Patents Issued in January 19, 2017
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Publication number: 20170015318Abstract: Vehicles feature various forms of automated driving control, such as speed control and braking distance monitoring. However, the parameters of automated control may conflict with the user driving behaviors of the user; e.g., braking distance maintained with respect to a leading vehicle may seem overcautious to users who prefer shorter braking distances, and unsafe to users who prefer longer braking distances. Presented herein are techniques for controlling vehicles according to the user driving behaviors of users. While a user operates a vehicle in a driving context, a device monitors various driving features (e.g., acceleration or braking) to determine various user driving behaviors. When requested to control a driving feature of the vehicle, a controller may identify the user driving behaviors of the user in the driving context, and control the driving features according to the user driving behaviors, thus personalizing automated driving to the preferences of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: INRIX Inc.Inventors: Christopher L. Scofield, Scott Sedik
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Publication number: 20170015319Abstract: A longitudinally guiding driver assistance system in a motor vehicle has a first detection system for detecting currently applying events or relevant events lying ahead, which require a change of the permissible maximum speed, a second detection system for detecting the course of the route, and a function unit which, when detecting a relevant event while taking into account the location of the relevant event, determines a location-dependent point in time, whose reaching causes the function unit to initiate an automatic adaptation of the currently permissible maximum speed or an output of a prompt information for permitting an automatic adaptation of the currently permissible maximum speed to anew permissible maximum speed. The function unit is designed to take into account available information concerning the course of the route when determining the location-dependent point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Stefan KNOLLER
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Publication number: 20170015320Abstract: A longitudinally guiding driver assistance system in a motor vehicle includes a detection system for detecting currently applying events and relevant events lying ahead, which require an adaptation of the permissible maximum speed, and a function unit which, when detecting a relevant event, while taking into account the location of the relevant event lying ahead, determines a location-dependent point in time, whose reaching causes the function unit to initiate an output of prompt information for permitting an automatic adaptation of the currently permissible maximum speed to a new permissible maximum speed. The function unit is designed, in the case of an activation of the longitudinally guiding driver assistance system, while taking into account a detected currently applying event, to initiate a first output of prompt information for permitting an automatic first setting of the currently applying permissible maximum speed as the new permissible maximum speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Stefan KNOLLER, Sebastien MATHIEU, Florian SCHMITT
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Publication number: 20170015321Abstract: A cruise control device of a vehicle including an engine and a multistep automatic transmission, includes an acceleration operation part, a driving-force operation part, and a control part that carries out acceleration control in which a driving force is brought close to a target driving force by changing a throttle-valve opening of the engine at least to bring the driving force close to a demand driving force. The control part carries out the acceleration control in a target gear shift stage fixed mode that is a control mode in which the acceleration control is carried out in a state where change of a gear shift stage is forbidden after changing the gear shift stage from a current gear shift stage that is a gear shift stage at present to a target gear shift stage that is a gear shift stage required for obtaining the target driving force at a stretch.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Minoru NAKADORI
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Publication number: 20170015322Abstract: An autonomous mode controller (61) that outputs an acceleration command (SAa), a braking command (SBa) and a torque command (Ta) is connected to a steering actuator (33) and a traveling drive unit (52). The steering actuator (33) generates combined torque (T1) based upon steering torque (Tm) from a steering handle (32) and the torque command (Ta), and controls a steering angle (?) of a vehicle based upon the combined torque (T1). The traveling drive unit (52) selects a larger one of an acceleration command (SAm) by an accelerator pedal (50) and the acceleration command (SAa) as an acceleration command (SA), and selects a larger one of a braking command (SBm) by a brake pedal (51) and the acceleration command (SBa) as a braking command (SB). The traveling drive unit (52) controls a vehicle speed based upon the acceleration command (SA) and the braking command (SB).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Shinjiro SAITO, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170015323Abstract: Appropriate vehicle stability control is enabled in a vehicle configured to carry out regeneration enhancement control. A predictive deceleration support control unit is configured to set a position at which the vehicle is predicted to finish deceleration as a target deceleration end position, and guide a driver to release an accelerator pedal so that the deceleration of the vehicle is finished at the target deceleration end position, to thereby carry out regeneration enhancement control under a state in which the accelerator pedal is released so as to generate a larger deceleration than in a normal state. The predictive deceleration support control unit is configured to read a vehicle stability control flag from a brake ECU and stop the regeneration enhancement control when the vehicle stability control is being carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruki OGURI, Satoshi KOGANEMARU, Naoya MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20170015324Abstract: A method for controlling start of an ISG (idle stop and go) vehicle may include an operation of limiting, when an ISG mode of the vehicle is turned off, an engine torque to less than a preset value for a predetermined time from a point of time at which the IGS mode is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Joung Chul KIM
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Publication number: 20170015325Abstract: A method is provided for moving off of a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain, comprising a combustion engine; a gearbox with input and output shafts; a first planetary gear connected to the input shaft and a first main shaft; a second planetary gear connected to the first planetary gear and a second main shaft; first and second electrical machines respectively connected to the first and second planetary gears and capable of operating each other; one gear pair connected with the first planetary gear and output shaft; and one gear pair connected with the second planetary gear and output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Johan LINDSTRÖM, Mathias BJÖRKMAN, Niklas PETTERSSON, Mikael BERGQUIST
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Publication number: 20170015326Abstract: A working vehicle includes an engine, a pair of right and left traveling portions rotated by a power of the engine, a pair of right and left brake operation devices for respectively operating to brake the traveling portions, an engine controller which controls driving of the engine, and a control mode selection switch which can alternatively select the isochronous control and the droop control. The engine controller selects any of an isochronous control and a droop control so as to control the engine. In the case that the isochronous control is designated by the control mode selection switch, the engine is controlled according to the isochronous control when one of the right and left brake operation devices is under a non-operation state, and the engine is controlled according to the droop control when both of the right and left brake operation devices are under an operation state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Akimichi IWATA, Hiroshi ISOBE
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Publication number: 20170015327Abstract: A hill start assist system for a motor vehicle including a control system using sensor data from at least one sensor to provide the hill start assist with improved response behavior. The control system activating the hill start assist automatically and independently of whether the motor vehicle is on an upward incline depending on sensor data from the sensor indicating a local upward gradient in a driving surface in a region of a vehicle axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christoph Henel, Sebastian Leitermann, Tadeusz Bularz, Marc Suermann
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Publication number: 20170015328Abstract: A driving assist apparatus includes: a regenerative braking force calculation unit for calculating an index by which a vehicle can be decelerated only by a regeneration operation of the electric motor; a display unit for displaying an indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation of the electric motor in a recognizable manner to driver of the vehicle; a prediction unit for predicting a target position at which the vehicle is decelerated to a target speed; and a timing calculation unit for calculating a timing at which the display unit displays the indication that the vehicle can be decelerated only by the regeneration operation, according to a distance or time required until a speed of the vehicle becomes the target speed by a deceleration performed based on the index, a distance or time required until the driver starts a deceleration operation, and the predicted target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Haruki OGURI
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Publication number: 20170015329Abstract: A road surface submergence estimation device including a motion sensor that acquires an actual acceleration of a vehicle; a torque acquisition sensor that acquires an actual torque transmitted from a driving source to wheels of the vehicle, the driving source being mounted in the vehicle; and an estimation processor that estimates that a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling is submerged when it is determined that a submergence determination condition is satisfied. The road surface submergence estimation device may also include a wireless communication device configured to either send submergence information to a central server, or receive additional submergence information from a central server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke FURUKAWA, Takuji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20170015330Abstract: A method is provided for selecting a plurality of program functions for providing repeatedly implemented functions, e.g., in a vehicle, ship or in an aircraft. The method includes determining a first total performance value based on recorded first single performance values and recorded first dependencies, determining a first total performance value based on determined second single performance values and recorded second dependencies, determining a cluster performance from the first total performance value and from the second total performance value, and the cluster performance value or at least one value determined from the cluster performance value is used for selecting the program functions or of other program functions for providing the repeatedly implemented functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Armbruster, Andreas Zirkler
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Publication number: 20170015331Abstract: A system for automated operation of a vehicle includes an infotainment-device and a controller. The infotainment-device is operable to provide an infotainment-activity to an operator of a vehicle. The controller is operable to estimate a take-over-interval for an operator to prepare for a mode-transition from automated-control of the vehicle by the controller to manual-control of the vehicle by the operator. The take-over-interval is determined based on the infotainment-activity of the operator. The controller is operable to notify the operator that the mode-transition is needed at least the take-over-interval prior to a take-over-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Michael H. Laur, Indu Vijayan
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Publication number: 20170015332Abstract: A device is provided for teaching a driver of a vehicle in real-time to operate the vehicle in a fuel efficient manner based on feedback from a plurality on on-board sensors on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Jonathan David Lonski
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Publication number: 20170015333Abstract: A railroad tank car may have external fittings, such as a bottom opening valve, that protrude from the bottom of the tank car tank. In a derailment the tank car tank may meet the ground. A tank skid plate assembly has an accommodation in which to shelter such fittings. The skid plate assembly has a shell with tapered ramps at either end. It mounts to tank reinforcement structure, such as reinforcing bars. Reinforcements may be mounted in the lee of the shell. Those reinforcements may be mounted to the shell only, without welding connection to the tank car tank. The reinforcements may be, or combine with the shell to define either a bridge or a truss that spans the space between the reinforcement bars. The assembly may have an access passageway, such as for admitting a heating pipe. The assembly may include lateral and longitudinal internal webs for providing crush resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Sina MOLOODI
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Publication number: 20170015334Abstract: Included are: a first supporting member; a second supporting member arranged to be spaced away from the first supporting member in a main load direction; an elastically deformable diaphragm forming a closed space by connecting the first supporting member and the second supporting member; a detection unit detecting a change of a relative distance between the first supporting member and the second supporting member, and producing a mechanical output of the change of the relative distance; and a controlling member capable of discharging air in an inside of the closed space S to an outside of the closed space S in response to the mechanical output from the detection unit. Thereby, an air spring having a mechanism for suppressing an abnormal rise of a vehicle height without deteriorating the diaphragm can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Hirokazu HARAGUCHI, Takehiro NISHIMURA, Yasufumi OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20170015335Abstract: A device for detecting obstacles for a rail vehicle includes a pilot bar, which is retained on the bogie frame of the rail vehicle in front of the wheelset that is positioned first in the direction of travel via a mounting retainer, wherein the mounting retainer is formed by vertically arranged spring elements, in particular leaf springs, where each leaf spring is fastened at an upper end to the bogie frame and at a lower end to the pilot bar, where each leaf spring includes a stress-strain converter which is arranged between the upper end and the lower end on a broad surface of a leaf spring, and where each stress-strain converter is connected to an on-board evaluator via a signal-conducting connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Andreas KOLLER
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Publication number: 20170015336Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a rail warning system using wireless portable transmitters/receivers. The rail warning system uses a chirp spread spectrum modulation scheme, and alerts personnel in work zones on or near train tracks as well as optionally, on track equipment and train operators, of approaching trains or on track equipment. Portable wayside devices may also be positioned on the rail web, optionally magnetically, to alert work personnel, allowing for secure placement but also portability to other locations on the same track or adjacent tracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Peter M. Bartek
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Publication number: 20170015337Abstract: A system and a control system for selectively preventing movement of a locomotive is disclosed. The control system may comprise a plurality of access control devices for the locomotive, with each access control device including a status indicator, and being configured to activate or deactivate the status indicator based on user input received by any of the plurality of access control devices. Each access control device may also be configured to transmit status data indicative of a status of the locomotive to a locomotive controller, with the status either being a blue flag status or a ready status, wherein at least one of the access control devices is a mobile device not mounted to the locomotive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.Inventors: James David Seaton, Alexander Shubs, JR.
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Publication number: 20170015338Abstract: A train information managing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a terminal apparatus that communicates with a train-mounted device; and a central apparatus that communicates with the terminal apparatus and the train-mounted device. In at least one of the terminal apparatus and the central apparatus, a processing system that includes a signal processing unit is duplicated, the signal processing unit generating a command signal for the train-mounted device and receiving a response signal made in response to the command signal, and at least one of the signal processing units that receive a response signal from the train-mounted device transmits, to another of the signal processing units, information indicating receipt of the response signal so as to be used to determine a failure in one of the processing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya SAWA, Tomoaki IKEJIMA, Tetsuo KOMURA, Shogo TATSUMI, Shingo HONDA, Takashi MIYAUCHI
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Publication number: 20170015339Abstract: The invention discloses a complex network-based high speed train system safety evaluation method. The method includes steps as follows: (1) constructing a network model of a physical structure of a high speed train system, and constructing a functional attribute degree of a node based on the network model; (2) extracting a functional attribute degree, a failure rate and mean time between failures of a component as an input quantity, conducting an SVM training using LIBSVM software; (3) conducting a weighted kNN-SVM judgment: an unclassifiable sample point is judged so as to obtain a safety level of the high speed train system. For a high speed train system having a complicated physical structure and operation conditions, the method can evaluate the degree of influences on system safety when a state of a component in the system changes. The experimental result shows that the algorithm has high accuracy and good practicality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Limin JIA, Yong QIN, Yanhui WANG, Shuai LIN, Hao SHI, Lifeng BI, Lei GUO, Lijie LI, Man LI
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Publication number: 20170015340Abstract: A foldable wagon is provided that converts from a use configuration to a folded configuration for storage and transportation. The foldable wagon has a collapsible frame, a foldable floor assembly and a linkage assembly. The foldable wagon may also have a flexible housing over a portion of the frame. The flexible housing may have a retractable sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Jason Fitzwater, Cameron Eckert, Michael S. Boyle
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Publication number: 20170015341Abstract: Described herein is a multiple use assistive cart to aid in a users mobility. The cart includes a base portion with a plurality of wheels for movement and a center portion with a plurality of apertures. The apertures allowing for the attachment of multiple assistive devices including but not limited to, baskets, bags, IV holders, oxygen holders, and other similar items.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Brook Slick
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Publication number: 20170015342Abstract: A utility implement may include a frame, traction members supported by the frame, a propulsion unit supported by the frame and operably coupled to the traction members, a handle bar coupled to the frame, a control handle extending from the handlebar and located to be gripped by an operator while the operator is maneuvering the utility implement and as the utility implement is being driven by the traction members and a control transmission associating the control handle to the propulsion unit such that manipulation of the control handle adjusts operation of the propulsion unit to adjust propulsion of the utility implement by the traction members.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Jacob J. Schmalz
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Publication number: 20170015343Abstract: An apparatus for imparting movement to a baby carrying device, such as, for example the rocking of a baby stroller. According to one embodiment the apparatus includes a motor with a motor shaft, a drive for directly causing the rocking movement of the stroller based on the rotation of the motor shaft, and a mechanism which is attached to the motor shaft and the drive for transmitting the rotation of the motor shaft to said drive in the form of rocking movement. The drive is suitable for being coupled to a stroller wheel and comprises two facing arms holding the wheel between them. The distance between the arms is adjustable so that the drive may be adapted to wheels of different thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Xabier DIEZ FERNANDEZ, Iosu ERRASTI BASABE
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Publication number: 20170015344Abstract: A skiing apparatus including a lower seat member, a lower frame member, a ski attachment member, and upper shock absorbing connector member, a lower shock absorbing connector member, and a lower storage member. The lower frame member may connect to the lower seat member. The ski attachment member may connect to the lower frame member and be adapted to be detachably connected to a ski. The upper shock absorbing connector member may connect to the lower seat member. The lower shock absorbing connector member may connect to the lower frame member. The lower storage member may connect to the lower seat member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Jeff Rapp
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Publication number: 20170015345Abstract: A steering column of a motor vehicle includes a supporting unit that is connectable to the chassis of the motor vehicle, an adjusting unit coupled to the supporting unit, a steering spindle disposed and rotatable supported in the adjusting unit, and an adjustment drive coupled between the supporting unit and the adjusting unit and configured to adjust a position of the adjusting unit in relation to the supporting unit. The adjustment drive includes a spindle nut having internal threads, an threaded rod having external threads in engagement with the internal threads of said spindle nut, and an end stop disposed at a first end of said threaded rod. The end stop is formed by a sleeve pressed onto the external threads of the threaded rod and is configured to limit an axial movement of said spindle nut along a length of the threaded rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, ThyssenKrupp AGInventor: Robert GALEHR
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Publication number: 20170015346Abstract: A steering device includes a cylindrical inner column, a cylindrical outer column, a column bracket, a tilt bolt, a lock member attached to the outer periphery of the tilt bolt, a first fixing mechanism, and a second fixing mechanism. The first fixing mechanism clamps the outer column by a pressing bracket in response to the rotation of an operation lever. The second fixing mechanism urges the lock member to the inner column in the tilt direction in response to the rotation of the operation lever. When the inner column moves toward a front side of a vehicle body in a state where the first fixing mechanism and the second fixing mechanism are fixed, the lock member separates from the tilt bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Masaya JOHTA, Daiki ORIHARA, Ryoichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170015347Abstract: In an electric power steering apparatus, a control unit includes: a power module that is in surface contact with a heatsink, and in which a plurality of switching elements are mounted internally; a holder that places the power module in close contact with the heat sink, and that also positions the power module; and a controlling circuit board that is disposed so as to be separated axially from the holder, and on which a central processing unit (CPU) is mounted; and the power module is disposed on a first surface of a first side of the holder, and a circumferential surface of a capacitor that suppresses electric power supply pulsation is disposed so as to be in close contact with a capacitor recess portion that is formed on a second surface of a second side of the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20170015348Abstract: Disclosed is a power steering device having at least two redundant steering torque sensor units TS1 and TS2, at least two redundant steering angel sensor units AS1 and AS2, at least two redundant motor position sensor units 61 and 62 and a control unit configured to: in a normal state, perform steering assist control based on a steering torque detection signal of one of the steering torque sensor units TS1 and TS2, a steering angle detection signal of one of the steering angle sensor units AS1 and AS2 and a motor position detection signal of one of the motor position sensor units 61 and 62; perform redundant monitoring on the steering torque sensor units TS1 and TS2, the steering angel sensor units AS1 and AS2 and the motor position sensor units 61 and 62; and, upon detection of an abnormality in any sensor output signal by the redundant monitoring, switch the abnormal signal to an alternative signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo SASAKI, Takumi HISAZUMI
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Publication number: 20170015349Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting a transition (4?) in a noisy signal, which involves submitting a noisy signal (?Signal) carrying an item of information used for managing the power steering, said method comprising a derivation sub-step (a1), which involves evaluating the time derivative of the noisy signal (?Signal/?t), following by a selective filtering sub-step (a2) which involves comparing said time derivative of the noisy signal (?Signal/?t) with a predefined variation threshold (Spic) in order to detect the appearance of a derivative peak (7), greater than said variation threshold (Spic), evaluating the holding time (dpic) of said derivative peak, during which the time derivative of the noisy signal (?Signal/?t) is held above said variation threshold (Spic), and checking if said peak holding time (Spic) reaches or exceeds a predefined minimum time threshold (d0).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: JTEKT EUROPEInventors: Sébastien BOURDREZ, Pascal MOULAIRE, Christophe RAVIER
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Publication number: 20170015350Abstract: A method for managing a power steering system, including a step (a) of detecting a reversal in the steering direction which involves acquiring a signal, referred to as a “motor torque signal” (CMot), representative of the assistance force (Cassist) delivered by the power steering motor, then evaluating the time derivative (?CMot/?t) of the motor torque signal, then comparing the time derivative of the motor torque signal to a predefined variation threshold (Spic) in order to detect a derivative peak, greater than the variation threshold (Spic), that indicates a reversal in the steering direction. The method next includes a friction evaluation step (b) which involves evaluating the friction from the drop, during the reversal in the steering direction, in a so-called “actuation force signal” (Caction), which is representative of the total actuation force exerted together on the power steering by the driver and by the power steering motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: JTEKT EUROPEInventors: Sébastien BOURDREZ, Pascal MOULAIRE, Christophe RAVIER
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Publication number: 20170015351Abstract: A steering control device capable of causing a steering torque to follow a target steering torque when a driver holds a steering wheel for steering, and making an adjustment so that the steering wheel returns to a neutral position at an appropriate speed, when the driver releases his or her hands from the steering wheel. A motor is controlled based on a motor steering assist torque, which is a sum of a first steering assist torque, which is proportional to an integral value of a deviation between the target steering torque and the steering torque, and a second steering assist torque, which is proportional to a motor rotational angular velocity and acting in a direction of suppressing a return speed of the steering wheel when the steering wheel returns to the neutral position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: MITSUBHISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya ENDO, Hidetoshi IKEDA, Yoshihiko KINPARA, Hiroaki KITANO
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Publication number: 20170015352Abstract: A dump truck includes a suspension and a steering mechanism. The suspension includes: a suspension arm in a form of an upper arm having an up-and-down movable proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame; and a tire support in a form of a casing rotatably attached to a distal end of the upper arm. The steering mechanism includes a steering cylinder having a proximal end attached to the upper arm and a distal end attached to a knuckle arm provided to the tire support.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Taiga Sasaki, Kouichi Okamoto, Takeo Ootsuka
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Publication number: 20170015353Abstract: A steering shaft for a motor vehicle may include a first shaft part and a second shaft part. The first and second shaft parts may be connected in a way such that torques are transferred. A damping element can be disposed between the first and second shaft parts for damping oscillations and/or vibrations. The damping element may contact a carrier along a contact area. The damping element may be coupled to the carrier at only a portion of the contact area. The carrier may be, for example, the first shaft part, the second shaft part, a sleeve, or a bushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Presta AG, ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Michael Bugl, Martin Voscek
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Publication number: 20170015354Abstract: A lane change control arrangement, vehicle, and method are described. The lane change control arrangement is arranged to adjust a host vehicle velocity in accordance with a first velocity profile to expand a detectable zone to cover a previously undetectable zone of a second road lane, detect whether a vehicle is present in the previously undetectable zone, determine that a lane change is possible, or determine that a lane change is unsuitable using the second road lane and issue a control signal to the vehicle drive arrangement to adjust the host vehicle velocity until a safety distance is established between the host vehicle and the detected vehicle, and issue a control signal to the vehicle drive arrangement to perform the lane change.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Julia NILSSON, Mohammad ALI, Mattias Erik BRANNSTROM
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Publication number: 20170015355Abstract: A method for vision assisted parking of a vehicle includes displaying video images derived from image data captured by a camera. A controller is operated in a first mode to generate a first overlay that includes a parking space representation of a parking space where the vehicle may be parked, and that is overlayed on the displayed video images at an offset position and remains at the offset position while the driver maneuvers the vehicle to position the parking space representation at a target parking location. The controller is operated in a second mode to generate a second overlay that includes (i) a representation of a predicted rearward path of travel of the vehicle and (ii) a representation of a determined target path. The second overlay is adjusted responsive to steering of the vehicle while the driver follows the determined target path towards and into the target parking location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Hagen Marczok, Holger Goerg, Paolo Di Alberto
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Publication number: 20170015356Abstract: An offset washer for adjusting the camber angle in a vehicle is disclosed. The offset washer includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, an aperture extending through the body, and a protrusion having a longitudinal width different than the body thickness. The protrusion is configured to be inserted into a receiving aperture on a flange of a vehicle suspension system. The protrusion is defined by a formed upset defining a step in the material along a portion of the edge of the aperture, which is formed by upsetting the portion of the edge of the aperture when forming the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Jesse Aaron Weifenbach, Raymond Puckett
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Publication number: 20170015357Abstract: An impact energy absorption structure for a vehicle has a structure in which an impact absorption member is disposed between an outer panel and inner panel. The impact absorption member is formed of ribs in a grid pattern. Specifically, first ribs each having a major surface facing in a front-rear direction are disposed approximately at regular intervals in the front-rear direction. In addition, second ribs each having a major surface facing in a vertical direction are disposed approximately at regular intervals in the vertical direction. The first ribs disposed at ends in the front-rear direction are closer to the outer panel than the first ribs disposed at a middle portion in the front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya MUKAINAKANO, Hiroshi SHIMOYAMA, Junya IINO
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Publication number: 20170015358Abstract: An instrument panel component includes a wall, a first projection, and a second projection. The wall is configured to be supported by the instrument panel. The first and second projections are supported by the wall and extend in a common direction away from the wall. The length of the first projection is different than the length of the second projection and both projections are of a different material than the material of the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Pardeep Kumar Jindal, Rahul Makwana, Matthew B. Makowski
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Publication number: 20170015359Abstract: A wheel suspension for a vehicle axle, in particular a front axle, of a two-track vehicle includes a wheel carrier configured to support a vehicle wheel, and a link assembly configured to articulate the wheel carrier to a vehicle body. The link assembly includes at least one two-point link articulated on a side of the wheel carrier to the wheel carrier at a first mounting point and on a side of the vehicle body to the vehicle body at a second mounting point. The two-point link executes a pivotal movement in the event of a head-on collision to enable a collision-proximal vehicle wheel to move backwards. The two-point link includes a stop member to limit the pivotal movement in the event of the head-on collision, by impacting a body-side counterpiece, thereby forming a body-side third mounting point to block and counteract the pivotal movement of the two-point link.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: DOMINIK MOHRLOCK
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Publication number: 20170015360Abstract: A vehicle skeleton structure including: a tunnel portion that projects upward in a vertical direction at a vehicle width direction central portion of a floor panel, and that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction, the tunnel portion including side wall portions opposing each other in the vehicle width direction, and an upper wall portion that interconnects upper end portions of the side wall portions; a tunnel upper reinforcement member that covers the upper wall portion and the side wall portions of the tunnel portion from an exterior of each and that is joined to the tunnel portion; and a cross member that bridges, along the vehicle width direction, the tunnel portion and a rocker that is disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the floor panel, and that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction, the cross member being directly or indirectly joined to the tunnel upper reinforcement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoichiro ONISHI
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Publication number: 20170015361Abstract: A support for a motor vehicle body-in-white includes a straight longitudinal portion that includes at least one cavity which is delimited by walls of the support and inside of which a reinforcing element is accommodated and is fastened in the longitudinal direction of the support. The reinforcing element is force-locked to the support so as to be fastened in the longitudinal direction of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Andre KOCH, Stefan MIESLINGER
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Publication number: 20170015362Abstract: A rear package tray structure may include left and right side members oriented vertically from a floor panel, and a tray member to connect upper ends of the side members, in which the tray member and the side members are shaped with empty spaces defined therein extending in longitudinal directions thereof, respectively, and are connected to one another such that the empty spaces fluidly communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Suk-Jun CHAI
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Publication number: 20170015363Abstract: An assembling structure of a vehicle body may include side sill members provided in a length direction of a vehicle at both side portions of a lower portion of the vehicle body, respectively, a dash cross member provided in a width direction of the vehicle, both side end portions thereof being assembled to front end portions of the side sill members, center members provided in the length direction of the vehicle between the side sill members and a central portion of the vehicle body, front end portions thereof being assembled to a lower end portion of the dash cross member, and reinforcing members provided in the width direction of the vehicle between the center members and the side sill members, a first end portion of each reinforcing members being assembled to the center members and a second end portion of each reinforcing members being assembled to the side sill members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Jong Seop Song, Yong Kew KIM
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Publication number: 20170015364Abstract: A floor body for a vehicle may include a floor panel forming a lower portion of a vehicle, side sill members extending in a length direction of the vehicle and coupled to both sides of the floor panel, a center side area being a virtual area with a shape extending in a length direction on the floor panel and passing through a point at which a center side member extending in the length direction of the vehicle from both sides of a central portion of the floor panel is provided, and a cross member disposed on the floor panel and extending in a width direction of the vehicle to pass through the center side area and formed so that a portion of the cross member positioned outside the center side area is thicker than that of a portion of the cross member positioned in the center side area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Publication number: 20170015365Abstract: A fastening arrangement of a radiator trim and a bumper on the front-end carrier of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The radiator trim and the bumper have at least one fastening part respectively, via which the radiator trim and the bumper are fastened on the front-end carrier by an allocated fastening element, preferably formed by a screw element. A connection element is provided on the fastening part of the radiator trim, the connection element being connected to a corresponding receiver of the fastening part of the bumper to form a mutual fastening device via which the radiator trim and the bumper are fastened on the front-end carrier by the fastening element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: DAIMLER AGInventors: Alexander GUENTHER, Holger JAKOBS
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Publication number: 20170015366Abstract: The invention relates to a surface element, in particular a wall element, for a camping vehicle or a mobile home, in particular caravans, motorhomes, etc., as well as a method for its production.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Knaus Tabbert GmbHInventors: Jürgen Thaler, Kurt Wachtveitl
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Publication number: 20170015367Abstract: A pickup truck tailgate lifting system and apparatus. The system in communication with the tailgate of the truck and located within an interior of the truck bed. The apparatus comprising a motor, a sprocket, a chain, and pins located on opposed ends of the tailgate, wherein the chain engages the tailgate and moves the tailgate from a closed position to an open position. The pins of the apparatus allow for normal operation of the tailgate during non-use of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: John Michael Baker