Patents Issued in September 4, 2018
  • Patent number: 10065569
    Abstract: A reversible pad is provided for use on a vehicle center console. The pad includes a first side provided with a utility surface, a second side provided with a luxury surface, and wherein the pad is configured to engage with a center console with either the first side or the second side uppermost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Terence Joseph O'Neill
  • Patent number: 10065570
    Abstract: An electronic device holder includes a mounting surface configured to receive and retain an electronic device. First and second doors are disposed on opposite sides of the mounting surface and are gearingly engaged to one another on a rear side of the mounting surface for synchronized lateral movement between open and closed positions. An actuator is disposed on either the first or second door for actuating the doors to the open position from the closed position. A detent lever is pivotally coupled to either the first or second door and is configured to detent the doors in the open position. A detent release lever is pivotally coupled to the mounting surface, and is configured to release the detent lever such that the doors automatically move from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Gunnar Groesbeck, Joseph S. Talamonti
  • Patent number: 10065571
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body structure having a first structural component and a second structural component spaced apart to define a space. A structural subwoofer is disposed in the space and includes a case formed of a material having a high modulus of elasticity. The case has a first attachment connected to the first component and a second attachment connected to the second component to form a structural bridge spanning between the components and defining a load path from the first component, through the case, and into the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hussein Ajami, Paul Edward Guzman, Michael James Freeman
  • Patent number: 10065572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2) for a motor vehicle (1) having a mirror apparatus (13) which has a display element (7) with a semi-transparent mirror surface, and having a drive apparatus (15) by means of which the mirror apparatus (13) can be moved between a storage position and a position of use, wherein the mirror apparatus (13) has a sensor apparatus (22) which is configured to detect, in the position of use of the mirror apparatus (13), a force applied to the display element (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Daniel Kuntze, Lars Schoch, Karl Simonis
  • Patent number: 10065573
    Abstract: A monitor stowage device for stowing a monitor into a stowage component, the monitor capable of being opened and closed. The monitor stowage device comprises a motor and an opening-closing mechanism. The motor supplies drive force to the opening-closing mechanism to open and close the monitor. The drive force from the motor is transmitted to the opening-closing mechanism, and the opening-closing mechanism changes the state of the monitor from a closed state to an open state, the closed state in which the monitor is stowed in a stowage space of the stowage component such that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with a direction substantially perpendicular to the width direction of the stowage section, and the open state being a state in which the monitor is deployed in such a manner that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 10065574
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an in-cabin camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a hand of a driver of the vehicle. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the in-cabin camera. The control, responsive to image processing by the image processor of image data captured by the in-cabin camera, is operable to determine a movement of a hand of the vehicle driver. Responsive to determination of the movement of the driver's hand, the control is operable to determine if the movement is indicative of a gesture for controlling an accessory of the vehicle. Responsive to the determined gesture, the control may control pitch of another camera, yaw of another camera, roll of another camera, and/or a virtual viewing angle of a virtual camera of the bird's eye view system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Riza Tiryaki
  • Patent number: 10065575
    Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a windshield camera module having a camera and a circuit board, with the camera having a field of view through the windshield and forward of the vehicle. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection, where the circuitry (i) provides power to the camera, (ii) controls the camera and (iii) receives image data from the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is further from the windshield than the lens of the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is disposed at the windshield higher up than the lens of the camera. An image processor processes captured image data and is part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ove J. Salomonsson, Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen
  • Patent number: 10065576
    Abstract: An inner trim part for a motor vehicle, with a first layer which faces an interior of the motor vehicle after the installation of the inner trim part, and a second layer which is away from the interior of the motor vehicle after the installation of the inner trim part. The first layer comprises at least one material or a material composite which absorbs at least 50 percent of an incident electromagnetic radiation in the visible wavelength region and reflects at least 50 percent of an incident electromagnetic radiation in the infrared region. The second layer comprises at least a material or a material composite which reflects at least 50 percent of an incident electromagnetic radiation in the visible wavelength region as well as an electromagnetic radiation in the infrared wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Bernhard Baumann
  • Patent number: 10065577
    Abstract: A J-hook retainer includes a rigid structural component shaped with a hooked end. A soft rubber section is applied to or molded with the rigid structural component. The J-hook retainer holds a trim fabric in place over a vehicle component frame. Advantageously, the soft rubber section minimizes free play and rattling as well as assisting in avoiding sliding and detachment in case of partial contact between the J-hook retainer and vehicle component frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angela Braggion, Maurizio Atragene, Marco Rossi
  • Patent number: 10065578
    Abstract: A door trim coupling device for a vehicle with improved assemblability and detachability may include a wire provided in a closed loop form, a locking device disposed in a door trim of the vehicle, the locking device being provided to selectively wind or unwind the wire and a mounting device disposed at the door trim and configured to be engaged or disengaged from the door panel of the vehicle by winding or unwinding of the wire. The mounting device includes a guide lever including an insertion hole and a guide groove extending radially from the insertion hole and a guide block slidably coupled to the guide groove and configured to be engaged with or disengaged from the door panel along a sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duck Yang Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeseung Lee, Sun gu Lee, Sae Hoon Oh, Hun Sub Jeong, sueng ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10065579
    Abstract: A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David T. Patrick, Steve Mayes, Mark McCarthy, Philip D. LaPenna, Logan Kluge, Paul Alan Hellebuyck, Thomas Matthew Lewis, Alfred Jacob Glauser
  • Patent number: 10065580
    Abstract: A flange corner piece is provided that is used to provide decoration and sealing to the perimeter of a slide-out room. The slide-out room has an outside wall with a perimeter edge. Elongate extrusions are attached to the perimeter. The extrusions have terminal ends that are located proximate corners on the outside wall. Terminal ends of the extrusions are received by first and second receiving pockets in the flange corner piece. The receiving pockets are made up of walls that overlay portions of the extrusions and constrain it. The first and second receiving pockets affix neighboring extrusions and conceal the corners of the slide-out room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Rick L. Newman
  • Patent number: 10065581
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure comprising: a pillar member configuring a skeleton of a vehicle; a reinforcement member disposed inside the pillar member, bridging a pair of side portions of the pillar member, and reinforcing the pillar member; and an infrared transmission inhibition member, the infrared transmission inhibition member covering the reinforcement member at least from a design surface side of the pillar member and inhibiting transmission of infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Terada, Yoshinori Yamada
  • Patent number: 10065582
    Abstract: A cable duct has a cable floor with side walls that are attached to the cable floor. The cable floor has a three-dimensional laying structure, running inside a base plane and also in a z-direction, and it is divided into several floor segments. The segments form a combined injection-molded component and are joined together by hinges, so that at least a major portion of all floor segments is located in the base plane. In addition, cover segments preferably form part of the combined injection-molded component, such that, by way of just one injection molding tool, the entire three-dimensional cable duct can be produced as a two-dimensional injection-molded component, from which the three-dimensional structure of the cable duct is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Steiner, Peter Dohlus
  • Patent number: 10065583
    Abstract: An integrated power distribution, data network, and control architecture for a vehicle is provided that includes nodes distributed throughout the vehicle. Each node includes power distribution (PD) and data collection and distribution (DCD) components. The PD components receive electrical power from a source external to the node and distribute and control the electrical power supplied to active and passive electrical loads that are external to the node. The PD components include an electrical power input interface configured to receive an electrical power input from a source external to the node, and one or more power control modules. Each power control module can control the electrical power supplied to one or more electrical power output interfaces that supply power to the active and passive electrical loads. The DCD components receive data from data sources external to the node and transmit data to data consumers external to the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro R. Carleial, Michael Knight
  • Patent number: 10065584
    Abstract: An electric load medium works at a generation voltage of a generator while at least one processor is controlling the generation voltage of the generator considering a traveling state of a vehicle. The generation voltage of the generator is controlled considering the traveling state of the vehicle, when a first condition that a value that indicates a state of charge of a battery of the vehicle that is charged by power generated by the generator is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold is satisfied, and a second condition that the vehicle is during deceleration is satisfied. Otherwise, the generation voltage of the generator is controlled considering working of the electric load medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taejin Yoon
  • Patent number: 10065585
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system has a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a sixth switch, a DC-DC converter, and a controller. In a case where power is supplied to both of a starter and an electrical component from any one of a first battery and a second battery, the controller causes power to be supplied to the electrical component via the DC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Iwasaki, Yoshihiko Maeda
  • Patent number: 10065586
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a wheel supported by the frame; and a device fixed to the frame. The device includes an inflator and an inflatable member in fluid communication with the inflator. The inflatable member is inflatable away from the frame and into contact with the wheel to push the wheel away from the frame during sensed impact of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 10065587
    Abstract: An energy absorber for a vehicle bumper assembly having a central portion that is a multi-layer structure having a unitary front member extending between two end portions, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer disposed between and interconnecting the first and second layers. The first layer has a first plurality of members forming a first latticework structure having a first network of open sections between the first plurality of members. The first layer extends between the two end portions and between a rear member of the first layer and the unitary front member. The second layer has a second plurality of members forming a second latticework structure having a second network of open sections between the second plurality of members. The second layer extends between the two end portions and between a rear member of the second layer and the unitary front member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FLEX|N|GATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Martini, Steve Perucca, Mike Fu
  • Patent number: 10065588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crash box having a plurality of hollow chambers which extend over the longitudinal extent of the crash box, a first hollow chamber being arranged offset in terms of height with respect to a second hollow chamber and a third hollow chamber in the mounted position. Here, the first hollow chamber is separated by means of a dividing wall from the second and third hollow chambers which are preferably arranged next to one another above or below the first hollow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schiller, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 10065589
    Abstract: A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle. The method includes determining whether a collision between a subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress. Whether the collision will be a front small overlap collision is determined, and activation parameters of a vehicle safety system are set in a front small overlap collision mode if the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo Sun, Katsuhiko Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 10065590
    Abstract: A capacitive sensing device includes an antenna electrode for emitting an alternating electric field in response to an alternating voltage caused in the antenna electrode and a control and evaluation circuit configured to maintain the alternating voltage equal to an alternating reference voltage by injecting a current into the antenna electrode and to measure the current. The control and evaluation circuit includes a microcontroller with a digital output for providing a digital signal and a low-pass filter operatively connected to the digital output for generating the alternating reference voltage by low-pass-filtering the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Lamesch
  • Patent number: 10065591
    Abstract: The invention relates to an occupant restraint system (10) for a vehicle comprising a roof cross member (12) which extends transversely to a longitudinal vehicle axis (A) and is part of a body of the vehicle, an airbag module (14) which includes an airbag (16) and in a non-actuated initial state is accommodated inside the roof cross member (12), wherein the roof cross member (12) has a front side (18) facing a front end of the vehicle and an opposite rear side (20) facing a rear end of the vehicle, and wherein the front side (18) or the rear side (20) of the roof cross member (12) includes a mounting opening (22) for receiving the airbag module (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Debler, Maciej Sadowski
  • Patent number: 10065592
    Abstract: An airbag includes a hub defining an inflation chamber and inflatable fins. The inflatable fins are connected to the hub and spaced from each other around a circumference of the hub. The inflatable fins extend radially from the hub in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 10065593
    Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion divided into an upper cushion and a lower cushion, a folding portion at the upper cushion, and a door panel tether having a first end fixed to the folding portion and a second end fixed to a car body, in which when the curtain airbag inflates, a door side of the upper cushion may be pressed by the tension of the door panel tether and the upper cushion turns inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Tae In Kim
  • Patent number: 10065594
    Abstract: An airbag device, comprising: a gas generation device that is operable to generate gas; and an airbag that includes: a first chamber portion that is disposed at a vehicle front side of a vehicle seat on which a vehicle occupant sits, the first chamber portion being inflated due to gas generated by the gas generation device being supplied into the first chamber portion, a second chamber portion that is inflated due to gas generated by the gas generation device being supplied into the second chamber portion and that is disposed adjacent to the first chamber portion in a vehicle width direction, and a connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Atsushi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10065595
    Abstract: Vehicular airbag system for a driver includes a steering column, a steering wheel assembly rotatably mounted to the steering column and including a core, and a plurality of airbags arranged in the core and configured to inflate outward from the core. The airbags are nested such that each airbag is configured to inflate within or over at least one other airbag. Activatable inflator systems are configured to inflate a respective airbag at a different speed of inflation. A control system is coupled to the inflator systems and controls activation of the inflator systems and thus inflation of the airbags. The inflator systems are configured such that one of the inflator systems configured to inflate an innermost airbag has a highest speed of inflation of the inflator systems and one of the inflator systems configured to inflate an outermost airbag has a lowest speed of inflation of the inflator system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Cyclazoom LLC
    Inventor: Michael Kipnis
  • Patent number: 10065596
    Abstract: A removable safety belt harness assembly is operable to removably secure an object at a station to restrict egress. The assembly includes flexible safety belts and a belt positioning frame. The frame includes a pair of frame connectors that are each attached to a restraining section of a corresponding belt. The frame restricts relative movement between the safety belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Halcore Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Fisher
  • Patent number: 10065597
    Abstract: A multi-point seat belt safety apparatus and system and device that automatically moves, adjusts, or otherwise corrects itself around one or more webbing deflection points, and utilizes different components, to accommodate seat occupants with different sizes and ages. In particular, when an occupant extends the webbing across their torso towards an anchor point, generally disposed to the near the side of their waist, the webbing first contacts the torso/shoulder of the occupant at a particular distance above the seat, which is reflective of the occupant's height, causing the webbing to automatically move along a length of a deflection element, positioned at, above, or near the shoulder of the seat occupant, to an appropriate deflection point. At such, the webbing is kept at a proper location, away from the neck of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GHC, SL
    Inventors: Theodore August Gast, Claudia Capella Masero, Luis Capella Folguera, Carlos Grassi Osma
  • Patent number: 10065598
    Abstract: In a belt shaft (12) of a belt retractor (42) of a seat belt comprising a base member (10) extending in the longitudinal direction of an axis of rotation (D) to which the seat belt is fastened, the base member (10) is a stamped and bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Seitzer
  • Patent number: 10065599
    Abstract: An insert for a vehicle console is provided. The insert includes a frame having first and second opposing retention flanges, each first retention flange being hingedly supported from the frame, such that each retention flange is capable of rotating away from the frame. A support strut is also provided for restraining the retention flanges from pivoting away from a position extending beyond the access opening of said vehicle console. Removal of a lockable lid connected with the frame becomes almost impossible without total destruction of the vehicle console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Bestop Tuffy, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Funk, Shawn Gregory
  • Patent number: 10065600
    Abstract: A vehicle door opening and closing control device opens or closes a door of a vehicle according to a kicking motion of a leg detected by a kick sensor. A threshold is set for output from the kick sensor. Motion duration time until the output from the sensor falls below the threshold after the output from the sensor exceeds the threshold in a kicking motion is measured. Motion completion estimated time until the kicking motion is completed is calculated according to the motion duration time, for example, by assuming that motion completion estimated time=motion duration time/2. When the elapsed time after the output from the sensor falls below the threshold reaches the motion completion estimated time, opening operation or closing operation of the door starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Motoki, Hirohito Miyazaki, Kenshin Oh
  • Patent number: 10065601
    Abstract: The components of the alarm system are fully enclosed within a portable housing and require no external power or data signal connections. A mobile transmitter generates a proximity signal indicating a given range from the vehicle. An audible alarm signal and a GPS location signal are generated in response to the output of one or more sensors indicating a particular occurrence, if a transmitter is outside of the given range, indicating that the driver has left the vehicle unattended and vulnerable to attack. When the vehicle is driven by an authorized driver having the transmitter, the received proximity signal indicates that the driver is within the given range, preventing the generation of the audible alarm resulting from sensors being triggered by shifting cargo in the cargo compartment resulting from vehicle movement and irregular road surface conditions during transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BABACO ALARM SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Greg Haber
  • Patent number: 10065602
    Abstract: A vehicle configured to automatically clear snow from windows of the vehicle includes: a prime mover, a first window with a first vibration sensor, processor(s) configured to: control speed or load of the prime mover to increase vibration detected by the first vibration sensor, control the speed or the load of the prime mover, within certain predetermined limits, to maximize vibration detected by the first vibration sensor; accept a user prioritization of the windows; control speed or load of the prime mover based on the user prioritization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohannad Hakeem, Umer Khalid, Mohamed Mattar
  • Patent number: 10065603
    Abstract: A windshield assembly includes a laminated windshield provided with a cutout and a motor mounting plate secured to the laminated windshield over the cutout. The motor mounting plate includes a mounting hole, and a wiper motor is secured to the motor mounting plate via the mounting hole. The structure distributes forces encountered by the wiper and motor over a large area on the glass. Also, due to a small footprint, the view through the windshield is less obstructed. The structure also eliminates the need for drilling/aligning holes in laminated glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bender, Brian Castleman
  • Patent number: 10065604
    Abstract: A brushing system, including: a brush; and a hydraulic motor, for rotating the brush. The hydraulic motor is operable by pressurized water, and the pressurized water is administrable by outlets of the brush, thereby brushing of the brush is accompanied by the administrable water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventors: Shmuel Bokobza, Menachem Mendel Lipsker
  • Patent number: 10065605
    Abstract: A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: C&Z 3-IN-1 Wiper System LLC
    Inventors: Cara Petrowski, Zoltan Ezer
  • Patent number: 10065606
    Abstract: A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper includes a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion comprising two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton
  • Patent number: 10065607
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device (7) suitable for connecting a wiper blade for a window of a vehicle to a wiper arm, including at least one means (19) for rigid connection onto the wiper blade and a means (25) for linking to the wiper arm, said connection device (7) including a circuit (11) capable of channeling a liquid, characterized in that the circuit (11) is defined by at least one tube (12) and in that the rigid connection means (19) and the linking means (25) are at least partially molded around the tube (12). The invention can be used for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Denis Thebault, Eric Poton
  • Patent number: 10065608
    Abstract: A flow guider and a wiper assembly for wiper, wherein a spring rail is detachably received in the flow guider which is provided with a longitudinal slot providing along the extension direction of the flow guider for accommodating the spring rail, and a receiving portion being able to receive the edges of the spring rail is provided on the side portions of the flow guider forming the longitudinal slot, for restricting the breakaway of the spring rail from the flow guider, wherein at least one stopper is provided on the longitudinal side walls of the longitudinal slot of the flow guider, a stop portion is provided on the spring rail for cooperating with the stopper, and the mutual cooperation of the stopper and the stop portion can stop the breakaway of the spring rail from the flow guider in the extension direction of the flow guider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Unipoint Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Benner, Sam Lai, Irving Chiu, Hsuhui Huang, Chienhung Lai
  • Patent number: 10065609
    Abstract: In a washer nozzle for a windshield washer system of a motor vehicle with a heating element held in a duct, a sealing compound for holding the heating element and a sealing element are manufactured from different materials and spaced apart from one another. Consequently, the sealing element may be manufactured from a material having poor heat conduction and the sealing compound from a material having good heat conduction. The washer nozzle has an especially long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Munk, Andreas Rehs, Heiko Weitzel
  • Patent number: 10065610
    Abstract: A peripheral information detection device includes a device body that is mounted with sensors each including a detection section that detects peripheral information, and a wiping mechanism that wipes off foreign objects that have adhered to locations of the device body facing the detection sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 10065611
    Abstract: A cleaning implement includes an elongated, arcuate shaft having a handle at a proximal end and a cleaning head at a distal end. The cleaning head includes a plurality of juxtaposed, removable attachments, such as a sponge, a scrubbing brush and one or more wiper blades. The shaft is constructed with a resilient but slightly pliable material so that a user can simultaneously force the sponge, brush and blades against a windshield by applying a predetermined amount of force to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventors: Reynaldo V Alonzo, Nina Seyedabadi
  • Patent number: 10065612
    Abstract: A vehicle braking arrangement includes a braking plate and a link arm arranged to connect the braking plate to a vehicle. The braking plate is movable from a rest position to a braking position where contact is made with the ground. The braking plate is arranged for a first mode of operation, corresponding to the rest position, and a second mode of operation, corresponding to the braking position. In the first mode of operation, the braking plate has a first contact area arranged to face the ground, and in the second mode of operation, the braking plate has a second contact area arranged to face the ground. The second area exceeds the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Svensson, Dan Bråse, Erik Rydsmo, Jan-Erik Källhammer
  • Patent number: 10065613
    Abstract: A brake system for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, including a master brake cylinder, in particular a tandem master brake cylinder, a brake booster which is connected upstream of the master brake cylinder, in particular at least four hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes, and a first electrohydraulic brake control device which includes a first pressure regulating valve arrangement for adjusting wheel-specific brake pressures, in particular an electrically actuatable pressure source, and a wheel-specific outlet pressure connection for each wheel brake, wherein the brake booster is designed to be electrically actuatable, and a second electrohydraulic brake control device is provided which includes a second pressure regulating valve arrangement, in particular for adjusting wheel-specific brake pressures, and which is connected in series between the first brake control device and the wheel brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Paul Linhoff, Alfred Eckert
  • Patent number: 10065614
    Abstract: A system and method for variably controlling regenerative braking are provided. The system includes an imaging device that is configured to generate image information by photographing a front vehicle and a road situation and an accelerometer that is configured to sense acceleration of the front vehicle or a subject vehicle. A radar sensor is configured to sense a distance between the front vehicle and the subject vehicle. A vehicle controller is configured to recognize the acceleration of the front vehicle or the subject vehicle, the distance between the front vehicle and the subject vehicle, and whether a brake light of the front vehicle is turned on, to determine whether to actively decelerate the subject vehicle, and execute active deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ba Ro Hyun, Sung Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 10065615
    Abstract: A simulation device for an electrically controlled braking apparatus of a vehicle with an electric motor having a motorized axis slant in relation to the translation axis of the strut of the pedal group, a contrast body connected to the strut, a main abutment wall and an elastic contrast element, disposed between the main abutment wall and the contrast body. The method of applying the contrast action to the pedal provides for activating, when the flattening action of the pedal by the user is terminated, the motor to achieve an inactive configuration in which the useful distance of maximum compression of the elastic contrast element is minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Sala, Riccardo Arrigoni, Beniamin Szewczyk
  • Patent number: 10065616
    Abstract: A motion control system adapted for use on a vehicle having a prime mover with a power range and a speed range and at least one wheel. The preferred motion control system comprises a first control device that is operatively connected to the prime mover, a pump that is operatively connected to the prime mover and adapted to convey fluid, a second control device that is operatively connected to the pump, a fluid line that is adapted to convey fluid from the pump, a motor that is adapted to receive fluid from the fluid line and control the rotational speed of the at least one wheel, and a microprocessor that is adapted to provide a required amount of power and speed infinitely proportional through the power and speed range of the prime mover. A method for controlling the motion of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Breaker Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad D. Toole, Andy Jackson, Chris Marchl, Gary Posey
  • Patent number: 10065617
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting an intact portion of a service brake system from a failed wheel end of a vehicle is provided. A failure in a wheel end is detected by determining an operation state of each of the wheel ends by monitoring parameters including the pressure in a parking brake air supply line. When it is determined that a failed wheel end is present in the service brake system, a service brake isolation valve is switched to a state in which the failed wheel end is isolated from the rest of the brake system. The service brake of the failed wheel end is disabled, while the service brakes of the other wheel ends are enabled for normal operation. The parking brake of the failed wheel end is enabled, while the parking brakes of the other wheel ends are disabled to prevent immobilization of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Charles E Eberling, Fred W Hoffman, Ronald S Plantan
  • Patent number: 10065618
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing brake line pressure after brake booster vacuum has been exhausted is presented. In one example, brake line pressure is increased at a same rate after brake booster vacuum is exhausted as before brake booster vacuum is exhausted so that a driver experiences a continuous braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Ross Dykstra Pursifull