Patents Issued in January 3, 2017
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Patent number: 9533556Abstract: A sealing element includes a molded part including a tubular segment having a wall, a slit extending in the wall in a longitudinal direction of the tubular segment and recesses formed on the first longitudinal edge of the slit. The sealing element further includes tabs that keep the slit from gaping apart after unmolding the molded part.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: CQLT SaarGummi Technologies S.à.r.l.Inventors: Suleyman Samanci, Thomas Roeder
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Patent number: 9533557Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel rooftop shading system for recreational vehicles (RVs) and a method of installing the same. The shading system comprises a sheet of material generally sized to cover the roof of an RV. The sheet is supported over the roof with support rods which extend across the width of the roof and maintain a curved shape of the sheet. The sheet is secured to the RV by two strap systems which extend from the front end and rear end of the sheet. This system allows the sheet to be secured to and elevated from the roof of the RV providing space and producing shade to the rooftop of the trailer body or RV.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventors: Robert Joseph Staudt, Brian Joseph Staudt
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Patent number: 9533558Abstract: The present invention generally relates to automatically deployed and retracted car cover systems. Specifically an interconnected framework of arms and springs has a retraction wire wrapped around a spool with a motor attached. When the motor releases the retraction wire in a controlled manner, the springs cause the interconnected framework to extend over the top of a vehicle. A flexible shell is attached to the framework and covers the vehicle as the interconnected framework is extended. The cover is retracted by the motor winding the retraction wire back onto the spool pulling the interconnected framework back to a housing dock.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventor: Ted Justin Suh
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Patent number: 9533559Abstract: To heighten the rigidity of a torque rod at the time of compression. A rod section 12, a second ring section 16 and a main body portion 18 are integrally formed of resin. The rod section 12 is provided with a pair of intermediate ribs 44 which extends in parallel in the direction of a center axis CO. A center groove 45 is formed between the intermediate ribs 44. Front end portions 44a of the intermediate ribs 44 located on a first ring section 14 side spread apart in the direction away from each other. A connecting rib 46 provided in a front end portion 45a of the center groove 45 provides a connection between the front end portions 44a. With this construction, even if a compression load is imposed on the front end portions 44a in the direction to forcibly spread these end portions apart, this is suppressed by the connecting rib 46. The connecting rib 46 is arranged in the vicinity of the first ring section 14 whereby effective reinforcement can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takatoshi Inatomi
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Patent number: 9533560Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane, particularly a crawler crane, whereby at least two different drive units can be alternately connected with the crane. The invention is additionally directed at corresponding drive units.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbHInventor: Hans-Dieter Willim
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Patent number: 9533561Abstract: A power transmission device includes a transmission mechanism configured to transmit power generated by an electric motor to an output shaft, to which power generated by an internal combustion engine is transmitted, via engaging sections of a plurality of rotating members, and the transmission mechanism has a play to the engaging sections along a rotating direction, the play being larger than a relative displacement amount between the rotating member on the internal combustion engine side and the rotating member on the electric motor side when a rotation variation phase difference between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is maximum. Therefore, there can be provided the power transmission device capable of suppressing an occurrence of noise.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kiyohito Murata
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Patent number: 9533562Abstract: A drive device for a change-speed transmission for motor vehicles, has at least one transmission input shaft, at least one axially parallel output shaft, having a plurality of gearwheel sets which are arranged on the shafts with fixed gearwheels and idler gears which can be switched via synchronizer clutches in order to form forward gears, and having at least one separating clutch. A planetary transmission which can be switched over into two transmission stages is connected upstream of the gearwheel sets of the forward gears, which planetary transmission has a driven input element, an output element which outputs to the input shaft, and a transmission element which can be braked or coupled in order to switch over the transmission stages, wherein the transmission element can be coupled to an electric machine, by means of which the transmission element can be fixed or can be driven in both rotational directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Johann Märkl, Axel Heitmann
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Patent number: 9533563Abstract: A reduction gear includes a shaft that has a gear portion and a ring gear that is mounted on the shaft at a position away from the gear portion. The shaft has at the position in the outer periphery thereof a plurality of stepped first teeth arranged along the circumferential direction of the shaft. Each first tooth has a lower portion and a higher portion that is higher than and contiguous to the lower portion in the axial direction of the shaft, and the higher portion having a step surface that is contiguous to the lower portion. The ring gear has in the inner periphery thereof a plurality of second teeth arranged along the inner circumference of the ring gear, and the second teeth are fitted to grooves between the first teeth through splines. The second teeth are set in contact with the step surfaces of the first teeth.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Takashi Ogiwara
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Patent number: 9533564Abstract: A grille apparatus for a vehicle includes a first cover arranged at an opening portion of a front grille, a second cover arranged at the opening portion of the front grille, and a drive mechanism changing a relative position of the first cover and the second cover in response to a driving force of a drive source, in which the drive mechanism changes an opening amount of the front grille by performing an opening operation moving the second cover to a rear of the first cover, and by performing a closing operation returning the second cover to a fully-closed position, the fully-closed position before moving the second cover to the rear of the first cover while maintaining the first cover and the second cover within the opening portion of the front grille.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshimasa Asano, Hideki Kawabata, Yasuaki Nishio, Shuhei Uchida
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Patent number: 9533565Abstract: An active grille shutter assembly includes a frame adapted to be connected to a portion of a vehicle and forming at least one opening therein and a plurality of shutters disposed in and extending across the at least one opening and being pivotally connected to the frame. The active grille shutter assembly also includes at least one linkage connected to the shutters and an actuator supported by the frame and being connected to one of the shutters to move the at least one linkage to open and close the shutters as a unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Montaplast of North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Elliott, Sascha Klausen, Andrew Kowalski
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Patent number: 9533566Abstract: A method of controlling an active air flap, includes detecting a location of a vehicle from a GPS signal received through a GPS receiver, and acquiring a road surface gradient of a road on which the vehicle travels from location information of the vehicle and map information stored in a data storage, by a controller, determining an opening degree setting value corresponding to the road surface gradient of the road, by the controller, outputting a control signal for controlling an opening degree of an air flap according to a setting value, by the controller, and controlling the opening degree of the air flap by operating an actuator according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Seung Ho Choi
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Patent number: 9533567Abstract: The rear wall portion has a curved portion curved in an approximately arc shape in top plan view to serve as a right or left end thereof. An engine is provided on the upper frame at a position in front of the rear wall portion in such a manner that an interspace is formed between the engine and the curved portion. An exhaust aftertreatment device is provided in front of the rear wall portion while being superposed over the interspace. The exhaust aftertreatment device comprises a first treatment section and a second treatment section. The first treatment section and the second treatment section are supported over the upper frame in a posture where respective longitudinal directions of the first and second treatment sections are oriented parallel to each other in top plan view and along the curved portion in top plan view.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro Ueta, Masakazu Ozaki, Takayuki Maeda, Michio Hirayama
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Patent number: 9533568Abstract: An improved, secure, anti-siphoning method and apparatus that can be fitted into any size fuel tank. The present invention includes a re-configured fuel cap that includes an electronic display, a touchpad for numerically inputting a security code for allowing a user to unscrew the fuel cap. In addition, a biometric reader is implemented to read a user's thumb print, and subsequently allowing the user to access the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventors: George Anthony Harvey, Isaak Raage Jama
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Patent number: 9533569Abstract: A refuse vehicle has a tailgate. The tailgate has a framework to secure CNG tanks. A cover overlays the frame work to provide an aesthetic appearance to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventor: Bobby Ray McKinney
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Patent number: 9533570Abstract: An electric vehicle according to the present invention includes: an electric motor configured to generate driving force to rotate left and right driving wheels; a battery as a power supply for the electric motor; an inverter configured to supply AC power to the electric motor; a differential device arranged between the left and right driving wheels; and a driving power transmission configured to transmit the driving force, generated by the electric motor, to the differential device. The differential device, the driving power transmission, and the electric motor are lined up linearly in a vehicle width direction. The electric motor is located at a first vehicle width direction side of a vehicle width center of the vehicle. The inverter is located at the first vehicle width direction side of the vehicle width center of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshimoto Matsuda, Takuma Nozaki
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Patent number: 9533571Abstract: A finger-operated lever device to be installed on a handlebar of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) or other applicable vehicle, for actuating a cable to cause acceleration of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle. The lever device includes a housing, an internal first lever assembly connectable to the cable, and an external second lever assembly. The external lever assembly and the internal lever assembly are connected so that user operation of the external lever assembly causes the internal lever assembly to rotate. The external lever assembly is divided into two portions, a support member and an extension member. The extension member can be adjusted at different angles to the support member, allowing the user to set the angle of the lever to most comfortably fit to his or her riding posture.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventor: Robert Istvan Urmosi
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Patent number: 9533572Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes a detector to detect an opening degree of an accelerator, a controller to adjust a reaction force of the accelerator, wherein the controller is configured to increase the reaction force of the accelerator when the accelerator opening degree exceeds a threshold value, a first threshold value corresponding to a first vehicle driving force, and a second threshold value corresponding to a second vehicle driving force that is larger than the first vehicle deriving force, wherein the first threshold value is higher than the second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeyuki Sakaguchi, Masao Shiomi, Kenichi Tamura
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Patent number: 9533573Abstract: Provided is a method of driving a vehicle including: monitoring a power status of the vehicle; and if, during the monitoring the power status of the vehicle, a power failure is detected and a first acceleration command is received, controlling the vehicle to travel at a first speed corresponding to the first acceleration command.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee Seo Chae, Sung Eun Park
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Patent number: 9533574Abstract: Disclosed is a speed control system for a curved road section, which includes: a wireless communication module that supports communication with road-side units and receives road information from the road-side units for a plurality of points on a curved road adjacent to the road-side units; an allowable speed calculation unit that calculates maximum allowable speeds that are the highest speeds at which a vehicle is driven, for the plurality of points, using the road information; an optimum speed calculation unit that calculates an optimum speed in an acceleration and deceleration range that is set in consideration of a predetermined acceleration and deceleration limit of the vehicle; and a control module that displays the optimum speed calculated by the optimum speed calculation unit to the outside, or provides the calculated optimum speed to another control system in the vehicle such that the speed of the vehicle is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Man Bok Park, Sang Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9533575Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of water level sensors, for example comprising capacitive or resistive sensors, from the outputs of which can be determined vehicle orientation when wading. In conjunction with a vehicle orientation sensor, the outputs from any one water level sensor permits calculation of water depth at any point on the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover LimitedInventors: Thuy-Yung Tran, Edward Hoare, Nigel Clarke
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Patent number: 9533576Abstract: A user equipment includes a positioning unit which is configured to determine a relative position of the user equipment within a reference coordinate system that is defined with respect to a vehicle. The user equipment further includes a processor configured to selectively enable or disable a user access to at least some features of in-vehicle entertainment and/or control based on the determined relative position.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBHInventor: Peter Kalbus
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Patent number: 9533577Abstract: An operator controls a combination instrument of a vehicle where the combination instrument has a display device for displaying a piece of information. Also in the vehicle are a bracket for detachably holding a mobile electronic apparatus, an interface for transmitting signals to the mobile electronic apparatus and for identifying whether there is a mobile electronic apparatus in the bracket, and an operator control device for operator control of the mobile electronic apparatus. Additionally, a processing device is set up to automatically process operator control inputs on the operator control device for operator control of the combination instrument according to whether a mobile electronic apparatus is in the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Tahar Bouaziz
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Patent number: 9533578Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a processor performing a process necessary for a charging control based on a pilot signal, an input circuit disposed in a stage preceding an input port of the processor, and a pseudo-signal supply circuit supplying a pseudo-pilot signal to a pilot signal line under the control of the processor, and the processor performs a malfunction diagnosis for the input circuit based on a signal state of the input port when controlling the pseudo-signal supply circuit to supply the pseudo-pilot signal to the pilot signal line.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuzuru Takashima, Masaki Tanno, Takeshi Yamada, Haruki Umeya, Shinichi Daibo
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Patent number: 9533579Abstract: An electronic control apparatus controls am electrically-driven vehicle, which has no engine but has only a motor supplied with electric power from an electric power supply source. The electronic control apparatus has a self-diagnosis function for storing an abnormality code corresponding to a diagnosis object when abnormality of the diagnosis object is detected. The electronic control apparatus checks whether the motor and the electric power supply source are operating normally when a power control switch is turned on under a state that the abnormality code is stored in a memory. The electronic control apparatus checks whether abnormality is detected again in the diagnosis object, the abnormality code of which has already been stored, when the motor and the electric power supply source are operating normally. The electronic control unit erases the abnormality code when no abnormality is detected again.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Syunsuke Nomura
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Patent number: 9533580Abstract: Provided are a power converter for a vehicle generator-motor and a method for controlling a vehicle generator-motor, which is used for a field winding type vehicle generator-motor configured to perform control in accordance with an external operating command in which a power converter is connected to a rotating electrical machine including a field winding and an armature winding. When the generator-motor shifts from a driving state to another operating mode, a method of stopping a driving mode is switched in accordance with an operating mode to be shifted, to thereby shift the operating mode promptly without generating an unintended power generation, an excess power generation, and an excess torque fluctuation.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsunori Tabata, Masato Mori, Kenichi Akita
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Patent number: 9533581Abstract: A method for determining an amount of regenerative braking includes: determining a possible amount of regenerative braking at a time of braking a vehicle; distributing a first amount of regenerative braking up to the possible amount of regenerative braking as the amount of regenerative braking; distributing a second amount of regenerative braking remaining from the possible amount of regenerative braking as an amount of hydraulic braking; and performing, first, regenerative braking by issuing a motor torque instruction according to the possible amount of regenerative braking and, second, friction braking using the amount of hydraulic braking.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jee Wook Huh, Sang Joon Kim, Gwang Il Du, Teh Hwan Cho, Woo Suk Choi, Kyoung Cheol Oh
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Patent number: 9533582Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one electromotor for driving the vehicle, an actuator for controlling the supply of electric power to the electromotor, and a power system for providing electric power to the electromotor. The power system includes an energy storage, an energy meter for measuring the energy condition of the energy storage, a power generator for generating electric power, and a computer system. The energy storage supplies power to the electromotor. The power generator supplies energy to the energy storage. The computer system controls the power supplied by the power generator so that the energy storage is able to provide the electromotor with the power the electromotor needs for driving the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: E-TRACTION EUROPE B.V.Inventor: Adrianus Johannes Heinen
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Patent number: 9533583Abstract: A charging apparatus (10) for charging a vehicle battery has a charging socket arrangement (12, 112) with a charging socket (15, 115) designed to receive a charging plug connected to a charging cable, and an adapter device (18, 118) for receiving the charging socket (15, 115). The charging apparatus 10 also has a charging cradle (22) for sealing off the charging socket (15, 115) from a body of the motor vehicle, and a reinforcing element (25) designed to receive the charging socket arrangement (12, 112).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Wilfried Eberle
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Patent number: 9533584Abstract: A power supply degradation determination apparatus which is mounted to the vehicle includes a controller and a DC-DC converter that control execution of a charge phase in which a capacitor capable of accumulating regenerative energy of the vehicle is charged and execution of a discharge phase in which the capacitor is discharged. The controller detects the internal resistance of the capacitor using the difference between the terminal voltage and the open circuit voltage of the capacitor during the execution of the discharge phase and the discharge current thereof, determines whether the internal resistance is a predetermined value or more, and delays the execution start of the discharge phase for a predetermined time when the internal resistance is determined to be the predetermined value or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Tomofumi Abe, Kenichi Ishida, Kazuyuki Kubo
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Patent number: 9533585Abstract: A vehicle includes: an electric storage device; a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the electric storage device; a second temperature sensor configured to detect an environmental temperature; a heater configured to warm the electric storage device; and a controller configured to control the heater. The controller is configured to: when end time of the external charging is set, calculate a remaining time period from current time to the end time; identify a temperature increasing time period that corresponds to the calculated remaining time period, the temperature of the electric storage device, and the environmental temperature by using a corresponding relationship among the remaining time period, the temperature of the electric storage device, the environmental temperature, and the temperature increasing time period; and start driving the heater such that the temperature of the electric storage device at the end time reaches the target temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Murata, Yusuke Kuruma
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Patent number: 9533586Abstract: A lock device includes an inlet arranged in a vehicle and having an inlet housing into which a charge cable is insertable. A lock mechanism is capable of locking the charge cable to the inlet. The lock device includes a lock mechanism attachment portion arranged in the inlet housing and enabling attachment of the lock mechanism to the inlet housing. The lock device may be located on an outer surface of the inlet housing and may include a movable lock pin that serves to retain a lock arm of the charge cable and may also be used to retain a lid for closing the inlet. With this system the inlet housing and lock mechanism form a single unit for ease of assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Keiji Kahara, Naoto Kurumizawa, Toshiharu Katagiri, Hiroaki Yuasa, Eiji Kitano
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Patent number: 9533587Abstract: Charging device for the automatic establishment and disconnection of a charging connection for a plug-in vehicle, whereby the charging device of the plug-in vehicle includes a charging electrical unit, a charging station with a charging cable to charge an energy storage unit of the vehicle through a cable-based charging connection. The charging electrical unit comprises a socket and the charging cable a plug. The charging device is designed such that that the socket has one or more insertion funnels, the plug has one or more guide pins, wherein each guide pin is allocated to a specific funnel. Information is exchangeable between the charging station and the charging electrical unit once the charging connection is established. Information between the charging station and the vehicle is exchangeable if the charging connection is not established.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Josef Krammer
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Patent number: 9533588Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a battery, a charging lid, a vehicle-side charging connector, a contactor, a contactor welding detector, a DC inlet cover, a DC lock mechanism, and a lock controller. The battery is to be charged with power supplied from an external power supply. The vehicle-side charging connector is disposed inside a position of the charging lid in the electric vehicle and includes an AC inlet for AC charging and a DC inlet for DC charging. The contactor is provided on a power line connecting the DC inlet to the battery. The contactor welding detector is configured to detect welding of the contactor. The DC inlet cover covers the DC inlet without covering the AC inlet in a state where the DC inlet cover is in a closed state. The DC lock mechanism locks the DC inlet cover in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hakaru Sadano, Hiroyuki Kanazawa
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Patent number: 9533589Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a wireless power receiver apparatus includes a coil configured to wirelessly receive power via a magnetic field generated by a transmitter. The wireless power receiver apparatus can include a housing that includes a first volume configured to house the coil. The housing can also include a second volume configured to house electronic components. The second volume can be bound by a horizontal shielding member along a first portion of the second volume. The horizontal shielding member can define a horizontal shielding member plane substantially parallel to a plane defined by the coil. The second volume can also be bounded by a vertical shielding member along a second portion of the second volume. The vertical shielding member can define a vertical shielding member plane substantially orthogonal to the plane defined by the coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alberto Garcia Briz, Grzegorz Ombach, Milenko Stamenic, Edward Van Boheemen, Stefan Raabe, Michael Werner
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Patent number: 9533590Abstract: Dynamic wireless charging systems may involve coordinating multiple charging base pads to provide coordinated, continuous power transfers to a moving receiver along the distance in which the dynamic wireless charging system is installed. These dynamic systems may require a large number of coils (base pads) which may be components in base array networks (BAN modules). The BAN modules may provide for simplified installation and system design wherein the BAN modules may be preassembled and self-contained, drop-in-place units. The layout and design of the BAN modules may be such that they may contain charging base pads, local controllers, distribution circuitry, and switching controls. The sizing of the BAN modules may dramatically affect the usability and practicality of such dynamic systems. The sizing of the BAN modules may be dependent upon the pitch between vehicle pads on electric vehicles and base pad pitch within the BAN modules.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Nicholas Athol Keeling, Chang-Yu Huang, Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Mickel Bipin Budhia, Jonathan Beaver
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Patent number: 9533591Abstract: Contact charging is performed using a charging inlet and a charger, and non-contact charging is performed using a power transmission unit and a power reception unit. An ECU controls charging power by the contact charging and charging power by the non-contact charging such that the sum of the charging power by the contact charging and the charging power by the non-contact charging does not exceed a predetermined limitation. When the sum of electric power receivable by the contact charging and electric power receivable by the non-contact charging exceeds the predetermined limitation, the ECU controls the charging power by the contact charging and the charging power by the non-contact charging to limit one of the contact charging and the non-contact charging which is less efficient.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9533592Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle is provided with a vehicle body having a bottom surface, a battery disposed inside the vehicle body, a power receiving device configured to receive electrical power in a non-contact manner from a power transmission coil of a power transmission device disposed outside the vehicle body when facing the power transmission coil, and an electrical apparatus electrically connected to the power receiving device and the battery for supplying power received from the power receiving device to the battery. The power receiving device includes a power receiving coil disposed on the bottom surface of the vehicle body, and a capacitor disposed inside the vehicle body and electrically connected to the power receiving coil and the electrical apparatus. Thereby, the impact of heat on the capacitor included in the power receiving device can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Kamikihara, Hiroaki Yuasa
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Patent number: 9533593Abstract: Provided is a charger for an electric vehicle. The charger for an electric vehicle includes a light emitting unit displaying charging operation information of the charger, a communication unit performing near-field wireless communication with an external device, a guide guiding visible light of the light emitting unit, and a control unit controlling operations of the light emitting unit and the communication unit. The guide includes a reflective layer surrounding a portion of the outside of the guide to reflect the visible light toward the inside of the guide.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Jun Im, Seung Woo Choi
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Patent number: 9533594Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising: a communication unit which is connected to the charger/discharger and exchanges information with the charger/discharger; an input unit receiving various types of information; a storage unit which uses the information acquired through the input unit and the communication unit to store: a vehicle ID identifying the vehicle; a charger/discharger ID identifying the charger/discharger which can be connected to the vehicle; and history information indicating a history of charges and discharges for the vehicle, which are related to one another; and a presentation unit presenting to a user of the vehicle, the history information stored in the storage unit in relation to a pair of the vehicle ID and the charger/discharger which charges/discharges the vehicle and is identified by the charger/discharger ID.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruka Nakasone, Akira Baba, Hitoshi Nomura, Yasuhiro Yanagi
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Patent number: 9533595Abstract: In a battery system for a vehicle, a lead battery is connected in parallel to a sub-battery, and a charging resistance r2 of the sub-battery 2 is lower than a charging resistance r1 of the lead battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Sakatani, Hiromasa Sugii, Makoto Ochi, Ryuuji Kawase
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Patent number: 9533596Abstract: A vehicle has a display interface and at least one processor that prompts a user via the display interface to construct a rule specifying circumstances in which the vehicle is to be operated in electric mode using a set of operating/environmental parameters such that the rule includes user specified logic. In response to and while sensed operating/environmental parameters satisfy the rule, the vehicle is operated in electric mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller
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Patent number: 9533597Abstract: A vehicle may include battery cells of a battery and at least one controller configured to control the vehicle based on a state observation associated with the battery according to battery model parameters for the cells received from a computing device external to the vehicle and responsive to measurements relating to a battery model of the cells sent to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yonghua Li, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Fazal Urrahman Syed
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Patent number: 9533598Abstract: A battery management system includes at least one controller programmed to, in response to a battery current becoming approximately zero, output an open-circuit voltage based on a sequence of battery terminal voltages measured during a time interval in which the battery current remains approximately zero and while a charge polarization voltage is decreasing. The open-circuit voltage may be further based on a non-linear regression of the sequence of battery terminal voltages. The non-linear regression may minimize a mean-squared error between the battery terminal voltages and corresponding battery terminal voltage estimates. The at least one controller may command the battery current to zero for the time interval. The battery management system may be included in a vehicle with a traction battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Tae-Kyung Lee
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Patent number: 9533599Abstract: A portable electric vehicle support equipment (EVSE) unit is formed as a cord of plural insulated conductors and a flexible outer sheath enclosing said plural insulated conductors. The cord includes an EVSE docking connector on a docking end of the cord and a utility plug on a utility end of the cord, said cord being divided into a docking section terminated at said docking connector and a utility section terminated at said utility connector. The cord further includes an in-line EVSE controller and a housing enclosing said controller, said housing sealed with said flexible outer sheath and disposed at an intermediate section of said cord between said docking and utility sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: David Paul Soden, Albert Joseph Flack, Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, Larry Hayashigawa, Brendan Francis O'Donnell, Francis Patrick Wong, Robert Barrosa
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Patent number: 9533600Abstract: A method and device for improving a structurally integrated propulsion battery system with a battery, a tray for accommodating the battery, with lower and upper internal structural cross beams coupled to the tray, and a liquid cooling plate located between the upper internal structural cross beam and the lower internal structural cross beam.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Leo F. Schwab, Tao Wang, Phillip D. Hamelin
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Patent number: 9533601Abstract: In a control apparatus, a filter processor filters target torque for a rotary electric machine to suppress a vibrational frequency component of a drivetrain using a filter having a frequency transfer characteristic. A controller performs drive control of the rotary electric machine according to the filtered target torque. A parameter calculator calculates, according to a running condition of the vehicle, a parameter associated with a request value for responsivity of output torque of the rotary electric machine with respect to the target torque. A variable setter variably sets the frequency transfer characteristic of the filter to decrease a degree of attenuation of the vibrational frequency component with an increase of the request value for responsivity of the actual output torque. A limiter limits a rate of change of the degree of attenuation to suppress vibrations of the drivetrain.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Syo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9533602Abstract: An electronic control device on a vehicle having a shift transmission operable by a driver includes: a battery; a motor generator; and a three-phase inverter executing an electricity conversion between the battery and the motor generator bi-directionally; a detector detecting a shift down operation; an obtaining device obtaining a negative torque corresponding to the shift down operation; a determination device determining whether the battery is chargeable; and a controller controlling the three-phase inverter to generate the negative torque at the motor generator. When the detector detects the shift down operation, and the determination device determines that the battery is not chargeable, the controller outputs a switching signal to all of three upper arms or all of three lower arms to turn on simultaneously, and outputs a shutdown signal to all of three upper arms or all of three lower arms with executing a PWM control of the shutdown signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hirotaka Ito
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Patent number: 9533603Abstract: A B-surface seat occupancy sensor unit (10) comprises a support plate (12) having a top surface (20) and a bottom surface, a plurality of spacer elements (14), which define an upper surface (18) of the unit. The top surface of the support plate is arranged recessed the upper surface. A first foam pad (22) is disposed between the spacer elements on the support plate. A recess (24) formed in the top surface of the support plate, underneath the first foam pad, accommodates a second foam pad (23) carrying a pressure-responsive membrane switch (26). The recess has a depth exceeding the total height of the pressure-responsive membrane switch and the second foam pad. The pressure-sensitive membrane switch projects laterally beyond opposite edges of the second foam pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.Inventors: Markus Kordel, Dietmar Jungen, Konstantin Weires, Manuel Wampach
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Patent number: 9533604Abstract: A seat slide device is fixed to the floor of a vehicle and includes lower rails, each of which includes a front range and a rear range and extends forward and backward, and an upper rail supporting a movable seat and capable of moving over the lower rails. The seat slide device also includes a lock portion, a stopper, and a stopper-releasing operating portion. The lock portion selectively restricts movement of the upper rail on the lower rails at a plurality of positions. The lock portion is provided to the upper rail. The stopper stops movement of the upper rail before the upper rail advances from either one of the front range and the rear range, past this range, to the other range. The stopper-releasing operating portion enables movement of the upper rail when the upper rail has been stopped by the stopper.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shirou Nakashima, Manabu Handa, Takahiro Sugama, Hideki Fujisawa, Sho Kume, Tsutomu Oya
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Patent number: 9533605Abstract: In a vehicle side airbag device, when inflator operates, gas is supplied to left and right chambers of rear bag portion, and gas is supplied from communication opening through between a left and right side partitioning portions directly into a front bag portion. When inflation and expansion of the chambers are completed, the left and ride side partitioning portions are pushed against one another by internal pressures of the chambers, and the communication opening is closed-off. A valley, that is recessed toward a vehicle rear side, is formed at a front surface of the rear bag portion. At a time when the rear bag portion interferes with a vehicle occupant who is at an improper position, this valley is expanded due to the left and right chambers moving apart from one another in a vehicle left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yusuke Fujiwara