Abstract: To detect front-parked vehicles at night (i.e. a vehicle is parked with its head facing the inside of a parking space), a detection device uses the light beam from a passing-by vehicle to extract at least a reflection of at least a tail light or at least a portion of a back bumper from an image captured for a parking space.

Abstract: A forward facing camera module is configured to, based on an image including a predetermined field of view (FOV) in front of the vehicle: determine a first distance between the vehicle and a first cyclist. A blind zone radar sensor module is configured to: determine a second distance between the vehicle and a second cyclist within a predetermined area on a side of the vehicle based on radar signals transmitted within the predetermined area. A first and second distance modules are configured to generate first and second signals when the first and second distances are decreasing, respectively. An output control module is configured to, when at least one of the first signal and the second signal is generated while a turn light for the side of the vehicle is activated, selectively generate at least one of an audible output and a visual output within a passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle step for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle step includes a bracket, a first step member, a second step member, a first power mechanism and a second power mechanism. The first step member and the second step member are separately mounted on the bracket. The first power mechanism is electrically connected to the first step member and configured to drive the first step member to rotate from a first position to a second position. The second power mechanism is electrically connected to the second step member and configured to drive the second step member to rotate from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: Arrangements described herein include adaptable storage systems for vehicle truck beds, and methods for controlling such systems. The system can include a panel having one or more wheel well cutouts. One or more wheel well covers can be operatively connected to the panel. A lift can be included that can selectively move the panel in an elevational direction between a top position and a bottom position. The wheel well cover(s) can be adaptive relative to the wheel wells to allow substantially unimpeded movement of the panel between the top position and the bottom position. Further, the wheel well cover(s) can substantially cover a wheel well cutout when the panel is in the top position.

Abstract: A cargo container configured to fit in a passenger vehicle is disclosed. Embodiments of the container is configured with attachments for attaching to the lip of the opening of a trunk or a hatchback, thereby sealing a substantial portion of the area of the opening. The sealing configuration effectively prevents contamination of the vehicle during loading of the container. Embodiments of the container may also include a lip configured to drape over the bumper of the vehicle during loading. Once loaded, the container may be closed and secured.

Abstract: A portfolio work station can be comprised of a first lid including a panel covered by a non-slip treatment; at least one of a side strap; a hinge; and a second lid including an adjustable mounting strap assembly. The adjustable mounting strap assembly can be extended to stabilize the portfolio work station in a vehicle seat. The non-slip treatment can be an arrestor array. The arrestor array can provide support to the bottom of a propped electronic device. The side strap can be adjustable and can be adjusted to maintain the stability of the portfolio work station. The arrestor array can be comprised of a plurality of arrestors. Each of a plurality of arrestors can be comprised of arrestor strips arranged in a pattern. The arrangement of the arrestor strips can be an open “X” pattern.

Abstract: There is provided a hook apparatus. A metal bracket is fixed to a vehicle body with a resin case mounted thereon. A shaft is supported by the bracket. A hook including a pair of opposed surfaces and a pair of shaft hole parts formed in the opposed surfaces and is capable of inserting the shaft therethrough. The hook is supported rotatably on the bracket through the shaft. The case includes an elastic piece extending along the rotation shaft direction and capable of coming into elastic contact with the hook. The elastic piece includes radial-direction contact parts capable of coming into contact with sliding contact surfaces respectively formed in the hook around the shaft hole parts in a radially inward direction from outside in a radial direction; and axial-direction contact parts coming into contact with the opposed surfaces of the hook formed around the shaft hole parts.

Abstract: An aftermarket vehicle head unit integration cartridge for use with an aftermarket head unit is provided. The aftermarket head unit preferably includes a dedicated slot for insertion of the cartridge. The cartridge preferably supports communication between a plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit and a plurality of electronic components in the vehicle. The plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit may include, for example, an audio processing system, a video processing system, an analog I/O and/or a digital I/O. and/or a plurality of electronic components. The plurality of electronic components in the vehicle may include an audio system, an analog I/O, a digital I/O/databus, and/or a steering wheel control unit. The cartridge may include a flashable memory for use in reconfiguring the cartridge. The cartridge may be configured to capture and condition the signals from at least one of the plurality of the vehicle-based electronic components.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat bottom, a seat back, and at least one display device. The seat bottom defines at least one bearing surface for an occupant of the seat, and the display device includes a display area. The display device is movable relative to the seat bottom between a retracted position, in which the surface of the display area visible from outside the seat bottom is small or nonexistent, and at least one extended position, in which the surface of the display area visible from outside the seat bottom protrudes from the bearing surface and has a surface larger than the surface of the display area visible in the retracted position.

Abstract: A handle device includes: a housing, a handle unit including a base portion and a handle portion. The base portion includes a first track and is pivotably connected to the housing. The handle portion includes a slider movable along the first track and a retractable first locking unit connected to a first side portion of the housing. The first locking unit is positioned at least partially within the first track in a locking position and positioned outside of the first track in an unlocking position.

Abstract: A clip includes a base that is elongated in a longitudinal direction, a post connected to the base at a proximal end of the post. The post extends away from the base and terminates at a distal end of the post. The clip further includes a first finger and a second finger both connected on opposite sides of the post and extending away from the post toward the base in the longitudinal direction. The clip also includes an elongated foot connected to the base on a side of the base opposite the post. The clip also includes an umbrella seal connected to the base that has a sealing lip around a periphery of the base that extends away from the base. The base, the elongated foot and the first finger and the second finger of the clip extend along the same longitudinal direction of the clip.

Abstract: A device for the automated removal of an adhesive element from a support element extending along a main extension plane, including a deposition device to deposit the support element and a fixing device to fix the support element to the deposition device, wherein the fixing device and/or the deposition device are configured such that the fixed support element, at least in certain areas, especially in an area with one or more adhesive elements, is stretchable spaced apart from the deposition device along the main extension plane.

Abstract: An exterior wiring harness 10 includes wires 11, a fibrous resin fabric 20 folded to enclose the wires 11 and bound with both end sides extending in a folding direction overlapped to project outward, and a shield layer 16 attached to an inner surface of the resin fabric 20.

Abstract: An integrated side member having an impact absorbing structure may include a side member upper part connected to a front coupling end portion to be connected to a crash box, the side member upper part being formed in a ‘U’ shape by connecting its left and right members to each other, side member lower parts fastened to the side member upper part, and a dash cross member coupled to a lower portion of the side member upper part and between both side member lower parts.

Abstract: A smart cruise control cover, suitable for attachment to a radiator grill of a vehicle, may include a transparent first resin layer having a contour with a predetermined shape on the rear surface thereof, an opaque second resin layer formed on the rear surface of the first resin layer and having, on the front surface thereof, a contour with a shape corresponding to the shape of the contour formed on the rear surface of the first resin layer, and a three-dimensional viewing layer formed between the first resin layer and the second resin layer and having different visible light reflectances at portions thereof to improve the visibility of the contour formed on each of the rear surface of the first resin layer and the front surface of the second resin layer.

Abstract: A collision preventing ECU 10 determines that a support performing condition is established when a relationship between a threshold and a collision index value representing emergency degree of a collision between an object and the own vehicle satisfies with a predetermined relationship. In this case, the ECU performs a collision preventing control for preventing the collision. The ECU determines whether or not the object is a continuous structure. The ECU determines whether or not a running status is a steering operation running status. The ECU changes at least one of the collision index value and the threshold such that the support performing condition becomes more difficult to be established when a specific condition that the object is determined to be the continuous structure and the running status is determined to be the steering operation running status is established than when the specific condition is not established.

Abstract: A shock absorber formed such that at least part of an end wall of a groove rib is a fragile portion, or a shock absorber that makes a fracture behavior according to a design intent. The shock absorber has a hollow molded-body having a hollow. The hollow molded-body includes front and rear walls that are spaced from and opposed to each other and a side wall that connects the front and rear walls. The side wall is provided with a front groove rib formed by recessing the front wall and a rear groove rib formed by recessing the rear wall. A side groove wall is formed by welding together at least parts of end walls of the front groove rib and the rear groove rib.

Abstract: A system includes a first cummerbund that includes a slot. Furthermore, the system includes a lap bar that couples to first and second pivot points and rotates in a first circumferential direction about the first and second pivot points. The lap bar extends through the slot of the first cummerbund such that the first cummerbund translates in a first lateral direction relative to the lap bar to adjust a position of the lap bar within the slot.

Abstract: A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp insert is of honeycomb construction.

Abstract: An isolated coolant reservoir displaceable from an operational position to a position pushed out of the Pedestrian Protection Zone in an impact event is provided. The reservoir relative to the vehicle's body structure is generally isolated either by external damping structures or by integrated or internal flexible mounts. Structures that provide external damping of the reservoir relative to the vehicle's body structure include flexible polymerized isolators and flexible metal isolators. Flexible polymerized isolators may be compressible insulators or may be flexible arms, both of which are positioned between the integral arms of the reservoir and the body structure. Flexible metal isolators may be springs or dampers. Integrated or internal flexible mounts include angular flexible arms having slotted ends that extend from the reservoir to the body structure. Further variations of the integrated arm structure include a living hinge incorporated into the arm and arcuate arm.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor is provided for a vehicle and includes a safety seat belt strap for buckling up an occupant on a vehicle seat of the vehicle. The seat belt retractor also includes a regulator for regulating a seat belt restraining force level and/or a seat belt tensioner force level for the safety seat belt strap. A sensor detects restraining and/or tensioning-relevant data. A controller actuates the regulator on the basis of the restraining and/or tensioning-relevant data such that the seat belt retractor generates and/or includes the restraining and/or tensioning-relevant data.

Abstract: A passive entry and start system of a vehicle includes a transceiver configured to pair with a mobile device. The transceiver individually connects to and transmits predetermined signals from N different antennas of the vehicle that are located in N different positions. A location module determines a location of the mobile device relative to the vehicle based on M RSSI values of the predetermined signals received by the mobile device from M of the N different antennas of the vehicle. The location module is configured to determine a zone of the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device relative to the vehicle. The system further includes an unlock control module that actuates door lock actuators and unlocks the when the mobile device is in a first predetermined zone and a start control module that starts the vehicle when the mobile device is in a second predetermined zone.

Abstract: A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaning system in which washer fluid is dispensed through a windshield or headlight wiper blade via an integral channel and nozzles arrayed in a way so as to insure efficient dispensation of the cleaning solution. The vehicle cleaning system comprises a liquid reservoir, a controller in fluid communication with said liquid reservoir, a generator for vaporizing the wiper cleaning solution by rotating a magnet assembly relative to a conductor assembly housing the wiper cleaning solution about an axis so as to induce eddy currents when relative motion is produced between the conductor assembly and the magnet assembly, a vapor reservoir and a vapor distributor, and a wiper. Upon engagement of the controller, the wiper cleaning solution is delivered and pulsed into a space between a pair of wiper blades and across the surface to be cleaned of the vehicle. The magnet assembly has a closed contour loop construction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a container for receiving liquids arranged in a motor compartment of the motor vehicle in a space-saving manner. The two front end sections of the two front axle supports are connected together by two transverse supports, which are arranged at a distance from each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the container for receiving liquids is arranged in the intermediate space between the two front axle supports.

Abstract: A driving support device includes a camera (21) for taking an image of a peripheral region of an own vehicle through a protection window (211), and a driving support module (10) for displaying a peripheral region screen on a display (50), to thereby support driving of the own vehicle by a driver. The device further includes a washer (22) capable of selectively carrying out any one of air washing of spraying air toward the protection window without spraying liquid and liquid washing of spraying liquid toward the protection window, and a switch section (530) for receiving an operation of instructing which of the air washing and the liquid washing is carried out. The driving support module causes the washer to carry out the air washing when a first operation is carried out; and cause the washer to carry out the liquid washing when a second operation is carried out.

Abstract: A vehicle light assembly is provided. The vehicle lighting assembly includes a housing, a light source, a lens disposed in front of the light source, a light sensor disposed outside the lens for sensing light intensity of light output from the lens, and a controller controlling the light source to adjust intensity of the light based on the sensed light intensity. The controller may also control a lens cleaner based on the sensed light intensity.

Abstract: The invention is a mobile fueling system for vehicles that includes a fleet of mobile fuel stations, such as trucks. Each mobile fuel station has at least one fuel reservoir adapted for storing either liquid fuel, gaseous fuel and electric fuel. The system also includes a data processing hub and a network providing wireless data communication between vehicles, the fleet of mobile fuel stations, and the data processing hub. The data processing hub receives vehicle data from vehicles and fleet data from each mobile fuel station over the network. The data processing hub is configured to dispatch via the network the mobile fuel stations in the fleet to vehicles in need of fuel based on at least three of the following factors: vehicle fuel level, a vehicle fuel request, vehicle location, a vehicle owner stored fueling location preference, a vehicle owner service request, reservoir fuel contents, reservoir fuel level and mobile fuel station location.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure braking force generation device is provided with a first control unit for performing control for inhibiting excessive responses in which the input pressure is controlled such that the output pressure is within a first region set using a braking target oil pressure as a reference, a second control unit for performing control for responsiveness in which the increase speed or decrease speed of the input pressure is increased so as to be larger than that in the control for inhibiting excessive responses, to cancel response delay and a switching unit which, on the basis of the state of the braking target oil pressure, switches between the control for inhibiting excessive responses performed by the first control unit and the control for responsiveness performed by the second control unit.

Abstract: In the present invention, a brake device is equipped with: differential pressure control valves; pressure adjusting units which are connected to the differential pressure control valves through liquid passages; and a control device which controls the WC pressure Pwc in wheel cylinders by operating the differential pressure control valves and the pressure adjusting units. When predetermined suppression control permission conditions are satisfied while both the supply pumps of the pressure adjusting units and the differential pressure control valves are in operation, the control device performs self-excited vibration suppression control over the differential pressure control valves, the self-excited vibration suppression control being carried out in such a manner that a valve element separated from a valve seat is caused to abut on the valve seat, and, upon abutting on the valve seat, the valve element is separated from the valve seat.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a brake control device, a vehicle acceleration sensor, and a trailer brake controller. The trailer brake controller outputs an initial trailer brake torque demand based on an input received from the brake control device and adjusts the initial trailer brake torque demand to converge a signal from the vehicle acceleration sensor to an expected negative acceleration value correlated with the input from the brake control device.

Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle including providing a system having a plurality of brakes and a curve detecting mechanism. Each brake of the plurality of brakes is configured to slow rotation of a respective wheel. The method further includes detecting a curve in a forward travel path of the vehicle using the curve detecting mechanism. At least two brakes but fewer than all of the plurality of brakes are pre-filled in response to the detection of a curve.

Abstract: Towed vehicles can be extremely heavy. Accordingly, it is too much of a burden to the braking system of a towing vehicle to not have brakes on the towed vehicle. Controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle must be accurately applied otherwise undesirable conditions can be created. There is a need for a method for controlling braking of a towed vehicle. This method comprises receiving a first signal via a communication bus of a towing vehicle, the first signal relating to at least one operating condition of at least one the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, sending a second signal to brakes of the towed vehicle, the second signal based on said first signal.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake device includes (a) a master fluid passage for supplying a working fluid from a master cylinder to a wheel brake, (b) a master shut-off valve provided in the master fluid passage, (c) a return fluid passage, (d) a return passage opening valve provided in the return fluid passage, (e) an electromagnetic control valve provided in the return fluid passage and configured to control a flow of the working fluid or to allow a flow of the working fluid without controlling, and (f) a stroke simulator having first and second fluid chambers defined by a partition member, the first fluid chamber being connected to the master fluid passage between the master shut-off valve and the master cylinder, the second fluid chamber being connected to the return fluid passage on one on opposite sides of the return passage opening valve that is nearer to the wheel brake.

Abstract: An electronic brake system is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic brake system.

Abstract: A retaining valve includes an inlet and a valve member downstream from the inlet, wherein the valve member has first, second, and third positions. A first passage through the valve member allows fluid flow through the retaining valve when the valve member is in the first position. A second passage through the valve member allows fluid flow through the retaining valve when the valve member is in the second position. A third passage through the valve member allows fluid flow through the retaining valve when the valve member is in the third position. A slide moves with respect to the valve member in response to pressure at the inlet. A spring engaged with the slide biases the slide toward the inlet. A seal located at an axial midpoint of the slide prevents flow through the third passage when pressure at the inlet is less than a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic brake system and a control method thereof.

Abstract: A SS control device is configured to: be allowed to stop an internal combustion engine when a required voltage is smaller than or equal to a first voltage value under a state where a stopping condition is satisfied, and be prohibited from stopping the internal combustion engine when the required voltage is larger than the first voltage value under a state where the stopping condition is satisfied; and be allowed to restart the internal combustion engine when the required voltage is smaller than or equal to a second voltage value smaller than the first voltage value under a state where the restart condition is satisfied, and be prohibited from restarting the internal combustion engine when the required voltage is larger than the second voltage value under a state where the restart condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A hybrid powertrain includes a traction battery and a controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to a current vehicle speed exceeding a first threshold, reduce a parameter indicative of state of charge (SOC) of the battery by an offset amount that varies with an amount of predicted distance for which a predicted vehicle speed profile is less than a second threshold to prompt charging of the battery to increased SOC values.

Abstract: A collinear relationship is satisfied in which rotation speeds of first to third rotation elements and rotation speeds of fourth to sixth rotation elements are arranged respectively in this sequence on a single straight line in a collinear diagram. The first and fourth rotation elements are connected with first and second power sources respectively. The second and fifth rotation elements are connected with first and second driven units respectively. The second and sixth rotation elements are connected with each other by a first connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later. The third and fifth rotation elements are connected with each other by a second connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling MHSG of a mild hybrid electric vehicle, may include detecting data for controlling the MHSG; determining a target torque of an engine based on the data; determining whether a pressure difference between a front end portion and a rear end portion of a particulate filter is equal to or greater than a first pressure based on the data; determining a loss amount of combustion torque of the engine based on the pressure difference when the pressure difference is equal to or greater than the first pressure; and performing torque compensation control of the MHSG based on the target torque of the engine and the loss amount of the combustion torque of the engine.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a motor generator; an electric storage device electrically connected with the motor generator; and a control device configured to set a control mode of an electric storage level of the electric storage device, to one of a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode. The control device is configured to expand a permissible fluctuation band of the electric storage level during the charge sustaining mode, when the control device is performing a first switching control, compared to when the control device is not performing the first switching control, the first switching control being a control in which the control device automatically performs switching between the charge depleting mode and the charge sustaining mode, at least partly based on a predicted load on a planned traveling route for the hybrid vehicle.

Abstract: Controlling a driving torque of a driveline assembly of a motor vehicle comprises: monitoring a speed of a first drive axle; monitoring a speed of a second drive axle; determining a target speed for the electric machine from at least one of the speeds of the first and the second drive axle controlling the electric machine in target speed mode as a function of the at least one speed; determining a target torque from the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle; controlling the clutch in a target torque mode as a function of the speed of the first drive axle and the speed of the second drive axle.

Abstract: A vehicle controller calculates a lateral slip amount indicating a degree to which a target wheel to be controlled which is a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle is slipping in a rightward and leftward direction on a ground surface; performs a lateral slip suppressing control including at least one of a control for reducing an absolute value of a command value of a longitudinal force in a forward and rearward direction which is applied from the ground surface to the target wheel and a control for increasing a distributed load applied to the target wheel, in a case where it is determined that the lateral slip amount is greater than a lateral slip limit threshold; and decides the lateral slip limit threshold based on at least one of the longitudinal force and a normal force applied to the target wheel.

Abstract: A parking system for a vehicle that is configured to perform a parallel parking maneuver and that includes: an object detection apparatus; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include: determining, through the object detection apparatus, information regarding at least one nearby parked vehicle; setting at least one edge point of the at least one nearby parked vehicle based on the information regarding the at least one parked vehicle; setting a reference line based on the set at least one edge point of the at least one parked vehicle; and providing a control signal to control the vehicle to perform a parallel parking maneuver with a body of the vehicle passing through the set reference line.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a parking operation of a vehicle, and more specifically, to a specific method and apparatus for controlling a parking operation of a vehicle using a radar sensor and an ultrasonic sensor of the vehicle to reduce parking time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smart parking assist system (SPAS) and a method of controlling the smart parking assist system. The system and method detect an obstacle that is located on a path to a parking space for automatic parking and is not detected by a sensor of a vehicle using a target speed, a moving speed, and a driving torque of the vehicle, control the vehicle to pass over the obstacle according to a position of the detected obstacle, or change an automatic parking termination condition and complete the automatic parking, thereby detecting the obstacle even though the obstacle is not detected by a sensor in the process of controlling the automatic parking and completing the automatic parking.

Abstract: A vehicle logistic system provides remote operation of self-propelled vehicles in the absence of a human driver. The logistic system operates with a vehicle which includes an accelerator pedal operatively connected to a longitudinal motion controller, a brake pedal operatively connected to the longitudinal motion controller, a steering wheel operatively connected to a lateral motion controller, and an automated vehicle processing module operatively connected to the longitudinal motion controller and to the lateral motion controller. The vehicle is configured to operate in different operating modes. The operating modes include a regular mode and a remote-controlled mode. The automated vehicle processing module is configured to control the longitudinal motion and lateral motion of the vehicle based on vehicle motion instructions received wirelessly from a server while the vehicle is operating in the remote control mode.

Abstract: A method for preparing emergency braking of a vehicle including receiving information regarding a traveling route of the vehicle or a road and nearby information, by a controller; checking, based on the received information, whether a current traveling section is a section in which predetermined deceleration information exists; setting a braking pressure to a predetermined level 1 (LV1) preparation state, in the case where a current traveling section is a section in which predetermined deceleration information exists; detecting at least one pedestrian-related information around the road by processing an image photographed using a camera, by the controller; and calculating a risk of collision with a pedestrian in a predetermined scheme by the controller when the pedestrian-related information is checked, and setting a braking pressure to a predetermined level 2 (LV2) preparation state in the case where the risk of collision is greater than a preset reference.