Abstract: The invention relates to a litho sheet for electrochemical roughening, consisting of a rolled aluminium alloy, wherein the sheet surface has a topography with a maximum peak height Rp or Sp of not more than 1.4 ?m, preferably not more than 1.2 ?m, in particular not more than 1.0 ?m. The invention also relates to a method which is intended for producing a litho sheet and in the case of which a litho sheet consisting of an aluminium alloy is cold-rolled and in the case of which the litho sheet, following the final cold-rolling pass, is subjected to a degreasing treatment with a pickling step using an aqueous pickling medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the production of a multi-layer data medium by the hot rolling under pressure of a plurality of superimposed layers (12) having security inscriptions. Marking rolling is carried out on at least one layer to be marked (12a) covered with a marking film (20, 21) bearing inscriptions (22) in vitrophany applied in contact with the layer to be marked, then the marking film is separated from the layer to be marked, the latter having the security inscriptions.

Abstract: A dual cutter-carrier assembly that includes a rotatable carrier having a front portion, a rear portion, and a center portion, wherein the center portion defines an interior cavity that is adapted to receive a pencil to be sharpened; a first cutter pin mounted on the carrier, wherein the first cutter pin has a front portion having an annular groove formed therein; a first cutter rotatably and slidably mounted on the first cutter pin; a second cutter pin mounted on the carrier, wherein the second cutter pin has a front portion having an annular groove formed therein; a second cutter rotatably and slidably mounted on the second cutter pin; a contact plate mounted within the interior cavity at the rear portion of the carrier, having a first yoke mechanically coupled to the first cutter and a second yoke mechanically coupled to the second cutter, wherein the contact plate moves in the direction of a pencil that is being sharpened when the tip of the advancing pencil touches the contact plate, wherein the first an

Abstract: A pencil-centering assembly for use in pencil sharpeners or the like that includes a frame; a linking member rotatably mounted within the frame; a plurality of pencil contact levers, wherein each contact lever includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion of each pencil contact lever is adapted to engage the linking member, wherein the bottom portion of each pencil contact lever, in combination with the other pencil contact levers, defines a pencil insertion aperture having a center axis, and wherein the bottom portion of each pencil contact lever extends in to the pencil insertion aperture to about the same distance; and at least one biasing member in contact with the linking member, wherein the biasing member exerts force on each pencil contact lever by way of the linking member sufficient to bias each pencil contact lever toward the center axis of the pencil insertion aperture.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus and method for creating pixelated artwork composed of coloring element pixels. In some embodiments, a system converts the millions of pixels and colors of a digital image to a simplified color template with numbers assigned to particular colors. In one embodiment, a plastic grid is configured to cover the color template and receives crayons whose arrangement is determined by the numbers/colors of the color template.

Abstract: The embodied invention is to add coatings to a base board that will create three dimensional liquid art when a suitable liquid (such as water) is added to the board surface. In a preferred embodiment, a super hydrophobic coating is applied to the base board and then a hydrophilic coating in the shape of art is applied. A liquid will naturally collect into the hydrophilic areas of the board to form defined artistic shapes and is repelled by super hydrophobic areas. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the board can be selected with a natural super hydrophobic surface or a natural hydrophilic surface, and then a hydrophilic coating or a super hydrophobic coating, respectively, is applied in an art shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing an ink, stone and oil painting, comprising the steps of: mounting a Chinese painting painted on a piece of Chinese art paper by hand on the base plate; determining a replacement part on the surface of the painting, and determining a sculptural material according to the contents of the painting in the replacement part, and processing a sculptural module; placing the sculptural module on the replacement part and fixing same to the base plate; and further processing the sculptural module and connecting same to the surface of the painting. Drawing by using techniques of oil painting and sculpture/Chinese painting makes the contents of the painting coordinate with the contents of a viewing surface of the sculptural module.

Abstract: Bicycle rims that allow tires to be more easily mounted in a tubeless configuration are disclosed. More specifically, a bicycle rim may control the two beads of the tire with separate bead channels for each bead and a center bridge extending between the two bead channels.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to caster wheels having a skirt, specifically a skirt which fits over one side of the wheel only, and thus does not interfere with the actuation of a caster wheel locking mechanism.

Abstract: A height adjustable support comprising a three-sided support channel, a cylindrical support post positioned within the support channel and at least one saddle brace positioned within the support channel and to partially surround the cylindrical support post. In the present invention, the downward force resulting from the weight of the equipment results in static friction between the saddle brace and the cylindrical support post that is sufficient to hold the equipment surface at a desired height. The height adjustable support may be implemented into hygienically designed food processing equipment to eliminate undesirable bacteria harboring surfaces and to improve height adjustability of the equipment.

Abstract: A hub arrangement for twin wheels comprises a stationary carrier; an intermediate hub which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and which can be driven by a drive shaft; a differential gear having an input which is connected to the intermediate hub; a first wheel hub which is connected to a first output of the differential gear; and a second wheel hub which is connected to a second output of the differential gear. The hub arrangement furthermore comprises a first braking apparatus which is effective between the stationary carrier and the intermediate hub and a second braking apparatus which is effective between the stationary carrier and the second wheel hub or between the intermediate hub and the second wheel hub. In this respect, the first braking apparatus and the second braking apparatus can be actuated separately from one another.

Abstract: An axle assembly of a vehicle including a differential assembly, an axle tube extending outwardly from a first side of the differential assembly and defining an axle bore, an axle shaft rotatably received in the first axle tube and defining an annular groove extending radially inwardly from its outer surface, a retaining nut axially fixed to the distal end of the first axle tube, and a snap ring received in the annular groove of the first axle shaft, wherein the snap ring abuts the retaining nut, thereby preventing out ward motion of the first axle shaft with respect to the first axle tube.

Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle including a differential assembly, a first axle tube extending outwardly from the differential assembly and including an axle bore, a first axle shaft rotatably received in the axle bore of first axle tube and including a first annular groove, an annular ring holder disposed within the axle bore of the first axle tube, a radial bearing assembly including an outer race and a plurality of roller elements being axially fixed within the axle bore of the first axle tube, a first snap ring received in the annular groove of the first axle shaft, and a thrust ring, the thrust ring being axially disposed between the radial bearing assembly and the first snap ring so that the thrust ring bears against the plurality of roller elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire tread comprising a rubber composition which improves the compromise between wear and durability of the tire, especially a tire intended to run off-road. The composition comprises: from more than 50 to 100 phr of a polyisoprene matrix, the polyisoprene matrix containing an epoxidized polyisoprene having a molar degree of epoxidation ranging from 5% to less than 50%, a carbon black and a silica, the weight of carbon black being greater than 50% of the total weight of carbon black and silica, from 0 to less than 2 phr of a coupling agent, and a crosslinking system. The epoxidized polyisoprene is an epoxidized natural rubber or an epoxidized synthetic polyisoprene having a molar content of 1,4-cis bonds of at least 90% before epoxidation, or a mixture thereof, and, if the epoxidized polyisoprene is an epoxidized polyisoprene having a molar degree of epoxidation of from 5% to 25%, the rubber composition contains more than 50 phr of epoxidized polyisoprene.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a method of preparing a tire inner surface to attain better adhesion of balance pads, puncture sealants, and noise reduction foams. In this method a strip of multi-axially stretchable film is adhered to the inner surface of an uncured tire with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. Then a release agent coating is applied to the film strip on the inner surface of the uncured tire which is subsequently cured in a suitable mold at an elevated temperature. The cured tire is then removed from the mold and after allowing the cured tire to cool the annular circumferential film strip is removed from the inner surface of the tire to provide a circumferential release coating-free tire inner surface onto which balance pads, puncture sealants, and noise reduction foams can be adhered.

Abstract: An agricultural tire according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is provided with plural lug blocks that are provided at a tread portion, and with protruding portions that protrude towards an outer side in a tire width direction from an end portion on the outer side in the tire width direction of the lug blocks, and that have a surface that, if an angle of a virtual straight line extending towards the outer side in the tire width direction is taken as 0°, faces a tire rotation direction at an angle of not less than 35° and not more than 55°.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with zigzag middle main grooves 4 and shoulder main grooves 5 to define middle land regions 7 therebetween. The middle main groove is composed of alternately-arranged, oppositely-inclined long first oblique segments 11 and short second oblique segments 12. The middle land regions are provided with middle transverse grooves 20 shallower than the middle main grooves. The first oblique segments are inclined axially outwardly toward the opposite direction to the intended tire rotational direction R. The middle transverse grooves are inclined to the same direction as the first oblique segments or in parallel with the tire axial direction. The axially inner end of each of the middle transverse grooves is connected to one of the second oblique segments so as to include at least a part of an axially outwardly protruding outside corner portion 4A of the middle main groove.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire provided with, in a tread surface, at least two main circumferential grooves, and a first land portion defined by the two main grooves, wherein in the first land portion, the followings are disposed: a first inclined groove; inclining relative to a tire width direction, and having one end portion opening in the main groove on one side adjacent to the first land portion and the other end portion terminating within the first land portion, and a first notched portion; having one end in a tire width direction as a tip positioned at an endmost, in a tire width direction, of the other end portion of the first inclined groove and the other end in a tire width direction opening in the main groove on the other side adjacent to the first land portion.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes first and second pairs of main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction; and auxiliary grooves disposed in land portions located between the first and second main grooves which open to the corresponding first main groove or the corresponding second main groove and terminate within the corresponding land portion. Each of the auxiliary grooves includes a first auxiliary groove that extends from the opening portion to the bent portion and a second auxiliary groove that extends from the bent portion to the terminating end. A length a of the first auxiliary groove and a length b of the second auxiliary groove have the relationship 0.3a<b<0.8a. The angle ? made by the first auxiliary groove and the second auxiliary groove at the bent portion is in the range 0°<?<90°.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and a method for measuring tire tread depth. The method includes receiving an image of a tire tread recorded using an image-recording device; analyzing the image of the tire tread captured to determine a tire tread depth; determining a status of the tire tread based on the tire tread depth; altering the image of the tire tread captured based on the determined status; and transmitting the altered image to a mobile device.

Abstract: A vehicle is mounted with a pulse detecting unit that detects rotation of a wheel as pulses, a wheel rotation number storage unit that stores the number of pulses in correspondence with time, and a wheel position specifying device that specifies on which of the plurality of wheels the tire state detecting device arranged on each wheel is arranged. The wheel position specifying device includes a reception unit that receives a transmission signal, including a time required for the wheel to make a predetermined number of rotations, transmitted from each tire state detecting device, and a specifying unit that specifies the wheel on which each tire state detecting device is arranged from a difference of the number of pulses counted during the time included in the transmission signal and the number of pulses while the wheel makes the predetermined number of rotations.

Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system includes a main unit carried in a motor vehicle having one or multiple vehicle tires, and a tire pressure sensor installed in each vehicle tire of the motor vehicle and electrically connected to the main unit through a wireless communication SoC (system-on-chip) therein in a wireless manner. The wireless communication SoC of each tire pressure sensor includes a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol the related data of the respective vehicle tire. Thus, the tire pressure monitoring system improves data signal transmission efficiency and achieves dual-mode transmission.

Abstract: A computer system, a storage medium containing a computer program and a method are provided for identifying, selecting and ordering tire accessories, wheel balancing weights, tire pressure monitoring systems or service kits thereof specific to a car. A picture is taken of a vehicle's vehicle identification number (VIN) or the corresponding bar code. From the picture the VIN number is extracted by image processing. A database lookup is performed using the VIN code and selecting tire accessories, wheel balancing weights, tire pressure monitoring systems or service kits thereof suitable for the vehicle. In a further step, an order may be placed based on the selected parts.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor includes a substrate and a piezoelectric element, and at least a pair of mounting electrodes on one main surface of the substrate. The piezoelectric element includes a laminate including a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode respectively bonded to the mounting electrodes by bonding materials.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for warming a tire of a driven wheel of a vehicle, in which the vehicle includes one or more driven wheels and one or more non-driven wheels. The method includes determining a range of a transmission associated with the vehicle and determining a position of a throttle pedal associated with an engine of the vehicle. Based on the determined range of the transmission and the determined position of the throttle pedal, the method includes outputting one or more control signals to apply a braking force to the one or more non-driven wheels of the vehicle and outputting one or more control signals to drive the one or more driven wheels to warm the tire of the one or more driven wheels.

Abstract: An unsprung power supply apparatus is provided for an in-wheel motor vehicle. The unsprung power supply apparatus includes a steering knuckle, an in-wheel motor and a third link. The steering knuckle is configured to turn and steer a tire of the in-wheel motor vehicle. A virtual kingpin axis is an axis passing through a knuckle side coupling point at which the third link couples with the steering knuckle. In the unsprung power supply apparatus, a power supply cable connects the in-wheel motor and a power supply unit with a part of the power supply cable on a vehicle body side being fixed to the third link.

Abstract: An axle suspension system and a method of manufacture. The axle suspension system may have an axle, an axle wrap, and a weld seam. The axle wrap may receive the axle and may have a first end portion and a second end portion that overlaps the first end portion. A weld seam may couple the first end portion to the second end portion.

Abstract: A bushing assembly having a clamping member producing a clamping force acting on a resilient, compressible bushing interposed between respective bridge portions of a housing portion and a support portion. The clamping member is arranged at substantially ninety degrees with respect to the direction in which a clamping force is applied to the resilient, compressible bushing.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for hybrid vehicles includes: a heater core receiving engine cooling water from an engine and heat an air blown into a vehicle room; an electric water pump pumping the engine cooling water through the heater core when a motor vehicle is switched from an engine drive mode to a motor drive mode; a discharged air temperature sensing unit sensing a discharged air temperature as a temperature of an air discharged into the vehicle room; and a control unit when the motor vehicle is switched from the engine drive mode to the motor drive mode differentially controls a rotational speed of the electric water pump depending on a temperature difference between the discharged air temperature inputted from the discharged air temperature sensing unit and a target discharge temperature calculated in advance based on internal/external temperature conditions and a user set temperature.

Abstract: A dongle that may be plugged into an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port of a vehicle and provide notification if a human or animal is left within a parked car. The dongle accesses a first sensor from the vehicle's communication system and a second sensor from within the dongle. If data from the first and second sensors exceeds predetermined threshold values programmed into the dongle's memory, then the dongle sends out a response signal. The response signal may be sent to an owner's cellular phone or to a 911 dispatch center. Additional sensors within the vehicle, or placed within the dongle, may also be used to verify the presence of a human or animal left within the parked vehicle.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes an air conditioner case having an external air introduction port and an internal air introduction port, an intake door rotatably installed in the air conditioner case so as to open the external air introduction port in an external air mode and open the internal air introduction port in an internal air mode, a blower configured to draw an internal air or an external air through the external air introduction port or the internal air introduction port and to blow the internal air or the external air into a vehicle room, and a control unit configured to control the intake door to move in such a direction as to close the external air introduction port and to restrain entry of rainwater into the external air introduction port, if a rotation speed level of the blower satisfies a predetermined condition in the external air mode.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for hybrid vehicles includes a control unit configured to re-operate an engine if an engine cooling water temperature is reduced to a lower limit value or less after entry into a motor drive mode, and configured to stop the engine if the engine cooling water temperature is increased to an upper limit value or more. The control unit is configured to change the upper limit value and the lower limit value depending on a target air injection temperature calculated according to an internal/external temperature condition and a user-set temperature so that, in the motor drive mode, a re-operation time point of the engine is actively changed according to the target air injection temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat pump system for a vehicle which includes an evaporator mounted on a cold air passageway inside an air-conditioning case, a condenser mounted on a warm air passageway, a first blower mounted at an inlet side of the cold air passageway of the air-conditioning case, a second blower mounted at an inlet side of the warm air passageway and an intake duct mounted between the first blower and the second blower to supply indoor air and outdoor air to the first blower and the second blower respectively, thereby maximizing space efficiency because using just one intake duct for the two blowers, and reducing the size and manufacturing costs of the heat pump system.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a load side heat exchanger are connected by pipes; and a controller that performs switching between a heating operation in which refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit circulates and a defrosting operation of the heat source side heat exchanger in which the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit circulates in a direction opposite to a direction in the heating operation. The controller allows an airflow flowing from the load side heat exchanger into a cabin through a first air outlet in the heating operation, and an airflow flowing from the cabin into the load side heat exchanger through the first air outlet is produced in the defrosting operation of the heat source side heat exchanger.

Abstract: The invention provides a ventilation member attached to a wall member having a wall opening. The ventilation member includes: an outer surface member attached to an outer surface of the wall member to cover the wall opening; and an inner surface member attached to an inner surface of the wall member to cover the wall opening and coupled to the outer surface member. The outer surface member and the inner surface member are configured as identical members and each have an opening and at least one fin provided in the opening.

Abstract: A condenser arrangement for an air conditioning system may include at least one pipe wall composed of a metal, e.g., aluminium. A protective layer may be disposed on the at least one pipe wall. The protective layer may have a composition including 40 to 90 mass % zinc oxide (ZnO). The protective layer may additionally include a polymer binding agent and/or an additive.

Abstract: An outlet device (1) for ventilation of a vehicle interior has a housing (H) with an outer air guide surface (10a), and inner guide surface (30a), a guiding device (G), and an airflow adjustment member (63). The inner and outer air guide surfaces form an outlet flow channel (22) which extends between an air inlet orifice (11) and an air outlet orifice (12). The outlet flow channel (22) includes a first circumferential section (23a) and a second circumferential section (23b). An inlet air flow which passes the air inlet orifice (11) produces a first air flow component flowing therethrough and the second circumferential section (23b) produces a second air flow component flowing therethrough. The directions of the first and second circumferential sections meet each other in an intersecting point (P) which lies outside the housing (H). The airflow adjustment member allows changes to the ratio of the volumetric flows of the intersecting first and second air flow components.

Abstract: A ventilation nozzle arrangement for a cockpit of a vehicle includes a ventilation nozzle for ventilating the vehicle by an airflow and plurality of fins between which the airflow can escape and/or escapes in a ventilation direction. The fins consist of a light-permeable material.

Abstract: An outlet device (1) for ventilation of a vehicle interior has a housing (10) which extends between an air inlet orifice (11) and an air outlet orifice (12) and a pivot bearing device (19) mounted on the housing, wherein the pivot bearing device (19) provides a rotational axis (D1). The outlet device (1) further comprises a rotatable displacement body (30), a first vane (50) which extends in a direction across the rotational axis (D1), a second vane (60) which extends in a direction across the rotational axis (D1) and contrary to the extension of the first vane (50), a rudder (73), and an adjustment device (A). The adjustment device (A) permits pivoting of with the rudder (73) around an axis (D3) that is parallel to the direction of extension of the first and second vanes (50, 60).

Abstract: The installation structure for the lithium battery box of the electric vehicle includes a battery box body and a vehicle frame oblique beam, where an insertion hole is produced in a front end of the battery box body; an installation groove is produced in the vehicle frame oblique beam; a front battery box base is installed in a front installation groove; an insertion bolt driven through a key is arranged on the front battery box base; where an upwards-bulged arc-shaped limit groove is produced in the middle of the lower cover in the axis of the box body; the installation groove of the vehicle frame oblique beam is an installation groove with a front opening and a rear opening; a limit bulge adaptive to the arc-shaped limit groove is produced on a groove bottom of the installation groove.

Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle has an electric machine and a clutch actuating device. The electric machine has a machine housing, a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a stator carrier with a fluid cooling jacket constructed substantially as an annular space, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet spaced apart from the fluid inlet. The stator encloses a central receiving space in which a pressure medium cylinder of the clutch actuating device is arranged. The pressure medium cylinder has a pressure medium inlet arranged inside the axial extension of the stator carrier and can be brought into fluidic connection with, or is fluidically connected with, a pressure source via a pressure medium channel extending from the machine housing. The pressure medium channel is constructed at least partially in a wall portion of the stator carrier adjoining the central receiving space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid module including a clutch, an electric machine, an internal combustion engine end, a transmission end, and a housing that includes a radially extending housing section located axially next to the electric machine at the internal combustion engine end as well as an axially extending housing section surrounding at least part of the hybrid module; the housing has two separate parts, the first one of which forms the radially extending housing section and the second one of which forms the axially extending housing section. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a hybrid module of this type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission for two wheeled motor vehicles, comprising a drive shaft (12) carrying at least two driving toothed wheels (14, 16), a driven shaft (38) carrying at least two driven toothed wheels (40, 42) and an intermediate motion transmission shaft (32) carrying toothed wheels (34, 36) cooperating with the toothed wheels of drive shaft (12) and of driven shaft (38). Two motion transmission tracks (T1, T2) are found between drive shaft (12) and driven shaft (38) comprising a toothed wheel (14, 42) carried by the drive shaft. The driven shaft through a one-way clutch (20, 46), a toothed wheel (34, 36) fixedly carried by the intermediate motion transmission shaft and a toothed wheel (16, 40) is connected to the drive shaft and to the driven shaft by a disengageable clutch (18, 44).

Abstract: A work vehicle having an engine mounted thereto includes a vehicle body frame extending in the longitudinal direction of vehicle, a seat supporting deck supported to the vehicle body frame via a suspension unit, a driver's seat supported to the seat supporting deck upwardly of this seat supporting deck, a fuel tank supported to the seat supporting deck downwardly of the driver's seat and supplying fuel to the engine; and a canister supported to the seat supporting deck and connected to the fuel tank.

Abstract: A refueling retainer comprises a body portion of a tubular shape inserted into and arranged at a fueling-side end portion of an inlet pipe through which fuel is introduced to a fuel tank. The body portion comprises at a leading end portion thereof: a tapered portion, which is an inner peripheral surface of the leading end portion inclined radially inward toward a leading end of the body portion; and a claw portion that projects from the leading end of the body portion in an inwardly bent manner.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system includes: a first hydraulic motor and a second hydraulic motor configured to be driven by working oils respectively discharged from a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump; a first pump control unit and a second pump control unit configured to control discharge volumes and discharge directions of the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump; a signal pressure generating unit configured to generate a signal pressure for adjusting command pressures to control the first pump control unit and the second pump control unit in accordance with the sum of discharge pressures of the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump; and a first pressure adjusting unit and a second pressure adjusting unit configured to adjust the command pressures in accordance with the signal pressure.

Abstract: A center console includes a console body which has a pair of side wall parts, and an AT finisher which is provided between upper ends of the pair of side wall parts. An electric AT device is mounted on a lower surface side of the AT finisher directly or through a mounting bracket. A rigid member is mounted in at least one inner surface of the pair of side wall parts. A device holding part which is supported by an upper portion of the rigid member is provided in the mounting bracket or the electric AT device.

Abstract: A drunk driving prevention system for a vehicle includes an eye symptom detector adapted for supporting in the vehicle at a position to detect eye symptoms of a driver, a control module operatively linked to the eye symptom detector for determining and analyzing whether the eye symptoms of the driver match with alcohol influenced eye symptoms, and a signal module operatively linked control module for generating a drunk driving signal in response to the alcohol influenced eye symptoms that suspect an alcohol concentration of the driver is above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A system for tracking a gaze of a driver of a vehicle includes a tracking device, a processor, a memory, and a display. The tracking device is configured to track a gaze of a driver of a vehicle. The processor is in electronic communication with the tracking device. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code configured to be executed by the processor. The programming code is configured to determine in real-time a duration of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle tracked by the tracking device. The display is in electronic communication with the processor. The display is configured to display a symbol showing the determined duration, or a portion of the determined duration, of the gaze of the driver of the vehicle as determined by the processor.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a cruise control system with (a) a vehicle having a steering system, an accelerator system, a braking system, a battery, a display, a processor, and memory; and (b) a cruise control program, operatively coupled to the accelerator system and configured to display a most recent cruising setpoint and a menu of user-adjustable cruising setpoints.