Abstract: A compact body support apparatus is provided for use with an armrest of a vehicle such as an airplane, train, or bus. The compact body support apparatus comprises a base, a support post, a housing, and a headrest cushion. The support post presents a lower end secured to the base and an upper end. The housing is secured to the upper end of the support post. The headrest cushion is secured to the housing for supporting a head of a user. The compact body support apparatus is configured to be selectively placed into a collapsed position and a deployed position, such that the support post and at least a portion of the base are disposed within the housing when the compact body support apparatus is in the collapsed position and the support post extends in a generally downward direction when the compact body support apparatus is in the deployed position.

Abstract: Provided is a floor mat fastening structure capable of preventing a circumferential edge portion of a mat main body from rising. This structure is to fasten a mat main body laid on a vehicle floor. A fastening member(s) are provided on a rear circumferential edge of the mat main body. The front end region of this fastening member is provided with an insertion portion having a cutout opening section. The fastening member is sandwiched between the vehicle floor and a foot bracket fixed on the vehicle floor such that the rising of the mat main body due to a long period of use can be restricted, thereby ensuring the quality of the product. Each fastening member is formed into the shape of a sheet, and has a flat upper and lower surfaces. Thus, the fastening member can be easily inserted in between the vehicle floor and the foot bracket.

Abstract: Receiving device for at least one food or beverage container in a motor vehicle having a trough-shaped receiving housing which has a base and wall sections, and at least one movable supporting part which, together with a side wall section of the receiving housing, forms a container holder in order to support a food or beverage container. The at least one supporting part is mounted in an infinitely adjustable manner in the receiving housing. At least one tension or compression spring arrangement is provided which continuously exerts a tensile or compressive force in the adjustment direction on the at least one supporting part.

Abstract: An improved slide out for food trucks, recreational vehicles, buses, and trailers is described in which the slide out that extends from below to above the top of the vehicle's wheels.

Abstract: An over the wheel well liquid storage tank for storing liquid in a bed of a truck includes a tank body having a main tank portion shaped to fit in an area adjacent a wheel well in the bed of a truck and an over a wheel well tank portion shaped to fit in an area above a wheel well in the bed of a truck. The main tank portion is shaped to fit in an area adjacent a proximal side of the wheel well or in an area adjacent a distal side of the wheel well. A mounting system is coupled to the tank body. The mounting system couples the tank body to the bed of a truck. The mounting system includes a channel coupled to the tank body and a mounting bracket for coupling to the channel and to the truck. The mounting system includes an adjustable bumper.

Abstract: An illumination device for vehicles, having a housing and having a plurality of holder devices for attaching the housing to a housing support and for aligning the housing with respect to a longitudinal dimension of the vehicle, a transverse dimension of the vehicle, and also a vertical dimension of the vehicle, wherein each holder device has an fastening clip connected to the housing, a hollow bolt which is functionally connected to the fastening clip when the holder device is installed, and a fastening screw for fixing the hollow bolt on the housing support, wherein at least one holder device is designed as a stabilizing device and comprises guiding means in such a manner that the housing is fixed by means of the stabilizing device in a maximum of two out of three spatial dimensions of the stabilizing device.

Abstract: A cold planer is disclosed herein. The cold planer includes a frame, a platform, an operator station, a ladder, a platform and stair illumination device, an operator-station illumination device, a forward keypad, a rearward keypad, a timer, and a controller. The platform and stair illumination device illuminates the platform and the ladder. The operator-station illumination device illuminates the operator station. The forward keypad includes first control buttons, which generates a first signal, upon actuation. The rearward keypad includes second control buttons, which generates a second signal, upon actuation. The controller is adapted to receive the first signal and second signal, correspondingly activate the platform and stair illumination device and the operator-station illumination device, set the timer to a predetermined period of time and deactivate the stair illumination device and the operator station illumination device when the predetermined period of time elapses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brake master cylinder. An aspect of the present invention provides a brake master cylinder including a BLS module to control the switching on of a brake lamp according to an operation of a piston provided to reciprocate within a cylinder body, wherein the BLS module includes: a magnet fixed to a guide hole formed in the cylinder body in a lengthwise direction of the cylinder body; an actuating member coupled to the piston so as to be moved together with the piston as the piston is moved; a Hall sensor installed in the cylinder body at a location corresponding to the magnet for detect the magnetic flux density of the magnet; and a shielding member slidably provided in the guide hole and moved by the actuating member for shielding the Hall sensor from the magnet.

Abstract: A visor assembly including a visor, a mirror attached to the visor a diffused light source, and a directional light source. The diffused light source and directional light sources are disposed in a modular housing that is removable from the mirror assembly. The diffused light source is powered by the vehicle electrical system. The directional light source is independently operable and powered by a separate rechargeable battery.

Abstract: A vehicle having a light in an exterior and a cluster and a center fascia in an interior includes a first lighting unit provided in the cluster, a second lighting unit provided in the center fascia, a recognizer configured to recognize ON and OFF operations of the light, a detector configured to detect illuminance, and a controller configured to adjust luminance of the first and second lighting units based on operation information of the light and the illuminance. A structure of the lighting unit within the center fascia may be simplified by adjusting brightness of the lighting unit within the center fascia in the controller configured to control the lighting unit of the cluster and therefore manufacturing cost may be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle, an apparatus for generating a driving sound of the vehicle, and an apparatus and method for controlling a driving sound of the vehicle. The present invention intends to provide a driving sound of a vehicle having a characteristic desired by a driver. The vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voice signal input unit configured to receive a voice signal; a filter generation unit configured to extract a characteristic of the voice signal and generate a driving sound filter considering the characteristic of the voice signal; and a driving sound control unit configured to generate a default driving sound based on a driving state of the vehicle and generate a new driving sound obtained by applying the driving sound filter to the default driving sound.

Abstract: A warning method and apparatus of a state of a vehicle are provided. The method and apparatus promote safety of the vehicle and a driver by detecting a situation (state) in which the safety of the vehicle and the driver is at risk based on various sensors disposed within the vehicle to which a button start-up smart key and an automatic transmission are applied and warning the driver of the situation.

Abstract: A method and system for the improvement of road safety. The system is able to determine if the driver is physically fit to operate a vehicle, and determine if the vehicle is safe for driving. The system is further able to detect driving violations such as driving above a predetermined speed limit, harsh acceleration, harsh deceleration, over-speeding period, idling period, driver's eyes closure, reckless lane change, tailgating, and drowsiness, and alert the driver accordingly. The system further keeps a record of all driving violations at a remote server (101).

Abstract: A vehicle computing system for a vehicle includes a radar system, a microphone, and at least one controller. The radar system is configured to measure a distance to a frontward-vehicle. The microphone is configured to measure vehicle cabin noise. The controller is configured to output a tailgating event when the measured distance to the frontward-vehicle is less than a predefined threshold value. The controller may be further configured to request cabin noise from the microphone based on the tailgating event. If the noise is greater than a threshold value, the controller may output an alert message.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a vehicle blind spot detection system, method, and module for adjusting parameters of a vehicle blind spot detection algorithm based on a trailer being attached to the back of the vehicle. More specifically, based on a determination that a trailer is attached to the vehicle and the reception of trailer information corresponding to the attached trailer, an adjust to the parameters of a blind spot detection area is disclosed for ensuring the continued operation of the blind spot detection feature will take into account the attached trailer.

Abstract: There is provided an vehicle alarm output apparatus comprising: a waiting state determining unit configured to determine whether an own vehicle is in a waiting state; a start determining unit configured to determine whether the own vehicle starts to travel; an other vehicle information acquiring unit configured to acquire other vehicle information related to another vehicle; an arrival time calculating unit configured to calculate a time taken for the other vehicle to reach a front end of the own vehicle; and an output unit configured to output a certain alarm upon determining the own vehicle to be in the waiting state, the own vehicle to start, and the time to be equal to or less than a first threshold value; wherein the output unit is prevented from outputting the certain alarm upon detecting the time to be equal to or less than a second threshold value.

Abstract: In a method for detecting a collision between a vehicle and an object using a mobile user terminal which is able to be coupled to the vehicle, a user terminal signal for detecting the object is read in, which user terminal signal represents a signal which is provided by an image sensor of the user terminal; a driving state signal is read in to detect a driving state of the vehicle, which driving state signal represents a measured variable output by a vehicle sensor via an interface between the user terminal and the vehicle and/or output by an acceleration sensor of the user terminal; and a collision signal is ascertained to indicate an imminent collision between the vehicle and the object, based on the user terminal signal and the driving state signal.

Abstract: A system and a method for assisting vehicle driving are provided. The system may select and use an imaging device among a plurality of imaging devices within a smart phone possessed by a driver or a passenger in a vehicle and assist in driving. A system includes a smart phone configured to capture an image in front of a vehicle and an inner image of the vehicle using the plurality of imaging devices within the smart phone and select one of the plurality of imaging devices. The system also includes a controller configured to analyze image information provided from the plurality of imaging devices to operate the smart phone or control the vehicle.

Abstract: An under vehicle image provision apparatus includes a plurality of bottom view cameras mounted to a bottom of a vehicle, a processor configured to generate an under vehicle image including tires of a vehicle based on images accessed from the bottom view cameras, and a display unit configured to display the under vehicle image. As such, an image showing the underside of the vehicle may be provided.

Abstract: A cleaning device (1) for cleaning a lens (8) of a camera (2), using a cleaning head (4), comprises drive means (6) for driving the camera or the cleaning head, which are able to generate a relative displacement of the cleaning head with respect to the camera between a passive position in which the cleaning head is positioned outside of the image-capturing field of the camera, and an active position in which the cleaning head extends facing the lens so as to allow cleaning liquid to be ejected towards the said lens. The device particularly comes into effect in the case of an application to the cleaning of a reversing camera installed in motor vehicles.

Abstract: A trainable transceiver unit for mounting in a vehicle includes a transceiver circuit configured to reproduce the transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices, a user interface element, a battery configured to power the transceiver circuit and the user interface element, and a housing. The housing contains the transceiver circuit, the user interface element, and the battery and is integrated with a component of the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive communication system for a vehicle includes a multi-pixel reconfigurable display device disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle. Data is wirelessly communicated to and is received by electronic circuitry of the vehicle from a mobile accessory that is a personal accessory of an occupant of the vehicle. The data is at least in part customized to the geographic location of the vehicle as determined by a global positioning system operable to determine a geographical location. Information derived at least in part from the data is displayed by the display device and is viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The automotive communication system includes voice input and the automotive communication system includes voice generation. The data is from a data provider located external of and remote from the vehicle.

Abstract: The apparatus (1) for gaining access to the driver's cab of a telescopic handler or the like, comprises: a ladder (10) which in turn comprises at least two parts (11, 12) of which at least one is movable; and an automatic device (3) for moving said movable part (11, 12).

Abstract: A power ladder system for an agricultural vehicle includes an agricultural vehicle having a stationary platform and a movable platform with a ladder section connected to the movable platform. An actuator is connected to the movable platform which is configured to move the movable platform between a retracted position and an extended position. An engagement member selectively connects the actuator to the movable platform such that when the engagement member is disengaged the movable platform may be manually operated. The system is configured to automatically extend or retract the movable platform based on various inputs such as pressing a button on a remote or on the ladder, placing the agricultural vehicle in a drive mode, sensing motion of the agricultural vehicle, and opening the door, among other triggers.

Abstract: An equipment storage and retrieval system retrieves equipment from the back of pick-up trucks and other cargo carrying vehicles. A guide rail and a frame with attached rollers and equipment hold-downs, platforms or carts allow for easy access, retrieval, and storage of equipment in the bed of a vehicle. A frame extends out the back of a pickup for access to equipment, and folds into a vertical position for improved use of the pickup bed. A brake system prevents locks the sliding frame in place until the brake is released by a brake lever.

Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system including one or more motors. The internal drive system acts to provide power to an interior surface of the spherical housing, thereby causing the self-propelled device to move. A biasing assembly can be included to enable the internal drive system to continuously engage an inner surface of the spherical housing. An external accessory magnetically interacts with interior magnetic components through the spherical housing such that as the self-propelled device rotates and maneuvers, the accessory component maintains a positional relationship to a top portion of the self-propelled device.

Abstract: A system for attaching a window ornament to a vehicle is provided. The system includes a vehicle attachment device having a mounting device constructed and arranged to attach to the vehicle; and an arm operably coupled to the mounting device. The arm is rotatable with respect to the mounting device. The system also includes an ornament attachment device operably coupled to the vehicle attachment device and being constructed and arranged to couple to a window ornament.

Abstract: Numerous fine projections (20) are formed interspersed on a plate-shape member (18), and the neutral plane (S) of each fine projection (20) is inclined at an inclination angle ? to the normal line (O) such that the contact center (Q) does not overlap with the base part in the plane direction of the surface (22), so when a pressing load (F) is applied, the moment acting on the fine projections (20) is large, and the fine projections (20) easily deform to bend in the respective inclination direction. By this means, the tactile softness (cushion properties) are improved by preventing the fine projections (20) from undergoing simple compression deformation in the axial direction, and stick-slip due to friction between the fine projections (20) and the surface (22) is avoided, making it possible to obtain a smooth and stable tactile softness.

Abstract: In an example, a quick release license plate holder with a low and/or compact profile is provided. In an example, the holder includes a bolt assembly having a first end to attach to a vehicle and a second end to quick release a support plate for holding the vehicle license plate. In an example, the quick release and re-attachment may be tool-less and/or may not require a re-leveling. In another example, the quick release may not require the same specific tool as a typical OEM license plate bracket and/or may require less application of the same specific tool.

Abstract: A vehicle communication system (100) for facilitating control over a function of a vehicle (102) comprises a base station (104) positioned in the vehicle (102) and a mobile communication unit (122). The base station (104) comprises a first transmitter for transmitting a signal to the mobile communication unit and a first receiver for receiving a signal from the mobile communication unit (122). The base station (104) is configured to receive a first request from the mobile communication unit (122), wherein the first request seeks performance of a first vehicle function, determine a position of the mobile communication unit (122) relative to the vehicle (102), compare the position of the mobile communication unit (122) relative to the vehicle (102) to a first criteria, and facilitate performance of the first vehicle function if the position of the mobile communication unit (122) relative to the vehicle (102) satisfies the first criteria.

Abstract: A wire harness includes a conductive path and an exterior member with a tubular shape which covers the conductive path. The exterior member includes a bent route portion and a straight route portion with a straight shape. The straight route portion includes a first straight tubular portion; a second straight tubular portion; a third straight tubular portion that is disposed between the first straight tubular portion and the second straight tubular portion; and a shift correction portion that allows the third straight tubular portion to be displaced relative to the first straight tubular portion and the second straight tubular portion in a perpendicular axial direction of the straight route portion.

Abstract: A wire harness includes a conductive path and an exterior member with a tubular shape which covers the conductive path. The exterior member includes a straight tubular portion in which a pair of one wall and the other wall are formed, and the straight tubular portion includes a concave portion in at least the one wall, with the concave portion being positioned close to the conductive path.

Abstract: An electrical system assembly for a motor vehicle may include a first electrical system and a second electrical system galvanically isolated from the first electrical system. The second electrical system may be switchable between an idle state and an active state. A capacitive coupling element may couple the first electrical system to the second electrical system. A signal transmission unit may be arranged in the first electrical system and may be configured to transmit an activation signal to the capacitive coupling element for activating the second electrical system. A signal receiving unit may be arranged in the second electrical system and be configured to receive the activation signal via the capacitive coupling element and switch the second electrical system from the idle state to the active state.

Abstract: Provided is a method of auto-adjusting the settings of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a first NFC device. The method includes: determining whether an electrical device is an authorized device through the first NFC device communicating with a second NFC device of the electrical device, the electrical device storing an identification information; obtaining a user's preference settings to the vehicle according to the identification information from the electrical device upon a condition that the electrical device is the authorized device; and adjusting the settings of the vehicle with the user's preference settings.

Abstract: A system for generating electricity is provided. The system includes a vehicle and a wind turbine installed at one end of the vehicle. The wind turbine includes a plurality of input ports and a plurality of exit ports. The airflow around the vehicle enters the wind turbine via the plurality of input ports and exits the wind turbine via the plurality of exit ports causing the wind turbine to rotate and generate electricity.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure having a bumper reinforcement arranged in the vehicle width direction at the front part of a pair of front side members is provided. A pair of extensions is provided to the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side members in the vehicle width direction. Each extension is provided with a front protrusion protruding ahead of the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side member on the front side, and a rear protrusion protruding backward on the rear side. At the time of a small overlap frontal crash, loads imposed on the extension are transmitted to and absorbed by the front side member by the rear protrusion via the front protrusion.

Abstract: A side under-ride collision guard is described that is configured to be mounted on a large trailer that has been equipped with a sliding rear axle, consisting of one or more energy absorbing beam structures axially adjustable for position attached to a multiplicity of parallel rails to diminish the impact hazard to other roadway users that is presented by the lower axial edge(s) of the cargo compartment in the region(s) that are present between the trailer's rear most tires and the trailer's rear under-ride guard and/or between a stationary forward under-ride guard and the trailer's front most tires.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper structure including: bumper reinforcement at a rear of a bumper cover; an absorber in front of the bumper reinforcement; and a pedestrian collision detection sensor including a pressure tube between the bumper reinforcement and the absorber, wherein a position of a width direction outer end of the bumper reinforcement is set between a first normal line and a second normal line, where a front-rear reference line passes through a width direction outer end of a front hood or apron upper member and extends along a front-rear direction, the first normal line passes through an intersection point between the front-rear reference line and the bumper cover and extends along the direction of a normal line with respect to the width direction outer end of the bumper reinforcement, and the second normal line is offset by 100 mm to a width direction inner side of the first normal line.

Abstract: A support assembly of a bumper on a front end region of a motor vehicle which has a front end beam with respective headlights supported thereon and which each have a headlight housing, and which has a bumper cladding of the bumper which is supported by at least one bumper beam, is disclosed. The bumper beam is supported via at least one respective support element on the respectively allocated headlight housing of the respectively allocated headlight. Also disclosed is a headlight having a headlight housing which includes at least one receiver on which an allocated support element of a bumper is able to be supported. A method for the production of such a support assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A component positioning device including at least one resilient structure that centers the component. For example, a spring that acts between a grille and a grille opening to center the grille within a grille opening. The spring generating a reaction force sufficient to self-adjust the grille within the grille opening wherein opposing springs are deployed on either side of the grill with the springs exerting a force on and moving the grill until the force exerted by the opposing springs reaches equilibrium.

Abstract: A plastic body includes first and second connector ends coupled together via an elongate tether. A frangible strap can extend from a first to a second point along the longitudinal length of the tether. The length of the frangible strap can be less than the tether length between the first and second points. A metal clip can be non-releasably coupled to the second connector end by being retained within a cage housing. The connecter ends can be releasably coupled to each other by cooperating elongate rails, and with the frangible strap in a non-extended configuration with the first and second connector ends non-releasably coupled associated automobile components. The frangible strap can deform or separate as a result of a tensile force acting on the frangible strap as the tether extends when an airbag deploys separating the automobile components and the connector ends.

Abstract: A side airbag device includes: an inflator that is disposed at a side section of a seatback of a vehicle seat and that generates gas on actuation; a side airbag main body that is disposed at the side section and that inflates and deploys at a side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to being supplied with gas from the inflator; and an upper-lower partitioning section that partitions the side airbag main body into an upper inflation section to restrain an upper body of the occupant, and a lower inflation section to restrain a lumbar region of the occupant at a higher internal pressure than the upper inflation section, and that includes a sloped portion sloped toward a seat lower side on progression from a seat front-rear direction center portion toward a seat rear side end portion of the lower inflation section.

Abstract: A vehicle side airbag device including: an inflator disposed at a side section of a seatback of a vehicle seat; a rear bag section that inflates and deploys using gas from the inflator housed therein; a front bag section into which gas is supplied through communication openings formed at a partitioning section between the front and rear bag sections, that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle front and upper side of the rear bag section, and that protects a head of an occupant at a vehicle upper side than the rear bag section; and a diffuser that is disposed inside the rear bag section, that houses the inflator and inflates using gas therefrom, wherein an upper end portion of the diffuser, where inflates, pierces through an upper communication opening that is one of the communication openings formed at an upper end portion of the partitioning section.

Abstract: A vehicle far side airbag device that includes: a gas generator that is housed inside a bag body at a bag body diagonally rear lower side with respect to a non-inflation section, and that generates gas on operation; a rear gas flow-path that is formed at the bag body between a rear edge of the non-inflation section and a rear edge of the bag body and that is positioned at a bag body upper side with respect to the gas generator; and a lower gas flow-path that is formed at the bag body between a lower edge of the non-inflation section and a lower edge of the bag body, that is positioned at a bag body front side with respect to the gas generator, and that is set with a larger minimum cross-section area than the rear gas flow-path.

Abstract: A vehicle far side airbag device includes: a splitting portion at a front side of a seat cover, at a side section at a vehicle center side of vehicle seatback, extends along a height of the seatback; an airbag inside the side section, deploys toward an outside of the side section while splitting the splitting portion, to protect an occupant from head to abdomen; a diffuser housed at a lower and rear side within the airbag, ejects gas from an inflator from an upper end opening and a lower end opening; and a tensioning cloth fixed to both a seatback frame and a location at a lower end of the splitting portion, is superimposed on the airbag in a stored state. A portion of the tensioning cloth is positioned further to a seatback lower side than the lower end opening of the diffuser in a deployed state.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting apparatus for a buckle transmission apparatus. The mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket to couple the buckle transmission apparatus, which comprises a transmission cable coupled to a buckle head and a driving unit coupled to the transmission cable to transmit the buckle head to a required position, to a vehicle body, and a cover member provided under the buckle head, allowing the transmission cable to pass the cover member, and fitted into an internal structure of a vehicle.

Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said wiper blade comprises a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, characterized in that a free end of said spoiler, facing towards an A-pillar of the windscreen to be wiped, is provided with a beveled surface, seen from the windscreen to be wiped.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm (10) for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle, with a receiving region (11) for a wiper blade adapter (55), wherein in the receiving region (11) an adapter element (30; 30a) is arranged, serving for the supplying of washing fluid, wherein the adapter element (30; 30a) is able to be connected on the one hand with a supply line (32) for the washing fluid and on the other hand has at least one outlet (34) for the washing fluid, which is able to be connected with the wiper blade adapter (55), wherein the at least one outlet (34) is aligned with a first mounting or respectively dismantling direction (17) of the wiper blade adapter (55).

Abstract: This vehicle is provided with: a window opening and a secondary window opening, which are formed adjacent to each other in a vehicle body; a window panel for covering the window opening; a secondary window panel for covering the secondary window opening; and a wiper device for wiping both the window panel and the secondary window panel. The wiper device is provided with a wiper blade that is capable of passing over a boundary between the window panel and the secondary window panel to continuously wipe from the window panel to the secondary window panel.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle-driver interface and an automated braking system. The automated braking system is configured to automatically apply vehicle brakes in response to a detected rearward object and the vehicle being in REVERSE. The automated braking system is additionally configured to release the brakes in response to a driver input at the vehicle-driver interface when a distance from the vehicle to the rearward object exceeds a calibratable threshold. The automated braking system is further configured to apply the brakes in response to the vehicle traveling a predefined distance after the driver input.