Abstract: A bumper for a vehicle armrest assembly includes a base that extends from a first end to a second end. The base includes a front surface. The bumper includes a stop that extends from the front surface of the base. The bumper also includes a cushion that extends from the front surface of the base. The cushion extends a greater distance from the base than the stop.

Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle includes a dynamic damper attached to a frame of a seat installed in the vehicle. The dynamic damper includes a damper case that is formed from separable first and second case halves, a weight that is housed in a damper chamber, and an elastic member that is disposed between the weight and the damper chamber so as to allow vibration of the weight. The damper case is provided with a plurality of mounting parts that are mounted on the frame, and the mounting parts comprise first and second mounting parts which are engaged with the frame at two left and right places as seen in a front view of the seat, and a third mounting part other than the first and second mounting parts which is provided between the first and second mounting parts.

Abstract: An armrest assembly with a cup holder includes an armrest frame with a cup holder frame. The assembly also includes a bezel with a bezel cup holder opening. The bezel cup holder opening is adjacent the cup holder frame. The bezel is retained on the armrest frame by a plurality of bracket latches. The assembly also includes a cup holder base. The cup holder base includes a base opening which is adapted to accommodate a beverage container. A base projection substantially surrounds the base opening. At least a portion of the base projection is located in the cup holder frame. The cup holder base is retained on the bezel by a plurality of base latches.

Abstract: A folding console is provided. That folding console includes a support, a panel connected by a first pivot to the support and a flap connected by a second pivot to the panel.

Abstract: A hooklift mounted on heavy duty trucks or trailers that allows for lifting, re-positioning, transporting, and unloading various containers. A hooklift assembly having a frame. A lift arm having lift linkages rotatably mounted at a hinge end to at least one position on the frame. A hook arm rotatably coupled at a hook end of the lift arm. The hook arm configured for loading or unloading a container from the frame. A hydraulic actuator coupled at one end to the frame and at the other end to the lift linkage. The hydraulic actuator simultaneously lifting the lift linkage from a storage position into an extended position and adjusting an angle between the hook arm and the lift linkage.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a trailer for an autonomous vehicle controlled by a command and control interface. The trailer includes a trailer body configured to retain the autonomous vehicle in an undeployed configuration. The trailer also anchors the autonomous vehicle in a deployed configuration. A tether is provided having a first end coupled to the trailer body and a second end that is configured to couple to the autonomous vehicle. A winch is utilized to adjust a length of the tether to move the autonomous vehicle between the undeployed configuration and deployed configuration. Further, a communication system communicates with the command and control interface and the autonomous vehicle to control movement of the autonomous vehicle between the undeployed configuration and deployed configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp (10) with a progressive direction indicator function comprises a direction indicator zone divided into a series of illuminable portions. The direction indicator zone is generally C-shaped, comprising a head 68) and a pair of tails (64, 66), joined by the head (68), that extend in an inboard direction from the head. The tails (64, 66) extend beside each other in the inboard direction and are spaced apart along their length. The head (68) extends between the tails (64, 66) in a direction transverse to the inboard direction, the height of the head (68) in that transverse direction being greater than combined thicknesses of the tails (64, 66) in that transverse direction. To draw an observer's eye in an outboard direction, the illuminable portions are controllable in use to illuminate the direction indicator zone progressively in an outboard direction along the tails (64, 66) to the head (68), and then to illuminate the head convergently in a direction transverse to the outboard direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating a lighting apparatus, particularly lighting apparatus for a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A laser unit (2) for a vehicle headlight with a laser diode (11) and, associated with the laser diode (11), adjustable optics with optical elements comprising at least one collimator, wherein at least one optical element selected from the group consisting of a collimator (13, 22) and a deflection mirror (20) is mounted so that it can pivot about at least one spatial axis.

Abstract: A clutching adjuster having a housing with a ball stud bore and a nose, and a ball stud journaled by the ball stud bore for axial movement therethrough, the ball stud having a threaded portion, a ball, an unthreaded portion, an outbound annular travel barrier, and an inbound annular travel barrier, where in adjusting operation, rotation of the ball stud causes axial movement of the ball stud through the ball stud bore via engagement of the threaded portion of the ball stud with the nose, and where in length of travel clutching operation and end of travel clutching operation where the ball stud is axially rotated through the ball stud bore, the receipt of an undue axial force of resistance on the ball stud results in a deflection of at least a portion of the nose, allowing the engagement between the ball stud and the nose to clutch.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp device includes headlamps, which are structured so as to be able to project or irradiate given patterns and given shapes without distortion on a given virtual surface in front of a vehicle from a left headlight and a right headlight, respectively, a camera that captures an image of the area in front of the vehicle, and a state detecting portion configured to detect distortion of the given patterns, which are projected or irradiated on an irradiated surface in front of the vehicle, relative to the given patterns projected or irradiated on the given virtual surface in front of the vehicle, based on the captured image, and also detect a state of the irradiated surface based on the distortion, and a correcting portion configured to correct a relative optical axis deviation between the left headlight and the right headlight.

Abstract: Cut-off mechanisms for a motor vehicle headlight activated by an electromagnet with two gaps comprise a movable assembly that comprises a cut-off bar and a movable element, as well as an actuator motor comprising an electromagnet, the movable element being movable under the action of the electromagnet, against a return spring, between a near activation position and a remote rest position relative to a ferromagnetic core of the electromagnet, the movable element being configured to create an interruption in the continuity of a magnetic circuit formed by the ferromagnetic core, a metallic casing and the movable element, when said element comes near to the ferromagnetic core in the activation position.

Abstract: A warning light system that is provided for a motor vehicle includes a warning light assembly and a heating element carried on a windshield of the motor vehicle, vehicle forward of the warning light assembly. The heating element is dedicated to providing a clear sight path to the warning light and thereby increasing its effectiveness. A related method is also provided.

Abstract: A lighting module for a motor vehicle includes a carrier, such as a single printed circuit board, and a plurality of light sources configured to perform various functions selected from a group including door lock status, turn signal indication, blind spot warning indication and door latch handle illumination.

Abstract: A system for calculating a distance travelled by a warning device moving towards a required location includes an obtaining module, a first calculating module, a counting module, and a second calculating module. The number of pulses required to turn a motor through one revolution is obtained, and the first calculating module calculates a moving distance of the device per pulse according to the number of pulses and an outer diameter of a wheel. The counting module counts a total pulses issued as the warning device moves from start to finish of a movement. The second calculating module calculates a first moving distance of the warning device according to the total pulses and the distance moved per pulse, also applying rearward image-taking of an object at start and finish of a movement, to confirm calculations. A distance sensing method of the warning device is also provided.

Abstract: A motive power stoppage guidance apparatus includes at least one of a display device configured to be disposed in a compartment of a vehicle, and a sound output device configured to output a sound in the compartment of the vehicle; and an indication control unit configured, when the vehicle is traveling in a state where a motive power stops, or when the likelihood is high in that the vehicle is traveling in the state where the motive power stops, to execute at least one of having the display device display at least one of that the motive power is in a stopped state, and a recommended operational method, and having the sound output device output an indication sound.

Abstract: A vehicle sightline guidance apparatus includes a display member displaying an image on either one one a see-through windshield and screen that allow a vehicle occupant to visually recognize outside of a vehicle; a scenery-information acquiring unit acquiring scenery information visually recognized by the occupant from inside the vehicle; and a perspective-position specifying unit specifying a perspective position, which is a position on the windshield or screen that a sightline passes when the occupant visually recognizes a predicted path of the vehicle or a position where left and right edges of the predicted path are projected, based on the scenery information. Based on the perspective position, the display member displays two reference marks on the windshield or screen such that the marks are separated from each other by a distance equivalent to a vehicle width or larger and appear to be aligned with the left and right edges.

Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus includes an acquisition portion acquiring captured image data from an imaging portion that captures an image of an area including a road surface in a moving direction of a vehicle and in a vicinity of the vehicle, and an output control portion outputting the captured image data acquired by the acquisition portion to a display device by switching a screen displayed at the display device to the captured image data based on one of a change of a pitch angle of the vehicle and a change of a gradient of the road surface on which the vehicle is driven.

Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group, the aperture stop, and the second lens group are sequentially disposed in a direction from an object side to an image side. The first lens group includes a negative first lens and a negative second lens. The second lens group includes a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, and a positive sixth lens. Conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.16<DL3/TL<0.32??(1) where DL3 is a center thickness of the third lens, and TL is distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and an image-side surface of the sixth lens along the optical axis.

Abstract: A display mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing and a glass element, and is configured to be turned to an on state and an off state. A peripheral support is disposed proximate a periphery of the glass element and configured to retain the glass element against the display module. The peripheral support includes a radio frequency shield integral therewith. An actuator device is disposed on a bottom surface of the housing and operably coupled with the glass element. The actuator device is adjustable to tilt the glass element in one direction, thereby moving the glass element to an off-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes the on/off state of the display module. The actuator device is adjustable to tilt the glass element in another direction, thereby moving the glass element to an on-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes the on/off state of the display module.

Abstract: A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror case and a reflective element, and a video display device disposed in the mirror case and operable to display video images that are viewable by the driver of the vehicle. The reflective element includes a transflective mirror reflector and the video display device is fixedly disposed to the rear of the reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an on-screen display controller operable to receive a video signal from a camera disposed at the vehicle. The on-screen display controller is operable to overlay a graphic overlay onto a video signal received from the camera such that a video feed generated by the on-screen display controller includes the graphic overlay. The video display device comprises a metallic enclosure that is electrically grounded when the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the vehicle.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a work vehicle being capable of arranging side view mirrors at arbitrary positions while reducing the vibration of the side view mirrors. Regarding a tractor, which is a work vehicle in which a mirror portion of a side view mirror is provided on the other end of a support arm whose one end is fixed on a cabin for covering a drive operating unit, the support arm is bent in a midway portion, and a beam is integrally formed with the support arm in such a manner as to sandwich a bending portion, and a cross-sectional area of a cross section vertical to the axial direction of the support arm is configured to be reduced as the support arm advances from the one end to the other end thereof.

Abstract: A cargo assist apparatus is provided for a motor vehicle. That cargo assist apparatus includes a panel and a translating and pivoting connector whereby the panel is displaced between a stowed position below an upper face of the seat bottom, a first deployed position projecting above the upper face and a second deployed position projecting forward from the upper face.

Abstract: A storage compartment for a vehicle glove box includes at least one bumper stop defined by a resilient tab disposed on a storage compartment sidewall, the resilient tab including a cam face, a stop face, and a finger tab accessible from an interior of the storage compartment. The cam face may define an arcuate configuration. The stop face is carried by the finger tab whereby a deflecting force applied to the finger tab deflects the stop face from a retaining position to a releasing position. The storage compartment sidewall defines an aperture disposed to provide access to the finger tab from an interior of the storage compartment. Vehicle glove boxes including the described storage compartment are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an object holding device used in a vehicle seat. The object holding device comprises an object holder coupled to an extendable device via a deployment rod and is extended and retracted in and out a map pocket of the vehicle seat. An extendable rod of the extendable device is pivotably connected with the deployment rod and lockable with the deployment rod. At a first position where the deployment rod forms a first angle with the extendable rod, the object holder is changeable at a slanted position and a leveled position to hold an object.

Abstract: A cylinder holder is provided for supporting a cylinder while the assembly rests on a generally horizontally oriented transport surface. A tank contacting area is provided which has a tank contacting surface radially disposed therein which contacts a lower tank outer surface of the cylindrical tank in close proximity to a sealed end. The tank contacting chamber also has an extension disposed therein to extend outward from a lower extent of the tank contacting surface. This extension contacts the transport surface while the cylindrical tank is positioned within the tank contacting chamber. Connection means are provided to position the support surface relative to the tank contacting chamber. Binding means are provided to produce a compression contact between at least a portion of the tank contacting surface of the tank contacting chamber and the lower tank outer surface of the cylindrical tank while the cylindrical tank is positioned within the tank contacting chamber.

Abstract: A roof rack system includes a guideway and a first cross bar displaceable along that guideway. Further, the roof rack system includes a first drive module for displacing the first cross bar along the guideway. A related method of adjusting a roof rack system is also provided.

Abstract: A collapsible cargo rack with storage and use configurations. Right and left rack subassemblies are secured to sidewalls of a truck bed. A lateral support member has ends selectively retained by the rack subassemblies, each with a support arm retained by a pivot mount at a longitudinal pivot axis to pivot from an upright position for supporting cargo to a retracted, visually and practically unobtrusive position. The pivot axes are disposed below the upper edges and inwardly of the sidewalls. The support arms can be selectively fixed in the upright position by set pins at an inward angle ?. Distal segments of the arms can be outwardly angled by the angle ? thereby to be substantially vertical and parallel. Sleeves fixed to the ends of the lateral support member matingly receive the distal segments of the support arms, which can have lengths greater than the heights of the sleeves.

Abstract: A rack for carrying cargo on top of a vehicle that may include a crossbar and a pair of coupler assemblies for connecting opposing ends of the crossbar to raised rails on top of the vehicle. Each coupler assembly may include a body, a securing assembly to secure the body to the raised roof rail, and a crossbar clamp, where the securing assembly and the crossbar clamp are independently adjustable.

Abstract: An adjustable cargo rack for a vehicle includes a mount for connecting the cargo rack to a vehicle. The cargo rack includes a rack arm having a proximal end pivotally connected to the mount by a pivot shaft. The rack arm is selectively pivotable between a loading position, in which the rack arm extends outboard an outer perimeter of the vehicle and a generally upright first travel position. A cargo support bracket is detachably connected to a distal end of the rack arm. An orientation of the cargo support bracket is adjustable between a first support bracket orientation and a second support bracket orientation. The orientation of the cargo support bracket relative to the rack arm and a location of the pivot shaft relative to the vehicle remain substantially constant when pivoting the rack arm between the loading position and the first travel position.

Abstract: A vehicular assembly and a method of connecting a panel to a vehicular structure in order to form an assembly. The assembly includes a clip that is used to join first and second components each of which defines an aperture therein. The first and second components are sized and shaped such that upon being joined to one another, their respective apertures are substantially aligned with one another and held together by the clip. The clip includes a first connector portion and a second connector portion. The clip can be turned in a twisting or screwing motion about an axis of rotation such that upon insertion of the clip into the aperture of the first component and subsequent rotation, the first connector portion forms a locking engagement with an edge structure that is defined by the aperture of the first component.

Abstract: An assembly-type vehicle component 1A, 1B used by assembling one of functional members 3A, 3B having predetermined functions to a mounting member 2 to be mounted to a vehicle body side is configured to allow two types of functional members 3B, 3A to be assembled to the fitting portion 20 of the mounting member 2 so as to be in a detachment-prevented state, and the mounting member 2 has a rattling preventing protrusion 25U for pressing the assembled functional member 3A, and a rattling preventing protrusion 25D for pressing the assembled functional member 3B. Each functional member 3A, 3B has a reception portion 36A, 36B (i.e., gap 37A, 37B) for receiving the rattling preventing protrusion 25D, 25U that is irrelevant to the functional member, so as not to cause pressing.

Abstract: A triple camera uses three image capture modules to provide mono-type image and/or stereo-type image to a vehicle. In one implementation, the triple camera may include a housing defining an external appearance of the triple camera; a first image capture module including a first lens module and a first image sensor to capture a first forward image of a vehicle; a second image capture module including a second lens module and a second image sensor to capture a second forward image of a vehicle; and a third image capture module including a third lens module and a third image sensor to capture a third forward image of a vehicle. The first to third image capture modules may be disposed in the housing.

Abstract: An automobile power supply device includes plate-shaped metal wirings and is configured to supply electric power from a battery that is installed in an engine room of a vehicle body to a vehicle interior. The metal wiring may extend in a central portion of a floor surface in the vehicle interior, and the automobile power supply device may include wire harnesses that respectively connect multiple electric devices that are installed in the vehicle body to the metal wiring in the vehicle interior. The metal wiring may be formed by coupling a plurality of wiring materials.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securing wiring to a grommet with embedded lubricant by employing a series of pressure rings both on the interior and exterior of the grommet opening. In exemplary implementation, a tie strap is tightened around the wiring and then forced into the grommet opening before a second tie strap is tightened around both the wiring and grommet opening.

Abstract: An insert bus bar plate includes a plate-shaped resin material and a plurality of metal bus bars that are embedded within the resin material by insert molding and have a terminal part exposed to a mounting surface that is one of principal faces of the resin material. The bus bars are formed, before the insert molding, as a bus bar assembly before molding the one ends different from the terminal part of which are coupled to each other by a carrier to be cut after the insert molding. The insert bus bar plate (a substrate main body) is formed by the insert molding performed by oppositely arranging two bus bar assemblies before molding of the same shape so that two terminal parts are positioned in between two carriers.

Abstract: In an electric connection box and a wire harness, a side cover is attached to an outer peripheral surface of a housing, and the housing and the side cover form a side space portion. An electric wire extends from an internal space portion to the side space portion and is routed to the outside of the housing through the side space portion. In the electric wire, an electric wire main body is formed along an inclined direction of an inclined wall of the side cover. A regulating portion is formed along the inclined direction of the inclined wall in the housing in the side space portion. A gap between the electric wire and the housing is filled with the regulating portion. In the side space portion, the electric wire main body is positioned between the inclined wall of the side cover and the regulating portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a control unit for the exchange of electrical power between a first, a second, a third, and a fourth wiring system branch of a wiring system of a vehicle. The control unit may include a first switching device, a second switching device, a third switching device, and a first, second, third, and fourth terminal configured for connection to the first, second, third and fourth wiring system branches respectively. The first switching device may be connected between the first terminal and the fourth terminal. The second switching device may be connected between the fourth terminal and the third terminal. The third switching device may be connected between the second terminal and the third terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the voltage of an electrical apparatus of a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of measuring (E2) the voltage at the terminals of the apparatus and measuring (E3) the strength of the output current of the apparatus, calculating (E4) the values of resistance, inductance and capacitance of the equivalent circuit on the basis of the measured current strength and the measured voltage, comparing (E7, E8, E9) the calculated values of resistance, inductance and capacitance with the values of resistance, inductance and capacitance, respectively, stored in a storage area of the electronic control unit, and initiating (E12) an action if the difference between at least one of the calculated values and the corresponding stored value is above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A system and method are provided and include a controller that controls at least one of an HVAC system and a window actuator system of an autonomous vehicle. The controller is in communication with a server and is configured to receive a request for transportation from a smartphone in communication with the server. The request for transportation includes a pickup location. The controller is configured to receive a command from the smartphone through communication with the server and to control at least one of the HVAC system and the window actuator system based on the received command prior to arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the pickup location.

Abstract: An energy absorber is disclosed that includes a container that receives a plurality of tubular segments and at least one spacer. The container includes one side that is adapted to receive an impact from a first direction. The tubular segments are assembled into the container in a parallel array with a cylindrical axis-C of the segments oriented perpendicular to the first direction. The spacer is placed in the container with the tubular segments being arranged to be displaced within the container so that they compress the spacer when the impact force is received on the one side. The method of making the energy absorber comprises assembling the plurality of tubular segments having in a container and assembling at least one spacer inside the container to hold the tubular segments in place.

Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure is provided with a sensor attachment structure to an outside face of a left bumper beam extension. The sensor attachment structure includes a support section provided on the outside face of the left bumper beam extension, and an airbag sensor attached to the support section. The support section deforms and retreats toward the vehicle body rear as a result of compression of the left bumper beam extension during compression of the left bumper beam extension due to an impact load input from the vehicle body front.

Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper cover, a bumper reinforcement beam spaced apart from the bumper cover, and a low speed bumper energy absorber that extends along a front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcement beam. The low speed bumper energy absorber includes a body portion extending along the front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam, wherein at least a portion of the body portion is space apart from the bumper cover, and one or more air deflectors extending between the body portion and the bumper cover, wherein the one or more air deflectors substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.

Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper cover, a bumper reinforcement beam spaced apart from the bumper cover, a low speed bumper energy absorber that extends along a front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcement beam, and a low force energy absorber positioned below the low speed bumper energy absorber. The low force energy absorber includes a body portion extending along the front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam and one or more air deflectors extending from an upper surface of the body portion between the low speed bumper energy absorber and the bumper cover. The one or more air deflectors are configured to substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.

Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper cover including one or more air deflectors extending inward from the bumper cover, a bumper reinforcement beam positioned rearward of the bumper cover, and a low speed bumper energy absorber that extends along a front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcement beam. The one or more air deflectors extend from the bumper cover toward the low speed bumper energy absorber at an oblique angle relative to a front face of the low speed bumper energy absorber to substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.

Abstract: A travel control method comprises detecting a travel state of the subject vehicle including a position and a speed of the subject vehicle, acquiring obstacle information including a position and a speed of the obstacle, estimating the second range after a predetermined time on the basis of the travel state of the subject vehicle and the obstacle information, and announcing announcement information that the second range will become small to a driver of the subject vehicle when the second range is estimated to become small after the predetermined time.

Abstract: An activation control device for at least one occupant protection device is applied to a vehicle including occupant protection devices. The activation control device includes a front left sensor, a front right sensor and an activation control unit. The front left sensor is configured to detect an acceleration in a vehicle widthwise direction, and the front right sensor is configured to detect an acceleration in the vehicle widthwise direction. The activation control unit is configured to calculate a movement amount of the front left sensor in the vehicle widthwise direction based on GLy, calculate a movement amount of the front right sensor in the vehicle widthwise direction based on GRy, and determine to which region out of regions each defined in advance for each collision form a point defined by those movement amounts belongs, thereby specifying a collision form.

Abstract: A safety on-board vehicle multi-force restraint self-controlling system improves the security of the air bags for children and light women passengers according requirements of the final rule of Section § 571.208 Standard No. 208; “Occupant crash protection” by employing the accurate weight occupant KEF technology. The system also provides, in case of an accident, different forces applied to the occupant bodies of different weight categories by employing an original occupant's weight, measured at the beginning of a trip by innovative weighing KEF technology, which is eventually modified during the trip according to the current values of the morphological and driving factors. The system provides secure personalization of the occupants' weight by a finger print sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling an airbag are provided. The apparatus includes an imaging device that includes cameras and lights and an image processor that performs an image processing for an image obtained by the imaging device. A collision sensor senses a collision of a vehicle and an airbag driver operates the airbag. A controller extracts face information of a passenger from the image of which the image processing is performed by the image processor, determines airbag control information based on the extracted face information, and then operates the airbag driver based on the determined airbag control information when the collision of the vehicle is predicted.

Abstract: A seat provided in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; a side airbag having a plurality of chambers each folded, the side airbag being stored in a side portion of a seat back; an inflator arranged together with the side airbag, the inflator suppling gas to the plurality of chambers when a side-impact crash of the vehicle is detected; a channel section for distributing the gas generated from the inflator to the plurality of chambers; a valve unit provided in the channel section, the valve unit reducing the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to a particular chamber among the plurality of chambers; and an actuator unit that allows the valve unit to operate to reduce the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to the particular chamber according to the deployment behavior of any chamber among the plurality of chambers, are included.