Patents Issued in October 20, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160304049
    Abstract: In a buckle device, wire ropes and a coiled cord run through the inside of a tubular buckle guide. Here, a partition wall is provided inside the buckle guide, and the inside of the buckle guide is partitioned by the partition wall into a wire rope side and a coiled cord side. Due to this, the coiled cord can be prevented from contacting the wire ropes inside the buckle guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Koji HAYASHI, Takuhiro SAITO, Makoto MATSUZAKI, Tatsuhiro MURASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160304050
    Abstract: In a seat belt device, when a buckle cover is moved obliquely upward in a vehicle forward direction relative to a buckle guide and the buckle cover reaches a moving endpoint at a vehicle upper side relative to the buckle guide, cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover become sandwiched between vehicle lower side surfaces of guide-side engagement portions of the buckle guide, and the outside surfaces of guide long-side wall portions of the buckle guide. Due to this, not only movement of the cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover in the vehicle upward direction but also movement of the cover-side engagement portions outwards in the thickness directions of the cross-sectional shapes of the buckle cover and the buckle guide are restrained by the guide-side engagement portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro MURASAKI, Takuhiro SAITO, Makoto MATSUZAKI, Koji HAYASHI, Hiroto TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160304051
    Abstract: A response vehicle includes a transmission, a braking subsystem, and a vehicle management system coupled to at least one of the transmission and the braking subsystem. The vehicle management system includes an interlock module configured to provide a signal to switch the at least one of the transmission and the braking subsystem from a locked condition to an operational condition only in response to an authenticated user request thereby preventing undesired operation of the response vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Archer, Neil Bjornstad, Michael J. Holeton, Patrick D. Martin
  • Publication number: 20160304052
    Abstract: Provided is a door unlocking system with which only a specific door can also be unlocked if a user operates an operation unit of a communication device. A control device (1) determines whether or not a communication device (2) is present in any of regions Ra to Rc by communicating with the communication device (2) located outside of the vehicle, using a wireless communication unit (12) in the vehicle. When an operation signal transmitted from the communication device (2) is received by the wireless communication unit (12) in the vehicle in a case where the communication device (2) is present in any of the regions Ra to Rc, only a door that is associated with the region Ra (or Rb or Rc) in which the communication device (2) is present is unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutaka NAITOU
  • Publication number: 20160304053
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a vehicle-mounted transmitter which transmits a first response request signal; a vehicle-mounted receiver which receives, from a portable device, a response signal to the first response request signal; and a controller which allows an operation for welcoming a user carrying the portable device to a vehicle according to a reception state of the response signal. When intermittently transmitting the first response request signal at predetermined intervals via the vehicle-mounted transmitter, the controller determines whether condition set in advance is established. When the condition is established, the controller transmits a second response request signal different from the first response request signal. When the vehicle-mounted receiver receives a response signal which is transmitted from the portable device as a response to the second response request signal, the controller continues to transmit the second response request signal via the vehicle-mounted transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Tomita, Naoyuki Ishihara, Tetsuo Nishidai, Takahiro Inaguma, Kazuya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20160304054
    Abstract: Systems, methodologies and components enable the ability to assign, manage and use intermodal, bi-modal and tractor/trailer asset associations between shipping assets, for example, container/truck associations, chassis/container associations, chassis/truck associations, trailer/truck associations, associations for gensets, and refrigerated containers, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Parvez Mansuri, Mark Heck, Sean Maguire
  • Publication number: 20160304055
    Abstract: A method of securing a vehicle includes, signaling a control device, e.g., a key fob, to provide an alert to notify an operator of the vehicle when the control device is currently outside a pre-defined detection area, and either a window of the vehicle is currently disposed in a lowered position, or a door lock of the vehicle is currently disposed in an unlocked state. Upon the control device authenticating the signal, an alert component of the control device emits an alert signal, such as a visual alert, auditory alert, or tactile alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Dhyaneshwar Murugesan
  • Publication number: 20160304056
    Abstract: A moving device receives a 100% duty measurement signal transmitted from an in-vehicle device. The receive strength of the received measurement signal is divided into unit time, and the average value of the receive strength for each unit time is determined The maximum value and the minimum value of the average value are determined, and the ratio between the maximum value and the minimum value is transmitted to the in-vehicle device as signal strength fluctuation information. The in-vehicle device determines that a communication state is abnormal if it is determined that the fluctuation ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Akira MIYAZAWA, Katsuhiro SEINO
  • Publication number: 20160304057
    Abstract: An, one size fits all, personalized apparatus used on any windshields wiper blade and arm to protect against weather elements, theft, and engine debris build up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Shenise Delain Berry
  • Publication number: 20160304058
    Abstract: A wiper apparatus which removes foreign matters from a windshield by rotating by a pivot of a vehicle may include an arm piece connected to one end of an arm retainer to connect a wiper blade, and a coupling portion having a step portion formed to extend along a longitudinal direction so that an upper surface of the arm piece and an upper surface of the arm retainer form a same surface when coupled to correspond to a coupling hole formed in the arm retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Wiper Blade Co. Ltd., Denso Korea Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Hyun Sub Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Bock Cheol Lee, Young Sub Oh, Hong Yeon Na, Young Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20160304059
    Abstract: A wiper apparatus which removes foreign matters from a windshield by rotating by a pivot of a vehicle may include an arm piece connected to one end of an arm retainer to connect a wiper blade, and a coupling portion having a step portion formed to extend along a longitudinal direction so that an upper surface of the arm piece and an upper surface of the arm retainer form a same surface when coupled to correspond to a coupling hole formed in the arm retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Wiper Blade Co., Ltd., Denso Korea Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung KONG, Hyun Sub KIM, Jin Hee LEE, Bock Cheol LEE, Young Sub OH, Hong Yeon NA, Young Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160304060
    Abstract: An end cap for a wiper of a window of a vehicle having at least one flexible supporting element and a blade design to be applied against the window is disclosed. The end cap includes a housing for receiving an end portion of the flexible supporting element. The end cap also has at least one means for locking the end portion of the flexible supporting element in an engaged position in the housing, and an outer wall delimiting the cap as well as an access orifice to the locking means, the locking means including a portion forming a longitudinal stop facing the flexible supporting element, a first face extending between the housing and the outer wall and a second face opposite the orifice. The locking means include an element that emerges at the junction between the first face and the portion and that extends at least longitudinally beyond the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Olivier Jomard
  • Publication number: 20160304061
    Abstract: The invention relates to an end fitting 1 for a vehicle window wiper, comprising at least one longitudinal support and a blade intended to be pressed against the window, the end fitting 1 comprising a housing 5 that is able to receive an end part of the longitudinal support, the end fitting comprising at least one means 7 for locking the end part of the longitudinal support in the position fitted in the housing 5, said end fitting 1 comprising at least one means 43 that forms a stop against the end part of the longitudinal support, characterized in that the means 43 is flexible so as to cause the locking means 7 to bear against the longitudinal support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Olivier Jomard, Eric Poton
  • Publication number: 20160304062
    Abstract: The invention concerns an end-piece (1) for a motor vehicle glass wiper including at least one flexible support (3) and a wiper blade intended to be pressed against the glass. The end-piece (1) includes a housing (5) adapted to receive an end portion (6) of the flexible support (3). The end-piece (1) includes means (7) for locking the end portion (6) of the flexible support (3) in an engaged position inside the housing (5). The locking means (7) include at least one tongue (107e). The locking means (7) include at least one cavity (107a) that is delimited at least by a first lateral wall (107b), a second lateral wall (107c) and the tongue (107e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Julien Carrion, Gilles Petitet, Grégory Kolanowski
  • Publication number: 20160304063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper (2) of a window of a motor vehicle, comprising a wiper portion (12) and a connection portion (14) to a drive mechanism (4, 6) of the wiper, said wiper portion comprising a supporting element (16) that is attached to a wiper blade (20) of the window and that contains a stiffening element (18) of the wiper. According to one feature of the invention, the connection portion (14) is arranged as an extension of a proximal axial extremity (8) of the wiper portion. The invention also relates to a wiper assembly having a drive head (4) mounted on a motorised drive shaft (6), and a wiper (2) as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Garibaldi, Vincent Gaucher
  • Publication number: 20160304064
    Abstract: A windshield wiper assembly includes a washer fluid distribution assembly configured to securely connect to a windshield arm interface. A first squeegee holder is configured to securely receive a first squeegee. A second squeegee holder is configured to securely receive a second squeegee. This is done in such a way that the second squeegee, in use, contacts the windshield once the washer fluid distribution assembly is positioned just so, and the second squeegee holder is spaced apart from the first squeegee holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Philip Gordon McDonell
  • Publication number: 20160304065
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160304066
    Abstract: A leveling and stabilizing jack 10 includes an intermediate member joining first and second lifting sections. Each lifting section includes a cross beam, a leg, a brace, a foot, a motor and a drive screw. The motor powers the drive screw, which is operably associated with the leg, to cause the leg to extend away from or retract toward the cross beam depending on the motor's direction of rotation. A motor control can control the motor of each of the lifting sections independently in a manner that results in leveling of the jack when deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Warren NEBEL
  • Publication number: 20160304067
    Abstract: A system comprises a controller configured to determine whether to engage a parking brake upon detecting a fault. The system also includes a parking brake control system designed to automatically engage and release the parking brake in response to a command from the controller. The system also includes a communication system configured to facilitate communication between the controller and the parking brake control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Swamy Reddy Gajulapalli, Russell Kubycheck, James Seaton, Alexander Shubs, JR., Ola Tannous, David J. Babinec
  • Publication number: 20160304068
    Abstract: A braking force control device includes an actuator configured to control a braking force generated in vehicle wheels of a vehicle and a control unit configured to output a braking force command value to the actuator. The control unit is configured to perform at least one of the following process of generating a braking force command value by performing a filter processing on a required braking force based on a braking operation amount using a filter having a smaller damping ratio than a damping ratio of a pitch motion of the vehicle when the required braking force increases, and generating the braking force command value by performing the filter processing on the required braking force based on the braking operation amount using a filter having a greater damping ratio than the damping ratio of the pitch motion of the vehicle when the required braking force decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shiro MONZAKI, Tamio KANO, Tomoaki MORIMOTO, Daiji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160304069
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake system and a method of controlling the same. The electronic parking brake system includes a wheel speed sensor which senses a movement of a vehicle; a vertical acceleration sensor which measures a vertical acceleration value; an electronic control unit (ECU) which determines whether the vehicle is rolling based on the movement of the vehicle and the vertical acceleration value; and a parking brake which brakes the vehicle based on the determination of whether the vehicle is rolling by the ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ho-Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160304070
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a pressure control device of a pressure-medium brake system of a vehicle which individually controls brake pressures in brake cylinders of wheels of an axle. The pressure control device includes a relay valve. In order to compensate for response sluggishness of the relay valve, shut-off valves connected between the relay valve and their respective brake cylinders are not switched into a passage position in which pressure is forwarded to the brake cylinders until a permissible pressure gradient exists between the working pressures of the relay valve and the brake pressures in the brake cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Gerhard WIEDER, Andreas SCHAEFERS, Peter HOLOBRADI
  • Publication number: 20160304071
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a motor. A brake is to be actuated by an operation fluid to brake the motor when a hydraulic pressure is relieved and to release the braking when the hydraulic pressure is applied. A switch valve is to be switched to a first position and to a second position, the first position being provided for relieving the hydraulic pressure from the brake, the second position being provided for applying the hydraulic pressure to the brake. A first fluid tube is to connect the switch valve and the brake. A second fluid tube is connected to the first fluid tube at a connecting portion and communicated with a tank A first throttle is disposed on the second fluid tube. A second throttle is disposed on the first fluid tube and on an upstream side between the connecting portion and the switch valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kazuyoshi ARII
  • Publication number: 20160304072
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a first cylinder-piston device, which can be fluidically coupled to at least one wheel brake of the brake system, for generating hydraulic pressure on the at least one wheel brake, wherein the first cylinder-piston device comprises at least one first piston. The brake system further has a second cylinder-piston device, which comprises at least one second piston, and an electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston device. The second cylinder-piston device is or can be fluidically coupled at the output side to the first piston of the first cylinder-piston device in order to provide a hydraulic pressure, which is generated in the second cylinder-piston device upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator, for actuating the at least one first piston of the first cylinder-piston device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Knechtges, Josef Knechtges
  • Publication number: 20160304073
    Abstract: A pneumatic spring brake cylinder is provided for brake systems of vehicles, including a housing in which a spring brake piston loaded by an accumulator spring and connected to a spring break piston tube is guided in a movable manner, and an emergency release device for the emergency release of the spring brake piston in the event of a drop in pressure. The emergency release device contains a spindle which can be rotated relative to the spring brake cylinder and which can be screwed in a nut that is held in a rotationally fixed manner in the spring brake piston tube by a form-fitting connection. The nut interacts with an axial stop on the spring brake piston in order to trigger a release movement against the effect of the accumulator spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Stephane HERICHER
  • Publication number: 20160304074
    Abstract: A method for checking an isolation valve of a braking system of a vehicle includes the steps of: operating at least one pump of a brake circuit of the braking system which is hydraulically connected via the isolation valve to a brake master cylinder of the braking system for a predefined pump running time; measuring at least one value regarding a pressure present in the brake circuit; and determining, in consideration of the at least one measured value, whether the isolation valve is mechanically blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Thorsten MAUCHER, Tobias LENG, Stefan STRENGERT
  • Publication number: 20160304075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for shifting a transmission of a hybrid driveline that include a torque converter with a lockup clutch are presented. The systems and methods may adjust a feedforward motor torque command to match application of motor torque to a time that a gear clutch closes so that shifting may be improved and so that driveline torque disturbances may be less noticeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander O`Connor Gibson, Felix Nedorezov, Matthew John Shelton, Stuart N. Ford, Todd McCullough
  • Publication number: 20160304076
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a step-ratio transmission gearshift during a regenerative braking event for a hybrid vehicle having an engine selectively coupled to an electric machine and an automatic transmission control transmission input torque based on a measured shift profile and a target shift profile. A torque trim term may be added to the transmission input torque or electric machine output torque in response to a difference between the measured and target shift profiles. The torque trim term may be used to modify the transmission input torque to speed the shift up or shorten the shift time if the measured shift is progressing too slowly. Likewise, the torque trim term may be used to reduce the transmission input torque or electric machine output torque if the shift is progressing too quickly relative to the target shift profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Bernard D. NEFCY, Daniel Scott COLVIN, Felix NEDOREZOV, Todd MCCULLOUGH
  • Publication number: 20160304077
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided that includes a battery, a motor that is configured to generate a driving torque using the battery, and an engine that is configured to charge the battery or generate a driving torque together with the motor. A driving controller operates the motor and the engine and an air conditioning controller executes a heat function by a heat of an engine coolant and transmits an engine-drive-requiring signal to the driving controller to heat the engine coolant. When a first condition that a temperature of the engine coolant is greater than a first temperature and a second condition that a driving torque generated by the motor is sufficient to move the hybrid vehicle are satisfied, the engine operation is stopped by a time that a driving torque generated by the engine is required to move the hybrid vehicle regardless of receiving the engine-drive-requiring signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jeamun Lee, Jungsoo Park
  • Publication number: 20160304078
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle controls a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including: a power source including an internal combustion engine and an electric; a recirculating device configured to recirculate an exhaust gas from an exhaust side to an intake side of the internal combustion engine; and a recirculation amount adjusting device configured to adjust an amount of the recirculation by the recirculating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya IMAMURA, Atsushi TABATA, Ryuji IBARAKI, Yuji YASUDA, Yoshihito KANNO
  • Publication number: 20160304079
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle control apparatus, driving of the vehicle is switched between driving modes including engine driving mode in which driving is to be powered by an internal combustion engine and electrical machine driving mode in which driving is to be powered by a rotating electrical machine, and required driving force in each of the driving modes in accordance with predetermined characteristics based on accelerator position and vehicle speed to control driving force of the vehicle to the calculated required driving force, when the driving mode is switched, driving force of the vehicle is controlled based on the required driving force of the driving mode before switched unless at least one of the accelerator position and the vehicle speed changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Masashi Eto
  • Publication number: 20160304080
    Abstract: A vehicle energy management device has a vehicle information receiver to receive vehicle information including a vehicle speed and a state of charge of a battery, a route information receiver to receive route information to a destination, and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform: a vehicle information acquisition process of acquiring vehicle information including at least information on a vehicle speed and a state of charge of the battery; a route information acquisition process of acquiring route information to the destination; an optimal plan calculation process of making a target vehicle speed plan for the destination and a driving necessity plan for a motor, an engine, and a generator on the basis of the route information and the vehicle information; and a vehicle control process of controlling the motor, the engine, and the generator on the basis of the driving necessity plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu SUGIYAMA, Atsushi YOSHIKAWA, Yoichi OKUBO, Masataka SHIROZONO, Nobutaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160304081
    Abstract: In the process of stopping an engine, upon satisfaction of an increase start condition that rotation speed Ne of the engine becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined rotation speed Nref1, a rate value Rup is set to have an increasing tendency with a decrease in minimum torque Tspmin (with an increase as the absolute value). A rate process using the set rate value Rup is performed to increase a motoring torque Tsp (motor torque command) from the negative minimum torque Tspmin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasutaka TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160304082
    Abstract: A method for starting an engine of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes: detecting a speed of the hybrid vehicle when receiving an instruction to start the engine; and outputting an inertia torque generated by a transmission of the hybrid vehicle to a crankshaft of the engine to start the engine when the speed is larger than or equal to a predetermined speed. Further, a system for starting an engine of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle including the system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: CHANGJIU LIU, GUORUI LIU, XIAOWEI ZHOU, HEPING LING, SHIBIN XIE, YUBO LIAN
  • Publication number: 20160304083
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor, an internal combustion engine, an exhaust emission control device and a controller. The controller is configured to execute catalyst warm-up control for warming up a catalyst of the exhaust emission control device. The catalyst warm-up control includes first control and second control. The first control is control for operating the internal combustion engine at a first operating point. The second control is control for, after the first control is executed, operating the internal combustion engine at a second operating point irrespective of a driving force that is required to propel the hybrid vehicle. An output of the internal combustion engine at the second operating point is larger than an output of the internal combustion engine at the first operating point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuta TERAYA, Toshikazu KATO, Yoshikazu ASAMI
  • Publication number: 20160304084
    Abstract: A controller includes control means for controlling an electric motor such that a pulsation compensation torque corresponding to a pulsation component of a torque of an internal combustion engine, which appears in a drive shaft, is supplied to the drive shaft as a damping torque for suppressing vibrations of the hybrid vehicle, and determination means for determining whether a torque of the electric motor, excluding the pulsation compensation torque, is smaller than a predetermined value. When it is determined that the torque excluding the pulsation compensation torque is smaller than the predetermined value, the control means controls the electric motor such that the sum of the pulsation compensation torque and a pressing torque corresponding to the predetermined value is supplied to the drive shaft as the damping torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi KAWAI, Takuro KUMADA
  • Publication number: 20160304085
    Abstract: Systems and methods for shifting a transmission of a hybrid driveline that includes an electric machine that operates in a regeneration mode are presented. The systems and methods may adjust a feedforward motor torque command via an adaptive parameter in response to an error that is based on percentage of shift complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Bernard D. Nefcy, Daniel Colvin, Felix Nedorezov, Todd McCullough
  • Publication number: 20160304086
    Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine configured to provide power to traction wheels, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to the engine being off and a power request exceeding an engine-start threshold, delay an engine start when vehicle speed is below a predetermined value. Delaying an engine start may include providing an engine-start-threshold offset. The offset decreases as vehicle speed increases. The engine is started when the power request exceeds a sum of the engine-start threshold and the engine-start-threshold offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Mohamad MANSOUR, Shunsuke OKUBO, Carol Louise OKUBO, Paul Stephen BRYAN, Kenneth FREDERICK, Floyd CADWELL
  • Publication number: 20160304087
    Abstract: A remote parking control system capable of displaying an operating state of a vehicle received from a vehicle controller to a smart device when a second authentication is completed through a pairing of the smart device in which a first authentication is completed through a pairing of the smart device and a smart key, and the vehicle controller, and a control method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Tae Bong NOH
  • Publication number: 20160304088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out an at least semiautonomous process for parking a motor vehicle (1) on a road (10) by means of a parking assistance system of the motor vehicle (1), the parking assistance system (2) sensing a dimension of a parking space potentially suitable for the parking process, comparing the sensed dimension with a minimum dimension (19) dependent on a vehicle dimension (20), and carrying out the parking process assuming that the sensed dimension is at least equal to the minimum dimension (19), the parking assistance system (2) sensing a gradient (?) of the road (10) and setting the minimum dimension (19) on the basis of the gradient (?) during operation of the parking assistance system (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Barth
  • Publication number: 20160304089
    Abstract: An evacuation travel assist apparatus includes a stop lane determination section that determines a stop lane and an evacuation place in the stop lane in which an own vehicle should be urgently stopped when the vehicle drive is detected to be in a state of being not able to drive the own vehicle properly, and a transverse position determination section that determines, as a stop transverse position, a position in a transverse direction of the evacuation place in the stop lane so as to ensure a space for the vehicle driver and passengers to get in and out of the own vehicle safely at a side of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi Miura, Masao Oooka, Hiroaki Niino
  • Publication number: 20160304090
    Abstract: To improve traveling safety of a vehicle by continuing an alarm after the end of a crash prevention control for preventing a crash between an own vehicle and a target object, a drive support apparatus of the invention detects the target object which exists in a predetermined detection area ahead of the own vehicle, starts to issue an alarm with an alarm generating part to a driver of the own vehicle if probability of a crash between the own vehicle and the target object is greater than a predetermined value, start a crash prevention control in which an automatic driving operation is performed for preventing the crash with the target object, and continues to issue the alarm until a predetermined timing (timing when the driver of the own vehicle performs a predetermined driving operation, for example) after the crash prevention control by the crash prevention controlling part has been ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo FUJISHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160304091
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a steering wheel assembly, a powertrain, and a controller. The steering wheel assembly may include an interface. The controller may be programmed to, in response to a vehicle speed being less than a threshold, enable the interface to receive a driver input, and in response to a driver input received while the vehicle speed is less than the threshold, operate a powertrain to increase/decrease the vehicle speed subject to a range of authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Enrique REMES
  • Publication number: 20160304092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle, in which sensor data are produced by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle or by obtaining data conveying information about the environment of a host vehicle, an object in a path of the host vehicle is detected based on the sensor data, a distance between the host vehicle and the detected object is controlled based on a preset gap (tGAP), environmental conditions of the host vehicle are estimated based on the sensor data, gap adaption indicators associated to the estimated environmental conditions are determined, wherein each of the gap adaption indicators indicates an extension or a reduction of the preset gap (tGAP) and the preset gap (tGAP) is adjusted based on the gap adaption indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Sven REBHAN, Marcus KLEINEHAGENBROCK
  • Publication number: 20160304093
    Abstract: A distance regulating system is disclosed for the automatic adjusting of a distance of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle travelling ahead. At least one sensor detects the distance to the motor vehicle travelling ahead. A route detector detects a route section lying ahead. A control unit is equipped in order to transmit acceleration commands to a drive of the motor vehicle, to accelerate with a preset acceleration upon increasing distance to the motor vehicle travelling ahead or during open straight-ahead travel. The control unit can determine a. transverse acceleration to be expected and adjust a longitudinal acceleration as a function of the transverse acceleration to be expected when a curve lying ahead is detected by the route detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Oliver MAIER
  • Publication number: 20160304094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for adaptation of a vehicle's performance. This system comprises a receiving device arranged to receive a request that a driver of the vehicle wishes to use a temporary performance mode. The system also comprises a first initiation device arranged to initiate a use of a preparation mode based on the driver's request, where the vehicle, during such preparation mode, prepares the vehicle to use an increased fraction of the power, generated by the engine in the vehicle, for the propulsion of the vehicle. The system also comprises a second initiation device arranged to initiate a use of the temporary performance mode, wherein such temporary performance mode uses the increased fraction of the power generated, released by the preparation mode, to provide a temporary performance boost for at least one feature relating to the propulsion of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Bjorn JOHANSSON
  • Publication number: 20160304095
    Abstract: An automatic start-stop system for vehicles with an automatic gearbox or and automated gearbox in which the motor vehicle can creep in a released state of a brake pedal is provided. The automatic start-stop system is designed to detect an obstruction in the present direction of travel of the vehicle, to trigger an automatic deactivation process of a drive machine of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is lower than a predefined speed threshold close to standstill and the brake pedal is actuated, and to trigger an automatic activation process of the automatically deactivated drive machine if a released brake pedal is detected, with creeping of the motor vehicle being prevented by not initiating automatic activation of the drive machine or by activating a creep prevention measure, if, upon release of the brake pedal or in a released state of the brake pedal, an obstruction situated in the present direction of travel of the motor vehicle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Gerhard FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20160304096
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine having auto-stop and auto-start conditions. The vehicle additionally includes a braking system having an auto-hold function. The auto-hold function is configured to, after braking the vehicle to a full stop, automatically apply braking torque independent of a brake pedal position. The vehicle further includes a controller configured to, in response to the engine being in the auto-stop condition, the auto-hold function automatically applying braking torque, and a gear shifter being moved out of a gear other than PARK, maintain the engine in the auto-stop condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hafiz Shafeek KHAFAGY, Kirk PEBLEY, Chad Michael KORTE
  • Publication number: 20160304097
    Abstract: A vehicle traveling control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires surrounding information on the vehicle; an external situation determination unit that determines whether there is space, into which the vehicle will enter, in the adjacent lane based on the surrounding information on the vehicle; and a vehicle control unit that causes the vehicle to change the lane along a traveling trajectory predetermined to change the lane from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane. The vehicle control unit is configured to move the vehicle along the traveling trajectory and place the vehicle in a waiting state at a waiting position if the external situation determination unit determines that there is not the space, and is configured to move the vehicle from the waiting position to the space if the external situation determination unit determines that there is the space while the vehicle is placed in the waiting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAIRA, Yoshinori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160304098
    Abstract: A road surface gradient detection device is provided. The road surface gradient detection device includes an image area setting unit configured to divide a captured image to set a plurality of image areas, a weighting setting unit configured to set the weighting of the pixel range, a representative height calculation unit configured to calculate the representative parallax of each image area and the representative height of each image area based on the parallax of each pixel range, the coordinates of each pixel range, and a magnitude of the weighting of each pixel range, and a road surface gradient detection unit configured to detect the road surface gradient from the captured image based on the representative parallax of each image area and the representative height of each image area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki ITO, Fumio SUGAYA