Abstract: Disclosed is a versatile trailer that may be towed from job site to job site by a vehicle and within a job site be towed by a maintenance cart. The trailer may function as a mobile sweeper to clean smaller parking lots found at schools and parks as well as sweep pathways, lawns, and sidewalks to remove litter, debris, and plant waste. The trailer contains a hopper to collect material both swept by the broom from the area below the trailer as it is towed as well as allowing material to be deposited into the hopper from above the trailer. The hopper is designed so as to allow any material contained within the hopper to be deposited onto the ground or into a dumpster. Finally the trailer is designed so that the electrical power source used to operate the broom and the hopper lift mechanism may be concurrently used by maintenance workers to supply electrical energy needed to operate any electrically based power tools and equipment.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide vehicle systems comprising: a housing; a wheel system comprising at least one axle extending between at least two wheels positioned on opposite sides of the housing and supporting the housing; a mobile product distribution system comprising: a product movement system maintained within the housing; and multiple bay doors formed in the housing and with which inbound vehicles and outbound vehicles align while products are distributed from each of the inbound vehicles to at least one of the outbound vehicles; wherein the product movement system extends between the multiple bay doors and is configured to transport the products from each of the inbound vehicles, through the housing and to at least one of the outbound vehicles.

Abstract: The dispensing device and system pivotally attach to a hopper bottom trailer to deliver seed from the trailer to planters located throughout the farm. A main conduit inserts into a housing installed at the hopper of the trailer. A gate opens that allows seed to flow through the hopper into the housing. A main conduit inserts into the housing to collect seed and lift the seed both vertically and horizontally. An auger directs the seed upwards through the main conduit towards the dispensing conduit. The seed then gravitationally feeds downward from the dispensing conduit. A flexible conduit enables the user to direct the seed to different planters without moving the trailer.

Abstract: A conveyer mechanism for a vehicle cargo area load floor includes a power seat assembly and a folding conveyer assembly carried by the power seat assembly and comprising a conveyer gearbox. A power seat motor is adapted to engage the conveyer gearbox when the power seat assembly is translated to a folded configuration. The power seat motor drives a conveyer drive gear when the power seat assembly is translated to the folded configuration, and drives a seat sector gear when the power seat assembly is translated to a deployed configuration.

Abstract: A hoist assembly is disclosed. The hoist assembly can include a frame, a first sheave assembly fixed relative to the frame, a second sheave assembly movable relative to the frame, and a cable engaged with the first sheave assembly and the second sheave assembly. The first sheave assembly can include a first sheave comprising a first axis of rotation and a second sheave comprising a second axis of rotation oriented perpendicular to the first axis of rotation. The second sheave assembly can comprise a third sheave comprising a third axis of rotation and a fourth sheave comprising a fourth axis of rotation angularly-oriented relative to the third axis of rotation. The third axis of rotation and the fourth axis of rotation can be coplanar. The sheaves can be removable and replaceable.

Abstract: An expandable habitation unit which includes a main frame and a main floor with an exposed habitation area. A rear module with a floor is located over a rear portion of the main floor. The rear module floor is connected to the main frame to allow limited movement over the rear portion of the main floor. A side module with a floor is located over a first side portion of the main floor. The first side module floor is connected to the main frame to allow limited movement over the first side portion of the main floor. Another side module has a floor located over a second side portion of the main floor. The second side module floor is connected to the main frame to allow limited movement over the second side portion of the main floor. The modules are moveable along their limited paths of travel to vary the size of the exposed habitation area.

Abstract: A low-beam-color-temperature-variable headlight unit includes a case, a condenser lens, a high-color-temperature light emitting diode, a low-color-temperature light emitting diode, and a low-beam-color-temperature control unit. The high-color-temperature light emitting diode emits high-color-temperature light. The high-color-temperature light emitting diode provides illumination of a first illuminated area. The low-color-temperature light emitting diode provides illumination of a second illuminated area that overlaps the first illuminated area at least partly. The low-color-temperature light emitting diode emits low-color-temperature light having a lower color temperature than the high-color-temperature light. The low-beam-color-temperature control unit is capable of adjusting the color temperature of the low beam by adjusting the quantity of light emitted from the high-color-temperature light emitting diode and the quantity of light emitted from the low-color-temperature light emitting diode.

Abstract: A headlamp fastening system for a vehicle is provided herein. The headlamp fastening system includes a support structure, a headlamp structure, and an alignment element. The alignment element is configured to align and fix the headlamp structure with the support structure with respect to the z-direction of the vehicle. The alignment element holds the sup port structure and the headlamp in an alignment position. In the alignment position the support structure and the headlamp structure are relatively displaceable in the x-, y-, and z-direction relative to one another. The alignment element fixes the support structure and the headlamp in the fixed position, wherein, upon the alignment element fixing the support structure and the headlamp structure relative to one another with respect to the z-direction, the support structure and the headlamp structure simultaneously become fixed relative to one another in the x- and y-direction.

Abstract: An adaptive cornering light system for a motor vehicle includes an exterior mirror head, housing at least one lighting module that having a plurality of LEDs arranged in sectors to provide different lighting functionalities. One LED or light sector is provided for adaptively illuminating a cornering area that extends along the side of the vehicle toward the front of the exterior mirror head. This “cornering LED” is adaptively activated if the speed of the vehicle is below a threshold speed, or in response to additional optional parameters such as steering angle, turn-signal blinker activation, and running lights activation. Another LED or light sector may be used as a security light to illuminate or display a message on the ground in the door area adjacent the side of the vehicle. Interior lights are also disclosed. User input may also control options for illumination.

Abstract: An adaptive LED multi-module headlamp with integrated dipped beam and high beam includes a dipped beam and high beam following-up adaptive beam pattern control system, a light compensation system, and a color temperature control system; the dipped beam and high beam following-up adaptive beam pattern control system comprising a LED light source module array, the LED light source module array comprising a number of LED light source modules including more than two LED light source modules parallel to each other which forming a direct light source, axes of the more than two LED light source modules paralleling with the center of vehicle body, and including more than one LED light source module arranged outside the direct light source which forming a steering light source, angle between axes of the more than one LED light source module and the center of vehicle body being acute angle, the angle between axes of the LED light module of the steering light source and vehicle body increasing in turn from inside out.

Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly is provided herein. The mirror assembly includes a first light source disposed within a housing and is operably coupled with a first light output window disposed on an outboard portion of the housing. A door ajar sensor is disposed within a vehicle. Emitted light is emanated from the first light output window through a window of the vehicle when the door ajar sensor detects a vehicle door is in an open position.

Abstract: A vehicle applique is provided that includes a decorative layer and an over-mold positioned over the decorative layer. The over-mold is substantially transparent. A light conversion layer is positioned on an opposite side of the decorative layer from the over-mold and configured to convert ambient illumination. A reflective layer is configured to convert ambient illumination. A reflective layer is configured to reflect light into the light conversion layer.

Abstract: There is provided a position lighting device configured to emit at least one road irradiation beam from a vehicle onto a road, thereby making the other moving object which is positioned behind the vehicle or at a side of the vehicle recognize an existence of the vehicle. A lighting unit is configured to emit the at least one road irradiation beam onto at least a portion of areas on the road behind and at the side of the vehicle. A distance detecting unit is configured to detect a distance between the vehicle and the other moving object. A lighting control unit is configured to control the lighting unit on the basis of the distance between the vehicle and the other moving object detected by the distance detecting unit, thereby changing a state of the at least one road irradiation beam.

Abstract: The vehicular notification device comprises luminescent devices provided on the roof of a vehicle and a notification control device configured to control the luminescent devices to emit light when a person existing around the vehicle is detected. The luminescent devices are provided so as to extend in the vehicle's front-back direction on both sides in the vehicle's width direction of the roof.

Abstract: A lighting system is provided herein. The lighting system includes a number of lights and a portable electronic device carried by a vehicle occupant. A controller is in communication with a sensing system and configured to detect a cabin location of the electronic device, assign a seating area to the electronic device, and operate only the lights associated with the seating area based on information indicative of an impending departure of the vehicle occupant from the vehicle.

Abstract: For automatically adjusting a vehicle light level based on a viewing location of an occupant, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes an image sensor, an occupant viewing location module that determines an illuminable region corresponding to a viewing location of a vehicle occupant based on data from the image sensor, a light level module that determines a light level for the illuminable region, and an illumination control module that adjusts an illumination setting of at least one light associated with the illuminable region based on the determined light level. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an occupant recognition module that identifies the vehicle occupant, wherein the light level module determines the light level based on the identity of the vehicle occupant.

Abstract: An illuminated seal assembly is provided herein. The illuminated seal assembly includes a carrier that is configured to attach to a vehicle. The carrier has a first region and a second region having varied light transmissivities. A first light source is disposed on the carrier. A light guide is operably coupled with the first light source.

Abstract: Systems, vehicles, and methods for controlling light are provided. In an exemplary embodiment a vehicle with a cabin includes a light senor positioned within the vehicle, where the light sensor is configured to send a light intensity signal. A lamp module is positioned within the vehicle, where the light sensor is in communication with lamp module. The lamp module is configured to trigger a darkness lighting scheme when the light intensity signal is at about a darkness set value or less. A lamp is positioned within the cabin, where the lamp is in communication with the lamp module. The lamp is configured to emit a darkness spectrum when the lamp is activated and when the lamp module triggers the darkness lighting scheme. The darkness spectrum has a maximum illumination wavelength less than about 555 nanometers.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including an output unit; a wireless communication unit configured to receive at least one of object information associated with an object located adjacent to a vehicle and driving information associated with the driving of the vehicle from one or more external devices; and a controller configured to detect a collision possibility between the object and the vehicle based on the driving information and the object information, and control the output unit to output notification information for notifying the collision possibility in response to the collision possibility being detected between the vehicle and the object.

Abstract: Specifically programmed, integrated motor vehicle dangerous driving warning and control system and methods comprising at least one specialized communication computer machine including electronic artificial intelligence expert system decision making capability further comprising one or more motor vehicle electronic sensors for monitoring the motor vehicle and for monitoring activities of the driver and/or passengers including activities related to the use of cellular telephones and/or other wireless communication devices and further comprising electronic communications transceiver assemblies for communications with external sensor networks for monitoring dangerous driving situations, weather conditions, roadway conditions, pedestrian congestion and motor vehicle traffic congestion conditions to derive warning and/or control signals for warning the driver of dangerous driving situations and/or for controlling the motor vehicle driver use of a cellular telephone and/or other wireless communication devices.

Abstract: A rear imaging device is provided. The rear imaging device is attached to a mobile object such as a vehicle, and is provided with an imaging device for imaging an area rearward of the mobile object, and a housing for housing the imaging device. At a rear end portion of the housing, drainer pieces are formed extending rearward. A plurality of the drainer pieces are formed in a circumferential direction of the housing. Tip end portions of the drainer pieces are formed narrower toward tip points thereof, with base portions of the adjacent drainer pieces being adjacent to each other.

Abstract: Vehicle visual systems are disclosed to produce seamless and uniform surround-view images of the vehicle using a number of Ultra Wide-Angle (UWA) lens cameras and optionally HUD systems. A distributive system architecture wherein individual cameras are capable of performing various image transformations allows a flexible and resource efficient image processing scheme.

Abstract: A rearview mirror, including a first substrate (100), a second substrate (200) cell-assembled to the first substrate (100), and a crystal material (300) filled between the first substrate (100) and the second substrate (200), a plurality of strip electrodes (11) are disposed on a side of the first substrate (100) that faces to the second substrate (200), an interval is formed between two adjacent strip electrodes (110), the strip electrodes (110) are made of a transparent electrode material, a planar electrode (210) capable of at least partially reflecting light is disposed on a side of the second substrate (200) that faces to the first substrate (100). In the present application, the refractive indices of the liquid crystal material (300) in the rearview mirror are changed by changing the voltage signal provided to the rearview mirror, such that an anti-glare operation mode of the rearview mirror is achieved.

Abstract: A cart apparatus for moving objects includes a frame that defines a cavity and steps operably coupled to the frame. The steps are movable into and between an inoperable position in which the steps are nested in the cavity and an operable position in which the steps are at least partially outside the cavity. One of the steps and the frame has a guide pin, and the other of the steps and the frame defines a slot in which the guide pin is slideably received. The slot is configured to guide the steps into and between the inoperable position and the operable position as the guide pin slides in the slot.

Abstract: A utility tray is provided for mounting in the cargo area of a vehicle, in place of the pre-existing vehicle floor. The assembly comprises a frame assembly, disposable within the cargo area, the frame assembly comprising a U-shaped frame and a plurality of frame support members, connected to the frame and engageable to the vehicle, for securing the frame to the vehicle. A cover is disposed along the upper surface of the frame assembly to form a false floor, defining a cover front portion, extending across the frame front end portion and a portion of the side members and a cover rear portion extending across the frame rear end portion and a portion of the side members. The cover rear end portion is translatable from a first closed position to a second open position, to facilitate access to the tray and a lower cargo area below the cover.

Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a housing comprising a tab and a cover coupled to the housing for movement between a closed position and an open position. The tab may exert a force against the cover when closed. The tab may be integrally formed with the housing. The tab may comprise a first portion coupled to the housing and a second portion comprising an arcuate protrusion to exert the force against the cover. The component may comprise a latch to secure the cover to the housing when closed. The tab may prevent latch disengagement. The tab may comprise a leaf spring. The component may comprise a biasing member coupled to the housing to exert a force against the cover through the tab when the cover is closed. The component may comprise a storage assembly, a sunglass bin or a console.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle has an expandable underseat storage compartment. An elongated seat support member supports a row of vehicle seats and has a middle portion and right and left end pedestals. A front panel assembly extends laterally across the vehicle in front of the right and left end pedestals and is movable between retracted and extended positions position wherein when the front panel assembly is in the extended position the storage space of the storage compartment is larger than when the front panel assembly is in the retracted position.

Abstract: A camera system for a vehicle, which is to be arranged inside the vehicle behind a windshield of the vehicle, includes a housing, a first camera module that detects or images an area ahead of the vehicle and a second camera module that detects or images at least an area of the windshield.

Abstract: A process for providing a vehicular camera includes providing a front housing member and a rear housing member. The front housing member includes a lens member, an imaging element and a circuit board mounted thereat, with the circuit board having at least first and second front housing electrical connectors. The rear housing member includes at least first and second rear housing electrical connectors. The front and rear housing members are positioned so that the first front housing electrical connector aligns with the first rear housing electrical connector and the second front housing electrical connector aligns with the second rear housing electrical connector. The front and rear housing members are joined together to define a camera interior. When the front and rear housing members are joined together, the front housing electrical connectors mechanically contact and electrically connect within the camera interior with the rear housing electrical connectors.

Abstract: A camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion and configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view interior or exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a connector portion for electrically connecting circuitry of the camera to an electrical connector of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The front housing portion houses a lens assembly. A MID (Molded Interconnect Device) frame includes electrically conductive traces and is integrated in the rear housing portion with circuit board connecting elements and connector connecting elements exposed at an inner surface of the rear housing portion. The connector portion includes terminals that contact respective exposed connector connecting elements of the MID frame to electrically connect the connector portion terminals to circuitry of the circuit board via the MID frame.

Abstract: A tether has a pair of guide plates. The pair of guide plates has two sides. A distance between points located on the two sides increases, as the points on the two sides approach a tip of the tether. The tether may have elastic branches. The pair of guide plates may have protrusions protruding toward an anchor. The tether may be made long by curving a tether intermediate portion. The tether may have a second guide plate and a third guide plate. When a pillar garnish is moved in a direction away from a pillar, the two sides of the guide plates are brought into contact with a rim portion of a tether housing portion defining the tether inserting aperture, thereby preventing the tether from rotating about a center axis line of the clip and the anchor to pass through the tether inserting aperture. When a bottom wall of the tether housing portion comes to a tether portion located between the guide plates and the anchor, the elastic branches and the protrusions prevent rotation of the tether.

Abstract: A connector used in a vehicle part comprises a base plate connected with the vehicle part; and a clip housing disposed on the base plate and forming a receiving space with the vehicle part. The base plate includes a reinforcement portion disposed in the receiving space.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide an exterior wiring harness which can be routed in a flat space formed between a plurality of electrical members. An exterior wiring harness (10) includes a plurality of wires (11) and an exterior body (12) formed by surrounding outer peripheries of the plurality of wires (11) by a sheet (13) made of fibrous synthetic resin. The exterior body (12) includes a flat portion (15) having a flat cross-sectional shape and other parts (14) connected to the flat portion (15) and different from the flat portion. A length (L1) of the flat portion (15) in a minor axis direction is set to be smaller than a width of a clearance formed between a plurality of electrical members. A maximum value (L3) of the other parts (14) in the minor axis direction of the flat portion is set to be larger than the width of the clearance.

Abstract: A vehicle wireless beacon scheduling system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a vehicle including steering, an accelerator, brakes, a processor, and memory. The system also includes a beacon optimizer module coupled to the processor comprising driver driving pattern data stored in the memory, and a beacon scheduler module coupled to the processor and configured to transmit Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) data from the vehicle in advance of a predicted trip in the vehicle by a driver based on the driver driving pattern data. The beacon scheduler module is configured to dynamically adjust at least one of a transmission time, a transmission rate, and a transmission duration of the BLE data from the vehicle based on a probability of a trip taken by the driver in the vehicle.

Abstract: An arrangement is provided for facilitating selection and activation of a voice control system by a vehicle operator. The arrangement may include a switch selectively switchable between a first switch position (P1) and a second switch position (P2) and arranged to emit a signal when switched between the switch positions (P1, P2). The arrangement may further include a processing unit arranged to select, based on an interpretation of the signal, one of the vehicle voice control system or a voice control system of an external communication device and to communicate an activation signal to the selected one of the vehicle voice control system and the external communication device voice control system.

Abstract: An energy absorption system for a vehicle is provided with a collision indicator to indicate whether the structural integrity of an energy absorber has been compromised after an impact. The system may be a vehicle bumper system, such as a rear bumper of a pick-up truck, and can include an inner reinforcement member configured to be secured to a structural component or frame of the vehicle. At least one collision indicator is provided, integrated with the inner reinforcement member. The collision indicator includes a sacrificial portion having a size and shape tuned to break upon being subjected to a predetermined stress threshold. The system may be provided with an outer cover member, or bumper fascia, at least a portion of which may be removable to enable a visual inspection of the collision indicator after an impact. A broken sacrificial portion may indicate the need to replace a failed component.

Abstract: The MEMS sensor of the invention has movable and fixed components for measuring acceleration in a rotational mode in a direction in-plane perpendicular to spring axis. The components include an element frame, a substrate, a proof-mass a spring connected to the proof-mass and to the substrate, and comb electrodes. The MEMS sensor is mainly characterized by an arrangement of the components causing an inherent sensitivity for measuring accelerations in a range covering longitudinal and transversal accelerations. One or more of the components are tilted compared to the element frame. The semiconductor package of the invention comprises at least one MEMS sensor.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The passenger compartment has at least one RFID transponder. A readout signal for reading out the RFID transponder is emitted in the method. In response to the emitting, a response signal of the RFID transponder is measured in order to obtain a measured value. Using the measured value, a degree of obscuration that represents an obscuration of the RFID transponder is ascertained in order to monitor the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle airbag device comprises an airbag that receives gas supplied from an inflator and that is adapted to be inflated and deployed in front of an upper body and above thighs of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The airbag includes, in the event that the gas has been supplied inside the airbag and the airbag inflates and deploys, an inflation section having an endless annular shape as viewed along a vehicle width direction, and a hollow section formed in a central portion of the inflation section. The hollow section is in communication with an exterior of the airbag, and air at the exterior flows into the hollow section during inflation and deployment.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a headliner assembly for a vehicle. The headliner assembly includes a base panel and a cover layer disposed below the base panel. The base panel includes an edge in a length direction of the vehicle and a portion adjacent to the edge and having a plurality of notches. The cover layer has an edge extending beyond the edge of the base panel.

Abstract: A multi-point safety belt system is provided with a tension sensor that opens and closes a switch to send a signal indicating the force securing a seat occupant secured by the safety belt system.

Abstract: A seatbelt system may include a seatbelt configured to constrain a waist and a torso of an occupant. The seatbelt may also include a coupling configured to selectively couple a portion of a vehicle and the seatbelt to one another. The system may also include a reel configured to receive at least a portion of the seatbelt, and a tension sensor associated with the coupling and/or the seatbelt and configured to generate a signal indicative of tension in the seatbelt. The system may also include a deployment sensor associated with the seatbelt and configured to generate a signal indicative of a length of the seatbelt deployed from the reel. The system may also include an occupant detector configured to determine, based at least in part on the signals indicative of tension and the length, whether an occupant is properly wearing the seatbelt, such that the seatbelt constrains the occupant.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for unlocking a vehicle. An example vehicle includes an ultraviolet keypad coupled to a window. The vehicle also includes a camera directed at the window, configured to capture a key press of the ultraviolet keypad and an iris of a person outside the vehicle. And the vehicle further includes a processor configured to detect the key press and iris, unlock the vehicle based on the detected key press, and modify a vehicle setting based on a profile corresponding to the detected iris.

Abstract: In a vehicle-mounted device, a first time period measuring unit starts measurement of a first time period when detecting an exit movement of a user. Before an elapse of the first time period, a vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits a response request signal at a predetermined transmission period; and a locking and unlocking control unit keeps a door unlocked while receiving a response signal, locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal, and keeps the door unlocked when capable of receiving the response signal at the elapse of the first time period. After the first time period is elapsed, the vehicle side transmission unit periodically transmits the response request signal at a second time period; and the locking and unlocking control unit keeps the door unlocked while receiving the response signal, and locks the door when incapable of receiving the response signal.

Abstract: An automotive security apparatus, comprising: a security-terminal, configured to receive security-location-information representative of a location of the automotive security apparatus or a vehicle key; and a vehicle-location-terminal, configured to receive vehicle-location-information representative of a location of a vehicle, a processor, configured to compare the security-location-information with the vehicle-location-information, and determine a security-condition-signal based on whether the location of the automotive security apparatus or the vehicle key is inside or outside of a predetermined-proximity of the location of the vehicle; and an output-terminal, configured to provide the security-condition-signal.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for remote keyless entry authentication. An example remote keyless entry system includes a key fob and a vehicle. The key fob generates a secured message with a plaintext space and a ciphertext space. The vehicle (i) determines whether the key fob may be authorized based on first information in the plaintext space, (ii) decrypts an encrypted value in the ciphertext space based on a predicted full counter value, and (iii) determines whether the key fob is authorized based on second information in the encrypted value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slim smart card key for a vehicle and a control method thereof, and improves assembly convenience and product durability by including including the following: a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to which a plurality of electronic components are soldered, which has a predetermined thickness, and in which a spare key receiving part and a battery receiving part are formed, wherein the spare key receiving part is formed by vertically cutting one side of the PCB and thus is vertically hollow, and the battery receiving part is formed by vertically cutting the other side of the PCB and thus is vertically hollow; a body part which has a spare key entrance hole for inserting a spare key through the spare key receiving part, and a battery entrance hole for inserting a battery through the battery receiving part, and which is injection molded to embrace the PCB while the PCB is inserted into a mold; a spare key settling part which is moved toward the spare key receiving part from above or be

Abstract: An anti-fraud method for use in an in-vehicle network system including a plurality of electronic control units that exchange, in an in-vehicle network, data frames, each having added thereto a message authentication code (MAC). The method includes generating a first MAC by using a MAC key and a value of a counter that counts a number of times a data frame having added thereto a MAC is transmitted to the in-vehicle network. The method also includes performing verification that the data frame received has added thereto the generated first MAC and incrementing a number of error occurrences when the verification has failed for the data frame, the data frame including a predetermined ID. When the number of error occurrences exceeds a predetermined threshold, a process associated in advance with the predetermined ID is executed.

Abstract: A system, configured to mount on an ownship vehicle, includes a transceiver configured to receive positioning signals and receive surveillance signals including surveillance data from a second vehicle and processing circuitry configured to determine a location of the ownship vehicle based on the positioning signals received by the transceiver and determine expected characteristics of the surveillance signals based on the surveillance data. The processing circuitry is further configured to compare the expected characteristics and actual characteristics of the surveillance signals received from the second vehicle and determine that the surveillance signals include a discrepancy indicative of false positioning signals in response to comparing the expected characteristics and the actual characteristics. The processing circuitry is configured to output an alert signal indicating the false positioning signals in response to determining that the surveillance signals include a discrepancy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a first part (12) and a second part (13) of an end piece (11) for a windshield wiper comprising at least one wiper blade (1). The first part (12) has a cavity (22) for accommodating the wiper blade (1), said cavity (22) extending along a longitudinal axis. The first part (12) also has a region that is arranged laterally in relation to the longitudinal axis and accommodates the second part (13) of the end piece (11), said region (14) comprising a tubular section (31). The second part (13) also has an attachment means for mechanically connecting the second part (13) to the region of the first part (12). The attachment means represents at least one hollow tubular portion, the periphery of which has a slit.