Patents Issued in September 22, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160272135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle remote control system capable of controlling in a vehicle an operation device that corresponds to an operation command when the operation command for an image transmitted from a user terminal is input in a remote terminal. The vehicle remote control system includes a user terminal configured to transmit an image of an operation object of a vehicle to a remote terminal, the remote terminal configured to display an image transmitted from the user terminal and when an operation command for an operation device displayed on the image is input, configured to transmit a control signal, which is to control an operation of the operation device corresponding to the input operation command, to the vehicle, and a vehicle configured to control a function of the operation device according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Kyunghyun Kang
  • Publication number: 20160272136
    Abstract: A bumper back-beam for a vehicle is provided. The bumper back beam includes a glass fiber mat reinforced plastic composite and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite disposed within the glass fiber reinforced plastic composite. The glass fiber mat reinforced plastic composite includes polypropylene at about 45 to 60 wt. %, glass fiber at about 35 to 45 wt. %, a crosslink agent at about 0.1 to 10 wt. %, peroxide at 0.1 to 4 wt. %, and an antioxidant at about 0.1 to 4 wt. %. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite includes a thermoplastic resin at about 40 to 60 wt. % and a carbon reinforced fiber at about 40 to 60 wt. % arranged in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Sun Park, Sung Ki Shin, Kieyoun Jeong, Seok Hwan Kim, Do Wan Lim, Joung Myung Lim, Ji Hwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20160272137
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing mechanism of the present invention may include a cylindrical member that is configured to axially receive a collision load applied thereto via a load-receiving member and to be axially deformed due to the collision load, and a load absorbing member that is received in the cylindrical member so as to be compressed with the cylindrical member when the collision load is applied thereto and that is capable of expanding from its compressed condition by a certain amount in a restoring direction when the collision load is released, wherein a pressing portion of a frame member has a pressing portion for axially pressing the load absorbing member when the collision load is applied thereto has a space which a portion of the compressed load absorbing member enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIMURA, Toshihisa MIURA
  • Publication number: 20160272138
    Abstract: A bumper guard assembly for protecting a vehicle bumper from damage resulting from a low speed collision is provided. The bumper guard assembly includes a flexible elongated body, a rigid terminal brace positioned on each opposing end of the elongated body, and a fender strap mounted on each terminal brace for securing the bumper guard to a fender of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Terrence K. Judd
  • Publication number: 20160272139
    Abstract: A method uses retrofitably-attachable pre-formed shell to cover exposed areas of existing stamped/formed chrome or painted truck bumpers, providing a unique re-useable decorative/protective plastic shell cover, the edges of which are tucked under the existing trim pieces of the bumper as a main attachment mechanism. The formed shells can be used to cover existing minor damage on the bumper. Light-passing images can be incorporated on the bumper shells, and backlit without changes to the bumper or deviation from the original surface profile of the bumper. Methods of forming the shells include vacuum forming, and include forming a raised perimeter guide, allowing the molded parts to be trimmed using a rotary cutting tool that follows the perimeter guide, thus reducing capital investment and tooling costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Darin Evans
  • Publication number: 20160272140
    Abstract: A device for providing vehicle accident information comprises a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions; and a processor configured to process the plurality of instructions, wherein execution of the plurality of instructions causes the processor to perform following steps of detecting a vehicle accident using a vehicle terminal device wirelessly connected to a server, collecting accident information using the vehicle terminal device when the vehicle accident is detected, transmitting the accident information to the server using the vehicle terminal device, collecting context information using a mobile device wirelessly connected to the server, and transmitting the context information to the server using the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Seon Su KIM, Jangyong LEE
  • Publication number: 20160272141
    Abstract: An occupant protection control system that includes: a crash sensing component that senses an occurrence of a crash of a vehicle, including a crash type; a detecting component that detects a current seat state, of a seat whose state can be changed from a normal state; plural types of occupant protection devices that are disposed according to crash type and protect, according to crash type, an occupant seated in the seat; and a control component that, on the basis of a detection result of the detecting component and a sensing result of the crash sensing component, controls the plural types of occupant protection devices in such a way that, among the plural types of occupant protection devices, the control component operates occupant protection devices that are necessary to protect the occupant and prohibits operation of occupant protection devices that are not necessary to protect the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukito OHMURA
  • Publication number: 20160272142
    Abstract: An airbag module includes an inflatable folded or rolled airbag, a gas generator for inflating the airbag. The airbag module includes a metallic bracket with a U-shaped cross section, which embraces the folded or rolled airbag, and which includes at least two attachment points for an attachment of the airbag module at two distanced attachment points at a vehicle fixed structure. The metallic bracket is designed to be attached with facing the open space between two opposing legs of the U-shaped cross section towards the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Gilles GARRET, Olivier RICHEZ
  • Publication number: 20160272143
    Abstract: An airbag module (10) with a housing (11) accommodating a gas generator (12) and a folded airbag (13) whose deployment opening (14) is closed before activation of the airbag (10) by a cover (15) fixed on the housing (11) by at least one predetermined breaking point (18) and to secure the opened cover (15) on the housing (11). An arrester strap (20) is positioned in a displaceable manner between the cover (15) and the housing (11). The cover (15) bearing a manufacturer emblem (17) on its exterior is secured on the housing (11) by means of a hinge (19) and the arrester strap (20) is attached by its one end (22) to a part affixed to the housing and encloses at least an area of the cover (15) or the manufacturer emblem (17) in a loop (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Laurent Hellot
  • Publication number: 20160272144
    Abstract: A side airbag device includes an airbag which includes a first base fabric and a second base fabric constituting an inflatable envelope, and in the event of a lateral collision of a vehicle, the airbag is deployed between an occupant and a door. The airbag further includes a partition fabric between the first base fabric and the second base fabric. The partition fabric partitions the inflatable envelope into a first inflatable compartment corresponding to a shoulder of the occupant, and a second inflatable compartment. The partition fabric is provided with a valve mechanism which opens to connect the first inflatable compartment and the second inflatable compartment when the first inflatable compartment is fully inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki FUTAI, Naoki FUJISAWA, Shinya NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Toshihide NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160272145
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic igniter includes at least one pyrotechnic material designed to be ignited by a heating element, a case enclosing the at least one pyrotechnic material, and a plastic overmoulding of the case, forming a fixation interface of the igniter and designed to be inserted into a fixation orifice of a support up to an inserted position. The fixation interface of the plastic overmoulding includes at least one deformable part designed to elastically deform during passage into the fixation orifice and assume during an elastic return a blocking position against the support when the igniter is in the inserted position in order to prevent any withdrawal of the igniter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Marcus WEBER, Raimund NEBEL, Andreas GUGGENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20160272146
    Abstract: Disclosed is an active hood hinge device for vehicles. The active hood hinge device includes an actuator bracket rotatably coupled to a mounting bracket of a vehicle body at one side, a locking lever rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket and driven by an operating force of an actuator, a long link rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket, and unfolded and rotated from the actuator bracket by a rotating force of the locking lever, and a hood bracket rotatably coupled with the long link and fixedly coupled to a hood panel at opposite sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: In HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160272147
    Abstract: A removable safety belt harness assembly is operable to removably secure an object at a station to restrict egress. The assembly includes flexible safety belts and a belt positioning frame. The frame includes a pair of frame connectors that are each attached to a restraining section of a corresponding belt. The frame restricts relative movement between the safety belts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Fisher
  • Publication number: 20160272148
    Abstract: In a through anchor (10), when an occupant is restrained by webbing (30) in a vehicle emergency, the webbing (30) is moved to the vehicle front side in an insertion hole (22) of a guide piece (18) by movement of the occupant due to inertia, and a vehicle front side end face of the webbing (30) contacts a peripheral face of the insertion hole (22) at high load. A gap is formed between the guide piece (18) and an anchor plate (12). The guide piece (18) is accordingly moved to the vehicle front side with respect to the anchor plate (12) by the webbing (30), thereby enabling occurrence of skewing of the webbing (30) toward the vehicle front side in the insertion hole (20) to be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Tadao ITO
  • Publication number: 20160272149
    Abstract: A through anchor (10), in which, when an occupant is restrained by a webbing (28) in a vehicle emergency, the webbing (28) is moved to the vehicle front side of an insertion hole (20) of a guide piece (18) due to movement of the occupant under inertia, and a vehicle front side end face of the webbing (28) contacts a displacement wall (26) of the guide piece (18) at high load. Rigidity of the displacement wall (26) of the guide piece (18) is reduced due to a displacement hole (24). The displacement wall (26) is accordingly deformed and displaced to the vehicle front side by the webbing (28), enabling occurrence of skewing of the webbing (28) toward the vehicle front side in the insertion hole (20) to be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Tadao ITO
  • Publication number: 20160272150
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that are associated with providing alerts to a caregiver in a vehicle. In various embodiments, an apparatus may include a first sensor coupled with a restraint to provide a restraint indicator, a second sensor coupled with a securing component to provide an attachment indicator, and an alert module operated by one or more processors to cause a wireless transmitter to transmit an alert signal based at least in part on the restraint indicator and the attachment indicator. In various embodiments, a warning apparatus may include an output device and a warning module operated by one or more processors to activate the output device based at least in part on a wireless alert signal from a car seat in a vehicle that indicates the car seat is in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kshitij A. Doshi, George J. Chaltas
  • Publication number: 20160272151
    Abstract: A safety device that would be installed within the fuel lines of motor vehicles including cars and trucks, with the device remotely activated by police and other law enforcement personnel to block the flow of fuel to the vehicle engine, thus disabling the vehicle to provide law enforcement officials a practical way in which to safely disable a motor vehicle in the event of a police chase, thus protecting both parties, as well as other motorists, innocent bystanders and property from the dangers that can easily occur as a result of high speed chases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Mario Ramos
  • Publication number: 20160272152
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication device configured to be mounted in a vehicle that makes it possible to keep a spare communicator inside the vehicle, while still providing a capability of preventing locking of doors when communicators are determined to still be in the vehicle. A control unit determines whether the main key and the spare key are respectively outside the vehicle and inside the vehicle, according to wireless signals transmitted and received by the wireless communication unit. Also, the vehicle-mounted wireless communication device is provided with a disabling unit that, in the case where a locking instruction reception unit receives a signal relating to a door locking instruction, and it is detected by the control unit that the main key is outside the vehicle and that the spare key is inside the vehicle, disables some functions of the spare key detected as being inside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takanao IWATA
  • Publication number: 20160272153
    Abstract: A portable unit for smart entry is equipped with one or more holes through which a sound pressure is input and a sound conversion element, disposed behind the hole, for converting the sound pressure into an electrical signal. The portable unit is also equipped with a voice recognition device which processes the electrical signal obtained by the conversion using a predetermined particular spoken voice as a voice key. A vehicle door or the like is opened or closed in response to input of the voice key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi OGURA, Futoshi TAKESHI, Kazumoto DOI
  • Publication number: 20160272154
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a first communicator that has a communication range outside a vehicle and communicates with a portable communication terminal by a predetermined first wireless communication system; a second communicator that has a communication range in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle and communicates with the portable communication terminal by a second wireless communication system; a first authenticator that receives identification information from the portable communication terminal; a second authenticator that receives identification information from the portable communication terminal; a determinator that determines that the portable communication terminal exists within a predetermined range outside the vehicle, and determines that the portable communication terminal exists in the vehicle compartment of the vehicle; and a controller that permits or causes an electronic control device controlling an action of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichiro SANJI, Tatuya KATOH, Noritaka HIRAO, Suguru MATSUSHITA, Koji NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20160272155
    Abstract: An arrangement to reduce refreezing of meltable snow includes a wiper arm configured to wipe the meltable snow from an ambient-facing surface of a window positioned on a vehicle. The arrangement also includes a sensor coupled to the wiper arm that is configured to gather and transmit a parameter on the vehicle and environment. The arrangement also includes a processor that is configured to receiving the parameter, determining refreezability of the meltable snow based on the parameter, and defining an action to be performed by the wiper arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: John R. Dangler, Thomas D. Kidd
  • Publication number: 20160272156
    Abstract: There is provided a wiper arm including a head cover attached to an arm head and securely preventing the head cover from coming off the arm head. A wiper arm (1) includes an engaging protrusion (19) which extends upward and is disposed on a step section (18) formed at a lower end of a dent section (17) formed on a side surface of an arm head (2), and a protruding engagement section (27) formed near a lower end of an inner surface of a side wall (23) of a head cover (4). An opening section (27A) opening downward is formed in the protruding engagement section (27). The engaging protrusion (19) fits into the opening section (27A) along a vertical direction, namely, a direction along the side wall (23). The open end of the side wall (23) of the head cover (4) is thereby prevented from being widened outward so that the head cover (4) is prevented from coming off the arm head (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro OUCHI, Yuichi SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20160272157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a windscreen wiper device (100) for a vehicle, with a fastening element (50). The windshield wiper device (100) includes a wiper blade (2) with an elongated upper part (10) and an elongated lower part (12) which is at least partially designed to bend. Furthermore, a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12) is provided, wherein the connecting elements (18) are spaced apart along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2). The connecting elements (18) are designed to enable a movement of the upper part (10) and the lower part (12) relative to one another with a movement component along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2). Furthermore, the wiper blade (2) comprises a wiper blade-side fastening part (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Viktor Hackl, Peter Deak, Michael Weiler, Attila Geleta
  • Publication number: 20160272158
    Abstract: A coating agent for a wiper blade rubber having superior friction performance and wiping performance, both initially and during use for an extended period, and having superior durability by inhibiting wear and the like, and a wiper blade rubber using the same. The coating agent for the wiper blade rubber includes a solid lubricant and a binder containing a polycarbonate-based polyurethane resin. The wiper blade rubber has the coating agent on both lateral surfaces of a lip portion of the wiper blade rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUKOKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki OKAMOTO, Atsushi MORIKAMI, Masahiro NAIKI
  • Publication number: 20160272159
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a window of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes: a fluid extraction opening provided on the vehicle in proximity to the window of the vehicle; a suction pump mounted in the vehicle; and a fluid tight conduit extending between the fluid extraction opening and the suction pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: William Gerald Barr
  • Publication number: 20160272160
    Abstract: A wiper assembly for a window of a vehicle and a method of cleaning a window are provided. The wiper assembly includes a wiper blade having a fluid extraction opening, a fluid discharge outlet remote from the wiper blade and a fluid tight conduit connecting the fluid extraction opening to the fluid discharge outlet. The wiper assembly may further include a suction pump configured to draw air and water into the fluid extraction opening and through the fluid tight conduit of the wiper assembly, thereby reducing the amount of water left of the window following wiping and improving visibility for the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: William Gerald Barr
  • Publication number: 20160272161
    Abstract: A heated wiper blade system, comprising a windshield wiper blade, an elongated heating element embedded along the length of the blade, a mounting bracket configured to snap into a wiper arm of a vehicle and into which the wiper blade is securable, and a control unit electrically coupled to the heating element and configured to provide a current to the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Larry Berry, Jacqueline Berry
  • Publication number: 20160272162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device 1 suitable for linking a windscreen wiper of a window of a vehicle to a wiper arm, comprising a means 3 for securing the windscreen wiper topped by a means 4 for linking to an adapter linked to the wiper arm, characterized in that it comprises a platform 6 derived from the securing means 3 and a component 7 which emerges on the platform 6, and in which the component 7, the platform 6 and the link means 4 at least partially delimit a housing 8 suitable for receiving at least a part of the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Nicolas Kuchly, Vincent Garibaldi
  • Publication number: 20160272163
    Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a lens. A washer includes a connector and fluid passageway. The washer is configured to be detachably attached at the camera when the camera is disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle. When attached at the camera, the connector is configured for connection to a washer system of a vehicle such that, when the vehicle washer system is actuated, pressurized fluid flows through the fluid passageway and onto the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rene Dreiocker, Jamie A. Mleczko, Steven V. Byrne, Yuesheng Lu, Jonathan D. Conger
  • Publication number: 20160272164
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to Embodiments provide vehicle camera cleaning systems used for cleaning foreign matter off of a camera lens, including, for example, a water flow nozzle arranged to eject water flow, an air nozzle arranged to eject air, and a central controller used to control the water flow nozzle and air nozzle. In certain embodiments, a plurality of sensing devices are used for sensing the conditions of the camera lens, such as an infrared water drop sensor, a temperature sensor, a camera sensing sensor, and the like. The central controller may determine whether there are water drops, ice, snow, or other foreign matter on the lens based on signals received from the plurality of sensing devices, and may control the air nozzle and the water flow nozzle to clean the camera lens based on the foreign matter present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Hsiao, Tai-Te Wu, Yen-An Chen
  • Publication number: 20160272165
    Abstract: Embodiments provide vehicle camera cleaning systems used for cleaning foreign matter off of a camera lens, including, for example, a water flow nozzle arranged to eject water flow, an air nozzle arranged to eject air, and a central controller used to control the water flow nozzle and air nozzle. In certain embodiments, a plurality of sensing devices are used for sensing the conditions of the camera lens, such as an infrared water drop sensor, a temperature sensor, a camera sensing sensor, and the like. The central controller may determine whether there are water drops, ice, snow, or other foreign matter on the lens based on signals received from the plurality of sensing devices, and may control the air nozzle and the water flow nozzle to clean the camera lens based on the foreign matter present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Hsiao, Tai-Te Wu, Yen-An Chen
  • Publication number: 20160272166
    Abstract: A wheel well ice buildup removal assembly includes a cylinder having a first end, a second end and a perimeter wall. The first and second ends each have an opening extending therethrough. A rod extends through the first end and has an outer end positioned outside of the cylinder and an inner end positioned in the cylinder. A head is attached to the inner end and has a distal end that is pointed extending outwardly of the second end. The distal end is positionable in a retracted condition positioned within the cylinder and a deployed condition positioned outside of the cylinder. A spring is mounted within the cylinder and biases the head away from the first end and outwardly of the second end. The rod is pulled outwardly away from the first end and released to cause the head to forcibly extend from the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Jackson
  • Publication number: 20160272167
    Abstract: A tool attachable to a valve stem of a tire grips and removes the valve core from the valve stem prior to introduction of sealant through the tool into the tire. Subsequently, the valve core, which has been stored in the tool, may be reinserted into the valve stem. An external pressurized gas source may then be attached to the tool so that gas may be injected through the tool and the valve stem of the tire into the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: James Zalzalah
  • Publication number: 20160272168
    Abstract: The wheel chock is designed use over a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a monolithic main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side, which is located immediately below the tire-engaging bulge. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to uninterruptedly engage at least one among corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a positive latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory PALMER, Daniel GROTHE, Etienne AYOTTE, Geatan JETTE
  • Publication number: 20160272169
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a pedal device including a pedal and a bracket is configured to mount the pedal device on a dash panel with the dash panel sandwiched by and between the bracket and a master cylinder device. The mounting structure includes: a plurality of fastening rods for fastening the bracket to the master cylinder device; and a plurality of collars interposed between the dash panel and the bracket for spacing the dash panel and the bracket apart from each other, the fastening rods extending through the collars. The collars include a pair of collars, and one of the pair of collars has an extending portion extending along the dash panel in a direction away from the other of the pair of collars and functions as a reinforcing member for reducing deformation of the dash panel caused when the pedal is stepped on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro KAWAZU, Satoshi UCHIDA, Takaomi KONDO, Naruki YAMAMOTO, Yasutoshi NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160272170
    Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle including front wheel brakes, rear wheel brakes, and a hydraulic system supplying hydraulic fluid to the wheel brakes. An electronic brake control connected to the hydraulic system actuates the hydraulic system to build up a brake pressure and supply the wheel brakes with the hydraulic fluid. The system includes a parking brake system that activates the rear wheel brakes. The electronic brake control actuates the hydraulic system to build up a brake pressure and at the beginning of an emergency braking procedure closes valves of the hydraulic system associated with the rear wheel brakes, opens valves of the hydraulic system associated with the front wheel brakes, and activates the parking brake system while keeping the valves of the hydraulic system associated with the rear wheel brakes closed for a period of adjustable length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Moore, Marie Preusser
  • Publication number: 20160272171
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a sensor device monitoring at least one collision region that is located in the surroundings of the vehicle for sensing at least one object that enters and/or is present in a possible collision region during motion of the vehicle; an electromechanical brake booster and braking force-regulating components coupled thereto, which are operationally integrated into a vehicle braking system for decelerating the vehicle; and a control device that receives signals from the sensor device and, on the basis of those signals, controls the brake booster and the braking force-regulating components and/or further active chassis components. A method for avoiding a collision between the vehicle and the at least one object includes, upon sensing the at least one object, modifying a driving speed and/or driving direction of the vehicle, with the aid of the control device in combination with the braking system and the braking force-regulating components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Michael BUNK
  • Publication number: 20160272172
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an autonomous emergency braking system and a method of controlling the same. The autonomous emergency braking system includes a vehicle speed detector, a pedestrian position detector, a pedestrian information storage portion and an electronic control unit which, when the position of the pedestrian detected by the pedestrian position detector is located in a warning area or a braking area in front of the vehicle, receives the vehicle speed and information of the position of the pedestrian detected by the pedestrian position detector, calculates a time to collision (TTC), predicts a relative position of the pedestrian compared with the vehicle at a point in time after the calculated TTC passes by tracking a moving trajectory of the pedestrian from a time series change in the position of the pedestrian stored in the pedestrian information storage portion, and performs autonomous emergency braking control depending on the predicted relative position of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Hyung-Jik LEE
  • Publication number: 20160272173
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic brake system using an integrated sensor, which includes a hydraulic block configured to distribute and supply a fluid to a wheel brake, and having a through-hole penetrated at both sides thereof, a sensor module installed at one side of the hydraulic block having the through-hole, for sensing a linear displacement of a brake pedal and a position of a motor, and an electronic control unit installed to a side of the hydraulic block opposite to the sensor module, in order to determine a movement distance of the pedal, based on the linear displacement of the pedal sensed by the sensor module, and control rotation of the motor depending on the linear displacement of the pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Shin, Min Seok Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160272174
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a pressure-volume characteristic of a braking system of a vehicle, including determining at least a first pressure-volume value pair from a first pressure occurring in the braking system during a pressure rise and from a first volume displaced in order to produce the first pressure, a second pressure-volume value pair for a second pressure higher than the first pressure or for a second volume greater than the first volume being derived in consideration at least of the first pressure-volume value pair and of a volume difference for the first pressure and the second pressure, stored in the predefined pressure-volume characteristic curve, between a first volume indication associated with the first pressure and a second volume indication associated with the second pressure, or of a stored pressure difference for the first volume and the second volume between a first pressure indication associated with the first volume and a second pressure indication associated with the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Friedrich Stelter
  • Publication number: 20160272175
    Abstract: A control apparatus for hydraulic components of a braking system of a vehicle, having a control application device that is designed to establish by application of control to the hydraulic components, in consideration of the braking request, at least one brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder in such a way that the braking request is satisfiable; and to execute an antilock braking function at the at least one wheel brake cylinder, the control application device additionally being designed to ascertain whether at least one furnished actual value with regard to a displacement travel (s) of a brake actuation element of the vehicle out of its initial position, and/or with regard to a simulator volume shifted out of a brake master cylinder of the vehicle into a linked simulator, lies within at least one predefined extreme value range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rolf ELLWEIN, Urs Bauer, Bertram Foitzik, Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner, Robert Kaster
  • Publication number: 20160272176
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control system capable of utilizing another braking apparatus than a hydraulic brake even when an ABS is activated. A vehicle control system, which is configured to be used together with a vehicle, includes a regenerative braking apparatus capable of generating a regenerative braking torque at a wheel, another braking apparatus than the regenerative braking apparatus and capable of generating a braking torque at the wheel, and a braking torque calculation unit configured to calculate a required braking torque for each of wheels of the vehicle when the wheel slips. The vehicle control system realizes the calculated braking torque by the regenerative braking apparatus and the other braking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi FURUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160272177
    Abstract: A differential locking axle control system that can cause the axle to automatically lock and unlock at any vehicle speed, up to a predetermined maximum speed, or any wheel spin rate up to a predetermined maximum, when a vehicle is being steered either in a straight line or around a curve while taking traction and global positioning factors into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: James Jerome Korson, Grzegorz Siuchta
  • Publication number: 20160272178
    Abstract: A brake system for motor vehicles, which can be actuated in a “brake-by-wire” operating mode both by the vehicle driver and independently of the vehicle driver. In the “brake-by-wire” operating mode the system can be operated in at least one fallback operating mode, with a brake master cylinder, actuated by a brake pedal, having a housing and two pistons, which delimit two pressure chambers, are assigned to brake circuits with wheel brakes, a pressure medium reservoir, one electrically actuable inlet valve per wheel brake for setting wheel-individual brake pressures, a first electrically controllable pressure provision device for loading the wheel brakes with pressure, and a second electrically controllable pressure provision device with at least one vacuum connector and a pressure connector, the vacuum connector is connected to the pressure medium reservoir. The pressure connector is connected to at least one wheel brake without a valve being connected in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Hans-Jörg Feigel
  • Publication number: 20160272179
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting an intact portion of a service brake system from a failed wheel end of a vehicle is provided. A failure in a wheel end is detected by determining an operation state of each of the wheel ends by monitoring parameters including the pressure in a parking brake air supply line. When it is determined that a failed wheel end is present in the service brake system, a service brake isolation valve is switched to a state in which the failed wheel end is isolated from the rest of the brake system. The service brake of the failed wheel end is disabled, while the service brakes of the other wheel ends are enabled for normal operation. The parking brake of the failed wheel end is enabled, while the parking brakes of the other wheel ends are disabled to prevent immobilization of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Charles E Eberling, Fred W Hoffman, Ronald S Plantan
  • Publication number: 20160272180
    Abstract: An abnormality information generating apparatus is disclosed that generates information representing a rationality related to a plurality of vehicle wheel speed sensors that are installed at wheels of a vehicle, respectively. The abnormality information generating apparatus includes a processing device configured to generate the information when (1) a brake force is applied to the wheels, (2) a vehicle body speed based on a rpm of a rotation member is greater than a first threshold, the rotation member being common to drive wheels and being configured to transmit drive force to the drive wheels, and (3) only arbitrary one of the vehicle wheel speed sensors has a detected value smaller than a second threshold, the second threshold being smaller than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Junichi Morimura, Fumichika Shimose
  • Publication number: 20160272181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump structure of an electric integrated hydraulic brake device, and more particularly, to a pump structure of an electric integrated hydraulic brake device, which is applied to an inside of a motor having a hollow. The pump structure of an electric integrated hydraulic brake device includes a motor (100) provided with a hollow, a ball screw (120) provided inside the hollow and connected and rotated with a rotor of the motor (100), a ball nut (130) provided inside the hollow, connected with the ball screw (120), and moved in a reciprocal direction according to a rotational direction of the ball screw (120), a guide (140) provided inside the hollow, provided at one end portion of the ball nut (130) and configured to press an adjacent piston (180), and a supporter (150) formed in one end portion of the ball screw (120) to rotate together with the ball screw (120), and provided opposite the other end portion of the ball nut (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Song LEE
  • Publication number: 20160272182
    Abstract: A movable diaphragm of a negative pressure type booster device includes an annular rubber diaphragm and an annular metal plate. The diaphragm is airtightly pinched by the housing at an annular outer peripheral bead portion formed at an outer peripheral edge of the diaphragm, and airtightly secured to an outer peripheral portion of a valve body, together with an inner peripheral portion of the plate, at an annular inner peripheral bead portion formed at an inner peripheral edge of the diaphragm. Between the outer peripheral bead portion and the inner peripheral bead portion, there are formed a folded portion having a curved portion toward the front and continuous with the outer peripheral bead portion at an outer peripheral area, and an annular portion continuous with an inner peripheral area of the folded portion and with the inner peripheral bead portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoji INOUE
  • Publication number: 20160272183
    Abstract: First main and second hydraulic pressure paths, master cut valves configured to open and close the first and second main hydraulic pressure paths, respectively, a slave cylinder that operates in accordance with an operation amount of a brake operator, a first communication path that communicates from the slave cylinder to the first main hydraulic pressure path, and a second communication path that communicates from the slave cylinder to the second main hydraulic pressure path are provided. The slave cylinder includes a single hydraulic pressure chamber. The slave cylinder communicates with the first and second communication paths through a common flow path connected to the hydraulic pressure chamber. The slave cylinder is configured to be able to increase a pressure on a downstream side of the first or second main hydraulic pressure path. An on-off valve is provided in at least one of the first and second communication paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Ichiro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TOKOI
  • Publication number: 20160272184
    Abstract: A brake booster for a vehicle brake system includes a brake force transmitting element configured to be moveable in an axial direction for transmitting a pedal brake force from a brake pedal to a primary brake cylinder of the vehicle, a booster force transmitting element configured to be moveable in the axial direction for transmitting a booster brake force to the primary brake cylinder, a first rotation sensor kinematically coupled with the brake force transmitting element via a motion converting mechanism, which is configured for converting a translational motion into a rotational motion, for measuring the axial position of the brake force transmitting element, and a second rotation sensor kinematically coupled with the booster force transmitting element for measuring the axial position of the booster force transmitting element; wherein the measurements of the first and second rotation sensors are used for controlling the generation of the booster brake force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Qiusheng ZHANG