Abstract: A structurally reinforced blow molded assembly includes an overmold body bonded to one or more preformed internal stiffening ribs. The reinforcing r ribs are partially encapsulated by o the overmold body in an orientation selected to carry load a forces thereon. The resin mixture used to form the overmold body comprises 10% to 40% by weight short glass having a length less about 15 cm, and 60% to 90% by weight thermoplastic resin. To facilitate recycling the reinforcing ribs comprise 30 to 60% by weight long glass fibers and 40% to 70% of thermoplastic bonding resin.

Abstract: A storage system for a motor vehicle includes a floor panel, a cargo space overlying the floor panel, a storage compartment underlying the floor panel and a versatile tonneau cover. The tonneau cover is displaceable between a storage position in the storage compartment and at least one use position in the cargo space. A shelf support is provided in the cargo space above the floor panel. In one use position, the tonneau cover rests on the shelf support forming a shelf to hold different items.

Abstract: The storage device (1) comprises a storage compartment (2), comprising an upper opening (10), and a lid (6), said lid (6) being movable between a closed position and a first opened position, wherein the storage compartment (2) is accessible from a first side (12) of the opening (10), and a second opened position, wherein the storage compartment (2) is accessible from a second side (14) of the opening (10).

Abstract: A center console for a motor vehicle includes a stowage compartment with a stowage compartment aperture. A stowage compartment lid is positionable from a closed position, in which the stowage compartment lid covers the stowage compartment aperture, into an open position, in which the stowage compartment lid opens the stowage compartment aperture. The stowage compartment lid can be pivoted about a first pivot axis extending in longitudinal direction in a first pivot direction from the closed position into the open position. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a motor vehicle with such a center console.

Abstract: An assembly having a cover, adapted for closing an aperture of a storage volume, and a flap moveable between a storage position and a use position outside the storage volume. The assembly includes a connection between the cover and the flap. Movement of the flap causes a displacement of the cover towards a position in which the aperture is open.

Abstract: A convertible roof rack is provided that is generally comprised of a light bar and a roof rack that is spaced from the roof of a vehicle. The roof rack is also rotatably interconnected to a support structure associated with the rear of the vehicle such that it is capable of moving from a first position of use adjacent to the roof to a second position of use away from the roof where the light bar remains interconnected to the vehicle adjacent to the windshield. As such, electrical connections associated with the light bar remain intact when the roof rack is rotated away from the roof.

Abstract: A folding device support system allows a device, such as a phone, GPS device and the like, to be held upright. A foldable support member contains a series of hinge sections configured so as to create a pocket into which the device to be held is contained. It is foldable to allow the unit, when not in use, to be deployed essentially flat for easy storage or transportation between vehicles or locations, and is optionally fitted with a flexible base to provide stability.

Abstract: A headliner assembly for a motor vehicle includes a headliner and at least one dual shaft push pin for securing the headliner as well as at least one magnet fastener for securing the headliner to the body of the vehicle that cooperates with the dual shaft push pin.

Abstract: A fastener with an dampener is provided. The dampener is integrated with the fastener thus eliminating the need for an additional dampener installation. The fastener includes a shaft, a head connected to the shaft, and a dampener connected to the head. The dampener includes a piston and a compression chamber that is adapted to reduce vibration and noise when installed between two panels. The dampener is mounted to the underside of the head of a bolt, or to a trim piece. In other embodiments, the dampener is connected to the head of a clip. The dampener is adapted to rest between the head of a bolt and an adjacent panel thereby slightly spacing out the bolt head from the panel, such as sheet metal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interlock mechanism (71) for a toilet (1) for vehicles, in particular for busses, mobile homes, caravans, and yachts, having an upper part (2) with a toilet bowl (7) and a support part (3) with a cassette compartment (14), wherein a cassette (15) can be inserted into the cassette compartment (14). A passing part (4) is disposed between the toilet bowl (7) and the cassette (15) in the inserted state (EZ). The passing part (4) can be closed by a passing part closure (5). According to the invention, the interlock mechanism (71) can be coupled with the passing part closure (5) and the cassette (15). The invention further relates to a toilet having such an interlock mechanism and a method for operating it.

Abstract: A shield conductive path may include a tubular shield portion that surrounds a plurality of electric wires. The shield conductive path may further include a partition portion that partitions an interior space of the shield portion into a plurality of electrical wire insertion paths. A specific electrical wire may be inserted through a specific electrical wire insertion path of the plurality of electrical wire insertion paths and may be guided out from a guiding-out opening formed in the shield portion, to the outside of the shield portion, and this guiding-out opening can be formed within an area, of the shield portion, provided with the partition portion.

Abstract: A shield conductive path with which the number of manufacturing processes can be reduced is provided. The shield conductive path includes: a single-core conductor made up of a single conductor inserted into a pipe with a shield function, a stranded line conductor made up of a plurality of twisted individual wires connected to an end portion of the single core conductor, a sheathing that envelops the stranded line conductor in a state in which a junction portion of the stranded line conductor that is joined to the single-core conductor is exposed, and a shrink tube that envelops, protects and insulates the entirety of the single-core conductor and a portion of the stranded line conductor that is exposed from the sheathing.

Abstract: A shielded pipe includes a pipe body that is made of a synthetic resin material and is formed into a predetermined shape, and a shielding portion that is constituted by a braided wire made of a plurality of metal wires formed into a tubular shape. The shielding portion sheathes an outer circumferential surface of the pipe body, covering the pipe body over substantially its entire length. The braided wire may be formed to be longer than the pipe body, and may protrude beyond the two ends of the pipe body. Furthermore, a heat-shrinkable tube may sheathe the braided wire and serve as a protective portion for protecting the braided wire.

Abstract: A solid state primary power switching network for modular equipment centers (MECs) distributing primary power throughout a vehicle. The solid state primary power switching network includes multiple primary power switch network devices (PPSNDs) of a MEC for controlling and distributing primary power to other MECs spatially distribute throughout a vehicle. In one or more configurations, the PPSNDs have a universal structure in that each includes a common power input source and a plurality of common power outputs. In one or more configurations, primary power sources to the vehicle are switched without a perceivably visible break in power.

Abstract: A power distribution device is electrically connected to a battery, a power control unit that controls electric power in a vehicle, and high-voltage driven devices driven at a specified voltage or higher. The power distribution device distributes electric power supplied from the battery to the high-voltage driven devices, the power distribution device is installed in a front portion of the vehicle, and a high-voltage power line is disposed behind a position at which the power distribution device is installed. The power distribution device includes a projected portion provided on a surface of a case of the power distribution device, the projected portion having a height corresponding to a vehicle component disposed behind the power distribution device in the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle body end section structure comprising: a first support section that is provided with a first shock absorbing section at a vehicle front-rear direction end portion; a second support section that is provided with a second shock absorbing section at a vehicle front-rear direction end portion, disposed at a vehicle up-down direction lower side of the first shock absorbing section; and a coupling member that couples together a portion at a first shock absorbing section side of the first support section, and a portion at a second shock absorbing section side of the second support section.

Abstract: A bumper absorber structure comprising a bumper reinforcement; a bumper cover that is equipped with an air intake opening; an air introduction path that is disposed on a rear side of the bumper cover and that introduces air from the air intake opening toward the vehicle rear side; a grille shutter that is disposed at the air introduction path and on a rear side of the bumper reinforcement and that opens and closes the air introduction path; and a bumper absorber that is attached to a front side of the bumper reinforcement, that is spaced apart from the bumper cover, that forms, together with the bumper reinforcement, a part of the air introduction path, and that has a front side surface on which is formed a raised portion that is in contact with or in close proximity to a back surface of the bumper cover.

Abstract: An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes an airbag and an active control mechanism, and is configured to deploy in various configurations in response to frontal and oblique collision events. An active portion of the inflatable airbag deploys to an expanded configuration when a collision event is an oblique collision event and deploys to a less expanded configuration when the collision event is a frontal collision event. The active control mechanism can include one or more tethers or an inflatable member.

Abstract: A monitoring system for a vehicle having a seat and a restraint with seatbelt webbing includes a webbing length sensor coupled with the restraint, a position sensor, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the webbing length sensor and the position sensor and is programmed to output a signal based on a determination that an extended webbing length is outside an acceptable range of webbing length for an occupant size category assigned using the position sensor.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a controller and an integrated driver arrangement coupled to the controller. The integrated driver circuit includes a driver unit having at least one operation parameter, and a diagnostic unit coupled to the driver unit. The diagnostic unit is adapted to retrieve the at least one operation parameter from the driver unit, and is coupled to the controller.

Abstract: A foldable roll-over protection structure is provided for use on a vehicle movable in a generally fore-and-aft direction. The foldable roll-over protection structure includes a frame comprising a base section and an upper section. The base section is connectable to the vehicle. The upper section is swingable relative to the base section between a forward position in which the upper section projects forwardly from the base section, a rearward position in which the upper section projects rearwardly from the base section, and an upright position positioned between the forward and rearward positions. A hinge assembly swingably interconnects the sections of the frame. The hinge assembly is configured to releasably secure the upper section in each of the positions of the upper section.

Abstract: A clip that can be attached to a jump bracket to align the jump bracket and the associated curtain side airbag (CSA) relative to the vehicle for attachment thereto. The clip is configured to be attached to an existing alignment member on the jump bracket and provide more restrained positioning in an alignment opening in the vehicle panel. The more restrained positioning facilitates the alignment of both first and second fastening features on the jump bracket with the associated fastening locations on the vehicle thereby providing a greater and more reliable ease of installation of the CSA. The clip can be configured to provide a datum for the proper alignment of the jump bracket relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: A safety module for a motor vehicle includes at least one inflatable cushion with a first fixation interface and at least one actuating device. The at least one actuating device includes an igniter and an igniter support. The igniter has a plastic overmolding forming a second fixation interface. The igniter support has a third fixation interface designed to receive and fix the second fixation interface. The at least one actuating device retains the first fixation interface by sandwiching it between at least one part of the second fixation interface and at least one part of the third fixation interface.

Abstract: Airbag assemblies are disclosed that comprise a frontal inflatable cushion that can deploy from a housing assembly to receive a head and/or a portion of a torso of a vehicle occupant moving from a vehicle occupant position in a forward direction relative to the vehicle during a vehicle impact event. The frontal inflatable cushion can be a curtain airbag. The frontal inflatable cushion can also be coupled to one or more support components within a passenger compartment of the vehicle, such that when the frontal inflatable cushion is in the deployed state the one or more support components support the frontal inflatable cushion in a rearward direction, relative to the vehicle, to enable the frontal inflatable cushion to restrain movement of the vehicle occupant in the forward direction during a vehicle impact event. The support components may include a side inflatable cushion, such as a curtain airbag.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-chambered airbag system employing the use of baffle vents to achieve pressure differentials between the different chambers and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-chambered airbag system employing the use of baffle vents to achieve pressure differentials between the different chambers and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Airbag assemblies and vents are disclosed. An airbag assembly includes an airbag cushion and a vent assembly including a vent, one or more sheer tethers, and a peel tether. The sheer tether(s) are configured to be drawn to a taut state by expansion of the airbag cushion to configure the vent in a first venting state. The sheer tether(s) are releasably coupled to the peel tether. The releasable coupling is configured to maintain the sheer tether(s) releasably coupled to the peel tether. The peel tether is configured to transition from a slack state to a taut state as the airbag cushion continues to expand. The peel tether drawn taut produces a peel force transverse to the sheer force. The peel force causes the releasable coupling to release and the peel tether to uncouple from the sheer tether(s), to transition the vent to a second state.

Abstract: A side airbag device is provided, which is capable of increasing an energy absorption amount while suppressing the load on an occupant. The side airbag device includes: a bag-shaped cushion; an inflator provided on a vehicle rear side inside the cushion; an inner tube that surrounds the inflator; an upper opening and a lower opening formed in the inner tube; a tether that extends toward a vehicle front side from the inner tube to partition the vehicle front side of the inside of the cushion into a chest restraining portion and a waist restraining portion; a void portion provided inside the cushion on the vehicle front side of the tether; and a vent hole formed near the void portion. The upper opening has a smaller opening area than the lower opening, and the tether is inclined downward toward the vehicle front side from the vehicle rear side.

Abstract: A gas generator contains an anti-vibration, auto-igniting pad. The pad is formed from a mixture of a known auto-igniting composition mixed with an elastomeric polymer, and then cured, thereby forming a polymer-auto-igniting composition matrix. The pad is placed in thermodynamic communication with a housing on the gas generator, thereby enhancing the safety of the gas generator while yet providing a multi-functional pad. The pad is formulated to reduce vibrations when biased against an associated gas generant, while augmenting the amount of gas produced upon gas generator activation, while yet providing an auto-igniting material that is ignited during a high heat event.

Abstract: A safety guard for a vehicle, such as a school or transit bus, includes a skirt extending below a side body portion of the vehicle and between front and rear wheels along a side of the vehicle. The skirt functions to push individuals and other animate objects out of the path of the wheels for safety purposes, while being mounted for separate linear and arcuate movements relative to the body of the vehicle to protect the guard from damage upon abutting an inanimate object during operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: An in-vehicle protection system includes a signal input interface, a vehicle protection circuit, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module. The signal input interface receives an indication signal indicative of a status of a vehicle. The vehicle protection circuit includes a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a controller. The first and second processing units perform predetermined action in response to abnormality of a vehicle, and have different computing power. The controller outputs the indication signal to one of the first and second processing units according to an operational state of the in-vehicle protection system. The GNSS module obtains positioning information of the vehicle. After the second processing unit detects an abnormal status of the vehicle, the first processing unit sends at least one of the positioning information and vehicle alarm information indicative of the abnormal status through a communication network.

Abstract: A vehicle wiper device includes: a first blade having an operating range that includes an upper mid region of a vehicle windshield; a second blade having an operating range that includes a lower region of the operating range of the first blade; a blade driving unit that causes each blade to reciprocate; and a controller that controls operation of the blade driving unit. When a tip end of the second blade moves in a special control region that is oriented toward a specific region preliminarily specified in the upper mid region, the controller controls the blade driving unit such that a moving speed of the second blade is lower than a moving speed of the second blade when moving in another region.

Abstract: A washer fluid a vehicle comprises a motor and pump assembly and a holster assembly configured to receive a washer bottle. The holster assembly includes a cage configured to receive a washer bottle, a handle to secure the washer bottle within the holster assembly, a locking device to secure a handle of the washer bottle in place, and a bayonet to pierce a foil cap of the washer bottle when the washer bottle is received within the cage portion of the holster assembly. Once the washer bottle is secured within the holster assembly the motor and pump assembly are in fluid communication with the bottle.

Abstract: A product metering system for accurately dispensing one or more products. The product metering system generally includes a vehicle wash product supply fluidly connected to an electronic control valve and a control unit in communication with the electronic control valve. The electronic control valve operates at an open/close ratio that dispenses the product supply at a desired flow rate.

Abstract: A snow and ice removal system for removing frozen precipitation from an exterior surface of a vehicle, including a base including a device for pressurizing air and a conduit for conveying pressurized air from the device to an upper exterior surface of a vehicle. The system is portable and self-contained.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a trailer unit and or a roll-off trailer unit that converts when deployed into a washing and decontamination pad and may include a first section and two or more wings that unfold to provide a platform that is capable of having vehicles and other equipment driven and or wheeled into position on the platform and may also provide a containment system that traps wastewater, contaminates and so forth.

Abstract: The invention refers to a locking unit for locking the movement of a piston drivable by a drive. The locking unit comprises a solenoid and a catch assembly. The catch assembly has a spring section and a latch section, wherein the elastic spring section angles the catch assembly against an armature rod. In a locking position, the latch section blocks the movement of the piston. In an unlocking position, the movement of the piston is released. The latch section is equipped at least with a reinforcement acting in the direction of movement of the piston.

Abstract: A stroke sensor is arranged to be offset downward relative to a pedal rotational axis, and link arms which interlock the stroke sensor with a pedal are provided. The link arm includes an engaged portion (groove), with which an engaging portion provided on the side of the pedal is slidably engaged. Herein, the engaged portion (groove) is configured such that the engaging portion is slid vertically along the engaged portion (groove) by a specified length that is long enough to allow falling-off of the pedal.

Abstract: A vehicle brake fluid pressure control apparatus includes a control unit including a memory part for storing a valve closing map which shows a relationship between a differential pressure between an upstream side and a downstream side of a pressure regulator valve and an output current value for closing the pressure regulator valve and a valve opening map which shows a relationship between the differential pressure and an output current value for opening the pressure regulator valve. The control unit executes a current value switching control in which the output current value of the valve closing map is changed to that of the valve opening map and thereafter, the output current of the valve opening map is changed to an output current value which lies somewhere between the output current values of the valve closing map and the valve opening map.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a steering system, a vehicle speed detector, a brake system, and a control system. The control system is coupled with steering system for implementing a backup mode for reversing a trailer including controlling the steering system to maintain the trailer along a path. The control system is further coupled with the speed detector and the brake system and selectively outputs a rate-limited brake torque demand to the brake system to maintain a vehicle speed below a threshold speed.

Abstract: A valve device for brake control of a different pressure medium-operated vehicle brake systems comprises a housing that has pressure medium ducts. A relay valve provides a pneumatic control pressure, which is fed to the relay valve via at least one of the pressure medium ducts at a higher flow rate. At least one insert is pneumatically connected to at least two of the pressure medium ducts, which can be pneumatically connected to each other by the insert. The two pressure medium ducts define a pressure medium path, the profile of which differs based on the housing that is in each case selected and/or switched based on the selected insert. The housing is selected from a set of housings having different pressure medium ducts, in particular bores, but which are otherwise essentially similar. The insert is selected from a set of different inserts.

Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system including: establishing a virtual setpoint brake pressure variable; and establishing a setpoint differential travel variable with respect to a setpoint differential travel at least by: establishing a first intermediate value while taking into consideration a first weighting relation and a minimum from a first value set including the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable and a jump-in pressure variable; and establishing a second intermediate value while taking into consideration a second weighting relation and a maximum from a second value set including zero and a value of a difference using the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable as the minuend and the jump-in pressure variable as the subtrahend. A method for operating a recuperative braking system is also provided.

Abstract: The brake cylinder comprises a cylinder body comprising an annular flange and a non-pressure head. The annular flange of the cylinder body defines a plurality of openings. The non-pressure head has an annular flange and a head portion extending from the annular flange. The annular flange of the non-pressure head has a plurality of bosses and a plurality of openings corresponding to and aligned with the plurality of openings in the annular flange of the cylinder body. At least one vent is positioned in one of the plurality of bosses. The cylinder body and the non-pressure head are secured to each other at the respective flanges. The vent is positioned in the boss disposed opposite a mounting portion so that when the brake cylinder is mounted to a railway vehicle, the vent is oriented in a bottom position on the cylinder body with respect to a ground surface.

Abstract: A generation control method for a vehicle may include a deceleration driving determination step of determining whether a driving state of the vehicle is a deceleration driving state, an acceleration driving determination step of determining whether the driving state of the vehicle is an acceleration driving state when the driving state of the vehicle is not the deceleration driving state, and a constant speed driving generation step of performing constant speed driving generation when the driving state of the vehicle is not the deceleration driving state or the acceleration driving state.

Abstract: Hybrid vehicle design circuitry quantifies values for utility/disutility variables of a hybrid vehicle design by evaluating a hybrid vehicle model over a collection of drive cycles/routes. The utility/disutility values include at least one of: total time or additional time beyond a reference time needed for the hybrid vehicle design to complete the drive cycles/routes, a fraction or number of the drive cycles/routes for which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target velocity, and amount of time or distance over which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target acceleration or the target velocity over the drive cycles/routes. The hybrid vehicle design circuitry calculates one or more specifications of a hybrid vehicle design based on the utility/disutility values.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a remaining capacity detecting module that detects a remaining capacity of a secondary battery which supplies an electric power to the drive motor, and a cruise mode switching module that switches a cruise mode from the first cruise mode to the second cruise mode on the basis of the remaining capacity, and switches the cruise mode from the second cruise mode to the first cruise mode on the basis of an external charging.

Abstract: An ECU determines in an HV mode that a fuel sender gauge is in malfunction when a first condition is met, and determines in an EV mode that the fuel sender gauge is in malfunction when a second condition differing from the first condition is met. The first condition is met when the difference between an estimated value of the fuel consumption amount and an amount of change in the detection value by the fuel sender gauge is greater than a predetermined value Z. The second condition is met when the detection value changes exceeding a predetermined range X.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer devices, systems, and methods for enabling persistent data connections with a vehicle and low-latency vehicle commands. A driver can use an app installed on a mobile device to send commands to a vehicle's DCM, which can execute such commands on one or more vehicle systems, such as remote ignition and door lock systems. Upon app initialization, a wakeup command can be sent to the DCM through one or more intermediary servers to establish a persistent data connection between a data center server and the DCM. Then, when the driver issues a command from the app, the command can be communicated between the data center server and the DCM directly over the persistent data connection, with lower latency. After a predetermined timeout period in which the driver has not used the mobile app, the persistent data connection can be terminated.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for provide monitoring a vehicle's surroundings, predicting when a navigation route will pass through a closed road, preemptively modifying the navigation route to avoid the closed road, identifying changes in speed limit, and identifying dangerous debris in the roadway. One embodiment of the camera-based vehicle control system includes a camera configured to obtain image information and a processor configured to: analyze the image information; if a reroute condition is satisfied based on the image information, implement an alternate navigation route; if a threat condition is satisfied based on the image information, cause an output device to output a threat alert; and if a speed condition is satisfied based on the image information, modify a vehicle speed setting.

Abstract: Arrangements relate to the operation of a vehicle, which can be an autonomous vehicle. A splash condition in a surrounding environment of the vehicle can be detected. An object near the vehicle can be detected. Further, it can be determined whether the detected object is passing the vehicle. Responsive to detecting a splash condition and determining that the object is passing the vehicle, a warning can be presented to an occupant of the vehicle.