Abstract: A seat occupancy detection device for a vehicle, particularly for a motorcycle, has at least one electrode of a capacitor, which is arranged in a seat area and takes the form of a wire. The seat occupancy detection device includes an electronic unit connected to the wire, which unit has a function generator to generate an electrical signal, and an analyzer. The electrical signal generated by the function generator can be modified by occupation of the seat area. Further, an assistance system may activate or deactivate an assistance unit depending on the detection by the seat occupancy detection device.

Abstract: Divided vehicle seat backrest includes at least a first backrest part and a second backrest part that are rotatably supported on a center bracket via an inner bearing pin. The inner bearing pin may be accommodated in a recess in the second backrest part. The inner bearing pin may be fastened to the first backrest part, and a positive fit is formed between the inner bearing pin and the second backrest part. The supporting of the bearing pin on the center bracket and the supporting of the second backrest part on the bearing may pin preferably occur without supplementary parts or securing elements. For installation, the bearing pin may be initially placed through the center bracket, and the second backrest part may thus be subsequently mounted by placement, insertion, and pivoting on the inner bearing pin.

Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes a payload receiving unit, a transportation body, and a compensation system arranged there between providing adjustment of a desired spatial relationship of a payload surface of the compensation unit. The compensation system has at least one of a first compensation unit and a second compensation unit for adjustment of the spatial relationship. The compensation units adjust the spatial relationship in different directions. Thus the compensation system maintains a desired orientation of the payload surface independent of changes of orientation of the transportation surface. Further, the compensation system substantially maintains a common point of gravity of the transportation apparatus including the payload by displacing the center of gravity of the payload receiving unit and the payload substantially opposite to a displacement of a center of gravity of the transportation apparatus.

Abstract: A seat mounting system is provided that allows a vehicle passenger seat, preferably a rear passenger seat mounted within the rear portion of the passenger cabin, to move laterally (i.e., side-to-side), fore-aft (i.e., forwards-backwards), and rotationally. As a result, an occupant of the passenger seat can optimize their seat position for the task at hand, e.g., relaxing, obtaining additional leg and/or shoulder room, rotating inwards during a conversation with others in the car, rotating outwards to aid vehicle egress, etc. Seat movement may be performed automatically or manually using dual track assemblies.

Abstract: A seat for use in a passenger vehicle, e.g. for prisoner transport, comprises a molded piece having at least one first contact zone at a periphery of the molded piece and at least second contact zone located inward of the periphery of molded piece. The second contact zone may comprise a multi-surface formation that is configured to engage a multi-surface formation of a vehicle body. The molded piece may comprise one or more recesses designed to accommodate the body of a passenger. The at least one second contact zone may be disposed in an area of the seat that receives the buttocks of a passenger, thereby providing additional support in a load bearing area of the seat.

Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat for use with a passenger seat includes a base and a drawer. The base is adapted to boost a child relative to an underlying vehicle seat. The drawer is coupled to the base to move into and out of a drawer-receiving cavity formed in the base.

Abstract: A car seat and base are provided for controlling movement of the car seat during deceleration of a vehicle in which the car seat and base are secured.

Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus includes a base plate, a ratchet plate, a lock member guided by a guide groove of the base plate between engaged and disengaged positions, a first cam between the base plate and the ratchet plate, and a second cam which moves toward and presses the lock member to an engaged position by the first cam when the first cam rotates from the unlocked to locked positions. The second cam includes a surface contact portion which comes in surface contact with a guide surface in the guide groove, an engaging portion which is pressed by the first cam, and a pressing portion which presses a pressed portion of the lock member. One and the other of the pressing portion and the pressed portion respectively includes a flat surface and a curved surface that is convex toward the flat surface.

Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle is provided in which a dynamic damper is formed of a weight and an elastic member supporting the weight so as to be capable of vibrating, and the elastic member is retained on a frame or a cushion member of a seat installed in the vehicle, wherein the weight is formed into a polyhedron whereas the elastic member is formed into a sheet shape, and the weight is covered and supported by the sheet-shaped elastic member. This enables the weight to be supported simply by the elastic member, and the dynamic damper to be provided at low cost.

Abstract: A center backrest assembly having a main body which is mounted in the vehicle interior so as to be pivotable between an upright backrest position and a lowered functional position. The main body includes a head region which in the backrest position is positioned at the top. The head region on at least one lateral face has a lateral part which is mounted on the main body so as to be movable between a bearing position which bears on the head region and a laterally deployed deployment position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat air-conditioning device includes a vehicle seat, an electric blower, and a plurality of ducts. The vehicle seat includes a plurality of regions. The electric blower includes a plurality of fans and one electric motor. The plurality of fans correspond to the plurality of regions, respectively. The electric blower drives the plurality of fans by the one electric motor to have blowing capacity corresponding to the plurality of regions respectively. Each of the plurality of ducts is provided between a corresponding one of the plurality of regions and a corresponding one of the plurality of fans. An air flow produced by each of the plurality of fans passes through a corresponding one of the plurality of ducts. The air flow passing through each of the plurality of ducts air-conditions or ventilates a corresponding one of the plurality of regions.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a suspension mat 1, the suspension mat 1 comprising at least one wire 10 for mounting the suspension mat 1 to a seat frame 100; the method comprising the steps of (a) pushing a plastic tube 20 in a first direction 52 onto an initially straight end portion 12 of the wire 10, while setting free an uncoated outer end 14 of the straight end portion 12; (b) bending the uncoated outer end 14 of the straight end portion 12 to form an uncovered hook 16; and (c) shifting the plastic tube 20 in a second, reverse direction 54 onto the bent hook 16, such that the plastic tube 20 surrounds the bent hook 16 and forms a plastic covered hook 18. The present invention also relates to a suspension mat 1 produced in accordance with the method and an apparatus 70 for manufacturing a suspension mat 1.

Abstract: A locking cup holder for mounting in a deck surface having a deck opening. The locking cup holder comprises a mounting ring having a vertical lip with a lower edge for extending within the deck opening and a horizontal lip securable to the deck surface over the deck opening. The locking cup holder includes a cup holder having a wall, a bottom portion, a rim extending outwardly from an upper portion of the wall and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the cylindrical wall below the rim, the cup holder protrusions being spaced from the cup holder rim a distance of at least the height of the mounting ring vertical lip, the protrusions engagable with the vertical lip when the cup holder is pushed fully into the mounting ring. The protrusions may be engagable with the lower edge of the vertical lip when the cup holder is pushed fully into the mounting ring.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for preventing power head rollover of a vehicle during a dump operation. The system includes a dump signal indicating when the vehicle is dumping, a strut sensor reading indicating a condition of the front struts, and a controller receiving the dump signal and strut readings, and activating a warning signal when the dump signal indicates the vehicle is dumping and the strut reading indicates the front wheels may be lifted off the ground. The strut sensors can be height, pressure or other types of sensors. The controller can also disable further lifting of the dump body when the dump signal indicates the vehicle is dumping and the strut sensor indicates the front wheels may be lifted off the ground. The system can include a strut limit, and the controller can act based on comparing the strut reading to the strut limit.

Abstract: A delivery vehicle may include a vehicle body having a side with an opening for providing access to an interior of the vehicle, a linkage assembly connected to the vehicle body, and a door connected to the linkage assembly. The door may be movable upwardly from a lowered position, in which the door covers the opening, to a raised position for providing access to the interior of the vehicle through the opening. Furthermore, the door may be oriented generally upright in both the lowered and raised positions, and the door may be movable outwardly away from the vehicle body when the door moves from the lowered position to the raised position.

Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles having an optical fiber including a flat segment with two opposing flat sides, a light decoupling area, and a light coupling area. The light decoupling area in which light relayed by the flat sides is output in the primary direction of emission. The light coupling area couples the light into the optical fiber, and is arranged on a free end of a light coupling element which is perpendicular to the flat segment and projects from the same. A deflection structure is arranged between the light coupling element and the flat segment for the purpose of deflecting the light toward the flat segment. A rigid circuit board runs parallel to the flat segment. The circuit board is configured with a number of light sources which are each functionally assigned to the light coupling elements.

Abstract: Lamp comprising: a light source comprising one or more LED type diodes; control means for controlling the geometry of the light beam of said light source in response to a control information or a control signal; a control unit for generating said control information or said control signal; wherein the control unit comprises a image sensor generating at least one image of the area illuminated by said light source and processing means for processing said image so as to generate said control information or said control signal.

Abstract: A maneuvering aid for a vehicle has a lighting device configured to at least partially illuminate at least an underlying surface under the vehicle and/or a vehicle bodywork. A control device configured to control the lighting device in order to activate and/or deactivate same. The control device is configured to control the lighting device at least as a function of a vehicle speed and/or of a vehicle acceleration and/or of a distance of the vehicle from a roadway boundary or an obstacle in the roadway. A corresponding method, a corresponding vehicle, and a headlight assembly are described as well.

Abstract: A vehicle light apparatus includes a light housing unit having a first outer surface and a second outer surface facing laterally, a light-emitting module having a plurality of main lighting elements and a side market lighting element, and a side light guide member. The side light guide member includes a light-receiving segment, and a light-transmitting segment extending from the light-receiving segment toward the second outer surface, and having a light-reflecting surface capable of reflecting light emitted from the side marker lighting element toward the second outer surface such that the light is transmitted via the light-receiving segment and the light-transmitting segment.

Abstract: A badge is provided herein. The badge includes a housing attached to a substrate to form a viewable portion, a peripheral portion, and a rear portion. A light source is operably coupled with an optical device. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed between the light source and housing and is configured to emit a first converted light in response to a first excitation light. A second photoluminescent structure is disposed between the first photoluminescent structure and the housing and is configured to emit a second converted light in response to a second excitation light.

Abstract: An instrument cluster for a vehicle includes at least one ultra-violet light source behind an instrument panel. A base layer is applied to the instrument panel between the light source and the panel. The base is a crystalline structure powder layer operable to transform ultra-violet light into light within a visible light spectrum.

Abstract: An indoor illuminating device includes a housing that has an opening part, a light source that is accommodated in the housing by being inserted into the housing via the opening part of the housing, electric wires that are led in the housing via the opening part of the housing, and supplies electric power to the light source, and a cover that covers the opening part of the housing. A plurality of through holes are formed between the housing and the cover in a state where the cover is installed to the housing. The electric wires are drawn out from the housing via the through holes. The cover is formed with a rib to which a corrugated tube through which the electric wires are inserted is fixed by being wound with tape.

Abstract: The present invention provides a horn sound output control apparatus of a vehicle, including: a vehicle speed comparing unit; an object determining unit which, when it is determined that the current speed of the principle vehicle is equal to or lower than the reference speed, determines that an object located within a predetermined distance from the principle vehicle is the other vehicle; a horn volume adjusting unit which, when it is determined that the object is the other vehicle, adjusts a horn volume of the principle vehicle to maintain a reference volume and when it is determined that the object is not the other vehicle, adjusts the horn volume of the principle vehicle to be equal to or lower than the reference volume; and a horn sound output unit which outputs a horn sound of the principle vehicle to the outside based on the adjusted horn volume.

Abstract: A system for indicating braking intensity to a main vehicle has an observational device monitoring positional and speed data of at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle. A control unit is coupled to the observational device. The control unit processes the positional and speed data monitored by the observational device and generates graphical representations of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle and graphical representations of a braking intensity level of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle.

Abstract: A modular mounting system for running board assemblies including at least one universal mounting bar and at least one universal mounting arrangement for connecting to a body panel of a motor vehicle. The universal mounting bar includes at least a first plurality of apertures which correlate to mounting apertures in the vehicle body panel, and a second plurality of apertures which correspond to mounting apertures in a second discreet vehicle body panel, and a third plurality of apertures which correspond to mounting apertures in a third discreet vehicle body panel. The universal mounting bar provides a single bar that accommodates various aperture locations for body panels on any number of predetermined vehicles brands/models. Each universal mounting arrangement has at least one fifth plurality of apertures for connecting to each of a fourth plurality of apertures at predetermined locations on the universal mounting bar.

Abstract: A fixing system suitable for use in a vehicle includes a main body portion and engagement means adapted for positive engagement, in use, with a part of a vehicle, wherein the engagement means comprises at least two rigidly spaced-apart engagement surfaces.

Abstract: In one aspect, a coupling system is provided. The coupling system includes a first component comprising a body, a second component comprising an inner wall defining at least one receiving aperture, wherein a notch is formed in the inner wall, and at least one tab extending outwardly from the body. The at least one tab is biased in a direction away from the body, and a retention feature is formed on the at least one tab and configured to interferingly engage the notch. When the at least one tab is inserted into a corresponding receiving aperture of the at least one receiving aperture, the at least one tab is biased against the inner wall and the retention feature interferingly engages the notch to facilitate coupling the first component to the second component in a desired orientation.

Abstract: A folding tonneau cover or lid is configured for selectively enclosing at least a portion of an open topped bed of a pick up or SUV type motor vehicle. The tonneau cover includes one or a plurality of flexibly linked panels extending between cooperating side walls of the open topped bed, and is manually operable for displacement between a deployed position wherein the open topped bed is fully covered and a retracted position wherein the open topped bed is partially or fully exposed. At least one panel forms a generally planer first surface facing downwardly when in the deployed position and upwardly when in the retracted position, and a second surface facing upwardly when in the deployed position and downwardly when in the retracted position. A cup holder is integrated with one of the panel surfaces and forms a beverage container receiving cavity opening away from the panel surfaces.

Abstract: A mounting system includes a vehicle seat having a seatback frame with a forwardly rolled support flange. The forwardly rolled support flange defines a cavity and is disposed on an upper portion of the seatback frame. A support member is received on the support flange and has a generally inverted U-shaped body portion and a loop portion. In assembly, the support member rolls on to the support flange to define a landing for mounting an accessory to the upper portion of the seatback frame.

Abstract: An electronic device holder provides a top mounted tablet holder with a thirty degree rotational limit to its rearward swinging motion of a mounting surface. This concept has the dual benefit that the path of the electronic device holder and a viewer's upper body do not intersect during an impact event. Thus, any contact between the viewer and the tablet or device holder will be a glancing impact, as opposed to a perpendicular impact vector. As coupled to a headrest support system, the electronic device holder can move downward along the support system during impact. Further, the mounting surface of the electronic device holder is configured to move away from a potential point of impact while fully retaining an electronic device mounted thereto.

Abstract: Methods of forming insulation mats including: providing a mixture of fibers comprising first inorganic fibers and second inorganic fibers, wherein the first inorganic fibers shrink by no more than about 2 percent and the second fibers shrink by about 5 to about 15 percent when the mixture of fibers is heat treated; wet-forming a web of fibers from the mixture of fibers; entangling the web of fibers to form an insulation mat; heat-treating the insulation mat; and drying the web of fibers and/or the insulation mat after said wet-forming and prior to or during said heat treating; and wherein the insulation mat includes substantially no non-fibrous binder material prior to said heat treating the insulation mat at a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 800° C., optionally for at least about 3 minutes. Insulation mats manufactured according to the above methods.

Abstract: When a vehicle is “off” many electrically powered devices will continue to draw power from the battery, which will eventually deplete the battery. Instead of leaving such devices on, when the engine is shut off, a message is transmitted from a vehicle's telematics communications device to one or more of: the operator, a telematics service provider or elsewhere, and which notifies the recipient of the power-down condition. The recipient of the message can thereafter respond with a directive that tells the telematics communications device which devices to leave powered on, turn off or schedule to be shut off. Absent such a message, the system powers down devices according to a default power down ordering.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for generating power for a vehicle. A power generator may include a first loop configured to be deployed from a portion of a vehicle. The power generator also includes a first plurality of resistive devices coupled to the first loop, at least one resistive device of the first plurality of resistive devices being configured to transfer a force to the first loop. The power generator may also include a pulley coupled to the first loop, the pulley being configured to receive the force transferred to the first loop, and the pulley being further configured to rotate in response to receiving the force from the first loop. The power generator may also include a generator coupled to the pulley, the generator being coupled to an electrical system, and the generator being configured to deliver power to the electrical system in response to the pulley rotating.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a movable panel having an electronic device; a power source; a data source; and a connector configured to selectively couple the movable panel to the vehicle. The connector is configured to be electrically coupled to the power source and the data source, and is further configured to inductively couple the electronic device of the movable panel to the power source and the data source.

Abstract: An energy absorption structure for a vehicle has an energy absorption element, in particular an engine longitudinal carrier, and at least one impact transmission element, which impact transmission element is pressed against a side wall of the engine longitudinal carrier and, in the event of an impact, is guidable along the side wall, wherein the engine longitudinal carrier is a fiber composite component and the impact transmission element has a microstructure which can be countersunk into the engine longitudinal carrier.

Abstract: A bumper beam has a hat-shaped profile (11) with a cover (12) which is recessed into the hat-shaped profile and is welded to the sides (16, 17) of the hat-shaped profile, inside the hat-shaped profile.

Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag module arranged in a hub region of a vehicle steering wheel used for steering vehicle wheels about a steering angle when the steering wheel is turned to a rotary position. The airbag module has an airbag configured for deployment between a driver and the steering wheel in the event of a crash. An adjustment unit is provided to turn the steering wheel from the rotary position to a crash position while the steering angle of the vehicle wheels remains unchanged so as to align the airbag with a posture of the driver in the event of a crash.

Abstract: A method for recording vehicle-relevant data, in particular for detecting and evaluating damage to a vehicle in which structure-borne noise caused by an event, such as damage or contact, is detected and evaluated. The noise is recorded with its entire frequency spectrum, the frequency spectrum is divided into a lower frequency range and an upper frequency range, and an event is characterized by at least one amplitude in the upper frequency range. The event having an amplitude in the upper frequency range is included in an envelope curve analysis, in which a lower power density and upper power density are determined for a lower and upper frequency range, respectively. A relative measured value is determined from the ratio of the upper power density to the lower power density, an evaluation of the event is made by means of the relative measured value, and the event is stored.

Abstract: Provided is an interior side wall structure for a vehicle in which a cylindrical shape of a shock-absorbing member can be crushed and deformed in an axial direction in an orderly manner upon vehicle side collision. When a collision load (F) is input to a shock-absorbing member (10) in the axial direction, a flange portion (13) at a peripheral edge of an open part is uniformly pressed against a door trim (4). At a connecting portion (15) of a peripheral wall (11), stress is distributed by an arc shaped face, whereby the development of crack is avoided, thus enabling even distribution of the load. At the connecting portion (15), buckling rigidity is adjusted by a slit for compression buckling adjustment (16) so as to substantially equalize the buckling rigidity at each portion of the peripheral wall (11), whereby the cylindrical shape of the shock-absorbing member (10) is crushed and deformed in the axial direction in an orderly manner.

Abstract: A seat assembly that may include a seat back, an airbag module having an airbag, and a reinforcement chute. The seat back may have a seat back frame that may have a side member. The reinforcement chute may be fixedly coupled to the side member above and below the airbag module.

Abstract: An inflator, especially for a protective device in a vehicle, includes a diffuser (10) which preferably forms a substantially rotation-symmetric external housing of the inflator with a closing member (12). The diffuser (10) includes more than 12, preferably more than 14, further preferably 23 discharge orifices (78) arranged in a row. Moreover, the inflator exhibits a plurality of further peculiarities.

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

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

Abstract: A remote sensing device is utilized to activate boundary alert sensors in a vehicle to reduce current loading during a key-off condition. Communication between the remote sensing device and the vehicle is via a radio-frequency interface that is part of a remote keyless entry system. The remote sensing device transmits a signal to the vehicle when an object is detected within a predetermined range of the remote sensing device. In response to the signal, the vehicle activates one or more boundary alert sensors. The boundary alert sensors may include a camera, a radar, and an ultrasonic sensor. The remote sensing device can be configured to extend a range of the radio-frequency interface by repeating messages that it receives.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted control system to prevent an execution of an improper request of a center apparatus is provided. The vehicle-mounted control system executes an impropriety determination process, which determines whether a center request signal is an improper signal, based on circumstance information representing a circumstance where a vehicle is placed. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine whether the center request signal is an improper signal transmitted by an operation of a center apparatus by an improper person. When it is determined as the improper center request signal (S2: No), a vehicle control based on the center request signal is not executed.

Abstract: An anticrime system using the panic function of a vehicle enables a person to utilize the panic function of another person's vehicle so as to make a criminal fall into a panic state when the criminal commits a crime in an area such as an alley, a residential street, or a main street side around which vehicles are usually parked, so that a victim may quickly escape from the criminal scene and notify the surrounding people of the criminal scene and circumstances to request help, thus preventing a crime from occurring. To this end, the panic function of a vehicle is operated only by the owner to be utilized by another person, so as to readily constitute an anticrime system with reduced cost by means of a plurality of vehicles parked almost everywhere in a city.

Abstract: A device for controlling a restricted mode of a vehicle is provided. The device includes a controller that is configured to receive an input indicative of a request to change a vehicle state from a fully operational mode to a restricted mode and to transmit a first control signal indicative of a request to limit at least one of vehicle speed and vehicle acceleration. The controller is further configured to monitor a distance traveled by a driver when the vehicle is in the restricted mode and to compare the distance traveled to a predetermined distance limit. The controller is further configured to transmit a second control signal to remove the request to limit the at least one of the vehicle speed and the vehicle acceleration in response to determining that the distance traveled exceeds the predetermined distance limit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade for cleaning the windshields of vehicles, comprising at least one elongated carrier element (6) on which a wiper strip (5) having at least one wiper lip (5.1) is held, a wiper blade adapter attached to the carrier element (6), said adapter being designed to mechanically connect the wiper blade (2) to a wiper arm (1) or to a wiper arm adapter (11) provided on the wiper arm (1) in a joint direction, at least one electric heating element provided on the wiper blade (2), and at least one electrical connecting element provided on the wiper blade adapter on the wiper blade side, said connecting element having at least one electrical contact for establishing an electrical connection between the heating element and a power supply provided or held on the wiper arm (1).

Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper connecting unit with a basic body (12) for connecting a wiper blade adapter (14) to a wiper arm (16) of a wiper. It is proposed that the basic body (12) has a spoiler receiving region (20) arranged on one side (18) of the wiper arm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper-blade body (20) connected to a wiper-blade adapter (11), wherein the wiper-blade adapter (11) consists of a wiper-arm-side adapter element (12) and a wiper-blade-side adapter element (13) which are connected to one another and arranged pivotably relative to one another in an axis (14), and with a supply element (32) arranged pivotably in the axis (14) for the hydraulic and/or electrical supply of the wiper blade (10), wherein the supply element (32) is accommodated between two side walls (41, 42) of the wiper-blade-side adapter element (13).