Patents Issued in July 26, 2018
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Publication number: 20180207980Abstract: The utility model relates to the technical field of a hub, particularly to a light-weight hub made of a steel-aluminum composite material. The hub includes an aluminum alloy base body, an outer bearing hole steel sleeve, an inner bearing hole steel sleeve and a plurality of bolt hole steel inserts; wherein a plurality of wheel bolt holes and brake disc bolt holes in a circumferential side of a flange of the aluminum alloy base body are provided with steel inserts; and an outer bearing outer race and an inner bearing outer race are respectively press-fitted into the outer bearing steel sleeve and the inner bearing steel sleeve in an interference manner, so as to be fixedly connected with the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: LTW Technology (Tianjin) Co.LtdInventor: Jianhua DONG
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Publication number: 20180207981Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller component having a suspension and a roller mounting rack. One end of the roller mounting rack has a cavity and is disposed inside the suspension in a sleeved manner. An articulated shaft is located inside the cavity. Two ends of the articulated shaft respectively pass through corresponding inner wall of the cavity and are connected to the suspension to make the roller mounting rack connected to the suspension in an articulated manner; a spring in a pre-compressed state is embedded in the cavity, and sleeved on the articulated shaft; the other end of the roller mounting rack is intended to mount a roller. The present invention plays a buffering and cushioning role to the roller and can raise the contact area and adhesive force of the roller with the ground surface and make the roller cling to the ground and move steadily.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Wai Ho Chu
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Publication number: 20180207982Abstract: Inflatable article equipped with a layer impermeable to the inflation gases, of improved hysteresis and impermeability. The layer comprises an elastomer composition comprising at least, as the sole elastomer or as the predominant elastomer by weight, a thermoplastic styrene elastomer (“TPS”) and a platy filler having a volume content greater than 5%. According to one preferred embodiment, the TPS elastomer is a copolymer with polystyrene and polyisobutylene blocks such as SIBS (styrene/isobutylene/styrene) and the composition also comprises an extender oil for the elastomer, in particular a PIB (polyisobutylene) oil. The platy filler is especially chosen from graphites and phyllosilicates such as micas, clays or talcs. The inflatable article can be an inner tube or a pneumatic tire for a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Pierre LESAGE, Emmanuel CUSTODERO
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Publication number: 20180207983Abstract: Provided is a hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer which is a hydrogenated product of a conjugated diene polymer comprising a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein the conjugated diene compound includes butadiene, the hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer is obtained by hydrogenating a polymer in which a vinyl bond content in the structural unit derived from butadiene is 50 mol % or less, an amount of the structural unit derived from the aromatic vinyl compound is 5 to 25 mass % with respect to entire structural units derived from monomers of the polymer, and a hydrogenation rate of the structural unit derived from butadiene is 91% to 99%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi ADACHI, Ryoji TANAKA, Takaomi MATSUMOTO, Fumihiro TOYOKAWA, Naoya NOSAKA
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Publication number: 20180207984Abstract: The present invention provides: a rubber composition for tires which has excellent processability and has excellent low heat build-up when formed into a tire; and a pneumatic tire using the same. The rubber composition for tires of the present invention is a rubber composition for tires, the rubber composition containing a diene rubber (A) and a microparticle (B), a vinyl group content of the diene rubber (A) being from 5 to 35 mass %, the microparticle (B) being a mercapto group-containing organic microparticle in which a crosslinkable oligomer or polymer (b1) is crosslinked, an average particle size of the microparticle (B) being from 1 to 200 ?m, and a content of the microparticle (B) being from 1 to 55 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Satoshi MIHARA, Kazushi KIMURA, Hirokazu KAGEYAMA
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Publication number: 20180207985Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for degrading polyurethane foam from mounted polyurethane foam-containing tires, methods for separating a wheel from a mounted polyurethane foam-containing tire, methods for preparing a degradable foam-containing tire, and degradable foam-containing tires. The methods include applying a solution comprising at least one phosphorous oxoacid or an ester thereof to the polyurethane foam inside of a tire, incorporating a degradant comprising at least one phosphorous oxoacid or an ester thereof into the polyurethane foam, or both, and then heating to degrade the foam. Degradation of the foam allows for separation of the wheel from the rubber carcass of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Joshua P. Abell
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Publication number: 20180207986Abstract: A laminate of a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition film and a rubber composition layer, which can be used as an inner liner for a pneumatic tire, with improved adhesive strength at the interface of the thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition film and the rubber composition layer. A laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition film and a rubber composition layer, the rubber composition containing a rubber component, a condensate of a phenol compound and formaldehyde, and methylene donor and a vulcanizing agent, wherein 2.5-40% by mass of the rubber component is butyl rubber or halogenated butyl rubber, the content of the condensate is 0.5-20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the content of the methylene donor is 0.25-200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Hirokazu SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20180207987Abstract: Tire (1) comprising a carcass ply (2) that connects two beads (5) by way of two sidewalls (3), said carcass ply (2) being surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcing zone (10) comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips (12, 14) disposed in at least two layers and coated in an elastomeric composition (13, 15), the mean overlap between the strips of the two layers being greater than 40%, the reinforcing strips (12, 14) being made of a thermoplastic film having a modulus greater than 0.9 GPa and preferably greater than 2 GPa in the main direction and in the transverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: AUGUSTIN BOSQUET, JACKY PINEAU, THOMAS GUY, CHRISTOPHE LE CLERC, ANNE-LISE THUILLIEZ
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Publication number: 20180207988Abstract: In a tire 2, a band 14 has a helically wound structure in which a strip 26 having a cord 28 is wound in a circumferential direction. The band 14 includes a center portion C disposed at a center in an axial direction, and a shoulder portion S disposed outward of the center portion C in the axial direction. A pitch Pc of the strip 26 in the center portion C is not less than 2.0 times a width W of the strip 26 and not greater than 2.5 times the width W. A pitch Ps of the strip 26 in the shoulder portion S is not less than 0.8 times the width W of the strip 26 and not greater than 1.2 times the width W.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventor: Yu MUKAI
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Publication number: 20180207989Abstract: A tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 comprising shoulder blocks 3 and crown blocks 4. The shoulder blocks 3 each has a ground contacting surface (3t) comprising an axially outer portion 6 extending axially inwardly from one of tread edges (Te) and a steeply oblique portion 7 extending axially inwardly from the axially outer portion 6 with a larger inclination angle with respect to the tire axial direction than the axially outer portion 6. The crown blocks 4 each has a ground contacting surface (4t) comprising a first oblique portion 10 inclined oppositely to the steeply oblique portion 7 and a second oblique portion 11 extending from and obliquely and oppositely to the first oblique portion 10. In a development view of the tread portion 2, longitudinal directions of the steeply oblique portion 7 and the first oblique portion 10 intersect at an angle from 70 to 110 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuru SUEYOSHI
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Publication number: 20180207990Abstract: The tread has main grooves that delimit a central region of a width comprised between 15 and 25% of a total width W and that define the wearable thickness of the tread. The tread also has lateral regions on each side of the central region, and the lateral regions are divided into raised elements. The elongate elements are delimited by oblique secondary grooves which are inclined by a mean angle of between 35 degrees and 55 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction and have a depth P5 which is between 30% and 60% of the depth P. Each elongate raised element has an oblique cut which divides the element into two elongate element halves, and each oblique cut is formed by a sipe extended by an internal canal. The internal canal forms a new groove once the tread is partially worn before the oblique secondary grooves completely disappear.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventor: Patrick DAYET
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Publication number: 20180207991Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread portion, sidewall portions, and bead portions. The tread portion comprises a center main groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and a shoulder main groove located outward of the center main groove and extending in the tire circumferential direction. A land portion is defined between the center main groove and the shoulder main groove. The center main groove has a zigzag shape in the tire circumferential direction. Lug grooves extending inward from the shoulder main groove in the tire lateral direction and terminating without communicating with the center main groove are provided in the land portion. A bent portion bent toward a first side in the tire circumferential direction is formed at a terminating end of each of the lug grooves. Narrow grooves extending discontinuously in the tire circumferential direction without communicating with the bent portions are formed in the land portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Takashi Shibai
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Publication number: 20180207992Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion; four main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread surface of the tread portion, each having a wave-like shape with periodic oscillation; a center land portion, middle land portions adjacent to the center land portion on either side in a tire lateral direction, and shoulder land portions outwardly adjacent to the middle land portions in the tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves; a plurality of lug grooves that intersect the tire circumferential direction disposed in a row in the tire circumferential direction in the land portions, the plurality of lug grooves each being disposed on a smooth, continuous curved line that crosses the land portions between the outer ends of the tread portion in the tire lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
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Publication number: 20180207993Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread surface of a tread portion, a pair of the main grooves adjacent in a tire lateral direction having a wave-like shape with periodic oscillation; land portions adjacent to one another in the tire lateral direction formed by the main grooves; lug grooves disposed in a row in the tire circumferential direction in the land portions formed between the wave-like main grooves adjacent to one another in the tire lateral direction, the lug grooves each intersecting the tire circumferential direction and communicating with the main grooves at both ends; and a zigzag narrow groove disposed in a groove bottom of each of the lug grooves, the zigzag narrow groove having a narrower groove width than the lug grooves and having a zigzag shape extending in an extension direction of the lug grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Masatoshi Kuriyama
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Publication number: 20180207994Abstract: The invention provides three-dimensional tread kerfs for a tire, which have improved braking performance and drainage characteristics on a wet road while maintaining the functions of kerfs on the snow. Disclosed are tread kerfs for a tire, each tread kerf having a kerf opening formed in a block of a tire tread; a tubular-shaped flow channel formed in the lower part of the kerf and having a width larger than the width of the kerf opening; and a connecting gap connecting the kerf opening and the flow channel. In the tread kerf, the kerf opening is formed to have a zigzag wave shape along the tire circumferential direction in a tread block, and the zigzag wave is formed such that the amplitude decreases downward along the depth direction of the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Sang Tak JOO
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Publication number: 20180207995Abstract: A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread, and the tread includes a plurality of tread elements defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the tread elements. The indicator includes a plurality of concentric step elements that descend radially inwardly from a radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Jesse Brian Serva
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Publication number: 20180207996Abstract: A tread wear indicator for a tire is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a tread and the tread includes a plurality of tread elements defined by circumferential grooves and lateral grooves. The tread wear indicator is formed in a selected one of the tread elements adjacent a selected one of the circumferential grooves. The indicator includes a plurality of step elements descending from a radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements toward the base of the selected one of the circumferential grooves. Each step element includes an axially-extending surface that is approximately parallel to and is radially inward of the radially outward surface of the selected one of the tread elements, and a radially-extending surface that extends approximately perpendicular to the axially-extending surface. The axially-extending surface of each step element is formed with indicia visible to a user of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Jesse Brian Serva, Thomas Andrew Laurich, Denise Monk Munday, Marc Christopher Nowacki, Jason David Rismiller, Warren Lee Croyle
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Publication number: 20180207997Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that is excellent in electrical conductivity, fuel economy, handling stability and crack growth resistance. The pneumatic tire of the present invention has a specific structure, including: a sidewall portion formed by laminating two or more rubber layers including (1) an outer sidewall layer constituting an outer surface of the tire and (2) a conductive inner sidewall layer connected to a clinch and a breaker and located between a carcass and the outer sidewall layer (1); a tread portion; a bead portion including the clinch; the carcass; the breaker; and an electrically conductive rubber, wherein in the sidewall portion, the thickness ratio of the layer (1) to layer (2), the ratio of the storage modulus E?(2) at 70° C. of layer (2) to the storage modulus E?(1) at 70° C. of the layer (1), and the volume resistivity of layer (2) fall within specific ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Soh ISHINO
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Publication number: 20180207998Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent sealing performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a sealant layer located radially inside an innerliner, the sealant layer being formed of a generally string-shaped sealant provided continuously and spirally along the inner periphery of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoki YUKAWA, Mutsuki SUGIMOTO, Satoshi YAMADA
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Publication number: 20180207999Abstract: A central tire inflation system (CTIS) of a vehicle (VH) for supplying compressed air to a tire of the vehicle to compensate for air loss from the tire. The CTIS determines a rate of air loss from the tire and includes both a sensor arranged to measure a temperature of a compressor of the CTIS and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to: compare the rate of air loss with a rate of air loss threshold, determine, based on the compressor temperature and the comparison of the rate of air loss with the rate of air loss threshold, whether the CTIS can support compensation for the air loss; and control the CTIS to supply compressed air to the tire to compensate for the air loss if the CTIS can support compensation for the air loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Emma-Claire DUNNING, Paul KING, Robbie LESBIREL, Maelle DODU, Thuy-Yung TRAN
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Publication number: 20180208000Abstract: A rotary joint assembly for a tire inflation system includes a rotating portion. The rotating portion is attached to a wheel rim for rotation therewith. The rotating portion includes a center portion which has an air passageway formed therein. The rotary joint assembly also includes a non-rotating portion. The non-rotating portion has a non-rotating portion air passageway formed therein. The non-rotating portion air passageway is in fluid communication with the air passageway formed in the rotating portion via a chamber. A pair of annular sealing members are attached to the rotating portion and sealingly contact a sealing surface of the non-rotating portion. The annular sealing members define an inboard end and an outboard end of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: LUCA GILARDINO, GIULIO ORNELLA, JASON M. SIDDERS
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Publication number: 20180208001Abstract: A method for self-positioning tires and a tire pressure monitoring system are provided. The method for self-positioning tires includes: acquiring first position information detected by the first positioning circuit: acquiring second position information of each emitter respectively via corresponding second positioning circuit; and acquiring corresponding relative position information respectively between the receiver and each emitter based on the first position information of the receiver and the second position information of each emitter. In this way, compared with the method for achieving self-positioning function in the art, extra wires may not be needed and the origin wires of a vehicle may not be altered in the method of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Jian ZHOU
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Publication number: 20180208002Abstract: A first tire pressure sensor module is configured to provide information related to a pressure of a tire of a vehicle and comprises a pressure sensor configured to determine the information related to the pressure of the tire. The pressure module further includes a controller configured to selectively operate the tire pressure sensor module in an active state and in an inactive state, wherein an energy consumption of the tire pressure sensor module is lower in the inactive state than in the active state. The controller is further configured to control an output of the information related to the pressure of the tire in the active state, and operate the tire pressure sensor module in the inactive state based on determining that information related to a velocity of the tire indicates a velocity above a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Andre Peine, Thomas Lange
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Publication number: 20180208003Abstract: A wheel parameter resolving system, apparatus and method are disclosed and described. The wheel parameter resolving system comprises a wheel unit configured to sense radial acceleration in a wheel, the wheel comprising a rim and a tire, the rim having a diameter, and a transmitter configured to transmit a transmit signal indicative of sensed radial acceleration, a controller configured to resolve a rotation parameter indicative of the rim diameter in response to the sensed radial acceleration, and a receiver configured to receive a receive signal based on a transmit signal indicative of sensed radial acceleration, the receiver communicatively coupled to the controller. Resolving the rotation parameter comprises calculating the rotation parameter based on the sensed radial acceleration and a predetermined roll parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Fink, Jean-Christophe Deniau
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Publication number: 20180208004Abstract: A method is provided for measuring the temperature of a tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Margaret Ree Fraelich
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Publication number: 20180208005Abstract: A kingpin adapter is provided having an upper wall and a lower wall that are affixed to each other through side walls. The upper and lower walls have a kingpin aperture and a hitch ball aperture that is spaced from and parallel to the kingpin aperture. The kingpin aperture receives a kingpin and the adapter is affixed to the kingpin using pins that extend through the side walls and extend through a portion of the undercut in the kingpin. The upper wall has jack screws that extend through to contact a skid plate that is affixed to the kingpin. The jack screws affix optional adjustable fences that rotationally constrain the skid plate by contacting lateral edges of it.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Pulliam Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Randall A Pulliam, James M.. Karasch
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Publication number: 20180208006Abstract: A retractable tow-hook assembly may include a vehicle frame and a bumper arranged thereon, a cable attached to the vehicle frame, and a tow-hook arranged at an end of the cable and stored within the bumper during non-use and removed from the bumper and extendable via the cable during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: S.M. Iskander FAROOQ, Nirmal MURALIDHARAN, Srinivasan SUNDARARAJAN, Marwan Ahmad ELBKAILY
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Publication number: 20180208007Abstract: A vehicle coupler including a coupling head and a dampening device attached thereto. A beam is provided and configured to attach to the vehicle. A housing assembly is connected to the beam and configured to receive a portion of the dampening device. A first release mechanism in the form of a shear ring is arranged within the housing assembly and is configured to provide a releasable connection between the dampening device and the housing assembly. A second release device in the form of a plurality of shear elements provides a releasable connection between the beam and the housing assembly. A preload mechanism may also be provided for applying an initial shearing force on the plurality of shear elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Dellner Couplers ABInventors: Anders Eliasson, Stefan Heinås, Jean Major
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Publication number: 20180208008Abstract: An amphibious vehicle that is capable of being reconfigured to operate both on land and in water is disclosed. The amphibious vehicle includes at least a hull and at least a deployable endless track running on a track assembly. The track assembly may comprise a four bar mechanism having an upper member fixed relative to the hull and a lower member configured to be actuated between an undeployed and a deployed positions, where in a deployed position the upper and lower members of the four bar mechanism are further apart than in an un-deployed position. The endless track is guided by upper guide wheels and lower guide wheels, wherein the upper guide wheels are fixed to the hull and the lower guide wheels are fixed relative to the lower member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Neil Doveton BOYD
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Publication number: 20180208009Abstract: A shock absorber includes a first tube defining a first chamber and a piston head movably disposed within the first chamber. A hollow piston rod extends from the piston head. The hollow piston rod defines a rod chamber, and a tuned vibration absorber is disposed within the rod chamber of the hollow piston rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Michael E. McGuire, Robert P. Marble, Christopher A. Stirlen
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Publication number: 20180208010Abstract: A level adjustment device for a vehicle, comprising a damping device having a piston-cylinder unit and a screw drive, and an adapter sleeve that axially supports a spindle of the screw drive and includes a flange directed radially inwards, wherein the adapter sleeve is configured to utilize the screw drive and is decoupled in relation to a cylinder of the piston-cylinder unit via one or more elastic elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin WUEBBOLT-GORBATENKO, Daniel FABER
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Publication number: 20180208011Abstract: A vehicle suspension control system is disclosed for use in load-carrying vehicles. The system controls a response of a suspension cylinder configured to support a main body of a vehicle in relation to a ground-contacting portion of the vehicle. A main accumulator is configured to contain a main compressible gas volume and is fluidly connected with the suspension cylinder. An auxiliary accumulator is configured to contain an auxiliary compressible gas volume. A valve is configured to selectively fluidly connect the auxiliary accumulator to the suspension cylinder. When the valve is open, compressing the suspension cylinder compresses both the main compressible gas volume and the auxiliary compressible gas volume. When the valve is closed, the auxiliary accumulator is fluidly isolated from the suspension cylinder. A processor is configured to automatically open or close the valve using a solenoid actuator based on one or more operating parameters of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: CATERPILLAR UNDERGROUND MINING PTY LTD.Inventors: Jason Prakash WIGG, Andrew Ellis DIECKER
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Publication number: 20180208012Abstract: The stiffness of dampers for wheels on the front and rear axles are selectively controlled with a control unit. The control unit is configured to detect if the vehicle travels in a curve. In the case of a tendency of the vehicle to understeer, the control unit adjusts the damper of the wheel of the front axle located on the curve outside harder than the damper of the wheel of the front axle located on the curve inside. In the case of a tendency of the vehicle to oversteer, the control unit adjusts the damper of the wheel of the front axle located on the curve inside harder than the damper of the wheel of the front axle located on the curve outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Mathias Molitor
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Publication number: 20180208013Abstract: An air flow distribution device of a driver HVAC unit is described. The air flow distribution device can direct conditioned air flow into a space of a housing of the air flow distribution device via an air inlet of the air flow distribution device. A single motor of the driver HVAC unit can control an orientation of an air flow distribution mechanism of the air flow distribution device. Based on the orientation of the air flow distribution mechanism, the air flow distribution mechanism can direct the conditioned air entering the space via the air inlet to exit the housing via one of the window air module, the head air module, and the foot air module of the air flow distribution device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Petr TRUTNOVSKY
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Publication number: 20180208014Abstract: A waste heat utilization system for an electric vehicle having an electric motor and a battery may include a first cooling circuit in which a first coolant circulates and having arranged therein the electric motor, a first direct heat exchanger for discharging heat from the first coolant into surroundings of the system, and a first delivery device for driving the first coolant. The system may also include a second cooling circuit in which a second coolant circulates and having arranged therein the battery and a second delivery device for driving the second coolant. The system may also include an air conditioning circuit in which a working medium circulates, and having arranged therein a compressor, condenser, and evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Fahmi Ben Ahmed, Matthias Jung, Sascha Lindauer, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
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Publication number: 20180208015Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling a temperature of a vehicle. The system includes: a power supply device, a control device and a temperature adjusting device, wherein the temperature adjusting device is made of a semiconductor material, a first end of two ends of the temperature adjusting device is provided outside the vehicle and a second end of the two ends of the temperature adjusting device is provided inside the vehicle; and the control device is provided between the power supply device and the temperature adjusting device and configured to control a flowing direction of a current supplied by the power supply device between the two ends of the temperature adjusting device, such that the first end and the second end of the temperature adjusting device absorb heat or release heat respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Bo ZHANG
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Publication number: 20180208016Abstract: A vehicle roof fan for providing air conditioning to a user of a vehicle. The vehicle roof fan may include a plurality of individually controlled fans. The apparatus includes power management features to limit the power consumption, such as a user presence detector and/or battery threshold monitoring. The plurality of fans may be associated with one or more optical sensors that each control the operation of one or more of the fans based upon the presence of a user. The air conditioning apparatus may also include heating and/or cooling components to modify the air temperature from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Stephen William O'Brien
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Publication number: 20180208017Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system is provided that includes a memory and a control module. The memory stores settings. The settings are for interior temperatures of a vehicle, a temperature of a steering wheel, and temperatures of seats within the vehicle. The control module: collects data from one or more cameras, where the data corresponds to one or more captured images of an interior cabin of the vehicle; based on the data, displays a thermographic anthropomorphic figure on a display of the vehicle or a mobile device, where the thermographic anthropomorphic figure is a thermogram representative of temperatures of an occupant of the vehicle; receives via a user interface an input from a user to adjust one of the settings; and based on the input from the user, adjusts operation of a first controlled device to change at least one of the temperatures of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hector CHAVEZ HERNANDEZ, Jorge Alejandro ESTEVEZ GARCIA, David YANEZ VELAZQUEZ
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICALLY POWERED HEATING DEVICES WITHIN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES
Publication number: 20180208018Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a passenger cabin, an electrically powered heating device configured to heat airflow for conditioning the passenger cabin, and a controller configured to selectively command actuation of the electrically powered heating device based on a target discharge air temperature, an actual discharge air temperature, and an amount of power available.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Timothy Noah Blatchley, Angel Fernando Porras, William Samuel Schwartz -
Publication number: 20180208019Abstract: In a heat pump system, when a heat-shock determination portion determines that a difference between a coolant temperature in a coolant flow path and a coolant temperature in a heat source flow path is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, a flow-path switching portion mixes the respective coolants flowing through at least a bypass flow path and the heat source flow path together to flow into the coolant flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kengo SUGIMURA, Yoshiki KATOH, Masayuki TAKEUCHI, Koji MIURA, Norihiko ENOMOTO, Keigo SATOU, Ariel MARASIGAN, Nobuyuki HASHIMURA
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Publication number: 20180208020Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided that can extend the mileage of a vehicle by reducing the power consumed by the operation of a compressor and a heater. When a required quantity of heating Q_req is acquired, the minimum power sharing ratio between quantity of heat release Q_hpof a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 22 and quantity of heat release Q_htrof a water heater 32 is calculated, which allows the power consumption W_total to be minimized, and a compressor 21 and the water heater 32 are operated based on the result of the calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Ryo MIYAKOSHI, Kenichi SUZUKI, Hidenori TAKEI
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Publication number: 20180208021Abstract: The heater device has a sheet shaped main body having a heat generating portion heated by energization and a radiating surface for radiating radiant heat toward a heating object by using heat in the heat generating portion, a plate shaped member arranged on an opposite side with respect to the radiating surface of the main body, and an air layer forming member for forming an air layer between the main body and the plate shaped member arranged on a side opposite to the radiating surface of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hideki SEKI, Kimitake ISHIKAWA, Hiroyasu OIDE, Yuusuke TANAKA
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Publication number: 20180208022Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes spaced roof rails and a structural air duct. The air duct has at least two bows connecting between the roof rails and defining first and second channels. An interconnecting member is connected between the bows and defines a third channel connecting the first and second channels in fluid communication with each other. At least one of the bows defines an outlet port configured to supply air to a cabin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Ari Garo CALISKAN, Nicolas ZAGORSKI, Andrew J. STANKOVICH
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Publication number: 20180208023Abstract: A synchronous motor control device includes: a DC power supply; an inverter main circuit; a three-phase synchronous motor; and an inverter control unit that outputs a PWM signal used to control the inverter main circuit. The inverter control unit includes: a PWM signal generation unit; a start-up control unit that outputs a start-up voltage command value to the PWM signal generation unit at the time of start-up; a steady state control unit that calculates a steady state voltage command value in a steady state and outputs the value to the PWM signal generation unit; and a steady state control parameter initial value calculation unit that outputs an initial value of a control parameter to the steady state control unit such that an output voltage vector from the inverter main circuit to the three-phase synchronous motor is consistent before and after switching from the start-up to the steady state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Mitsuo KASHIMA, Tomohiro KUTSUKI, Tomomi HIGASHIKAWA, Akiyoshi MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20180208024Abstract: A scenting device for scenting a vehicle interior may include at least one aromatic substance container holding a supply of an aromatic substance. The device may also include a feeding duct for feeding air to the at least one aromatic substance container and a discharge duct for discharging air enriched with the aromatic substance. The device may further include at least one scenting path for enriching air with the aromatic substance from the at least one aromatic substance container. The device may include a bypass duct branching off from the feeding duct and bypassing the at least one aromatic substance container. The device may also include a bypass valve and at least one container valve. The device may include a camshaft including a bypass cam configured to actuate the bypass valve and at least one container cam configured to actuate the at least one container valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Andre Bauer, Thomas Feith, Juergen Heilemann
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Publication number: 20180208025Abstract: A shading device for a window of a motor vehicle with a sheet-like structure which is held on a winding shaft so as to be able to be wound up and unwound between a wound-up inoperative position and a stretched protective position. The winding shaft is mounted rotatably in a vehicle-mounted receiving space closable by a closing part mounted pivotably between a closed position and an opening position. The sheet-like structure is provided with a pull-out profile shiftable parallel along the window by a drive system. The closing part is controlled by a control mechanism between two different opening positions, of which a first opening position opens up an opening permitting passage of the pull-out profile, and a second opening position opens up a reduced opening selected to be of a size sufficient in order to permit the sheet-like structure to pass through without contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Matthias MAIER, Volker KLETT
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Publication number: 20180208026Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of a window covering assembly and a window frame of a vehicle. The window frame has an outer face including at least one groove having a depth direction in a direction substantially orthogonal to a pane of the window frame. The window covering assembly is provided with one or more snap elements for snap-fixing the window covering assembly to the at least one groove of the window frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Eduardus Leonardus Gennissen
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Publication number: 20180208027Abstract: A moon roof module includes a first transparent panel, a second transparent panel and a third transparent panel packaged in a compartment between the first transparent panel and the second transparent panel. The moon roof module also includes an actuator configured to displace the third transparent panel between a first position and a second position. A related method of switching a moon roof module between a transparent state and an opaque state is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Richard H. Wykoff, II, Kenneth Edward Nietering, Timothy J. Potter
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Publication number: 20180208028Abstract: A computer is programmed to modify an electrical property to adjust an opacity of a sensor cover window. The computer is programmed to actuate an excitation source to emit electro-magnetic beams toward the cover window.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Seubert, Kenneth Edward Nietering, Mark Edward Nichols
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Publication number: 20180208029Abstract: A vehicle door includes an outer panel, an inner panel including an inner wall portion, a side wall portion, and a flange portion, an impact beam provided so to extend between the outer panel and the inner wall portion on a surface parallel to inner wall portion, and a bracket including a fixed portion, a joint portion, and a recessed portion. The recessed portion recesses toward an inner-panel side such that a tip end of the impact beam is distanced from the bracket. In an extending direction of the impact beam, a yield strength of a region from the fixed portion to a tip end position of the impact beam for a load applied from the outer panel-side is lower than a yield strength of a region from the tip end position of the impact beam to the joint portion for the load applied from the outer-panel side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinobu TANAKA