Patents Issued in May 25, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170144590
    Abstract: A security mounting arrangement can include a mounting bracket and a shielding bracket. The mounting bracket can have a first aperture and a second aperture. The shielding bracket can be selectively engageable with the mounting bracket and have a third aperture aligned with the first aperture when the mounting bracket and the shielding bracket are engaged with one another. A passageway extending along an axis can be defined by the first aperture and the third aperture. The passageway can have a first portion with a first diameter, a second portion with a second diameter, and a third portion with a third diameter positioned between the first portion and the second portion along the axis. The third diameter can be greater than the first diameter and the second diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Ian Taberner
  • Publication number: 20170144591
    Abstract: A headlight device (1) having a projection function includes a light source device (2), a lighting optical system (3), an image display element (4), an image signal controller (6), and a projection optical system (5). The projection optical system (5) includes a coaxial lens system (11) having a refractive action, a free-form surface lens (12), and a free-form surface mirror (13) from the image display element (4) side. In this way, an image that can be readily visually recognized by a driver or a pedestrian may be projected onto a road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko YATSU
  • Publication number: 20170144592
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a switch adjacent to a vehicle turn signal lever to increase frequency rate of the on and off existing front turn lights and existing rear turn lights when the vehicle is attempting a U-turn. The increase can be approximately two to approximately three times the steady state blinking rate of the vehicle turn signal lights. The switch can be a button switch on the side or end of the existing turn signal lever. The invention does not require the use of extra lights to be installed on a vehicle for the U-turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Max Houss
  • Publication number: 20170144593
    Abstract: A vehicle display assembly includes a light source and a flexible light guide configured to emit light therefrom. The assembly may include a steering wheel assembly to which the flexible light guide is operably coupled. The vehicle display assembly may be configured to emit light in at least first, second, and third colors. For example, the vehicle display assembly may be configured to illuminate the flexible light guide in the first color in a first mode, in the second color in a second mode, and in the third color in a third mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: María Cristina Gascón Rivera, Jesus Fernando Escalante Rosas, Hiram Aburto Crespo, Edgar Diaz-Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20170144594
    Abstract: A steering wheel structure includes: a steering wheel main body supported by a steering shaft; a horn block to which a horn operation unit and an air-bag module are attached; and a connection unit that connects the horn block to the steering wheel main body such that the horn block can be elastically displaced with respect to the steering wheel main body, wherein the connection unit includes a support pin having one end supported by any one of the horn block and the steering wheel main body, a cylinder component having an outer circumferential part attached to the other of the horn block and the steering wheel main body, and an elastic component arranged between the cylinder component and the support pin, and wherein the elastic component is fixed to the cylinder component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yuya OBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170144595
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting an unattended living presence in a vehicle having at least two doors, comprising determining, before the vehicle starts moving, a first total number of vehicle door openings utilizing a non added-on door sensor integrated in the vehicle, each of the door sensors is associated with at least one of the at least two doors and is indicative of a door state, wherein each opening of a door indicates a change in a door state of a door, out of the at least two doors, from a door closed state to a door open state; determining, after the vehicle has stopped moving and until being locked, a second total number of vehicle door openings utilizing the non added-on door sensors; and in case the first total number exceeds the second total number, outputting an alert on a possible unattended living presence in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Jacob ROVINSKY
  • Publication number: 20170144596
    Abstract: A vehicle collision warning system including a vehicle that includes a first sensor configured to monitor for an exit condition, a second sensor configured to monitor for a hazard condition, an internal warning signal system configured to emit a warning signal to warn a vehicle occupant about the hazard condition, the internal warning signal system including at least one warning device configured to emit the warning signal, and a processor configured to detect an exit condition using a first signal from the first sensor, detect a hazard condition using a second signal from the second sensor, and control the at least one warning device in response to the hazard condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Tai-Te Wu
  • Publication number: 20170144597
    Abstract: A vehicle collision warning system including a vehicle that includes a first sensor configured to monitor for an exit condition, a second sensor configured to monitor for a hazard condition, an internal warning signal system configured to emit a warning signal to warn a vehicle occupant about the hazard condition, the internal warning signal system including at least one warning device configured to emit the warning signal, and a processor configured to detect an exit condition using a first signal from the first sensor, detect a hazard condition using a second signal from the second sensor, and control the at least one warning device in response to the hazard condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Tai-Te Wu
  • Publication number: 20170144598
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a brake light malfunction includes a primary abnormality signal output unit to output a primary brake light abnormality signal using primary state information of a vehicle, a secondary brake light abnormality signal output unit to output a secondary abnormality signal using secondary state information of the vehicle. An abnormality signal verifier outputs a third brake light abnormality signal when receiving the primary and secondary abnormality signals, and outputs a fourth brake light abnormality signal using the third abnormality signal and an abnormality signal of an engine control system of the vehicle. A final abnormality determiner changes into a malfunction state mode from a normal state mode when receiving the fourth abnormality signal, and determines whether the brake light is in a final abnormal state, depending on whether an operation time of the malfunction state mode exceeds a predetermined longest malfunction-sensing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Hee JEONG
  • Publication number: 20170144599
    Abstract: This application relates to an apparatus and a method for creating an image of the area around a vehicle. The apparatus for creating an image of the area around a vehicle creates an aerial-view image by converting an image of an area around a vehicle; creates a movement-area aerial-view image that is an aerial view of a movement area of the vehicle; creates a combined aerial-view image by combining a subsequent aerial-view image, which is a current image created after the previous aerial-view image is created, with the movement-area aerial-view image that is a past image; and creates a corrected combined aerial-view image by correcting an image to differentiate the subsequent aerial-view image that is the current image and the movement-area aerial-view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Jung-Pyo Lee, Choon-Woo Ryu, Sang Gu Kim, Jae-Hong Park, Seok-Keon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170144600
    Abstract: An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes first and second loading surfaces for engaging a mounting member of a side view mirror assembly, wherein the first and second loading surfaces are disposed within an interior of a vehicle door, such that, in assembly, a mounting member of the mirror assembly is substantially or fully disposed within the interior of a vehicle door, thereby minimizing the overall mirror footprint by eliminating the need for an external base for attachment of a mirror assembly to a vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Craig Pearson, Robert Anthony Brancaleone
  • Publication number: 20170144601
    Abstract: A lateral-view mirror assembly comprising a housing having a first lateral-view mirror and a second lateral-view mirror coupled to a rear portion of a vehicle to provide a driver of a vehicle with the ability to view objects positioned lateral to a rear portion of the vehicle by looking at a reflection of the objects reflected from the first and second lateral-view mirrors to the rear-view mirror to the driver. The lateral-view mirror assembly is helpful when backing out of a parking space and also when changing lanes and is located adjacent a ceiling of the vehicle in order to function properly even when a passenger is seated below the lateral-view mirror assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Lowell Martinson, Charon McNabb, Barry Hutzel, Steve Brangwyn
  • Publication number: 20170144602
    Abstract: The embodiment enclosed relates to systems and methods for aiding a user in accessing the roof of a vehicle. The user may be accessing items stored on the roof, cleaning the roof, or otherwise performing some desired action relating to the roof of a vehicle. The embodiment may include a ladder which may attach to a roof rack system attached to a vehicle. The roof rack system may be installed by the manufacturer or may be a third party, aftermarket system. The ladder system may easily detach and attach to the roof rack system and may enable a user to access various portions of the roof. The ladder may store on proximate the roof when not in use and may enable a user to easily access the ladder when desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Kelly Industries, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Kelly, Timothy R. Nieman, Joshua C. Lund
  • Publication number: 20170144603
    Abstract: A retractable catwalk and railing device facilitates movement of a catwalk and rail between a storage position to a use position. The device includes a first and second mounting brackets in a spaced horizontally aligned relationship on a vertical surface. A catwalk is pivotable between a stored position and a deployed position between the first and second mounting brackets. A lip extends upwardly from the first mounting bracket. A flange is movably coupled to the catwalk to abut the lip when the catwalk is in the stored position retaining the catwalk in the stored position. The flange is movable relative to the catwalk to disengage from the lip allowing the catwalk to be pivoted into the deployed position. A rail is pivotally coupled to the catwalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Greg Matthiesen
  • Publication number: 20170144604
    Abstract: A machine includes a machine body that includes an operator platform. The machine also includes an implement, a ladder moveable between a deployed position and a stowed position, and control unit configured to limit operation of the implement when the ladder is in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Nathaniel Doy
  • Publication number: 20170144605
    Abstract: The embodiment enclosed relates to systems and methods for aiding a user in accessing the roof of a vehicle. The user may be accessing items stored on the roof, cleaning the roof, or otherwise performing some desired action relating to the roof/upper exterior area of a vehicle. The user may additionally be attempting to reach other elevated areas of the vehicle. The embodiment may include a ladder which may attach to a roof rack system attached to a vehicle. The roof rack system may be installed by the manufacturer or may be a third party, aftermarket system. The ladder system may easily detach and attach to the roof rack system and may enable a user to access various elevated portions of the vehicle. The ladder may store in proximity to the roof when not in use and therefore may enable a user to easily access the ladder when desired. In some embodiments, the ladder may additionally and/or alternatively be stored proximate the vehicle to enable access to elevated areas of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Kelly Industries, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Kelly, Christopher J. Knapp, Donald G. Gansen, Timothy R. Nieman, Joshua C. Lund
  • Publication number: 20170144606
    Abstract: Powered retractable vehicle step assist systems and methods are provided. The steps systems are configured for installation (e.g., after market installation) and use with a vehicle. The system can include a stepping member movable between a retracted position and a deployed position with respect to the vehicle. The system can further include a vehicle interface configured to electronically communicate with an existing communication bus of the vehicle, such as through a connection with an existing electronics port of the vehicle. A controller of the step system can be configured to process information received from the vehicle interface and, based at least partly on the processing of the information, cause movement of the stepping member between the retracted position and the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony Smith
  • Publication number: 20170144607
    Abstract: A main body includes a front engaging part on a front side thereof. The front engaging part is engaged with an interior part of the vehicle. The main body is pivotable about the front engaging part. A first string includes a first connecting part connected to the main body rearward of the front engaging part and a first engaging part engaged with a pivotable back door. A second string includes a second connecting part connected to the main body rearward of the front engaging part and a second engaging part engaged with a vehicle main body. The first string is subjected to tension due to weight of the main body and the second string is loosened when the back door is opened. When the main body is moved to a direction that causes the first string to loosen in said state, the second string is subjected to tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Suguru Utsunomiya, Hironori Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170144608
    Abstract: A device for loading a kayak onto a vehicle comprises four connected supporting arms. The first and third arms are connected at substantially right angles. A second arm is connected via a fourth arm to the third arm. The connections are made at right angles through T-shaped connectors which provide rotatably and slidability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Fred E. Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20170144609
    Abstract: A versatile roof mounted cargo and recreation system is comprised of a tubular framework that provide a means for securing and transporting articles on the roof of a vehicle. The tubular framework also provides longitudinal channels which allow various accessories to be stored within the framework of the roof mounted carrier and which accessories can be arranged and fastened in a variety of configuration to serve multiple purposes such as adjusting the position of support members to support the weight of a removable hardtop for lifting and removing the hardtop and also for adjusting the position of the support members to support a canopy that is attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Alan Stanley Poudrier
  • Publication number: 20170144610
    Abstract: A kayak carrier for a vehicle hitch includes an elongated support having a lower portion configured to engage a vehicle hitch and an upper portion that is configured to provide support to an intermediate section of a kayak held by the kayak carrier. A tip receiver is coupled with the lower portion of the elongated support, where the tip receiver includes an engagement portion that is configured to receive and engage a tip section of the kayak. When the tip section of a kayak is received in the tip receiver, the kayak carrier is configured to hold the kayak in an upright orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph A. Prelesnik
  • Publication number: 20170144611
    Abstract: A cargo carrier attachable to a trailer hitch receiver, the cargo carrier comprising a hitch adapter mountable to the trailer hitch receiver; a mounting element; and a cargo receiving portion secured to the mounting element. The mounting element includes a movable element and an actuator, the movable element being removably mountable to the hitch adapter, the movable element being selectively movable relative to the cargo receiving portion between lower and upper positions, the actuator being operatively coupled to the movable element for moving the movable element between the lower and upper positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Stephane Billard
  • Publication number: 20170144612
    Abstract: A seat back for a vehicle includes a frame and an electronic display. A pyrotechnic fastener supports the electronic display on the frame. The pyrotechnic fastener includes a first portion fixed to the frame, a second portion fixed to the electronic display, and a pyrotechnic element. During a frontal impact of the vehicle, the pyrotechnic element may be activated to lower the electronic display resulting in increased travel space for the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Steven Vinton
  • Publication number: 20170144613
    Abstract: A vehicle console with a mobile device holder is disclosed. A mobile device holder for use in a vehicle is also disclosed. The mobile device holder may comprise a base having a compartment with an opening and a cover connected to the base and configured to move relative to the compartment from a closed position covering the opening to an open position where an underside of the cover is displayed. The cover may include a cradle on the cover underside configured to hold and display one or more mobile devices. The cradle may include an opening to allow a cable to be connected to one mobile device(s). The compartment may include an electronic port connectable to the cable. The mobile device holder may comprise a bin connected to the compartment and configured for holding the cable. The bin may include a cover member configured for providing access to the bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Robert Catlin, Randal John VanHoof
  • Publication number: 20170144614
    Abstract: A vehicle rear surface protector for placement in the trunk and over the bumper of a vehicle includes a trunk section sized to cover at least a portion of the interior surface of the trunk, an intermediate section is sized and shaped to extend out of the trunk, and a bumper section sized to cover at least a portion of the exterior surface of an adjacent bumper. The vehicle rear surface protector additionally includes a latch pass which allows a trunk cover to be selectively closed its typical manner even when the vehicle rear surface protector remains deployed on a vehicle, in place in the trunk and over the adjacent bumper. The vehicle rear surface protector may further include a transverse seam of reduced thickness, thereby providing a natural folding crease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Robert B. DePalma
  • Publication number: 20170144615
    Abstract: An electric wire sheathing member including a resin pipe with which springback can be suppressed, and a wire harness are provided. The electric wire sheathing member includes a resin pipe that has a tubular shape into which an electric wire can be inserted and that is bent into a predetermined shape, and a metal body that is integrally provided in at least a bent portion of the resin pipe and continuously extends in the axial direction. With this configuration, the rigidity of a bent portion of the resin pipe is increased by the metal body, thus making it possible to suppress the springback of the resin pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ryo KUROISHI, Hirokazu NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20170144616
    Abstract: A trailer slider suspension including a tubes and wires support system. The slider includes a frame slidably coupled to and supporting a trailer. The frame includes a cross brace including a pair of overlapping straps to resist twisting. A rotatable shaft is coupled to pins on the frame which are thereby selectively retractable and extendable into the trailer whereby the frame can be moved and fixed along the trailer. Supporting brackets are provided including a central portion and left and right arms extending therefrom. A shaft hole is provided in the central portion and straps openings are provided in each of the arms. The bracket is secured to the frame at a distance from the straps overlap with the rotatable shaft extending through the shaft hole, one of the straps extending through the left arm strap opening and the other strap extending through the right arm strap opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Reyco Granning, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Wall
  • Publication number: 20170144617
    Abstract: An apparatus for selecting an operation of a safety driving device for a vehicle includes an input unit capable of selectively controlling operations of a plurality of safety driving support devices for the vehicle, wherein input levels inputted through the input unit are differentiated to determine whether to operate each of the plurality of the safety driving support devices for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Seung Hwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20170144618
    Abstract: An energy absorber for a vehicle bumper assembly having a central portion that is a multi-layer structure having a unitary front member extending between two end portions, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer disposed between and interconnecting the first and second layers. The first layer has a first plurality of members forming a first latticework structure having a first network of open sections between the first plurality of members. The first layer extends between the two end portions and between a rear member of the first layer and the unitary front member. The second layer has a second plurality of members forming a second latticework structure having a second network of open sections between the second plurality of members. The second layer extends between the two end portions and between a rear member of the second layer and the unitary front member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Martini, Steve Perucca, Mike Fu
  • Publication number: 20170144619
    Abstract: At a front bumper, a supporting member is mounted to a bent portion of a bumper RF, and the supporting member extends-out toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side from the bumper RF. Therefore, when a pressure tube is pressed at a time of a collision of a collision body with a vehicle corner portion, reaction force is applied from the supporting member to the pressure tube, and the pressure tube deforms. Due thereto, a collision with a collision body can be detected. Here, when load of a predetermined value or greater is inputted to the supporting member from a rear side, the supporting member separates from the bumper RF. Therefore, in a damage test, when the supporting member interferes with a sub-radiator that is at a vehicle rear side of the supporting member, the supporting member can be made to separate from the bumper RF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehisa SHAMOTO, Naoya HIGASHIMACHI
  • Publication number: 20170144620
    Abstract: A system comprises a controller for a vehicle. The controller comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor. The controller is programmed to receive data values from a sensor to detect infrared light. The sensor is in a line of sight to a vehicle foot well. The controller is further programmed to activate a knee bolster upon determining, based at least in part on the data values, that an object is present in the foot well. The controller is yet further programmed to deactivate the knee bolster upon determining, based at least in part on the data values, that there is no object in the foot well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manoharprasad K. Rao, Mark A. Cuddihy
  • Publication number: 20170144621
    Abstract: A system comprises a controller for a vehicle. The controller comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instruction executable by the processor. The controller is programmed to receive first data values from a first sensor which detects infrared light. The infrared sensor is disposed in a line of sight to a vehicle front passenger foot well. The controller is further programmed to activate a front passenger knee bolster upon determining, based at least in part on the first data values, that an object is present in the front passenger foot well and is in motion. The controller is yet further programmed to deactivate the knee bolster upon determining, based at least in part on the first data values, that there is no motion in the front passenger foot well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manoharprasad K. Rao, Mark A. Cuddihy
  • Publication number: 20170144622
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes: a supporting structure, designed to be mounted on the floor panel of the motor vehicle; a seat, which is mounted on the supporting structure and includes a sitting portion and a backrest portion; and an airbag unit, including at least one airbag, which is folded into a housing provided in the seat assembly and is inflatable into an expanded condition outside the housing, whereby the at least one airbag has a conformation such that, in the expanded condition, the at least one airbag identifies a protection wall that surrounds the backrest portion of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Pietro Perlo, Pietro Guerrieri
  • Publication number: 20170144623
    Abstract: A tongue for a motor vehicle seat belt restraint system providing high friction restraining belt webbing transfer through the tongue in an impact condition. The tongue incorporates a deformable element which maintains the webbing away from contact with high friction elements in the normal use of the belt system. In a crash condition in which significant tension loads are applied to the belt webbing, the deformable element yields to provide contact between the belt webbing and a high friction surface which restricts the transfer of the webbing from the shoulder belt portion of the webbing to the let belt portion of the webbing which is normally more highly loaded in an impact condition. Several embodiments of deformable elements are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cahill, Jon E. Burrow, Bin Wang, Christopher S. Koprowicz
  • Publication number: 20170144624
    Abstract: A switchable retractor system includes a retractor with a spool. The spool is rotatable in an extension direction for extending a web and in a retraction direction for retracting the web. A first clutch has an engaged state where the first clutch inhibits rotation of the spool in the extension direction and a disengaged state where the first clutch allows rotation of the spool in the extension direction. A release actuator actuates the first clutch into the disengaged state when actuated by a user to allow extension of the web. A second clutch has a locked state where the second clutch inhibits rotation of the spool in the retraction direction and an unlocked state where the second clutch allows rotation of the spool in the retraction direction. A tension actuator actuates the second clutch into the unlocked state when actuated to allow retraction of the web into the retractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Geist, Guy R. Dingman
  • Publication number: 20170144625
    Abstract: An image is received from an image sensor including an occupant's head and a webbing. A center line of the occupant is determined. A webbing payout length is determined based on the center line. A safety device is adjusted based at least in part on the webbing payout length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao
  • Publication number: 20170144626
    Abstract: A seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an alert notification that is secured to a conventional seat belt buckle and initiates an audible alert message each time the seat belt buckle is engaged to release the seat belt comprises a mounting member fixedly mounted to the seat belt buckle and an actuator housing is slidably disposed on the mounting member. The actuator housing is positioned such that when it is depressed, it slides into the seat belt buckle's disengaging button, thereby enabling a user to indirectly disengage a locked conventional seat belt assembly by supplying manual pressure in an actuating direction to the actuator housing. This simultaneously causes a sound module integrated with said actuator housing to emit an alert notification concerning a vehicle condition, such as a reminder to not forget a child in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Jennifer Demeritte
  • Publication number: 20170144627
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a gear and a plate fixed to the gear. The gear is driving by a motor for providing relative rotation between a steering wheel and steering shaft of the vehicle in an adaptive front steering system. The system includes a solenoid including a coil and a pin moveable relative to the coil to engage the plate based on a signal. A sensor is configured to detect a change in current through the coil associated with initial movement of the pin relative to the coil. The system includes a controller programmed to change the duty cycle signal in response to the change in current to slow movement of the pin to reduce or eliminate a clicking noise associated with the pin seating in an extended position or retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Nehls, Joshua Guerra, Jeremy Alan Rawlings, Lodewijk Wijffels
  • Publication number: 20170144628
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a safe driving method, a safe driving device and a safe driving system, for a vehicle. The safe driving device includes an information processor, and a brake controller connected to the information processor. The information processor is configured to acquire vehicle information and information about a driving license of a driver, and determine, in accordance with the vehicle information and the information about the driving license of the driver, whether or not the driver meets a requirement for driving the vehicle. The information processor is further configured to, in the case that the driver does not meet the requirement for driving the vehicle, control the brake controller to brake the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deming LIU, Jiantao LIU
  • Publication number: 20170144629
    Abstract: A recovery system and method with repeating communication functionality includes a station configured to send a first message and at least a first remote transmitting unit responsive to the central station and configured to transmit a second message to a locating unit. At least a second remote transmitting unit includes a receiver which receives the second message, a controller configured to process the second message, and a transmitter for transmitting a third message to the locating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: James A. Justice, George Liu, Ira Cohen
  • Publication number: 20170144630
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for communicating with both of a vehicle control device, which performs vehicle control preliminary set in a vehicle when authentication with an authentication device carried by a user is successful, and a portable device, which functions as the authentication device, the communication apparatus also functioning as the authentication device, the communication apparatus includes: a to-portable-device communicator that performs wireless communication with the portable device when performing authentication with the vehicle control device; and an authenticator that performs authentication with the vehicle control device when wireless communication with the portable device is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji KATOU, Munenori MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170144631
    Abstract: A system for assisting with vehicle traffic stops wherein a first vehicle stops a second vehicle is provided. The system includes a control system structured to be operative from within the first vehicle and an arm assembly structured to be coupled to the first vehicle. The arm assembly includes a telescoping arm member, a drive system, and a remote assembly coupled to a distal end of the arm member. The remote assembly includes a number of electronic devices for (i) collecting information at or from a location adjacent the remote assembly and providing the information to the control system and (ii) enabling two-way communication between the first vehicle and the location, wherein the arm member is structured to be selectively elongated and retracted by the drive system under control of the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: JAMES G. GETSAY, CHRISTINA KNOX
  • Publication number: 20170144632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closing plate (3) for a windscreen wiper drive motor device (1) for a motor vehicle, said device (1) being of the type comprising a support (2), a shaft (5) being received therein, said shaft bearing an endless screw (6) which is capable of being driven in rotation by a motor (7), and being of the type in which said support (2) comprises a bush mounting (17) for receiving a bush (18) which is capable of supporting one end (5a) of the shaft (5), said plate (3) comprising a base (14) which is capable of closing said support (2), the closing plate (3) being characterized in that it comprises a closing tongue (20) which is made of the same material as the base (14) and serves as a water deflector for an orifice (19) formed in the end of the bush mounting (17) in the axis of rotation of the shaft (5). The invention further relates to a windscreen wiper drive motor device for a motor vehicle comprising a closing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Alain Servin, Laurent Collinet, Stephane Beauchamps
  • Publication number: 20170144633
    Abstract: A spline for use in a windshield wiper assembly including a wiping element is provided. The spline is composed of a pair of elongate strips, and each strip includes a first curved portion having at least one pointed protrusion to penetrate the wiping element, a notched portion having a notch, a second curved portion provided at a side of the elongate strip, and a body portion to seat within the wiping element. An overall shape of the spline is convex or concave with a bottom surface of the spline directed toward a wiping lip of the wiping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: ALBEREE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Albert LEE
  • Publication number: 20170144634
    Abstract: Flat wiper blade for windscreen wiper modules, having a wiper blade body, which presents at least one wiping rubber (12) forming at least on e wiping lip (12.1), presents at least one spring rail (11) in addition to at least one retaining strip (10) on which the wiping rubber (12) is held and which (retaining strip (10)) possesses at least one profile section designed as a hollow profile, in which at least a partial length of the spring rail (11) is accommodated, wherein at least one heating foil (19) is arranged over at least a partial length together with the at least one spring rail (11) in the profile section (10.1) of the retaining strip (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Bruno Egner-Walter, Michael Schäuble
  • Publication number: 20170144635
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a truck-mounted concrete pump comprising a concrete-distributing boom which is constituted by a plurality of folding boom arms and rotationally mounted on a slewing gear on a chassis, and a tilt sensor for detecting a tilt of the truck-mounted concrete pump. According to this disclosure, the truck-mounted concrete pump is provided with a safety device which restricts the operating range of the concrete-distributing boom subject to a tilt of the pump, said safety device being coupled to the tilt sensor. The safety device is designed to limit the slewing motion on the slewing gear and/or the swiveling motion of at least one boom arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Mayer, Jens Kaupp, Dirk Jahn
  • Publication number: 20170144636
    Abstract: An air-guiding arrangement is provided for a vehicle. The air-guiding arrangement is arranged in the region in front of a vehicle wheel which is functionally connected to a braking system. At least one air-guiding body is positioned in front of the vehicle wheel and protrudes downwards from an underbody covering part in the direction of the roadway, and at least one duct is positioned in the air-guiding body or on that side of the air-guiding body which faces away from the outside of the vehicle, and is designed to guide incoming travel air in the direction of the braking system. The air-guiding body has a first retaining lip which is arranged between the air-guiding body and the vehicle wheel and which protrudes downward over the air-guiding body in the direction of the roadway. A second retaining lip is provided on that side of the at least one duct which faces away from the outside of the vehicle such that the at least one duct has a gap between the first retaining lip and the second retaining lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Daniel ENGFER
  • Publication number: 20170144637
    Abstract: A deformation suppressing structure of a vehicle includes a dash panel separating a driving unit space for installing a weight component and a vehicle interior space for a passenger to ride, a brake component disposed inside the driving unit space and between the weight component and the dash panel to control a hydraulic pressure of a brake system, and a protecting member fixed to the dash panel and accommodating the brake component. The protecting member includes a guide surface configured such that a contact point at which the guide surface contacts the weight component changes during a backward movement of the weight component at the time of a collision of the vehicle, and a contacting portion arranged to contact the dash panel at a location above a fixing point at which the protecting member and the dash panel are fixed to each other and above the contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki MASHIKI, Takaji KOTANI, Kenta NAKANISHI, Ken MUGURUMA
  • Publication number: 20170144638
    Abstract: A vehicle brake control device includes an electric motor controlled based on a target energization amount calculated based on an operation amount (Bpa) of a braking operation member. Based on the operation amount (Bpa), it is determined whether or not an inertia compensation control for compensating for the influence of the inertia of a brake actuator is necessary. When the inertia compensation control is determined to be necessary, an inertia compensation energization amount for compensating for the influence of the inertia of the brake actuator is calculated based on a time-series pattern set in advance based on the maximum response of the brake actuator. Based on the inertia compensation energization amount, the target energization amount is calculated. The vehicle brake control device is thus able to generate a braking torque that appropriately compensates for the influence of the inertia of the entire device including the inertia of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yasui, Hiroyuki Kodama, Naotoshi Satake
  • Publication number: 20170144639
    Abstract: A brake system includes a service brake and a parking brake that brake a vehicle including a lift axle capable of ascending and descending. The brake system further includes a brake blocker device and a controller that controls the brake blocker device. The brake blocker device blocks at least one of supply of compressed air to the service brake and supply of compressed air to the parking brake. The service brake and the parking brake act on the lift axle. The controller actuates the brake blocker device when the lift axle is at a lifted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ichiro MINATO, Hiroki HASEBE, Kazuya YOKETA