Patents Issued in June 15, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170166098
    Abstract: Vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin comprising a lower part and an upper part mounted resiliently with respect to the lower part by means of a damping device, the upper part being mounted suspended on the lower part by means of at least one pivot mounting, the at least one first pivot mounting comprising at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by means of a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by means of a second pivot axis, the second end being positioned below the first end in a vertical direction, at least one dimension of the upper part and/or at least one dimension of the lower part being variable by means of an adjustment device so as to vary the position of the first lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Erwin HALLER, Jens KOLB
  • Publication number: 20170166099
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling an air cell in a seat. It includes: an air cell provided in the seat; a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure in the air cell; an actuation switch configured to enable an operation of injecting or discharging air into or from the air cell; and a control unit input with the measured air cell pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Deuk Kyu BYUN, Chang Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20170166100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension device, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprising an upper suspension part and a lower suspension part, which can be connected to one another by a first swivelling connector and a second swivelling connector, wherein a first spring unit can be connected in a first end region on the one hand by means of an adjusting device to the first swivelling connector and can be connected in a second end region on the other hand to the lower suspension part, wherein by means of the adjusting device the position of the first spring unit can be adjusted in order to adjust the spring force and the spring rate of the suspension device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Konstantin LOREY, Johann DEML
  • Publication number: 20170166101
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and article of manufacture for all vehicles to implement tile or heavy duty rubber interior are provided. Moreover, the disclosed apparatus is flexible and water proof. In addition, unlike carpet the disclosed apparatus and method of introducing tile or heavy duty rubber to the interior of vehicles would benefit the user by reducing odors and other toxins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Cathy Morgan
  • Publication number: 20170166102
    Abstract: A device that may be mounted on a bed of a pickup truck to enable smaller vehicles, such as motorcycles, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles to enter from the ground level upon a platform of the loading device. This is accomplished by the loading device having a ramp that can be pulled outwardly or rearwardly from said device, and a motorcycle can drive up the ramp to the platform. A dolly slide is pulled outwardly from the device, and extends above the tailgate. The ramp then extends downwardly from the dolly slide, so that no weight or load is displaced on the tailgate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Verwys
  • Publication number: 20170166103
    Abstract: A utility land vehicle is provided having a cargo compartment that includes a retention system. One embodiment of the retention system includes latch and receiver assemblies. The latch assembly includes first and second latches. The first and second latches are spaced apart from each other. A tie attached to each of the first and second latches actuates to cause both first and second latches to release. The receiver assemblies comprise first and second receivers. Each of the first and second receivers includes a body and a slot formed in the body. Each of the slots formed in each body of each of the first and second receivers includes an opening wherein the opening of the slot formed in the body of the first receiver faces the first latch, and the opening of the slot formed in the body of the second receiver faces the second latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: RICHARD EICHSTEDT, TERRY KESSLER, DOUGLAS SAGARSEE
  • Publication number: 20170166104
    Abstract: A level adjusting sleeper bed device for leveling a sleeper bed includes a shell that is semi rigid, air tight and cuneal. A plurality of ports is positioned in the shell. A plurality of stiffeners that is rigid and elongated rectangularly shaped is reversibly couplable to a top of the shell. The shell is configured to be placed beneath a mattress of a sleeper bed. The ports are configured to add air to the shell, raising a first end of the shell relative to a second end of the shell, such that the mattress can be leveled. The stiffeners are positioned on the shell to support the mattress. The ports are configured to release the air from the shell as required by repositioning of the semi-trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Jenna Gilmore
  • Publication number: 20170166105
    Abstract: Embodiments of a modular cargo system for use with a vehicle, such as a pickup truck, may include side rails and stanchions securing the side rails to the vehicle. At least one hoop may be provided for connection to either the stanchions or the side rails. Each hoop may include a plurality of legs, a clamp connected to each leg, an elbow connected to each leg opposite the clamp, and a lateral cross bar connected between the elbows. Bed dividers and storage lockers or boxes are disclosed for use with embodiments of a cargo system as applied to a pickup truck. Elevated rails may be attached to the hoops. A cargo loading device for moving cargo into and out of the vehicle is also provided. A cover may enclose a portion of the vehicle, such as the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Jerome Puchkoff
  • Publication number: 20170166106
    Abstract: Provided is a strap rolling device for quickly and easily coiling items such as cargo straps. The apparatus comprising a base plate, a manual crank assembly, a strap reel assembly, a gear assembly and a chain for the gear assembly. The manual crank assembly is attached to the base plate, and is used to turn the gear assembly. The gear assembly enhances the rotational motion of the manual crank assembly, and is attached to the strap reel assembly, allowing the strap winder to perform the task of winding a cargo straps in a more efficient manner than can be done without gears. The apparatus contains hardware for mounting the device directly to a flat-bed truck with a clamp, or, in another embodiment, for mounting the device onto a stake hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Ali Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20170166107
    Abstract: A vehicle trim assembly is disclosed herein. The vehicle trim assembly includes a member having a transmissive member portion therein. A light source is configured to emit light through the light transmissive portion. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed within the member. A second photoluminescent structure is separated from the member and operably coupled with the light source. The first and second photoluminescent structures are configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman, Pietro Buttolo, Dragos Maciuca
  • Publication number: 20170166108
    Abstract: An active or dynamic light control system is adapted for aftermarket retrofitting to vehicles. The system includes a directional sensor configured to sense direction of the vehicle. A control unit is operatively connected to the directional sensor to receive the direction of the vehicle from the directional sensor. A light pod is operatively connected to the control unit. The light pod includes an illumination element configured to provide light. The light pod is configured to change direction of the light from the illumination element in response to a signal received from the control unit based at least in part on the direction of the vehicle sensed by the direction sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: TMW Consulting LLC
    Inventors: Mitch Warren, John Carl Lagerquist
  • Publication number: 20170166109
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting module including an optical axis, a first optical system with at least one first light source, the system being configured to form a first lighting beam along the optical axis, with a horizontal cutoff; and a second optical system with at least one second light source, the system being configured to produce, in combination with the first optical system, a second lighting beam along the optical axis, that is vertically more extensive than the first beam. The first light source or sources have a variable lighting power varying between a high level and a low level, the first beam being produced at the low level of lighting power and the second beam being produced at the high level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jean-Luc MEYRENAUD, Antoine De-Lamberterie
  • Publication number: 20170166110
    Abstract: Lighting device for emission of light through a windshield of a vehicle consisting of at least one lighting unit intended to be temporarily mounted on the inside of a windshield with at least one fastening device. The lighting unit consists of at least one reflector, one lamp and at least one seal between the lighting unit and the windshield. The lighting unit is powered by electric energy and the lamp's on and off switch is controlled by at least one sensor designed to detect turned on high-beams which wirelessly sends control signals to the lighting unit. The lighting device consists of a function with which the light's illumination can be adjusted and with which the light can be completely or partially blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Lars SVELANDER
  • Publication number: 20170166111
    Abstract: An automotive light comprising a LASER projection device capable of tracing out at least one luminous pattern of predetermined shape, outside the automotive light and directly on the road surface or other flat surface external and adjacent to the vehicle accommodating said automotive light; said LASER projection device comprising at least one LASER projector which is capable of simultaneously emitting a plurality of output laser beams that are appropriately angled from one another and are capable of tracing out/drawing said luminous pattern of predetermined shape directly onto the road surface or other flat surface external and adjacent to the vehicle accommodating the automotive light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Trivellin
  • Publication number: 20170166112
    Abstract: A safety indicating apparatus is provided for a vehicle that includes a turn direction manual switch, a turn direction detector, two turn signal indicator lamps, and a turn signal control module. The turn signal control module is configured for operatively determining whether the desired turn direction indicated by the desired turn signal is corresponding to the actual turn direction indicated by the actual turn signal while the operator turns the vehicle. Accordingly, the turn signal control module can automatically turn on/off the turn signal indicator lamps in response to the actual turn direction of the vehicle to avoid a near miss or a traffic accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: HAO-CHIEH LEE
  • Publication number: 20170166113
    Abstract: A vehicle turning alarm method and a vehicle turning alarm device are provided herein. The vehicle turning alarm method includes acquiring map information and vehicle information. The vehicle turning alarm method further includes determining a vehicle status according to the map information and the vehicle information when a vehicle approaches an intersection. The vehicle turning alarm method further includes not sending an alert message if the vehicle status is not a left-turning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: An-Kai Jeng, Min-Te Sun, Yu-Chang Ho, Pei-Chen Lee, Hsin-Yu Yeh
  • Publication number: 20170166114
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a turn signal for an electronic multifunction switch includes a multifunction switch equipped with a turn switch; a steering angle provision device configured to provide information about a steering angle of a vehicle; a path provision device configured to provide information about a location and a path of the vehicle; a lane information provision device configured to provide information about lanes around the vehicle; and a controller configured to receive manipulation state information of the multifunction switch, the steering angle information from the steering angle provision device, the path information from the path provision device, and the lane information from the lane information provision device, and to control a blinking state of a turn signal light of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Eun KIM, Bong Gi SONG, Dae Wook KWON, Seag Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170166115
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to generate a parking alert are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) in a first vehicle. The one or more circuits are configured to detect a second vehicle within a predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle. A parking violation alert is communicated to the second vehicle and one or more users associated with the second vehicle. The communication of the parking violation alert is based on the detection of the second vehicle within the predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: PRALAY KUMAR PAL, PRAMOD CHINTALAPOODI, SHO TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170166116
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes an indicator. The indicator includes a light source that emits light and a light guide. The light guide includes an outer surface and an end opposing the light source. The light emitted from the light source enters the end of the light guide, and some of the light is emitted from the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Renge ASAKAWA, Atsushi NAGATA, Yasushi HIBINO, Shinichi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170166117
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes an indicator including a light source, a metal core including an outer surface, a base that covers the metal core, and a heat releasing portion arranged outward from the outer surface of the metal core. The heat releasing portion is thermally connected to the light source and the outer surface of the metal core. The heat releasing portion is formed from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the base and has a larger surface area than the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi NAGATA, Renge ASAKAWA, Yasushi HIBINO, Shinichi TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170166118
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to lighting an interior of an enclosure using light emitting diodes (LEDs). In one example, a lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes one or more selective light directors having one or more point sources of light disposed along a length of the selective light director, a circuit board coupled to at least one end thereof, and a light emitting diode directing light into the selective light director.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin SAUL, Peng ZENG
  • Publication number: 20170166119
    Abstract: A vehicle instrument panel having a three-dimensional illumination effect includes a transparent ring having a three-dimensional circular shape, at least one primary scale formed in a front surface of the transparent ring, the at least one primary scale being spaced apart from an adjacent primary scale by a predetermined distance, a reflecting plate for changing a direction of travel of LED light along the transparent ring, generated below the transparent ring, in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, and a prism unit including at least one prism for reflecting a portion of the LED light traveling along the transparent ring toward the at least one primary scale at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Jin Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20170166120
    Abstract: A vehicular safety system includes a vehicle that has a plurality of seat belts, an alarm and an ignition. Each of the seat belts is operationally coupled to the alarm and the ignition. A car seat is provided that has a belt and a clasp. The car seat is removably positioned within the vehicle. A conductor is coupled to the car seat and the conductor is selectively electrically coupled between the clasp and one of the seat belts when the car seat is occupied. Thus, the alarm detects when the conductor is operationally coupled to the buckle. The alarm generates an alarm sequence when the ignition is turned off and the conductor is electrically coupled between the clasp and the buckle. The alarm sequence includes an audible alarm such that the alarm may inhibit an occupant from being inadvertently left in the vehicle. A switch is positioned within the vehicle such that the may be manipulated. The switch is electrically coupled to the alarm and the switch de-actuates the alarm when the switch is manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Hammond
  • Publication number: 20170166121
    Abstract: A number of illustrative variations may include a method of using vehicle sensors to produce an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: WILLIAM A. BIONDO, JULIE A. KLEINERT, FRED W. HUNTZICKER, TRICIA E. MORROW
  • Publication number: 20170166122
    Abstract: A method includes acquiring sign information related to a road sign in an advancing direction of a vehicle based on position and orientation of the vehicle, determining an estimated time period needed for a driver of the vehicle to recognize a substance of the road sign based on the position and orientation of the vehicle, and a complexity of the road sign determined based on the sign information, determining a gazing time period during which the driver gazes at the road sign based on images picked up by an image sensor, and outputting a warning based on a comparison between the estimated time period and the gazing time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ando, Masami Mizutani, Yasuhiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170166123
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for vehicle accident avoidance carried out with respect to a host vehicle by modeling behavior. The method includes: monitoring a surrounding environment of the host vehicle and detecting other vehicles in a vicinity of the host vehicle by at least one visual sensor. The method further includes: estimating a speed and direction of each of the detected vehicles; calculating one or more projected paths of each of the detected vehicles based on their current estimated speed and direction, the current monitored surrounding environment, and other vehicle projected paths; estimating a probability of intersection of each projected path with the host vehicle; and providing an alert or action to the host vehicle if there is a high probability of intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Mohamed A. BAHGAT, Ossama EMAM, Ayman S. HANAFY, Sara A. NOEMAN
  • Publication number: 20170166124
    Abstract: A support processer performs driving support processing of outputting a warning when it is judged that there is a possibility of collision between a subject vehicle and another vehicle based on subject vehicle information acquired by a subject vehicle information acquirer and another vehicle information acquired by an another vehicle information acquirer. A subject vehicle information predictor predicts an arrival time required until a subject vehicle arrives at an intersection based on subject vehicle information. A preceding vehicle information predictor predicts the position of a preceding vehicle at the time when a predicted arrival time elapses, based on preceding vehicle information acquired by a preceding vehicle information acquirer. A support execution determiner determines whether to permit or forbid the support processer to perform driving support processing according to a predicted position of a preceding vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki NAKAGAWA, Yohei FUJII
  • Publication number: 20170166125
    Abstract: Disclosed and described herein is a vehicle object notification system comprising a controller and a steering interface comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements controlled by the controller, each of the light-emitting elements arranged in an elongated pattern along a respective portion of the steering interface, wherein any one or more of the plurality of light-emitting elements are configured to illuminate based on information received from a vehicle including GPS (global positioning system) information, navigation information, foreign object proximity information, vehicle performance information, general warning information, course information, positioning information, and blind spot warning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, Len Cech, Paul Smith
  • Publication number: 20170166126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting color and brightness in multi-camera systems are disclosed. The system uses four cameras, having overlapping fields of view, mounted on the four sides of a vehicle. Color errors are determined for areas where the images from the rear and side cameras' fields of view overlap. Color gain factors are determined and applied for each of the side cameras (using the rear camera as “master”) to match the colors of the video outputs from the side cameras and the rear camera. The gains for the front view camera are then adjusted using gain factors based on the matched video outputs from the side view cameras using the side cameras as the “master” to the front camera “slave.” In this way, the rear camera indirectly acts as the master for the front camera and all cameras are ultimately color-matched to the rear camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Greg Sypitkowski
  • Publication number: 20170166127
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vehicle capable of determining a driving lane by comparing reference lane line information corresponding to the type of a driving road with estimated lane line information estimated by using surrounding information, and a control method of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a storage configured to store a map including a type of road; a surrounding information acquisition unit configured to acquire surrounding information; and a controller configured to determine a driving lane by comparing reference lane line information corresponding to the type of the driving road verified based on the map with estimated lane line information estimated based on the surrounding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: YoungMin HAN, Sungwoo CHOI, Seunggeon MOON, Jee Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20170166128
    Abstract: A holographic drive recording apparatus, is used to record images during a driving process of a vehicle, the apparatus includes: cameras, a processor connected to cameras, and a memory connected to the processor. The cameras are configured to simultaneously capture images in different directions of the vehicle, the memory is configured to separately store the images, and the processor is configured to retrieve the images and synthesize the images into a holographic three-dimensional image with the vehicle as a center when a user needs to watch an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Yong MA
  • Publication number: 20170166129
    Abstract: A vehicle side and rear monitoring system with a fail-safe function and a method thereof are provided. The system provides a fail-safe function for safe driving of a vehicle when an abnormality occurs in a side monitoring system of the vehicle, and a technique that provides a continuous side field of view of the vehicle when an abnormality occurs in the side monitoring system in the vehicle equipped with an AVM system. In addition, the system and provides a technique that corrects the distortion of an image captured by an AVM camera and performs an image rotation transformation to provide the image captured by the AVM camera at the same angle as that provided by side-view cameras. Therefore, when an abnormality occurs in the side monitoring system, the vehicle side and rear monitoring system with a fail-safe function continuously provides the same image as captured by the side-view cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hyun Sub Kim, Keun Sig Lim, Chan Mook Choi, Chang Ju Kim, Dong Uk Kang, Seok Keon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170166130
    Abstract: A camera monitoring system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with a video display screen disposed behind the interior mirror reflective element. The video display screen is operable to display video images derived at least in part from image data captured by at least one video camera of a plurality of video cameras of the equipped vehicle. Image data captured by at least a driver-side viewing video camera and a passenger-side viewing video camera is provided to an image processor and is processed by the image processor to detect vehicles present exterior of the equipped vehicle. Responsive at least in part to detection of another vehicle, video images derived at least in part from image data captured by the driver-side viewing video camera, a rear viewing video camera and/or the passenger-side viewing video camera are displayed by the video display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Keith D. Foote, Kevin P. Benthem, Niall R. Lynam
  • Publication number: 20170166131
    Abstract: In accordance with driving information that is obtained by a driving situation detecting sensor 13 and is related to the driving situation of a vehicle, a display control unit 20 sets the image area to be presented to the driver DR of the vehicle from an image obtained by a peripheral area imaging unit 11 imaging a peripheral area around the vehicle, and, in accordance with the driving situation, controls the visual recognition range in the peripheral area the driver DR can visually recognize from the image presented by a display unit 50 via a mirror 55. When the driving situation is such that the orientation of a cabin differs from the orientation of a trailer portion, for example, the image area to be presented is set so that the outer side of the trailer portion is included in the visual recognition range even though the orientation of the cabin differs from the orientation of the trailer portion. Thus, a desired peripheral area around the vehicle can be readily viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiji OBA
  • Publication number: 20170166132
    Abstract: A vehicle with a surroundings-monitoring device contains an image-capturing device with two cameras and records surroundings images of the vehicle. A first camera is arranged in the region of a first edge of the vehicle, at which edge a first vehicle side face and a vehicle front face or a vehicle rear face abut one another. A second camera is arranged in the region of a second edge of the vehicle, which differs from the first edge, and at which a second vehicle side face which differs from the first vehicle side face and the vehicle front face or the vehicle rear face abut one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Huba NEMETH, Marton GYOERI, Adam SZOELLOESI
  • Publication number: 20170166133
    Abstract: A mirror assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The mirror assembly comprises a support bracket, a glass element operably coupled with the support bracket, and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly is in connection with the support bracket, wherein the actuator assembly is adjustable to tilt the glass element to a first position and to a second position. A damper is in engagement with the actuator assembly and the support bracket. The damper controls a movement of the actuator assembly corresponding to the movement of the glass element from the first position to the second position. The mirror assembly further comprises a sensor configured to detect a position of the actuator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Jason D. Hallack
  • Publication number: 20170166134
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for an electrochromic element comprising a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface. The second substrate comprises a third surface and a fourth surface. The first substrate and the second substrate form a cavity have an electrochromic medium disposed therein. A dielectric coating is disposed on the fourth surface and is configured to provide for improved transmittance of the electrochromic element in the near infrared (NIR) range, wherein the near infrared transmittance exceeds the visible transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jian Gao, Andrew D. Weller, George A. Neuman
  • Publication number: 20170166135
    Abstract: A running board apparatus including a first component with a hollow cross-section having an open end, the first component extending in a longitudinal direction; a second component with a closed cross-section that slides relative to the first component in a lateral direction, the second component extending in the longitudinal direction; and a positioning device with a first end attached to the first component and a second end attached to the second component. The positioning device is configured to move the second component with respect to the first component in the lateral direction and lock the second component and the first component in a plurality of positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley BASKIN, Katsuhiko Takeuchi, Eric Archambeau, Joseph Elghoul
  • Publication number: 20170166136
    Abstract: A document storage system includes a vehicle that has a visor. A pouch is provided and the pouch may contain documents. The pouch is removably coupled to the visor and the pouch is substantially comprised of a translucent material. Thus, the documents are visible within the pouch. A pair of clips is provided and each of the clips is coupled to the pouch. Each of the clips engages the visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20170166137
    Abstract: A card holder for vehicles is provided. The card holder includes an outer holder secured to a vehicle body and having a card storage portion formed therein and an opening formed in a top of the card storage portion into which a card is inserted into or withdrawn from, and an inner holder removably inserted into the card storage portion. The inner holder is biased proximate to one inner side wall of the card storage portion when inserted, and includes a supporting portion, which is bent or protruded from a lower end thereof in which a distal end of the supporting portion is proximate to the opposite inner side wall of the card storage portion. Foreign materials that enter the card storage portion through the opening are removed by withdrawing the inner holder out from the card storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20170166138
    Abstract: An apparatus that is used to attach a ladder to the bedrail of a pickup truck. The device has a support bracket, a clamp mechanism, and a slide rail. The support bracket clamps onto the bedrail of a truck. The clamp mechanism prevents an attached ladder from sliding out of the truck bed. The slide rail enables a user to reposition an attached ladder as desired. Thus secured, the ladder is prevented from displacement in any direction until the clamp is disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Eric Anderson
  • Publication number: 20170166139
    Abstract: A carrier apparatus for a vehicle is disposed on a bumper back beam in the rear part of a vehicle. The carrier apparatus normally is not exposed externally, and is withdrawn from the bumper back beam such that a bicycle can be loaded thereon when the bicycle is required to be loaded. It is thereby possible to preserve a vehicle's aesthetic exterior appearance and improve convenience. When the carrier is withdrawn, the license plate and the fixing bar rotate in concert with each other. When the carrier is retracted, the fixing bar and the license plate are folded together. Consequently, convenience is further increased, thereby improving the marketability of the carrier apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20170166140
    Abstract: A smartphone holding device of a vehicle includes: a holder configured to hold a smartphone; a main body configured to receive the holder such that the holder is extendable from the main body; an actuator configured to generate a drive force causing vertical movement of the holder; and a vertical feeding member installed between the actuator and the holder and configured to vertically move the holder by the drive force from the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Dae Ig Jung, Hye Kyung Kim, Keon Soo Jin, Jae Seob Choi, Min Geun Oh, Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20170166141
    Abstract: A support comprising a holding assembly for holding portable electronic devices increases passenger convenience and comfort. The holding assembly comprises a rotatable front wall and a rotatable back wall that receive one or more portable electronic devices therebetween. The front wall is typically biased to help secure a portable electronic device by applying pressure to the portable electronic device. A slide may be connected to the front wall to aid in rotating the front wall when inserting or removing a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Nick Pajic
  • Publication number: 20170166142
    Abstract: Disclosed is an insulation fiber composite. In particular, a surface of the insulation fiber composite is substantially improved such that a shape of three dimensions can be maintained as a heat resisting fiber and an insulation material are integrated. The insulation fiber composite of the present invention has excellent formability and surface property and comprises an insulation layer; and a pair of inorganic fiber layers. A first inorganic fiber layer of the pair is stacked on an upper surface of the insulation layer and a second inorganic fiber layer is stacked on a lower surface of the insulation layer, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Gi Sim, Jin Woo Park, Tae Wan Kim, Jin Ha Lee
  • Publication number: 20170166143
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for implementing an automobile control system and an electronic device. The method includes: determining whether a mobile phone is inserted into a slot at a preset position of an automobile; connecting the mobile phone to the automobile control system when a determination result is yes; and providing a task processing capacity for the automobile control system by utilizing a mobile phone system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Lei DENG
  • Publication number: 20170166144
    Abstract: An exterior member includes a tubular body which allows one or more conductive paths to be stored and protected therein. The tubular body has no slit. The tubular body includes a plurality of protruding portions formed in an inner surface of the tubular body. Each of the plurality of protruding portions includes an R part having a substantially circular arc shape extending along a circumferential direction of an inner surface of the tubular body. Each of the plurality of protruding portions has a substantially U-shaped or V-shaped smooth surface in a cross-section cut along a tube axis of the tubular body. The plurality of protruding portions are disposed at positions on a helix around the tube axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi Inao, Hideomi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20170166145
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply box device includes: a first system which feeds electric power to first group electric parts requiring constant feed of power supply electric power; a second system which feeds electric power from to second group electric parts requiring feed of power supply electric power in response to a state of an ignition switch. The device further includes: a recovery switch portion connected between a second input side power supply line and an input of the first system; an input abnormality detecting portion which detects presence/absence of abnormality in the input of the first system; and a recovery control portion which controls the recovery switch portion to be turned ON/OFF in accordance with the presence/absence of the abnormality detected by the input abnormality detecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke KINOSHITA, Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Koichi UEZONO
  • Publication number: 20170166146
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply box device includes: a first system including a first relay connected downstream of a second line for feeding electric power in association with a state of an ignition switch, to be turned ON/OFF in association with the state; and a second system including a second relay connected downstream of a first line for constantly feeding electric power, to be turned ON/OFF in association with the state of the ignition switch. The device further includes: a recovery switch portion connected between an output of a switch portion of the first relay and an output of the second system; an operation abnormality detecting portion which detects presence/absence of abnormality in the output of the switch portion of the second relay; and a recovery control portion which controls the recovery switch portion to be turned ON/OFF in accordance with the presence/absence of the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke KINOSHITA, Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Koichi UEZONO
  • Publication number: 20170166147
    Abstract: A voice recognition device includes a recognition processor configured to perform a voice recognition process that recognizes an input voice, a memory that stores information indicating a condition of a vehicle in association with information indicating a target state of an in-vehicle device targeted when changing from the condition and information of voice notification for confirming the change, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the in-vehicle device to enter the target state corresponding to the condition when the vehicle is in the vehicle condition stored in the memory and an input voice is recognized as a response to the voice notification corresponding to the condition, and to stop the voice recognition process performed by the recognition processor when recognizing that the state of the in-vehicle device is the target state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke HIROKI