and configured to be placed across the waist of the seated occupant to restrain the waist, the lap belt having an end portion fixed to the rocking frame or the seat portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recliner of a vehicle seat, in which an edge of a plate holder is not provided with a guide part receiving a sector tooth, thereby achieving miniaturization and weight reduction of the recliner. Further, a guide ring is fixed by curling and pressing without being welded, such that a welding facility may not be required and an assembling process may be simplified.

Abstract: A latch mechanism that selectively receives a striker is provided. The latch mechanism includes a housing having a channel and a locking mechanism having a claw rotatably supported by the housing and movable between a first locked state and a second locked state. The claw locks the striker at a first location along a length of the channel in the first locked state and locks the striker at a second location along a length of the channel different than the first location in the second locked state.

Abstract: A split rear backrest is arranged between two side panels of a motor vehicle and has two backrests, which are provided with respective lower portions arranged side by side along a horizontal axis and are rotatable independently of each other about said horizontal axis; moreover, the backrest has a shaft, whose ends define respective fastening elements for being coupled to the side panels; the shaft has a segment axially protruding from one of the backrests and rotationally engaging a seat axially formed in the other backrest.

Abstract: A locking device for an actuator, characterised in that it comprises a stationary ring that has an inner wall, a movable wheel comprising a cavity formed on the outer wall of the wheel opposite the inner wall of the ring, an inertia locking member located in the cavity, a resilient drawback member exerting a force on the locking member, the latter able by the inertia thereof to overcome the force exerted by the resilient drawback member to allow for the locking of the wheel via a wedging effect of the locking member between the cavity and the inner wall of the ring.

Abstract: A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat body having a seating surface and a storage cavity. A headrest is carried on the seat body. Further a neckrest is pivotally attached to the seat body. The neckrest is selectively displaceable between the storage position in a cavity of the seat body and a deployed position above the seating surface. In one possible embodiment the seat assembly also includes a neck support that may be displayed with the neckrest between storage and deployed positions.

Abstract: A thermal comfort system for use with a vehicle seat includes an airflow management system and a thermal-electric device (TED) system. The TED system operates to conduct thermal energy between the seat occupant and the vehicle seat to enhance the thermal comfort of the seat occupant. The airflow management system operates to route a stream of conditioned air along the body of the seat occupant via cooperating air intake and air discharge ports to further enhance the comfort of the seat occupant. The conditioned air may also be routed along the TED system to enhance TED performance. The HVAC system of the vehicle can provide the conditioned air and/or a non-ambient pressure source that induces air flow along one or more portions of the thermal comfort system.

Abstract: A headrest which supports a head portion of a passenger in a vehicle rear collision is attached to an upper portion of a frame of a seatback. A blower to perform ventilation for a passenger's back is arranged at the upper portion of the frame at a position below the headrest. The blower is held at the frame via attaching members, for example. When receiving a large rearward-load from the passenger in the vehicle rear collision, the blower moves rearward relatively to the frame and the headrest according to a rearward move (a rearward swing around an upper frame, particularly) of the attaching member and the like.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a floor, an internal structure delimiting side panels of a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and a seat including a back part and a sitting part. The sitting part of the seat is detachable so that the sitting part can be entirely separated from the floor and from the internal structure of the vehicle to free access to a first recess in the internal structure of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom (16) and a seat back (18) extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The seat back (18) includes a backrest and a backrest cover (28) coupled to the backrest, said backrest including a backrest frame (26) made from composite materials.

Abstract: There is provided a seatback frame including: left and right side frames that are provided at left and right side portions of a seatback of a vehicle seat, with the respective lower end portions of the side frames coupled to a rear end portion of a seat cushion frame provided to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat; and a back face panel that is formed of sheet metal, that spans across between rear end portions of lower portions of the left and right side frames with its thickness direction along a seatback front-rear direction, that is fixed to the left and right side frames, and that includes an undulating shaped portion bent such that peaks and troughs alternate in a to along a seat width direction.

Abstract: Vending systems for use in a vehicle are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems include the following: a product housing positioned in a vehicle, the product housing including an exposed surface having a product delivery opening; a removable inventory cartridge; a product dispensing mechanism including a product dispensing opening, the product dispensing mechanism being configured for dispensing a product from the removable inventory cartridge in the product housing to the product dispensing opening; a product delivery conduit including a first end and a second end, the first end being joined with the product dispensing opening and the second end defining a product delivery opening, which is formed in the exposed top surface of the product housing and positioned in a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and an lifting mechanism positioned within the product delivery conduit for mechanically lifting the product dispensing opening to the product delivery opening.

Abstract: A cargo loading system for use with a truck bed including a first frame, a second frame connected to the first frame by a first hinge, and a third frame connected to the second frame by a second hinge. Each frame includes perimeter walls and a bottom wall that define a cargo space. The first frame includes wheels extending beyond the perimeter walls on a side of the cargo space opposite to the bottom wall. In a first configuration, the frames lie in parallel in the truck bed. In a second configuration, the third frame and the second frame lie in parallel in the truck bed, and the first frame freely hangs over an edge of the truck bed. In a third configuration, the third frame lies in the truck bed, the second frame hangs freely, and the one or more wheels engage a surface below the truck bed.

Abstract: The mobile stage framework includes a plurality of spaced-apart column structures and a first and a second self-contained unit. Both units are separated from one another when the mobile stage framework is fully disassembled for transportation. The first unit includes an articulated floor structure and the second unit includes an articulated roof structure. Both structures are in an unfolded working position when the mobile stage framework is fully assembled and are in their folded transport position when the mobile stage framework is fully disassembled for transportation. A method of handling a mobile stage framework is also disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments of tie-down apparatuses and associated methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary tie-down/sling apparatus can include a first flat component having a first surface and a second flat component having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The second flat component can be positioned on the first flat component by fixedly attaching the first side to the first surface. The second side of the second flat component can include a reflective surface configured to visually present a set of information to an operator or others.

Abstract: A light source module may include a frame part having a plurality of mounting regions arranged to be positioned on different levels and a plurality of light emitting units detachably mounted on the plurality of mounting regions. Each of the plurality of light emitting units includes a base disposed on each mounting region, and a light emitting device disposed above the base and positioned spaced-apart from the mounting region so as to form a space through which air flows, between the mounting region and the light emitting device.

Abstract: In a method for controlling a headlamp system for a vehicle, the headlamp system having two headlamps, set apart from each other, road users are detected in front of the vehicle in the driving direction, and a first total light pattern is able to be produced, in which the illumination range on a first side of a center axis is greater than on the other, second side of this center axis, and a second total light pattern is able to be produced, in which the total light pattern is controllable such that it has an illumination range in the direction of at least one detected road user that is less than the distance to the detected road user, and which has an illumination range in another direction that is greater than the distance to the detected road user.

Abstract: A vehicular lighting apparatus includes a headlight that irradiates the front of a vehicle; a condition detection part that detects a weather condition at a position of the vehicle; a travelling route estimation part that estimates a road shape of a travelling route in front of the vehicle; and a control part that controls a luminous intensity distribution of the headlight. The control part controls the headlight in such a manner as to irradiate a road surface zone in front of the vehicle with a reduced quantity of light when the condition detection part detects such a weather condition as to cause a low visibility in front of the vehicle, the road surface zone in front of the vehicle corresponding to the road shape of the travelling route estimated by the travelling route estimation part.

Abstract: A stroller lighting system is provided, comprising a light strip fastenable to the underside of a stroller; a power supply fastenable to a handle of the stroller; a wiring harness, fastenable to a frame of the stroller and configured to electrically connect the light strip to the power supply; and a switch electrically connected between the wiring harness and the power supply to activate and deactivate the light strip whereby, when the light strip is activated, ground beneath the stroller is illuminated. A baby stroller is also provided in which such a lighting system is integrated.