Patents Issued in March 7, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190070917
    Abstract: Hitch assemblies are provided. The hitch assemblies includes a first body defining a receiving cavity and a locking mechanism, and a second body removably insertable into the receiving cavity of the first body. The first body is fixedly attachable to a vehicle and the second body is configured to operably connect to a trailing structure, and the locking mechanism includes a rotating member extending through the receiving cavity and rotatable between a first position and a second position, wherein, when the second body is positioned within the receiving cavity and the rotating member is in a secured position, the rotating member secures the second body to the first body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Steve Nance
  • Publication number: 20190070918
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a railcar-moving vehicle having a highway mode for operation on roadways, and a rail mode for operation on rails. The railcar-moving vehicle including a support system, at least one drive axle with rubber tried drive wheels, and at least one pair of steering tires and two spaced apart rail bogies suspended by the support system. The railcar-moving vehicle including a weighted sled frame slidably mounted to the support system, the sled frame translatable between the front end and the rear end of the support system for optimizing weight distribution for increasing traction by the bogies when in rail mode. The bogies retained in an elevated and stowed position during highway mode and in a lowered position when in rail mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: SCOTT ALLEN LANG, DWIGHT JOHANNES THELWELL
  • Publication number: 20190070919
    Abstract: A suspension device for a vehicle of the present invention comprises a knuckle supporting a wheel, an upper arm vertically rotatably connected to a vehicle body and pivotally supporting an upper portion of the knuckle, a lower arm provided below the upper arm and vertically rotatably connected to the vehicle body, and a coupling rod coupling the upper arm and the lower arm, wherein the coupling rod is configured to slant in a vehicle longitudinal direction and be rotatably connected to the upper arm and the lower arm, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka ANDOU, Norio ASANO, Hiroshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190070920
    Abstract: A ball joint comprises: a ball stud which includes a stud part on one end side connected to a structure and a ball part on the other end side; a housing which oscillatably and rotatably supports the ball part of the ball stud; and a ball sheet disposed between the housing and the ball part. The ball sheet includes a recessed/protruding part formed of at least one of a recessed portion and a protruding portion on a surface facing the housing. The housing includes a fitting part having at least one of a protruding shape and a recessed shape each of which fits to the recessed/protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Shigeru KURODA
  • Publication number: 20190070921
    Abstract: A compressed-air feed system for operating a pneumatic system includes a compressed-air supply, a compressed-air connection to the pneumatic system, a ventilation connection to surroundings, and a pneumatic main line between the compressed-air supply and the compressed-air connection. The pneumatic main line has an air dryer and a regeneration throttle. The compressed-air feed system further includes a ventilation line between the pneumatic main line and the ventilation connection. The ventilation line has a ventilation valve and a ventilation throttle. The compressed-air feed system further includes a bypass line between the compressed-air connection and the air dryer. The bypass line has a bypass valve formed as a 2/2 directional valve configured to permit an air flow conducted via the air dryer, and bypassing the regeneration throttle, for filling and ventilating the pneumatic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Joerg MEIER, Uwe STABENOW, Christoph STUENKEL
  • Publication number: 20190070922
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system comprises a channel system, a system conveying device positioned in the channel system and configured to convey air in the channel system, a sensor device comprising at least one analysis channel and configured to measure a characteristic of air flowing through the at least one analysis channel, and a suction jet pump comprising a motive-fluid inlet, a suction inlet, and a pump outlet. The system conveying device separates a suction area of the channel system arranged upstream of the system conveying device from a pressure area of the channel system arranged downstream from the system conveying device, and the sensor device further comprises a sensor outlet configured to release air from the sensor device. The motive-fluid inlet is fluidically connected to the pressure area via a suction jet branch-off point within the channel system, and the suction inlet is fluidically connected to the sensor outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Eberle, Rainer Knoeller, Markus Michael, Anja Reiter, Oliver Schultze, Isabelle Seitz, Joachim Treier, Walter Wolf
  • Publication number: 20190070923
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle comprises a channel system configured to allow air to flow therethrough during operation and at least one heat exchanger positioned within the main channel and configured to air-condition air supplied to a motor vehicle interior of the motor vehicle. The channel system comprises a main channel. The system further comprises a sensor device configured to measure an air characteristic of air to be analysed. The sensor device comprises an analysis channel which the air to be analysed can flow through, a generation device configured to generate electromagnetic waves penetrating the analysis channel, a sensor temperature-control space separated from the analysis channel, and a temperature-control channel configured to apply air-conditioned air to the generation device to control a temperature of the generation device. The generation device is at least partially arranged in the sensor temperature-control space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Knoeller, Markus Michael, Anja Reiter, Walter Wolf
  • Publication number: 20190070924
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a vehicle heat pump system, a battery system coolant loop, a drive train coolant loop, and control electronics. The vehicle heat pump system includes a compressor, a cabin condenser, a cabin evaporator, a cabin blower, and a chiller. The battery system coolant loop is in thermal communication with a battery system and with the chiller and selectively in thermal communication with the drive train coolant loop. The control electronics control the components of the vehicle thermal management system to heat the cabin, cool the cabin, heat the battery system, cool the battery system, and cool the drive train. The control electronics may control the compressor to operate in an efficient mode or a lossy mode in which the compressor generates heat. The control electronics may also control the components of the vehicle thermal management system to precondition the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Mancini, Joseph Stratford Maxwell Mardall, Jan Kopitz, Curt Raymond O'Donnell, Daniel F. Hanks, Huize Li
  • Publication number: 20190070925
    Abstract: A radiant heating system includes a radiant heating element, a steering wheel position monitoring device and a controller configured to control the radiant heating element in response to steering wheel position data received from the steering wheel position monitoring device. A method of controlling operation of a radiant heating system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: John Craig Elson, Kerrie Kathleen Gath, Clay Wesley Maranville, Victoria Leigh Schein, Donald Peter Schneider, III, Manfred Koberstein
  • Publication number: 20190070926
    Abstract: An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle for air-conditioning a vehicle interior may include a unit outlet for discharging air into the vehicle interior, an outside-air duct for an intake of outside air, and an air recirculation duct for recirculation of inside air from the vehicle interior. The air-conditioning unit may also include an outside-air shut-off element arranged in the outside-air duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of outside air through the outside-air duct, and a recirculated-air shut-off element arranged in the air recirculation duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of inside air through the air recirculation duct. The air-conditioning unit may further include a sensor device for detecting a property of air. On at least one duct of the outside-air duct and the recirculation duct, a bypass may be arranged which bypasses an associated shut-off element and is fluidically connected to the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Eberle, Rainer Knoeller, Markus Michael, Anja Reiter, Oliver Schultze, Joachim Treier, Walter Wolf
  • Publication number: 20190070927
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for air conditioning a vehicle interior may include a duct system through which air flows during operation, a conveying device for conveying air through the duct system and into the vehicle interior, and a sensor arranged in a duct section of the duct system. The sensor may measure at least one component of air during operation. The air conditioning system may also include a blocking element for varying a flow of air through the duct section. The blocking element may be adjustable between an open position, in which the blocking element maximizes a flow cross-section through the duct section, and an end position, in which the blocking element clears a predetermined minimum flow cross-section of the duct section, such that the sensor is acted upon by air during operation in all positions of the blocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Rainer Knoeller
  • Publication number: 20190070928
    Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle includes a visor panel carrying at least one fan or blower adapted to provide an airflow that is directionally adjustable independently of an orientation of the visor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Holmes Dunham, Joseph John Bouwhuis, Bhavani Thota
  • Publication number: 20190070929
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a compressor, an external heat exchanger, an evaporator, a fluid-cooled condenser, a thermostatic expansion valve, an internal heat exchanger, a fixed restrictor, a first flow-path switching valve, and a second flow-path switching valve configured to switch flow path of cooling medium so as to bypass the fluid-cooled condenser and the fixed restrictor at cabin-cooling operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojiro NAKAMURA, Tomohiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190070930
    Abstract: A radiant heater device according to the present disclosure includes a radiant heater that radiates radiant heat to a passenger of a vehicle and a controller that controls an output of the radiant heater. The controller acquires information related to a thermal sensation of the passenger and controls the output of the radiant heater based on the information related the thermal sensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Shiro BANDO
  • Publication number: 20190070931
    Abstract: A coolant heating device for a vehicle includes: a housing storing coolant therein and having a sheath heater therein; an upper space part protruding upwards from a top surface of the housing and having an inner space via which an inner space of the housing communicates with the upper space part; a water-level-sensing part disposed inside the upper space part to sense a level of coolant in the housing; and a controller for controlling operation of the sheath heater based on the level of coolant sensed by the water-level-sensing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Man Ju OH, Sang Shin LEE, So La CHUNG, Jae Woong KIM, So Yoon PARK, Jae Woo PARK, Chul Min KIM
  • Publication number: 20190070932
    Abstract: A liquid heating device includes: a liquid circulation circuit configured to allow circulation of antifreezing fluid therethrough; an electric heater provided in the liquid circulation circuit, the electric heater being configured to heat the antifreezing fluid circulating through the liquid circulation circuit; and a controller serving as a controlling unit configured to control output of the electric heater. The controller restricts the output of the electric heater when viscosity of the antifreezing fluid exceeds a predetermined threshold viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kojiro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190070933
    Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device which inhibits generation of noise in a solenoid valve 30 disposed on an inlet side of a radiator 4 and improves durability of the solenoid valve. A second operation mode is executed to shut off an outdoor expansion valve 6, close the solenoid valve 30, open a solenoid valve 40 and thereby send a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 through a bypass pipe 35 to an outdoor heat exchanger 7. When a first operation mode to open the solenoid valve 30 and close the solenoid valve 40 and thereby send the refrigerant to the radiator 4 is shifted to the second operation mode, a controller opens the solenoid valve 30 at a timing to stop the compressor 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIZEKI, Kohei YAMASHITA, Ryo MIYAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190070934
    Abstract: A pressure relief assembly includes a pressure relief device including a housing that defines at least one air passage chamber, and at least one flap secured within the air passage chamber(s). The pressure relief device is configured to securely couple to a component. A cover is secured to the pressure relief device. At least one impact-absorbing bumper is disposed between the pressure relief device and the cover. The impact-absorbing bumper(s) is configured to dampen impact energy and undesirable noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel David Carlson
  • Publication number: 20190070935
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle interior, the air vent including a master lamella and plural slave lamellas that are respectively pivotable about an axis, wherein the plural slave lamellas follow an opening movement of the master lamella and are arrangeable at different angles relative to the master lamella in order to generate a diffuse air flow; an open portion which is defined by a plurality of lamellas including the master lamella and the plural slave lamellas with a respective flow out gap arranged between each of the lamellas so that air moves through the respective flow out gap into the vehicle interior; and at least one actuation element that is configured to control an orientation of the lamellas, wherein any one of the lamellas is selectable as the master lamella wherein an opening movement of the plural slave lamellas follows an opening movement of the master lamella.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: WANHYUN KO, Christian Schreck
  • Publication number: 20190070936
    Abstract: An air discharge device includes a blowout port, a flow path forming portion that forms therein an air flow path, and an air flow deflecting member. The flow path forming portion includes a first wall, a second wall that faces the first wall, and a third wall and a fourth wall that connect the first wall with the second wall. A part of the first wall on the side of the blowout port forms a guide wall shaped such that a distance between the first wall and the second wall increases along a direction toward an air flow downstream side. At least one of the third wall or the fourth wall includes a separation shape portion configured to cause an air flow on the air flow downstream side of the air flow deflecting member to separate from at least one of the third wall or the fourth wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takeyuki OTSUKI, Yasuhiko NIIMI
  • Publication number: 20190070937
    Abstract: A vehicle fragrance dispenser includes: a fragrance generation section configured to perfume air within a vehicle using one of a plurality of different perfumes; a transceiver section configured to communicate with a mobile data terminal of an occupant; and a controller configured to associate and register any one out of the plurality of perfumes with individual identification information of the mobile data terminal of the occupant, and, in a case in which the transceiver section has received individual identification information of the mobile data terminal of the occupant, the controller controls the fragrance generation section to perfume the air within the vehicle using a perfume associated with the received individual identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi YOSHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190070938
    Abstract: A mounting structure has a front pillar and a side member outer panel. The front pillar has a first linear expansion coefficient. The side member outer panel has a second linear expansion coefficient that is greater than the first linear expansion coefficient. The side member outer panel has a first fastened portion, a second fastened portion, a third fastened portion and a fourth fastened portion that form an imaginary region, and a hinge mounting portion that constrains deformation, due to heating, within the imaginary region, and an unfastened portion. The unfastened portion permits deformation, in an in-plane direction, of a region between the first fastened portion and the second fastened portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Soshiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20190070939
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided having a vehicle structure and a vehicle part that can be displaced relative to the vehicle structure with the aid of at least one drive cable that is provided with a plastics injection molded section for joining the drive cable to the vehicle part. A load reduction device may have at least one coupling member which allows a relative movement between the displaceable vehicle part and the drive cable in the case of an acceleration of the vehicle part relative to the vehicle structure and which interacts with a catch device during the relative movement, the catch means absorbing at least part of the kinetic energy resulting from the acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Dominik BLENDL, Thomas WEIDERER
  • Publication number: 20190070940
    Abstract: A convertible Tonneau cover that converts into a camper shell of a camper and may convert back to a flat Tonneau cover. The convertible Tonneau cover includes a top portion of a rear hinged door frame that is curved over to protect the top portion of each of the pair of hinged sides. The convertible Tonneau cover also includes an E-hinge clamp with an E-shaped frame and a knurled screw, the E-shaped frame includes a knurled aperture, wherein the knurled screw has a semi-circular portion disposed on an end of the knurled screw to provide more surface area contact with the truck bed while adapted to be tightened within the E-shaped frame. The pair of hinged sides are adapted to fold inward while a bottom portion of the rear hinged door frame is coupled to a bed rail of a truck bed with the E-hinge clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Dusty Titus
  • Publication number: 20190070941
    Abstract: A roof lock device includes a driver 60 having an electric motor 61, a drive gear 62 driven to rotate by the electric motor 61, and a link member 70 coupling the drive gear 62 and the hook member 80 together, and allowing the hook member 80 to reciprocate longitudinally along with the rotation of the drive gear 62. the driver 60 further has a manually operable gear 99 disposed to mesh with the drive gear 62 and is able to be rotated by a certain tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: WEBASTO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190070942
    Abstract: A second step of opening a closed openable/closable roof starts before a first step of opening a closed storage compartment cover finishes, so that a distance between portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shorter at a point in time when the storage compartment cover is fully opened in the first step than at any other point in time. A fifth step of closing the open openable/closable roof starts before a fourth step of opening the closed storage compartment cover finishes, so that a distance between portions of the storage compartment cover and the openable/closable roof facing each other is shorter at a point in time when the storage compartment cover is fully opened in the fourth step than at any other point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: WEBASTO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190070943
    Abstract: The invention refers to a window surround for a window of a passenger vehicle (1), with at least one seal which comprises one or more sealing profiles (10, 10?, 10?) and with a plastic support profile (8, 12) interacting with the seal and a decorative cover (9, 13) covering the support profile and having a metallic visible surface (11). The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a window surround of the type mentioned above, which is easier to produce while retaining the aforementioned advantages, and therefore the decorative cover (9, 13) is also designed as an injection-molded plastic part, wherein the visible surface (11) of the decorative cover is galvanized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Harald ERTL
  • Publication number: 20190070944
    Abstract: A generator and electrical motor includes a main axle assembly housing; a wheel axle that extends through the main axle assembly housing; a wheel statically coupled to each end of the wheel axle; a plurality of magnets coupled to a circumference of the wheel axle; a stator within the main axle assembly housing, the stator including a field winding that surrounds the wheel axle, such that rotation of the wheel axle induces a current in the field winding; and at least one vehicle mount on an exterior of the main axle assembly, the at least one vehicle mount configured for coupling to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Erik Soto
  • Publication number: 20190070945
    Abstract: A stopper portion includes a first protruding portion protruding from the end face of the first attachment portion closer to the outside in the main load input direction toward the outside in the main load input direction; and a second protruding portion protruding from the end face of the first attachment portion closer to the outside in the main load input direction toward the outside in the main load input direction, being spaced apart from the first protruding portion so as to be in a non-contact state with the first protruding portion, being thinner than the first protruding portion in the main load input direction, and having a protruding end in which a distance between the protruding end and the contact surface is longer in the main load input direction than a distance between a protruding end of the first protruding portion and the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: KURASHIKI KAKO CO., LTD., MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori KONDO, Kenta OKAMOTO, Masaki AOYAMA, Tomo FUJIAKI
  • Publication number: 20190070946
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solenoid-armature ram composite and a corresponding solenoid-armature ram composite for a linear actuator which has a stator with a coil that can be fed with electrical current for producing an electromagnetic field and a single-part or multi-part solenoid armature movable along a longitudinal axis of the coil and a ram connected with the solenoid armature, provides that the solenoid armature surrounds the ram in a ring shape and a gap between the ram and the solenoid armature is cast with a casting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Rausch & Pausch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael WERNER, Markus FRANZ
  • Publication number: 20190070947
    Abstract: A power transmission device outputting torque from a first power source and a second power source to axles, is provided with: a first shaft coupled with the first power source; a differential configured to differentially distribute the torque to the axles; a first gear set configured to drivingly couple the first shaft with the differential; a second shaft coupled with the second power source; a second gear set drivingly coupled with the second shaft; a clutch configured to receive fluid pressure to drivingly and releasably couple the second gear set with the first gear set; and a pump driven by a third power source at least independent of the first power source and the clutch to generate the fluid pressure, the pump being disposed separate from the clutch and in fluid connection with the clutch to supply the fluid pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi Aikawa, Takayuki Matsumoto, Atsushi Kawano, Son Duy Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20190070948
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle having a pendulum damper in which resonance at around an idling speed of an engine can be prevented to improve N.V. performance. The hybrid vehicle comprises an engine and at least one motor. In the hybrid vehicle, a power transmission path is formed between the engine and drive wheels. In the power transmission path, a pendulum damper is disposed to suppress torsional vibrations, and a disconnecting clutch is disposed to selectively interrupt power transmission between the engine and the pendulum damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190070949
    Abstract: Powered wheel assemblies and methods of manufacturing and operating such assemblies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Burtov, Dakota Decker
  • Publication number: 20190070950
    Abstract: A connecting structure connecting: (A) an in-wheel motor unit housed in a wheel and including a wheel holding member holding the wheel, a motor for driving the wheel, and a speed reducer configured to transmit, to the wheel, rotation of the motor while reducing a speed of the rotation; and (B) a strut-type suspension apparatus including a shock absorber connected at an upper end portion thereof to a body of a vehicle and at a lower end portion thereof to the in-wheel motor unit, the strut-type suspension apparatus being configured to suspend the wheel and the in-wheel motor unit, wherein the shock absorber is disposed so as to intersect a rotation axis of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20190070951
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a cooling system, comprising an electric traction motor, an ambient heat exchanger, a bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, a traction battery, a coolant heater, a coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger of an air conditioner, a first coolant pump, and a second coolant pump that are directly or indirectly connected or connectable to one another via coolant lines and a distribution system, characterized in that, in a first functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a first coolant circuit that includes the traction motor, the bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, and the coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger, and coolant is conveyable, by means of the second coolant pump, in a second coolant circuit, separate from the first coolant circuit, that includes the traction battery and the coolant heater, and in a second functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a third c
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Lucke, Tobias Schulze, Robert Stelzner, Ulf Reuters
  • Publication number: 20190070952
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame assembly supported by the ground-engaging members, and a powertrain assembly supported by the frame. The powertrain assembly includes at least an engine. The vehicle further includes a cooling assembly fluidly coupled to at least the engine and which includes a radiator and at least one fan positioned rearward of the radiator and angled relative to the radiator. A rear shroud is positioned between the radiator and fan and includes an air bypass assembly to exhaust air thought he rear shroud at higher speeds of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Battaglini, Bret H. RempelEwert, Scott T. Mazour, Kristopher K. Biegler, Rickie A. Evenson
  • Publication number: 20190070953
    Abstract: A tank system of a motor vehicle includes a volume-modifying element, which is provided in the interior of the fuel tank at least substantially above the liquid level and which is designed as a deformable bag, which forms a compensation volume connected to the environment, and includes a valve assembly, which closes under the control of a float during the filling of the fuel tank and thus brings about a maximum fill level in the fuel tank. A measure is provided for eliminating an effect of the volume-modifying element on the maximum fill level height. This measure can be that the volume-modifying element is arranged in the fuel tank such that, when the vehicle is standing on a horizontal surface, the top side of the volume-modifying element is not significantly above the fuel fill level at which the valve assembly closes in the vertical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Emmanuel ARRAS, Markus BRATER, Martin BAUER
  • Publication number: 20190070954
    Abstract: A float valve for a fuel tank has a pipe. The pipe is arranged to protrude into the fuel tank from the upper part of the fuel tank. A main-float valve is arranged in the pipe. A sub-float valve is disposed in the pipe on the fuel tank side of the main-float valve. The pipe has a first case housing the main-float valve. The pipe has a second case connected via a coupling mechanism to a lower end of the first case. The second case accommodates the sub-float valve. The second case has a tubular portion extending in a height direction between the connecting mechanism and the sub-float valve. The tubular portion extends further downwardly beyond the lower end of the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke MUKASA, Nobuharu MUTO
  • Publication number: 20190070955
    Abstract: A differential arrangement including a wedge clutch assembly is provided. The wedge clutch assembly includes a cage with a first plurality of tapered crossbars to at least partially define a plurality of tapered wedge pockets. A plurality of wedges are each arranged within a respective one of the plurality of wedge pockets and within a circumferential groove of an input drive gear or a differential assembly. An actuator assembly is configured to move the cage in at least one of a first axial direction or a second axial direction. Movement of the first plurality of tapered crossbars in one of the first axial direction or the second axial direction circumferentially drives the plurality of wedges into contact with the circumferential groove such that the input drive gear drives the differential assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Tomas Smetana, Jeffrey Hemphill
  • Publication number: 20190070956
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a control system configured to control a driveline of a motor vehicle to operate in a selected one of a plurality of configurations, the system being configured to receive a signal indicative of a location of the vehicle, the system being configured to cause the driveline to operate in a configuration selected in dependence at least in part on the signal indicative of the location of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sam BURT, Christopher HARRIES, Richard CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20190070957
    Abstract: A driving assistance device and a driving assistance method capable of decelerating a vehicle in the event of an emergency while suppressing erroneous operations of an occupant are provided. A driving assistance device may include a first switch configured to receive an operation of an occupant, a second switch configured to receive an operation of the occupant after the first switch receives an operation of the occupant, a storage configured to store information, and a processor configured to execute a program stored in the storage, wherein the storage stores the program that causes the processor to execute, a process of decelerating a vehicle until the speed of the vehicle becomes smaller than a predetermined speed when the second switch receives an operation of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Masayuki NAKATSUKA, John J. SCALLY, Jiro KURITA, Hiroyuki KOIBUCHI, Yukinori KURAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190070958
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method performed by a within-vehicle-confirming system on-board a vehicle for establishing that a key device is within an interior of the vehicle. The system determines that there is a secure communication link between the vehicle and the key device. The system further provides a vehicle sound signal within the interior of the vehicle. Moreover, the system receives from the key device a key device signal via the secure communication link, which key device signal is derived from a sound signal detected by one or more sensors associated with the key device. The system further compares the vehicle sound signal with the key device signal, and enables a start of the vehicle when the key device signal matches the vehicle sound signal. The disclosure also relates to a within-vehicle-confirming system in accordance with the foregoing, and to a vehicle at least partly comprising such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher FOGELKLOU
  • Publication number: 20190070959
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display system is provided with first display unit, second display unit, vehicle information acquisition unit, and CPU. When a display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content to second display unit with the first content being output to first display unit is performed, CPU selects either of first display unit and second display unit with which to associate an authority to operate the output of at least one of first display unit and second display unit according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of first display unit, an attribute of second display unit, vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: KOJI HAMASAKI, DAIKI MATSUDA, KOUMEI KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20190070960
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes an accommodating unit mounted on a vehicle, a ring-like decorative member disposed inside the accommodating unit, and a device configured to change a state of the decorative member depending on a travel mode of the vehicle. The device configured to change a state of the decorative member may be a drive device configured to change a posture of the decorative member depending on the travel mode. The drive device may change a posture of the decorative member to be different from that in the other travel mode if a first travel mode in which responsiveness of behavior of the vehicle in response to a driver's manipulation input is higher than that in the other travel mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro MAEDA, Tomohiro SUGIYAMA, Daisuke NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190070961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device provided in a vehicle, the display device including a first display configured to output first light forming first time information, a second display configured to output second light forming second visual information, and a light synthesizing unit disposed between the first and second displays and configured to transmit one of the first light and the second light and reflect another one so that the first light and the second light are directed to the same path, and wherein the light synthesizing unit is formed tiltable such that a reference angle formed between the light synthesizing unit and the first display varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sangwon KIM, Kyunglack KIM, Junman CHO, Sangroc HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190070962
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and a touchpad integrated into the steering wheel, situated in a channel, and adapted to input commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: William Brian Lathrop
  • Publication number: 20190070963
    Abstract: A user interface apparatus configured to be installed in a vehicle, the apparatus includes a touch screen; a gesture detecting unit configured to detect a gesture of a user and convert the gesture into an electrical signal; and at least one processor configured to determine whether a criteria for switching to an autonomous driving state is satisfied in response to the gesture detected by the gesture detecting unit being applied from a driver seat of the vehicle to the touch screen, further, in response to the criteria for switching to the autonomous driving state being satisfied, the at least one processor is further configured to switch a state of the vehicle to the autonomous driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhyung JANG, Gangseub LEE, Jongmin BAEK, Sowoon YOON
  • Publication number: 20190070964
    Abstract: A locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function, comprising two regenerative electric energy feedback devices (1). A direct-current side positive electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device (1) is connected to a positive electrode bus of a subway traction network, wherein the positive electrode bus is connected to an uplink contact network and a downlink contact network respectively via a first switching switch (4) and a second switching switch (5). A direct-current side negative electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device (1) is connected to the downlink contact network or the uplink contact network via a third switching switch (2), and the direct-current side negative electrode is connected to a negative electrode bus of the subway traction network via a fourth switching switch (3). Further disclosed is a control method corresponding to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: NR ELECTRIC CO., LTD, NR ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hao YANG, Yu WANG, Yeyuan XIE, Hongde LIU, Changwei LI
  • Publication number: 20190070965
    Abstract: The capacitor quick-charge apparatus includes an input AC power source, a phase modulator, a rectifier, a shunt, a module current supply, a current control element, a capacitor, a resistance, a comparator, a variable resistor, an Operational Amplifier 1 (OP AMP 1) to an Operational Amplifier 5 (OP AMP 5), an Auto Voltage Regulator(AVR) or a Micro Control Unit (MCU), and a monitor system. Thus, a capacitor quick-charge apparatus is provided for capable of rapidly charging and storing charge energy for a long time by interrupting an excessive deterioration current of a protection circuit, a smoothing circuit, during charging of a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Eui Suk Kang
  • Publication number: 20190070966
    Abstract: A portable power electronic switching apparatus may include an input end high-voltage connector, a DC-DC converter circuit, an input end transfer switch, a first inverter circuit, a direct-current output end high-voltage connector, an alternating-current output end high-voltage connector, and a conversion controller, where the input end high-voltage connector may be connected to an input end of the DC-DC converter circuit, an output end of the DC-DC converter circuit may be separately connected to an input end of the first inverter circuit and the direct-current output end high-voltage connector by using the input end transfer switch. An output end of the first inverter circuit may be connected to the alternating-current output end high-voltage connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaobo Sun, Zhiwei Zhang