Patents Issued in November 30, 2017
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Publication number: 20170341467Abstract: The present invention provides a wheel hub for a vehicle, including: a) a wheel axle defining an axis of rotation for the wheel; b) a hub body rotatably coupled to the axle for rotation about the axis of rotation, the hub body defining an internal cavity; and, c) a braking assembly, including: i) at least one first annular plate disposed within the internal cavity about the axle, the at least one first annular plate rotatably fixed with respect to the hub body so as to rotate therewith about the axis of rotation; ii) at least one second annular plate disposed within the internal cavity about the axle and adjacent to the at least one first annular plate, the at least one second annular plate rotatably fixed with respect to the axle, and at least one of the first and second annular plates being slidably movable within at least part of the internal cavity; and, iii) an actuator disposed within the internal cavity and configured in use, to cause an axial load to be applied to the slidably movable plate to therebyType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Ventum LLCInventor: Peter Kenneth Seear
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Publication number: 20170341468Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition highly improving wet-grip performance, dry-grip performance, and durability while maintaining a good balance therebetween. A pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the composition containing 90% by mass or more of a diene rubber per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the composition further containing a hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin obtained by hydrogenation of double bonds of a terpene aromatic resin, the hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin having a degree of hydrogenation of double bonds of 5-100% and a hydroxyl value of 20 mg KOH/g or less, the hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin being present in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, the composition further containing specific inorganic filler in an amount of 1-70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Tatsuya MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20170341469Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a body and a tire tread portion on the body, wherein the body comprises an outer cylindrical member, an inner cylindrical member coupled to a wheel shaft, and a plurality of spokes disposed between and coupled to the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member, wherein the spokes are embodied as a connection of an annular series of a plurality of ellipse shape tubes or a connection of an annular series of a plurality of arch shape tubes in an intermediate cylindrical space defined between the inner and outer cylindrical members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: IL HO CHOI
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Publication number: 20170341470Abstract: A tire 22 includes a plurality of ribs 68 aligned in an axial direction. A rib 68s, among the plurality of ribs 68, disposed on an outer side in the axial direction is sectioned into a body portion 74 and a side portion 76 by a groove 72 that extends in a circumferential direction. The tire 22 includes a tread 26 and a pair of sidewalls 28. The sidewalls 28 extend almost inward from ends, respectively, of the tread 26 in a radial direction. The tread 26 includes a base layer 52, and a cap layer 54 disposed outward of the base layer 52 in the radial direction. The side portion 76 is formed by the cap layer 54 and a corresponding one of the sidewalls 28. The sidewall 28 is stacked on the cap layer 54 in the side portion 76.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Ikuo ATAKE
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Publication number: 20170341471Abstract: A shear-controlled tire tread includes a plurality of narrow channels disposed generally perpendicular to a rolling direction. Each narrow channel includes a heel side, a toe side, and a valley connecting the heel side and the toe side, and a first plurality of ridges disposed on a heel side and a second plurality of ridges disposed on a toe side. The first plurality of ridges disposed on a heel side and the second plurality of ridges disposed on a toe side are offset and form interacting friction surfaces when a heel side of collapses toward a toe side or a toe side collapses toward a heel side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Martin A. Yurjevich
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Publication number: 20170341472Abstract: A tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 provided with an outer shoulder main groove 3 in a part closest to an outside tread edge (To) and an outer crown main groove 4 on a side of an inside tread edge (Ti) of the outer shoulder main groove 3 both extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and outer transverse grooves 9 connecting between the outside tread edge (To) and the outer crown main groove 4 so that an outer shoulder land region 7A is defined between the outside tread edge (To) and the outer shoulder main groove 3 and an outer middle land region 7B is defined between the outer shoulder main groove 3 and the outer crown main groove 4. A maximum axial width Ws of the outer shoulder land region 7A is larger than a maximum axial width Wm of the outer middle land region 7B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Sho NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20170341473Abstract: The subject of the disclosure is a tread for a tire, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with a roadway and comprising at least one groove of width W and depth P delimited by two facing lateral walls, these lateral walls being connected together by a groove bottom. At least one groove has a plurality of closing devices for reducing the running resonance noise generated by this groove, each closing device comprising at least two flexible blades, a first flexible blade secured to the bottom of the groove and intended to flex around a first axis, and a second flexible blade secured to a lateral wall delimiting the groove and intended to flex around a second axis, the first flexible blade connected to the bottom having a maximum height H.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Gael ROTY
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Publication number: 20170341474Abstract: The present invention provides a resonance noise reduction tire having a sound absorbing material mounted therein. The resonance noise reduction tire has a sound absorbing material which is mounted therein so as to be adhered to an inner liner formed inside the tire in a circumferential direction thereof. The sound absorbing material is adhered to the inner liner in the circumferential direction thereof, and is configured so that opposite ends thereof are adhered with being separated at a predetermined interval so as not to be abutted to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Jongsik LEE
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Publication number: 20170341475Abstract: A patch is provided for an electronic device of a tire. The patch includes first and second compartments. The first compartment, which does not include an opening, is structured to house therein an electronic identification module. The second compartment, which includes a reclosable opening, is structured to house therein an electronic module having a complementary function to a function of the electronic identification module. The electronic module is adapted to receive identification data from the electronic identification module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventor: MAXIME URBIN-CHOFFRAY
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Publication number: 20170341476Abstract: An attachment for use with a safety chain which has a leading link and a following link, the attachment having a clevis with first and second lateral side sections and an opening between the side sections into which a leading end of the leading link is receivable; and a pin receivable by the first and second side sections so as to extend across the opening to couple the leading link to the clevis and a portion of the clevis defined between the first and second sections has a configuration complementary to a configuration of the leading end of the leading link; and/or portions of the first and second side sections have configurations complementary to configurations of portions of a leading end of the following link, such that there is a close fit between the clevis and chain when the leading link is coupled to the clevis by the pin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Wayne Baker, Allan Bartlett
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Publication number: 20170341477Abstract: A tow hitch assembly having a body for mounting the tow hitch assembly relative to an associated vehicle includes a first member rotatably mounted relative to the body and a second member slideably mounted relative to the first member, with the second member including a tow hitch. The tow hitch assembly includes a stowed position at which the first member is in a first rotational position relative to the body and the second member is in a first longitudinal position relative to the first member. Further, the tow hitch assembly includes a deployed position at which the first member is in a second rotational position relative to the body and the second member is in a second longitudinal position relative to the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: J. C. Bamford Excavators LimitedInventors: Timothy James Reynolds, Stephen Paul Slater
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Publication number: 20170341478Abstract: A system for wheel alignment provides an indexable pair of washers in conjunction with a sleeve having non-concentric inner and outer surfaces that allow for adjustments to camber, toe, and thrust. The system can be retrofitted to existing axle systems using a sleeve that fits over the spindle of the axle. Rotation of the sleeve relative to the spindle provides for adjustment to wheel alignment. The indexable washers can be used to determine the precise amount of adjustment and fix the position of the sleeve once adjusted. The system can be implemented regardless of the circumferential position (i.e. azimuthal orientation) of a keyway or groove on the axle spindle that is typically used to lock the position of the axle nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Zachary Alexander Merrill, Matthew J. Hanlon
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Publication number: 20170341479Abstract: A vehicle suspension arrangement includes a leaf spring assembly with at least two leaf springs which are arranged, during use in a vehicle, with a longitudinal extension generally coinciding with the longitudinal extension of said vehicle; the suspension arrangement includes a spring clamping unit connecting the leaf springs to an axle in the vehicle; and wherein each of the leaf springs includes end sections which are configured to be fastened in a vehicle chassis. Furthermore, the spring clamping unit includes a spacer component which is configured for separating the leaf springs in a vertical or horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Stefan PREIJERT
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Publication number: 20170341480Abstract: An air suspension system includes a controller that controls opening/closing of normally-closed electromagnetic switching valves constituting a control valve, a first supply/discharge switching valve, a second supply/discharge switching valve, a first tank switching valve, and a second tank switching valve. The controller controls opening/closing of the electromagnetic switching valves in an order of first control, second control, and third control. In the first control, the control valve is opened. In the second control, the first supply/discharge switching valve and the second supply/discharge switching valve are opened in an opened state of the control valve. In the third control, the control valve, the first supply/discharge switching valve, and the second supply/discharge switching valve are closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki OISHI, Hideki OHASHI, Jun TOKUMITSU, Ryo KANDA
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Publication number: 20170341481Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide air conditioning system for use in a motor vehicle, the air conditioning system comprising a controller, at least one primary vent and an air delivery apparatus for location in a dashboard of a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising: at least one secondary vent; and means for moving the at least one secondary vent between a retracted position in which the at least one secondary vent lies rearward of an A surface of the dashboard and a deployed position in which the at least one secondary vent is exposed for delivery of air to a zone of the vehicle, the controller being operable to: control the air conditioning system to provide a flow of air from the at least one primary vent while the air delivery apparatus is in a retracted position; and control the at least one vent to assume the deployed position responsive to a demand for a flow of air from the at least one secondary vent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Roger Baker
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Publication number: 20170341482Abstract: A discharged air flow path connected to a cooling fan has a first discharged air flow path which is connected to at least one side trim of a left side trim and a right side trim and a second discharged air flow path which branches off from the first discharged air flow path and which is connected to the side trim. A first connecting portion which connects the first discharged air flow path and the side trim is disposed so as to be spaced away from a second connecting portion which connects the second discharged air flow path and the side trim in a front-rear direction. The first discharged air flow path and the second discharged air flow path discharge air into a passenger compartment by way of the side trim.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Takezawa
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Publication number: 20170341483Abstract: A battery temperature control device comprises: a battery including a battery cell; and a thermally conductive member having one end portion thermally connected to the battery, wherein another end portion of the thermally conductive member is thermally connected to a fin of a condenser and/or an evaporator, and the fin of the condenser and/or the evaporator is disposed at a passage through which a fluid flows and the passage is brandied into a plurality of paths at a position downstream of the fin of the condenser and/or the evaporator in a direction of a flow of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicants: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Hirasawa, Masami Ikeda
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Publication number: 20170341484Abstract: The present disclosure provides a casing for an air conditioning unit including a main body, a door, a passing defining member, and a drain channel. The main body includes a fresh-air passage and a recirculation-air passage. The recirculation-air passage is positioned below the fresh-air passage. The door selectively opens and closes a communication hole through which the fresh-air passage and the recirculation-air passage are in fluid communication with each other. The passage defining member is disposed upstream of the communication hole and defines a lower side of the fresh-air passage. The drain channel extends from the passage defining member to a space outside of the recirculation-air passage to discharge condensed water generated in the fresh-air passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Ercole SANTILLI, Ross MISCHNICK, James LINK
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Publication number: 20170341485Abstract: A method for estimating thermal sensation calculates, on the basis of a thermal image, a first temperature, which is a surface temperature of a first area, and a second temperature, which is a surface temperature of a second area, calculates a first amount of heat lost on the basis of the first temperature and first information, calculating a second amount of heat lost on the basis of the second temperature and second information, obtains an area ratio of the first area to the second area, calculates a total amount of heat lost, which is an amount of heat lost from a whole body of a person in a unit area, on the basis of the first amount of heat lost, the second amount of heat lost, and the area ratio, and estimates thermal sensation, which indicates a degree of warmth or coldness of the person, on the basis of the total amount of heat lost.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: AKI YONEDA, KOICHI KUSUKAME, HIROKO KUBO
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Publication number: 20170341486Abstract: A system includes a blower, a blower sensor, and at least one processor. The blower sensor is operably coupled to the blower and configured to obtain blower operational information. The at least one processor is operably coupled to the blower and the blower sensor, and is configured to determine an operational-based power using the blower operational information; determine an operational-based density using the operational-based power; and control the blower using the operational-based density.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Edward Thomas Petrak, Nicole Lyann Himmelwright, Jeffrey John Wolff
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Publication number: 20170341487Abstract: A method and system of controlling an engine for vehicle interior heating is provided. The method includes performing a first engine control when the engine is not in an engine-on state for vehicle driving, to perform heating control for interior heating at a predetermined range of a reference coolant temperature. Additionally, the method includes performing a second engine control when the engine is in an engine-on state for vehicle driving, to prolong an engine-on time for vehicle driving by setting a minimum value of the range of the reference coolant temperature to a lower value and setting a maximum value of the range of the reference coolant temperature to a higher value and to determine a point of time of engine-off operation based on a real-time lock up time and an average lock up time of an engine clutch for vehicle driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Myung Seok Lee, Jea Mun Lee, Jung Soo Park, Hong Kee Sim
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Publication number: 20170341488Abstract: The present invention relates to an air vent for a vehicle, provided with a damper for opening or closing the air path of a duct housing with improved operation quality and convenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: NIFCO KOREA INC.Inventor: Sung Hwa Kim
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Publication number: 20170341489Abstract: An electrification apparatus for an electrostatic dust collector, including: a first electrode part having a shape of a plate having a plurality of through holes formed thereon in such a manner as to apply one of positive and negative electrodes thereto; and a second electrode part having protrusions each having a plurality of fine conductive fibers in such a manner as to protrude outwardly from the through holes of the first electrode part, whereby electrification performance is improved and harmful ozone and electromagnetic waves are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Yong Jun Jee, Ji Yong Park
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Publication number: 20170341490Abstract: The invention relates to a device for installing a windscreen of a vehicle, which device comprises a support which stands vertically and is adjustable in height, a beam which extends away from the support, and one or more suction cups for holding the windscreen. The one or more suction cups are in each case movably connected by means of a plurality of rods and ball joints to the beam. The rods and ball joints enable a simple movement in all directions relative to the support of a windscreen by a single person, as a ball joint is disposed between a suction cup and a rod, in each case between two rods and between a rod and the beam in each case, and enables a local movement in all directions at each of these articulation points. The movement of the windscreen can take place either manually, pneumatically or hydraulically.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Sascha Milosavljevic
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Publication number: 20170341491Abstract: A windshield the invention is a windshield on which an information acquisition device that emits and/or receives light to acquire information from an outside of a vehicle can be arranged, and the windshield includes a glass sheet in which at least a portion is curved and on which a mask layer that blocks a field of vision from the outside of the vehicle is laminated, at least one opening being formed in the mask layer, an attachment member in which at least a portion is fixed at a position corresponding to the mask layer on the glass sheet and to which the information acquisition device can be attached, and a path member having a recessed portion for forming a path through which the information acquisition device emits and/or receives light between the path member and the glass sheet when the attachment member is fixed to the mask layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventor: Masafumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20170341492Abstract: A sun visor includes a screen slidably mounted over a shaft attachable to a vehicle. A guiding profile is mounted in the screen, and a slider is rotatably mounted over the shaft and housed inside the guiding profile such that the guiding profile can slide longitudinally over the slider to establish a slide on rod function for the sun visor. A detent spring clip is attached to the slider and engages elastically over the shaft of the sun visor such that upon rotation of the screen of the sun visor, it is possible to establish a shading position and an inoperative position for the sun visor. The detent spring clip includes an asymmetrical shape to fit to an asymmetrical core shape of the slider in a single position. The slider includes an asymmetrical external shape to fit to an asymmetrical internal shape of the guiding profile in a single position. The guiding profile includes an asymmetrical external shape to fit to an internal shape of the screen in a single position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Vincent BERNARD, Patrick GEORGES, Ignacio MARCOS PRIMO
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Publication number: 20170341493Abstract: A vehicle includes a door frame coupled to a vehicle frame at a hinge. A door operating mechanism is coupled to the door and vehicle frames for applying rotational force to the door frame about the hinge. The door operating mechanism including external cogs of an inner gear that mesh with inner cogs of an outer gear and a single oblong bearing that biases the inner gear in partial engagement with the outer gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Larry Dean Elie, Timothy J. Potter, John Wayne Jaranson
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Publication number: 20170341494Abstract: A retractable cover system includes a pre-assembled drive system including a main roller about which a flexible cover is wrapped. Bows support the flexible cover in an extended position. The bows include a last bow. A drive motor is operatively coupled to the main roller and is configured to move the flexible cover between the extended position and a retracted position. A pre-assembled guide rail includes a cable system that has a driven gear operatively coupled to a drum. A cable is wrapped about the drum and at least one idler. The last bow is unsecured to the cable of the pre-assembled guide rail. A joint is configured to interconnect the pre-assembled guide rail to the pre-assembled drive system in an assembled condition to provide an assembled retractable cover system. The joint permits the drive gear and the driven gear to engage one another in the assembled condition. The last bow is secured to the cable in the assembled condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Mickey Alan Hannan, Jürgen Josef Salewski, Edwin Joseph Steinmetz, Michael David Uhazie, Michael Alan Kage
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Publication number: 20170341495Abstract: An attachable canopy for a riding lawnmower for providing a shading mechanism for a user seated on such a lawnmower includes a harness formed from a wrap around elongated strap that has a first end that is connectable to a second end, a frame which includes two elongated rods whose proximal ends are connected to opposite sides of the harness, and a canopy which is connected to the distal ends of the rods. The harness is adjustable so as to be attachable to either the seat or seat back of a riding lawnmower. In this regard, the rods which form the frame may selectively swivel at least ninety degrees so as to remain in a perpendicular orientation relative to the seat with the canopy held over the seat regardless of which structure the harness is attached to.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Craig Thomas
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Publication number: 20170341496Abstract: Disclosed is a glass run in which a cover is not easily detached from a window frame, thereby ensuring safety and good appearance, while reducing the number of components and costs. A protruding portion 25 protruding in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle along an upper part of a window frame 3 is provided at a corner 27 of a glass run 1. The protruding portion 25 includes an outer cover 25a covering an outside, in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, of an angled portion A of the window frame 3, an inner cover 25b covering an inside, in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, of the angled portion A, and a connecting portion 25c connecting the outer cover 25a and the inner cover 25b to each other. The connecting portion 25c is inserted in, and assembled to, a notch 3e of the window frame 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Masahiro Kojima, Kousuke Mori
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Publication number: 20170341497Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for using vehicle covers. For example, a method of covering a vehicle is provided including placing a pre-folded vehicle cover between front and rear wheels of the vehicle and then driving the vehicle forwards until the rear wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method includes extending a rear portion of the vehicle cover and driving the vehicle backwards until the front wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method further includes extending a front portion of the vehicle cover and covering at least a bottom and at least part of each side of the vehicle with the vehicle cover to form a barrier underneath and at least partially around the vehicle. The method can also include covering a top of the vehicle and entirely enclosing the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Marc B. Garnick
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Publication number: 20170341498Abstract: The invention relates to a road paver or a feeder having a chassis driven by a drive unit, and a material hopper arranged in the working direction at the front of the road paver or the feeder, the material hopper having a hopper side wall extending in the working direction and a discharge flap tiltable about a pivot axis extending transversely to the working direction, the discharge flap comprising a flap base and a flap side wall which extends next to the hopper side wall and is fixed to the flap base and supported to be moveable relative to the hopper side wall, a protective cover, which at least partially engages around the edge of the flap side wall, being arranged on the hopper side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Tobias NEUMANN
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Publication number: 20170341499Abstract: The invention relates to a device which equips a vehicle that includes a removable container, the device comprising at least one mechanism allowing to clamp the container onto the said vehicle and allowing also to release the container from the said vehicle, by driving a screw or a bolt, screwing to clamp on and unscrewing to unclamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Guillaume Marchisseau, Michel MARCHISSEAU
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Publication number: 20170341500Abstract: A bracket-equipped vibration-damping device including: a vibration-damping device main body including vertically-separated, elastically-connected first and second mounting members; a bracket receiving the device main body inserted laterally thereinto; a connection-insert section provided for the second mounting member; a connection groove provided for the bracket extending in an insertion direction of the device main body; at least one up-down urging rubber fixed on an outer surface of the connection-insert section on an upper-lower first side; and a lock protrusion formed on an inner surface of the connection groove on an upper-lower second side, with a smaller protrusion dimension than an up-down thickness of the up-down urging rubber such that the connection-insert section is laterally inserted into the connection groove beyond the lock protrusion before being urged to the second side by the up-down urging rubber to be positioned to the connection groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kenji OKI, Kei OKUMURA, Tomohiro KANAYA
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Publication number: 20170341501Abstract: A powertrain system is described, and includes an internal combustion engine having a crank member, a torque machine having a rotatable shaft member, and a transmission having an input member and an output member. The crank member of the internal combustion engine is couplable to the input member of the transmission. The rotatable shaft member of the torque machine is couplable to the crank member of the internal combustion engine at a first gear ratio. The rotatable shaft member of the torque machine is couplable to the input member of the transmission at a second gear ratio. The first gear ratio is less than the second gear ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Alan G. Holmes
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Publication number: 20170341502Abstract: A drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine as a primary drive, an electric engine as a secondary drive, and having planetary gear units that are coupled with one another that can be shifted into different gear steps through shift elements and brakes. The planetary gear units being connectable to a common output shaft by way of input elements and output elements. The reaction elements thereof can be coupled or firmly braked, wherein the drive device can be operated in an electromotor drive, a primary drive having gear steps (gears), or in a hybrid drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Tassilo SCHOLLE, Christian WIRTH, Simon BRUMMER
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Publication number: 20170341503Abstract: An electric drive unit for a wheel of a motor vehicle, including an electric motor for driving a drive shaft joined to the wheel in a manner resistant to rotation. The drive shaft is disposed coaxial to the rotor of the electric motor and is joined thereto in a rotation-resistant manner. The drive shaft is joined to the rotor of the electric motor in a rotation-resistant and axially moveable manner via a bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Vladimir IDELEVITCH, Stephan BEUTLER, Sebastian SCHINDLER, Tobias KOLLORZ, Stephan RÖMLING
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Publication number: 20170341504Abstract: A mobile mining machine includes a plurality of traction elements, a plurality of motors, a power source in electrical communication with the plurality of motors, and an energy storage system in electrical communication with the plurality of motors and the power source. Each of the motors is coupled to an associated one of the plurality of traction elements. Each of the motors is driven by the associated traction element in a first mode, and drives the associated traction element in a second mode. The energy storage system includes a shaft, a rotor secured to the shaft, a stator extending around the rotor, and a flywheel coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith. In the first mode, rotation of the motors causes rotation of the flywheel to store kinetic energy. In the second mode, rotation of the rotor and the flywheel discharges kinetic energy to drive the motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: William A. Dorsett, James B. Dillinger, Michael John Lyten, Marcus N. Barr, Bradley Maxwell Neilson, Don F. Owings
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Publication number: 20170341505Abstract: A flap system for supplying cooling air of a motor vehicle, and which includes a drive component which receives and supports at least one flap element to be pivoted about a longitudinal axis. The flap element is to be supported at ends thereof by a shaft which is received in a cylindrical bearing receiving member of a rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Bernd KNAUER
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Publication number: 20170341506Abstract: A radiator unit includes a cooling air duct, a first heat exchanger that is arranged in the cooling air duct and incompletely fills out the cross section of the cooling air duct and a second heat exchanger that fills out at least the part of the cross section not filled out by the first heat exchanger. An air flap arrangement meters a cooling air flow through the heat exchangers. A first part of the air flap arrangement predominantly fluidically overlaps the first heat exchanger. A second part of the air flap arrangement predominantly fluidically overlaps the part of the cross section not filled out by the first heat exchanger. The air flaps of the first and second part are coupled for swiveling in opposite directions around axes that are parallel to a boundary between the two parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Thomas WIECH, Ulrich REIN
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Publication number: 20170341507Abstract: The invention relates to a closure system on a fuel tank (2) of thermoplastics with barrier properties for hydrocarbons. The closure system comprises at least one orifice (4), with a closure cap (5) which closes the orifice (4) in a sealing manner and which cooperates in a form-fitting manner with closure means provided at the circumference of the orifice (4) and encloses at least one first sealing means between it and a tank wall (3). The closure system (1) according to the invention is distinguished in that the tank wall is sealed in the region of the orifice (4) with at least one second sealing means, which covers and/or shields a part of the tank wall surfaces exposed to hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Hartmut WOLF
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Publication number: 20170341508Abstract: Techniques for separating a fuel on-board a vehicle include mixing an input fuel stream and a fluid solvent; separating the mixture into a first liquid fuel stream and a second liquid fuel stream, the first liquid fuel stream including a first portion of the input fuel stream defined by a first auto-ignition characteristic value and the fluid solvent, the second liquid fuel stream including a second portion of the input fuel stream defined by a second auto-ignition characteristic value that is different than the first auto-ignition characteristic value; separating the first liquid fuel stream into the fluid solvent and the first portion of the input fuel stream; directing the first portion of the input fuel stream to a first fuel tank on the vehicle; and directing the second portion of the input fuel stream to a second fuel tank on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Esam Z. Hamad, Abdullah Sadek AlRamadan
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Publication number: 20170341509Abstract: The invention relates to a filling system on a motor vehicle, having at least two storage tanks for liquid or gaseous operating materials, comprising a tank closure cover which closes an opening in the body of the motor vehicle and can be brought from a first position that closes the opening into a second position that releases the opening, wherein at least two filling openings of the storage tanks are arranged below the tank closure cover, which are concealed in the first position of the tank closure cover; a filler trough that forms an enclosure of the filling opening, wherein the filler trough closes the opening in the body of the motor vehicle on the vehicle side and is fixed to the body of the motor vehicle; and at least one filler head, wherein the filling openings are formed as a part of the filler head, the filler head defining at least two mouth-hole necks which are combined to form a common component and are integrally connected to each other, each mouth-hole neck forming a filling opening for anothType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Dirk EULITZ
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Publication number: 20170341510Abstract: A fuel supply device has a cover member which is attached to an opening portion of a fuel tank and a pump unit comprising a pump. The cover member and pump unit are connected via a connecting portion where the pump unit is rotatably connected to the connecting portion. Further, the fuel supply device includes a fuel residual amount detection device which is attached to the pump unit and configured to detect the residual amount of fuel. The fuel residual amount detection device includes a gauge main body to which electric wirings are connected, an arm portion which is movably mounted relative to the gauge main body and a float which is attached to a leading end of the arm portion. The float is positioned above a lower terminal end of the base portion when the cover portion is held and lifted while the pump unit rotates with respect to the connecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya KONO, Koji YOSHIDA, Tatsuki FUKUI, Shinya HIGASHI, Yuichi MURAKOSHI, Takayuki KONDO, Akihiro YANO, Kensuke NIWA, Hidetomo ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20170341511Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle including an all-wheel drive that can be enabled and disabled, and a drive train including two clutches actuated by a control unit for enabling and disabling the all-wheel drive, and components rotating between the two clutches, which components are driven when the all-wheel drive is enabled and are uncoupled from the remaining drive train when the all-wheel drive is disabled. In order to allow early detection of defects and, in particular, bearing defects of the rotating components, and to determine the applied drag torque even without knowing the oil temperature, in one embodiment, when the all-wheel drive is disabled, the rotational speed (n) of at least one of the uncoupled components is measured in a time interval, and an angular acceleration of the uncoupled components is determined therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Dieter WEIDEMANN, Heiko HANICKEL, Florian KOLB, Hans Jörg BRÜHL
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Publication number: 20170341512Abstract: A method for the automatic execution of at least one driving function of a motor vehicle, in which it is checked whether the driver uses an unapproved electronic device. In the event that the driver is using an unapproved electronic device, a warning is output to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventor: Stefan NORDBRUCH
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Publication number: 20170341513Abstract: In one embodiment, location and route information of a route associated with the autonomous vehicle is obtained, where the route includes a starting location and a destination. Real-time traffic information of the route is obtained based on the location and route information. A driving mode of the autonomous vehicle is determined based on the location and route information and the real-time traffic information. A content item is selected from a list of content items obtained from a content database based on the determined driving mode. The selected content item is displayed in a display device within the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Shuang Wu, Liyun Li, Shaoshan Liu, James Peng
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Publication number: 20170341514Abstract: Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes a first switch positioned on a first lateral edge of a doorway of the loading dock. The first switch is to be engageable by a first side surface of the vehicle. A second switch is positioned on a second lateral edge of the doorway opposite the first lateral edge. The second switch to be engageable by a second side surface of the vehicle opposite the first side surface. A controller is to receive a first feedback signal from the first switch and a second feedback signal from the second switch. The controller is to compare the first feedback signal and the second feedback signal to detect a lateral deviation of the vehicle relative to a reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Andrew Brooks, Bradley J. Stone, Jason Senfleben, Jeff Logic, Matthew Sveum
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Publication number: 20170341515Abstract: Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes an outer sensor pair to detect a surface of the vehicle. The outer sensor pair is to obtain a first feedback signal representative of an orientation of the detected surface relative to a reference as the vehicle approaches a doorway of the loading dock. An inner sensor pair is to detect the surface of the vehicle. The inner sensor pair is to obtain a second feedback signal representative of the orientation of the detected surface relative to the reference as the vehicle approaches the doorway of the loading dock. A controller is to detect a threshold deviation in the orientation of the detected surface of the vehicle relative to the reference based on at least one of the first feedback signal or the second feedback signal. A display is to vary an output signal in response to the detected threshold deviation in the orientation of the detected surface relative to the reference.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Andrew Brooks, Bradley J. Stone, Jason Senfleben, Jeff Logic, Matthew Sveum
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Publication number: 20170341516Abstract: Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes a first arm extending a first distance from a wall of the loading dock, where the first arm is positioned adjacent a first lateral edge of a doorway of the loading dock. A first sensor is coupled to the first arm, where the first sensor is directed substantially perpendicular relative to a longitudinal axis of the first arm. The first sensor is to detect a first lateral distance between the first sensor and a first side surface of the vehicle. The first sensor to provide a first feedback signal representative of the first lateral distance. A second arm extends a second distance from the wall of the loading dock, where the second arm is positioned adjacent a second lateral edge of the doorway of the loading dock opposite the first lateral edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Andrew Brooks, Bradley J. Stone, Jason Senfleben, Jeff Logic, Matthew Sveum