Patents Issued in June 19, 2018
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Patent number: 10000141Abstract: A method and system for controlling a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes determining, by a controller, a driving pattern of a driver based on driving information including acceleration and deceleration information. A condition for activation of an idling-stop of a fuel cell is then set based on the determined driving pattern and the fuel cell is stopped from generating electric energy when the condition for activation of the idling-stop is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Kyu Il Lee, Seon Hak Kim, Seong Pil Ryu
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Patent number: 10000142Abstract: In a method of head and neck restraint the head of a subject is secured to a head and neck restraint assembly that limits movement of the head. In response to sudden force in a first direction, whereupon the head of the subject experiences a force in a second direction, the head and neck restraint assembly controls deceleration of the head in the second direction and avoids rebounding of the head after deceleration.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: George Davis
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Patent number: 10000143Abstract: A debris catching system for positioning against a typical child seat used in vehicles uses a pair of panel members, each disposed against one of the sides of the child seat and cinched to the base of the child seat via a pair of strap systems with a third strap system stabilizing the panels against a medial section of a back member of the child seat. Each panel has one or more pockets to catch and hold debris therein with the panels and their pockets being made from a moisture impervious material. An optional panel can be attached to each of the above panels and slide with respect to such panels so as to be raisable to help block sun and other unwanted light from shining onto the occupant of the child seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Christopher Linnel
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Patent number: 10000144Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to hoppers for heavy trucks and, more particularly, to hoppers capable of being moved in parts and methods for assembly thereof. In some embodiments, such hoppers comprise a front part, a hood in two parts, two side front parts, two intermediate side sections, two side floor sections, two central floor sections, base plates being joined by welds and secondary joints joined by bolted flanges.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Minetec S.A.Inventors: Claudio Zamorano, Bernardo Vera, Antonio Flores, Cristián Junge
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Patent number: 10000145Abstract: The application discloses integrated air suspension and platform lifting systems that utilize an existing air supply for lifting one or more platforms installed in a trailer or hauling vehicle. An apparatus for lifting a rear gate or platform of a trailer or a hauling vehicle is disclosed that includes an actuating mechanism operable to pivot the platform between a lowered position (e.g., where the end of the platform is in contact with the ground) and a range of raised positions (e.g., where the platform is raised to meet an elevated platform such as a loading dock). The lifting mechanisms for raising and lowering the platform(s) may utilize a pressurized gas supply from a compressor. In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism may be supplied with pressurized air from a compressor of a brake system of a tractor. In some embodiments a separate locking mechanism is provided to hold the platform in place after the lifting system has moved it into a desired position.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventors: Mark Woods, Matthew Woods
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Patent number: 10000146Abstract: A loading apparatus for a tailgate-equipped cargo bed of a pickup truck features a cargo bed platform assembly, and a tailgate platform assembly pivotally connected to the rear end of the cargo bed platform assembly. The tailgate platform assembly is pivotable relative to the cargo bed platform assembly between a stowed position overlying the cargo bed platform assembly and a deployed position forming a rearward extension of the cargo bed platform. Between uses, the tailgate platform is storable in the cargo bed in a secured manner behind a closed tailgate. When needed, the tailgate is opened and the tailgate platform is folded down onto the open tailgate. An overall effective length of the apparatus is adjustable to fit different cargo bed sizes by extension of retraction of a longitudinal adjustment member that extends forwardly from the cargo bed platform to abutting against a front wall of the cargo bed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Ryan Robert Vipond
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Patent number: 10000147Abstract: A retractable recreational vehicle skirting. The skirting includes brackets configured to secure to a recreational vehicle (RV). The present invention further includes an elongated roller rod having a first end, a second end and a rounded sidewall. The first end and the second end are secured to the brackets so that the elongated roller rod rotates relative to the brackets about a longitudinal axis. The present invention further includes a skirt having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The upper edge is coupled to the rounded sidewall of the elongated roller rod.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Dayna Rae Desrochers
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Patent number: 10000148Abstract: A strap winding apparatus consisting of three separate components that are formed in individual molds from a material that will exhibit some elasticity when joining the components together, which components include a crank, drum and U-shaped frame, where the crank includes a straight body with a handle extending outwardly from one end, and with the other body end formed with a pivot for fitting into a drum end that includes a longitudinal slot with a crossing round hole that the crank body pivot end is fitted into to provide a pivot coupling that allows the handle to pivot around the drum end, and the drum opposite end is arranged for fitting through aligned holes formed through first and second sides of the U-shaped frame forming a pivot coupling in the second side hole that allows for turning of the crank to wind a cargo strap onto the drum, and includes a wedge and/or a flat section of a double backed adhesive for mounting a web of the U-shaped frame onto a mounting plate of a cargo strap tightener or ontoType: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Mike Haynes
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Patent number: 10000149Abstract: A container-securing device is provided. A main body of the container-securing device is detachably/attachably supported on a cargo bed yet movement of the main body is restricted in any direction within the horizontal plane. The container-securing device 1 includes a socket 3 which is fixed onto the cargo bed; and a main body 2 which is fixed into the socket 3 to fix a container: The main body 2 has its lower region formed with projections 22b extending horizontally; and the socket 3 has a storage space 31 to store the projections 22b, a first restrictor 32 around the storage space 31 which allows rotation of the projections 22b within a horizontal plane but restricts other movement thereof in any direction within the horizontal plane, an opening 33 which communicates with the storage space 31 and allows the projections 22b to be inserted through, and a second restrictor 34 around the opening 33 which restricts movement of the projections 22b in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: MINATO SEIKI IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Takaguchi
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Patent number: 10000150Abstract: A lighting circuit drives a light source including plural light emitting elements and includes a bypass switch circuit which includes plural bypass switches connected in parallel with the plural light emitting elements, a boost converter which boosts a power supply voltage to generate a direct current voltage stabilized at a variable target voltage, a buck converter which receives the direct current voltage to supply a driving current stabilized at a target current to the light source and which includes a hysteresis controller configured to stabilize the driving current between a peak value and a bottom value and to change a difference between the peak value and the bottom value such a switching frequency of the buck converter approaches a constant value, and a voltage adjusting circuit which is configured to dynamically change the target voltage of the boost converter according to an output voltage of the buck converter.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Muramatsu, Satoshi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 10000151Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle. The device comprises a wall comprising at least one protuberance and at least one first light source situated inside the protuberance. The wall comprises a reflecting zone having light reflection properties, and formed facing the first light source, such that the first light source is able to generate a light beam passing through the wall, that is propagated outside the lighting device before being reflected on the reflecting zone of the wall to generate an apparent lighting from the wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventor: Christophe Dubosc
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Patent number: 10000152Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, an Alert Controller coupled to an Internal Digital Communication System (“IDCS”) of a vehicle monitors vehicle states based on messages received over the IDCS and generates audio alerts projected external to the vehicle based on the vehicle states. Multiple vehicle states may be defined, with each vehicle state associated with receipt of one or more types of messages in a particular sequence and/or within a particular timeframe. Different audio alerts may be assigned to different vehicle states. The audio alerts may be customizable such as by the vehicle manufacturer and/or vehicle owner/operator. An alert selection interface may be provided in the vehicle for user-selection of audio alerts.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Advanced Sonic Alert Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert S. Scalea, Jeffrey M. Rubenstein
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Patent number: 10000153Abstract: Presence of an object can be indicated on a display of a vehicle. Multiple indicators can be displayed on the display of the vehicle, where each indicator corresponds to one of multiple portions of a drawing area associated with the display. Presence of the object can be detected within a travel direction of the vehicle. Location information of the object can be associated with one of the multiple portions of the drawing area. One of the multiple indicators that corresponds to the one of the multiple portions of the drawing area can be highlighted on the display as an alert of the presence of the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Teruhisa Misu
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Patent number: 10000154Abstract: A vehicle display displays a camera video having an indicator. The indicator is static on the display while the camera video is frozen on the display thereby notifying a viewer that the camera video is frozen and the indicator is dynamic on the display while the camera video is live on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Yellin Schondorf, Maher Ghneim
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Patent number: 10000155Abstract: A method and a device are for detecting and reproducing a lateral and/or rear surrounding area of a vehicle with a trailer, so that the driver can monitor the surrounding area. The surrounding area is detected by at least one image capturing device which produces image data of the surrounding area. The image data is reproduced by at least one image reproducing device arranged in a field of vision of the vehicle driver. A characteristic of the reproduced image section is adapted dependent on an alignment of the trailer relative to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Application Solutions (Electronics and Vision) Ltd.Inventor: Joerg Schrepfer
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Patent number: 10000156Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head, a mounting member and an attachment member. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a reflective element. The mounting member includes an upper portion configured to mount at an interior structure of a vehicle. The attachment member includes a connection portion and a pivot element protruding from the connection portion. The attachment member is disposed at a lower portion of the mounting member. The mirror head is configured to adjustably attach at the pivot element. The mounting member is formed of a polymeric material, and at least the connection portion of the attachment member is formed of a metallic material. The connection portion of the attachment member may be insert molded in the lower portion of the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Christopher R. Koetje
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Patent number: 10000157Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a first indicator light associated with a first function or a first state of the vehicle (e.g., a brake light), and circuitry coupled to the first indicator light. The circuitry is configured to cause the first indicator light to emit light when the vehicle is performing the first function or is operating in the first state, and detect an amount of light incident on the first indicator light. Thus, the indicator light can be used to detect incoming light to perform various vehicle functions (e.g., automatically dimming mirrors based on the incoming light) without the need for a dedicated light sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FARADAY&FUTURE INC.Inventor: Evan Roger Fischer
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Patent number: 10000158Abstract: A bag for storing and holding electronic and non-electronic items upon the passenger seat of a vehicle is a fabric accessory holder that opens to resemble an open rectangular tray having short sidewalls with multiple interior accessory pockets each having closures, and a coffee cup holder mounted on the inside bottom. A stiffener is used to provide some rigidity to the base and the sidewalls. The sides pull together with closures such as zippers into a domed top with handles for carrying.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Rob Darrow
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Patent number: 10000159Abstract: A storage bin system is provided for a motor vehicle. That storage bin system includes a first cargo compartment sidewall having a first storage cavity with a first rearwardly oriented access opening. Further, the storage bin system includes a first removable storage bin received and held in the first storage cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kristin Ann Hellman, Annette Lynn Huebner, Ryan Welch, Artur Sakarian, Joshua Greiner
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Patent number: 10000160Abstract: A vehicle article carrier system is disclosed for carrying articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle. The system may incorporate at least one support rail secured to the outer body surface. The support rail may have a support foot portion at each of its opposite ends, with each support foot portion secured to the outer body surface of the vehicle. A sensor may be mounted on the at least one support rail or one of the support feet portions for sensing a characteristic within a field of view around the vehicle and providing related information to a subsystem of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: JAC Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Aftanas, Gordon Michie, Michael J. Presley, Gerald J. Gomes
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Patent number: 10000161Abstract: A vehicle includes a box, a plate and a compartment. The box is attached to a cab at a headboard and includes two sidewalls extending perpendicularly from the headboard and a bed. The plate is secured to either of the sidewalls and defines a groove keyed to receive a cleat configured to lock within the groove. The compartment is locked to the sidewall via the cleat and has an insert configured to slide out of the compartment, parallel to the sidewall on a track and roller. The insert includes a lock to maintain a position of the insert within the compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joshua R. Hemphill, Dragan B. Stojkovic
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Patent number: 10000162Abstract: A speaker device for a vehicle includes a speaker unit, an enclosure mounted to a vehicle body accommodating the speaker unit, and provided with an inner space which is divided into a front space into which a front sound of the speaker unit is radiated and a rear space into which a rear sound of the speaker unit is radiated by a division member, a first path connecting the front space to a first division space provided in the vehicle body, a second path connecting the rear space to a second division space provided in the vehicle body, and a front sound outlet connecting the front space to an indoor space of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: YoungKyu Kim, Jung Uk Noh, Jong Suh Park
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Patent number: 10000163Abstract: Various examples of an apparatus for mounting a camera on a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first bracket having a first end configured for attaching to a camera and a second end configured for mounting to a vehicle and a second bracket separate from the first bracket configured for holding the camera in a calibrated position. The second bracket is capable of deforming upon an impact to the apparatus and returning the camera to a calibrated position upon replacement.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLCInventor: Andreas U. Kuehnle
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Patent number: 10000164Abstract: A vehicle camera peripheral. It has a frame having a surface for supporting a license plate, at least one compartment for containing a battery and a circuit board having a wireless transmitter and video transmission circuitry, the compartment provided in the frame and positioned behind the license plate supporting surface, a camera mounted to the frame and connected to the circuit board, and a mounting for connecting the frame to existing license plate fastening devices of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: LIGHT WAVE TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Jack Wisnia, Feng Du
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Patent number: 10000165Abstract: A pickup truck toolbox can be mounted to the bed side rails by a variety of interchangeable feet rather than arms and may sit above the bed, thus allowing use of the full volume of the bed, for example for 4?×8? sheets of building material. It may have a rear view tunnel through it either top or bottom, whereby the driver may use normally the rear view mirror, and may have a Liddy light valley across the top, whereby the brake light will remain visible. A bed light or rear view camera may be employed as well. A fairing may be employed to improve fuel efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Thomas Inard Reed, III
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Patent number: 10000166Abstract: An arrangement for a motor vehicle including a dividing wall disposed between an engine compartment and a passenger compartment of the vehicle, a water container to collect the water running over the windscreen of the vehicle, and at least one collector to collect an overflow of water contained in the water container. The at least one collector is made up of a component forming an integral part of the dividing wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Christian Delord, Thierry Hlubina
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Patent number: 10000167Abstract: A wire harness includes a cable unit, and an indicator is provided on a back surface portion of an outer circumference surface of the cable unit, the back surface portion being positioned on an opposite side to a front surface portion that is visually recognizable from a direction in which the wire harness is visually recognizable to a worker in a state in which the cable unit is attached to a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Subaru CorporationInventors: Yuji Kasuya, Noboru Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10000168Abstract: A vehicle electrical system includes a first system branch with a first nominal voltage U1, a second system branch with a second nominal voltage U2, at least one DC/DC converter configured to transmit energy between the first and second system branches, a first actuating unit to actuate the DC/DC converter(s), a first detection unit to detect an instantaneous voltage Uact,1 of the first system branch, and a comparison unit to compare the detected instantaneous voltage Uact,1 to a first upper voltage threshold value Uo,1 and to a first lower voltage threshold value Uu,1, wherein Uu,1<U1<Uo,1. The first actuating unit actuates the DC/DC converter(s) such that energy is transmitted from the first system branch to the second system branch if Uact,1>Uo,1, and such that energy is transmitted from the second system branch to the first system branch if Uact,1<Uu,1.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Dirk Reichow, Tobias Galli
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Patent number: 10000169Abstract: A power control apparatus, a vehicle having the same, and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The power control apparatus includes a communication unit that is configured to receive a request message related to a power setting via a communication network in a vehicle and a determination unit that is configured to determine a power condition based on the request message related to the power setting. Additionally, an application controller is configured to execute an application of power supplied from at least one among a battery and an alternator power supply based on a result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Kee Hoon Choi
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Patent number: 10000170Abstract: A bumper beam is comprised of a hat-shaped profile (11) with a cover (12). The cover faces outward from the vehicle and has vertical depressions (21) at the locations of the fastening portions (18, 19) of the bumper beam, as well as horizontal depressions between said fastening portions. The sides (14, 15) of the hat-shaped profile have depressions directed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Gestamp Hardtech ABInventor: Johan Nilsson
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Patent number: 10000171Abstract: An energy-absorbing device includes a beam having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of lobes attached to and positioned sequentially along the beam. The lobes are spaced from each other, deformable relative to the beam, and configured to contact adjacent lobes when deformed. The size and spacing of the lobes is such that if a single lobe is deformed, the lobe will not contact adjacent lobes, but if adjacent lobes are deformed, the lobes will contact each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stephen Noel Pingston, Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Mohammed Shenaq, Ray Hari Manala Rethinam
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Patent number: 10000172Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting hazards in anticipation of opening vehicle doors. Vehicle sensors (e.g., rear viewing cameras) can be used to detect and classify traffic, for example, as pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders, roller skaters, wheel chair, etc., approaching on the side of a vehicle. When there is a possibility of a vehicle occupant opening a door into approaching traffic, a warning can be issued in the vehicle cabin to alert vehicle occupants of the approaching traffic. In one aspect, a vehicle prevents a door from opening if opening the door would likely cause an accident.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Scott Vincent Myers, Mohamed Ahmad, Lisa Scaria
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Patent number: 10000174Abstract: In a head protection airbag device equipped with an airbag, a boundary closing portion is disposed between a main inflation portion and an end-side inflation portion of the airbag at the time of completion of inflation so as to partition the main inflation portion and the end-side inflation portion; the boundary closing portion is provided with a distribution port that is configured to allow the inflating gas from the main inflation portion to flow to the end-side inflation portion, between the upper edge and the lower edge of the peripheral portion; and the boundary closing portion is equipped with a vertical closing portion disposed along a substantially vertical direction on the lower side, and an inclined closing portion that extends in an obliquely upward direction of the main inflation portion from the vicinity of the upper end of the vertical closing portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Okuhara, Koji Kawamura, Yuji Sato, Takuya Hiraiwa
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Patent number: 10000175Abstract: A side airbag cover (20) having a top surface (22) upon which can be positioned a decorative emblem (30), the top surface (20) and emblem (30) are configured to break when subjected to a determinable force pressuring on an undersurface (25) of the cover (20), the undersurface (25) including a tear seam (40) which breaks when subjected to a determinable pressure or load, the emblem (30) having its own tear seam (50), wherein the emblem tear seam (50) is displaced laterally relative to an adjacent portion of the tear seam (40).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Jeffery Coon
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Patent number: 10000176Abstract: A vehicle seat part has a cover with a tear seam and an airbag module with an airbag and a force concentrator. The force concentrator partially surrounds the airbag. The concentrator has two end regions connected to the cover adjacent to and on opposing sides of the tear seam. One of the end regions is connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions spaced apart from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Uwe Buelow, Eugen Riesen, Michael Goesch, Felix Haenel, Martina Boeddeker, Chris Curtis
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Patent number: 10000177Abstract: An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle. The module includes an airbag and an inflator for providing inflation gas for the airbag. A diffuser is positioned in the airbag and configured to direct the flow of inflation gas into the airbag. The diffuser includes a main panel and a deflector panel connected together. The diffuser is configured to provide for first and second flow paths for inflation gas to exit diffuser and flow into the cushion. The main panel is folded along a fold line to create two folded portions and the deflector panel is located within the connected folded portions. The deflector panel is located in the first flow path and extends beyond the folded portions of the main panel. The extending portion of the deflector panel forces the inflation gas to change direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventor: Russell Joseph Mihm
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Patent number: 10000178Abstract: A vehicle curtain airbag device that includes: front and rear main chambers that receive gas supplied from an inflator, and that inflate and deploy between respective positions of heads of a front seat occupant and a rear seat occupant, and a side section of a vehicle body; and a delay chamber that is provided spanning between the front and rear main chambers, and that is only supplied with gas through a gas supply opening formed at a boundary between the delay chamber and the main chamber on a front side.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Atsushi Nakashima
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Patent number: 10000179Abstract: An airbag is a passenger seat airbag that inflates and deploys between a passenger seat and an instrument panel, and has side vent holes and a front vent hole. When an inflator is actuated in a state where a passenger close to the instrument panel exists, a valve cloth opens the front vent hole with the vicinity of the front vent hole away from the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhito Miyata, Kazuhiro Abe, Shinji Hayakawa
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Patent number: 10000180Abstract: A pedestrian protection airbag device includes an airbag case, a pair of inflators and an airbag. The airbag case is disposed at a lower face side of a hood rear end portion with a length direction thereof extending along a vehicle width direction. A vehicle width direction middle region of the airbag case, when viewed in a vertical cross-section extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, has a cross-sectional height in a vehicle up-and-down direction smaller than a cross-sectional height in the vehicle up-and-down direction of a general portion of the airbag case located at outer ends in the vehicle width direction of the middle region. The inflators are accommodated at both of vehicle width direction ends of the middle region. The airbag in the airbag case inflates from pressure of gas generated by the inflators, and deploys rearward through a gap between the hood rear end portion and a windshield.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoya Higashimachi
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Patent number: 10000181Abstract: Disclosed are a pretensioner and a safety belt assembly including the same. The pretensioner includes an internal cylinder movably installed within an external cylinder with an outer surface thereof in contact with an inner surface of the external cylinder, a piston installed in the internal cylinder, a retracting member configured with one side connected to the piston and the other side configured to extend from the external cylinder and connected to a belt fastening a passenger, a gas generator configured to supply gas to the inside of the external cylinder to move the piston in a direction of pulling the retracting member, and a one-way restriction device configured to allow the piston to move with respect to the internal cylinder when the piston moves in the direction of pulling the retracting member and to restrict the piston to be within the internal cylinder when the piston moves in reverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Eungjoo Kim
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Patent number: 10000182Abstract: In a buckle device, displacement of a buckle cover in a width direction with respect to a buckle guide is restricted by restricting grooves of the buckle cover and restricting ribs of the buckle guide that enter the restricting grooves. This enables a space to be secured between a wall portion on one side in a width direction of the buckle cover and a wall portion on one side in a width direction of the buckle guide.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Koji Hayashi, Makoto Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 10000183Abstract: In a belt retractor (10) for a seat belt comprising a belt reel (12) onto which webbing (14) can be wound while being spring-loaded and comprising a tensioning device (16) which is adapted to act on the belt reel (12) in a winding direction (A), a control (18) is provided which is adapted to activate the tensioning device (16) when the seat belt is unloaded and not fastened.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbHInventor: Mark Mages
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Patent number: 10000184Abstract: A webbing take-up device includes a spool that takes up webbing worn by an occupant, an input gear that is rotated by rotation force being transmitted, a spool gear that rotates the spool by being rotated, and a second clutch that is provided between the input gear and the spool gear, and that transmits rotation force of the input gear to the spool gear by being rotated by the input gear. The webbing take-up device further includes a sub clutch spring that is provided between the input gear and the second clutch, that transmits rotation force of the input gear to the second clutch when the input gear is rotated toward one side, and that shuts off transmission of rotation force of the input gear to the second clutch when the input gear is rotated toward another side.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yuya Nagata, Takahiro Osaki, Takuhiro Saito, Tomonari Umakoshi
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Patent number: 10000185Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure unit (64) for pressurizing a belt shaft (12) in a seat belt system comprising a screw (66) for fastening the pressure unit (64) to a frame (18) of the seat belt system, the screw (66) including a screw head (68) and a screw shank (70), wherein the pressure unit (64) comprises a fastening portion (72) having a screw hole (74) for inserting the screw shank (70), wherein radial play is provided between the screw hole (74) and the screw shank (70) and the fastening portion (72) on the screw head side includes mounting arms (76) for axially fixing the screw (66) in a pre-assembly position. Moreover, the invention also comprises an end fitting (11) of a seat belt system comprising such pressure unit (64).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: TRW Polska SP.ZO.OInventors: Dominik Seitzer, Pawel Gorecki, Michal Kacprzak
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Patent number: 10000186Abstract: A plus-two-point belt system is disclosed. The plus-two-point belt system includes a longitudinal webbing anchored at a first end to a seat and fixed at a second end to a retractor. The webbing is extendable from the retractor to allow an occupant to slip their arm under the webbing to provide a supplemental restraint. The webbing includes first and second portions where the second portion is retractably coiled on the retractor and the second portion has at least one conductive marker. A sensor is provided to sense the marker and a processor is provided to set an alarm when the marker is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Robert William McCoy
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Patent number: 10000187Abstract: In the vehicle communication system provided with the in-vehicle device for transmitting and receiving signals using the plurality of antennas, which are provided in different positions in the vehicle, and the portable device for transmitting and receiving the signals, the in-vehicle device: stores statistical values derived by measuring in advance received signal strengths of signals transmitted from a part of the plurality of antennas in association with information identifying antennas of transmission sources, for each of the inside and the outside of a vehicle cabin of measured positions; detects an antenna having a failure; calculates, for inside and outside the vehicle cabin, the statistical distance between the measured received signal strength and the statistical values corresponding to the selected antennas; makes a comparison between the results of the calculation; and determines whether the portable device is inside or outside the vehicle cabin.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Hamada, Hiroyuki Kurata
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Patent number: 10000188Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) includes a mast attached to a UGV body at a base end. The mast extends a predetermined distance to a mast head which can include a mast-head device. A flipper assembly includes at least one flipper arm which is rotatably mounted to the UGV body to help facilitate UGV stability and/or mobility. A flipper actuator causes the flipper arm to rotate about a flipper rotation axis. Movement of the mast between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration is selectively controlled by operation of the flipper assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Harris CorporationInventors: Paul M. Bosscher, Matthew D. Summer
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Patent number: 10000189Abstract: A system for retrofitting a trailer having a crank jack with a jack housing and a drop leg includes a hydraulic cylinder including a main cylinder and a ram piston extending outwardly therefrom as the main cylinder is filled with pressurized fluid, a first mounting ear on the hydraulic cylinder and a second mounting ear on the hydraulic cylinder, the first mounting ear opposite the second mounting ear, a cylinder port positioned orthogonally to the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear and positioned between the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear, and a conversion foot sized and shaped to fit within the jack housing and adapted to support the hydraulic cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Jay Paul Zimmerman
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Patent number: 10000190Abstract: A cooling device provided with cooling fins which: is provided in a wheel of a running wheel which integrally rotates with a axle shaft and has a brake device positioned in the interior thereof; and produces, by rotating in both the forward and reverse directions of the wheel, airflow which flows through the brake device via ventilation holes passing from the inside to the outside of the wheel. Therein, the cooling fins produce an airflow which flows through a plurality of decorative holes serving as the ventilation holes and formed in the wheel along the circumference centered around the rotational axis of the axle shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kousuke Katahira, So Tamura, Mitsuaki Hoshi
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Patent number: 10000191Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel-brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant