Patents Issued in June 1, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170151924
    Abstract: A head-protecting airbag device includes: an airbag including: an airbag body; a mounting portion which fixes the airbag body to a body; and a tension cloth, wherein: the airbag body includes a general inflatable portion, and an end-side inflatable portion, which is partitioned from the general inflatable portion by an end-side partition portion as a closed portion; the tension cloth is disposed on the outboard side of the end-side inflatable portion in the airbag body, and the root end of the tension cloth is coupled to an area of the general inflatable portion which is closer to a central side in the front and rear direction than the end-side partition portion; and in the mounting portion, an end-side mounting portion is disposed from a position of the root end including a position of the root end of the tension cloth to an area of the general inflatable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Sho IKENOHATA, Koji KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170151925
    Abstract: A side curtain airbag for a vehicle includes a serial main chamber that inflates and deploys along an interior side surface of the vehicle; a protruding chamber disposed at a front side of the main chamber to further protrude toward an interior of the vehicle relative to the main chamber; and a cutting line arranged between the main chamber and the protruding chamber to partially separate the protruding chamber from the main chamber such that the protruding chamber overlaps with a portion of the main chamber upon non-inflation of the airbag. In this configuration, upon a vehicle collision, the head portion of the occupant is prevented early from being ejected toward the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Chi Ho KIM, Tae Ik GWON, Yong Hyun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170151926
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an airbag which is inflated when gas flows into the airbag, and has a left opening hole formed in a left surface, and a right opening hole formed in a right surface; and a cylinder which is disposed in the airbag while connecting the left opening hole and the right opening hole, and has a vent hole through which the gas flowing into the airbag is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rae Ick JANG, Jae Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20170151927
    Abstract: An airbag includes an inflation side and a vehicle occupant contact side opposite the inflation side, and a divider. The divider has a first portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side and a second portion attached to the inflation side and to the vehicle occupant contact side, such that the first and second portions tend to converge from the inflation side toward the occupant contact side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher L. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20170151928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal system for the remote starting and management of a vehicle, and provides a mobile terminal system for the remote starting and management of a vehicle, the system comprising: a wrist watch terminal provided in a wrist watch form, generating a response signal by being converted from an idle state into an activated state when a wake-up signal wirelessly transmitted from the outside is received, wirelessly transmitting the response signal to the outside, and performing a task for communicating with a vehicle on the basis of a real-time operating system; and a vehicle terminal provided to the vehicle, wirelessly transmitting the wake-up signal to the outside of the vehicle, receiving the response signal wirelessly transmitted from the wrist watch terminal by responding to the wake-up signal, and controlling an operation of the vehicle by analyzing the response signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Soon Ju KANG, JaeShin LEE, Jae Geun LEE
  • Publication number: 20170151929
    Abstract: A vehicle including a user command reception unit for receiving a user command, a pattern decision unit for determining a vehicle use pattern on the basis of a reception time of the user command, and a low frequency (LF) transmission unit for transmitting a search signal of a smart key on the basis of the vehicle use pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: SeokHan LEE
  • Publication number: 20170151930
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver. The control system is configured to receive biometric input from one or more sensors of the wearable device to identify an occupant of the vehicle or individual proximate the vehicle. The wearable device may be a wearable earpiece with one or more sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20170151931
    Abstract: Connector for retaining a wiper (3) on a windscreen wiper arm, including an internal electrical connection device between, on the one hand, an electrical connector connected to the electrical circuit of the vehicle and, on the other hand, at least one heating element (11) deposited on a reinforcement (20) implanted in said wiper, characterized in that said internal connecting device includes at least one metal part (10) extending perpendicularly to the heating element (11) and exerting pressure against it so as to ensure a permanent contact with said heating element (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20170151932
    Abstract: A driver for retaining a windscreen washer liquid pipe includes an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, an outer contour when the driver is observed along the rotation axis, and a housing arranged to receive a curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice. The rotation shaft is rotated about a rotation axis. The housing is arranged so that, when the driver is Observed along the rotation axis and when the windscreen washer liquid pipe is installed on the driver, the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Philippe Picot
  • Publication number: 20170151933
    Abstract: A system includes a dome, a wiper assembly, a position sensor and a control device. The wiper assembly includes a wiper blade configured to rotate around the dome. The position sensor may be configured to send a signal to a control device when a wiper blade passes the position sensor. The control device may include one or more processors configured to receive the signal from the position sensor and determine a location of the wiper blade relative to the dome based on the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Graham Doorley, Paul Thomas Hansen Karplus, Peter Avram
  • Publication number: 20170151934
    Abstract: A system for cleaning, rinsing, drying, and polishing a vehicle surface having a robotic arm, a brush, a control system, wireless communication circuitry, and an electrical power source where the brush is mounted on the robotic arm, and the robotic arm is mounted on a vehicle and articulates about multiple axes and moves the brush over the vehicle surface, and the motor spins the brush, the movements based on a coordinate data set transmitted to the control system for operation on a specific vehicle type, make and model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Bader Abdullah ALMALKI
  • Publication number: 20170151935
    Abstract: A trailer oscillation and stability control device including an accelerometer and an angular rate sensor. An oscillation detection discriminator detects oscillatory lateral trailer motion in response to trailer displacement data derived from inputs from the angular rate sensor and acceleration signals received from the accelerometer, and then generates corresponding oscillatory event data. A brake controller generates a braking control signal in response to oscillatory event data received from the oscillation detection discriminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Herman PROHASZKA, David James CATTERMOLE, John Peter MANFREDA, Matthew Allen COLLIN, Mark James WOLOSZYK, Paul Michael MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20170151936
    Abstract: A vehicle stop maintaining system comprises a foot brake mechanism for braking vehicle wheels by applying hydraulic brake pressure to hydraulic brake mechanisms according to a depression of a brake pedal, a brake force control mechanism having a pressurizer that increases hydraulic brake pressure to be applied to the hydraulic brake mechanisms, braking the wheels by controlling the pressurizer independently from the depression of the brake pedal, and a controller for executing, when the vehicle is detected to be in a stopped state, a first stop mode in which the brake force control mechanism is operated to maintain the stopped state. The system includes a gear position detector for detecting a position of a gear shift lever of the vehicle. When a vehicle driver intentionally controls the gear shift lever to a reverse position in the first stop mode, the controller cancels the first stop mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Masaru Takase, Shigeyuki Uehara, Shinya Kyusaka
  • Publication number: 20170151937
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a collision detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle collides against an object outside the vehicle, a brake control unit configured to carry out a post-collision brake control for automatically braking the vehicle when the collision detection unit detects the collision, and a prediction unit configured to predict a yaw generation probability which is a degree of generation of yaw generated to the vehicle when the post-collision brake control is carried out, based on a collision direction and a collision position of the vehicle with respect to the object outside the vehicle, after the collision has been detected by the collision detection unit and before the post-collision brake control is carried out by the brake control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Inomata
  • Publication number: 20170151938
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a clutch in an environmentally friendly vehicle includes: a clutch configured to transfer or block power generated in a power generator; a clutch actuator configured to measure a pressure of the clutch using a pressure sensor embedded therein; and a controller configured to compare the pressure measured through the pressure sensor with reference data and inspect whether or not abrasion occurs in the clutch depending on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Tae Ho KIM, Hak Sung LEE, Jong Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20170151939
    Abstract: When there is a history that a required torque has reached a high torque range and the required torque falls within a low torque range, a start threshold is changed from a value larger than a maximum double-drive torque to a value smaller than a selection threshold for selecting a single-drive mode or a double-drive mode. When the required torque becomes larger than the start threshold, an engine is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Hokoi, Koji Yamamoto, Koji Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20170151940
    Abstract: An ECU performs control processing including setting a recommended gear position when a manual shift change mode has been set, calculating an estimated value for regenerative electric power during off of an accelerator when a current gear position is equal to or higher than the recommended gear position, when the accelerator is on, and when a catalyst is being warmed up, and providing an up-shift representation when magnitude of the estimated value is greater than upper limit charging power Win and when the up-shift representation is not prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Takuma Nakamura, Naoki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170151941
    Abstract: A system and method of stabilizing combustion in the engine of a hybrid electric vehicle. The system includes a controller controlling a starter and an injector, wherein the controller causes the starter to rotate the engine without fuel injection before starting the engine after an engine starting condition is satisfied or after an engine stop condition is satisfied and the engine is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yong Seok Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Sang Eun Bae, Jeong Ki Huh
  • Publication number: 20170151942
    Abstract: An automobile cornering rollover prevention system comprises a speed controller, a wheel deflection measuring instrument mounted on a front wheel of the automobile, force sensors mounted on axis positions of four wheels, and an angular speed measuring instrument and a speed controller mounted on the front wheel of the automobile, and the wheel deflection measuring instrument, the angular speed measuring instrument and the force sensor are all electrically connected to the speed controller. The speed controller is connected to a brake system of the automobile, so that the speed can be intelligently reduced through the brake system. When a driver changes ?1 according to a road condition, the speed controller may calculate a critical radius in real time and then compare the speed and give a command in real time for controlling the speed, so that the speed is maintained in an ideal range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Fuhao Liu
  • Publication number: 20170151943
    Abstract: A state transition unit of an object detection apparatus determines which of plural states that information about at least one object lies in based on a predetermined state transition condition each time the information about the at least one object candidate is obtained, the plural states being previously defined based on correlations of the at least one object candidate with the target object. The state transition unit causes the information about the at least one object candidate to transition among the plural states. A determiner determines whether the at least one object candidate is a target object based on transition information, the transition information representing how a state associated with the at least one object candidate has previously transitioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Kunihiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20170151944
    Abstract: A system and method for providing vehicle collision avoidance at an intersection include determining environmental parameters associated with a vicinity of the intersection. The system and method also include estimating a path of travel of a reference vehicle and a target vehicle, wherein the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle are based on the environmental parameters and parameters pertaining to the reference vehicle and the target vehicle. Additionally, the system the method include estimating a probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection based on the path of travel of the reference vehicle and the target vehicle and providing a collision avoidance response, wherein a type of the collision avoidance response is based on the probability of collision between the reference vehicle and the target vehicle at the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Samir K. Al-Stouhi
  • Publication number: 20170151945
    Abstract: An information processing device includes circuitry configured to acquire, from vehicles each of which has a lane keeping function of allowing each of the vehicles to travel along a lane, a use information of the lane keeping function during a travel, extract a region in which a use rate of the lane keeping function is low, on the basis of the use information, and transmit a notification information based on the use rate to a given vehicle having the lane keeping function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Takeshi TORII
  • Publication number: 20170151946
    Abstract: A control system of a mining machine controls a driving device that drives a traveling device of the mining machine. The control system includes an acceleration command value calculation unit that calculates an acceleration command value for accelerating the mining machine, a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction value for the acceleration command value based on a first driving force component of the driving device to cause the mining machine to travel at a target traveling speed and a second driving force component of the driving device to offset a resistance component against traveling of the mining machine, an addition processing unit that calculates a correction acceleration command value by adding the acceleration command value and the correction value, and an acceleration command value output unit that outputs the correction acceleration command value to the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiga, Ryuuen Kou, Akiharu Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20170151947
    Abstract: A vehicle motor control system and method. The vehicle motor control system includes a measurement unit configured to measure a motor speed of a vehicle and a pressure applied to an accelerator pedal, a determination unit configured to compare the measured motor speed with a predetermined reference speed to determine whether the vehicle is running at low or high speed and compare the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal with a predetermined reference pressure to determine whether the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal is greater than or equal to the predetermined reference pressure, and a control unit configured to control a change in the number of coil-winding turns by changing a connection mode between the motor and an inverter according to a result of the determination of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Yong Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20170151948
    Abstract: A method of cruise control for a vehicle includes the following steps: checking for cruise conditions, determining whether the vehicle is in cruise control mode, and if in cruise control mode, maintaining and controlling the cruising speed of the vehicle until an exit signal is detected; checking the throttle deviation, whereby if not in cruise control mode, the throttle deviation is checked to determine throttle stability; checking cruising speed, whereby if conditions for throttle stability are met, the speed deviation of the vehicle is calculated, and the cruising speed is set; checking the cruising alert for drivers as well as drivers' actions, whereby if conditions for cruising have been met, issuing a cruise control prompt to the driver, and if it is detected that the driver has released the throttle pedal, entering the vehicle into cruise control mode; whereas if the driver fails to release the throttle within a certain period of time after cruise conditions have been met, the next check for cruise con
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Songshan LIU, Jian SU
  • Publication number: 20170151949
    Abstract: When neutral control is started by placing a CVT drive clutch in a semi-engaged state while a vehicle is decelerating in a state where a second power transmission path is established, a clutch mechanism that is semi-engaged in neutral control while the vehicle is decelerating is changed from the CVT drive clutch to a forward clutch before a stop of the vehicle, so it is possible to continue the neutral control until a stop of the vehicle. At a stop of the vehicle, a power transmission path is already changed to a first power transmission path that establishes a gear ratio (EL) higher than a highest gear ratio (?max) that can be established by the second power transmission path. Thus, right after a stop of the vehicle, it is possible to execute idle stop control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro SHIMAZU, Mitsuhiro FUKAO, Hiromitsu NITANI, Akira HINO, Hiroki KONDO, Atsushi AYABE
  • Publication number: 20170151950
    Abstract: A driving mode switching system includes a driving mode detecting module, a steering wheel pressure sensor, an accelerator pedal pressure sensor, and a driving mode switching module. The driving mode detecting module can determine a driving mode of an automobile. The driving mode is one of a manual driving mode and an autonomous driving mode. In the manual driving mode, the automobile is controlled by a steering wheel and an accelerator pedal, and in the autonomous driving mode, the automobile is autonomously driven. The driving mode switching module is coupled to the driving mode detecting module and can switch the driving mode between the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: YU-TAN LIEN
  • Publication number: 20170151951
    Abstract: A method for controlling a shift of a vehicle during a coasting driving is provided. The method includes performing a neutral control by releasing a clutch when an operation condition of the neutral control is satisfied during the coasting driving. Driving information regarding the vehicle is collected and a gradient of a forward road is detected using the driving information. A stop condition of the neutral control is determined using the gradient of the forward road, and a shift stage is determined when the neutral control is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Byeong Wook Jeon
  • Publication number: 20170151952
    Abstract: A vehicle lock-up clutch control device includes a torque converter, a fuel cutoff control unit and a lock-up release/transmission cooperative control unit. The torque converter is disposed between an engine and a continuously variable transmission. The fuel cutoff control unit is configured to prevent fuel injection to the engine while in a coasting state with the driver's foot away from the accelerator, and configured to restart the fuel injection based on a fuel recovery permission. The lock-up release/transmission cooperative control unit is configured to carry out a cooperative control of a lock-up release control for reducing the clutch engagement capacity of the lock-up clutch and a transmission control for shifting the transmission. Then, if there is an accelerator depression operation while coasting with the lock-up clutch in an engaged state, the lock-up release timing and the shift timing are offset from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Kohei KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20170151953
    Abstract: A method, a control unit and a computer program product for coupling an auxiliary power take-off of a motor vehicle transmission, in which, after a command to couple the auxiliary power take-off, conditions required for the coupling of the auxiliary power take-off are checked and, if the conditions are satisfied, an actuator system for coupling the auxiliary power take-off is activated. If, after the command to couple the auxiliary power take-off, the conditions for coupling the auxiliary power take-off are not fulfilled, then a control unit acts upon drive-train components in order to produce the conditions required for the coupling of the auxiliary power take-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Roland MAIR
  • Publication number: 20170151954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of controlling kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS), to controllers, KERS, drivetrains and vehicles including the KERS and controllers. The KERS comprises an energy storage system. In an embodiment, a vehicle is provided with a first vehicle operating mode wherein the energy storage system has a first target state of charge, and with a second vehicle operating mode wherein the energy storage system has a second target state of charge. The first or second vehicle operating mode is selected and energy is transferred between the energy storage system and the vehicle in order to achieve the target state of charge associated with the selected vehicle operating mode. In other embodiments, the KERS includes a variable power transmission device adapted to transfer energy to and from the energy storage system. The energy storage system is maintained at suitable energy levels for the vehicle's driving conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan HILTON
  • Publication number: 20170151955
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle that has at least one driving engine which is operatively connected to at least one drive wheel and is controlled as a function of an accelerator-pedal position in order to generate a drive torque, an engine drag-torque control being carried out to avoid skidding of the drive wheel when the accelerator pedal is moved in the direction of a neutral position. It is provided that a maximum permissible engine drag torque is specified to the engine drag-torque control as a function of a currently effective coefficient of friction of the road surface which is determined as a function of a present position of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Offenhaeuser, Erik Lesser, Martin Kieren, Nils Hagenlocher
  • Publication number: 20170151956
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20170151957
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an earpiece having an earpiece housing, a physiological monitoring sensor, an intelligent control system operatively connected to the physiological monitoring sensor and disposed within the ear piece housing, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system. The vehicle is configured to receive health data from the ear piece. A method includes sensing physiological data at one or more physiological sensors of an ear piece of an occupant of a vehicle, wirelessly communicating a representation of the physiological data from the ear piece to a vehicle network of the vehicle, and performing an action by the vehicle in response the physiological data to enhance safety of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20170151958
    Abstract: A vehicle operation device is used in an autonomous vehicle autonomously controlled to drive along a determined driving route, and includes a presenting unit configured to show a current action and a next action performed after a predetermined lapse of time to an occupant of the autonomous vehicle, and an instruction unit configured to instruct the autonomous vehicle to perform actions determined according to the operation of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20170151959
    Abstract: A system includes an vehicle having functionality for autonomous operation, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an earpiece comprising an earpiece housing, a physiological monitoring sensor, an intelligent control system operatively connected to the physiological monitoring sensor and disposed within the ear piece housing, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system. The vehicle is configured to receive health data from the ear piece and in response to the health data perform one or more functions independent of a vehicle occupant using the earpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen
  • Publication number: 20170151960
    Abstract: A retreat traveling assist apparatus is provided with a state detecting module, a traveling command module, and a body command module. The state detecting module detects a state in which a driver of the vehicle cannot drive the vehicle properly (hereinafter referred to as driving-impossible state). The traveling command module activates a retreat travelling deceleration control to stop the vehicle in a refuge place surrounding the vehicle, when the state detecting module detects the driving-impossible state. The body command module activates a pretensioner control to tighten a seatbelt of a driver's seat in the vehicle, in response to an activation of the retreat traveling deceleration control activated by the traveling command module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Fujiki, Takeshi Miura, Masuhiro Kondo, Takahiro Narita, Hiroaki Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20170151961
    Abstract: An underfloor air conditioning unit of a track vehicle is a unitary air conditioning unit and includes a housing, an inside of the housing being divided into an indoor side and an outdoor side, and a condenser, a condenser fan, and a compressor are mounted in the outdoor side, wherein two side walls, corresponding to air intakes of skirt plates at two sides of an equipment compartment, of the housing are each provided with a condensing air inlet, and a bottom wall of the housing is provided with a condensing air outlet, the condenser fan is arranged close to a position of the condensing air outlet of the bottom wall, the number of the condenser is two, and the two condensers are arranged respectively close to the condensing air inlets at the two sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongchang WANG, Xinxi ZHOU, Xingwang ZANG, Jianjun XIA, Peng LI, Jingkai WANG, Lele GAO, Jin YOU, Bo YUAN, Jianying LIANG
  • Publication number: 20170151962
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source disposed inside of a vehicle, an external light sensor that detects illuminance of light outside of the vehicle, and a controller that controls the light source such that a lower light intensity ratio of the light source is set for higher illuminance detected by the external light sensor. The controller performs a light intensity ratio maintaining control that maintains the light intensity ratio of the light source even when the illuminance changes from a low state to a high state during a period from when a change amount of the illuminance exceeds a predetermined value until a predetermined period elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Naoyuki TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20170151963
    Abstract: A railcar includes: a carbody; a bogie constituting member including an interface plate provided at a lower portion of the carbody, an air spring, and a bogie; an automatic level controlling valve configured to maintain a height of the spring within a certain range; a first attaching portion provided on a side surface of the plate, the valve being detachably attached to the side surface of the plate by the first attaching portion; and attaching means provided at the lower portion of the carbody, the valve being detachably attached to the lower portion of the carbody by the attaching means, the bogie constituting member being separable from the carbody in a state where the valve is attached to the side surface of the plate through the first attaching portion or a state where the valve is attached to the lower portion of the carbody through the attaching means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAHIRA, Mitsuru YOKOYAMA, Kazuo ISOMURA, Takanori TOJO, Satoshi IKEDA, Tomohide MAEBA, Naoki HIKOSAKA, Tomohiro NARITA
  • Publication number: 20170151964
    Abstract: A wireless sensor device includes: an energy harvester configured to convert vibration generated from a broadband vibration source into electricity, an elastic member arranged to receive the vibration and a communication unit fixed by the elastic member, supplied with the converted electricity from the energy harvester, and configured to transmit sensing information obtained by sensing a measurement target. The elastic member operates as a mechanical filter configured to limit a frequency range and an acceleration magnitude of the vibration to be transferred to the communication unit for stabilizing the performance of the communication unit, and the communication unit is arranged to receive vibration passing through the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jaehoon Kim, Jae Yun Lee, Kwan Sup Lee, Young Il Kim, Kun Min Yeo
  • Publication number: 20170151965
    Abstract: A method and system monitor coupler fatigue by determining an upcoming fatigue metric representative of fatigue that is to be experienced by a coupler configured to connect plural vehicles in a vehicle system, determining whether a failure metric of the coupler during the upcoming trip exceeds a designated failure threshold (where the failure metric is based on the upcoming fatigue metric), and, responsive to determining that the failure metric exceeds the designated failure threshold, one or more of notifying an operator of the upcoming fatigue metric, displaying one or more of the upcoming fatigue metric or the failure metric, changing a driving plan for controlling movement of the vehicle system during the upcoming trip, and/or changing a characteristic of the vehicle system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Kirk Mathews, JR., Gabriel de.A. Gleizer
  • Publication number: 20170151966
    Abstract: The subject of the invention a method of sensing rail fractures and/or cracks, whereby control is ensured via a control center (700) and which communicates with such command cards (300 and 400), in order to drive and control the rail blocks (200) for applying vibration signal to the rail (100) and also sensing the signal coming from the faulty rail sections directly in the form of reflections and/or change in the amplitude level of signal received by the help of sensors (310), via a fiber optic line (800).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Sabri Haluk Gokmen
  • Publication number: 20170151967
    Abstract: A notification system is presented for use within a mobile machine. The notification system may have a route upon which the mobile machine may travel. This may be a train traveling on a track. A geo-fence may also be part of the notification system. The geo-fence may enclose at least a portion of the route through with the mobile machine may travel. The notification system may also include a status notification. The status notification may relate to the operational health of the mobile machine or a subsystem of the mobile machine. The status notification may be generated by the notification system when the mobile machine enters the geo-fence and received by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Shubs, JR., David M. Roenspies
  • Publication number: 20170151968
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for indicating a status of a railroad switch used in un-signaled (dark) territory utilizing vital audio messages. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a DTMF signal from a railway vehicle, initializing control of the switch, and triggering the reporting of a correspondence condition through vital relays or other electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Vossloh Signaling USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ruskauff, Donald Coy Beaman
  • Publication number: 20170151969
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for safety interlocking of operator control units for remote control machines. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit configured to enable and disable a safety lock mode for a remote control machine includes a processor, a network interface, an input interface and memory including processor-executable instructions which cause the processor to disable motion controls of the remote control machine while maintaining wireless communication with the remote control machine to allow core non-motion controls of the remote control machine, and in response to a predefined sequence of activations of the multiple inputs during a specified time period, enable motion controls of the remote control machine. Methods for disabling a safety lock mode may include one or more required input interface actions in order to reduce a chance of accidentally disabling the safety lock mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau
  • Publication number: 20170151970
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system for a rail vehicle having multiple assets is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system may have a data interface configured to receive a message from a wayside unit. The message may indicate that at least one of the multiple assets is experiencing an issue. The data interface may also be configured to receive geo-information and configuration-information. The system further includes a controller configured to determine, from the geo-information and the configuration-information, a geographic location of each of the multiple assets. The controller is further configured to determine, from the received message and the determined geographic location of each of the multiple assets, which of the multiple assets is experiencing the issue. The controller is further configured to render for display in a user interface a visual representation of the rail vehicle with an identification of the at least one of the multiple assets experiencing the issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Shubs, JR., David Matthew Roenspies
  • Publication number: 20170151971
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system for a rail vehicle having multiple assets is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system may have a data interface configured to receive a data stream from a wayside unit. The data stream includes values of a plurality of parameters measured made by the wayside unit. The data interface may also be configured to receive geo-information and configuration-information. The system further includes a memory device configured to store the data stream and a controller configured to determine, from the geo-information and the configuration-information, a geographic location of each of the multiple assets. The controller is further configured to determine prognostic information associated with an operational status of each of the multiple assets. The controller may further render for display in a user interface a visual representation of the rail vehicle with the prognostic information for each asset of the rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Shubs, JR., David Matthew Roenspies
  • Publication number: 20170151972
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus for storing articles includes: a frame; mount structures adjustably connectable to the frame so as to enable a height adjustment thereof on the frame; containers releasably connectable to the mount structures, thus enabling a height adjustment of each of the containers; and releasable connections between respective ones of the containers and the mount structures. Each of the releasable connections (between a container of the containers and a mount structure of the mount structures) is configured to enable the container to be releasably connected to the mount structure, where the releasable connection couples the container with the mount structure along a sidewall of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Sharon BAR-EREZ, Gil VILKOMIRSKI, Yosi SABBAG, Elad Hay SHITRIT
  • Publication number: 20170151973
    Abstract: A castor supported dolly assembly, but also a dolly assembly that can be used with castors or in some cases without castors, so as to provide a new pallet assembly. The dolly assembly comprises a plurality of dolly members formed of a lightweight, disposable and/or severable material may be interconnected into interchangeable operative positions to define supporting orientations. Each dolly member includes and at least one connecting segment comprising a slot and a base. A connected orientation, of any two of the dolly members, comprises a confronting relation of the bases of engaging connecting segments and an aligned orientation of corresponding passages formed therein, so as to concurrently allow a castor to be removably received and retained in interconnecting relation to the confronting bases. Each dolly member may also include at least one supporting segment structured to receive a castor therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: LUCA BUTTAZZONI, ANDRES BERNAL