Abstract: A seat recliner system includes a seat back having a back support member configured to support the back of a passenger. A connecting member extends generally orthogonally from a lower end of the back support member. The connecting member includes a front portion and a rear portion. A seat base includes a forward link operably coupled to the front portion of the connecting member. A rearward link is operably coupled to the rear portion of the connecting member such that the seat back is rotatable about a virtual hip-point of a passenger that is above the seat base and forward of the seat back.

Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seatback. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a child-restraint harness coupled to the seat bottom and seatback to restrain a juvenile seated on the seat bottom.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes anchors to engage with engagement members provided on a child seat; a pad having recesses provided either at a rear edge of a seat cushion or a lower edge of a seatback; a trim cover covering the pad and having openings above the pad recesses; and bezels covering and hiding the pad recesses. Each of the anchors may comprise left and right side bars and a front bar connecting front ends of the side bars and is U-shaped, each of the bezels is box-shaped, has an upper and lower flaps formed integral and defining a bottom wall of the bezel, and covers the pad recess, providing a space in the pad recess located behind the flaps, each front bar is located in front of or behind the flaps, and each of the engagement members provided on the child seat is able to engage with the anchor.

Abstract: A vehicular seat includes: a seat cushion that is disposed offset with respect to a vehicle width direction center of a vehicle; an airbag that is provided in the seat cushion and which, upon receiving a supply of gas, is expanded and deployed in such a way as to suppress a seated occupant from moving toward the front of the vehicle; and gas supplying device which, when actuated at the time of a frontal impact of the vehicle, supplies gas to the airbag in such a way that a vehicle width direction outer side section of the airbag with respect to a vehicle width direction center of the seat cushion is expanded and deployed before an inner side section.

Abstract: A guide device is provided for guiding sliding movement of an armrest of a vehicle seat, the device comprising a guide rail, a sliding rail, and at least one slide, wherein the slide is arranged in an installed deformed state using a first spring element region formed on the slide and a second spring element region located a distance therefrom to contact an inner side of the sliding rail. A third spring element region is formed between the first and the second spring element regions interconnecting the first and second spring element regions. In the installed deformed state, the third region is formed in a curve at a distance from an inner side of the sliding rail and in the non-installed undeformed state, the third region is formed in a straight line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a 4-way lumbar support capable of automatically adjusting a vertical curved position and an amount of curvature of a lumbar plate, while securely supporting the lumbar plate even when a large load, such as the rear-end collision of a vehicle, is applied to the lumbar plate. In addition, the 4-way lumbar support can adjust an amount of forward curvature of the lumbar plate using a pusher including a pair of hinge members, thereby enabling the amount of forward curvature of the lumbar plate to be adjusted across a wider range without increasing the thickness of a seat back in the forward and backward directions thereof.

Abstract: An assembly for adjusting a lumbar region of a seat having a back frame. A seat support adapted for suspension in the frame is movable between first and second lumbar positions. An actuator is operatively attached to and concurrently moves with the support, and has a chassis mount and a drive mount selectively movable therewith between first and second positions. A wire extends between longitudinal ends adapted for attachment to the frame. A first guide slidably supported along the wire is coupled to the support and to the chassis mount. A second guide slidably supported along the wire is coupled to the support and to the drive mount. Movement of the drive mount from the first position urges the guides away from each other towards the ends of the wire such that the actuator and the seat support move toward the second lumbar position as a unit.

Abstract: A grip mounting structure for a utility vehicle includes an R.O.P.S. surrounding a riding space provided with a seat, a front-seat central grip provided to the R.O.P.S. and having a holding portion configured to be held by a crew member sitting on the seat, and an additional grip detachably mounted to at least one of the R.O.P.S. and the front-seat central grip and having a holding portion configured to be held by the crew member. The holding portion of the additional grip has a projection amount to the riding space that is larger than a projection amount of the holding portion of the front-seat central grip to the riding space.

Abstract: A heating and cooling cup holder includes: a holder body to store a beverage container, a shape enclosing the beverage container, and a blowing hole to which wind is introduced; a heat exchanger having a front coupled to an outer side of the holder body to cover the blowing hole and an inlet to thereby allow the wind introduced into the inlet to be heat-exchanged and then discharged into the holder body through the blowing hole; a Peltier element having a front coupled to a rear surface of the heat exchanger and a heat pipe having a front of one end portion coupled to a rear surface of the Peltier element and the other end portion extended to a side direction; and a radiating module coupled to one end portion of the heat pipe and a radiating fan arranged at a rear of the radiating module.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure describe a wheeled vehicle having a structure attached thereto and configured to acquire within the interior of the structure a vehicle to be inspected. The structure is configured to receive the vehicle within its interior. In example implementations, the structure is located relative to the wheeled vehicle such that the vehicle to be inspected is loaded into and received within the structure during travel of the wheeled vehicle past the vehicle to be inspected. Having loaded the vehicle into the structure, the vehicle may be inspected. Once inspection is complete, the vehicle may be unloaded from the structure. In example implementations, the structure is located relative to the wheeled vehicle such that the inspected vehicle is unloaded from the structure during travel of the wheeled vehicle past the inspected vehicle. The wheeled vehicle may transport the structure to the site of another vehicle to be inspected.

Abstract: A sleeping compartment for a recreational vehicle, which has a cabin with a ceiling, a rear wall, two doors, seats, a windshield, and an expandable habitation unit located behind the rear wall. The sleeping compartment includes a roof, which is sized and shaped to cover the expandable habitation unit and the cabin, the roof having a front roof portion and a rear roof portion. The roof is actuatable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. A sleeping berth is separate from and independent to the expandable habitation unit. The sleeping berth has a sleeping surface located on top of the ceiling. The front roof portion is moveably connected to the cabin above the windshield and the doors to permit movement of the roof between the open and closed configuration.

Abstract: A heads up display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a wireless transceiver configured to connect and communicate with a device providing information for display, an energy storage device configured to provide energy to the display apparatus, a processor configured receive information from the transceiver and configure the information for display, and a display configured to output the information.

Abstract: A lamp structure is provided in which a roof rack fixed on top of a car has an engaging slot for locking with a detent portion formed on the bottom of a positioning unit. A connecting portion extending on the detent portion has a fitting indentation with a positioning member penetrating therethrough, one end of the positioning member having a snap-fit portion provided on one end and a positioning pulling lever pivotally provided on the other end. A warning lamp having a snap-fit groove for engaging with the snap-fit portion is combined with the connecting portion. Therefore, the warning lamp has higher assembly position so that light emitted from the warning light is clearly visible by rear drivers from a longer distance and hence has better eye-catching and warning effect, and better driving safety can be achieved.

Abstract: A trailer hitch plug is provided herein. A base member is configured to luminesce in response to excitation light provided by a light source. An electrical connector is provided at the base member. A cover is removably coupled to the electrical connector and configured to luminesce in response to excitation light provided by the light source.

Abstract: A vehicle having a trim housing disposed on the vehicle and partially concealing a latch is provided herein. A light projector is disposed within the trim housing and is configured to illuminate a lighted image pattern on a surface of the vehicle. The image pattern is configured to provide assistance in locating a switch.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting system is provided herein and includes a window of a vehicle. A light-producing assembly is coupled to the window and includes a photoluminescent member configured to luminesce in response to excitation light provided by a light source and a decorative member for concealing the photoluminescent member, wherein the photoluminescent member luminesces to accentuate an indicium defined by the decorative member.

Abstract: There is provided a sound generating device for vehicles that is capable of improving the sensing of acceleration feeling. The sound generating device for vehicles includes an input unit that receives an input of a speed of a vehicle; and a generation unit that generates a sound including a plurality of frequency components when the speed of the vehicle is a first speed. When the speed of the vehicle changes from the first speed to a second speed (higher than the first speed), the generation unit shifts the frequency components included in the sound to a higher frequency side and reduces the sound at a higher frequency band in the shifted frequency components. The generation unit preferably performs pitch shift processing and low pass filter processing (and more preferably performs moving average processing) on the sound.

Abstract: A system and method for warning a third party about a temperature condition for a forgotten occupant based upon an estimated temperature. The system and method include retrieving a weather forecast for an area in which the vehicle is located and estimating a future temperature of the passenger compartment in response to determining that the drive system of the vehicle has been shut off and that the driver has exited the vehicle, the method determines whether an occupant remains in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The future temperature of the passenger compartment is a temperature of the passenger compartment of the vehicle after a lapse of a predetermined time period. In response to determining that the estimated future temperature is outside of the predetermined temperature range send a warning to the computing device.

Abstract: A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive received signals, the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and for tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles, and, if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device.

Abstract: An information display apparatus includes: an around-the-vehicle sensor 3 that detects an obstacle around a vehicle; a transmissive display apparatus 4 which has a plurality of LEDs 42 disposed inside a vehicle interior structural member, and performs a display by lights of LEDs 42 transmitted through a surface of the structural member and irradiated outside; and a controller 2 that determines a driver's driving operation based on vehicle information about a driving operation, and allows the transmissive display apparatus 4 provided at the structural member present in a direction of a blind spot area in which the obstacle is detected by the around-the-vehicle sensor 3, among the blind spot areas formed by the vehicle interior structural members obstructing the visual field of a driver looking outside the vehicle in the driving operation, to display information on the obstacle.

Abstract: A system for estimating a driving lane of a vehicle includes a road surface marking recognizing unit configured to recognize a road surface marking of a lane in which the vehicle is driving, a lane change determining unit configured to calculate a variation in a distance between the vehicle and the recognized road surface marking at a pre-set time interval, and compare the calculated variation with a preset value to generate lane change information. The system also includes a driving lane estimating unit configured to estimate the driving lane of the vehicle on the basis of information of the lane in which the vehicle is driving and the lane change information.

Abstract: An asymmetrical mirror lens, usable on front fenders of school buses and similar vehicles, which has a plurality of mirror sections, each having a distinct constant radius of curvature to reduce image distortion. Optional sections located between sections of the constant radius of curvature have a step-wise changing radii of curvature to smooth the image sizes as an object moves across the mirror lens.

Abstract: A vehicle mirror and camera mounting system includes a camera mounting bracket that includes an injection molded bracket formed by injection molding a polymeric molding resin. A camera, when its camera module is attached at the camera mounting bracket at the vehicle windshield, has a field of view through the vehicle windshield. The camera mounting bracket includes a mirror attachment portion configured for attaching an interior rearview mirror assembly thereat. At least one cover element is attached at (i) the camera mounting bracket, (ii) the camera module and/or (iii) the mirror mount so that the camera module and the camera mounting bracket are not readily viewable to a person viewing the construction from inside the vehicle. The mirror mount includes an electrical connector for electrical connection to (i) a connector at the camera module or (ii) a wire harness of the vehicle, with the connection hidden from view.

Abstract: A foldable holding device that is provided in a floorboard, the foldable holding device including: a housing recess that is provided in the floorboard; a top panel that fits into the housing recess, the top panel having a plurality of legs that are continuously and outwardly formed from a lower edge of the top panel, top surfaces of the top panel and the floorboard forming a plane surface when the top panel is housed in the housing recess; a pair of side panels foldably connected to the side edges of the top panel such that when the top panel is raised, the pair of side panels are raised to mutually opposed positions; side panel holding protrusions that are provided in the housing recess; and a plurality of leg-holding members that respectively hold the plurality of legs when the top panel is raised.

Abstract: A vehicle trim panel assembly includes a body defining a storage compartment and an access opening to that storage compartment. The body includes a front storage compartment wall. The access opening is provided in communication with the storage compartment. Further the body includes a slot in the front wall that is open to the access opening and in communication with the storage compartment.

Abstract: An illuminated coat hook assembly is provided. That coat hook assembly includes a body in the shape of a hook and a light source carried on the body. That light source may take the form of a light emitting diode and further include a rylene die section carried on the body that is powered by the light emitting diode to illuminate the coat hook assembly in a glow of desired color.

Abstract: A mount includes a keyed insert and a key receiver. The keyed insert includes a key base and a keyed plate mounted to the key base and having one or more key features extending from a periphery of the keyed plate. The key receiver accepts the keyed insert and includes a receiver base, a retaining ring, a key set ring, a key entrance ring, and a spring plate. The retaining ring is connected to the receiver base. The key set ring is disposed between the retaining ring and the receiver base and includes one or more receiving notches and one or more locking notches. The one or more receiving notches is configured to receive the one or more key features the one or more locking notch is spaced away from the one or more receiving notch and is configured to lockingly engage the one or more key features.

Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a color camera disposed at a vehicle and having an exterior rearward field of view. The color camera includes an imaging array of photosensing pixels and at least one color filter disposed at or in front of at least some of the photosensing pixels. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the color camera. Processing of captured image data by the image processor includes utilization of a color correction algorithm that includes a color correction matrix. The color correction matrix algorithm may utilize a 3×3 color correction matrix. The color correction algorithm may include a color correction matrix algorithm and a histogram algorithm that function to determine a color correction for the captured image data.

Abstract: A storage rack provides convenient and secure storage of vehicle roof panels or “T-tops”. The storage rack can be used both in a rear compartment of the vehicle during travel or outside the vehicle such as in a garage. The storage rack has two sets of arms to store the T-tops at an angle in the rear compartment of the vehicle to give the driver full visibility out the rear window. The storage rack arms can be put into a flat stow position to reduce the space taken by the storage rack when not being used for storage of the T-tops. The storage rack may be secured to the vehicle to prevent movement during operation of the vehicle. A hook may be incorporated into the storage rack to secure a hatch or glove box lid in the open position.

Abstract: A wheel resonator for a vehicle may include a resonant plate which has an annular structure that is wound around a rim portion of a wheel while maintaining predetermined tension, has resonant holes formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, and forms a resonant chamber together with a surface of the rim portion, and sealing plates formed integrally with both end portions of the resonant plate, and tightly attached to and supported on an inner wall surface of the rim portion.

Abstract: A system includes first and second failsafe devices. Each of the failsafe devices includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor for performing at least one of detecting a fault and providing a communication concerning a fault. The system further includes an arbitration bus connecting the first and second failsafe devices. The communication concerning the fault may be provided from a first one of the first and second failsafe devices to a second one of the first and second failsafe devices.

Abstract: A bumper cross member for a motor vehicle includes an insert of fiber-reinforced composite material and reinforcing structures molded onto the insert. A first groove is formed onto the insert, and the reinforcing structures include ribs formed in the first groove. The ribs extend inclined in relation to a longitudinal direction of the groove from one lateral wall of the groove to the other. The insert is further formed into a second groove, which are open toward opposing sides of the insert. The first and second grooves share a lateral wall. An outer bumper skin is supported by the bumper cross member.

Abstract: An occupant position detection device is an occupant position detection device disposed inside a vehicle to detect a position of an occupant, and includes: a detector comprising two or more sensor electrodes disposed forward of a seat and at least one sensor electrode disposed at a position more rearward and higher than these sensor electrodes, the detector respectively outputting a detection signal based on a distance between each of the sensor electrodes and the occupant; and a computation unit inputted with the detection signal to compute an occupant position. The computation unit selects from the detection signals outputted from the detector three or more types of combinations configured from two of the detection signals, calculates a ratio or difference for each of these combinations of detection signals, and computes the occupant position based on the three or more calculated ratios or differences of the detection signals.

Abstract: A system comprises a controller for a vehicle. The controller comprises a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to make readings of an infrared sensor positioned to sense objects and motion in a rear passenger foot well. The controller determines if there is an object present in the foot well using the readings. The controller then determines if there is motion in the foot well using the readings. The controller then activates a knee bolster when motion is determined, and deactivates a knee bolster when motion is not determined.

Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a polymeric bracket for instrument panel side passenger knee protection, the polymeric bracket including first and second legs spaced apart from each other and to support an instrument panel at an assembly position, and a waist connecting the first and second legs and to support a cross car beam at the assembly position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a pillar garnish mounted at a side pillar assembly of the vehicle. The pillar garnish has an upper end portion, a roof head lining with an outer portion that extends along the upper end portion of the pillar garnish, and an airbag jump bracket fixedly located between a pillar body and the roof head lining. The airbag jump bracket includes a first portion extending in a vehicle height direction and a second portion extending outwardly from the first portion in a vehicle width direction. The second portion supports an airbag body that guides the airbag body toward an occupant compartment of the vehicle during an airbag deployment event. The airbag jump bracket further includes an outwardly turned flange portion that extends outwardly in the vehicle width direction to underhang the second portion of the airbag jump bracket. The outwardly turned flange portion has an underside and terminates at an end located beneath the second portion of the airbag jump bracket.

Abstract: An inflatable cushion for a side of a vehicle is provided, the inflatable cushion having a first sheet of material; a second sheet of material, the first sheet of material being secured to the second sheet of material at a seam to define the inflatable cushion; and wherein the seam consists only of: a first plurality of stitches; a peripheral edge portion of the first sheet of material; and a peripheral edge portion of the second sheet of material; and wherein no adhesives or sealants are applied to the first sheet and the second sheet when the seam is formed by applying the first plurality of stitches.

Abstract: An air curtain unit of a vehicle includes an inflator assembly and an air curtain that is in fluid communication with the inflator assembly. A clip includes a hook that extends at least partially around the air curtain. The clip includes a mounting portion that is fixed to the hook and is engaged with the inflator. The mounting portion of the clip supports the air curtain relative to the inflator assembly, and the hook of the clip supports the air curtain in a desired location.

Abstract: Safety belt device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a roll-up spindle rotatably supported in a frame, on which roll-up spindle a safety belt is held with its one end, wherein the roll-up spindle is biased into a roll-up position, in which the safety belt is rolled up on the roll-up spindle and the safety belt can be rolled off the roll-up spindle against the bias by rotating the roll-up spindle and wherein a torsion rod is provided in the roll-up spindle which is fastened to the roll-up spindle with a first end and which is fastened to the frame with a second end, wherein a plastic material is molded around the torsion rod in the roll-up spindle, wherein at least the second end of the torsion rod is free from the plastic material.

Abstract: A method is provided for operation of a safety arrangement in a vehicle. The safety arrangement comprises a seat belt, a seat belt retractor and at least one seat position adjustment arrangement for position adjustment of a seat of the vehicle and/or a portion of the seat. The method comprises a refraction of the seat belt by means of the seat belt retractor with a retraction force, and a pre-crash displacement of the seat and/or the portion of the seat resulting in a displacement force acting on the seat belt. The method further comprises adapting the pre-crash displacement and the refraction of the seat belt to each other by ascertaining that a combined seat belt force comprising the refraction force and the displacement force does not exceed a selectable level. The disclosure further relates to a safety arrangement for a vehicle and a vehicle comprising such a safety arrangement.

Abstract: An end fitting tensioner (10) for a seat belt system includes a rotatable belt shaft (12) to which one end (14) of a webbing (16) is fixed, a belt shaft housing (18) in which the belt shaft (12) is supported, a rope reel (36) which is arranged at an axial end of the belt shaft (12) and is connected to the belt shaft (12) in a rotationally fixed manner, as well as a pull rope (41) which is secured by one rope end (45) on the rope reel (36) and can at least partly be wound onto the rope reel (36). The rope reel (36) includes a winding surface (62) for the pull rope (41) that is conically tapered in the axial direction.

Abstract: A lock mechanism for a motor vehicle ignition switch includes a housing defining a barrel and a locking cylinder fitted for rotation in the barrel. A cap is fitted over one end of the housing capturing a frangible lock insert between the housing and cap. The frangible lock insert includes an electrically conductive pathway between radially displaced connection points on the rim of the insert. A circuit includes the electrically conductive pathway which is interrupted by disintegration of the frangible lock insert. Such disintegration occurs upon efforts to tamper with the lock mechanism or application of brute force to the sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiping device, in particular a wiping device for a motor vehicle pane, comprising a wiper blade adapter (12a; 12b). According to the invention, the wiper blade adapter (12a; 12b) comprises a pivot bearing (26a; 26b) that is designed to pivotally mount a spring element (20a; 20b).

Abstract: A wiper system wiper system for wiping a window is provided. The wiper system has an arm head and an arm retainer connected to the arm head via a pivot. The wiper system includes a latch for controlling pivoting of the arm retainer with respect to the arm head. The latch is configured to restrict pivoting of the arm retainer with respect to the arm head to an operating range close to the window when the latch is in a latched state. The latch is further configured to allow pivoting of the arm retainer with respect to the arm head from the operating range to a servicing position away from the window when the latch is in an unlatched state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade device comprising a wiper blade adapter (10) and a wiper strip unit (12). According to the invention, said wiper strip unit (12) has at least one securing recess (14) which, in at least one operating state, forms an interlocking connection with the wiper blade adapter (10).

Abstract: Assembly for the production of a wiping system, comprising a terminal part (2) of a wiper arm designed to move a wiper blade (3) over the surface to be wiped and a hydraulic connector (30) comprising at least one piping element (31, 32) for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade (3), the said terminal part comprising at least one means (8) for supporting the said hydraulic connector ensuring that it is held longitudinally with reference to the wiper arm. It is characterized in that the said supporting means allows a movement of the said hydraulic connector (30) in a direction convergent with the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Embodiments provide vehicle camera cleaning systems used for cleaning foreign matter off of a camera lens, including, for example, a water flow nozzle arranged to eject water flow, an air nozzle arranged to eject air, and a central controller used to control the water flow nozzle and air nozzle. In certain embodiments, a plurality of sensing devices are used for sensing the conditions of the camera lens, such as an infrared water drop sensor, a temperature sensor, a camera sensing sensor, and the like. The central controller may determine whether there are water drops, ice, snow, or other foreign matter on the lens based on signals received from the plurality of sensing devices, and may control the air nozzle and the water flow nozzle to clean the camera lens based on the foreign matter present.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper motor drive system that includes a motor, an output shaft operatively connected to a wiper blade, and a breakaway clutch operatively connected between the motor and output shaft. The breakaway clutch includes a torque-sensitive releasable locking mechanism having a first position wherein torque is translated from the motor to the output shaft through the breakaway clutch to drive the wiper blade across a surface to be wiped, and a second position wherein torque is interrupted between the motor and the output shaft in response to a predetermined rotational torque differential acting on the output shaft, with the locking mechanism being movable back to the first position when the differential torque is reduced on the output shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle interior detailing tool is provided. The device comprises a handheld assembly that is used to clean the slats of a vehicle climate control vent, whereby the tool is inserted into the vent and in between the slats thereover to clean the same. The tool comprises a handle end and a plurality of tines extending therefrom. The tines extend parallel therefrom and each supports an elongated cleaning sleeve thereon. The cleaning sleeves are used to contact the surfaces of the vent and physical remove dirt, dust, and foreign debris thereon. The sleeves are elastic members that conform to the separate of the slats and fit therebetween, bearing on the surfaces to physical clean the same. The sleeves can further support a cleaning solution.

Abstract: A vehicle washing installation having two stands on which a nozzle beam with a plurality of high-pressure nozzles is held so as be adjustable in height is provided. The nozzle beam is surrounded by a protective body extending along the nozzle beam and having at least one outlet opening for cleaning liquid, the protective body being adjustable in height together with the nozzle beam and being movable relative to the nozzle beam upon striking an obstacle, the movement of the protective body relative to the nozzle beam being detectable by a sensor assembly in order to provide a control signal.