Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
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Publication number: 20170008359Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a control arm having a control arm portion and a cantilever spring portion fixed to the control arm portion. A retainer spaced from the control arm connects the cantilever spring portion to a vehicle subframe. The control arm portion may be made at least partly of fiber-reinforced plastic and having a wheel connecting point for a wheel carrier and at least one superstructure connecting point for a vehicle superstructure, for mounting pivotally about a pivot axis S. The spring portion may also be made at least partly from fiber-reinforced plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Publication number: 20170008360Abstract: An apparatus for toe and/or camber adjustment for a running gear of a motor vehicle, having a tie rod and/or a link which can be fastened at one side to a bearing fixed with respect to the car body and at the other side by a bearing can be fastened to the wheel carrier of a wheel of the motor vehicle, wherein one bearing has an adjustment element which is in the form of an eccentric and which has an eccentric shaft, which eccentric shaft can be adjusted by an adjustment drive and is assigned safety bearings arranged on both sides of the eccentric.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Manfred Kraus, Harald Hochmuth, Jochen Rosenfeld, Hartmut Krehmer, Simon Mersmann
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Publication number: 20170008361Abstract: A chassis arrangement (10), in particular for utility vehicles (1), with at least one axle (3) that extends transverse to the travel direction and carries wheels (4). Movement of the axle (3) is damped by vibration dampers (11) provided with end sections (15), and with at least one stabilizer assembly (12) that has two longitudinally extending sections (13) and a transverse section (14) that connects the longitudinally extending sections. An end section (15) of the vibration damper (11) is held directly on and is connected to the stabilizer assembly (12) on an extension (16, 17) of the transversely orientated section (14) beyond the longitudinal section (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Friedhelm LANGHORST, Jens EISMANN, Eike HELM, Manfred BUHL, Albertus Clemens Maria VAN DER KNAAP, Victor RAUE, Jasper Joshua BACKX
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Publication number: 20170008362Abstract: A strut-type suspension device includes an upper support; a shock absorber that is supported by the upper support; a coil spring that is arranged surrounding the shock absorber, between an upper spring seat and a lower spring seat; and a bearing that is arranged between the upper spring seat and the upper support. The upper support includes a mounting portion that has a support surface for supporting the bearing. The support surface is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to a shock absorber axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao MURAKAMI, Yuji HOMMA, Naoya ASAOKA
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Publication number: 20170008363Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Christopher Paul COX, Philip TSIARAS, Mark LARSON, Mario GALASSO, Matt McLellan
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Publication number: 20170008364Abstract: A vehicle shock absorber system configured with more than one pressure cylinder that provides advantageous damping characteristics for different loads. There is provided a vehicle shock absorber system having a primary pressure cylinder including upper and lower primary chambers separated by a primary piston head, an auxiliary pressure cylinder including upper and lower auxiliary chambers separated by an auxiliary piston head, a first connection conduit connecting the upper primary chamber and the upper auxiliary chamber, a second connection conduit connecting the lower primary chamber and the lower auxiliary chamber, and a cylinder valve arrangement configured to regulate fluid flow to the auxiliary pressure cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: REGO VEHICLES LTD.Inventors: Ami KAMIL, Izik MINI
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Publication number: 20170008365Abstract: A stabilizer bushing includes a holding hole, a vehicle-body facing surface, an outer surface having a U-shape, and at least one separation surface extending from an inner circumferential surface of the holding hole to the outer surface. Each of the at least one separation surface has a pressing force generating surface located nearer to the vehicle-body facing surface than a particular plane in a state in which the stabilizer bushing is mounted on a vehicle-body-side mount surface of a vehicle-body-side component. The particular plane has a central axis of the holding hole and is parallel with the vehicle-body-side mount surface. The pressing force generating surface has a holding-hole-side end portion and an outer-surface-side end portion. The pressing force generating surface is inclined so as to be farther from the vehicle-body-side mount surface at the outer-surface-side end portion than at the holding-hole-side end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro TSUKAMOTO, Toru NEICHI, Satoshi UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20170008366Abstract: A stabilizer (105) for the anti-roll stabilization of a vehicle (100). The stabilizer (105) has a first stabilizer element (110) and a second stabilizer element (115). The first stabilizer element (110) is, or can be, coupled to a first wheel suspension element (120) of the vehicle (100) and the second stabilizer element (115) is, or can be, coupled to a second wheel suspension element (125) of the vehicle (100). Furthermore, the stabilizer (105) is provided with an electric motor (135) designed to rotate the first stabilizer element (110), relative to the second stabilizer element (115) in response to a control signal, so as to decouple the first wheel suspension element (120) from the second wheel suspension element (125). In this case the control signal represents a signal determined on the basis of a field-orientated control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Andreas FÜSSL, Roman FREI, Joachim ENGEL, Notker AMANN, Mesut ER, Ulrich MAIR
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Publication number: 20170008367Abstract: There is provided a hybrid type heating system capable of heating air and water together. As an embodiment, the present invention provides a technology of carrying out heating not using a battery in an electric vehicle, a technology of heating a battery so that performance of the battery does not decrease under a low outdoor temperature condition, and a technology of carrying out heating with not decreasing driving distance of the electric vehicle or increasing the driving distance of the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Chong Pyo CHO, Young Dug PYO, Young Jun CHO, Jin Young JANG, Wook Hyun LEE, Young Jin SHIN, Gang Chul KIM, Oh Seuk KWON
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Publication number: 20170008368Abstract: A blower has a centrifugal multi-blade fan that has blades around a rotation axis and a casing that houses the centrifugal multi-blade fan. The centrifugal multi-blade fan satisfies a relation of d1/h1?5, in which d1 is a diameter of a part having the blades, and h1 is a height of the blades in an axial direction of the rotation axis. A part of the casing on one side in an axial direction of the centrifugal multi-blade fan has an air suction port. A part of the casing on the radial outer side of the centrifugal multi-blade fan has an air passage through which air blown from the centrifugal multi-blade fan flows. The casing has an enlargement portion that enlarges the air passage on at least one of the one side and an other side in the axial direction as the casing extends toward the radial outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Yuusuke TANAKA, Yasuhiko NIIMI, Masafumi KAWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20170008369Abstract: An air conditioning system for a driver's seat may include an eva-core and a blower; ducts extended to supply cold air blown by the blower to respective parts of a driver's seat; a thermoelectric element cooperatively controlled with an air conditioner of a vehicle, in which coolant water passes through a heat absorbing surface, so that the coolant water cooled by heat exchange is supplied to the driver's seat through a duct after air supplied by the blower is cooled in a heat exchange unit, and a heat emitting surface is in contact with a radiator to emit heat and generate cold air; and a distributor configured to selectively supply the cold air generated by the thermoelectric element to the respective parts of the driver's seat through the ducts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Sang Jun Kim
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Publication number: 20170008370Abstract: A plurality of coolant piping lines are connected via valve, body flange members, which include respective recesses which are notched toward respective piping line insertion holes into which respective coolant piping lines are inserted, projections which are projected from respective recesses, and screw insertion holes which are arranged on a respective projection or recess, recesses and projections being combined with one other to make continuous screw insertion holes into which a fixing screw is inserted to fix the flange members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar SARLInventor: Ken Hiraoka
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Publication number: 20170008371Abstract: A motor vehicle ventilation apparatus is provided including a distributor housing having at least two air ducts leading from the distributor housing. Through these two outgoing air ducts, an air mass flow that is fed to the housing or produced inside the housing is able to be distributed to at least two air outlets arranged at a distance from one another in an interior space of a motor vehicle. The air ducts leading from the distributor housing are each in flow communication with at least one of the air outlets. In addition, at least one servo unit is movable by a drive unit arranged adjacent to at least one of the air ducts in the distributor housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Gregor REICHEL
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Publication number: 20170008372Abstract: An air-blowing device has a wall portion, a duct, and a guide wall. The wall portion is provided with a blowing outlet having an opening periphery extending in one direction. The duct has a first wall and a second wall facing the first wall and therein provides an air passage communicating with the blowing outlet. The guide wall curves from the first wall to be away from the second wall and is connected with an edge providing the opening periphery. The guide wall guides air flowing in the air passage to blow from the blowing outlet in a direction from the second wall toward the first wall. The edge extends to have a shape protruding in a direction from the first wall toward the second wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Shinya KATO, Yasuhiro SEKITO, Syunsuke ISHIGURO
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Publication number: 20170008373Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a high-temperature side pump that draws and discharges a heat medium, a compressor that draws and discharges a refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle, a high-pressure side heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a high-pressure side refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle and the heat medium circulated by the high-temperature side pump, a heat medium-outside air heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium circulated by the high-temperature side pump and outside air, and a pump control unit that controls an operation of the high-temperature side pump such that the operation of the high-temperature side pump is continued even after the compressor is stopped. Thus, the cycle efficiency exhibited when restarting the compressor can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Masamichi MAKIHARA, Takashi YAMANAKA, Yasumitsu OMI, Koji MIURA, Norihiko ENOMOTO, Nobuharu KAKEHASHI
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Publication number: 20170008374Abstract: There is provided a controller for a heat capture and storage system configured to capture and store energy from heat expelled in engine exhaust. The controller includes a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs, and at least one processor coupled to a memory for storing within the memory instructions executable by the at least one processor. The controller is configured by execution of the instructions stored in the memory to: receive signals at one or more of the plurality of inputs, the signals representing at least one operating parameter of the heat capture and storage system; and based on at least one operating parameter, generate signals at one or more of the plurality of outputs for controlling at least one component of the heat capture and storage system to capture and store the energy from the heat expelled in the engine exhaust.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: John Hamilton STANNARD, David Robert GIBBS, Christopher BACHALO
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Publication number: 20170008375Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction battery, a cabin, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to a request to heat both the battery and the cabin, and a time to next planned usage of the vehicle exceeding a first threshold time, heat the battery and delay heating the cabin at least until the time to next planned usage is less than the first threshold time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Timothy Noah BLATCHLEY, Angel Fernando PORRAS, Mark G. SMITH
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Publication number: 20170008376Abstract: A vehicle has a drive motor and a refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit includes, when viewed in the direction of flow of the refrigerant, a compressor, a gas cooler or condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator. The refrigerant circuit has a first shut-off element which is arranged outside of an area arranged between the drive motor and the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Stefan MORGENSTERN, Robert HERBOLZHEIMER
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Publication number: 20170008377Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
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Publication number: 20170008378Abstract: A driver for a movable window pane, in particular of a motor vehicle, having a receptacle recess, a receptacle of an edge section of the window pane, and having an elastically displaceable detent lug which is designed to engage in a latching cutout of the window pane in order to arrest the window pane on the driver, wherein the detent lug, in the reset position thereof, obstructs the receptacle recess and has an insertion taper assigned to the receptacle recess such that the detent lug is displaced into a position releasing the receptacle recess by insertion of the window pane into the receptacle recess. The detent lug has a catch groove on the insertion taper which extends parallel to the receptacle recess over the detent lug.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Kai LAGENSTROEER, Pedro ALMEIDA, Joerg HAVEMANN
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Publication number: 20170008379Abstract: A combination of a window covering assembly and a window frame can be used in a vehicle. The window frame has an outer face including at least one groove having a depth direction in a direction substantially orthogonal to a pane of the window frame. The window covering assembly is provided with one or more snap elements for snap-fixing the window covering assembly to the at least one groove of the window frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: EDUARDUS LEONARDUS GENNISSEN
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Publication number: 20170008380Abstract: A vehicle side window shade for mounting on the side window to block the sun and heat from entering the vehicle through the side window. It comprises a foldable, opaque cloth, with a plurality of thin, rigid yet flexible tabs attached to at least one of its edges. Installing the sunshade on a car's side window is done by wedging the tabs vertically into the upper edge of the window's frame, such that the top of each tab is pressed between the window's glass and the flexible rubber seal which lines the window's frame in the door. The novelty of the invention lies in the combination of a foldable cloth and rigid yet flexible tabs, forming an effective and convenient vehicle side window shade.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Michael Wexler
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Publication number: 20170008381Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle includes a visor body comprising adjacent panels hingedly connected at a top edge thereof for translation between an open configuration and a closed configuration and a reflector dimensioned to occupy substantially a length and width dimension of a surface of one of the adjacent panels. The reflector may occupy at least from about 75% to about 95% of the interior surface of the panel. The adjacent panels may be hingedly connected via a friction hinge. Sun visor assemblies including the sun visor body are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: David Huelke
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Publication number: 20170008382Abstract: A retractable truck bed cover having an array of parallel aluminum slats joined together by connective hinges including leading and trailing edge configuration for improving the security of the cover by covering and concealing the seam between adjacent slats while improving the connective hinge's resistance to the effects of aging and/or exposure to temperature fluctuations. The truck bed cover connective hinge slat is designed to be in an array of discrete slats, which are joined to one another by means of joiner members secured at each end to slat end caps. The distal ends of the joiner members are attached to slat end caps at the distal ends of the slats, thereby preventing the joiner members from shrinking in relationship to the slats due to aging and/or exposure to temperature fluctuations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Richard Gregory Bernardo, Brandon Gregory Bernardo
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Publication number: 20170008383Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a rollo assembly. The rollo assembly comprises a rollo screen and a winding shaft for the rollo screen which is rotatable around a stationary axis of rotation. The rollo screen firstly extends in a first direction, next around a reversal member and finally back in an opposite second direction and ends at a rollo screen edge which is attached to a stationary member. The rollo screen has two longitudinal edges which, when the rollo screen is wound off, are brought into engagement with holding members. The longitudinal edges of the rollo screen each comprise a hooking member insertable into a holding groove and hook behind a narrow entrance thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Suyanto Teri Wahiyu TEN-JET-FOEI
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Publication number: 20170008384Abstract: Disclosed herein is a landscaping machine that includes a protective rollover bar having a left bar portion extending from a left side of an operator seat, a top bar portion extending from the left bar portion above the operator seat, and a right bar portion extending from the top bar portion to a right side of the operator seat. The landscaping machine further includes an elongated rotatable member affixed to the protective rollover bar, the elongated rotatable member extending from the left bar portion to the right bar portion. The landscaping machine further includes a covering system attached to the elongated rotatable member configured to be rolled and unrolled with rotation of the elongated rotatable member. Further disclosed is a landscaping machine cover attachable to a landscaping machine, and a method of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: JOHN E. BIERS, SR.
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Publication number: 20170008385Abstract: An in-wheel motor system can drive an in-wheel motor stably, and also allows power feeding from the road surface, even when transmission and reception coils are misaligned. An in-wheel motor system (1) includes a power transmitter (100) that utilizes a resonance phenomenon using a magnetic field. The power transmitter (100) transmits power (P) wirelessly from the vehicle body to an in-wheel motor (10) mounted in a wheel. The in-wheel motor system (1) may also include a communication interface (110) that communicates between the vehicle body and the wheel, and the communication interface (110) may transmit a control signal (CTL) for driving the in-wheel motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NSK Ltd., TOYO ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Takehiro IMURA, Gaku YAMAMOTO, Daisuke GUNJI, Motoki SATO
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Publication number: 20170008386Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame extending in a travel direction; cooled objects in a form of an engine and an aftercooler; a first radiator and a second radiator configured to exchange heat between a cooling air and a cooling water after cooling the engine and the aftercooler, in which the first radiator is disposed to an outside of a first of the vehicle body frame in a vehicle width direction and the second radiator is disposed to an outside of a second side of the vehicle body frame in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Tatsuya Maeda, Tomoko Jinno
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Publication number: 20170008387Abstract: A grill assembly is disclosed. The grill assembly includes an air inlet screen. The air inlet screen is configured to allow passage of air therethrough. The grill assembly also includes a base frame. The base frame is attached to the air inlet screen. The grill assembly further includes a plurality of trusses. The plurality of trusses is connected to the base frame. The grill assembly includes a motor affixed to the trusses. The motor is configured to mechanically vibrate the trusses. Further, the trusses are arranged in a manner such that the air inlet screen is configured to vibrate during an operation of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Andras-Ede Vincze, Sven Voss
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Publication number: 20170008388Abstract: A grill assembly for attachment to a vehicle front end includes a grill portion having a front surface and a rear surface and a carrier portion carrier portion may include a pair of carrier brackets coupled to the rear surface of the grill portion for supporting and reinforcing the grill portion. An adhesive layer may be disposed between each of the carrier brackets and the rear surface of the grill portion to securely bond the carrier brackets to the grill portion a laminate carrier portion of a plastic material may also be utilized. The carrier brackets may be disposed at opposite ends of the grill portion and each carrier bracket is shaped and positioned relative to the grill portion to prevent the at least one carrier bracket from being seen as viewed from the front surface. Each of the carrier brackets can consist of metal and the grill portion may consist of plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Lacks Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: David Walters
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Publication number: 20170008389Abstract: An under cover for a heat suction is provided and includes a stagnant-air inlet unit into which stagnant air formed in an engine room is drawn and a communication pipe that is configured to communicate with the stagnant-air inlet unit and transmit the stagnant air, drawn into the stagnant-air inlet unit, to an under cover body. A stagnant-air outlet unit is configured to communicate with the communication pipe to exhaust the stagnant air, transmitted to the under cover body, out of the under cover body through the stagnant-air outlet unit, and the stagnant-air outlet unit is mounted to the under cover body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Dang-Hee Park, Yong-Beom Park, Bong-Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20170008390Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for detecting and mitigating the presence of liquid fuel carryover in an evap system of a vehicle in response to a refueling event. In one example, during a first condition, a vacuum pump is activated to pressurize the fuel system responsive to a first fuel tank pressure decay rate being less than a threshold, and responsive to a second fuel tank pressure decay rate being greater than a threshold, the vacuum pump is maintained on until a fuel tank pressure decreases to atmospheric pressure. In this way, liquid fuel carryover can be quickly and accurately diagnosed, such that mitigating actions may be taken to ensure liquid fuel is returned to the tank prior to contacting the adsorbent material within the vapor canister.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Robert Ognjanovski, JR., Russell Randall Pearce
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Publication number: 20170008391Abstract: Method for stake-fastening an accessory (4) into a plastic fuel tank, whereby: the accessory (4) is equipped with at least one orifice (5) which passes right through the accessory (4); at least some of the plastic of which the wall of the tank (1) is made is melted; and some of the molten plastic is forced through the orifice (5) of the accessory without becoming detached from the remainder of the molten plastic; the protruding molten plastic is given an appropriate shape (8) to obtain a self-formed plastic rivet, and is left to solidify; the size and shape of the orifice (5) and/or of the solidified plastic (8) being such that the accessory (4) is mechanically fastened to the tank by at least some of the solidified plastic (8), the stake-fastening of the accessory (4) occurring at the time of manufacture of the tank (1) through the moulding of a split or at least two-part parison.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCHInventors: Bjorn CRIEL, Jules-Joseph VAN SCHAFTINGEN, Pascal DE HENAU
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Publication number: 20170008392Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is configured to feed a fuel supplied from a filler port through a filler file to a fuel tank. A grid member that is configured to allow for insertion into a fuel passage formed by the filler pipe and move along the fuel passage and serve to prevent suction of the fuel is held at a placement site in the filler pipe. The placement site is provided at a higher position in a vertical direction than a liquid level of the fuel in the filler pipe. This configuration enhances the effectiveness for preventing suction of the fuel from the filler pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Atsushi SEKIHARA, Yoshinari HIRAMATSU, Satoshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170008393Abstract: A system for managing refueling and charging of a plug-in hybrid vehicle is provided to prevent charging from being performed simultaneously with refueling to prevent accidents attributable to the occurrence of gas fumes and static electricity. The system includes a plurality of input units configured to receive instructions for refueling and charging a battery. A fueling/charging controller is configured to determine whether a process for refueling and a process for charging the battery are progressing and to start a process that corresponds to the instruction input from any one of the plurality of input units when neither the process for refueling nor the process for charging the battery is progressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jae Yong Seong, Young Cheol Koh
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Publication number: 20170008394Abstract: There is provided a fuel tank structure, the fuel tank structure including (1) a bag-shaped member that partitions a space within a fuel tank into a first space at an outer side and a second space at an inner side, (2) a first pressure sensor that senses pressure of the first space, (3) a second pressure sensor that senses pressure of the second space, (4) a pump that reduces pressure of the first space, and (5) a control section that, in a case in which the pressure of the first space is higher than a first threshold value, judges that a hole has formed in the fuel tank, and, in a case in which the pressure of the second space is lower than a. second threshold value, judges that a hole has formed in the bag-shaped member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shuichi ASO
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Publication number: 20170008395Abstract: A power transfer unit for transferring power from a front wheel side to a rear wheel side comprises: a hollow transfer input shaft which is coupled to an engine and through which a right-side front-wheel axle is penetrated; a transfer output shaft disposed to extend in a direction orthogonal to the transfer input shaft; a transfer drive gear provided on an outer periphery of the transfer input shaft; and a transfer driven gear provided on an outer periphery of the transfer output shaft and meshed with the transfer drive gear. It further comprises a damper mechanism configured to absorb a fluctuation in torque input from an engine side into the transfer input shaft. The damper mechanism is disposed such that an intermediate portion and a left end-side portion thereof overlap the transfer driven gear in an extension direction of the transfer output shaft, in top plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yuzo OHKAWA, Eiji MITO, Seiji HIDAKA
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Publication number: 20170008396Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The clutch control device is able to suppress the elevation of the temperature of the oil supplied to a friction clutch during two-wheel drive travel when the friction clutch is released. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and an electronic control coupling. The friction clutch is housed in a coupling case. When the dog clutch and the friction clutch are released, a two-wheel drive mode is selected. The coupling case has a passage opening that is closed to retain lubrication oil in an oil chamber with respect to a clutch chamber that houses the friction clutch. When oil stirring conditions are met thereafter, the passage opening is opened and the lubrication oil is allowed to flow into the clutch chamber from the oil chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Tetsu TAKAISHI, Atsuhiro MORI, Shunichi MITSUISHI, Makoto MORITA, Katsuyoshi OGAWA
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Publication number: 20170008397Abstract: A work vehicle includes two types of PTO shafts, a PTO drive unit, a storage unit, a PTO gear shift operation unit, a PTO shaft detection sensor, a PTO gear shift sensor and a control device. The storage unit stores a PTO shaft, which is not connected to the driven portion, of the two types of PTO shafts. The PTO gear shift operation unit performs gear-shifting of the gear shift mechanism. The PTO shaft detection sensor detects a type of the PTO shaft stored in the storage unit. The PTO gear shift sensor detects an operation state of the PTO gear shift operation unit. The control device decides a propriety of a combination of a detection value of the PTO shaft detection sensor and a detection value of the PTO gear shift sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ISEKI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka KAJINO, Shingo FUJIOKA
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Publication number: 20170008398Abstract: Provided is an information provision apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus capable of providing information that fits the situation of the vehicle to a user. An information provision apparatus for a vehicle is provided with a vehicle-mounted device which comprises a report means for reporting various kinds of information including vehicle information to a user, and a control means for operating the report means, and is connected to an external device via a connection means. Upon receiving a manipulation input signal indicating that a start switch of the vehicle is turned on, the control means operates the report means in order to report to the user that a communication connection between the vehicle-mounted device and the external device is not established, until the communication connection is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Hiroaki Kaneko, Hiroki Kirino, Yasuyuki Fujitsuka, Yuki Ishizuki, Yoshiyuki Nogami
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Publication number: 20170008399Abstract: To make a fuel cell stack reliably discharge at the time of vehicle collision, a control system for an electric vehicle is provided with a fuel cell stack generating electric power by an electrochemical reaction between fuel gas and oxidizing gas and supplying generated electric power to an electric motor for driving the vehicle, a first electrical resistor for discharge electrically connected to the fuel cell stack through an electrically controlled type discharge switch, a discharge control circuit controlling an on/off state of the discharge switch, and a collision detector detecting a vehicle collision and outputting a collision signal to the discharge control circuit. When a collision signal is input to the discharge control circuit, it turns the discharge switch on and electrically connects the fuel cell stack to the first electrical resistor for discharge, to thereby discharge the fuel cell stack. A power supply of the discharge control circuit is comprised of the fuel cell stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro IMANISHI, Kouzo MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20170008400Abstract: A vehicle includes a friction brake, a regenerative brake, and an ECU. The ECU is configured to: (a) control a total braking force that is generated in the vehicle; (b) execute first brake control for controlling a braking force of the vehicle on the basis of the brake operation amount; (c) determine based on the brake operation amount whether the driver's brake operation is being carried out; (d) when the ECU determines that the driver's brake operation is not being carried out, execute second brake control for automatically controlling the braking force of the vehicle in response to a condition of the vehicle, other than the brake operation amount; and (e) when the second brake control is executed, reduce a proportion of a braking force of the regenerative brake within the total braking force as compared to when the first brake control is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi KATSUTA
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Publication number: 20170008401Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising: a number of wheels; a brake system having hydraulically actuatable brakes corresponding to each wheel; at least one brake circuit via which the brakes can be actuated; a brake booster via which the brake circuit can be operated, said brake booster being actuatable via a brake pedal to be actuated by the driver; and at least one pressure generation device and/or pressure accumulator device, which can be controlled by a control device, and via which the hydraulic pressure inside the brake circuit can be modulated. At least one electric motor (9) is provided, which motor is used in the event of a detected failure inside the brake system (2) to generate a deceleration torque by automatically switching into a generator operation, in order to brake the vehicle (1) until same has reached a standstill.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: MARTIN STEMMER
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Publication number: 20170008402Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device (4) for a contactor (2) connected between a secondary battery and an electrical power network, in particular of a motor vehicle that can be driven electrically, comprising at least one electronic evaluating unit (6), which can be connected to at least one electrical component of the secondary battery by means of a communication connection (5), and at least one safety switch (8), which can be controlled by means of the electronic evaluating unit (6) and which can be arranged in an electrical control circuit (7) of the contactor (2), wherein the electronic evaluating unit (6) is designed to receive at least one component-specific piece of actual information (12) from the electrical component via the communication connection (5), to compare the received piece of actual information (12) with at least one piece of target information stored in the electronic evaluating unit (6), and to control the safety switch (8) in dependence on a result of the comparison in such a way thType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Robert THOMAS, Manuel ROTH
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Publication number: 20170008403Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a self-excited contact less Hybrid Electromagnetic Braking (HEB) system provided with a both Permanent Magnetic (PM) type ECB and electrically excited windings type ECB. The HEB system has an Eddy Current Brake (ECB) and a Regenerative Brake (RB) with two outer rotors and a common internal stator. The rotor assembly of the RB is coupled to the same shaft on which the ECB rotor is mounted. The RB collects an input mechanical power from the shaft to supply electrical power to ECB windings through a power electronic interface module. A controller measures the system conditions to send a control signal to the power electronic interface module to control a power flow from RB to ECB. The ECB and RB develops two braking torques on the shaft to initiate a braking action in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Reza Yazdanpanah, Mojtaba Agha-Mirsalim
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Publication number: 20170008404Abstract: A power supply system may include a first voltage converter provided between a first power storage device and a power feed line. The first voltage converter may include a first reactor, a first upper switching element, a first lower switching element and a first shutoff device. The first shutoff device may be provided in a first path between the other end of the first reactor and a connection point. The connection point may be a connection point between the power feed line and the second supply line. The first shutoff device may be configured to shut off the first path when short circuit failure occurs in the first upper switching element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoko OBA, Masaya KAJI, Hiroshi UKEGAWA, Yukio ONISHI
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Publication number: 20170008405Abstract: A wireless charger for an electric vehicle and a resonant inverter comprising a resonant portion that serially connects to a phase shifting portion and serially connects with a load component and a method for controlling a resonant inverter having multiple phase shifts, comprising operating the frequency of the resonant inverter close to the resonant frequency of the inverter through the full operation range of the resonant inverter; and adjusting phase shifts to control the output power of the resonant inverter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYInventors: Mariusz Bojarski, Dariusz Czarkowski, Francisco De Leon
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Publication number: 20170008406Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes: a power receiving apparatus having a power supply secondary coil, and a power supply apparatus having a power supply primary coil, and a drive circuit that drives the power supply primary coil. The power supply primary coil and the power supply secondary coil are arranged such that a first magnetic flux direction line that is a linear virtual line extending in accordance with a direction of a magnetic flux of a magnetic field generated in a central part of the power supply primary coil and a second magnetic flux direction line that is a linear virtual line extending in accordance with a direction of a magnetic flux of a magnetic field generated in a center of the power supply secondary coil substantially intersect, and electric power is capable of being supplied to the power supply secondary coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji TAKATSU, Susumu TOKURA, Akio UEDA, Sho HASHIZUME, Kei AKUNE, Tooru HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170008407Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin, a traction battery configured to receive wall power from a charging station, a coolant circuit, a heat pump and a controller. The coolant circuit includes the battery, a heater core, a heat exchanger, and valving. The heat pump is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger. The controller is programmed to, in response to a request to heat the battery and the cabin, and a time to next planned usage of the vehicle being less than a first threshold time, actuate the valving to circulate coolant to the heater core and not the battery when wall power is available, and energize the heat pump to supply heat to the coolant circuit via the heat exchanger when an ambient air temperature exceeds a threshold temperature. The disclosure also includes a method for preconditioning a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Angel Fernando PORRAS, Timothy Noah BLATCHLEY, Mark G. SMITH
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Publication number: 20170008408Abstract: A method for controlling an output of an LDC converter of a vehicle is provided. The LDC charges and discharges an auxiliary battery supplying power to an electronic load using a high voltage battery for driving the vehicle. The method includes predicting a driving event of a front section of the vehicle based on driving route information and a SOC of the auxiliary battery in a driving event before the driving event of the front section of the vehicle. Output voltage of the low voltage DC-DC converter is converted and output to the electronic load or the auxiliary battery based on a comparison result between a current SOC of the auxiliary battery and the predicted SOC of the auxiliary battery. The predicted SOC is determined by a charge time of when a brake or accelerator pedal is engaged before the driving event of the front section of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, Dong Jun Shin, Sounghan Noh, Hojoong Lee, Dong Pil Yoon, Chang Ryeol Yoo