Patents Issued in November 2, 2017
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Publication number: 20170313231Abstract: A lock for securing a container includes a lock platform, a coupler including a portion that is disposed above the lock platform, an interaction member associated with the coupler, and a linkage mechanism including an actuation device and an actuation surface. The actuation surface is curved or sloped. In addition, movement of the actuation device causes movement of the interaction member along the actuation surface in a first direction such that the coupler automatically secures the container to the lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: John J. Lanigan, SR., Martin C. Conneally, Antonio Carlos Callado Souza, Jason Schmidt, Kevin Gerald Muszynski
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Publication number: 20170313232Abstract: A connection device is provided for removably connecting an article to a tie-down cleat having a pair of opposed horns each with each horn having a free end. The articles can be ropes, straps, bungee cords, netting, covers, wraps, accessories, and the like. The connection device includes a body having a pair of horn openings each configured for receiving one of the opposed horns therein. The horn openings are coaxial and spaced apart a distance less than a distance between the free ends of the horns. At least a portion of the body is formed of an elastic material so that the body can be resiliently stretched for selectively inserting the opposed horns into the horn openings to secure the connection device to the tie-down cleat and resiliently stretched for selectively removing the opposed horns out of the horn openings to remove the connection device from the tie-down cleat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Todd Utterback
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Publication number: 20170313233Abstract: A cargo securing apparatus and a method of maintaining a user configured tension in a cargo securing element are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one sensor arranged to measure tension in a tensile element used to secure the cargo and a processor in data communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to receive tension measurements from the sensor, to compare the tension measurements to a user configured tension setting and to determine tension correction parameters required to maintain tension in the tensile element within a range of the user configured setting associated with the tensile element. The apparatus may include one or more manual or automated adjustment drives to adjust the tension in the tensile element in accordance with the tension correction parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Leo David MCNALLY
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Publication number: 20170313234Abstract: A headache rack system for a truck includes a truck bed and a removable and vertically adjustable headache rack. The truck bed is adapted to be attached to a truck frame and includes a floor and a side panel connected to the floor. The side panel includes a first flange and a second flange. The removable headache rack includes a first side support, a second side support, a top support connected to an upper end of the first side support and an upper end of the second side support, and a panel connected to a lower end of the first side support and a lower end of the second side support. The first and second flanges, respectively, may extend beyond a leading edge of the floor and wrap around a portion of the front of the truck bed to define a slot configured for receiving the lower ends of the first and second side supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Trailboss Equipment, LLCInventor: Jonathan PETRU
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Publication number: 20170313235Abstract: The invention relates to an outer lens for a luminous device, in particular for a motor vehicle. The outer lens include a main portion made of transparent plastic, at least two edges for fastening to a housing of the luminous device, an electrically conductive coating forming a defrosting and/or demisting electrical resistor, and at least two electrodes that are electrically connected to the conductive coating. The electrodes are located on the fastening edges and are overmolded by the transparent plastic. The invention also relates to a luminous device including the outer lens in question and a process for producing the outer lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Erwan FAOUCHER, Michel Juton, Francois Gratecap
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Publication number: 20170313236Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes a headlamp housing mounted to a body of the vehicle. An airflow opening extends through the headlamp housing. A light guide coupled to the housing forms a portion of an airflow passage extending from the airflow opening into an interior of the body of the vehicle. A surface of the light guide is etched with a design extending along a length of the airflow passage. An LED light generating unit is positioned adjacent an end of the light guide to pass light from the light generating unit through the light guide that illuminates the etched design.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Alexander B McGowen, Michael H Nicholas
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Publication number: 20170313237Abstract: This invention relates to an illumination standard calculation method for a tunnel middle section based on safe visual recognition: (a) Setting the light environment of the tunnel middle section; (b) Placing a target object in the tunnel middle section; (c) Making a driver drive a motor vehicle at different speeds toward the target object, and measuring the visual recognition distances D required by the driver to visually discover the target object at different speeds; (d) Resetting the average brightness L of the tunnel middle section and repeating the steps (b) and (c) to obtain a plurality of different sets of visual recognition distances D and corresponding brightness values L; (e) Using the S model to fit the data of the plurality of sets of visual recognition distances D and brightness values L to obtain the formula of the relational model of D and L to be L=0.683/(5.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jiangbi HU, Meng WANG, Guiping GUAN, Mingyu XIE, Xiangzhen CHANG, Xiaoqin ZHANG, Da GUO, Wenqian MA, Yuanfeng ZHANG, Xiaoyu LI, Linxi GAO, Xiaojuan GAO, Feng LIU
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Publication number: 20170313238Abstract: A software application product executable on a mobile device (110) for traffic signalling using a screen (111) of the device (110), in combination with remote activation means (120,130) providing a user interface. The invention further relates to a pocket for accommodating the a device (110) during such signalling. The invention further relates to a kit comprising such a soft-ware application product and optionally such a pocket, as well as to a method for traffic signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: POC SWEDEN ABInventor: Stefan YTTERBORN
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Publication number: 20170313239Abstract: A purpose of the invention is to provide a tractor that includes a rear lamp with high designability. A tractor of the present invention includes a rear lamp, a cabin, a lamp housing that is provided along a longitudinal direction of a rear pillar of the cabin, and a light source that is housed in the lamp housing, wherein the rear lamp is provided from a vicinity of one end to a vicinity of the other end of the rear pillar in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Junko KUDO
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Publication number: 20170313240Abstract: A vehicle comprises a control system. The control system is connectable to a trailer and includes a trailer connection checking mode in which the control system actuates trailer lights of the trailer in a predetermined sequence. The control system makes a trailer presence determination of whether the trailer is connected to the control system. According to the trailer presence determination, the control system performs the trailer connection checking mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Corey Randolph, Ernest Workman, Jonathon Ratliff, Kouhei Kasedo
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Publication number: 20170313241Abstract: A mobile warning device on a vehicle includes a detecting module, a driving module, a monitoring module, and a communication module. The detecting module determines whether the vehicle is unexpectedly immobile. The driving module is detachably set on the vehicle to detach and move the warning device to a specified position when the vehicle is immobile. The monitoring module is used to collect information around the vehicle. The communication module is used to transmit signals between the vehicle, the warning device, and a cloud network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: YU-CHIEN WU, HUNG-CHUN LU, CHUANG-WEI TSENG, TZU-CHENG YANG
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Publication number: 20170313242Abstract: A light fixture adapted to be attached to a side of a vehicle, the light fixture including an elongated triangular shaped structure with a face viewable from, the rear of the vehicle, the face including a visual indicator electrically connected to the light fixture. The visual indicator comprises letters, words, symbols or other warning indicia to convey a visual warning to the driver of a second vehicle that is in proximity to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Steven G. Downey
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Publication number: 20170313243Abstract: A vehicle badge is provided herein. A first number of light sources is configured to successively illuminate, wherein at least a majority of the first number of light sources ramps to a maximum intensity within a corresponding time interval prior to a time period elapsing. A second number of light sources is configured to successively illuminate, wherein each of the second number of light sources ramps to a maximum intensity once the time period is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman, Michael A. Musleh
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Publication number: 20170313244Abstract: A stop lamp and cargo lamp system comprises a circuit board; a stop lamp mounted on the circuit board; a first cargo lamp assembly including a first cargo lamp mounted on the circuit board and a first directional tube coupled to the first cargo lamp and formed a first downward angle with a surface of the circuit board; and a second cargo lamp assembly including a second cargo lamp mounted on the circuit board and a second directional tube coupled to the second cargo lamp and form a second downward angle with the surface of the circuit board, wherein the second downward angle is different from the first downward angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Simon Luciew
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Publication number: 20170313245Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an illumination system (1) for an interior (31) of a vehicle (30), the illumination system (1) having a control unit (2) and an ambient illumination (10) with at least one lamp (11), which is designed to emit light in at least one ambient color (40). Furthermore, the invention relates to an illumination system (1) for illuminating an interior (31) of a vehicle (30), having an ambient illumination (10) with at least one lamp (11), which is designed to emit light in at least one ambient color (40), wherein furthermore at least one functional element (20) is arranged in the interior (31) of the vehicle (30), which has an element color (50) for displaying the functional element (20), as well as a vehicle (30) with an illumination system (1) for illuminating an interior (31) of the vehicle (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Heino Wengelnik, Michael Scheible, Markus Neumann, Christian Burghoff, Thorb Baumgarten
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Publication number: 20170313246Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intuitive haptic alert system that: (1) Identifies a second vehicle; projects a series of virtual waves emanating from the second vehicle at a source frequency, estimates observed frequencies of the virtual waves at the first vehicle according to the Doppler Effect, and generates a sequence of commands for a haptic motor based on the estimated observed frequencies. (2) Projects rumble zone(s) over road; identifies when the vehicle occupies the zone(s); generates a sequence of commands for a haptic motor based on: an identified occupation and received vehicle velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Yifan Chen, Pietro Buttolo, James Peng
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Publication number: 20170313247Abstract: A vehicle safety system includes several image capturing units, an image processing unit, a control unit and a display unit, in which an environmental photography technique and a visual distance detection technique are integrated so as to detect a distance between a nearby object and the vehicle to warn the driver during moving or parking operation, and an automatic door detection technique is integrated to identify rear side objects prior to opening of a vehicle door so to prevent undesired accident from happening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Hsuan-Yueh HSU, Chun-Nan HSIAO, Jeng-Wei LIAW
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Publication number: 20170313248Abstract: An automotive audio visual system includes a display screen on the vehicle, such as the central display screen on the vehicle's dashboard, and one or more rear cameras facing a rear passenger seat of the vehicle. The image or video feed from one or more rear cameras is displayed on the display screen in the vehicle, so that the front passengers can view the rear passenger area on the vehicle's display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Be Topnotch, LLCInventor: Ankit Dilip Kothari
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Publication number: 20170313249Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the adjustment of a shell-shaped housing part, for example a mirror housing. The device, in particular a door mirror device, comprising a base part (2) on which a support frame (3) is provided by means of a first hinge construction (3, 20, 25, 30, 60). Furthermore, the device comprises a first actuator (4) with which the carrier frame is pivotable relative to the base portion to a part of a substantially upwardly extending first pivot axis (5) between a folded position, in which the supporting frame, for example, lying substantially along the body of a motor vehicle, and a unfolded position, in which the supporting frame, for example, is oriented substantially transversely to the body. With the aid of a second hinge construction (30, 35, 60, 63) a carrier (6), in particular for carrying a mirror surface, is disposed on the support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, François Roderik Henri Bouaziz
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Publication number: 20170313250Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a first indicator light associated with a first function or a first state of the vehicle (e.g., a brake light), and circuitry coupled to the first indicator light. The circuitry is configured to cause the first indicator light to emit light when the vehicle is performing the first function or is operating in the first state, and detect an amount of light incident on the first indicator light. Thus, the indicator light can be used to detect incoming light to perform various vehicle functions (e.g., automatically dimming mirrors based on the incoming light) without the need for a dedicated light sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Evan Roger FISCHER
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Publication number: 20170313251Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element disposed at an outer end region of a sidewall of the mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a first glass substrate having a front surface and a rear surface and a substrate thickness spanning between the front and rear surfaces. The first glass substrate includes a flat region and a rounded perimeter edge circumscribing the flat region. Curvature of a rounded outside surface of the outer end region of the sidewall matches curvature of the rounded perimeter edge of the first glass substrate whereby the rounded outside surface of the outer end region of the sidewall and the rounded perimeter edge of the first glass substrate combine to provide a curved transition between the front surface of the flat region and a principal outside surface of the sidewall of the mirror casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: John T. Uken, Mark L. Larson, Rodney K. Blank, Joseph D. Suchecki, Craig Kendall
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Publication number: 20170313252Abstract: An electronic mirror device includes a display, a controller that controls the display, a switching portion, and a preliminary starter. The display includes a main case having an opening, a video display portion, and a semi-transparent mirror. The video display portion includes a display screen and displays camera images captured by a camera. The semi-transparent mirror is provided between the display screen of the video display portion and the opening of the main case and displays a mirror reflection. The switching portion causes the display to switch between displaying the camera images and the mirror reflection. The preliminary starter preliminarily starts up the controller and the display before the switching portion causes the display to display the camera images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: MOTONOBU UCHIMURA, WATARU NAKAI, TAKASHI OKOHIRA
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Publication number: 20170313253Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system (2) of a motor vehicle (1), in which a rear image of an environmental region (11, 12, 14) of the motor vehicle (1) located substantially next to and/or behind the motor vehicle (1) is captured by at least one camera (3, 4) of the driver assistance system (2), the camera being provided on the vehicle, wherein at least one road marking (19) of a roadway (17) is recognized in the environmental region (11, 12, 14) based on the captured rear image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.Inventors: Ciáran HUGHES, Enda Peter WARD, Brian Michael Thomas DERGAN
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Publication number: 20170313254Abstract: A towing vehicle includes a vehicle body, a coupling device, a floor board, and a step. The coupling device is disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body to connect a towing object to the vehicle body. The floor board is disposed in the vehicle body. The step is disposed in the vehicle body at a position lower than the floor board to form a level difference between the step and the floor board. The step includes an upper surface and a plurality of sides that bounds the upper surface. The plurality of sides includes at a rear portion of the upper surface a rear side that extends rearward and outward from the floor board. The vehicle body includes a rear surface that extends upward from the rear side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Fumihiro FUKATSU, Hiroki MORI
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Publication number: 20170313255Abstract: A handrail system for a work vehicle has a handrail including a first rail member configured to extend in first direction and a second rail member coupled to the first rail member and configured to extend in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The handrail system also has a fold structure configured to couple the handrail to the work vehicle and move the handrail between an upright position and a folded position with respect to the work vehicle. When in the folded position, the handrail has a support surface that is elevated along a central area of the handrail higher than at least one side of the handrail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: William A. Brett, Kevin A. Thelen
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Publication number: 20170313256Abstract: A cargo box for a vehicle includes a base member having a first edge portion, a second edge portion, a first side edge portion and an opposing second side edge portion. A first cross sill extends across the base member. A second cross sill extends across the base member. A side panel member is coupled to the base member along one of the first and second side edge portions. The side panel member includes an opening. A step assembly includes a first step support coupled to the first cross sill, a second step support coupled to the second cross sill and at least one step member coupled to and extending between the first step support and second step support. The step member is arranged at the opening in the side panel member. The step member is decoupled from the side panel member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Justin C. Martin, David K. Rock, Michael T. Chaney
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Publication number: 20170313257Abstract: A storage assembly comprises a first portion including a shaft and a second portion including a shaft hole. The first portion is rotatably connected to the second portion via the shaft received in the shaft hole and moveable from the first rest position to the second rest position through an intermediate position. The shaft of the first portion has a stop portion protruded radially and the shaft hole is configured to contact the stop portion in the first rest position and the second rest position and to space apart radially from the stop portion in the intermediate position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Derek Kang, Brick Deng, Wei Xu
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Publication number: 20170313258Abstract: Described are passenger seats that include a system for storing objects disposed on a rear side of the passenger seat. The system may include a cavity and a divider wall disposed within the cavity, wherein the divider wall separates a lower portion of the cavity into at least two compartments including a personal electronic device compartment on a rear side of the cavity and a secondary compartment on a forward side of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Zodiac Seats US LLCInventors: Wade G. Argyle, Eric L. Parks, Andrew B. Severance, Jason K. Smith
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Publication number: 20170313259Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device to a pair of spaced apart posts (e.g., of a vehicle headrest or a suitcase), is also useful as a stand to support a portable electronic device at an angle relative to a horizontal support surface on which the apparatus rests. The apparatus includes a first element configured to be selectively attached to a pair of spaced apart posts by application of an external compressive or expansive force to thereby decrease or increase a distance between portions of the first element until grips of the first element can be aligned with and attached to the spaced apart posts, and then removing the external compressive or expansive force. The apparatus also includes a second element that is attached to the first element and is configured to selectively hold a portable electronic device. The apparatus, when used as a stand, functions like a tripod.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Kenu, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Y. Minn, David E. Yao
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Publication number: 20170313260Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device in a vehicle includes an element that is compressible or expandable, first and second grips, and a device holder configured to selectively hold a portable electronic device. The element has first and second ends spaced apart from one another by a first distance when the element is in its uncompressed or unexpanded state. The first and second ends are movable towards or away from one another by application of an external force that causes the ends to be spaced apart from one another by less or more than the first distance. The element is biased to try to return to its uncompressed or unexpanded state when the external force is not being applied. The first and second grips extend from the first and second ends of the element and are configured to grip a pair of spaced apart vehicle headrest posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Kenu, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Y. Minn, David E. Yao, Leonard John Duran
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Publication number: 20170313261Abstract: A method of mounting a camera module at a vehicle windshield includes attaching an attaching portion of a bracket at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and attaching a mirror mounting base at the bracket, and attaching a mirror head at the mirror mounting base. With the attaching portion of the bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, camera attaching structure of the bracket extends downward along the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield below the attaching portion. With the attaching portion of the bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield, the camera module is attached at the camera attaching structure of the bracket, whereby the lens of the camera module is below the attaching portion of the bracket and the camera module has a field of view through a portion of the vehicle windshield below the attaching portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Donald S. Rawlings, Carol L. DeBoer, Darryl P. De Wind
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Publication number: 20170313262Abstract: A vehicle camera peripheral. It has a frame having a surface for supporting a license plate, at least one compartment for containing a battery and a circuit board having a wireless transmitter and video transmission circuitry, the compartment provided in the frame and positioned behind the license plate supporting surface, a camera mounted to the frame and connected to the circuit board, and a mounting for connecting the frame to existing license plate fastening devices of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jack WISNIA, Feng DU
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Publication number: 20170313263Abstract: A tethering clip assembly is configured to tether first and second components of a vehicle together before and during deployment of an airbag. The tethering clip assembly may include a securing base configured to secure to the first component, a retainer configured to secure to the second component, and one or more tethers that couple the securing base to the retainer. The securing base, the retainer, and the tether(s) are integrally formed together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jason M. ZANDER, Jesse L. JENSEN, Mark O. LEPPER, Michelle BOZINOVSKI, Tim HUTSON
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Publication number: 20170313264Abstract: Multilayer automotive trim part for noise attenuation comprising at least two fibrous layers (10, 30) and at least one air permeable intermediate film layer (20) between the at least 2 fibrous layers (10, 30), whereby the trim part is air permeable, and at least one of the fibrous layers (10, 30) is a mixture of fibers consisting of 10 to 40% of binder fibers, 10 to 70% of recycled fibers and 10 to 70% of self-crimped fibers and wherein the total amount of said fibers adds to 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AGInventors: Delphine GUIGNER, Vipul SAVALIYA
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Publication number: 20170313265Abstract: A cable harness that has water-sealing properties includes a sheath that accommodates an ABS sensor cable and a parking brake cable. The ABS sensor cable and the parking brake cable branch apart at an end portion of the sheath. An integrally molded member includes, in an integrated manner, a water-sealing portion that seals the end portion of the sheath from water, and a bracket attachment portion that is attached to the bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Moriyuki SHIMIZU, Gen NISHINO, Toshinari KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170313266Abstract: A wire harness assembling method includes a step (a) of attaching an interference suppressing member to at least a part of an elongated reinforcement, the reinforcement being arranged on a back side of an instrument panel of a vehicle and extending in a width direction of the vehicle; and a step (b) of arranging a wire harness so that the wire harness faces the reinforcement with the interference suppressing member interposed between the wire harness and the reinforcement, the step (b) being performed after the step (a).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Hosei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Masaaki TABATA
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Publication number: 20170313267Abstract: A wire harness and an electric wire protecting pipe that can protect electric wires without including a separate component for shielding a drain hole. The electric wire protecting pipe is a resin pipe into which electric wires are insertable, and a lower wall portion is provided integrally with a projecting portion that projects outward, and a circumferential wall portion of the projecting portion is provided with a drain hole. According to such a configuration, the electric wires are protected from flying gravel, splashing water, or the like, by the projecting portion that is formed integrally with the electric wire protecting pipe, and thus the electric wires can be protected without including a separate component for shielding the drain hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Hidetoshi SUGINO, Hidehiko IWAKAWA
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Publication number: 20170313268Abstract: The invention relates to a process for operating an infotainment system with the following steps. In a first step, the infotainment system is operated in a first operating state. In a second step, the infotainment system is operated in a first energy-saving state. In a third step, a timer is provided for waking up an operating state management mechanism of the infotainment system at a wake-up time. In a fourth step, the infotainment system is placed in a second energy-saving state. In a fifth step, the operating state management mechanism of the infotainment system is woken at a wake-up time by means of a timer. In a sixth step, the infotainment system is operated in the first energy-saving state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Audi AGInventor: Christoph DALKE
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Publication number: 20170313269Abstract: System and method for obtaining and recording information about cargo includes a frame defining a cargo-receivable compartment, a position determining system at least partly on the frame and that allows for determination of position of the frame, an identification system on the frame that obtains information about cargo when present in the compartment, a memory component that receives and records information about position and movement of the frame, and the obtained information about cargo when present in the compartment in association with a unique identification of the frame, and a communications system on the frame to enable communication of information to and from the memory component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Intelligent Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: David S. Breed
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Publication number: 20170313270Abstract: Systems and methods for human scanning for interior preference setup are disclosed. An example disclosed vehicle includes a target lamp on a side view mirror of the vehicle. The example vehicle also includes a scanning module. Additionally, the example vehicle includes an active scanning system configured to instruct the target lamp to project a position indicator a known distance from the vehicle, determine a joint structure based on an image of a person standing at the position indicator received from the scanning module, and adjust interior preference settings based on the detected joint structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jesus Alejandro Pena Casimiro, Jorge Guillermo Barrios Albert
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Publication number: 20170313271Abstract: Systems and methods for human scanning for interior preference setup are disclosed. An example disclosed vehicle includes a target lamp on a side view mirror of the vehicle. The example vehicle also includes a scanning module. Additionally, the example vehicle includes an active scanning system configured to instruct the target lamp to project a position indicator a known distance from the vehicle, determine a joint structure based on an image of a person standing at the position indicator received from the scanning module, and adjust interior preference settings based on the detected joint structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jesus Alejandro Pena Casimiro, Jorge Guillermo Barrios Albert
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Publication number: 20170313272Abstract: An apparatus and method for replacing a power source element is provided. The apparatus includes a multiple compartment housing attached to a vehicle, power source elements, a controller, and a communications interface. The power source elements are placed within receptacles of the multiple compartment housing. Each power source element is electrically connected to an input power coupler for electrical connection to the vehicle such that each power source element is configured to supply power to the vehicle independently without requiring power supplied by any other power source element. The controller is configured to monitor a power level of each power source element and generate an associated power level reading. The communication interface is configured to retrieve each associated power level reading from the controller and to an external system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Johannes J. Liebenberg, John G. Musial, Todd R. Whitman
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Publication number: 20170313273Abstract: An oil supply system of a vehicle includes: a first pump generating a first quantity of oil to cool a driving motor of a hybrid vehicle; a second pump generating a second quantity of oil to lubricate a friction lubrication element of the hybrid vehicle; a flow channel switching valve selectively switching a flow channel of the first quantity of oil and a flow channel of the second quantity of oil to connect the flow channel of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or connect the flow channel of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor; and a controller controlling an operation of the flow channel switching valve to supply a portion of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or a portion of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Young Chul KIM, June Ho LEE
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Publication number: 20170313274Abstract: A fault diagnosis method for a bio-signal sensor for the vehicle includes measuring a first bio-signal through the bio-signal sensor in response to a seating detecting signal, measuring a second bio-signal through the bio-signal sensor in response to input through an on-board interface, and determining whether the bio-signal sensor may have malfunctioned according to whether the second bio-signal includes a signal deviating from a range set in response to the first bio-signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC KOREA CO., LTD.Inventors: Seul Ki JEON, Nam Woong Hur, Eung Hwan Kim, Shinichi Kuroyanagi, Taek Soo Han
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Publication number: 20170313275Abstract: The invention relates to a device (18) for securing a gas generator (14) in an oscillating manner as a vibration-absorbing mass inside an airbag module (10). The invention is characterized m that a securing ring is provided for securing to the gas generator (14), said ring being open at least in sections in the radial direction by a continuous, radially outwardly directed annular gap and is provided with at least one axially oriented damping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Gregor Eck, Constantin Von Roden
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Publication number: 20170313276Abstract: A vehicle airbag includes a main panel to form a main chamber deployed toward an inner part of a vehicle, and a protrusion panel provided outside the main panel to form at least one protrusion chamber that communicates with the main chamber and protrudes toward the inner part of the vehicle based on the main chamber. The protrusion panel is folded to have a wrinkle part when the vehicle airbag is not inflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Wan-Dong YOO, Yong Hyun JUNG, Tae Ik GWON, Dong Young KIM
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Publication number: 20170313277Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure, equipped with a pedestrian airbag device, comprises: a cowl comprising a cowl panel and a cowl front panel extending in a forward direction from a front end portion of the cowl panel; an inflator disposed with a longitudinal direction of the inflator coinciding with a vehicle width direction and secured to the cowl front panel; an airbag disposed above the cowl front panel and deployed obliquely in a vehicle rearward and upward direction and outwardly in the vehicle width direction by gas from the inflator; and a support member having one end portion secured to a front suspension tower, extending toward the cowl, and secured to the cowl front panel on a vehicle front side relative to a rear end of the inflator in the vehicle frontward and rearward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinya KAMIMURA
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Publication number: 20170313278Abstract: An antimicrobial barrier seatbelt covering apparatus for preventing a cross contamination between hosts contacting with a seatbelt includes stripes of antimicrobial material creating a barrier against pathogens accumulated on a seatbelt, a container for storage of the antimicrobial material that can be attached on one end of the seatbelt, and a holding device to fix the material on the other end of the seatbelt. The antimicrobial seatbelt covering may be used in applications including seatbelts in cars seats, airplanes, boats where the seatbelt covering controls the level of cross contamination by preventing unwanted microbes that contact the seatbelt and thereby, prevents the spread of disease and infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Ayenew Marew
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Publication number: 20170313279Abstract: A belt retractor having a belt shaft having a shaft body, a profile head and a torsion bar, wherein the torsion bar arranged in the shaft body is connected on one end to the shaft body and on a second end to the profile head, and the profile head can be securely attached to the vehicle, and having a belt pretensioner, wherein a pretensioner drive wheel of the belt pretensioner is directly connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the profile head of the belt shaft, and mass bodies can be engaged with the pretensioner drive wheel so as to transmit force to drive the belt shaft in winding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Claudia Trübner, Frank Wulff, Juri Kraus, Karsten Schubel, Thomas Kubbe
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Publication number: 20170313280Abstract: A vehicle access and control system includes an activation system, a vehicle control system, a communication system provided in the vehicle, a computer system mounted in the vehicle, and a vehicle access control system including a processor, a non-volatile memory, and a set of instructions stored on the non-volatile memory. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to receive a user specific identification input, access a user profile associated with the user specific identification input, determine, from the user profile, system permissions associated with the user specific identification input, and manage access to one or more of the activation system, vehicle control system, communication system, and the computer system based on the system permissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Michael Aaron Connor, Grace Valeria Tilton
