Abstract: A vehicle includes a front-wheel/rear-wheel motor, a battery and an ECU. The ECU is configured to (i) control the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors, and (ii) control the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors such that a braking torque of a resonance-side motor, when at least one of the rotation speed of the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors is within a resonance range, is smaller than the braking torque of the resonance-side motor, when the rotation speed of the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors are outside the resonance range, and such that the braking torque of a non-resonance-side motor, when at least one of the rotation speed of the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors is within a resonance range, is larger than the braking torque of the non-resonance-side motor, when the rotation speed of the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors are outside the resonance range, during deceleration caused by a braking torque from the front-wheel/rear-wheel motors.

Abstract: An electric vehicle accomplishes speed changes through the use of electronically controlled, multiple electric motor configurations that are coupled to an output drive shaft instead of a speed change transmission. A parallel-coupled motor configuration includes at least two motors that are each coupled to the output drive shaft through respective gear arrangements, each gear arrangement having a respective gear ratio. In a serially-coupled motor configuration, the stator of the second motor is coupled to the rotor of the first motor, where the rotor of the second motor is coupled to the output drive shaft. The required torque to reach or maintain a desired vehicle speed can be obtained by selective energization of either one or both of the motors (in both multi-motor configurations). Two motors are also coupled to a differential gear so that the rotational speed contributed by both motors are additive at the output shaft.

Abstract: An insulating profile having at least two profile legs extending in a longitudinal direction of the insulating profile and surrounding at least one receiving chamber for holding a bus bar, a conductor line having at least one insulating profile, and at least one electrically conductive busbar inserted therein. The receiving chamber has a mounting opening extending in the longitudinal direction. A method for producing a conductor line is also disclosed. The problem of enabling a simple and fast installation of a conductor line, even under difficult conditions, is addressed with an insulating profile in which an installation chamber arranged between the profile legs and having an introduction opening running in the longitudinal direction adjoins the receiving chamber.

Abstract: An armrest extension for the door of a consumer or commercial vehicle, including a passenger car, SUV, pickup truck, or commercial truck. The extension provides comfort to drivers by raising the height of a factory armrest to be about level with the steering wheel. The extension attaches to the top of the factory armrest, elevates the factory armrest, and extends outward from the factory armrest. The extension is manufactured from a soft, sturdy material for stability and to prevent damage to the factory armrest.

Abstract: A pivotable backrest arrangement for a vehicle interior in which a container receptacle for at least one beverage container is integrated, the container receptacle being open toward a functional surface of the backrest arrangement and including a cover frame, which is at least substantially flush with the functional surface, and a side wall region and a base region. The base region is held in an elastically yielding manner in relation to a backrest surface of the backrest arrangement, to which the base region is adjacent.

Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a pump and a headrest. The headrest has a support base, a flexible foam layer coupled with the support base, a flexible substrate overlying the foam layer and defining an outer surface, and an inflatable bladder assembly positioned between the base and the foam layer. The bladder assembly has a plurality of cells corresponding to respective regions of the outer surface that are independently operable between inflated and deflated conditions by the pump. The seating assembly further includes a control operably coupled to the pump.

Abstract: A headrest device comprises a fixed bracket fixed at a headrest stay and having a driving portion. A first link bracket is connected to the driving portion and a headrest panel which is connected to a headrest cushion, thus the first link bracket moving forward upon actuation of the driving portion. A second link bracket is rotatably connected to the headrest panel and the fixed bracket, respectively, and the first link bracket is connected to the second link bracket. When the first link bracket moves forward, the second link bracket rotatably moves forward together with the first link bracket, thereby tilting the headrest cushion and at the same time moving forward.

Abstract: A comfortable temperature control apparatus for a vehicle includes a temperature-change element that changes a temperature by being energized; a heat flux sensor outputting a sensor signal corresponding to a heat flux; a heat diffusion layer disposed on the heat flux sensor; and a control unit that energizes the temperature-change element so as to adjust its temperature. In a seat provided in the vehicle cabin, a cover surface side contacting a passenger, the heat diffusion layer, the heat flux sensor and the temperature-change element are arranged in this order. The heat flux sensor outputs the sensor signal to the control unit, the sensor signal corresponding to the heat flux between the cover surface and the temperature-change element. The control unit adjusts an energization of the temperature-change element, based on the sensor signal, such that the heat flux between the cover surface and the temperature-change element is a predetermined value.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad including, on its front surface, a recess-shaped portion; and a seat cover fixed to the recess-shaped portion so as to be tacked into the recess-shaped portion. The seat pad includes a coupling groove provided on the recess-shaped portion and having a bottom face portion formed on a curved surface extending along a front surface of the recess-shaped portion. A plurality of locking members is disposed at predetermined positions on the bottom face portion at intervals. Part of a coupling member attached to a back surface of the seat cover is locked to the plurality of locking members so as to be fixed thereto.

Abstract: A removable antimicrobial seat cover is described. The cover includes a continuous antimicrobial seat cover. The cover has a first surface to cover a seat portion of the seat and a second surface to cover a seat back portion of the seat. The cover also includes a storage mechanism to store the continuous antimicrobial seat cover away from the seat when not in use. The storage mechanism is coupled to the seat when the continuous antimicrobial seat cover is not in use. The device also includes a retention mechanism to removably couple the storage mechanism to the seat.

Abstract: A seat assembly having an inflatable bladder and a method of assembly. The seat assembly may have a seat cushion that may have a slit. The inflatable bladder may be inserted through a slit from a second surface of the seat cushion toward a first surface and may be received in the indentation.

Abstract: Described are tray table assemblies that include an upper cover, a lower cover, and a support structure disposed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The support structure may include a plurality of upper protrusions extending toward an inner surface of the upper cover and a plurality of lower protrusions extending toward an inner surface of the lower cover such that the support structure provides structural rigidity to the tray table assembly. The plurality of upper protrusions may contact the inner surface of the upper cover, the plurality of lower protrusions may contact the inner surface of the lower cover, and the support structure may dissipate heat.

Abstract: A trailer for transporting bulk material has a container mounted on a chassis and wheeled suspension. The container has opposing sidewalls, a floor, a front wall, and a rear opening. The trailer further has an unloading system comprising a plow and a plow motor system. The plow is disposed in the container and shaped and sized to span substantially a transverse cross-section of the container. The plow motor system is operable to move the plow longitudinally in the container to urge or push the bulk material in the container toward and out of the rear opening of the container. At least one of the sidewalls comprises a removable panel installed longitudinally along a bottom of the sidewall, wherein an inward-facing surface of the removable panel and an inward-facing surface of the sidewall are substantially coplanar.

Abstract: A portable material delivery apparatus for transporting and depositing a flowable material at a deposit site, including a vehicle and a hopper mounted on the vehicle for holding the material and having a lower opening for releasing the material. First and second circulating conveyors move the material released from the hopper to the deposit site. The first conveyor is fixed beneath the hopper. The second conveyor is vertically tiltable and laterally rotatable relative to the first conveyor. The apparatus includes a control station with an operator platform and controls for controlling the conveyors. The control station is mounted to and is movable with the second conveyor as it tilts and rotates. The control station is positioned such that a single operator standing on the operator platform can operate the controls while directly observing the material moving on the second conveyor and being ejected toward the deposit site.

Abstract: A tailgate ramp for a truck includes an adapter comprising left and right panels with a connector extending therebetween. The connector includes a first end with a slot or opening to engage or slide onto a pivoting receiver located on a truck; and a second opposing end configured to slide into, over, or around a mounting receiver located on the truck. A ramp section includes at least one foldable section that is attachable to the connector.

Abstract: A lift assembly for a vehicle is described. The lift assembly can includes a hitch assembly for removable attachment to the vehicle, and first and second support members rotatably secured to the hitch assembly. As a lifting mechanism mounted to the hitch assembly provides a lifting force to one of the support members, the platform assembly can be raised from a lowered position to a raised position. The lift assembly can be removably engaged with a cart.

Abstract: A tank trailer for transporting corrosive fluids is disclosed that includes a chassis and one or more cradle supports supporting a corrosion-resistant tank. The chassis is formed from a first material that is a high-strength material. The corrosion-resistant tank has a substantially cylindrical body and a plurality of ring supports, with each such ring support surrounding and reinforcing at least a portion of the cylindrical body. The ring supports may be formed from a material that is the same as, or similar to, the first material used to form the chassis. The first material and second material are joined at interfaces between (1) the cylindrical body and the cradle supports and (2) the cylindrical body and the ring supports. The interfaces comprise a third material that is compatible with the first material and the second material.

Abstract: A truck bed cot has a generally rectangular platform, three legs upon one sidewall, two clamps upon an opposite sidewall, two endwalls, a plurality of slats between the sidewalls, two brackets for connection to a supporting surface, a heated sleeping pad, and a solar panel. The platform has a fore platform and an aft platform that receive the legs when the platform folds. The platform has an unfolded position with the fore platform coplanar with the aft platform. The platform, through its brackets and legs, adjusts its elevation relative to a supporting surface. The sleeping pad includes a control and battery in communication with the solar panel. The battery also provides ports for connection to various cables. A drawer provides storage and a flat surface for a user and a strap allows a user to carry the folded invention.

Abstract: A ratchet strap apparatus includes a tensioning strap adapted to be selectively tensioned and a cargo strap adapted to be secured to the apparatus using an inboard pin and an outboard pin and bending the cargo strap into a loop. In one embodiment, the outboard pin is secured to a side wall and an opening is provided between the outboard pin and another side wall whereby the outboard pin may be inserted into a cargo strap loop. In another embodiment, the outboard pin is slidingly received through a hole in one side wall and is selectively unseated from a saddle on the other side wall for insertion into the cargo strap loop. In yet another embodiment, the outboard pin is secured between two side walls and the inboard pin is selectively removable from and seated on saddles in each of the walls whereby the inboard pin extends therebetween.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a disconnection of lamps are provided. The apparatus includes a power supply that is configured to supply power to a vehicle and a controller. The controller receives operation power for at least one lamp mounted within the vehicle and supplies the operation power to the at least one lamp. In addition, the controller measures an inrush current value generated from the at least one lamp for a plurality of time intervals and detects the disconnection of the at least one lamp based on the inrush current value.

Abstract: A restraint system for a vehicle includes a seat assembly and a seat belt assembly. The seat assembly includes a buckle having a buckle sensor operatively connected to a buckle light source. The seat belt assembly is associated with the seat assembly and includes a retractor, a webbing, and a tongue having a tongue light source. The buckle sensor is configured such that illumination of the tongue light source activates the buckle sensor and illuminates the buckle light source.

Abstract: An automotive electronic control unit (4) configured to control operation of automotive direction indicators (2) based on motor vehicle-related data and by receiving current steering wheel angle (?) and motor vehicle speed (v), determining an initial steering wheel angle (?0) when a direction indicator (2) is activated, determining minimum and maximum steering wheel angles (?min, ?max) reached during the period that the direction indicator is active, computing a steering wheel release angle (?r) based on the current motor vehicle speed (v), the steering wheel release angle (?r) representing the steering wheel angle (?) beyond which the motor vehicle's steering wheel is to be turned in the direction indicated by the active direction indicator to cause, when the steering wheel is turned in the opposite direction at the end of steering manoeuvre, the automatic deactivation of the active direction indicator (2), and determining if and when to deactivate the active direction indicator (2) based on the current stee

Abstract: An input to increase or decrease a system setting in a vehicle interior is received, and the setting is adjusted. In one example, an in-vehicle ambient light color is controlled during the adjusting so an ambient light changes from a primary color setting to a first feedback color during setting increase and to a second feedback color during setting decrease; and the ambient light color is returned to the primary color setting at a time after completing the adjusting. In another example, the ambient light color is controlled during the adjusting so the ambient light transitions from a then-current color setting towards a first feedback color during setting increase and towards a second feedback color during setting decrease; and upon reaching an increased or decreased setting value, the ambient light remains at a new then-current color until another setting input is received or until the ambient light is turned off.

Abstract: A mesh lighting system for emergency vehicles and method for retrofitting a vehicle with emergency lights is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of independent signalling light sources each supplied by a dedicated source of energy, a control module, and a low powered wireless network connecting said control module with the plurality of light sources. The plurality of independent signalling light sources emit at least one light flash in response to a control signal received from the control module.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for recognizing a surrounding vehicle. The system for recognizing a surrounding vehicle includes a vehicle information collecting unit configured to collect location information of an own vehicle and location information of a surrounding vehicle, a surrounding vehicle recognizing unit configured to generate a lane based on the location information of the own vehicle and the location information of the surrounding vehicle collected by the vehicle information collecting unit and to recognize a location of the surrounding vehicle based on the generated lane, and a situation notifying unit configured to determine a road situation based on the surrounding vehicle recognized by the surrounding vehicle recognizing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for vehicle driving assistance, including: a camera photographing a front of a vehicle; a traffic sign board sensing unit sensing a traffic sign board in front of the vehicle; a traffic lane sensing unit sensing a traffic lane in front of the vehicle; a vehicle sensing unit sensing a vehicle in front of the vehicle; a collision warning unit raising a collision warning; and a control unit determining a collision risk situation and controlling the collision warning unit to raise the collision warning when determining that there is the collision risk situation.

Abstract: Display of a drive assist by a virtual image is understandably presented to a driver. A drive assist device 1, which displays a virtual image 35 including a vehicle mark 76 on a vehicle 2 and assists driving by moving the vehicle mark 76, is configured to be provided with a relative-value converting unit 62 which converts a recommended driving operation to be shown to a driver 3 to a relative value based on a driving operation of present time; wherein the vehicle mark 76 is moved by a movement amount corresponding to the relative value to notify the driver 3 of the recommended driving operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are an around view monitor system and a method of controlling the same. The around view monitor system includes: a travel information receiving unit configured to receive gear information from a transmission of a vehicle; a touch input receiving unit configured to receive a touch signal for a display device provided in the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control an output effect to be applied to image data around the vehicle output to the display device according to the gear information transmitted from the travel information receiving unit and the touch signal transmitted from the touch input receiving unit.

Abstract: A wide angle rear and side view monitor that eliminates blind spots. A roof mounted camera has a wide angle lens, preferably providing a viewing radius of 210 degrees. The images captured by the camera are presented on a display contained with a blind spot monitor.

Abstract: An integrated overhead console assembly for a vehicle includes a camera module for taking a forward image of a vehicle in a direction of travel, a multi-display unit for displaying an image taken by the camera module, and various functional operation components of the vehicle that are efficiently incorporated in a single overhead console assembly to improve user convenience.

Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a forward facing camera and a control comprising an image processor that processes image data captured by the forward facing camera. The control receives vehicle data relating to the vehicle, including vehicle speed and vehicle steering angle, via a vehicle bus of the vehicle. Via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward facing camera, the control is operable to detect a road marking on the road being traveled by the vehicle and to the left of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the image processor, the control determines a driving condition of the vehicle, such as the type of lane markers present ahead of the vehicle, a traffic condition at or ahead of the vehicle, and/or a hazardous condition at or ahead of the vehicle.

Abstract: A head section for a rear view device such as an internal or external mirror, for a motor vehicle that includes at least one housing section having a lid section arranged on a side of the housing section which faces away from the direction of driving of the motor vehicle, at least one electronic unit arranged in a hollow area formed between the housing section and the lid section, and at least one rear view means arranged on the lid section for displaying a side or rear area of the motor vehicle in relation to the direction of driving.

Abstract: A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side and further includes a substrate having a reflective surface thereon extending within the open side of the housing and an actuation mechanism moveably coupling the substrate with the housing. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity at a first end thereof. The mounting plate defines a socket open opposite the first end and first and second scalloped surfaces adjacent the socket. The actuation mechanism further includes an actuation wheel rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing and engageable with the socket to cause rotation of the mounting plate and engageable with the first scalloped surface to secure the mounting plate in a first position and with the second scalloped surface to secure the mounting plate in a second position.

Abstract: A casing of a turn signal lamp assembly includes a lamp housing and an outer lens, each of which includes a transparent member, being overlaid on each other and joined to each other at peripheral edges. The lamp housing includes a light entrance portion that receives incident light emitted from a light source, a light-guiding lens portion that guides the incident light, and a light exit portion that outputs the guided light.

Abstract: A walkway mount system comprising at least one walkway section; and at least one walkway mount, each mount including a mounting body that is able to be located between an upper portion and a lower portion of a roll over protection system of a vehicle; and at least one arm that is attached to the mounting body and is able to be attached to and support the at least one walkway section.

Abstract: A folding seat assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. The folding seat assembly includes a seat back, a seat base and an internal storage compartment. The seat base includes first and second sections that are independently pivotally displaceable between a raised position and a home position. The internal storage compartment is defined between the two sections of the seat base.

Abstract: A coupling system includes a glovebox panel having inner and outer surfaces and a keyhole slot disposed therethrough having an enlarged portion leading to a narrowed portion. A ramped flange is disposed on the outer surface of the glovebox panel. A damper mechanism includes an abutment plate with a post and head member. The head member is received through an enlarged portion of the keyhole slot when the damper mechanism is in a pre-load position. The abutment plate engages the ramped flange to progressively drive the head member into engagement with the inner surface of the glovebox panel as the damper mechanism moves from the pre-load position to a seated position.

Abstract: A swing-away hitch adapter system couples a vehicle hitch mounted device of a vehicle while maintaining the ability of the user to access the rear storage of the vehicle. The swing-away hitch adapter has a receiver insert, a base-member, a secondary-member, a hitch receiver, a hinge-pin, a swing-limiting pin, a restraining-pin, and a return limiting pin. Additional embodiments of a swing-away hitch adapter system may further include a wiring harness extension, a plug adapter, a handle attached to the secondary-member, a handle attached to the restraining-pin, and a wire attached to the restraining-pin. The swing-away hitch adapter system, in a folded condition, is ready for transportation of the vehicle. When in a swing-away condition, the swing-away hitch adapter system allows access to the rear entry of the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus facilitating packing of a racecar parachute using a pilot chute launcher, the apparatus comprised of a slotted metal plate, a pair of notched tabs, and a pair of extensions selected to removably couple with the notched tabs and the plate. In use, the notched tabs, notched sides facing away from one another, are positioned and affixed to opposing sides of a parachute bag bottom plate. The parachute and pilot chute launcher are packed into the parachute bag. The extensions are inserted into opposing slots on the plate, and by engaging the extensions with the notched tabs, the pilot chute launcher is compressed. A top and a bottom flap of the parachute bag is secured over the plate in a usual fashion. The extensions and the plate are sequentially removed, and the parachute is continued to be packed in the usual fashion.

Abstract: The rear side of a head unit bezel is shaped and arranged to receive and retain an electronic device such as a radio, cell phone, GPS receiver, roadway toll payment transponder, stolen vehicle transponder, WI-FI or Bluetooth transceiver or an antenna. Electrical connectors provided to the rear side mate with connectors on the front side of a head unit. When the bezel and head unit are connected, the electronic device in the bezel is mechanically and electrically connected to the head unit.

Abstract: A folding device support system allows a device, such as a phone, GPS device and the like, to be held upright. A foldable support member contains a series of hinge sections configured so as to create a pocket into which the device to be held is contained. It is foldable to allow the unit, when not in use, to be deployed essentially flat for easy storage or transportation between vehicles or locations, and is optionally fitted with a flexible base to provide stability.

Abstract: A control panel realized in the form of a touchscreen is arranged on an inner side of a vehicle door. The control panel can be switched over between at least two display modes. The touchscreen displays a first control element for controlling a first actuator of the vehicle in the first control mode and a second control element for controlling a second actuator, which is dissimilar from the first actuator, in the second control mode. The control panel may include a touchscreen of a smartphone device operably positioned in a recess formed in qn interior trim panel of the vehicle door.

Abstract: A rotary chain rack located on a vehicle used to recover disabled vehicles, which may include a lower bin, one or more upper rotating carousels to which hooks carrying chains may be mounted, and a braking device for automatically stopping the rotation of the chain rack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an outside decorative trim strip of a motor vehicle, such as window surrounds or body shell trim, made of aluminum alloy, by shaping and brightening of a plate or strip made by vertical continuous casting of an alloy slab of series AA5xxx of high purity, homogenization-heating of the slab, hot rolling, cooling, cold rolling with intermediate annealing in a continuous tunnel furnace, or holding between the solvus temperature and the alloy burning temperature typically for 3 seconds to 5 minutes, quenching in air or water, possible annealing at a temperature of 100 to 200° C. The invention also relates to a decorative trim strip of motor vehicle manufactured using such a method.

Abstract: A trim retainer assembly having a clip portion with a base and a molded housing having a keyhole and an opening. The keyhole in the doghouse is smooth for improved molding and elimination of tuning since there are no detents in the bore to tune or maintain. The base is provided with a pair of arms that are flexible and each arm having a self detent feature that passes through the opening in the housing to provide clip retention and, at the same time, float for tolerance variations is provided. The pair of arms also include nominal centering detents. The keyhole bore, opening, and clip portion provides clip detent, consistent retention effort, float, centering and anti-rotation.

Abstract: An acoustic barrier assembly for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. A decoupler layer surrounds a pass-through opening in a wall of the vehicle to defining a decoupler aperture that is open to the pass-through opening. A barrier layer abuts the decoupler layer and defines a barrier aperture that is also open to the pass-through opening. An acoustic seal is integrally formed in the barrier layer. The acoustic seal defines an exposed region of the barrier layer that is not bounded by the decoupler layer. The exposed region of the barrier layer directly contacts the wall around the pass-through opening and seals around a penetrating member that extends through the pass-through opening. The acoustic seal thus reduces flanking noise traveling through a gap between the penetrating member and the pass-through opening.

Abstract: A panel with pattern block bead for a car body includes a plurality of beads. The panel is divided into four division panels by a first substantially horizontal reference line and a first substantially vertical reference line each passing through a center of the panel. One of the beads is formed at a center of each of the division panels.

Abstract: A structure for reducing noise of an engine room includes a hood configured to open and close an engine room, the hood having opposing inside and outside surfaces, wherein the inside surface is inside the engine room when the hood is closed. A weather strip is disposed on the inside surface of the hood, and sealing rails are configured to be tightly pressed against the weather strip to shield noise generated from the engine room.

Abstract: A cable connection on a motor unit of an electric auxiliary drive for a bicycle, the motor unit includes an external rotor having a rotational axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the wheels.

Abstract: A universal apparatus for switches includes: an input module including at least one first switch which generates a control signal for performing at least one function included in a vehicle; a communication module transmitting the control signal; and a control module performing the at least one function corresponding to the control signal generated by the first switch and transmitted by the communication module.