Patents Issued in May 19, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160137002
    Abstract: On a tread portion, a plurality of blocks defined by a plurality of main grooves and a plurality of transverse grooves. The main grooves annularly and continuously extend in a tire circumferential direction. The transverse grooves extend in a tire width direction so as to intersect the main grooves. The plurality of blocks include a center block located at a center in the tire width direction and having, on a surface thereof, a first groove with closed both ends and a second groove joining the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20160137003
    Abstract: On a tread portion, a plurality of blocks are formed by a plurality of main grooves annularly continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of transverse grooves extending in a tire width direction, intersecting these main grooves. Each block has projections on side surfaces, which form each transverse groove, at corner regions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20160137004
    Abstract: Tread for a tire to equip a heavy vehicle, having:—a plurality of grooves of circumferential overall orientation and a plurality of grooves of oblique overall orientation intersecting the circumferential grooves to delimit blocks, these circumferential and transverse grooves forming a directional tread pattern, imposing a running direction on the tread, a dividing plane separating part of the pattern to the left and part of the pattern to the right,—the circumferential grooves delimiting at least three intermediate rows of blocks and two edge rows situated axially on the outside of the intermediate rows, wherein each block has a contact face forming part of the tread surface, a front face and a rear face and two lateral faces, the front face and the rear face intersecting the contact face along a leading edge Ai and a trailing edge Fi respectively, Ai coming into the contact patch during running before Fi of the same block when running in the running direction, wherein Ai of all the blocks are offset from one
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: BENJAMIN QUANTINET, FABIEN MARLIER
  • Publication number: 20160137005
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread including a pair of central portions, a pair of middle portions and a pair of shoulder portions, wherein each of the portions has an axial width varying periodically while increasing and decreasing in a circumferential direction of the tire. Each of the central portions includes a central block with a hexagonal shaped top face and a central sipe. A total that is the sum of each maximum axial width of the central portions, each maximum axial width of the middle portions, each maximum axial width of the shoulder portions, a maximum axial length of the central sipe provided on one of the central portions, and a maximum axial length of the central sipe provided on the other one of the central portions is in a range of from 1.05 to 1.31 times a tread width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20160137006
    Abstract: A tire includes a plurality of land portions defined by a plurality of circumferential grooves, and each of the plurality of land portions has a plurality of lateral grooves crossing the land portion. Each of the plurality of lateral grooves is made up of a center region extending at an angle of inclination relative to a tread width direction and side regions extending at a smaller angle of inclination relative to the tread width direction than the center region, the side regions increasing in groove width toward the respective circumferential grooves. Each of the plurality of lateral grooves has a sipe having, only in the center region, a shallow portion with a smaller depth, the shallow portion being located at least near a boundary part between the center region and each of the side regions with a starting point of the shallow portion being apart from the boundary part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160137007
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a decorative portion on an outer surface of a side wall portion that includes a first region that is linked to the inner side in the tire radial direction and the outer side in the tire radial direction of the decorative portion without being divided by a circumferential direction rib band, and a second region that is continuously surrounded in at least three directions by a radial direction rib band and the circumferential direction rib band, the total area of the first region and the total area of the second region are each 10% or greater of the total area of the decorative portion, ridges are provided in at least one of the first region and the second region, and the pattern contrast between the first region and the second region is varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahisa Murata
  • Publication number: 20160137008
    Abstract: A tire made of rubber material including a sidewall and a marking protruding from this sidewall. The tire having a texture, which has a plurality of strands protruding from the sidewall, these strands being distributed at a density at least equal to five strands per square millimeter (mm2), each strand having a mean cross section between 0.0007 mm2 and 0.06 mm2 and/or the texture having a plurality of substantially mutually parallel lamellae protruding from the sidewall, the spacing of the lamellae being less than or equal to 0.5 mm, each lamella having a mean width between 0.03 mm and 0.3 mm. The texture protrudes from the sidewall of the tire, and this texture surrounding all or part of the marking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Helene EMORINE, Olivier MUHLHOFF, Mathieu VANDAELE
  • Publication number: 20160137009
    Abstract: When a tire that is mounted on a specified rim, inflated to an internal pressure of 50 kPa, and placed in a no-load state is viewed as a cross-section from the tire meridian direction, a position of 1.30×Hf on an outer surface of a sidewall portion, taking a rim flange height (Hf) of the specified rim as a reference, is defined as a point (P), a foot of a normal line (L) drawn from the point (P) to a carcass line of a main body portion (131) of a carcass layer (13) is defined as a point (M), and a point of intersection of the normal line (L) and a carcass line of a folded back portion (132) of the carcass layer (13) is defined as a point (T). At this time, a distance (a) mm from the point (M) to the point (T), a distance (b) mm from the point (T) to the point (P), and a specified load (x) kN have relationships such that a=0.019×x+13.3 and b=0.052×x+21.6, with a tolerance of not less than 0% and not more than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Lisa Tauchi, Satoru Isobe
  • Publication number: 20160137010
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a plate-like member which is attached to a treadportion inner surface by at least two attaching portions arranged with a space in a tire circumferential direction, and has a space with respect to the tread portion inner surface between the two adjacent attaching portions, wherein a through hole penetrating toward the space is formed in the plate-like member, and wherein a support member capable of supporting the plate-like member is arranged in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20160137011
    Abstract: Disclosed is a handguard structure for a movable scooter. A main body of the scooter is a plate-like body, which has a bottom to which wheels are mounted. A grip is provided on each of left and right sides of the main body. A number of engagement lugs is formed on a front side of the main body and engagement grooves corresponding in number to and respectively engageable with the engagement lugs are formed in a rear side of the main body so that through engagement between the engagement lugs and the engagement grooves, a plurality of main bodies is connectable in cascade to form a scooter in a long line. The grip includes an outer bar mounted to and spaced from the left or right side of the main body to define a shielded space and an inner bar arranged in the shielded space and fixed to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Liang Kao
  • Publication number: 20160137012
    Abstract: A hitch accessory retaining device includes a hitch pin having a first end and a second end. The second end is configured to be inserted completely through a hitch receiver and an accessory shank. The hitch pin includes a first shank portion and a second shank portion. The second shank portion has a smaller diameter than the first shank portion, such that a shoulder is formed between the first shank portion and the second shank portion. The hitch pin includes an externally-threaded region. At least a portion of the hitch pin is configured to be located within a hollow cavity of an accessory shank when an accessory shank is installed and pinned within a hitch receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: John R. Columbia
  • Publication number: 20160137013
    Abstract: A safety guard for a tow bar has a first arm engageable with the tow bar and a second arm engageable with the tow bar. Each arm is independently pivotable with respect to the tow bar so that the safety guard can be angle adjusted to accommodate tow bars which extend to different lengths from the vehicle. Each arm is further formed so that when in use the safety guard present a shield around the tow bar to prevent people walking into the tow bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Ernst Wiersma, Joanne Aileen Wiersma
  • Publication number: 20160137014
    Abstract: A float accessory for land vehicles has a front rack portion and a rear rack portion. Both rack portions are mechanically fastened to a frame assembly which is itself attached to a vehicle frame. The front rack portion is connected to the frame assembly, and the front rack portion and the rear rack portion have two sides wherein each side has a lifting arm rotationally attached thereto by way of a pivot member. The lifting arms are secured in their lowered configuration by way of a latch and catch combination. The lifting arms are also locked in their upper configuration and intermediate configurations by way of a perforated disc cooperating with a spring lock pin. A grommet connected to at least the front rack portion lifting arms, and in combination with a cable, wherein the cable is connected to a hoist apparatus. The hoist apparatus pulls on the cable in order to lift the lifting arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Claude Belanger
  • Publication number: 20160137015
    Abstract: An axle connection, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes an axle tube receptacle which has a longitudinal axis which is oriented parallel to an axle tube arrangeable thereon, at least one connecting region, in particular for connection to a longitudinal link, and a support section, in particular for the arrangement of a tail end, wherein the axle connection has an axis of rotation which intersects the longitudinal axis, the connecting region is configured symmetrically with respect to a plane of rotation which is spanned by the axis of rotation and the longitudinal axis, and wherein the support section is offset transversely with respect to the plane of rotation at least in regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Olaf Drewes, Federik Biewer
  • Publication number: 20160137016
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a two stage turbocharger is disclosed including a low pressure turbine and the high pressure turbine are arranged in series. The high pressure turbine is connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine through a high pressure turbine inlet duct. The low pressure turbine is connected to the high pressure turbine through a low pressure turbine inlet duct and to the high pressure turbine inlet duct through a connecting channel. The two stage turbocharger is provided with a bypass system including a high pressure turbine valve arranged in the high pressure turbine inlet duct, and a low pressure turbine valve arranged in the connecting channel. An actuator is configured to operate the high pressure turbine valve and the low pressure turbine valve to alternatively close the high pressure turbine inlet duct or the connecting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Cesare Maria MEANO, Vincenzo PETRONZI
  • Publication number: 20160137017
    Abstract: A strut assembly including a spring to help absorb impacts and a shock absorber to help control motion of the spring is disclosed. The shock absorber includes a base assembly and is mounted between a top mount assembly and a knuckle. The top mount assembly mounts to the body of the vehicle and helps support the spring. An upper spring seat is adjacent the top mount assembly and receives one end of the spring. A lower spring seat formed of a composite material is supported by the base assembly and is adapted to support another end of the spring. The lower spring seat includes at least one reinforcing element having a plurality of reinforcing cords disposed between an upper surface and a lower surface for improving impact resistance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Julien Wilkin
  • Publication number: 20160137018
    Abstract: A fastening device for mounting a stabilizer on a motor vehicle body, having a stabilizer mount, which can be placed around the stabilizer, for transferring torsional forces from the stabilizer to the vehicle body, a fastening body for receiving the stabilizer mount, and a fastener for fastening the fastening body on a subframe, wherein the fastening body and the fastener are designed in such a way that the fastener serves to fasten the subframe on the motor vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jafar Khanlarov, Christoph Lenniger, Hartmut Rechter
  • Publication number: 20160137019
    Abstract: A tube (13) has a container of phase change material M for a heat exchange bundle (3) of a heat exchanger (1) of an air conditioning system of a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The tube (13) includes a first plate (15) configured to form a first outer surface (17) of the tube (13), a second plate (19) configured to be sealingly assembled with the first plate (15) and to form a second outer surface (21) opposite the first outer surface (17), and an intermediate plate (23) configured to be sealingly assembled with the first and second plates (15, 19), between the latter, and to define on either sides thereof at least one channel (9) for the flow of a coolant F into the bundle (3) and at least one recess (25) for the phase change material M. The invention also relates to a heat exchange bundle and to a method for assembling a heat exchanger including the tube (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Aurelie Bellenfant, Jean-Christophe Prevost, Lionel Robillon, Fabienne Tourneux, Philippe Doucet
  • Publication number: 20160137020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an element for cooling the air in a motor vehicle, comprising a composite phase-change material (40) made of at least one first material which is a phase-change material (42) and one second material (44) of which the structure forms a support matrix for said phase-change material (42), said composite phase-change material (40) being covered with a heat-conducting protective layer (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Kamel Azzouz
  • Publication number: 20160137021
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to integrate a heating air-conditioning configuration and a cooling system of a vehicle, to enable more efficient heating air conditioning. A vehicle air-conditioning device is provided with: a radiator used for cooling a vehicle-side heat-generating apparatus; a heater core that exchanges heat between a coolant and air to be blown into a vehicle cabin; and coolant passages through which the coolant flows so as to be circulated between the heater core and the radiator. Furthermore, the vehicle air-conditioning device is provided with a water heater which is integrated with a power element for air conditioning formed of a semiconductor element with high heat resistance and which causes the power element and a heat-generating body to heat the coolant flowing to the heater core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatosi MORISITA, Koji NAKANO, Hideo NAKAMURA, Keiji NAGASAKA, Shunsuke YAKUSHIJI
  • Publication number: 20160137022
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for vehicle has guide plates that guide a flow of air on a downstream side of a heating heat exchanger. In order to form a first path, the guide plates have a first guide that extends from a downstream wall surface of the heating heat exchanger and bends in an upward direction. Further, in order to hold a heat exchanger other than a cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger, the guide plates have a second guide that extends from an upper end part of the heating heat exchanger and bends in a downward direction. Furthermore, the guide plates have a third guide that extends from the first guide toward an end of the second guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20160137023
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a heating line having a condenser at an inlet thereof and having an outlet communicating with an interior of the vehicle. A cooling line has an inlet communicating with the inlet of the heating line, an outlet communicating with the interior of the vehicle, and an evaporator connected to the condenser inside of the cooling line. One or more doors are provided to control a flow stream of each line and to control a temperature of air introduced into the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: June Kyu PARK, Yong Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20160137024
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a compressor that compresses refrigerant for conditioning air in a vehicle cabin and defines a refrigeration cycle; a detecting section that detects a thermal load of air-conditioning in the vehicle cabin; and a control section that controls a rotational speed of the compressor such that the thermal load detected by the detecting section satisfies a predetermined air conditioning request in the vehicle cabin. In case where the air conditioning request is satisfied by controlling the rotational speed of the compressor, the control section periodically switches between a reference rotational speed and a low rotational speed that is lower than the reference rotational speed in order to maintain a state where the air conditioning request is satisfied. The reference rotational speed is a rotational speed within a predetermined range that includes the rotational speed at which the air conditioning request is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YOSHIDA, Masashi WATANABE, Hidekazu HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160137025
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device for a vehicle includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator provided on a vehicle roof in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A refrigerant distributor is provided at a portion at which a refrigerant is supplied to the first evaporator and the second evaporator. The refrigerant distributor is operated to introduce the refrigerant selectively into the first evaporator and the second evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Keun Bok Lee
  • Publication number: 20160137026
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) module for a vehicle includes a base, a cover, and a clamp. The base is configured to define a post protruding from a wall of the base. The cover is configured to define a hole that cooperates with the post to couple the cover to the base to form a housing of the module. The base is further configured to define the clamp which is coupled to the wall by a hinge. The clamp is operable between an open position where the hole can be placed around the post and a closed position where the clamp retains the hole around the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: RONALD T. BURNS, STEVEN R. FRASER, DAVID M. CHATT
  • Publication number: 20160137027
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, in which measures to reduce a noise in an intake unit are implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: VALEO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Nagano, Naoto Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20160137028
    Abstract: An intelligent climate control system includes presence sensors for detecting the presence of individuals in the seats of the vehicle. Further, the system includes vents for directing conditioned air toward the detected individuals. Vent control modules control the direction of airflow from the vents in response to control signals from a primary controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: William Christopher Trego, Andrew Eugene Burt
  • Publication number: 20160137029
    Abstract: A mobile object comprising: a fuel cell; an cabin that is separated from an installing space where the fuel cell is located; an air conditioning device performs an air conditioning of the cabin; a controller controls an operation of the air conditioning device; and a gas concentration detection unit that is installed in the installing space and detects a concentration of gas of a same type as fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell. The controller switches an operation mode of the air conditioning device to an internal air circulation mode from another mode when the concentration of the gas is equal to or higher than a predetermined upper-limit threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160137030
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing heat to a passenger cabin of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine are presented. The systems and methods may selectively operate the internal combustion engine with one or more engine cylinders deactivated and may selectively flow coolant to one or more cylinders to improve passenger cabin heating in response to a request for passenger cabin heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas G. Leone, Kenneth James Miller
  • Publication number: 20160137031
    Abstract: This vehicle air conditioner includes a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger, a second water-refrigerant heat exchanger, a first switch which can switch between a state where a refrigerant fed from the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is fed to an evaporator, and a state where the refrigerant is not fed to the evaporator, and a second switch which can switch between a state where the refrigerant fed from the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is expanded and fed to the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger, and a state where the refrigerant is not fed to the first water-refrigerant exchanger. And the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is connected to a heater core and a cooling portion of a heating component of a vehicle with a path of a coolant, and the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is connected to the cooling portion of the heating component of the vehicle and the heater core with a path of a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: YOSHITOSHI NODA, TOMOHIRO TERADA, KATSUJI TANIGUCHI, KENTARO KURODA
  • Publication number: 20160137032
    Abstract: This vehicle air conditioner includes a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger, a second water-refrigerant heat exchanger, a heater core, a distributing unit which distributes the coolant, fed from a heat generating component of a vehicle, to a plurality of cooling path, and a junction unit which causes the coolant guided from a plurality of cooling paths to join, and feeds the coolant to the heat generating component. The first water-refrigerant heat exchanger inputs the coolant distributed by the distributing unit, through a first cooling path, and feeds the coolant to be guided to the junction unit, to a second cooling path. The second water-refrigerant heat exchanger inputs the coolant distributed by the distributing unit, through a third cooling path, and feeds the coolant to the heater core. The heater core inputs the coolant fed by the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger, and feeds the coolant to be guided to the junction unit, to a fourth cooling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: KENTARO KURODA, YOSHITOSHI NODA, KATSUJI TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160137033
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein allow a user device to communicate with one or more components within a TRS via a single point communication scheme. That is, a single point access coordinator of a TRS can be configured to receive a message from a user device via a commercial grade communication link, process the message (e.g., determine which TRS component the message is intended for, determine whether the message is a proper message, unpack the message from a commercial grade communication protocol, repack the message into a rugged industrial grade communication protocol, etc.) and relay that message to one or more components of the TRS via a rugged industrial grade communication link within the TRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Morgan ABBOTT, Stanley O. HOIUM, Nathan Patrick LONGEN
  • Publication number: 20160137034
    Abstract: A vehicle wind direction adjuster includes: a case having a cylindrical shape; a housing having a cylindrical shape and turnably coupled to the case through a universal joint; and a louver provided in the housing, wherein: the universal joint includes a shaft member having a first shaft and a second shaft orthogonal to the first shaft, a first turning supporter coupled to the case and configured to turnably support the first shaft, and a second turning supporter coupled to the housing and configured to turnably support the second shaft; an first elastic body is provided around the first shaft such that the first elastic body is interposed between the shaft member and the first turning supporter; and an second elastic body is provided around the second shaft such that the second elastic body is interposed between the shaft member and the second turning supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Toru SANO, Nobuaki UEHARA, Shohei UCHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160137035
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of restraining microbial propagation on the surface of an evaporator of an automotive air conditioning system include a blower for generating airflow, an evaporator (evaporator core) for cooling, a heater core through which an engine coolant passes for heating, a temperature control door, an internal/external air mode door, a mode door, and a controller for controlling these components, in which microbial propagation can be prevented by heating the evaporator using the heat of the heater core only by controlling the operation of the temperature control door without any additional component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Ki Young Yoon, Jae Sik Choi, Tae Hee Lee, Ji Wan Kim, So Yoon Park
  • Publication number: 20160137036
    Abstract: A dehumidifier for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger provided in a flow path of air and configured to have a heat transfer material flowing therein so as to cool or heat the air. A first thermoelectric element is provided at an air inlet side of the heat exchanger and is configured to cool introduced air. A first thermal conductor is configured to connect a heat-generating surface of the first thermoelectric element to the heat exchanger and radiate heat generated from the first thermoelectric element through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Man Ju OH, Jae Woo PARK, Jae Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20160137037
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a shading device includes a screen, a shaft portion, a case including a wall portion having a hole so that an end portion of the shaft portion is inserted into the hole while a first clearance is formed, the case including a side face portion having an opening so that the shaft portion is entered in a housing position from a direction different from an axial direction of the shaft portion when the shaft portion is located at the housing position, a biasing mechanism that biases the screen toward the shaft portion, and a shaft support portion that is inserted into the first clearance formed between the hole of the wall portion and the end portion of the shaft portion to prevent the end portion of the shaft portion from moving in the direction different from the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Keisuke WATANABE, Toshiya NISHIURA, Yoshihiro TSUCHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160137038
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a side door for a vehicle, includes: a structure comprising a shell comprising a shell support beam positioned across a main body portion of the shell, wherein the shell support beam comprises substantially unidirectional fiber strip sections; wherein the shell comprise a inner shell and a outer shell; and wherein the side door has a score of at least 4 points in a side impact test conducted according to European New Car Assessment Protocol (Euro NCAP) Side Impact Testing Protocol Version 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Warden Schijve, Harold van Aken
  • Publication number: 20160137039
    Abstract: An insulator for an elongated member having a first, proximate end and a second, distal end comprises a tubular member having a wall defining an opening that allows for the insertion of the elongated member and at least one slice extending from adjacent a first end of the tubular member along a portion thereof The slice is configured to allow the first and second ends to be pulled apart to increase the length of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Bruno A. Ferrus, Carlos A. Lopes
  • Publication number: 20160137040
    Abstract: An emergency exit door assembly for a vehicle. The door assembly comprises a main panel including an interior-facing surface and exterior-facing surface. The main panel is rotatably connected to the vehicle, such that the main panel is configured to selectively alternate between a closed position in which the interior-facing surface faces an interior of the vehicle and an open position in which the interior-facing surface faces an exterior of the vehicle. The door assembly additionally comprises one or more projection members extending from the interior-facing surface of the main panel. The projection members each include a first major surface configured to support articles within an interior of the vehicle while the main panel is in the closed position. The door assembly further comprises a support mechanism configured to support the main panel in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Johann Eloff
  • Publication number: 20160137041
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes a door, handle, shaft, and a latch assembly is provided. The latch assembly is coupled to the door to selectively secure the door. The latch assembly includes a security tether configured to prevent the shaft from moving the pawl when the lock lever is located in the locked condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: EUGENE A. DYLEWSKI, II, ERNEST M. MCDONALD, II
  • Publication number: 20160137042
    Abstract: A plurality of pivotably connected slats can be movable between a closed position wherein the slats cover the vehicle box, and an open position. At least one slat can include a first and second end fittings having first and second fixed locking elements, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Laurmark Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Israel MAIMIN, Julian MAIMIN
  • Publication number: 20160137043
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses sudden increases and decreases of the atmospheric pressure inside a door even when the atmospheric pressure difference between outside and inside of the door is suddenly increased. A door seal includes: a first seal mechanism including a first seal portion provided at a door end of the door and a second seal portion configured to contact the first seal portion when the door is closed; and a second seal mechanism including a third seal portion provided at the door end of the door and positioned differently in a thickness direction of the door from the first seal portion and a fourth seal portion configured to contact the third seal portion when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Yasushige BABA, Hitoshi AKIYAMA, Atsuhito YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160137044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical drive arrangement for driving a motor vehicle comprising an electric motor, a drive shaft driven by means of the electric motor, a housing in which the electric motor is accommodated, which housing has an envelope surface and a substantially annular cross section wherein the horizontal direction of the envelope surface of said housing and hereby said drive shaft are arranged to run substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of said vehicle, comprising a pendulum suspension for suspension of the electrical drive arrangement, where the pendulum suspension comprises a fastening configuration fixedly connected to the vehicle and at least one pendulum attachment fixedly connected to the envelope surface of the housing and pivotally journaled relative to said fastening configuration by means of a bearing configuration. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Daniel ENGBLOM
  • Publication number: 20160137045
    Abstract: A dual-motor power system or a dual-motor hybrid power system for a vehicle comprises a first motor, a second motor, an intermediate shaft, a first gear set disposed between a first driving shaft, and an intermediate shaft. The first driving shaft couples with the intermediate shaft via the first gear set, a second gear set disposed between the second driving shaft and the intermediate shaft, and a single synchronizer disposed around the second driving shaft. The synchronizer can be switched between a neutral position, a first-speed-ratio position, and a second-speed-ratio position. In the neutral position, the second driving shaft is decoupled from the first and second gear sets. In the first-speed-ratio position, the synchronizer couples the second driving shaft with the intermediate shaft via the first gear set. In the second-speed-ratio position, the synchronizer couples the second driving shaft with the intermediate shaft via the second gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Hailong Ge, Sidong Luo, Rui Li, Xu Chai, Bin Xu, Zhenxing Fu, Hongxiang Leng, Jian Wang, Jun Sun
  • Publication number: 20160137046
    Abstract: A trunk room mounting structure of a hybrid vehicle includes: a mounting plate configured to be provided in a trunk room of the hybrid vehicle; a battery frame configured to mount a battery for vehicle on the mounting plate; and a supporting frame configured to be mounted on the mounting plate so as to support the battery frame. When the hybrid vehicle having the battery mounted in the trunk room is collided, a damage occurrence in the trunk room is prevented and damage on a fuel system and the battery is minimized, thereby making it possible to improve safety and salability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Won Ki SONG
  • Publication number: 20160137047
    Abstract: A driving apparatus of a vehicle includes an engine driven using energy obtained by combustion of fuel, and a driving motor directly connected to a crankshaft of the engine. The driving motor includes a rotor having the same rotation shaft as that of the crankshaft, and a stator coupled to the engine to be housed inside of the rotor to rotate the rotor. Therefore, fuel consumption can be improved and a structural design of an engine periphery of a hybrid vehicle can be diversified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hokyoung Lim, Seungdo Han, Junyoung Lim
  • Publication number: 20160137048
    Abstract: A hybrid-power driving system (HPDS) (100, 200) includes an engine, a motor, and a transmission. The HPDS may include a single clutch and the transmission can provide at least five forward speed ratios and can provide for at least one reverse speed ratio. The transmission can include three synchronizers and multiple gearwheels that are used in multiple speed ratios. In addition to a pure engine driving mode and a pure motor driving mode, the HPDS can operate using a hybrid-power driving mode (HDM). In the HDM, the HPDS can provide for shifting of gears without power interruption to the output shaft or half-axles and wheels of a vehicle. In the HDM, the continuous power being output can be achieved by keeping a synchronizer engaged with a gearwheel for two consecutive speed ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Jian Wang, Hailong Ge, Zhenxing Fu, Sidong Luo, Min Liu
  • Publication number: 20160137049
    Abstract: A hybrid-power driving system (HPDS) (110) includes an engine, a motor, and a transmission. The HPDS may include a single clutch and the transmission can provide at least six forward speed ratios and can provide for a reverse speed ratio. The transmission can include three synchronizers and multiple gearwheels that are used in multiple speed ratios. In addition to a pure engine driving mode and a pure motor driving mode, the HPDS can operate using a hybrid-power driving mode (HDM). In the HDM, the HPDS can provide for shifting of gears without power interruption to the half-axles and wheels of a vehicle. In the HDM, the continuous power being output can be achieved by keeping a synchronizer engaged to a gearwheel for two consecutive speed ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Zhu, Jian Wang, Hailong Ge, Zhenxing Fu, Sidong Luo
  • Publication number: 20160137050
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle uses a first motor, a second motor and an engine as driving force sources and includes a gear transmission mechanism and an oil supply mechanism. The gear transmission mechanism transmits torque, output from the first motor, to a drive shaft side. The oil supply mechanism is driven by power other than power of the engine to supply oil to the gear transmission mechanism. When the hybrid vehicle is caused to travel by using the torque output from at least the first motor in a state where operation of the engine is stopped, and when an estimated amount of oil that is supplied from the oil supply mechanism to the gear transmission mechanism is smaller than or equal to a predetermined amount, an electronic control unit limits an operation state of the first motor such that load on the gear transmission mechanism decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko NISHIMINE, Yota MIZUNO, Sohei MURATA, Kensei HATA
  • Publication number: 20160137051
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle (101) is provided which includes an internal combustion engine (109), an electric power source (115) and a plurality of multi-speed hub drive wheels (MDWs) (103, 105). Each MDW is transformable between a first state in which the MDWs are driven by the internal combustion engine, and a second state in which the MDW is driven by the electrical power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Delbert Tesar