Abstract: A charging control system that controls charging for a vehicle that runs on electricity, including at least one rechargeable unit; a charging unit that charges the vehicle or the rechargeable unit with electricity; and a charging control unit that controls charging such that when the charging time for the vehicle by the charging unit is a predetermined time or shorter than the predetermined time, the vehicle is charged with electricity from the rechargeable unit.

Abstract: A power supply system for an electric vehicle includes a battery module, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter, a first switch, a second switch and a third switch. The battery module has a negative electrode, a first positive electrode and a second positive electrode. The first DC/DC converter has an input terminal connected with the second positive electrode. The second DC/DC converter has an input terminal connected with the second positive electrode. The first switch is connected between the second positive electrode and the first DC/DC converter. The second switch is connected between the second positive electrode and the second DC/DC converter. The third switch is connected between the first positive electrode and an output terminal of the second DC/DC converter.

Abstract: A battery pack for use in an electric machine, includes a first receiving antenna including a first inductor for receiving electric power from a power supply source located outside the electric machine by coupling with a first resonant magnetic field generated by the power supply source; and a transferring antenna including a second inductor for generating a second resonant magnetic field by the radio-frequency power. A primary surface of the first inductor is located within the battery pack and is parallel to a first plane of the battery pack. A primary surface of the second inductor is located within the battery pack and is parallel to a second plane of the battery pack. The second plane facing the second inductor intersects with the first plane facing the first inductor at an angle of a range of between 45° and 90° including 45° and 90°.

Abstract: An electrical source control apparatus (40) controls a vehicle (1) which travels by using an electrical source system (30) including first electrical source (31) and a second electrical source (32), the electrical source control apparatus has: an adjusting device (40) configured to transmit an electrical power between the first and second electrical sources by a desired transmitting rate which represents an amount of the electrical power which should be transmitted for a unit time period and thus to adjust a residual power level of at least one of the first and second electrical sources; and a setting device (40) configured to set the transmitting rate such that the transmitting rate varies depending on a speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electrical source control apparatus (40) controls a vehicle (1) traveling by using a source system (30) including a first source performing input/output of first power and a second source performing input/output of second power, capacity of the second source is smaller than that of the first source and output of the second source is larger than that of the first source, the electrical source control apparatus has: a selecting device (40) for selecting a desired driving mode on the basis of characteristic required for the vehicle from driving modes having different ratios of the first power with respect to a required power which is required for the source system; and a controlling device for controlling the first and second sources such that the input/output of the first power is performed in accordance with the ratio of the selected driving mode.

Abstract: A fuel cell electric automobile includes a fuel cell stack, a traction motor, a first control device for controlling output of the fuel cell stack, and a second control device for controlling electrical energy supplied to the traction motor. The first control device is provided vertically above the fuel cell stack, and the second control device is provided vertically below the fuel cell stack and on a lateral side of the traction motor.

Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicular fuel cell utilizes packet pumps to electrically isolate the fuel from a grounded radiator. Fluid in a packet pump is transported from an inlet port to an outlet port in discrete packets. Because these packets are physically separated from one another, electricity does not flow through the fluid from the inlet port to the outlet port. Packet pumps include peristaltic pumps and external gear pumps.

Abstract: Electromechanical systems using magnetic fields to induce eddy currents and generate lift are described. Magnet configurations which can be employed in the systems are illustrated. The magnet configuration can be used to generate lift and/or thrust. Arrangements of hover engines, which can employ the magnet configurations, are described. Further, vehicles, which employ the hover engines and associated hover engines are described.

Abstract: The movement speed v of a moving body having drive wheels driven by a motor, the rotational speed ? of the drive wheels of the moving body, and the actual torque value Tm generated by the motor are acquired. Subsequently, a slip rate estimation unit (741) estimates the slip rate ? of the drive wheels on the basis of the movement speed v and the rotation speed ?. Further, a drive torque estimation unit (742) estimates the drive torque Td of the drive wheels on the basis of the rotational speed ? and the actual torque value Tm. Next, a limit value calculation unit (743) calculates a limit value L for a torque command value Tc on the basis of the slip rate ? and the drive torque Td. Further, a limiter unit (744) limits the torque command value Tc using the limit value L, generates a torque setting value Ts, and sends the generated torque setting value Ts to a motor drive system (900).

Abstract: The movement speed v of a moving body having driving wheels driven by a motor, the rotational speed ? of the drive wheels of the moving body, and the actual torque value Tm generated by the motor are acquired. Subsequently, a limiting part calculates an estimated slip ratio ? and an estimated driving torque Td on the basis of the movement speed v, the rotational speed ? and the actual torque value Tm. Next, the limiting part, after calculating a limit value L on the basis of the estimated slip ratio ? and estimated driving torque Td, uses the limit value L to calculate a limited torque value TL. Further, with an adhesive model as the reference model, a feedback part calculates a feedback torque value Tf on the basis of the rotational speed ? and the actual torque value Tm.

Abstract: A seat slide device for a vehicle includes a lower rail mounted on a vehicle floor, an upper rail mounted on an underside of a seat part, and a friction reducing member arranged between the lower rail and the upper rail. The friction reducing member includes sliding contact members. Each of the sliding contact members includes a lower column part, an upper column part, and connection parts which connect the upper column part with the lower column part.

Abstract: A seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The locking pawls may each include locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that the locking elements restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state.

Abstract: A commercial vehicle seat with a seat part, a backrest part and a seat substructure to be arranged on a body part of a commercial vehicle is provided. The seat substructure comprises a lateral swinging means with a cross carriage part, which can be swung transversely to the longitudinal extension of the commercial vehicle and by which at least the seat part is mounted, and comprises a locking means for fixing the cross carriage part on the base support part, wherein the locking means has two locking units which are spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal extension of the commercial vehicle and which have a respective locking element which is mounted such that it can swivel about a vertical swivel axis and can be deflected synchronously by an actuating element which is arranged at least in part therebetween.

Abstract: An easy-entry system for a vehicle seat, having at least one fitting (5) with at least one fitting component (B) and a driver profile (5.1). The at least one fitting component (B) is coupled to a transmission element (6), and an unlocking lever (3) of the easy-entry system is connected at least indirectly to the transmission element (6). A comfort lever (4) of a backrest (1.1) engages with the driver profile (5.1), and a pivot region of the backrest (1.1) is limited by a pawl (7), which engages in the at least one fitting (5), when the easy-entry function is initiated. Engagement of the pawl (7) into the at least one fitting (5) can be cancelled by operating the comfort lever (4) for adjusting a position of the backrest (1.1). A vehicle seat is also provided, including such an easy-entry system.

Abstract: Hinge mechanism for a vehicle seat, comprising: first and second frames mounted so that they can rotate relative to one another; and an annular ring comprising a cylindrical base which covers the peripheral edges of the frames, and first and second side flaps. The ring does not comprise a portion that is in contact with one of the inner faces of the frames.

Abstract: A vehicle safety seat and infant carrier system allowing height adjustment of a shoulder harness strap without rethreading the harness strap through the seat. A positioning member is normally biased out of engagement with a toothed rail, allowing a harness strap carried by the positioning member to be adjusted up or down to fit the size of a child. As the harness strap is pulled tight, the positioning member is brought into engagement with the toothed rail, fixing the position of the strap relative to the seat.

Abstract: A lateral protecting mechanism is disposed on a lateral wing of a child safety seat. The lateral protecting mechanism includes a lateral protecting block and a protecting component. An end of the lateral protecting block is pivoted to the lateral wing. The lateral protecting block is movable between a using position and a folding position. The protecting component is slidably disposed on the other end of the lateral protecting block. The protecting component protrudes from a side of the lateral protecting block and is located between the lateral wing and the lateral protecting block when the lateral protecting block rotates away from the lateral wing and is located at the using position, and the protecting component is received in the side of the lateral protecting block when the lateral protecting block rotates toward the lateral wing and is located at the folding position.

Abstract: There is provided a headrest with speakers capable of exhibiting an excellent sound effect. The headrest with speakers includes: a headrest frame; a pair of left and right enclosures supported by the headrest frame; speaker units supported in the enclosures respectively; and a headrest cushion member supported by the headrest frame to support a head, the headrest cushion member including: a net member having a pair of left and right acoustically transparent parts at places substantially facing the respective speaker units; and soundproof parts disposed between the pair of left and right acoustically transparent parts in the net member and between the pair of left and right enclosures respectively.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat element successively including: a pad; a heating and/or cooling device including at least one heat and/or cold generation element and at least one heat and/or cold diffusion layer; and a cover.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a cushion pad that reduces the wobbling feeling. [Solution] Regarding the test piece sampled from a core portion, the measured deflection under a load of 100 N during compression is equal to or less than 30 mm. The measured static spring constant under a load of 300 N at a pulling rate of 20 mm/minute is equal to or less than 25 N/mm. In the case of a vibration input in a low frequency band in the lateral direction, the compressive stress in the vertical direction due to the weight of a seated person and the tensile stress due to the vibration input in the lateral direction act on the support portion. The direction (gradient) of the resultant force as a combination of the compressive stress and the tensile stress can be closer to the vertical direction. This allows reducing the wobbling feeling.

Abstract: A vehicle seat and frame thereof which minimize the size of an attachment mechanism of a support structure for supporting the back of a seated person are provided. A seat frame has side frames positioned at right and left sides of a seat back frame and extending in an up to down direction. The side frame has a side portion extending along a side portion of the seat, a rear portion projecting from a rear end of the side portion to an inner side of the seat, and a support member spanned between the right and left side frames, and receives a load of the seated person. The support member has a connecting portion for connecting to the side frame and is attached to the rear portion of the side frame in a state where the positional relationship between the connecting portion and the side frame is fixed.

Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a first body defining an upper sidewall between a first open end and a second open end and a second body defining a lower sidewall between a third open end and a lower wall. The second body is affixable with the first body in a first position with the lower sidewall extending continuously with the upper sidewall and a second position with a gap defined between the upper sidewall and the lower sidewall.

Abstract: A crane system for loading and unloading stone slabs comprising: a front support structure including: a pair of vertical legs each secured at a bottom end to the bed or wall of a vehicle; a front horizontal cross beam secured to a top end of the vertical legs; a back support structure including: a pair of vertical legs each secured at a bottom end to the bed or wall of a vehicle; a back horizontal cross beam secured to a top end of the vertical legs; a pair of bracing members secured to the vertical legs and to each other to aid in the stabilization of the system; a horizontal lift beam slideably secured to the front and back horizontal cross beams; a trolley assembly slidably secured to the horizontal lift beam; and a hoist mechanism secured to the trolley assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is an indoor portable or demonstration cooking cart. Specifically it allows a cooktop and ventilation system to be integrated into the structure of a movable cooking cart and allow its use at any location with a compatible floor connection.

Abstract: A load carrying assembly for mounting on a pickup such that the pickup may safely carry an object that is longer than a bed on the pickup includes a pair of rails coupled to a bed of the pickup. A pair of horizontal arms is movably coupled to an associated one of the pair of rails. A support is coupled between the pair of horizontal arms. The support is positionable at a selected distance from the bed of the pickup. The support supports an object so the object does not prevent a hazard to other vehicles.

Abstract: An improved trailer for loading and unloading a heat exchanger tube bundle is disclosed. The trailer provides for the transport of tube bundles and includes seal pans which capture debris and other materials falling from the tube bundle during transport. The present invention also provides for the periodic placement of slideable supports under a bundle as it is pushed onto a trailer.

Abstract: A system for detecting a fluid in a container comprises a body control module and a circuit for detecting the fluid level in the container. The circuit includes a switch operatively connected with the container such that the switch is closed when fluid level in the container is low, a light emitting diode electrically connected with the switch and operatively connected with the container such that the light emitting diode illuminates the container; and a portion electrically connected with the switch and the light emitting diode. The portion enables selection between illuminating the container having a low fluid level and illuminating the container irrespective of fluid level in the container.

Abstract: A projection light module for a motor vehicle headlight with a low-beam diaphragm, which separates a low-beam volume of the projection light module located above this diaphragm from a high-beam volume of the projection light volume located below this diaphragm, and with a high-beam diaphragm arranged in the high-beam volume, which has a vertical diaphragm edge and which divides the high-beam volume into a high-beam volume lying to the right of it and a high-beam volume lying left to it. The low-beam diaphragm and the high-beam diaphragm are components of a composite diaphragm and the high-beam diaphragm is arranged in the high-beam volume obliquely to the optical axis of the projection light module so that its distance from the optical axis of the projection light module increases with increasing distance along the optical axis from the diaphragm edge.

Abstract: An irradiation system includes: a light position detection unit that detects a light position of an oncoming vehicle from a captured image; a driver position calculation unit that calculates a position upward and shifted in a first direction by a first distance from the light position detected by the light position detection unit, as a driver position; a shaded area generation unit that generates a first area having vertices respectively set at the light position, the driver position and a position shifted in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, by a distance between a pair of lights in the predetermined vehicle from the driver position, as a shaded area; and an irradiation unit that irradiates an area ahead of the host vehicle while shading the shaded area generated by the shaded area generation unit.

Abstract: Vehicle headlight leveling methods and systems provide occupants of a vehicle the ability to manually adjust headlight level in an efficient and intuitive manner. In some embodiments, a user may supply a current vehicle loading condition to an input such as a vehicle information or entertainment system. The system may determine a headlight level setting based on the received loading condition using an in-vehicle processor and/or memory. A signal indicative of the headlight level setting may be sent to a headlight leveling device to change the orientation of the vehicle headlight in relation to the body of the vehicle. Some embodiments may prompt a user to input a vehicle loading condition if the vehicle recognizes changed vehicle characteristics.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting system includes a light source, a beam expander, a light processing unit, and a non-uniform projection unit. The light source emits at least one collimated light beam, and the beam expander is located in a propagation path of the collimated light beam for receiving and expanding the collimated light beam to form an expanded light beam. The light processing unit is located in a propagation path of the expanded light beam for receiving the expanded light beam and a control signal and adjust an intensity profile of the expanded light beam according to the control signal, and a non-uniform projection unit converts the expanded light beam adjusted by the processor into a light beam having a non-uniform intensity profile.

Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.

Abstract: A lighting control system for a wheel of a vehicle, the lighting control system including a brush configured to statically mount to a body of the vehicle; a hub for the wheel; and a plurality of arcuate contacts statically mounted to the hub, each of the plurality of contacts comprising an arc angle measure of less than 360 degrees, the plurality of contacts configured to rotate relative to the brush, each contact operable between: a connected mode wherein the contact is electrically connected to the brush during rotation relative to the brush and a disconnected mode wherein the contact is electrically disconnected from the brush during rotation relative to the brush.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of lamps disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle, a user-actuatable hazard light control component (e.g. a turn-signal stalk) having a plurality of states, and a hazard lamp controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of lamps, the user-actuable hazard light control component, and the user-actuatable hazard light controller. The hazard lamp controller is configured to illuminate the plurality of lamps in accordance with a lighting pattern responsive to the state of the user-actuatable hazard light control component.

Abstract: A vehicular mirror reflective element sub-assembly includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror back plate. A heater pad is disposed between the mirror reflective element and the mirror back plate. The heater pad has a light transmitting portion that is generally aligned with an aperture of the mirror back plate. The mirror reflector includes a light-transmitting portion thereof that is generally aligned with the light transmitting portion of the heater pad. An indicator module includes a housing, and a circuit board is disposed in the housing and includes at least one light emitting diode. When an equipped exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the side of the vehicle and with the light emitting diode activated, emitted light passes through a light diffuser and through the light transmitting portions and exits the mirror reflective element to provide a visual icon visible to a driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: An alarm assembly for detecting an occupant left in a parked vehicle includes a plate that may be coupled to a vehicle. A processor is coupled to the plate. The processor is operationally coupled to the vehicle alarm system. A sensor is coupled to the plate. The sensor may detect an occupant in the vehicle after the vehicle is parked. The sensor is operationally coupled to the processor. The vehicle alarm system emits an audible alarm when the sensor detects the occupant in the vehicle after the vehicle is parked.

Abstract: An intrusion detection system and methods thereof are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the system may comprise an upper scanner adapted to create a first detection layer; a lower scanner adapted to create a second detection layer, the second detection layer overlapping the first detection layer; signal lighting for producing a visual signal; at least one server adapted analyze data received from the upper scanner and the lower scanner to determine if an object is in the path of the vehicle; and wherein the at least one server is adapted to activate the signal lighting when it is determined by the server that an object is in the path of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a selective proximity detection system. A selective proximity detection system comprises at least one proximity tag, a plurality of sensor nodes, and at least one alert node. A sensor nodes comprises a proximity detector capable of detecting proximity with respect to the proximity tag, and a motion detector. In a preferred embodiment, a motion detector is an infrared detector. In alternate embodiments, a motion detector may employ video, radar motion sensing, or sensing of scattered RF signals, preferably FM broadcast signals whose half wavelength is comparable in dimension to the height of a typical person. In a preferred embodiment, a proximity detector is a NFER locator-receiver and a proximity tag is a NFER tag transmitter. In alternate embodiments, a proximity detector may employ ZigBee, WiFi, Bluetooth, passive scattering of ambient RF signals or other means of proximity detection.

Abstract: A vehicle display displays a camera video having an indicator. The indicator is static on the display while the camera video is frozen on the display thereby notifying a viewer that the camera video is frozen and the indicator is dynamic on the display while the camera video is live on the display.

Abstract: A camera system on a vehicle includes an electronic control unit, a base sensor, on a first portion of the vehicle, and a remote sensor on a second portion of the vehicle. The base sensor and the remote sensor communicate with the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit associates the remote sensor with the base sensor based on respective signals received from the base sensor and the remote sensor representing respective measurements of a first physical quantity by the base sensor and the remote sensor.

Abstract: A camera system on a vehicle includes an electronic control unit, a base sensor, on a first portion of the vehicle, and a remote sensor on a second portion of the vehicle. The base sensor and the remote sensor communicate with the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines a distance between the base sensor and the remote sensor based on respective signals received from the base sensor and the remote sensor representing respective measurements of a vertical physical quantity by the base sensor and the remote sensor.

Abstract: The invention is related to a rear view mirror assembly that includes at least one electrical device as a light source with adapted connectors to be assembled in an easy way. The invention is related to an electrical device as a lighting mean in a rear view mirror that has a connector adapted to be self centric connected to the counterpart during assembling.

Abstract: An anti-skid structure is provided. The anti-skid structure includes a mounting plate having a surface, a first length and a second length, with a plurality of projections embossed on the surface of the mounting plate. Each of the plurality of projections includes a frustum structure, and a cylindrical structure on a top of the frustum structure. A distance between each projection of the plurality of projections, and an adjacent projection of the plurality of projections, along each of the first direction and the second direction is 44 mm.

Abstract: An extending and retracting device for use with a vehicle step apparatus, including a mounting bracket; a step bracket; a first arm defining a first end pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and a second end pivotally connected to the step bracket; a second arm defining a first end pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and a second end; a third arm defining a first end pivotally connected to the second end of the second arm and a second end pivotally connected to the step bracket; and a fourth arm defining a first end pivotally connected to the second end of the second arm and the first end of the third arm respectively, and a second end pivotally connected to the first arm.

Abstract: A retractable cargo covers for automotive vehicles such as SUVS and wagons. The retractable cargo cover has two ends, one end being attached to a rod or a pole that is connected to an inner most end of an inside back area of an automotive vehicle said rod having two ends attached or placed between side ends of side walls of the automotive vehicle. Another end of the retractable cargo cover has two corners attached to a respective string of one of two respective retractable string reels and each of said two respective string reels is connected or attached to a midway point on each side of a rear door of the automotive vehicle so that in a first position the retractable cargo cover is lifted above the items in the vehicle that the retractable cargo cover is to cover with the rear door of the vehicle open and in second position the retractable cargo cover covers the items in the vehicle with the rear door of the vehicle closed.

Abstract: A door for a vehicle includes an interior surface and a compartment extending into the interior surface for receiving a dispensable paper product. A cover is movable between a closed position covering the compartment and an open position exposing the compartment. The cover defines an opening for accessing the dispensable paper product. The cover includes an outer surface flush with the interior surface when the cover is in the closed position.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a tablet for seatback viewing, including a generally flat tablet engaging portion, a generally flat seat engaging portion extending therefrom; and a support shelf operationally connected to tablet engaging portion.

Abstract: A vehicular roof rack mounting bracket capable of securement onto load carrier bars of different dimensions is presented. The bracket can include an upper jaw, a bolt head receiver space defined within a portion of the upper jaw, and a lower jaw. The bracket can also include a rotary tightener configured to adjustably couple the upper jaw to the lower jaw.

Abstract: A load carrier assembly for releasably securing a load to a crossbar of a vehicular roof rack is disclosed. The load carrier assembly may include a tightenable clamp configured to attach to an exterior of a crossbar, a rotary tightener coupled between two portions of the tightenable clamp, and an actuator coupled to the rotary tightener. The actuator can have an interference surface configured to contact a portion of a load carrier thereby obstructing rotation of the rotary tightener and preventing unauthorized removal of the load carrier from the crossbar.

Abstract: There is disclosed a door-frame hook, for enabling a load strap, attached to a vehicle rooftop load carrier, to engage a door frame of the vehicle to secure the load carrier when the load strap is tightened. The hook may be anchored onto a frame ridge of the door frame and in part, covered by a sealer attached to the door frame. The door-frame hook of the invention may, advantageously, remain in position, between the frame-ridge of the door frame and the sealer potter, regardless of the degree of tightness of the load strap or the degree of its pull on the hook, as well as when the load strap is unattached. Moreover, it does not harm the door sealer nor does it interfere in any way with its sealing function or with the shutting action of the door.