Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170008509
    Abstract: During EV traveling in a CD mode, an electronic control unit determine that an engine is in a state where the engine is likely to be started when an electric power storage ratio SOC of a battery falls short of a threshold Sref, when a battery temperature Tb of the battery falls short of a threshold Tbref, when an output limit Wout of the battery falls short of a threshold Wref, when a temperature Tmg2 of a motor is higher than a threshold Tmg2ref, and when a torque limit Tm2lim of the motor falls short of a threshold Tm2limref. Then, the electronic control unit set a required torque Tr* by using a map for a CS mode in which the required torque Tr* is set to be lower than in a map for the CD mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keita SATO
  • Publication number: 20170008510
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a dynamic power transmission apparatus is provided. The dynamic power transmission apparatus includes a differential mechanism, an electric generator, an electric motor, and a fluid coupling. The electric motor is disposed at a position apart from a transmission path along which a dynamic power of an engine is transmitted to a driving wheel. The fluid coupling is disposed between the electric motor and the transmission path. The control apparatus includes an electronic controller configured to restrict a charge of an electric storage apparatus with an electric power generated by the electric generator, depending on a state of the electric storage apparatus, and control the fluid coupling to differentially rotate and to drive the electric motor by the electric power such that a dynamic power loss is generated in the fluid coupling, when restricting the charge of the electric storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya IMAMURA, Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Tooru Matsubara, Yasuhiro Hiasa, Keita Imai, Takeshi Kitahata
  • Publication number: 20170008511
    Abstract: A vehicle is configured to perform external power supply which supplies electric power to outside of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery, an engine, a first MG configured to generate electric power using motive power of the engine, a fuel supply port for supplying a fuel for the engine, and an ECU for controlling an external power supply operation. When fuel supply into the fuel supply port is performed during the external power supply, the ECU prohibits driving of the engine, and supplies electric power stored in the battery to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita FUKUI, Toshio INOUE, Shunsuke FUSHIKI, Tomoaki HONDA, Hidekazu NAWATA, Yuta NIWA, Taichi OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20170008512
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes an engine configured to be mounted to a vehicle, a drive shaft mechanically connected to the engine as to drive the vehicle, a first power connecting-disconnecting unit connected to one of the drive shaft and the engine, a motor generator mechanically connected to the one of the drive shaft and the engine via the first power connecting-disconnecting unit, a second power connecting-disconnecting unit connected to the motor generator, and a supercharger mechanically connected to the motor generator via the second power connecting-disconnecting unit. The vehicle drive device can retrieve regenerative electric power efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: JUNICHI YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170008513
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided with: a setting device configured to set a surrounding environment situation in which a driver does not want to start the internal combustion engine, as an internal combustion engine start avoidance condition; an obtaining device configured to obtain surrounding environment situation information in order that the hybrid vehicle performs the autonomous running in the automatic operation mode; a condition determining device configured to determine whether or not the surrounding environment situation information matches the internal combustion engine start avoidance condition; and a controlling device configured to control the internal combustion engine to be more hardly started in a case where it is determined that the surrounding environment situation information matches the internal combustion engine start avoidance condition, than in a case where it is determined that the surrounding environment situation information does not match the internal combustion engine start avoidanc
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20170008514
    Abstract: A hybrid controller unit includes a detection module, a gear-hold module, a gear-skip module, and an optimizing module. The detection module is structured to detect a deceleration event. The gear-hold module is structured to determine whether a certain gear of a transmission should be maintained for a certain period of time in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-hold module is also structured to generate a gear-hold request. The gear-skip module is structured to determine whether the transmission should skip a gear in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-skip module is also structured to generate a gear-skip request. The optimizing module is structured to receive the gear-hold request and the gear-skip request and generate a transmission command to be sent to a transmission control unit for actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Madurai-Kumar, Tung-Ming Hsieh, Pinak Tulpule, Praveen Chitraduraga Muralidhar, Martin T. Books
  • Publication number: 20170008515
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous driving system and method in a parking lot. In particular, the autonomous driving system includes: a parking lot server to transmit parking lot information including parking lot map data to which a virtual lane is applied to a vehicle entering the parking lot when the vehicle entering the parking lot is sensed; and an autonomous driving apparatus to perform autonomous driving of the vehicle up to any one parking slot empty in the parking lot using the virtual lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Wook SEO, Sung Yun KIM, Gil Won SEO, Bong Chul KO, Joo Woong YANG
  • Publication number: 20170008516
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a driving state determining portion configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a drivable state at a present time or will be in a drivable state at a point in time after a predetermined period of time has passed from the present time, based on data indicative of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a surrounding environment, that is used in the autonomous driving mode; and a rotation speed reducing portion configured to reduce a rotation speed of the electric motor when it is determined that the vehicle is in an undrivable state at the present time or will be in an undrivable state at the point in time after the predetermined period of time has passed, and the rotation speed of the electric motor is equal to or greater than a predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20170008517
    Abstract: A collision avoidance system includes: a radar that detects an object that is located behind a vehicle and that detects a distance to the object; a plurality of ultrasonic sensors, each of which detects the object and detects a distance to the object, the plurality of ultrasonic sensors respectively detect different detection areas; an approaching object detection unit that detects an approaching object that approaches the vehicle from among the objects; a screen estimation unit that estimates that there is a screen that blocks an approach to the vehicle from behind; and a control unit that, when the approaching object has been detected, executes driving assistance for avoiding a collision with the approaching object, and, when a distance to the approaching object is larger by a predetermined value or more than a distance to the screen, restricts or prohibits execution of the driving assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki HIMI
  • Publication number: 20170008518
    Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system (DAS) to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an object At least one object in the vehicle environment is detected by vehicle-mounted environmental sensors, and is evaluated in terms of risk of collision with the vehicle, an an automatic intervention into the vehicle movement is carried out depending on this evaluation. During the automatic intervention, the following steps are performed: 1) Carrying out an automatic braking of the vehicle depending on the evaluation of collision risk, and 2) permitting a steering intervention by the driver to perform an evasive steering maneuver, in reaction to which the automatic braking is terminated. The driver-initiated steering intervention must occur before a point-in-time at which the DAS has determined the collision cannot be avoided by steering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph ARNDT, Sabine NOTELAERS, Helmuth BOSCH, Peter W.A. ZEGELAAR, Aaron L. MILLS, Steven Yellin SCHONDORF
  • Publication number: 20170008519
    Abstract: A system for automated operation of a host-vehicle includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect an other-vehicle proximate to a host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to determine a behavior-classification of the other-vehicle based on lane-keeping-behavior of the other-vehicle relative to a roadway traveled by the other-vehicle, and select a travel-path for the host-vehicle based on the behavior-classification. In one embodiment, the behavior-classification of the other-vehicle is based on a position-variation-value indicative of how much an actual-lane-position of the other-vehicle varies from a center-lane-position of the roadway. In yet another embodiment, the behavior-classification of the other-vehicle is based on a vector-difference-value indicative of how much a vehicle-vector of the other-vehicle differs from a lane-vector of the roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Indu Vijayan, Michael H. Laur
  • Publication number: 20170008520
    Abstract: An on-board vehicle computer system for a vehicle includes at least one processing unit and a memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to implement various aspects of a predictive cruise control (PCC) system. In one aspect, the computer system provides a plurality of available speed control bands in a PCC system, and the available speed control bands are selectable by an operator of the vehicle. In another aspect, the computer system provides an upper speed margin and a lower speed margin for a PCC system, and the upper and lower speed margins are adjustable by an operator of the vehicle. Related notifications may be presented via an operator interface (e.g., a touchscreen display provided in a vehicle dashboard or other easily accessible area).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Zachary Slaton, Floris van der Meijs, Steven Karl Jahns, John William Arthur Doll, Josef Lotz, Andrew Paul Harbach, Wesley M. Mays, Cas Droogendijk
  • Publication number: 20170008521
    Abstract: Systems and methods may calibrate an indicator of speed of an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, a system may include at least one processor programmed to: receive from a camera at least a plurality of images representative of an environment of the vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify at least two recognized landmarks; determine, based on known locations of the two recognized landmarks, a value indicative of a distance between the at least two recognized landmarks; determine, based on an output of at least one sensor associated with the autonomous vehicle, a measured distance between the at least two landmarks; determine a correction factor for the at least one sensor based on a comparison of the value indicative of the distance between the at least to recognized landmarks and the measured distance between the at least two landmarks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel BRAUNSTEIN, Yoram GDALYAHU, Sergey RUBINSKY
  • Publication number: 20170008522
    Abstract: At the time of automated driving, a plurality of vehicle running paths which show changes along with time of a speed and advancing direction of the vehicle are generated based on the information on the surroundings of the vehicle which is detected by an external sensor. At the time of a manual driving mode, the running paths of the vehicle at the different driving scenes are stored as specific vehicle running paths which show the driving characteristics of the driver. At the time of automated driving, when the driving scene becomes a driving scene for which the specific vehicle running path is stored, a vehicle running path close to the stored specific vehicle running path is selected from among the plurality of generated vehicle running paths, and the vehicle is automatically driven along this selected vehicle running path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki SATO, Kazuhiro SUGIMOTO, Junichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170008523
    Abstract: A system and method for planning activities for a driver of a vehicle, where a scheduled route is planned for the vehicle, include an assignment unit configured for assigning a pilot assisted driving mode to a first part of the scheduled route and assigning an autonomous driving mode a second part of the scheduled route, the assignment of the driving mode determined based on a first parameter. An interface is configured for indicating the first and second parts of the scheduled route to the driver, and a proposal unit is configured for, upon execution of the assigned driving mode in the vehicle, proposing a first activity to the driver for the first part of the scheduled route and a second activity for the second part of the scheduled route, the proposal of an activity determined based a second parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Claus CHRISTENSEN, Christian HEDEGAARD, Thomas BOVE
  • Publication number: 20170008524
    Abstract: A vehicle control device calculates a target line pressure based on an instructed torque capacity of a friction engaging element and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. Belt capacity is calculated using an input torque of a continuously variable transmission mechanism. The device calculates torque down in a driving source based on an upper limit line pressure when the calculated target line pressure exceeds such line pressure. A limit torque capacity of the friction engaging element is calculated using the input torque and a belt capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging. The belt capacity is calculated using an actual line pressure. The device restrains a slip between pulleys and a power transmitting member using the target line pressure, the torque down, and the limit torque capacity when the friction engaging element is determined as not engaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventors: Kunihiro TAKAHASHI, Yoshinobu KAWAMOTO, Hideshi WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170008525
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system capable of calculating and analyzing energy loss in each of elements that consume energy of a vehicle and of managing the safety diagnosis and the potential regeneration energy of the vehicle based on the calculated and analyzed energy losses. In accordance with the intelligent vehicle management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, whether a vehicle is normally controlled is derived. If an abnormal control is determined, a warning signal is output to the vehicle in order to notify a driver of the necessity for repair and maintenance or the engine torque of the vehicle is limited. Accordingly, an accident attributable to abnormal control can be prevented. Furthermore, the expected braking distance of a vehicle being driven is derived so that the control unit can control the vehicle to keep a safe distance between the vehicle and an adjacent vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Sung-suk KO
  • Publication number: 20170008526
    Abstract: Provided is a device for preventing sudden unintended acceleration. The device includes a driving information collector, a vehicle characteristic storage, a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a sudden unintended acceleration state, and a switch configured to block input power of the electronic throttle motor of vehicle on the basis of the determination of sudden unintended acceleration by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: BLUECAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-suk KO
  • Publication number: 20170008527
    Abstract: A first control unit executes a valve stop inertial running including stopping an intake valve and an exhaust valve in a closed state during rotation of an output shaft, stopping supply of fuel to an engine, and setting a clutch in an engaged state to drive pistons of the engine by a rotational force from driving wheels. A second control unit executes a valve operation running including operating the intake valve and the exhaust valve during the rotation of the output shaft, and supplying the fuel to the engine based upon an intake conduit pressure. When a cancellation request is made during execution of the valve stop inertial running, a transient control unit operates the intake valve and the exhaust valve, and controls a throttle valve to an idling opening or less, thereby supplying a negative pressure to an intake passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170008528
    Abstract: An emergency vehicle control device, when an emergency vehicle stop switch is operated for an operation time threshold value or longer in a state where automatic vehicle stop control is not executed, determines that the automatic vehicle stop control is intended to be executed. Later, when the interval between the previous operation and the current operation of the emergency vehicle stop switch is within an operation interval threshold value, the determination that the automatic vehicle stop control is intended to be executed is sustained, whereas when the interval exceeds the operation interval threshold value and the emergency vehicle stop switch is operated for the operation time threshold value or longer, it is determined that the execution of the automatic vehicle stop control is intended to be cancelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakatsuka, Kei Oshida, Makoto Katayama, Yukinori Kurahashi
  • Publication number: 20170008529
    Abstract: A control method and apparatus of a vehicle including a drive motor are provided. The control apparatus includes a data detector that detects data to operate the vehicle and a controller that determines whether a braking condition is satisfied based on the data. The controller calculates a total braking amount and a regenerative braking allowance when the braking condition is satisfied and determines whether a shifting condition is satisfied when the braking condition is satisfied. A first actuator receives a control signal from the controller to adjust a hydraulic pressure supplied to each frictional element of the transmission and a second actuator receives the control signal from the controller to adjust the hydraulic pressure supplied to the wheel cylinder. An inverter receives the control signal from the controller to determine a switching operation of a switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Sang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170008530
    Abstract: A system for controlling a deceleration level or rate of a vehicle. The system includes an accelerator pedal, an accelerator pedal sensor configured to determine whether the accelerator pedal is depressed or released, an alternator having a resistance and an output current and a driving mode switch having an economy mode, a normal mode and a sport mode. The system also includes a vehicle speed sensor for determining a vehicle speed of the vehicle, a memory for storing a preferred range for a vehicle speed and an ECU configured to transmit a first instruction signal to the alternator to increase or decrease its resistance or output current based on a mode set by the driving mode switch when the accelerator pedal is released and the vehicle speed is within the preferred range of the vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Tai J. Ly
  • Publication number: 20170008531
    Abstract: A driving assistant for vehicles provides lane change assistance, and includes a proposed lane change section setting unit and a lane change determination unit. The proposed lane change section setting unit provides setting of a proposed lane change section that is a proposed section where an own vehicle enters an adjacent lane, based on relative speeds and relative positions of the own vehicle to respective ones of a plurality of parallel-travelling vehicles on the adjacent lane. The lane change determination unit determines whether or not the own vehicle is allowed to enter the proposed lane change section, based on a moving speed of the proposed lane change section and a speed of the own vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Akihiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20170008532
    Abstract: A motor vehicle controller comprising data processing apparatus, the data processing apparatus configured to carry out the steps of: receiving a surface friction signal indicative of a coefficient of friction between a road wheel and a driving surface; receiving an accelerator position signal indicative of a position of an accelerator control with respect to an allowable range of positions; determining a powertrain torque limit value corresponding to an amount of powertrain torque at which slip of a driving wheel is expected to exceed a predetermined amount, the powertrain torque limit value being determined at least in part in dependence on the surface friction signal; and determining and outputting a powertrain torque demand signal corresponding to an instant amount of torque to be developed by a powertrain, the powertrain torque demand signal being determined in dependence at least in part on the accelerator position signal according to a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew FAIRGRIEVE, Jan PRINS, Paul BEEVER, Nick BROCKLEY, Charlotte COOK, Jon PARR
  • Publication number: 20170008533
    Abstract: an electronic control unit configured to i) while the engagement mechanism is changing from the engaged state to the released state, execute shaking control, ii) execute torque oscillation control, iii) determine whether to execute any one of releasing control and the torque oscillation control while the other one of the releasing control and the torque oscillation control is being executed, and iv) stop the shaking control when the electronic control unit determines to execute the releasing control and the torque oscillation control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki EBUCHI, Akira MURAKAMI, Yuji IWASE, Shotaro KATO, Hidekazu NAGAI, Hiroto HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170008534
    Abstract: An emergency vehicle control device includes an emergency vehicle stop switch (emergency situation detector) that detects or estimates an emergency situation; and an accelerator operation detector that detects whether or not an accelerator is being operated. When an emergency situation is detected or estimated by the emergency situation detector and an accelerator non-operation state lasting for an accelerator non-operation time threshold value or longer is detected by the accelerator operation detector while the vehicle is running, the vehicle is automatically stopped regardless of whether or not a steering operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakatsuka, Kei Oshida, Makoto Katayama, Yukinori Kurahashi
  • Publication number: 20170008535
    Abstract: A platform screen gate system having a tower, a gate secured to the tower. The gate is movable between an open position, to facilitate access to and from the platform, and a closed position, to block access to and from the platform. The system further includes at least one roller secured to the tower and a track secured to the gate. The track is supported by and movable on the least one roller such that the gate cantilevers from the tower and remains above the platform when the gate is moved between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Federico Romero
  • Publication number: 20170008536
    Abstract: A belt-conveying aerial system comprising: a pair of top fixed load-bearing ropes, which are parallel to one another and are set at a distance apart from one another in a transverse direction; a pair of bottom fixed load-bearing ropes; and a belt conveyor comprising a plurality of modules, which are aligned along the load-bearing ropes, are fixedly connected to the load-bearing ropes, and guide a belt for conveying materials; the modules being connected to the load-bearing ropes via an installation vehicle having a supporting top carriage mobile on the top load-bearing ropes, a pair of resting platforms suspended from the top carriage, and, for each bottom load-bearing rope, at least one pair of wheels, which are rotatable in contact with the respective bottom load-bearing rope and are set upstream and downstream of the corresponding module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Alessandro Andreetto
  • Publication number: 20170008537
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments of inductively heated tank cars are described. In one embodiment, an inductive heating system for tank cars includes a radially-curved pancake coil, a coil housing that surrounds at least a portion of the radially-curved pancake coil, and a frame structure comprising at least one attachment mechanism to secure the frame structure to an exterior surface of a tank car. The system can also include an induction heating power supply to supply power for inductively heating the tank car using the radially-curved pancake coil. When installed to the tank car, the coil housing is assembled with the frame structure to secure the radially-curved pancake coil to the exterior surface of the tank car. Any number of radially-curved pancake coils can be secured to the exterior surface of the tank car to heat the contents of the tank car through inductive heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20170008538
    Abstract: A vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes a vehicle body and a floor. The floor is separated from the vehicle body by a resiliently deformable intermediate member, in at least one edge portion or section adjacent the vehicle body. The intermediate member is retained by a vehicle-body-side securing profile which is disposed on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: JURGEN ACKERMANN, THOMAS LOHMANN, BURKHARD SCHADE
  • Publication number: 20170008539
    Abstract: A slack adjuster for railroad car braking system is provided. The slack adjuster includes a first jaw positioned at a first end of the slack adjuster and a second jaw positioned at a second end of the slack adjuster. A rod assembly is attached to the first jaw and a tube is attached to the second jaw. A nut assembly is provided for transferring a force between the rod assembly and the tube. One or more components configured to bear an axial load of the slack adjuster are attached to the tube by crimping at least a portion of the tube into a groove defined in an outer surface of such component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael E. Ring
  • Publication number: 20170008540
    Abstract: Provided is a transport vehicle system that includes an inspection vehicle that is controlled by a ground controller in the same manner as other transport vehicles, and coexists with the other transport vehicles. The transport vehicle system includes the inspection vehicle that has common rules for avoiding collision and speed regulation and a common pattern for acceleration and deceleration with the other transport vehicles. The inspection vehicle is configured to measure inspection data of the travelling route while travelling along the travelling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori ONDA, Tetsuya HOUKI
  • Publication number: 20170008541
    Abstract: An on-board device controls the speed of the control target train so that the control target train is set to a given speed-controlled state upon reception of the earthquake detection signal, the given speed-controlled state being a state in which the speed of the control target train is set to be equal to or lower than a reduced speed, or the control target train is stopped. A speed control part estimates an estimated position and an estimated timing at which the control target train is set to a speed-controlled state when a given brake is continuously applied, and controls the speed of the control target train based on the positional relationship between the estimated position and the recommended avoiding-train-existence section when there is a time allowance between the estimated timing and the estimated earthquake arrival timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiro GION, Masahiko SAMIZO, Kazutoshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20170008542
    Abstract: When it is determined that a control-target train has an impact on a third train that is other than a train that is determined to affect the control-target train, a ground running control unit of a train-running management device further changes a running pattern and instructs the control-target train to take less time to completely leave a departure station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi HAGIWARA, Yusaku NAGASAKI, Koki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170008543
    Abstract: A pallet is provided for supporting cylinders. The pallet can have a convex spine extending substantially the length of the pallet in a longitudinal direction, having a backstop at a first end. The pallet has two trays attached transverse to the convex spine, each tray having longitudinal fluted indents to restrain a cylinder from rolling transverse, the longitudinal fluted indents are each arranged to accept a cylinder from above. The pallet has a left outrigger attached and extending transverse to the convex spine, the left outrigger stabilizing the pallet with respect to terrain, as well as a right outrigger attached and extending transverse to the convex spine, the right outrigger stabilizing the pallet with respect to terrain. The pallet can have a coupling extending from an end of the convex spine, wherein the coupling is arranged to take a crane hook in engagement to pull the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: LouDana L. Elliott, Earl J. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20170008544
    Abstract: A laterally collapsible, user-pushed, four-wheeled rollator, stroller or the like has swiveling front wheels for steering, each mounted in a fork with a vertical post, with a toothed pulley fixed thereto, rotatable in a bearing housing fixed at the front end of right and left side frames. The two swiveling front wheels can swivel to any steering angle but always in unison with each other by virtue of a flexible toothed synchronous belt extending between the toothed pulleys. The interior of each bearing housing closely surrounds each toothed pulley and the belt, preventing any disengagement of the belt from either toothed pulley even when the belt becomes slack when the left and right side frames are folded towards each other. A synchronous chain with sprockets can also be used. Tether means pull the belt/chain rearwardly to a protected position during folding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TRIONIC SVERIGE AB
    Inventor: Stefan KINDBERG
  • Publication number: 20170008545
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for tilting a steering column, capable of smoothly guiding tooth-on-tooth between a moving gear moved along with a tilt shaft when an operating lever is operated such that a steering column tilts up and down, and a fixing gear fixed to a vehicle body. Consequently, it is possible to resolve faulty operation and prevent the emotional quality of product from deteriorating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Jong HONG, Jeong Nam LEE
  • Publication number: 20170008546
    Abstract: A steering system includes an insertion shaft that is movable in a tilt direction C along with a column jacket, a first tooth member including a plurality of first teeth aligned along a first linear direction, and a second tooth member including a plurality of second teeth aligned along the first linear direction. A first restriction portion restricts movement of the first tooth member in the first linear direction with respect to an upper bracket. A second restriction portion is movable in the first linear direction and immovable in a second linear direction, with respect to a linear slot in the first tooth member that extends along the first linear direction. The second restriction portion restricts movement of the second tooth member in the second linear direction with respect to the first tooth member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenobu TANAKA, Hiromitsu TOMIYAMA, Masayuki NAGAOKA, Yoshihito YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170008547
    Abstract: In a steering system, a pair of side plates of an upper bracket support first tooth rows each including a plurality of first teeth arranged at a pitch and second tooth rows each including a plurality of second teeth arranged at the pitch. An insertion shaft supports third teeth that can come into and out of contact with the first tooth rows and fourth teeth that can come into and out of contact with the second tooth rows. One pair out of a pair of the tooth tip of each first tooth and the tooth tip of the corresponding second tooth and a pair of the tooth tip of each third tooth and the tooth tip of the corresponding fourth tooth are in the same position in a tilt direction, and the other pair are displaced from each other by a length smaller than the pitch in the tilt direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu TOMIYAMA, Hidenobu TANAKA, Masayuki NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170008548
    Abstract: A steering system includes: a first tooth member provided with a first tooth row that includes a plurality of first teeth each of which has a tooth trace extending in a lateral direction and which are aligned along a tilt direction, the first tooth row being elastically deformable in the lateral direction, and a second tooth member including a second tooth row that includes a plurality of second teeth each of which has a tooth trace extending in the lateral direction and which are aligned along the tilt direction, the second tooth member facing the first tooth member in the lateral direction. The first tooth member is supported by an upper bracket such that the first tooth row is disposed away from the upper bracket in the lateral direction. The second tooth member is movable in the tilt direction along with a column jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenobu TANAKA, Hiromitsu TOMIYAMA, Masayuki NAGAOKA, Kenichi AOTA
  • Publication number: 20170008549
    Abstract: A steering system includes: an upper bracket that supports a column jacket so that the column jacket is pivotable about a central shaft; a pair of first tooth rows that are supported by the upper bracket and are arranged side by side in an axial direction; and a tooth member that is pivotable together with the column jacket and is movable in a right-and-left direction. The tooth member has second teeth that are formed in two locations spaced apart from each other in the axial direction and that can mesh with the pair of the first tooth rows. The tooth tip angle of first teeth in one first tooth row of the pair of the first tooth rows is different from the tooth tip angle of the first teeth in the other first tooth row that is more distant from the central shaft than the one first tooth row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu TOMIYAMA, Hidenobu TANAKA, Masayuki NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170008550
    Abstract: Steering columns for motor vehicles may comprise a supporting unit, which can be connected to the chassis of the motor vehicle, and an adjusting unit, which may be held at the supporting unit. The adjusting unit may support a steering spindle for transferring a steering motion from a steering wheel to a steerable wheel, wherein the adjusting unit can be shifted with respect to the supporting unit in the event of a crash. An energy absorption device may have a first sliding rail, which can be fixed at the adjusting unit, and a second sliding rail, which can be fixed to the supporting unit. The first and second sliding rails may be guided in contact with one another and, in a crash event, can be shifted with respect to one another in order to absorb energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, ThyssenKrupp AG
    Inventor: Sebastian HUBER
  • Publication number: 20170008551
    Abstract: A steering rack meshes with a pinion rotatably driven by the input shaft of a steering gear constituting an automotive steering device. The steering rack is provided with a an axially extending rod part of round cross section, and a plurality of rack teeth formed on a radial one side surface of an axial portion of the rod part, the rack teeth meshing with the pinion. At least one dummy tooth is formed in portions that are axial parts of the rod part and are adjacent to both axial sides of the plurality of rack teeth. The dummy tooth has a tooth height less than the rack teeth and does not mesh with the pinion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki MIZUSHIMA, Nobuyuki HAGIWARA, Kazuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170008552
    Abstract: A steering control device for an eco-run vehicle drives an actuator so that a transfer ratio between a steering angle and an actual rudder angle is variable. The steering control device includes: a control part that controls a drive of the actuator; an eco-run determining part that receives an eco-run signal and notifies the control part that the eco-run signal is received; and a nonvolatile memory in which a control information on the actuator is able to be written. The control part executes a control restriction that restricts a drive of the actuator, and disables a writing of the control information on the nonvolatile memory, when the eco-run determining part receives the eco-run signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Terumoto Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20170008553
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention an eccentric adjuster assembly is provided. The eccentric adjuster assembly includes a housing, an eccentric adjuster, an axial retainer, and an eccentric adjuster retainer configured to retain the eccentric adjuster relative to the housing, the eccentric adjuster having an eccentric adjuster radial position and an eccentric adjuster axial position. The eccentric adjuster retainer includes a retainer body having an inner perimeter with a cavity disposed therein and an outer perimeter, the eccentric adjuster extending through the cavity and at least a portion of the outer perimeter engaging the housing to retain the eccentric adjuster radial position relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: William D. Cymbal, Patrick D. McCall, Jeffrey E. Beyerlein, Jason T. Rutkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20170008554
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine with a built-in control device that can be downsized. The rotating electric machine with a built-in control device includes a rotor including a permanent magnet of sensor use provided on a rear side of a rotor shaft, a front side housing fixed with a first bearing supporting a front side of the rotor shaft, a motor frame including a rotor and a stator, a heat sink fixed with a second bearing supporting the rear side of the rotor shaft, a control substrate mounting a rotary sensor, a microcomputer, and a driving circuit. The microcomputer controls the driving circuit based on signals from the rotary sensor and drives a plurality of switching elements. At least one of a smoothing condenser and a noise reduction coil, connected to the switching elements, is arranged at a far rear side of the control substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu HIROTANI, Masatsugu NAKANO, Hiroyuki WAKU, Hiroyuki AKITA, Koji KISE, Hiroyasu IWABUKI, Kosuke NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170008555
    Abstract: A power steering device provided to including: a steering shaft; a cylinder-like nut; a ball circulation groove including a steering shaft-side ball screw groove and a nut-side ball screw groove; balls; a first connecting passage; a second connecting passage; a connecting member; and an electric motor, wherein the first connecting passage has a first tapered part and the second connecting passage has a second tapered part, and the first connecting passage and the second connecting passage have an angle between the first tapered part and the second tapered part in the rotational direction of the nut, the angle being smaller than 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke KITAMURA, Hiroyuki SUGIYAMA, Tatsuyoshi MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170008556
    Abstract: A method for determining an absolute power steering reference position, which includes: a step of acquiring a first edge position corresponding to a first edge of a first index pulse generated when the movable steering member passes an indexed position in a first movement direction; a step of acquiring a second edge position corresponding to a second edge of a second index pulse generated when the movable steering member passes the same indexed position in a second movement position opposite the first movement direction; and a step of calculating a reference position, during which an power steering reference position is calculated from an average of the first edge position and the second edge position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventors: Romaric PREGNIARD, Christophe RAVIER, Xavier PALANDRE
  • Publication number: 20170008557
    Abstract: A vehicular steering control device 10 comprises a rudder angle variable device 14 which alters relationship between an operating position of a steering wheel 20 and an operating position of the steering wheel found from a rudder angle of steered wheels 18FL and 18FR, and a rudder angle control device 16 which performs an automatic steering control which controls the rudder angle of the steered wheels by controlling the rudder angle variable device. When a steering mode is switched from an automatic steering mode to a manual steering mode (S150), the rudder angle control device gradually reduces a control gain Klka of the automatic steering mode (S600), and reduces by degrees a size of a deviation between the two operating positions (S400, 500, 800˜1000), only when the steering operation is performed by a driver (S350).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hisanori MITSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170008558
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting chassis parts, in particular a screw connection, between a structure made of a fiber-plastic composite and a metallic load-introducing element, designed as a traction member. The structure is double-walled having a first wall and at least a second wall spaced from the first wall. The first and second walls have each coaxially positioned recesses and a spacer, having a through hole, is positioned between the first and second walls. The load-introducing element extends through at least one recess and the hole of the spacer. The load-introducing element has a holding part assigned to it, and the load-introducing element and the holding part are connected to one another by a connecting segment. The connecting segment and/or the holding part essentially pass through the first and/or the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sven Philip KRÜGER, Andreas VÄTH, Hendrik MARQUAR, Josef RENN, Sven GREGER, Edmont HOFMANN