Patents Issued in December 6, 2018
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Publication number: 20180345832Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a seatback. The seat cushion includes a pad having a groove, a plurality of seat covers for covering the pad surface, and a suspending member for connecting two of the plurality of seat covers, and fixing the two seat covers to the pad inside the groove formed in the pad. A plurality of minute holes are formed in the suspending member between a part connected to one of the two seat covers and a part connected to the other seat cover for ventilation between an inside and an outside of the groove formed in the pad with respect to the suspending member. This secures ventilation performance of the seat cover surface even when the occupant is seated on the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Kotaro KUMAGAI, Masayuki TAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180345833Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat, individually selectable and controllable electromagnetic coils individually positioned at respective locations within the seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the vehicle seat, and a controller. The electromagnetic coils to generate electromagnetic fields when activated. The controller to individually activate a subset of the electromagnetic coils to deliver electromagnetic energy to the anatomical locations of the person corresponding to the respective locations within the vehicle seat of the activated electromagnetic coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Lear CorporationInventors: David Gallagher, Francesco Migneco
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Publication number: 20180345834Abstract: A capacitive detection system for detecting occupancy of a vehicle seat includes a signal generating unit and a signal evaluation unit. The vehicle seat has a seat heater member configured for receiving pulse-width modulated electrical heater power of a pulse-width modulation frequency and time-varying output signals of the signal generating unit. The signal evaluation unit is configured to monitor a voltage difference between the electrical connection ends of the seat heater member, and is further configured to generate an output signal that is indicative of the seat heater member to be defective, on the basis of a fulfillment of at least one predetermined condition concerning the monitored voltage difference and a phase of the pulse-width modulated electrical heater power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Oliver LION, Christian URIG
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Publication number: 20180345835Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly comprises a cushion and a seating surface. A recess includes at least two branches defined in the cushion. The two branches come together at a junction and extend in a direction parallel with the seating surface. An elongate carrier is disposed between the recess and the seating surface, the elongate carrier includes a plurality of thermoelectric devices arranged along the recess. A flexible bellows extends through the cushion and has a first end in fluid communication with the junction and a second end in fluid communication with an air mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line
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Publication number: 20180345836Abstract: A seat back (2) has a pad (4) with a side surface covered by a trim cover (5) and a rear surface covered by a back board (6). A back board attachment structure has a folding portion (5a1) with a trim back surface edge portion (5a) folded back to a pad side. A fastener (7a) includes an element (7a2) attached to the folding portion (5a1) to face the pad side. An edge portion (6a) of a folding portion (6a1) of the back board (6), to be the backrest surface side, is folded back to the pad side. A fastener (7b) includes an element (7b2) attached to the folding portion (6a1) to face the pad side. The fasteners (7a and 7b) are engageable in a state with the trim cover provided from the backrest surface side and the back board provided from the back surface side, with respect to the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Kaoru BABA, Yoshihisa HAMANO
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Publication number: 20180345837Abstract: A coupling unit for connecting a support structure to an elongated side member comprises a body and a recess. The recess is configured to receive a wire member of the support structure. The coupling unit is configured to be connected to the elongated side member by a snap fit. The elongated side member may be part of a frame of a seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Pierrot CATRY, Jo PATTYN
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Publication number: 20180345838Abstract: The present invention provides a soft polyurethane foam obtained by foam molding a foaming stock solution containing a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a foaming agent, and a catalyst. The polyol includes a polyether polyol A having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 3,000 to 8,000 and 3 to 4 functional groups and a polyether polyol B having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 4,000 and 2 functional groups. The polyisocyanate includes diphenylmethane diisocyanate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke YOSHITOMI, Hideharu SEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180345839Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for sliding a headrest towards the front direction, more particularly, to a headrest sliding device wherein a ratchet and a release lever are installed in a side link which is a movable part, and the protrusion of the ratchet is being pushed up to release the locking so that the headrest is returned to its original position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Hae Il Jeong
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Publication number: 20180345840Abstract: A method for adjusting a vehicle seat includes activating a pump at a selected speed from a number of selectable speeds to inflate a first bladder and adjusting an inner chamber within a sound dampening assembly that is fluidically coupled between the first bladder and the pump. The inner chamber is adjusted to cancel at least one primary frequency generated by the pump that varies with the selectable speeds thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Brian Boland
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Publication number: 20180345841Abstract: Various examples of tilting a human support surface in a vehicle are disclosed. A frame is attached to the surface of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes rotation system mounted between the frame and a vehicle surface. The rotation system can be controlled to tilt a human support surface of the frame towards a direction of acceleration associated with a driving maneuver as the driving maneuver is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Danil V. Prokhorov, Richard M. Sullivan, Paxton S. Williams
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Publication number: 20180345842Abstract: A mechanism for holding an article. The mechanism includes a rotatable member, at least two holding members and a sensor. The rotatable member is rotatably mounted below a base and controlled by a motor to rotate around a vertical rotation axis. The holding members are each mechanically linked by a connecting member to the rotatable member. The rotation of the rotatable member in a first direction moves the holding member from a rest position to a holding position and rotation of the rotatable member in a second direction moves the holding member to the rest position. The sensor is arranged on the base and adapted to sense the article in proximity. The sensor upon sensing the article rotates the rotatable member in the first direction to move the holding members to the holding position and rotates the rotatable member in the second direction upon removal the article from the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Firoz SIDDIQUI
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Publication number: 20180345843Abstract: The application discloses integrated air suspension and platform lifting systems that utilize an existing air supply for lifting one or more platforms installed in a trailer or hauling vehicle. An apparatus for lifting a rear gate or platform of a trailer or a hauling vehicle is disclosed that includes an actuating mechanism operable to pivot the platform between a lowered position (e.g., where the end of the platform is in contact with the ground) and a range of raised positions (e.g., where the platform is raised to meet an elevated platform such as a loading dock). The lifting mechanisms for raising and lowering the platform(s) may utilize a pressurized gas supply from a compressor. In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism may be supplied with pressurized air from a compressor of a brake system of a tractor. In some embodiments a separate locking mechanism is provided to hold the platform in place after the lifting system has moved it into a desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Mark Woods, Matthew Woods
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Publication number: 20180345844Abstract: A cargo restraining system has a frame and a cargo net carried on the frame. The frame and the cargo net are displaceable between a first position partitioning a cargo area from a passenger area of a motor vehicle and a second position overlying cargo supported on a cargo area floor of the motor vehicle. A related method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Annette Lynn Huebner, Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman
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Publication number: 20180345845Abstract: A vehicle light assembly includes a light source. A lens is positioned proximate the light source. A conductive circuitry is disposed on the lens and forms a capacitive sensor. A temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Pietro Buttolo, Annette Lynn Huebner, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman
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Publication number: 20180345846Abstract: An electric powered lamp is disclosed. The lamp has a base, a light emitting element, and a cover over the light source. A light guide carries light from the light source to a reflective surface in the cover. Light rays run transversely through the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Hossein Alisafaee, Chris Billman, Travis Demaree, Cesar Perez-Bolivar
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Publication number: 20180345847Abstract: A method for adjusting a luminous intensity of headlamp light of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes at least one headlamp producing the headlamp light. The at least one headlamp includes a plurality of individually controllable light sources which create different partial areas of a light emission pattern of the headlamp light. The method includes obtaining a ground geometry of a ground area which can be illuminated by the headlamp light in the vicinity of the vehicle, calculating an illuminance producible by each of the light sources on the ground area using the obtained ground geometry, comparing the calculated illuminances with respective reference values, and adjusting a luminous intensity of the light sources to achieve the associated reference values of the illuminance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Daniel Weissenberger, Thomas Feil, Roland Fiederling
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Publication number: 20180345848Abstract: It is an object to provide a motor vehicle headlight assembly that includes a headlight module having a first luminous intensity distribution, a first additional headlight module having a second luminous intensity distribution different from the first luminous intensity distribution, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to apply power to the headlight module based on one or more of a switch input and a light/dark input, and apply power to the first additional headlight module when a speed of the motor vehicle exceeds a first predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: John ORISICH, Brant POTTER, Emigdio LEON
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Publication number: 20180345849Abstract: A light distribution switching device of a head lamp may include: a housing installed at the front of a light source of the head lamp; a shield part rotatably installed in the housing, and adjusting movement of light irradiated from the light source depending on a rotational position; a rotating gear mounted on the shield part and rotated with the shield part; a driving part rotating a driving gear engaged with the rotating gear; and an elastic return part installed on the shield part, and moving the shield part to the original position when the driving part is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Geun JUN, Hyuk Min LEE, Gil Won HAN
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Publication number: 20180345850Abstract: An apparatus for use with a car includes: an input configured to receive data from a laser device; a processing unit configured to process the data from the laser device, and to determine a control signal for controlling a component of the car; and an output for providing the control signal for controlling the component of the car.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Anita AU, Gerald CHAN
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Publication number: 20180345851Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for determining a distance between a vehicle and a computing device during a remote parking operation. An example method includes receiving, by a computing device, a 3D model of a vehicle and vehicle inertial data. The method also includes capturing an image of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a distance between the computing device and the vehicle based on the image and the 3D model, and updating the distance based on the vehicle inertial data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Erick Michael Lavoie, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Publication number: 20180345852Abstract: A safety sign device is for a vehicle. The safety sign device includes a first sign having proximal and distal end, a first hinge being coupled to the proximal end of the first sign, the first hinge being coupled to a side of the vehicle, and a second sign being coupled to the side of the vehicle and being substantially parallel to the side of the vehicle. The first hinge is configured to extend and retract the first sign between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second signs may be transverse to each other in the extended position, and may be flat against the side of the vehicle in the retracted position. The safety sign device includes a first flexible arm coupled to the first hinge and having an elongate housing, and visual indicators carried by the elongate housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: DANNY RINGER
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Publication number: 20180345853Abstract: An automatic alarm warning lamp includes a red LED component, a blue LED component, an L-rod mounting base, a warning lamp housing, and a reinforcing plate. The red and blue LED components are installed in the warning lamp housing; the L-rod mounting base is disposed on an outer side of the top of a police car for fixing the warning lamp housing to the outer side of the top of the police car; and the reinforcing plate is disposed on an inner side of the police car for reinforcing the fixation of the warning lamp housing. The warning lamp further includes a control component coupled to the red and blue LED components for controlling the light emission of the red LED component and the light emission of the blue LED component. This disclosure improves the automation level of the warning lamp used in the police car.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Yanhua GAO
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Publication number: 20180345854Abstract: An illuminated plate for motor vehicles includes: a base sheet; an electroluminescent sheet; a background sheet which is transparent, translucent, or reflective, and which has a cutout section constituted by openings shaped in characters for display; character inserts which are transparent or translucent and shaped in the characters, which character inserts are infixed in the corresponding openings of the characters in the cutout section; and a clear cover sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Nozomu Hope Shigaki
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Publication number: 20180345855Abstract: Non-emergency illumination apparatus (10) arranged in use to mark a location of an article, fixture or fitting in an aircraft cabin, the apparatus including: an emitting layer (2) including a photoluminescent material, the photoluminescent material emitting visible light in a first region of the electromagnetic spectrum in response to excitation by light from a second region of the electromagnetic spectrum, different to the first region; and a protective layer (6) overlying the emitting layer, the protective layer transmitting light from the first and second regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, wherein the non-emergency illumination apparatus is constructed and arranged to be placed in proximity to an article, fixture or fitting, such that the apparatus marks the location of the article, fixture or fitting when excited by light from the second region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The illumination apparatus can comprise a carrier matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Sean Patrick O'Kell, Andrew Jon Hallett
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Publication number: 20180345856Abstract: A light-emitting module of a vehicle includes a light-emitting element for emitting light, a reflector for bundling the light emitted by the light-emitting element, and a cover for covering the light-emitting element and the reflector. At least one visible part of the reflector projects through at least one visible opening of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Tom Willmann, Florian Altinger
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Publication number: 20180345857Abstract: A light assembly for a vehicle comprises: a light source that emits light; a reflector that reflects the light emitted by the light source to a reflected focal point; and an optical device through which the light emitted by the light source transmits, the optical device having an optical focal point; wherein the optical focal point and the reflected focal point are approximately the same focal point. The light leaving the optical device is directed toward a target illuminance area that allows a driver or passenger of the vehicle to read. The light source is an LED. The optical device is a lens. The reflector is an elliptical reflector. The light assembly further comprises a printed circuit board and the LED is mounted on the printed circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Linsheng Chen, Steven J. Antilla
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Publication number: 20180345858Abstract: An illuminated engine cover assembly including an engine attachment system and an illuminated engine cover is disclosed. The illuminated engine cover assembly comprises an attachment element attached to the engine and an illuminated engine cover composed of polymerized foam. The illuminated engine cover has a recessed area and a receptacle for releasable attachment to the engine attachment element. An illuminated feature is attached to the cover's recessed area. A contact element is fitted within the receptacle. A flexible printed circuit for providing contact between the illuminated feature and the contact element of the receptacle is embedded within the engine cover. A support lattice is optionally embedded within the cover. The support lattice has ends and an intermediate portion to which the illuminated feature is attached. Grommets are attached to each end of the support lattice. The releasable attachment receptacles are formed in the grommets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Gary Nola
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Publication number: 20180345859Abstract: A carbon monoxide alarm assembly includes an alarm unit that is selectively positioned within a vehicle thereby facilitating the alarm unit to be in fluid communication with an interior of the vehicle. The alarm unit detects carbon monoxide and the alarm unit emits an audible alarm when the alarm unit detects carbon monoxide. In this way the alarm unit alerts a driver to exit the vehicle. An emergency tool is removably coupled to the alarm unit and the emergency tool is selectively manipulated. The emergency tool has a blade to cut a seat belt and a breaker thereon to break a window in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Travis Zehr
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Publication number: 20180345860Abstract: A display system includes a display unit, a housing, and a reflecting optical system. The display unit displays an image based on a captured image. The housing includes a housing room that houses the display unit and the reflecting optical system. The reflecting optical system reflects the image displayed on the display unit, thereby outputting the reflected image through an opening of the housing to the outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: NORIHIRO IMAMURA, SHOJI SOH
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Publication number: 20180345861Abstract: An adjustable vehicle mirror assembly uses a revolution sensor for detecting revolutions of an element in a mirror rotation drive chain. A control circuit uses the revolution sensor control rotation of the mirror to a preset orientation by counting revolutions and controlling a motor power supply and its direction dependent on whether the count indicates that the count of revolutions has reached a preset value. At power down, power up or when a new preset value is defined the control circuit switches to an overrule state in order to calibrate an offset. The control circuit continues operating in the overrule state until a rotation coupling in the mirror assembly reaches a disengaged state or stalls.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Bastiaan Huijzers
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Publication number: 20180345862Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustment instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle. The adjustment instrument comprises a housing which is pivotably adjustable relative to a base between a park position and an overfold position via a drive position. The adjustment instrument furthermore comprises an electric drive unit provided in the housing, which cooperates via an output element with a driving ring provided with force transmission cams. The force transmission cams in the drive position are supported on a housing cam track of the housing, and upon electrically driven pivoting of the housing are supported on a base cam track of the base. In and near the drive position the force transmission cams can cooperate directly with the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Paulus Gerardus Maria van Stiphout
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Publication number: 20180345863Abstract: Fastening construction (1), in particular for an exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle, comprising a base part (3) which can be fixedly connected with a vehicle, and a rotation part (4) which is couplable with the base part (3) and which in coupled condition forms a central shaft (5) for pivotally bearing-mounting a housing of an exterior vision unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: MCI (Mirror Controls International) NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: François BOUAZIZ, Peter Alexander HAMMING
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Publication number: 20180345864Abstract: A mirror reflective element assembly for a vehicle includes an electrically variable reflectance mirror reflective element that includes front and rear substrates with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween and bounded by a perimeter seal. A perimeter layer is disposed at a second surface of the front substrate proximate a perimeter edge of the front substrate that conceals the perimeter seal from view by a driver of a vehicle. No part of the rear substrate extends beyond any part of the front substrate. At least a portion of the mirror reflector disposed at at least a portion of the third surface of the rear substrate extends from under the perimeter seal outward towards at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the rear substrate. The mirror reflector includes a stack of thin films that includes at least a first metal thin film and a second metal thin film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Ian A. McCabe, Desaraju V. Varaprasad, Hamid Habibi, Niall R. Lynam
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Publication number: 20180345865Abstract: An electronic systems center includes a housing, having a base and a cover, an image processing module held in the housing and an imaging port in the housing where that imaging port includes an integral glare shield. The electronic systems center may also include one or more of a USB charger, an EWAFS module, a rain sensor, a rearview mirror, a rearview mirror tether and windshield heater terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Kurt Hugh Maxwell
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Publication number: 20180345866Abstract: Provided is a mirror display device including a monitor display element for emitting image light vibrating in a first direction in an image display state; and a mirror optical element provided on the display surface side relative to the monitor display element. The mirror optical element can switch reflective and transmissible states. The reflective state is that light vibrating in a first direction from an absorption-type polarization plate side is converted to vibrate in a second direction by a liquid crystal cell to be reflected by a reflection-type polarization plate, and converted to vibrate in the first direction by the liquid crystal cell to be emitted from the absorption-type polarization plate. The transmissible state is that light vibrating in the first direction from a reflection-type polarization plate side is transmitted through the cell as it is, to be emitted from the absorption-type polarization plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro GOHARA
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Publication number: 20180345867Abstract: A display system includes a display surface and a display mirror. The display surface is configured to display image P1 based on a captured image. The display mirror is configured to reflect, as reflection image P2, only a partial area in the image displayed on the display surface. The display system is configured so that a position of reflection image P2 changes as a point of view of a subject viewing the display mirror moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: NORIHIRO IMAMURA, SHOJI SOH, KATSUYUKI MORITA
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Publication number: 20180345868Abstract: A method of forming a component for a vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, forming the component of an ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) and a stiffening filler. A bracket and a running board assembly are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Richard Gall, David Brian Glickman
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Publication number: 20180345869Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the cargo area of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a support structure having a track system. The track system includes a first track portion defining a first cargo floor position, a second track portion defining a second cargo floor position and a third track portion defining a cargo floor storage position. A tambour cargo deck is supported by the track system, and movable from the first or second cargo floor position to the cargo floor storage position, and movable from the cargo floor storage position to the first or second cargo floor position. In this way, the cargo area can be increased or decreased as desired. The method comprises sliding the tambour cargo deck from the first cargo floor position to the storage position and sliding the tambour cargo deck from the storage position to the second cargo floor position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: OSCAR MANUEL ROLDAN GONZALEZ, CESAR CERVANTES SANDOVAL, BRUCE L. STONE
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Publication number: 20180345870Abstract: An automobile roof rail system includes a rail having opposed first and second side walls defining a cavity between the first and second side walls. A retention feature is provided with each of the first side wall and the second side wall. A resilient material first seal is engaged at a first end with the retention feature of the first side wall, and a resilient material second seal is engaged at a first end with the retention feature of the second side wall. A living hinge separates a free second end of each of the first seal and the second seal from the first end. The free second end of each of the first seal and the second seal is directed into the cavity in an as-molded condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Patrick Lee Wilks
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Publication number: 20180345871Abstract: A ladder rack assembly for a work vehicle has a stationary bed for attachment to the roof thereof. A pair of parallel, spaced apart rails has guides thereon that extend from the rails' first ends toward, but short their second ends. Rollers on side edges of a load support member ride on the bed rails. When the rollers are constrained by the guides, only translation of the load support member takes place. Upon exit of the rollers from the rear ends of the guides, both translation and rotation of the load support member can occur. A control arm is pivotally joined at one end to the stationary bed. Its free end has cam actuated latch pin assemblies attached to it that co-act with cams on the stationary bed during rearward displacement of the load support member to latch the load support member to the control arm whereby further rearward movement of the load support member causes it to tilt to a somewhat vertical position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Avraham Y. Levi
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Publication number: 20180345872Abstract: An adjustable truck bed extender is disclosed, including a hitch mount configured for attachment to a vehicle, and a mast structure having a first end pivotally coupled to the hitch mount. The truck bed extender further includes a crossbar member coupled to a second end of the mast structure, perpendicular to the mast structure. A length of the mast structure and an angle of the mast structure relative to the hitch mount are separately adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Yakima Products, Inc.Inventors: Charles Kraeuter, Jason Attfield Sagen
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Publication number: 20180345873Abstract: A fastener assembly for aircraft cockpit electronics can include a spring locking quarter turn fastener, where a head of the fastener can be positioned on a non-display side of the assembly, and a thread of the fastener can extend to a display side of the assembly. The fastener assembly can additionally include a spring assembly and mounting hardware.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Mark Woodworth Campbell
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Publication number: 20180345874Abstract: A portable electronic device support assembly for a vehicle comprises a housing for placement, a link arm slidably coupled to the housing at a first end of the link arm, and a device support configured to receive a portable electronic device and rotatably coupled to the link arm at a second end of the link arm. The link arm and device support are movable between stowed and deployed positions. A latching mechanism configured to resist movement of the link arm in the deployed position, the latching mechanism comprising a latch movably coupled to the link arm. The latch is resiliently biased such that the latch engages a recess in the housing when the link arm is in the deployed position. An interaction between the device support and the latching mechanism retracts the latch from the recess as the device support rotates relative to the link arm when moving towards the stowed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gavin Thain, Phil Bunn
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Publication number: 20180345875Abstract: A holder for motor vehicles for receiving a mobile device, which may have a housing and clamping jaws for clamping the mobile device. The housing may be equipped with a dedicated power supply for the clamping operation, such that the clamping jaws are movable electromechanically for opening or closing purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventor: Thomas BUCHHALTER
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Publication number: 20180345876Abstract: A tool holder apparatus for a motorized vehicle for residential use includes an attachment member, a rotary table attached to the attachment member, the table having fixed and relatively movable table members, and a tool holder attached to the movable table member. The attachment member removably fastens the tool holder apparatus to a member of the motorized vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Todd David Lawrence, Brandon Todd Lawrence, Austin David Lawrence, Colton David Lawrence
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Publication number: 20180345877Abstract: A fully or partially illuminated badge, preferably for use in the interior and exterior in the motor vehicle industry, includes a transparent lens that is combined with an illumination source and a support piece, which is subsequently rear-mounted, such that an assembly is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Gerhardi Kunststofftechnik GmbHInventor: Dirk KIESLICH
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Publication number: 20180345878Abstract: An attachment structure is configured to be installed in a vehicle interior. The attachment structure includes an outer skin and an ornament embedded in the outer skin. The attachment structure further includes a plate which provided on an underside of the outer skin. The outer skin is disposed between the ornament and the plate. The attachment structure also includes a base positioned at an underside side of the plate and configured to be coupled to the plate, and a cushion. The cushion may be positioned between the outer skin and the plate, or between the plate and the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Brian Bober, Orv Brow, Justina Strzelecki
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Publication number: 20180345879Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a vehicle interior trim part with at least one functional and/or decorative element. The functional and/or decorative element can be additively manufactured from a thermoplastic material and include a structured surface. The present disclosure further relates to a tool including a depositing unit and a receiving device with a receiving surface which is curved or at least partly structured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Lidia Chapeau, Guillaume Basquin
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Publication number: 20180345880Abstract: A vehicle rear structure, comprising a fixation wall which is erected behind a rear seat, and an upper back panel whose end is attached to the fixation wall, wherein the upper back panel is provided with a first attaching portion which is attached to the fixation wall and extends in a direction substantially parallel to the fixation wall, and a folding portion which is connected to an upper end of the first attaching portion, opposed to the first attaching portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and when a force is applied in the forward direction of the vehicle, is folded with its upper end as a fulcrum toward the front of the vehicle; and the folding portion has a length to contact the first attaching portion or the fixation wall at a position below an upper end of the fixation wall when it is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaki YOSHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180345881Abstract: A panel of the passenger compartment of a vehicle, such as a dash panel, and a method of making a panel with reduced radiated panel noise. A panels of the passenger compartment of a vehicle have committed regions that are formed to receive assembled components, welds and fasteners. Interstitial regions are available between the committed regions that are formed to include a plurality of raised surface features and a plurality of recessed surface features for reducing radiated panel noise. A method is disclosed for forming a plurality of raised surface features and a plurality of recessed surface features in the interstitial regions that increase the stiffness of the interstitial regions to reduce radiated panel noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Sridhar Santi BOYINA, Ravi Teja KATRAGADDA, Jamie MARCH, John Michael MCGUCKIN, Michael J. KOZAK