Patents Issued in December 1, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160347234
    Abstract: A lighting device, notably for motor vehicles, including two so-called principal light guides and a so-called connecting light guide, each principal guide including a lateral surface, the connecting guide being continuous with both of principal guides at the level of their respective lateral surface, the device being configured to feed the connecting guide with light from the principal guides. The invention further concerns a lighting module including such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Christophe Valois, Benony Grigorescu, Eric Werquin
  • Publication number: 20160347235
    Abstract: A control device and method for a vehicle with a light which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, including an image capturing device, which is designed to capture image data for an area in front of the vehicle which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state, and to output the image data, and including a calculation device, which is coupled to the image capturing device and is designed to calculate from the image data a light colour that the light emits, and output it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus Brunn, Alexander Fischer, Alexander Manz, Matthias Mutschler, Patrick Schillinger
  • Publication number: 20160347236
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp is configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern (such as a high-beam light distribution pattern) in which a plurality of irradiation patterns each provided with a non-irradiation region is superimposed. The vehicle lamp prevents an area of a common non-irradiation region from decreasing even if the non-irradiation regions formed in the plurality of respective irradiation patterns are displaced from each other. As a result, glare light is prevented from occurring to an irradiation-prohibited object. In the vehicle lamp configured to form the predetermined light distribution pattern in which the plurality of irradiation patterns each provided with the non-irradiation region is superimposed, the plurality of irradiation patterns is superimposed so that the non-irradiation regions are superimposed to form the common non-irradiation region, and the non-irradiation regions formed in the plurality of respective irradiation patterns have sizes different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yasushi Yatsuda, Hiroshi Hirasawa, Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20160347237
    Abstract: In described examples of a headlamp to project a beam of light from a lens, the headlamp includes: an illumination module to output a light beam to an illumination path; and illumination optics to receive the light beam and to provide illumination to a programmable spatial light modulator. The programmable spatial light modulator is arranged to receive the illumination and to output non-uniform illumination as patterned light to projection optics. The projection optics are arranged to receive the patterned light and to output the patterned light through the lens. At least one of the illumination optics and the projection optics includes an anamorphic lens to shape the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Vikrant R. Bhakta, Alexander Lyubarsky
  • Publication number: 20160347238
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, notably a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, including at least one first light source intended to emit a first modulated light beam coding information; at least one second light source intended to emit a second modulated light beam coding information; a control device adapted to determine, on receiving information to be transmitted via the light-emitting device, if a first light beam intended to be emitted by the first source should be modulated to code the information to be transmitted and/or if a second beam intended to be emitted by the second source should be modulated to code the information to be transmitted, the determination depending on information relating to the local solar illumination; as a function of the determination, to modulate the first light beam and/or the energization second light beam to code the information to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: David Hue
  • Publication number: 20160347239
    Abstract: An attachable supplemental lighting system for placement on a truck, trailer or large vehicle so as to provide a more prominent display of the operator's directional maneuvering intentions, such as intentions to turn or change lanes. The attachable supplemental lighting system includes a plurality of discrete lighting assemblies that are attachable to a vehicle and each include a plurality of lighting elements that provide a directional indication when in place on the vehicle. The lighting assemblies are bonded with a remote device which provides a user interface for selectively activating the lighting elements on the lighting assemblies in a first direction, a second direction, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Mike Diaz, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160347240
    Abstract: A running board illumination system is provided for a motor vehicle. That system includes a first illumination element having a first color, a second illumination element having a second, different color and a controller. The controller is configured to receive information respecting at least one motor vehicle status and also adapted to illuminate a running board with the first illumination element or the second illumination element based upon that information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Mylene Loudjom Motsebo, Terrence Wilson, Aaron Bradley Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160347241
    Abstract: A vehicle safety alert system. The system includes a controller disposed within a vehicle and a plurality of transmitters disposed along a roadway. The controller receives speed limit data from the transmitters and then both notifies a driver of the current speed limit and alerts the driver if the vehicle exceeds the speed limit. The controller also includes GPS components and is configured to upload vehicle location data to a database and server via an existing network. The transmitters are configured to receive vehicle speed and identification information and relay the information to a server. The information regarding vehicle speed, location, and identification is then sent from the database to the appropriate monitoring agency via the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony Gralto
  • Publication number: 20160347242
    Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle having at least one annular gauge (1) and a display panel (2) having a display surface (20) intended to be oriented toward the inside of a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The device comprises a transparent pane (4) positioned facing the display surface (20) and serving as a support for the annular gauge (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Pascal CLOCHARD, Arnaud DE GUIBERT, Jean-Philippe BEKAERT
  • Publication number: 20160347243
    Abstract: A mood lamp may include a light source disposed at one side, a light guide panel transmitting and guiding light emitted from the light source to a front side, and a surface member disposed over a front surface of the light guide panel and having apertures for passing the light transmitted and guided by the light guide panel to the front side. The light guide panel may include optic protrusions formed on a rear surface of the light guide panel at locations corresponding to the apertures of the surface member and reflecting the light traveling through the light guide panel to the apertures. The light reflected by the optic protrusions is transmitted through the apertures of the surface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byeong Ho JEONG
  • Publication number: 20160347244
    Abstract: A lighting device mounted on a vehicular interior part includes a light source having a light exit surface, an elongated light guide member having a light entrance surface opposite the light exit surface of the light source and through which light from the light source enters, and a light exit surface through which the light exits, the elongated light guide member including an elongated core member having an end surface that is the light entrance surface, and a cover member covering an outer peripheral surface of the elongated core member, and the lighting device further includes a positioning member positioning the light entrance surface of the elongated light guide member with respect to the light source, and including a contact portion that is in contact with an outer peripheral edge portion of the end surface of the elongated core member and is not in contact with the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi ASADA, Masanori SEKIYA, Naomi OMURA
  • Publication number: 20160347245
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device, in particular in a vehicle, wherein certain areas in the interior (10) of the vehicle, such as center console (20), dashboard (12), and/or side doors (16, 17), are at least partially covered by real wood elements (21 to 26). Illumination means are arranged on the underside of the wood elements (21 to 26) and said wood elements can be used to produce a plurality of differently shaped illuminations (30 to 35) with a defined orientation in the interior (10). The wood elements (21 to 26) have a thickness such that said illumination means are not visible to an occupant when switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Erminia La Vecchia, Carmine La Vecchia
  • Publication number: 20160347246
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display surface that emits light and displays vehicle information, and a second display surface that is placed on the first display surface in an overlapping manner, transmits the light emitted from the first display surface, and on which grooves that form a drawing pattern are created, wherein the grooves with a groove pitch are created so as to prevent diffracted light having visible light range components that is emitted from the first display surface and that is diffracted by the grooves from forming an image in an eye range determined in advance according to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Sunao Fujita
  • Publication number: 20160347247
    Abstract: A vehicle mountable safety light system includes a vehicle with a hitch receiver. A hitch bar is removably extended into the hitch receiver and a post extends upwardly from the hitch bar. A tube with open first and second ends is mounted on the post. A housing is mounted within the tube and is positionable in a stored position within the tube, a left deployed position extending outwardly of the first end of the tube or in a right deployed position extending outwardly of the second end of the tube. The housing has a rearward surface facing away from the vehicle. A plurality of light emitters is mounted in the housing and emits light outwardly of the rearward surface when the light emitters are turned on. The light emitters are spaced along a length of the housing and are turned on when the housing is moved outwardly of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Espey, Gregory Jones
  • Publication number: 20160347248
    Abstract: In location-based geo-feature implementations, messages for conveyance on an industrial vehicle are determined based on a current operating state of the industrial vehicle, information about a zone with expected operating conditions, and the industrial vehicle's location. When the industrial vehicle enters the zone, the current operating state of the industrial vehicle is compared to the expected operating state, which determines the message for display. Further, the current operating state may change the way the message is displayed. In vehicle-based implementations, vehicle data is collected and analyzed to generate messages upon the triggering of predetermined events. The detection of an event can be combined with vehicle position data to create an event record that captures location. Tools are also provided for setting up, managing and using the above capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Lewis H. Manci, Philip W. Swift, Lucas B. Waltz
  • Publication number: 20160347249
    Abstract: A warning control apparatus includes a learning section that learns a collision avoidance timing at which a driver of an own vehicle starts to perform an operation for avoiding collision with a front object based on a distance to this object and a speed of the own vehicle, a threshold setting section that determines whether the driver tends to start a collision avoidance operation early or late based on the learned collision avoidance timing, sets an avoidance warning threshold larger than a basic threshold upon determining that the vehicle driver tends to start the collision avoidance operation early, and sets the avoidance warning threshold smaller than the basic threshold in the contrary case, and a warning control section that causes a warning device to issue a warning at a warning timing set so as to become early as the avoidance warning threshold set by the threshold setting section becomes large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Yukihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160347250
    Abstract: A vehicle system for providing indirect view around a commercial vehicle. The system has a first image capture unit oriented such that an angle of view of the first image capture unit is directed in a first directional component opposite the main driving direction of the vehicle. A second image capture unit is provided having at least one sensor device oriented such that the angle of view of the second image capture unit is directed in a second directional component in the main driving direction of the vehicle. A calculating unit receives image data from at least the second image capture unit and provides information extracted from the received image data to at least one of a vehicle assistance device, an autonomous vehicle guidance device and a display device within the driver's view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Enz, Simon Deffner, Werner Lang
  • Publication number: 20160347251
    Abstract: An image analysis apparatus is applied to an on-vehicle camera that captures an image of a predetermined monitoring region oriented in a predetermined direction referenced to a vehicle, to analyze an image captured by the on-vehicle camera. The image analysis apparatus includes (i) a storage section that stores a feature quantity of a monitoring region image obtained when an image of the monitoring region is captured by the on-vehicle camera, (ii) an extraction section that acquires an image captured by the on-vehicle camera and extracts a feature quantity of the image captured by the on-vehicle camera, and (iii) a notification section that compares the feature quantity of the image captured by the on-vehicle camera against the feature quantity of the monitoring region image to perform determination whether the on-vehicle camera is mounted in an abnormal position, and notifies a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Shusaku Shigemura
  • Publication number: 20160347252
    Abstract: An actuator device for a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes at least one retaining element, at least one adjusting element, at least one driving means, and at least one heat-conducting means. The adjusting element is configured to be transferred into a plurality of functional positions, in particular from a basic position into at least one end position. The driving means includes at least one shape-memory element in the form of a wire, extending between the retaining element and the adjusting element and configured to be secured to both. Extension of the shape-memory element can be modified when electrically energized. The adjusting element can be transferred from one functional position into another functional position by modifying the extension. The heat-conducting means lies in contact with the driving means at least in the end position of the adjusting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Romeo Wieczorek
  • Publication number: 20160347253
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body; a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a step moveable between an extending position and a retracting position, a driving device for moving the step between the extending position and the retracting position, a magnetic member, an emitter, a receiver and a controller. The magnetic member is mounted on one of the vehicle body and the door, and the magnetic induction member is magnetically coupled with the magnetic member so as to generate a signals. The emitter is coupled with the magnetic induction member and configured to emit the signals and the receiver receives the signals from the emitter. The controller is coupled with the driving device and the receiver so as to drive the step to move between the extending position and the retracting position based on the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: T-MAX (HANGZHOU) INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xinfa DU, Xing FAN, Qi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160347254
    Abstract: A rear vehicle assembly having: two side trims intended to laterally bound a trunk, and a tray, movable relative to the side trims between a concealing position and a storage position. The tray comprises at least one first panel, and one second panel linked to the first panel, defining two side edges of the tray. Each side trim defines a guide path for the tray. The tray comprises at least one hinge articulating the first panel to the second panel, such that the side edge of the tray is adapted to cooperate with a respective guide path. And the rear vehicle assembly includes a driving mechanism adapted to drive the tray from the concealing position to the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Xavier BATHELIER, Steve JEUNESSE
  • Publication number: 20160347255
    Abstract: A tonneau cover assembly for a vehicle includes a tonneau cover having flexibility, a tonneau cover winding rod, a screen having flexibility, a screen winding rod, and a case. The tonneau cover winding rod is for rolling up the tonneau cover from the first end that is fixed to the tonneau cover winding rod. The screen winding rod is for rolling up the screen from the first end that is fixed to the screen winding rod. The case holds the tonneau cover, the tonneau cover winding rod, the screen, and the screen winding rod therein. The case includes an opening for releasing and retracting the tonneau cover and the screen. The tonneau cover winding rod is configured to release the tonneau cover at a portion of the tonneau cover winding rod located higher than a portion of the screen winding rod at which the screen winding rod releases the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji FUJII, Seiei HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20160347256
    Abstract: A movable device mounted to the interior of a truck bed. The movable device is generally comprised of at least one housing unit, a track mounting system and at least two tracks. The housing unit is capable of traversing from the front end of the truck bed (proximate the cab of the truck) to the rear end of the truck bed (proximate the tailgate). The current invention includes tracks mounted to the bottom surface of a truck bed. The housing unit of the invention is mounted to those tracks by a track mounting system. By translating the housing unit towards the rear end of the truck, the device is capable of forcing contents contained within the truck bed towards the rear end of the truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Edwin Lambert
  • Publication number: 20160347257
    Abstract: A mount for use with a pair of automobile louver blades includes a base, a coupler extending from the base to be coupled to a portable electronic device and a pair of resiliently flexible prongs extending from the base and spaced to grip a pair of spaced automobile vent louver blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Chad M. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20160347258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camera device (10), particularly as a parking assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle with a drive (50) which is in an operative connection via gear means with a camera (4) which is moveable between a retracted position (1) and a deployed position (2), a carriage (11) which embraces the camera (4) and is moveable together with the camera (4), wherein the gear means are configured in such a way that via a manual actuation from the outside (5) the camera (4) is moveable in a further additional position (3) going beyond the retracted position (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Wolfgang Buss
  • Publication number: 20160347259
    Abstract: A receiver storage device configured to store a hitch receiver device is disclosed. A hinge is configured to mount a bracket within a predetermined position inside the body of a vehicle. This further comprises a bracket having a generally square cross-section configured to securely receive the hitch receiver device, where the bracket comprises a storage assembly positioned on an outer surface of the bracket to receive and store a lug wrench. The bracket comprises a storage assembly positioned on an outer surface of the bracket to receive and store a lug wrench; therefore, the hitch receiver device and the lug wrench are prevented from rolling inside the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Gerald G. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20160347260
    Abstract: A fuse-puller holding structure, in which a fuse puller used for detachment of a fuse is held by a fuse-puller holding object provided in a vehicle, includes: an engagement portion and a rib portion. The rib portion is provided at a position opposite to a predetermined position of the fuse puller across a support such that the rib portion serves as a fulcrum with the engagement portion as a point of load at the time when the predetermined position of the fuse puller is assumed a point of effort, and the rib portion being provided at a position at which a distance between the point of load and the rib portion is not more than a distance between the point of effort and the point of load. The fuse puller is held by the support so as to be distanced from the mounting surface of the fuse-puller holding object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi KURASHINA
  • Publication number: 20160347261
    Abstract: A removable, easily disassembled, truck bed is disclosed which can be installed in place of the rear seats in a Jeep Wrangler® or four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited® type vehicle. In one embodiment, this truck bed is constructed of sheet steel bolted together in various parts to allow for easy shipping and storage. In another embodiment, this truck bed is constructed of molded plastic or fiberglass to allow for water-resistance and light weight. This truck bed converts a Jeep Wrangler®-type vehicle to a small pick-up truck, which would be of use for hauling small loads of bulk or ‘loose fill’ material (sand, dirt, gravel, mulch) for home-owners, landscapers, cottage owners, or anyone who needs to get a small load of bulk material to the rugged locations made possible by the Jeep's off-roading capability. It is easily removable so that when load-hauling is not required it can be removed and the vehicle's rear seats reinstalled for carrying passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Steven R. Howell
  • Publication number: 20160347262
    Abstract: A multi-panel cover includes end panels that connect first and second lateral panels. The lateral panels seat against the tailgate assembly of a truck body and are maintained in position by magnets incorporated into a lateral panel along the edges and between the side panels to form a pocket to collect debris that may otherwise escape through or around the tailgate of the vehicle. A peripheral sealing material such as an elastic cord or hook and loop seal may be positioned around the tailgate gap to augment sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Goldstein, Joseph D. Cassese
  • Publication number: 20160347263
    Abstract: A headlining having a heat shielding function for a vehicle and a manufacturing method for producing the headlining, where a complex layer formed of glass fiber and polypropylene is manufactured among various layers forming the headlining having a multilayered structure, and a hot melt film containing a heat shielding material is further provided on at least one of both surfaces of the complex layer to shield heat by the headlining. In so doing, the headlining is capable of reducing an internal temperature of the vehicle even in the summertime, and thus an operation time of an air conditioner is reduced, and fuel efficiency of the vehicle is increased. The headlining also has a heat shielding function for a vehicle, in which carbon nanotubes as the heat shielding material are used to provide the heat shielding and weight lighting effects and also to simultaneously improve the fuel efficiency of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: DAEHAN SOLUTION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Choong Ho KWON, Jang Seok PARK
  • Publication number: 20160347264
    Abstract: Manufacturing process for vehicle headliners comprising a substrate and at least one decorative lining extending along one of the faces of said substrate, joined to each other through a layer of adhesive, which specifically comprises the union of the decorative lining to the previously shaped substrate using a thermosetting adhesive with a high viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Miguel Ángel Grande Collado, Francisco Javier Merino Rojo
  • Publication number: 20160347265
    Abstract: An interchangeable cover for at least a portion of a vehicle interior lining component comprising a molded base having an interior contour corresponding to an exterior shape of the component to be covered, a plurality of fixing means for mounting the cover over the component, and a facing sheet attached to an exterior surface of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: HWA CHENG TEOH, CHEE KENG SAM, CHEN XIANG WONG
  • Publication number: 20160347266
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to an example of a removable, bumper-like padding that protects the exterior of an automobile from scratches or minor impacts. Example embodiments temporarily engage with the vehicle by a fastening means. The fastening means provides a protuberance with an end stop. The protuberance goes through the padding to engage it with and between the car frame and the closed door, car hatch or car trunk, holding it in place by friction. The hole in the padding can receive the protuberance vertically or horizontally, depending on how the protuberance is directed into the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kyle Edwin Mathis
  • Publication number: 20160347267
    Abstract: A transmission system for avionics application data is disclosed. In one aspect, the system is for transmitting avionics application data between data producing means and data consuming means, the application data being transmitted in the form of data transmission units, each including: at least one portion of an application message, and an additional message containing identification and control information. The additional message includes: an identification sequence including a static part making it possible to identify the application message and its source and a variable part making it possible to distinguish the message in a unique manner, and a control sequence designed to check the integrity of the application message and based on a sequence representing a cyclic redundancy control code of the concatenation of at least one portion of the application message corresponding to said unit, with the identification sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Patrice Georges Paul TOILLON, Vincent Christophe Cédric SOLLIER, Paul Marie BOIVIN-CHAMPEAUX, David José FAURA
  • Publication number: 20160347268
    Abstract: A wire harness includes power source control boxes, electric wires, and connection wires. The power source control boxes are provided to respective sections. The electric wires connect the power source control boxes to power-requiring devices in the respective sections. The connection wires connect the power source control boxes provided to the respective sections to power-generating devices provided in at least one of the sections to perform power generation different from that performed by a regenerative brake while a vehicle is traveling. The power source control boxes supply electrical energy generated by the power-generating devices to the power-requiring devices in the sections in which the respective power source control boxes are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiratori, Hideaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160347269
    Abstract: Electrical system for a vehicle that provides power and communications to vehicular devices includes a (singular) electrical bus having elongate wires, and connector assemblies situated at different locations along the wires. The connector assemblies include a splice housing defining an inlet and outlet for the wires, the wires passing from the inlet to the outlet through the splice housing without being interrupted, and a connector attached to the splice housing. An electrical conduit, such as one or more wires, is attached at one end region to each connector and at an opposite end region to a respective cluster or cluster control unit. Each cluster or cluster control unit is electrically coupled to at least one vehicular device. Power and communications are provided to the vehicular devices by a power source and communications source through the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Intelligent Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Breed, Wendell C. Johnson, Wilbur E. DuVall
  • Publication number: 20160347270
    Abstract: At a front bumper, supporting members that are bodies separate from a bumper RF are assembled to vehicle transverse direction both end portions of the bumper RF, and the supporting members extend from vehicle transverse direction both ends of the bumper RF toward vehicle transverse direction outer sides and a vehicle rear side. Further, the supporting members are disposed adjacent to vehicle rear sides of absorber side portions and pressure tube side portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20160347271
    Abstract: A spatial position of at least one first body part, arranged within a sensing range of a sensing device of the motor vehicle, of a vehicle occupant is sensed with respect to the motor vehicle by the sensing device. An anthropometric data model is provided with data including the dimensions of predetermined body parts of a person and the positioning of the body parts with respect to one another. As a result, a spatial position of at least one second body part of the same vehicle occupant which is arranged outside the sensing range of the sensing device can be determined, taking into consideration the sensed spatial position of the first body part and the anthropometric data model. At least one functional unit of the motor vehicle is actuated taking into consideration the sensed spatial position of the second body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KUEHNE, Ulrich MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20160347272
    Abstract: An airbag of an occupant protection device as fully deployed includes a front panel section deployable in front of the head of an occupant for catching the head when the head moves forward, a left panel section deployable on a left side of the head for catching the head when the head moves towards the left, and a right panel section deployable on a right side of the head for catching the head when the head moves towards the right. The front panel section includes a main panel region that is deployable in such a manner as to be opposed to a front face of the head and an extended panel region that extends downwardly from the main panel region so as to catch at least an upper part of a thorax of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi KATO, Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Yasushi MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20160347273
    Abstract: Webbing guide includes: guide body through which webbing is inserted; front wall that contacts one side face of first opening edge part and second opening edge part; rear wall that contacts another side face of first opening edge part; and claw that contacts another side face of second opening edge part. Connection part connects guide body and rear wall and includes concave part, and leading end of first opening edge part enters into concave part when webbing guide is assembled with member for assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Mikio WATANABE, Ryuji YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160347274
    Abstract: In a webbing retractor device, a compression coil spring is suspended between an engagement frame of a V-gear and an engagement surface of a locking base. As a result of the engagement frame being engaged with from an exposed portion side by the compression coil spring that is being held in a holding groove of the locking base so as to be exposed to the exposed portion side, the compression coil spring is suspended between the V-gear and the locking base. Because of this, the compression coil spring can be easily suspended between the V-gear and the locking base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20160347275
    Abstract: To provide a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt device that can suppress the occurrence of abnormal noise. A seatbelt retractor 1 includes a spool 2 that retracts webbing configured to restrain an occupant, a base frame 3 that houses the spool 2 rotatably, and a lock mechanism 4 that restricts rotation of the spool 2. The lock mechanism 4 includes a locking base 41, a pawl 42, a pawl spring 43, and a lock gear 44. The pawl 42 includes a first restraint portion 42a that restrains movement of the pawl 42 in one rotating direction of the spool 2 while being located inside an outer periphery of the locking base 41, and a second restraint portion 42b that restrains the movement of the pawl 42 in an opposite rotating direction of the spool 2 while the movement is retrained by the first restraint portion 42a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichiro HODATSU
  • Publication number: 20160347276
    Abstract: In a webbing take-up device, a base cartridge receives pressure of gas generated by an MGG, load from a piston that is moved by the pressure of the gas, and reaction force acting on the MGG when gas has been ejected from the MGG. This enables strength retention with respect to the above-described pressure, load, and reaction force to be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Wataru YANAGAWA, Motoki SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160347277
    Abstract: A webbing take-up device includes a spool that takes up webbing worn by an occupant, an input gear that is rotated by rotation force being transmitted, a spool gear that rotates the spool by being rotated, and a second clutch that is provided between the input gear and the spool gear, and that transmits rotation force of the input gear to the spool gear by being rotated by the input gear. The webbing take-up device further includes a sub clutch spring that is provided between the input gear and the second clutch, that transmits rotation force of the input gear to the second clutch when the input gear is rotated toward one side, and that shuts off transmission of rotation force of the input gear to the second clutch when the input gear is rotated toward another side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yuya NAGATA, Takahiro OSAKI, Takuhiro SAITO, Tomonari UMAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20160347278
    Abstract: A child safety assembly includes a housing that may insertably receive a male end of a vehicle seatbelt. A buckle is attached to the housing such that the buckle may engage a female end of the vehicle seatbelt. Thus, the housing is retained between the male end of the vehicle seatbelt and the female end of the vehicle seat belt when the vehicle seatbelt is utilized to restrain a child in the vehicle. A detection unit is positioned within the housing. The detection unit is in communication with the vehicle such that the detection unit detects when the vehicle is turned on and off. The detection issues an audible alarm such that the detection unit prevents a child from being left within the vehicle after the vehicle is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Mack Bibbs, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160347279
    Abstract: An access system for a vehicle may include a controller. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Or the controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request and a vehicle operation signal indicative of a vehicle secure state by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Upon expiration of the predetermined time, the controller may cause the compartment closure to lock. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlatch signal indicative of an unlatch request during the predetermined time by causing the compartment closure to unlatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Arie Groeneveld, Daniel M. King, Steven Skikun, Robert Kern, William Michael Gardner, Steven Erno, Patricia Seashore
  • Publication number: 20160347280
    Abstract: A method for delegating control of a vehicle feature to a wearable electronic device. The method includes the following: wireless pairing the wearable electronic device to at least one of a smart device or a vehicle controller onboard a vehicle; delegating control of the vehicle feature to the wearable electronic device using at least one of the smart device or the vehicle controller such that a wearer of the wearable electronic device can control the vehicle feature using the wearable electronic device; and operating the vehicle feature based on commands generated by the user using the wearable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Laith DAMAN, Kyle GOLSCH
  • Publication number: 20160347281
    Abstract: A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collect, charge and distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). To allow easy and convenient access to empty portable electrical energy storage device compartments within the vehicles, if the vehicle comes within the vicinity of a collection, charging and distribution machine or other authorized external device such as a key fob or other wireless device of a user, an empty portable electrical energy storage device compartment that is closed or locked, is unlocked, unlatched or opened automatically. Also, if the portable electrical energy storage device compartment is in another desired state to have the compartment unlocked, such as having a portable electrical energy storage device in the compartment that has a charge level below a particular threshold, the compartment will likewise be unlocked, unlatched or opened automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Tsung Wu, Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Jui Sheng Huang, Matthew Whiting Taylor, Huang-Cheng Hung
  • Publication number: 20160347282
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a communication module programmed to receive a handoff mode signal from a remote device. A processing device is programmed to receive the handoff mode signal and enable a vehicle handoff mode in response to receiving the handoff mode signal. An input device is programmed to receive a temporary code, and in response, the processing device is programmed to enable the vehicle handoff mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20160347283
    Abstract: The invention relates to an end joining piece (1) for a wiper of a window of a vehicle, comprising at least one flexible support (3) as well as a friction blade (4) which is designed to be applied against the window. The end joining place (1) comprises a receptacle (5) which can receive an end part (28) of the flexible support (3). The end joining piece (1) is provided with at least one means (7) for locking the end part (28) of the flexible support (3) in the engaged position inside the receptacle (5). The locking means (7) comprise an orifice (10) which equips the end joining piece (1) and a stud (8) which is equipped with a finger (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Olivier Jomard, Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton