Abstract: A structure for a vehicle includes a lower frame member and an upper frame member. A pillar extends from the lower frame member to the upper frame member and a step is carried by the pillar between the lower frame member and upper frame member.

Abstract: A retractable running board assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a running board and a linkage connected to the running board. The linkage includes a hinge provided by a pin rotatable relative to a bushing, which is bushing provided in a recess in the linkage. Further, a seal is provided in the recess between the bushing and an opening of the recess.

Abstract: A gap hiding structure for a vehicle luggage floor including: a gap hiding board hinged to the vehicle luggage floor and configured to cover a gap between the luggage floor and a seat; a rear tilt down mechanism configured to cause the entire seat to be sunk from a use position to an underfloor storage position with a forward tilting of a seat back; a first support surface portion configured to support the gap hiding board to be substantially flush with the luggage floor in the use position; and a second support surface portion configured to support the gap hiding board to be substantially flush with the luggage floor in the underfloor storage position; and a lifting mechanism configured to push up the gap hiding board avoiding interference with the second support surface portion by lifting the first support surface portion according to a rearward movement of the seat.

Abstract: A pop-up console apparatus for a vehicle may include a console housing disposed in a vehicle; a cover device disposed on the console housing to cover or pop open a top portion of the console housing; and one or more lower trays sequentially disposed under the cover device, wherein at least one of the lower trays moves up and down along a guide that is coupled to an end portion of the cover to pop up together with the cover while being inserted into the console housing.

Abstract: A map pocket usable as a trim component for a vehicle door assembly includes an inward-facing, substrate material layer including a polyethylene/polypropylene fibrous, thermoformed material and an outward-facing, A-side material layer including a non-woven, thermoformed material, disposed abuttingly against the substrate material layer.

Abstract: A garment hanging device for use in a vehicle includes a coupler that is configured to couple to a garment hook of the vehicle. A plate is hingedly coupled to the coupler. The plate is selectively positionable in a stowed configuration, wherein a first edge of the plate is positioned adjacent to the coupler, and a deployed configuration, wherein the first edge is positioned substantially perpendicular to the coupler. A plurality of first slots is positioned in the first edge of the plate. The first slots are configured to insert hook portions of hangers to couple the hangers to the plate. Garments that are positioned on the hangers are suspended from the plate.

Abstract: An apparatus has a slide rail along a first edge of an automobile roof, a first and a second wheel tray engaged in the slide rail, the wheel trays adjustable along the slide rail, a pivot structure secured to the roof proximate a second edge of the roof, a telescoping support arm pivoted at a first end around the pivot structure, and a locking mechanism to constrain, when locked, the length of the telescoping support arm, and a capture mechanism at a second end of the support arm, opposite the first end, adapted to capture a rail of the bicycle.

Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a height-adjustable screed mounted to a chassis of the road finishing machine for laying a paving layer, and at least one retainer device for supporting and positioning at least one sensor unit. The retainer device comprises at least one supporting arm module, at least one sensor module including the sensor unit, and at least one link that may be movably positioned at the supporting arm module to which the sensor module may be mounted and which mounts the sensor module to the supporting arm module. Furthermore, the sensor module comprises a retainer with a mounting plate which is releasably mounted to the link.

Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle-mounted mobile phone holder is provided with a window glass breaker on a mounting seat. Under the premise of the mobile phone holder able to retain a mobile phone in a car, the mobile phone holder can be used to break the window glass of the car when there is an emergency for the driver or passenger to escape from the car. The mobile phone holder is convenient and practical. The mobile phone holder can reduce the number of car accessories and the space occupied by the car accessories due to the combination of multiple functions.

Abstract: In a mounting assembly of a vehicular utility part mounting member and a vehicular interior part, the vehicular utility part mounting member includes first and second walls extending from a cover member to be opposite each other and configured to have a vehicular utility part therebetween, an extended wall including first and second extended portions extending from extended distal end portions of the first and second walls to an outside of the cover member and parallel to the cover member, and a connection portion connecting end portions of the first and second extended portions that are outside the cover member. The vehicular utility part arranged in a space inside the extended wall has an exposed portion that is disposed outside the cover member and the exposed portion overlaps an insertion hole edge of the insertion hole of the vehicular interior part.

Abstract: A bracket for an on-vehicle camera includes: a camera fixing portion to which the on-vehicle camera is fixed; at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion provided integrally with the camera fixing portion and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; and at least one weak portion arranged at a position at which the camera fixing portion is separable from the at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion by breakage of the at least one weak portion, the at least one weak portion being breakable more easily than another part of the bracket.

Abstract: A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail fixedly attached to at least one fixed window panel, with the at least one fixed window panel defining an opening. A movable window panel is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail between a closed position, where the movable window panel is disposed at the opening, and an opened position, where the movable window panel is disposed at least partially along the at least one fixed window panel. A camera is mounted at an inner surface of the at least one fixed window panel and captures image data representative of the scene rearward of the slider window assembly.

Abstract: A camera calibration system for cameras of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The fields of view of at least two of the cameras overlap. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the cameras to determine features in the overlapping regions of the fields of view of the at least two cameras. The camera calibration system determines a best fitting camera model based on actual geometric properties of each of the cameras. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle for displaying images derived from image data captured by the at least two cameras for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. Responsive to determining a best fitting camera model, the display screen displays images derived from image data captured by the at least two cameras.

Abstract: A storage drawer assembly capable of fitting to a vehicle. The drawer assembly comprises a primary space frame having at least a front wall, side walls and at least one intermediate wall between the sidewalls together defining compartments therein. The compartments are each capable of receiving and retaining there within a drawer mounted on a runner to enable the drawer to slide in and out of one said compartments. The frame is arranged to enable the drawers when open to extend beyond the periphery of the vehicle. The primary space frame receives and retains cladding forming a rear, top and bottom walls; wherein the bottom wall includes fixation apertures which receive fasteners which secure the drawer assembly to a vehicle tray.

Abstract: A protective device for a cargo carrier is provided that includes a deflective portion disposed proximate to an intersection between a top surface of a cargo deck and an interior surface of a wall of a cargo carrying vehicle. The deflective portion includes a beveled part and a convex part connected to the beveled part that deflects objects from an interior surface of the wall of the cargo carrier.

Abstract: A vehicle trim part having a layered, decorative finish is provided. The part includes a polymeric substrate, a decorative layer overlying the polymeric substrate and a light-transmissive, protective layer overlying and protecting the decorative layer. The protective layer includes a front surface and a rear surface having a surface portion with a translucent surface finish. The decorative layer has an opening extending from a rear surface of the decorative layer to a front surface of the decorative layer and aligned with the translucent surface finish. Both a cross section of the opening at the front surface of the decorative layer and the translucent surface finish are sized and shaped to form a light pattern which is visible at the front of the part when artificial lighting illuminates the translucent surface finish from the rear of the part.

Abstract: A trim panel such as an end panel for an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, has a body including an exposed face and a flange that interfaces with an elastomeric seal on the motor vehicle. At least one tubercle is provided on that flange. A method of installing a trim panel on a motor vehicle adjacent to an elastomeric seal is also disclosed. Tubercles on the flange gently push the elastomeric seal away from the flange during installation protecting the surface of the elastomeric seal from marring or other damage during the installation process.

Abstract: Bracket assemblies to connect a first part and a second part where the two parts form an angle with one another including a first articulation member that includes a first joint portion with a first pivot connection that is coupled with the first part, the first articulation member also including a second joint portion having a second pivot connection that is coupled with the second part. In some examples, there is a second articulation member that is pivotably connected to the first articulation member and the first part.

Abstract: A door edge protector device includes a protector, a cam member and a link mechanism. Cam portions are formed in the cam member, and the cam member is rotated by an input corresponding to a close/open state of a door. The link mechanism includes cam followers which are engaged with the cam portions, and the protector is attached to the link mechanism. By the engagement between the cam portions and the cam followers, the link mechanism moves in an interlocking manner with rotation of the cam member. A locus T includes an accommodated position corresponding to the close state of the door and a set position covering a door edge corresponding to the close state of the door. The cam portions are configured so that the protector moves along the locus by movement of the link mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a drain member arranged along an edge of a glass window. The drain member includes a surface exposed to an outside of a vehicle, a drain passage extending in a direction along the edge of the glass window and formed to be hollow, and a communication path having one end communicating with the drain passage and the other end communicating with the surface of the drain member. The communication path is formed to have a width that draws water from the surface into the drain passage by a capillarity phenomenon, and a width of the drain passage in a direction orthogonal to the direction is formed to be wider than the width of the communication path.

Abstract: Provided is a combination cable for a vehicle that is capable of reducing noise interference and cross-talk between twisted pair wires. The combination cable for a vehicle includes a wire bundle and a sheath covering the wire bundle. The wire bundle includes a two-core first twisted pair wire, a two-core second twisted pair wire, a one-core first wire, and a one-core second wire. When viewed in cable cross-section, the wire bundle has the first twisted pair wire disposed on one side of a center line that runs from a center of the first wire to a center of the second wire, and has the second twisted pair wire disposed on the other side of the center line, and the first twisted pair wire and the second twisted pair wire are separated from each other.

Abstract: A wire harness includes electric wires, and an electromagnetic wave suppression member that includes a restricting member and an annular magnetic core, the restricting member being provided to cover a periphery of the electric wires and including an inner wall portion more rigid than the electric wires, and the magnetic core being provided around the inner wall portion. The restricting member includes fixing portions formed to fix the electromagnetic wave suppression member to a fixing target.

Abstract: A device to detect engine oil level and temperature. The device comprises: a thermistor; an unregulated, or voltage-only regulated, power supply configured to provide a non-continuous high current to the thermistor for a predetermined time in order to induce self-heating of the thermistor. An ADC (“Analog-Digital Converter”) configured to read a voltage across the thermistor before and after the heating of the thermistor. A processor is configured to calculate a change in temperature of the thermistor on the basis of a change in voltage measured by the ADC, and, thereby, deduce an engine oil level and temperature.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system includes an ignition detector that detects when a vehicle ignition is off. A motion sensor detects movement within the vehicle. A first thermostat detects when temperature within the vehicle reaches a predetermined threshold. A remote start module starts a vehicle engine when the ignition detector detects the vehicle ignition is off, the motion sensor detects movement within the vehicle and the first thermostat detects temperature within the vehicle has reached the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bumper beam (B) comprising a main cross member (1) and a cross member part (2) fixedly attached to said main cross member (1). Said cross member part (2) forms in itself or together with one or more portions of the main cross member (1) a closed chamber (C) in a cross section of the bumper beam and is arranged at an upper side (11) or at a lower side (12) of said main cross member (1). Said closed chamber (C) abuts and extends over only a portion of said upper side (11) or said lower side (12) of said main cross member (1) as seen in the cross direction of said main cross member (1) and over essentially the entire length and in a longitudinal direction of said main cross member (1). Said main cross member (1) together with said cross member part (2) form a closed main chamber (M).

Abstract: A bumper beam for a vehicle including a bumper beam body having a tubular portion extending in a vehicle width direction, the bumper beam having a metal section and a composite section, wherein the metal section and the composite section are coaxial, the composite portion being along an inner surface of the metal section.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle includes a bumper crossmember and a deformation element which is arranged on the bumper crossmember and which has a first element and a second element which are displaceable relative to each other in the event of a collision of the motor vehicle, and a mechanical locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a movable locking element which is pretensionable or is pretensioned with a spring device and which is arranged on the first element or on the second element, and with a depression or step to which the other of the first element and the second element can be latched in a form-fitting manner. In the event of a high displacement speed which is greater than or equal to a predetermined second displacement speed, the locking mechanism prevents displacement of the first element relative to the second element by means of self-locking of the locking element.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a front part of the motor vehicle, includes a bumper crossbeam and a deformation element arranged in front of the bumper crossbeam. The deformation element has a bending section, the end of which is in contact with a surface or which comes into contact with the surface in the event of a collision, in particular a front collision of the motor vehicle. The end of the bending section is designed such that it can move along the surface as a result of the collision, wherein the surface has an engaging device with which the end of the bending section can be, in particular, engaged.

Abstract: A variable shear control energy absorption system for a vehicle is provided. The system may include a vehicle frame component and a primary deformable impact absorber located adjacent the vehicle frame component. The vehicle frame component may be a bumper reinforcement member. The system may include a plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers located within the primary deformable impact absorber, each secondary deformable impact chamber including a shear thickening fluid that exhibits an increasing or decreasing viscosity responsive to an impact force. At least one elastic relief chamber is provided in fluid communication with the plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers. The elastic relief chamber is configured to temporarily accept the shear thickening fluid from the plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers during low force impacts, and to redirect the shear thickening fluid back to the secondary deformable impact chambers after the low impact force recedes.

Abstract: An energy absorbing device includes a deformable elongate member that is arranged in a manner such that the device, in use, deforms in a controlled manner upon the absorption of impact energy. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the energy absorbing device.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame and a bumper pivotally connected to the frame. An actuator is mounted to the frame and coupled to the bumper. The actuator is operable to pivot the bumper relative to the frame between a substantially vertical position and an angled position. A user interface is used to activate the actuator. A vehicle controller is programmed to receive a signal from the user interface, and responsive to receiving the signal, activate the actuator to pivot the bumper. The controller may also issue warnings to the driver when the bumper is in an incorrect position for the current driving conditions.

Abstract: A deployable dent shield assembly for a vehicle includes a deployable dent shield element adapted for translation between a stowed position comprising a coiled configuration disposed below a vehicle element and a deployed position overlaying at least a portion of a vehicle door and/or fender. The dent shield assemblies may be manually-operated or power-operated.

Abstract: A device configured to couple to a wheel assembly of a mobile device is provided. The device includes a first side portion configured to couple to a first lateral side of the wheel assembly. The device also includes a second side portion configured to couple to a second lateral side of the wheel assembly opposite the first lateral side, wherein the first and second side portions are compliant mechanisms configured to both move a movable obstacle out of a path of the mobile device and to retract in response to a force exerted on the first and second side portions by a fixed obstacle disposed along the path.

Abstract: A device for providing an activation voltage for a safety unit for a vehicle. The device includes a supply terminal for applying a first supply voltage potential, an activation terminal for outputting the activation voltage, and a control terminal for reading in a control signal. In addition, the device includes a pass-through switch that is connected between the supply terminal and the activation terminal, a first control switch, a second control switch, and a third control switch that includes a control input that is connected to the control terminal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for the rear end collision protection of a vehicle. The method comprises: in a driving process of a current vehicle, detecting a rear vehicle distance by a radar; judging whether the rear vehicle distance is less than a distance threshold, and if yes, calculating a collision time according to the approaching speed of the rear vehicle and the rear vehicle distance; and judging whether the collision time is less than a time threshold, and if yes, initiating an airbag disposed at a rear bumper of the current vehicle, wherein after expanded, the airbag forms a long-strip-shaped inflatable bladder at the outside of the rear bumper of the current vehicle.

Abstract: A rollover mitigation device for a motor vehicle comprises a frame mounted to a roof assembly within which is disposed a transversely mounted deployable rollover protector shaft. The frame comprises a pair of lateral mounting rails mounted to the roof assembly and a tubular cross member extending between the pair of lateral mounting rails. The deployable rollover protector shaft is substantially disposed within the tubular cross member when in the stowed position and is actuated from the stowed position to a locked deployed position by a spring disposed within the tubular cross member. A controller actuates a release lock to release the deployable rollover protector shaft to the deployed position upon a sensor detecting a roll angle of the motor vehicle exceeding a predetermined value. A deployment lock restrains the deployable rollover protector shaft in the deployed position.

Abstract: A roll over protection system for a vehicle having a first upright portion with a first end and a second end defining a first aperture, a second upright portion having a first end and a second end defining a second aperture, a third upright portion having a first end defining a first borehole and connected to first upright portion and a second end having a second borehole and connected to the second portion, a first pin and a first bushing are positioned in the first aperture and the first borehole, a second pin and a second bushing are positioned in the second aperture and the second borehole, the first and second bushings having first inner diameters that are greater than second inner diameters, the first and second pins having diameters that are greater than the second inner diameters and less than or equal to the first inner diameters.

Abstract: An arm rest attachable to a seat for a vehicle occupant to sit on includes side members, a front member, and a rear member. The side members include a pair of side members provided at left and right sides of the vehicle occupant and extending in a front-rear direction. The front member is in front of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant is seated and is configured to couple front sides of the left and right side members to each other at least when in use. The rear member couples the seat to rear sides of the side members. The side members and the front member are rotatable about a line that connects left and right coupled points between the rear member and the seat.

Abstract: An arm rest attachable to a seat for a vehicle occupant to sit on includes a pair of side members, a front member, and an airbag. The pair of side members are configured to be at left and right sides of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant is seated. The side members extend in a front-rear direction and are coupled to the seat. The front member is configured to be in front of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant is seated and is coupled to at least one of the pair of side members. The airbag is configured to deploy toward the vehicle occupant from the front member. When the vehicle occupant comes into contact with the deployed airbag, the airbag is supported by a reactive-force member from which a reactive force is obtained as a result of the airbag abutting on the reactive-force member.

Abstract: An arm rest attachable to a seat for a vehicle occupant to sit on includes a pair of side members, a pair of front members, and an airbag. The side members are at left and right sides of the vehicle occupant, extend in a front-rear direction, and are coupled to the seat. The front members are in front of the vehicle occupant and extend inward in a width direction of the seat from the side members. The airbag deploys toward the vehicle occupant from at least one of the pair of side members or the pair of front members. The airbag includes a lateral abutment unit that abuts on the side members and a front abutment unit that abuts on the front members. The airbag has a substantially-triangular cross section taken in a substantially horizontal direction, the cross section including the lateral abutment unit and the front abutment unit.

Abstract: A seat belt apparatus includes webbing, a tubular webbing guide through which the webbing is movably inserted in an insertion direction, an inflatable airbag disposed along an outer side of the webbing guide, and a bag cover configured to cover the airbag, wherein the bag cover includes a first cover end in the insertion direction and a second cover end on an opposite side of the first cover end in the insertion direction, and the webbing guide includes a first guide end alongside the first cover end, a second guide end alongside the second cover end, and a peripheral wall continuously extending between the first guide end and the second guide end so as to form a space between the peripheral wall and the webbing.

Abstract: A safety belt restraint system for a seat, particularly a rear seat, of a motor vehicle includes a safety belt for the seat, a belt buckle configured to releasably fix the safety belt to the motor vehicle, a fastening element attached to the safety belt for separably latching in the belt buckle, and an airbag integrated into the safety belt. The airbag include a first section for the abdomen and the chest and a second section of the airbag for the head.

Abstract: A system and method of inflating an airbag are disclosed. The system and method include detecting application of a force at at least one of a plurality of sensors, initiating an inflation system to cause inflation of the airbag and an airbag positioner responsive to the detecting, inflating the airbag positioner based on the initiating, inflating the airbag, and breaching a compartment initially housing at least one of the airbag and the airbag positioner. The system and method include inflating the airbag positioner to reposition an out-of-position occupant reducing the constraints on the design of the airbag and improving protection for the in-position occupant.

Abstract: An air bag mounting interior trim that efficiently pressurizes and welds ribs of a retainer and an instrument panel includes: a retainer having a first wall portion disposed at a deployment side of the air bag; and a panel having a second wall portion opposed to the first wall portion, at the deployment side of the first wall portion. The first and second wall portions each have an inclined face inclined in a pressurizing direction at assembly of the retainer and the panel. The retainer has a first rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the first wall portion toward the panel side. The panel has a second rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the second wall portion toward the retainer side. The first and second ribs have weld end faces that face each other in parallel, and that are aligned with the pressurizing direction.

Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an armrest, a movable member, and a controller. The armrest is provided on a side of a seat in a vehicle on which an arm of a passenger sitting on the seat can be placed. The movable member is provided in the armrest, and configured to move from the armrest toward a side of an upper body of the passenger sitting on the seat and retract into the armrest. The controller is configured to move and retract the movable member in accordance with a behavior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A steering wheel airbag, arranged to cover a steering wheel when inflation is completed, includes: a front-collision receiving surface which is arranged on a side of a driver when inflation is completed, so as to receive the driver moving forward during a head-on collision of a vehicle, the front-collision receiving surface being arranged substantially along a vertical direction to be tilted with respect to a ring surface of the steering wheel when inflation is completed; and arm restraining parts which are arranged near arms of the driver steering a ring part of the steering wheel on both right and left sides of the front-collision receiving surface when inflation is completed, the arm restraining parts coming into contact with the arms during an oblique collision or an offset collision of the vehicle, so as to prevent a movement of the driver to an obliquely front side.

Abstract: An airbag includes an insert opening. An inflator is inserted into the airbag via the insert opening and set in a holding section of a retainer which is disposed inside the airbag. The retainer includes, at its end region disposed towards the insert opening of the airbag, two retaining pawls that are in engagement with a periphery of the insert opening. The insert opening is composed of a plurality of slits formed on a base material of the airbag such that one or more area among the slits serve as a bent sealing region that is bent inward and covers an outer periphery of the inflator. The slits include a pair of retaining slits that intersect each other. Each of the retaining pawls protrudes from a terminal of each of the retaining slits. A peripheral area of the retaining slits constitutes the bent sealing region.

Abstract: A retainer and an inflator are disposed inside the airbag. The retainer includes a mounting base section, a holding section which extends from the mounting base section and receives and holds an inflator therein, and a second mounting means which protrudes from the mounting base perpendicularly. The inflator includes a cylindrical body provided with a gas release section and, a first mounting means protruding from a region of the body disposed outside the airbag. The retainer further includes a storing dent section which receives the first mounting means of the inflator so as to conform an orientation of the first means to that of the second mounting means and, a pressing section disposed proximate the storing dent section. The pressing section is brought into close contact with a circumferential area of the body of the inflator when the first mounting means of the inflator is secured to a vehicle body.

Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag, an inflator and a retainer. The retainer includes a generally tubular holding section for holding the inflator therein and mounting means which protrudes out of the holding section in a direction generally perpendicular to an axis of the inflator to be mounted on a vehicle body member in order to mount the airbag and the inflator on the vehicle body member. The holding section includes an elastically deformable support region which has been elastically deformed and brought into abutment against an outer circumference of the inflator when the inflator was inserted into the holding section, and supports the inflator in the elastically deformed state at an inner side of the holding section, and a supporting projection which has higher rigidity than the elastically deformable support region and abuts against the outer circumference of the inflator at the inner side of the holding section.

Abstract: An airbag includes a body, an insert opening and a flap member which covers the insert opening from inside of the airbag. A retainer is disposed inside the airbag, and an inflator is inserted into a holding section of the retainer via the insert opening such that the root end protrudes from the insert opening. The flap member entirely covers the insert opening of the airbag body as unfolded and is joined to the airbag body, with a continuous seam, by the circumferential edge except the leading edge disposed towards the leading end of the inflator. The flap member thus covers the holding section of the retainer. The retainer includes an open region which exposes an outer periphery of the inflator towards the flap member, and the leading edge of the flap member is disposed at a position to be pressed against the outer periphery of the inflator via the open region at airbag deployment.