Patents Issued in November 9, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170320427
    Abstract: The current invention concerns a method and device for securing cargo load in a container. In an embodiment of the current invention, such method comprises: providing a wall securement device comprising two or more apertures allowing the passage of securing means such as straps, which wall securement device is attached to an inner rigid structure of the wall; and lashing the cargo load with securing means by use of the wall securement device, whereby the wall securement device is located at the corner post of said container. In a second aspect, the current invention provides for a wall securement device for securing loads, wherein the securement device may include a slope-hook edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Elmo Marcus Attila DIEDERIKS, Petrus Henri VAN BERLO, David John PARRIN, Remco Cornelis WILLEMSE, Scott D. LOUDON
  • Publication number: 20170320428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ratcheting unit enabling for securing cargo particularly for tightness in order to secure a load of cargo quickly and safely. Typically these ratcheting straps feature a first end with one length of strap secured to the first end via a bolt, and the other length of strap is fed through a ratcheting cylinder. The ratchet allows the user to hook the straps on the distal ends to a secure anchor point, i.e. the side of a trailer. The straps are pulled taught, the loose strap is fed through the ratcheting cylinder and the ratchet handle is used to tighten the slack in the strap, bringing the strap to a higher tension than what one could easily achieve without the aid of a ratchet to hold the tension and provide leverage for taking in further slack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: DEREK E. BREST
  • Publication number: 20170320429
    Abstract: A method of preparing a vehicle control system having an intended function by using at least two ECUs is provided. One of the at least two ECUs is used for adaptively incorporating a modified portion of the intended function of the vehicle control system through re-design in a short period, while the rest of the ECUs in the vehicle control system sustain and support an unchanging portion of the intended function of the vehicle control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Susumu AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170320430
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus in a vehicle coordinates with a first light emitter including light-emitting elements arranged in a linear form including at least one line on a compartment side of a door of the vehicle, and a second light emitter projecting light onto a projection target member in a forward visual field of a driver of the vehicle. The information providing apparatus repeatedly acquires status information including surroundings status indicating status of surroundings of the vehicle, and executes control to the first light emitter and second light emitter based on the status information. The control makes the first light emitter and second light emitter provide light emission in a light emission mode associated with acquired surroundings status indicated by the status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takaya KAWAMATA, Akifumi SHII, Kensuke SUZUKI, Toshiya FURUKAWA, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20170320431
    Abstract: A vehicle messaging system for efficiently messaging other vehicle drivers. The vehicle messaging system generally includes a transparent member attached to a surface of a window of a motorized vehicle, a message attached to the transparent member, a light unit attached to the motorized vehicle and a control unit in communication with the light unit and a turn signal controller of the motorized vehicle. The control unit is programmed to automatically activate the light unit after the turn signal controller transitions from having a turn signal activated to having a turn signal deactivated. The light unit illuminates the message when the light unit is activated so that the message is viewable by a person outside of the motorized vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Curtis R. John
  • Publication number: 20170320432
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electric power supply device for a plurality of light sources on a motor vehicle. The device comprises a plurality of means for the control of the electric power supply of at least one of said light sources respectively. The control means each comprise diagnostic means which are configured to deliver a diagnostic signal for said light source. According to the invention, the device is designed to deliver two binary signals for the identification of a partial failure and/or a total failure of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO ILUMINACION
    Inventors: Miguel-Angel PENA, Antonio Domingo ILLAN, Jose-Ramon MARTINEZ-PEREZ, Juan LARA CABEZA, Juan-Jose SANTAELLA, Tomas MARTINEZ-ZALDIVAR
  • Publication number: 20170320433
    Abstract: A vehicle guidance system assists a driver in maneuvering a vehicle with respect to an object in a scene. The system includes a steering angle sensor, a camera device, a video processing module (VPM), and a human-machine interface (HMI). The sensor is configured to monitor the angular position of a vehicle wheel. The device is configured to capture an original image of a scene having the object. The VPM is configured to receive and process the original image from the device, detect the object in the original image, receive and process the angular position from the sensor, generate a vehicle trajectory based on the angular position, and orientate the trajectory with regard to the object. The HMI is configured to display a processed image associated with the original image and a trajectory overlay associated with the trajectory from the VPM. Together, the object is displayed in relation to the overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Wende Zhang, Adrienne M. Williamson, Esther Anderson, Jinsong Wang
  • Publication number: 20170320434
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor has at least one type of color filter and a specific filter disposed thereon in a manner corresponding to each pixel on a light receiving surface. The specific filter transmits light in a particular wavelength range in which spectral irradiance of sunlight is lower than that in wavelength ranges adjacent to either side of the particular wavelength range. The image processor detects an emission state of a particular light source based on a signal component of an image signal generated by pixels having the specific filters thereon. The particular light source is different from the sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SATO, Hidetoshi UMEDA, Takatoshi NAKATA, Shinsuke TACHIBANA, Yasushi KOSHIBA, Shota IWANO
  • Publication number: 20170320435
    Abstract: A WiFi wireless rear view parking system comprises a main body, a camera sensor, a Wifi transmission module, a mobile personal electronic device, and a switch. The main body is installed at a license plate of an automobile. The camera sensor is provided in the main body for sensing images and video of rear regions of the automobile and generating images and video data. The Wifi transmission module transmits the image and video data from the camera. The mobile personal electronic device is for receiving image and video data transmitted by the Wifi transmission module and displaying them. The switch is provided in the display device or the mobile personal electronic device and configured for switching orientation of a view by flipping reverse and non-reverse, wherein the view is displayed on the mobile personal electronic device. The WiFi wireless rear view parking system provides rear view of the automobile to a driver. The mobile personal electronic device includes a smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Dae Kwon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20170320436
    Abstract: A display system for use in a vehicle is disclosed including an imager configured to capture images corresponding to a field of view rearward of the vehicle. The imager is in communication with a processing unit configured to receive data representative of the captured images from the imager. A display is in communication with the processing unit which is configured to display images based on the data representative of the captured images received by the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive vehicle operating data from the vehicle and data corresponding to a detection of an object in proximity of the vehicle. In response to the vehicle operating data and the object detected, the processing unit is configured to control the field of view of the at least one imager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mark A. VanVuuren, Ethan J. Lee
  • Publication number: 20170320437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device, to a vehicle, and to a method for measuring a dimension between at least two points on surfaces. The device comprises an image-generating apparatus configured to scan the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display apparatus configured to display a representation of the surroundings of the vehicle. The device also includes an input apparatus configured to define at least two points as measuring points between which a dimension is to be determined in the displayed representation, a surroundings sensor configured to sense a distance and a direction of each of the measuring points with respect to the vehicle, and an evaluation apparatus configured to determine the dimension based on the sensed distances and directions of the measuring points, wherein the evaluation apparatus is further configured to output the determined dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Liebau, Claudia Langner
  • Publication number: 20170320438
    Abstract: A rear-view device for a motor vehicle with vibration damping, includes at least one rear-view element which is mounted in a housing in an adjustable manner relative to the housing via an adjusting drive, where the adjusting drive includes at least one motor which can be adjusted via a control or regulating device in order to adjust the field of view, and the control or regulating device controls or regulates the motor via the energizing process of the motor depending on at least one variable, which is selected from a first detected variable and/or at least one second stored variable, during a driving process in order to counteract movements of the at least one rear-view element relative to the housing by adjusting the motor, said movements being caused in particular by the movements of the motor vehicle during the driving process of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Bernd SÜLZLE
  • Publication number: 20170320439
    Abstract: A vehicle side-view mirror control system includes a pair of extendable side-view mirrors and a controller configured to receive and store one or more trailer identifying indicia and one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations. The controller is configured to control translation of at least one of the pair of side-view mirrors to a one of the one or more predetermined extendable side-view mirror configurations according to the one or more stored trailer identifying indicia. The one or more trailer identifying indicia define or identify a specific trailer having been previously towed by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Dupuis, David Joseph Orris, Thomas Lorenzo
  • Publication number: 20170320440
    Abstract: A system for mitigating contamination of a lens of an exterior vehicular camera includes a passive air flow device disposed at the vehicle and configured to passively direct air flow across an outer surface of a lens of the camera to establish a passive air stream curtain. An active air flow device is operable to actively propel air across the outer surface of the lens of the camera to establish an active air stream curtain. A control is operable to activate and deactivate the active air flow device. When the vehicle is driven at a speed of travel below a threshold level, the control activates the active air flow device to actively propel air across the outer surface of the lens of the camera. When the vehicle is in motion, the passive air stream curtain deflects polluting particles away from the outer surface of the lens of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ruediger Boegel, Krishna Koravadi
  • Publication number: 20170320441
    Abstract: A vehicular rearview assembly is provided that includes a display configured to emit light of a first polarization. A reflective polarizer is positioned adjacent the display. The reflective polarizer is configured to transmit the light of the first polarization and reflect light of a second polarization and an electro-optic element is positioned on an opposite side of the reflective polarizer than the display. The electro-optic element is configured to transition between substantially clear and substantially darkened states. The electro-optic element includes a plurality of electrochromic molecules substantially aligned with the second polarization of the light such that the electro-optic element is configured to substantially absorb the light of the second polarization when in the darkened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Henry A. Luten, William L. Tonar, Leroy J. Kloeppner
  • Publication number: 20170320442
    Abstract: An article storage device comprises a housing having a storage space defined by a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls; and a partition plate extending between two opposing sidewalls of the housing, perpendicular to a bottom of the housing, and dividing the storage space into a plurality of compartments. The partition plate is pivotably coupled to the opposing sidewalls of the housing via a pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Zhang, Phil Qi, Peter Zhang, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20170320443
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component with an improved torque hinge is provided. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base and a cover configured to move relative to the base. The torque hinge may be coupled to the base and the cover and configured to hold the cover in any position relative to the base. The torque hinge may comprise a bushing, a brake, a clamp and a fastener configured to provide a clamping force between the clamp and brake. The bushing may be configured to move with the cover as the cover moves relative to the base to provide a frictional force against the brake. The clamp may be manufactured by an extrusion process. The clamp may comprise a curved portion and first and second extension portions extending from the curved portion. The first and second extension portions of the clamp may be substantially parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yong Jiang, Lv Jichao, Wang Wanli, Zou Haifeng
  • Publication number: 20170320444
    Abstract: An apparatus used for securing portable file box, file tote, storage box, food cooler and utility storage containers during transportation or storage by using an adjustable restraint that incorporates the existing shoulder safety belt in an automobile or any other strapping material. The device has molded concave surface with a small ledge extending into the center of the device from the outside edge. The device is designed to accept the perimeter shape of rectangular or square shaped the portable file box, file tote, storage box, food cooler and utility storage containers. The primary elements of the device are the “T” shaped cut-out openings in the frame of the apparatus. The adjusters are adjustable mechanical fastener that prevents random loosening and retains the tension of the length and width setting of the portable file box, file tote, storage box, food cooler and utility storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: PauL Micheal Bober, David Micheal Duncan
  • Publication number: 20170320445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a low profile, highly aerodynamic swing-in-place style vehicle article carrier system for use on a wide variety of passenger cars and trucks. The system makes use of a pair of side rails that are used to support a pair of cross bars in stowed positions thereon where the cross bars are secured parallel to the side rails, or in operative positions where the cross bars are secured perpendicularly between the side rails. The side rails each incorporate a rotating end support subsystem which automatically elevates one end of its associated cross bar when the cross bar is moved pivotally into its operative position. This enables the cross bars to form a very low profile when in their stowed positions, but to be automatically raised a predetermined distance when moved into their operative positions, to thus provide additional clearance between the cross bars and an outer body surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. AFTANAS, Michael J. PRESLEY
  • Publication number: 20170320446
    Abstract: A watersport equipment carrier configured to be mounted on a vehicle includes an elongate base having a longitudinal axis extending in an elongate direction and a plurality of support pads coupled to the base. A first pad and a second pad are spaced by a channel and configured to receive watersport equipment. A securement strap having a first end portion is coupled to the base and a locking mechanism is configured to releasably secure a second end portion of the securement strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin BOGOSLOFSKI, James STEVENS, Greg WEAVER, John LAVERACK
  • Publication number: 20170320447
    Abstract: A motorcycle transport assembly includes a lift that may be removably coupled to a hitch on a vehicle. A rack is removably coupled to the lift and the lift selectively lifts and lowers the rack. Thus, the rack may be selectively lowered onto and lifted upwardly from a support surface. The rack may support a motorcycle thereby facilitating the vehicle to transport the motorcycle when the rack is lifted upwardly from the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Rodney Dunlap
  • Publication number: 20170320448
    Abstract: A carrier rack mountable to a vehicle includes a splined member, a first arm rotationally coupled about the splined member, and a latch coupled to the first arm. The splined member includes a plurality of splines disposed along an external surface of the splined member. The splined member is disposed through an aperture in a proximal end of the first arm. The latch is configured to engage the splined member to fix the first arm about the splined member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Keith L. Prescott, John D. Fiegener, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Michael Tinstman
  • Publication number: 20170320449
    Abstract: An embodiment of a camera module comprises: a lens part; a housing for coupling the lens part; a plurality of substrates which are disposed at an interval from each other inside the housing; and an electromagnetic field shielding part, disposed inside the housing, for preventing the occurrence of external leakage ‘of electromagnetic field from each of the substrates, wherein the electromagnetic field shielding part may comprise a coupling means for coupling the plurality of substrates at an interval from each other in the optical axial direction of the lens part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Seung Ryong PARK
  • Publication number: 20170320450
    Abstract: Groove formation portions that define insertion grooves are located in two opposing inner sides of an opening of a main cover. Engagement shafts are located on side portions of the sub-cover that oppose the inner sides. The engagement shafts are insertable into the insertion grooves from an outside and have a thickness that is larger than a groove width of the insertion grooves. The groove formation portions are elastic and deformable to allow insertion of the engagement shafts when the engagement shafts are inserted from the outside. The groove formation portions elastically return to their original forms after insertion of the engagement shafts to engage the engagement shafts and restrict separation of the engagement shafts in a reverse direction. The groove formation portions support the sub-cover to allow the sub-cover to open while engaged with the engagement shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki ICHIHARA, Nobuyoshi IMAEDA, Shuuichi SATOU, Masaaki UECHI, Hideaki HAYASHI, Atsutoshi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170320451
    Abstract: A license plate mounting bracket for vehicles having horizontal grilles A license plate mounting bracket for vehicles having mesh or horizontal grilles includes a license plate holder, a first L-shaped backing having a forward-facing horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the vertical portion including a plurality of vertically-aligned threaded holes, and a first male-to-female standoff including an axial threaded hole at a female end thereof, a shoulder, and a male threaded portion extending from the shoulder, the male threaded portion of the first male-to-female standoff engaging one of the vertically-aligned threaded holes in the first L-shaped backing. The shoulders of the first male-to-female standoff are coupled to the license plate holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Ernest R. Honaker
  • Publication number: 20170320452
    Abstract: According to one aspect of one embodiment of the present invention, a safety control system for using applications in vehicles, includes, a communication device having at least one of an input accessible from within the vehicle and an output communicated within the vehicle, at least one sensor operable to sense at least one condition related to vehicle operation, and data about distraction features of a running application, to and a controller communicated with the sensor and the communication device to selectively suppress at least one of said input and said output in response to a sensed parameter of said at least one condition being outside of a threshold. When an input is suppressed, the driver is prevented from accessing or inputting information into the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Moudamad Ahmad Naboulsi
  • Publication number: 20170320453
    Abstract: An electrical system for a vehicle is provided. The electrical system includes a control unit configured to control operation of one or more vehicle systems. The electrical system also includes a multiplexed data bus communicatively coupled to the control unit, and configured to carry multiplexed signals to and from the control unit. The electrical system also includes a relay control box. The relay control box has one or more relays, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the multiplexed data bus, and is configured to decode the multiplexed control signals from the control unit to generate one or more decoded signals, and operate the one or more relays according to the decoded signal. A method of retrofitting a motor vehicle relay control box assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Kyaw Kyaw SOE
  • Publication number: 20170320454
    Abstract: A supply rail for a vehicle includes a first busbar which is designed to provide electrical energy with a first supply voltage for supplying energy to a large number of electrical modules of the vehicle. In this case, the electrical modules of the large number of electrical modules are arranged at different points of the vehicle. The supply rail includes means for data transmission designed to allow data interchange between at least two of the large number of electrical modules. The supply rail has a large number of slots for the large number of electrical modules, wherein a first slot of the large number of slots is designed to connect a first electrical module of the large number of electrical modules to the first busbar and to the means for data transmission by way of a first plug connection. The supply rail includes a temperature-control duct which is designed to conduct a thermally conductive medium past the large number of electrical modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Joachim FROESCHL
  • Publication number: 20170320455
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure including: a bumper beam; side member; and crash-box including a polygonal-tubular-body, the crash-box between the bumper beam end and side member with the tubular body parallel axis to the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the crash-box absorbs impact energy as the tubular body is collapsed under compressive load applied from the bumper beam. The polygonal-tubular-body includes outer and inner sidewalls, wherein the outer and inner sidewalls are inclined laterally outwardly in the vehicle as they approach the bumper beam, wherein the outer sidewall inclination angle with respect to the vehicle front-rear direction is greater than the inner sidewall inclination angle. The bumper beam has at the end a first portion whose front side surface is perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction, extending from the terminal of the beam inwardly at least to the same lateral location as the laterally outer side of the side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Makoto NAKANISHI, Michio SUZUMORI, Yoshiaki HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20170320456
    Abstract: A front end structure is provided for a vehicle that includes a bracket for attaching front crash sensors to the vehicle. The front end structure includes an engine compartment and a hood connected to the engine compartment by a hood latch and a pair of hinges. The bracket is connected to the hood latch and the front crash sensors to maintain palpability with the vehicle through the hood in a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: John W. Jensen, Jason Shomsky, David James Bauch, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Publication number: 20170320457
    Abstract: A detection device is used with a vehicle including a cabin, a ceiling, pillars, a driver seat, and a passenger seat. The detection device includes a detector disposed on the ceiling or the pillars of the vehicle and detecting an object in the cabin while not contacting the object, and a scanning unit that moves the detector for scan. The detection device can detect a temperature of the object accurately, and control air-conditioning comfortably to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KATSUMI KAKIMOTO, HIROSHI YAMANAKA, TAKANORI SUGIYAMA, ISAO HATTORI, YUICHI HIGUCHI, HIDEYUKI ARAI, YOSUKE HAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170320458
    Abstract: A vehicle component, in particular an arm rest, includes a structural part and a cladding element that at least partially surrounds the structural part. The structural part is at least partially covered by a protective device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Peter VOLANEK
  • Publication number: 20170320459
    Abstract: An airbag housing with a receiving space for a gas generator and an airbag, wherein the receiving space is confined at least by a bottom, side walls, and end walls connecting the side walls, and wherein a fastening section projects from at least one of the walls enabling the airbag housing to be fastened to a vehicle. The bottom, the side walls, the end walls, and the fastening section are formed from a single sheet metal blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Marco Broussard, Harald Schuler
  • Publication number: 20170320460
    Abstract: An airbag includes a manifold having an outer panel and an inflation chamber defined at least in party by the outer panel. The airbag further includes a first compartment and a second compartment spaced from the first compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber. A first one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the first compartment, and a second one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raj S. Roychoudhury, Roger J. Chen
  • Publication number: 20170320461
    Abstract: A pet vehicle safety seat is provided. The vehicle safety seat comprises a frame and a support assembly coupled to the frame. The frame has a base portion coupled to surrounding upwardly extending walls to enclose an animal. The upwardly extending walls comprising a forward wall, a rear wall and two sidewalls. The support assembly is used to releasably attach the rear wall of the frame to a vehicle seat. Thereupon, the base portion of the frame supports the animal at an elevated position relative a sitting surface of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Stephanie Talevich
  • Publication number: 20170320462
    Abstract: A five-point harness system is disclosed including a right side strap, a left side strap, a right buckle connected to the right side strap, a left buckle connected to the left side strap, a center strap with a center buckle configured to receive and retain the right buckle and the left buckle. The five-point harness may also include a right side elastic strip having a right front portion coupled to the right side strap, a left side elastic strip having a left front portion coupled to the left side strap, and a center elastic strip having a center front portion coupled to the center strap. The right and the left side elastic strips may be tensioned to pull the harness straps away from each other. The center elastic strip may be tensioned to pull the center strap away from the other straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Chad Richardson, Craig Richardson
  • Publication number: 20170320463
    Abstract: A heat flux sensor is installed in such a way that heat flux emanating from a biological object present at a predetermined position is detectable. It is determined whether or not a biological object is present at the predetermined position by comparing sensing results of the heat flux sensor with determination criteria. The determination criteria is preset according to heat flux that can be sensed when a biological object is present at the predetermined position. When the sensing results of the heat flux sensor satisfy the determination criteria, in other words, when the heat flux sensed by the heat flux sensor is the heat flux emanating from a biological object, it is determined that a biological object is present at the predetermined position. Consequently, it is possible to realize accurate detection of a biological object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Keita SAITOU, Yoshihiko SHIRAISHI, Yoshitaro YAZAKI, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Eijirou MIYAGAWA, Motoki SHIMIZU, Toshikazu HARADA, Atusi SAKAIDA, Toshihisa TANIGUCHI, Norio GOUKO
  • Publication number: 20170320464
    Abstract: The invention is a wireless control system and method for wireless control of a remote electronic system from a vehicle. A trainable transceiver is configured to receive a feedback signal from a remote electronic system indicating success or failure of a requested operation. The feedback signal, which may include status information, is stored in memory of the wireless control system for retrieval at a later period. In response to the retrieved feedback signal and status, the control system may recall that status information and/or reissue a wireless control signal to the remote electronic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Steven G. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20170320465
    Abstract: A method for defeating a two-thief attack on a passive RKE system by using frequency hopping. Radio frequency signals are transmitted between a fob and a vehicle. The transmitted signals hop between at least two radio frequency transmitting channels in a particular pseudo-random pattern known to the vehicle. At the vehicle, the transmitted signals are received in a process that is sequentially adjusted to take account of the known characteristics of each portion of the known pattern. Anomalies in the pattern of the received signals are detected and, if the anomalies exceed permissible limits, access to said vehicle is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: XING PING LIN
  • Publication number: 20170320466
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to a vehicle. An electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components is deactivated after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that an attempt with the aid of the deactivated electronic key to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the vehicle parked in the parking position may be prevented. Moreover, a system for controlling access to a vehicle, a parking system for vehicles, an access control system for controlling access to a vehicle, a vehicle, a user for a communication network, a method for operating a user for a communication network, and a computer program, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20170320467
    Abstract: A wiper arm including an arm head having an arm head body and cover member. The cover member is attached to the arm head body and can open and close. The mechanical strength of the arm head can be increased. The arm head includes a head cap which is rotatably attached to rotating shafts and provided on the inner side surfaces of both side sidewalls of an aim head body. When the head cap is in its closed position, a front-side half section of the head cap is disposed between both side sidewalls. On the rear surface of a rear-side half section of the head cap, a cylindrical cap-side fitting section is provided and fits with a nut disposed on the arm head body. The cap-side fitting section includes slits and is formed so that the height in its vertical direction decreases in a front-side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro OUCHI, Daiki KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170320468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device for a vehicle, for wiping a window (4), comprising a wiper blade (2) that has an elongate upper part (10) and an elongate lower part (12) which are at least partly flexible. Also provided is a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), the connecting elements (18) being spaced apart along a longitudinal direction (8) of the wiper blade (2) and being attached to the upper part (10) and/or the lower part (12) by a rotary joint (20), and the connecting elements (18) being designed to allow a motion of the upper part (10) and the lower part relative to each other with a motion component along the longitudinal direction (8) of the wiper blade (2). Each connecting element (18) extends along a longitudinal axis (24) of the connecting element (18) and along a transverse axis (25) running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (24), which runs from the upper part (10) to the lower part (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jochen Merz, Hartmut Nafz, Michael Weiler
  • Publication number: 20170320469
    Abstract: A washer fluid heating device includes a container that contains a washer fluid, a lid portion attached to a first end of the container in a direction of a central axis line O to face an accommodation space for the washer fluid, heating means that has a proximal end portion attached to the lid portion and extends toward the accommodation space, and an outflow pipe having an outlet disposed in the accommodation space, the outlet is provided between a distal end surface of the heating means and a second end opposite to the first end of the container, and a region obtained by projecting the outlet onto a virtual plane perpendicular to the direction of the central axis line O of the container at least partially overlaps a region obtained by projecting the distal end surface of the heating means onto the virtual plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori SATO
  • Publication number: 20170320470
    Abstract: A dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system for emitting high velocity air onto a vehicle exterior includes a housing having an air inlet and an outlet. The air inlet is in communication with a motor assembly having an operating and a non-operating mode. The assembly also includes a gate mechanism in communication with the air inlet. The gate mechanism includes a plurality of pedals that are each pivotable between a first position and a second position. The gate mechanism is in communication with a controller, which directs movement of the plurality of pedals from the first position where the plurality of pedals surround the inlet opening such that air can flow into the housing and the second position where each of the plurality of pedals covers a portion of the inlet opening such that in their entirety the plurality of pedals obstruct the inlet opening to prevent air for flowing into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. Belanger, Barry S. Turner, David L. Tognetti
  • Publication number: 20170320471
    Abstract: A solution to reduce the ratcheting sound that occurs at the start of braking when an operation pedal is operated by foot. Because a mounting seat as a flat part and base plate are provided between a ratchet member and support axial center S of an operation pedal, there is a possibility that the ratchet member's vibration will propagate to the adjacent mounting seat and base plate, amplifying the ratchet sound. However, the adjacent mounting seat and base plate are provided with beads, having cross-sections that bend convexly in a direction substantially orthogonal to the vibration waveform of the ratchet sound produced by a pole coming into contact with serrations when the mounting seat and base plate maintain a flat plate shape; i.e., in a circumferential direction about support axial center S. Therefore, rigidity against the vibration is increased, propagation of vibration is minimized, and ratchet sound is effectively reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20170320472
    Abstract: A brake mechanism is provided, including: a main body, for connecting to a vehicle, having a penetrating hole for a wire to dispose therethrough, the wire having an insertion end which is smaller than the penetrating hole in radial dimension; a handle, restrictably pivoted to the main body via a pivot portion, having an assembling portion; the insertion end being directly axially penetrable through the penetrating hole to be fixedly connected to the assembling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Yuan-Hung WEN
  • Publication number: 20170320473
    Abstract: A vehicle brake control apparatus according to the invention stops an activation of a brake device when a person exists outside of a braking area. The apparatus determines whether or not the person exists outside of the braking area on the basis of a moving direction and a moving amount of at least one characteristic point included in a landscape image captured by a camera device when a person image included in the landscape image cannot be detected by a pattern matching technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motonari OHBAYASHI, Akihiro KIDA, Toshihiro TAKAGI, Masashi YAMAZAKI, Tatsuya NISHI
  • Publication number: 20170320474
    Abstract: A method for operating a braking assistance system of a vehicle, wherein the braking assistance system assists a braking of the vehicle by a vehicle braking device in the event of a hazard braking. To differentiate between the hazard braking and a normal braking, at least two variables, representing a braking demand of a driver of the vehicle, are ascertained and a threshold value is established for each variable wherein hazard braking is recognized when at least the two variables exceed their particular threshold value, whereupon an automated braking intervention by the braking assistance system is initiated with the aid of the vehicle braking device. Furthermore, at least one driving-situation variable representing the instantaneous driving situation of the vehicle is ascertained and the at least two threshold values are changed depending on the at least one driving-situation variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Svensson
  • Publication number: 20170320475
    Abstract: A determination method is performed by a computer, and the method includes determining, by processor, whether or not a brake was suddenly stepped on, on the basis of comparison between a magnitude of a forward-backward-acceleration differentiation amount obtained through temporal differentiation of acceleration in forward and backward directions of a vehicle measured by an accelerometer mounted on the vehicle and a magnitude of an upward-downward-acceleration differentiation amount obtained through temporal differentiation of acceleration in upward and downward directions of the vehicle measured by the accelerometer in a prescribed temporal interval that temporally ranges before and after a timing at which the acceleration in the forward and backward directions was measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kentaro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170320476
    Abstract: A variable linked braking system controlled by motorcycle lean angle includes a brake master cylinder; a hydraulic pressure proportion variable valve connected to the brake master cylinder; a front brake unit and a rear brake unit, both connected to the hydraulic pressure proportion variable valve; a hydraulic pressure proportion controller for controlling the hydraulic pressure proportion variable valve; a motorcycle lean angle sensor for sensing a motorcycle lean angle and sending a signal thereof to the hydraulic pressure proportion controller; and a brake switch for starting the brake master cylinder and sending a brake signal to the hydraulic pressure proportion controller for controlling the hydraulic pressure proportion variable valve so that the braking force ratio of the front brake unit to the rear brake unit decreases as the motorcycle lean angle increases, thereby enhancing the stability and traction of a motorcycle being braked in a turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: KAI-WEN CHENG