Patents Issued in March 21, 2019
  • VEHICLE HUMIDIFIER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190084381
    Abstract: A humidifier system for a vehicle passenger cabin includes an onboard humidifier, an onboard reservoir in fluid communication with the humidifier and adapted to collect a fluid from a vehicle heat exchanger, and a controller configured to determine at least a passenger cabin relative humidity value and a dew point value for at least one vehicle window. The controller is configured to actuate the onboard humidifier to provide a humidified airflow into the passenger cabin, and to actuate a window heating system to heat the at least one vehicle window sufficiently to prevent or remove fogging resulting from the humidified airflow. Methods for controlling the humidifier system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: John K. Daniel, Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller, Kenneth J. Jackson
  • Innovative Windshield Sunshades Configuration & Selection Process
    Publication number: 20190084382
    Abstract: Disclosed is improved sunshade over the prior art, by adding additional strength with a Zig-Zag clamping mechanism for connecting and securing the two endpoints of each flexible oval shaped loops to allow flexibility and strength. Support structure being oval shaped or being other than round shaped to allow better fitment in various configurations windows from conventionally being a perfectly round. A size-selection process by premeasured windshield glasses where each size's fitments to list of vehicles of vise-versa. This methodology also can be applied to various accessories where an accessory is compatible with most but not all vehicles so a chart which provides guidance to consumers whether an accessory will be compatible one specific year make model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Rohan Vishnubhai Patel
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSPARENCY OF A WINDOW OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084383
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for controlling a transparency of a window of a vehicle. The system may include a sensor for detecting a user of the vehicle in proximity to the vehicle. The system may also include a control system for controlling the transparency of the window based on the proximity of the user to the vehicle by adjusting a transmittance of a plurality of thin-film-transistors (TFTs) of the window to control the transparency of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Justin SINAGUINAN, Bradford D. KENT
  • VEHICLE INTERIOR STRUCTURE, INTERIOR MEMBER USED THEREFOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190084384
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle interior structure in which a burden for passengers caused by reflected light generated due to a mirror phenomenon and the like can be reduced while at the same time the design can be enhanced, an interior member used therefor, a method for producing the same, and a method for producing a polarizing member. An instrument panel as an interior member includes a glossy portion and a polarizing layer formed on the surface of the glossy portion, the glossy portion being adapted to reflect light coming through a windshield and the polarizing layer being adapted to absorb optical oscillation components in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi IWAKIRI
  • Outer Skin Module of a Vehicle Door and Vehicle Door Having Such an Outer Skin Module
    Publication number: 20190084385
    Abstract: An outer skin module of a vehicle door has a side impact support for stiffening the vehicle door, a shell-shaped outer skin having a shell edge, and a peripheral mounting frame on its edge, which is connected to the shell edge of the outer skin for fixing the outer skin to a door shell of the vehicle door. The mounting frame and the side impact support are designed as one-piece module components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Florian SOLDNER, Markus VALLERIUS
  • VEHICLE DOOR
    Publication number: 20190084386
    Abstract: A vehicle side door internally includes an impact beam which extends along a longitudinal axis of a door. The impact beam is attached to a door inner panel via an outer extension. An inner extension is attached inside the outer extension. A distance along thickness of the door between the inner extension and the impact beam is shorter in a close proximity section than in a longitudinally neighboring area. Because the load received by the inner extension via the close proximity section is transferred to joint portions connecting to the outer extension, the load received by the outer extension from the impact beam is dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinobu TANAKA
  • INNER PANEL ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE DOOR
    Publication number: 20190084387
    Abstract: An inner panel assembly of a side door of a vehicle comprises an inner panel including an inner panel portion and a reinforcement part. The inner panel portion includes a base, an outer edge and an inner edge along a length direction and partially defines a window aperture. The reinforcement part has a first end and a second end along the length direction, and is connected to the inner panel portion via a clinched herring process, and the first end and the second end of the reinforcement part are received in an outer clinched hem flange and an inner clinched hem flange of the inner panel portion formed by the outer edge and the inner edge during the clinched hem process, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Gregory Smith, Dave Spink
  • FOLDING COVER APPLICABLE TO CARRIAGE
    Publication number: 20190084388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a folding cover applicable to a carriage. The folding cover includes a frame, a first shaft, a second shaft, a fixing device and a shielding piece, wherein the frame includes two first frame borders and two second frame borders. The first frame borders and the second frame borders are connected end to end, wherein the second frame borders can be split into three sections. Two ends of the first shaft are detachably inserted into the two second frame borders respectively so that the frame is folded along the first shaft. Two ends of the second shaft are detachably inserted into the two second frame borders respectively so that the frame is folded along the second shaft. The fixing device is disposed at the frame, and the fixing device is used to clamp an edge of the carriage. The shielding piece covers the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hangzhou Golden Sun Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoyong ZHENG, Jinqin FU, Chenshan LIN, Peng CAO, Xiaohong TANG, Xue'e WANG
  • Drive Cable Having a Plastics Cable Body
    Publication number: 20190084389
    Abstract: The invention proposes a drive cable for actuating an element being movable relative to a structure, comprising a cable body which is made of plastics, and which comprises a denticulation extending in the axial direction for engaging a mating denticulation as well as at least one armouring, which continuously reaches through the cable body in the axial direction. A coupling element realised as a moulded section is moulded in a cable connecting region so as to adjoin the cable body. Said coupling element shows a connecting portion for being coupled to the moveable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Chris DHULST, Katrien BERT
  • Vehicle Roof Base Frame
    Publication number: 20190084390
    Abstract: A vehicle roof base frame is provided, which can be placed on top of an edge area of a vehicle roof structure delimiting a roof opening, having two longitudinal legs and a transverse leg connecting the two longitudinal legs to each other, the legs being realized as separate parts. A seal is arranged between each of the longitudinal legs and the transverse leg when in an assembly position in which the legs are firmly connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Oliver TISCHER, Wolfgang RICHTER, Jason BOWLES, Ryan MITCHELL
  • TONNEAU COVER WITH QUICK RELEASE TABLE
    Publication number: 20190084391
    Abstract: A disclosed cover system for a vehicle cargo area includes at least one panel including folding legs, a hinge, and at least one clasp securing the panel to the hinge. In a clasped position the panel is secured to the hinge and in a released position the panel is removable from the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Yilma, Pattrick Loew
  • ROOF LOCK DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084392
    Abstract: In a driver, supposing that an angular position of the rotator in a state where a coupler coupling a link member and the rotator together is located at a rearmost position is regarded as a reference angular position, a first angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a first rotation direction by an angle ?1, and a second angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a second direction opposite to the first rotation direction by an angle ?2 smaller than the angle ?1. The driver has a regulating portion which does not allow the rotator to rotate in the second rotation direction from the second angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: WEBASTO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji SAWAHATA, Osamu YOSHIDA
  • WATER MANAGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084393
    Abstract: A vehicle can include an A-pillar water management system. The system can include an inner body member of a vehicle. The system can include a channel member operatively connected to the inner body member. A channel can be defined at least partially by the channel member. The channel can open in a substantially vertically upward direction. The channel can have an open first end and a second end. The second end can be opposite the first end. The first end can be located closer to a front end of the vehicle than the second end. A seal, such as an A-pillar to front fender seal, can operatively engage the inner body member. The seal can extend in a substantially vertical direction. The channel can extend in a direction that is transverse to the seal. The channel can pass between the seal and the inner body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Paxton S. Williams, Bryce M. Wassa, Robert C. Day
  • SUNROOF SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084394
    Abstract: A sunroof seal assembly and method for a vehicle includes a sunroof frame disposed on the vehicle that defines a sunroof opening into which an associated sunroof panel is received, a first seal member mounted to the sunroof frame for sealing to an underside of a roof of the vehicle and a second seal member slideably mounted to the first seal member for sealing to the associated sunroof panel when the associated sunroof panel is in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ricky B. Coria, Brent N. Gaertner, Jesse W. Schlabach, Brock J. Stull, Michael T. Binfet
  • HYBRID VEHICLE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084395
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle according to one aspect of the present invention is a hybrid vehicle including: an engine arranged at a vehicle body front portion; a propeller shaft configured to transmit an output of the engine to wheels arranged at a vehicle body rear portion; and a drive motor provided so as to drive the propeller shaft and supported with a vehicle body, and the propeller shaft transmits an output of the drive motor to wheels arranged at at least one of the vehicle body front portion and the vehicle body rear portion. The propeller shaft is supported with the vehicle body through the drive motor by a middle portion of the propeller shaft in the vehicle body front-rear direction being supported with the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Toyota, Tomoo Sawazaki, Yukiya Tanaka, Hiraku Nishikawa
  • VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE BRACKET
    Publication number: 20190084396
    Abstract: The bracket includes a front fastening portion, a rear fastening portion, and a connecting portion which connects the two of them. The front fastening portion and the rear fastening portion are brought into contact with the upper surface of the Fr side member and protrude inward in the vehicle width direction from the upper surface of the Fr side member to come into contact with the upper surface of the MGCpm cross member. Further, the front fastening portion and the rear fastening portion are provided so as to be arranged in pairs in the front-rear direction across the bending and buckling starting point of the Fr side member. The connecting portion is formed in an angular groove shape having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a side wall portion and recessed in the vehicle width direction in a cross-section in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eiji SUZUKI
  • ELECTRIC-DRIVE VEHICLE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190084397
    Abstract: An electric-drive vehicle structure is provided, which includes a cross member bridged between side frames in a front part of a vehicle, a motor suspended below the cross member, a tray fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electric unit for driving a motor, fixed onto the tray. A front edge of the electric unit is located forward of a front edge of the cross member, and the tray has a front edge located, throughout a width thereof, forward of the electric unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Yugami, Ikuo Nonaka, Yoshiaki Noguchi, Koji Jahara, Takashi Hamada, Tadasuke Abe, Kazuki Hirota
  • MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ENGINE MOUNT
    Publication number: 20190084398
    Abstract: A frame-side pin hole is provided in an inner face which is a vertical face of a front side frame that is a part of a vehicle frame and in contact with a bracket face of an engine mount. An engine mount-side pin hole is provided in the bracket face which is a vertical face of the engine mount and in contact with the front side frame (inner face). Additionally, a displacement suppressing pin is inserted through the frame-side pin hole and the engine mount-side pin hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji MATSUEDA
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle, and Lithium Ion Secondary Battery Cell Selection Method for Hybrid Electric Vehicle
    Publication number: 20190084399
    Abstract: Provided is a hybrid electric vehicle in which, in accordance with the system side of the vehicle including a fuel economy-emphasized system, a wide use-range of the SOC of a lithium ion secondary battery cell can be utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Automotive Energy Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Ohara, Shin Tanaka, Fumihiro Kawamura, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
  • OFF-AXIS HYBRID MODULE
    Publication number: 20190084400
    Abstract: A hybrid module for a vehicle includes a damper, a pulley, a clutch, and a torque converter. The damper is arranged for fixing to a crank shaft of an engine. The pulley circumscribes the damper and is arranged for connecting to an electric motor via a belt drive. The clutch has a first output flange for drivingly engaging the damper with the pulley. The torque converter has a pilot drivingly engaged with the first output flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Steinberger, Benjamin Vögtle, Gregory Heeke, Peter Burke
  • HYBRID MODULE SHIPPING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190084401
    Abstract: A hybrid module shipping assembly includes a hybrid module configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine. The hybrid module includes a hybrid drive unit, a housing fixed to a front side of the hybrid drive unit and a torque converter fixed to a rear side of the hybrid drive unit. The torque converter includes an impeller hub. The hybrid module shipping assembly also includes a cap assembly inserted in the impeller hub and a shipping dome fixed to the housing such that the housing and shipping dome encase the hybrid drive unit, the torque converter and the cap assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mohammad MOASHERZIAD, Matthew PAYNE
  • HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN INCLUDING HYBRID MODULE BAFFLE BLADE
    Publication number: 20190084402
    Abstract: A hybrid module is configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine. The hybrid module includes a drive unit including an electric motor and a housing, a torque converter connected to the electric motor and a baffle fixed to the housing and the stator. The baffle extends axially from the housing radially outside of the electric motor and the torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew PAYNE, Nicolas WURST, John RAMSEY
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084403
    Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nishikawa, Takeshi Kuwahara, Eiji Ito, Yasuki Yoshikawa
  • CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190084404
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system includes a drive mode setting portion configured to select a first reverse drive mode of the vehicle to be established with an engaging action of the first coupling element, and a required vehicle drive force determining portion configured to determine whether a degree of operation of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle during reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than a predetermined threshold value. The drive mode setting portion selects the first reverse drive mode when the required vehicle drive force determining portion has determined that the degree of operation of the accelerator pedal during the reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita IMAI, Koichi OKUDA, Tatsuya IMAMURA, Atsushi TABATA
  • IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084405
    Abstract: A wheel hub bearing unit includes an outer ring disposed on an axially outer side of the hub bearing unit and coupled to a wheel, a stationary shaft passing through a center bore of the outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in an annular space between the outer ring and the stationary shaft. Motor and speed reduction units are offset from an axis of the wheel hub bearing unit in a direction perpendicular thereto, with the motor unit disposed adjacent to an axially inner end portion of the stationary shaft. The speed reduction unit includes an output gear coupled to the outer ring and a rolling bearing provided between the output gear and the stationary shaft to support the output gear. A carrier disposed on an axially inner side relative to the hub bearing unit is secured to the axially inner end portion of the stationary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shiro TAMURA, Shinya TAIKOU
  • DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084406
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear, planetary gears, an annular internal gear, a carrier that is fixed to a bracket and includes a second lid, and a support shaft. An output unit is supported to be rotatable by a first bearing attached to the support shaft and a second bearing attached to the bracket, and fixed to the internal gear. The bracket includes a protrusion protruding from a first lid to one side in the axial direction. A radially inside surface of the protrusion includes a first curved surface extending in a circumferential direction as viewed along the axial direction. The carrier includes a second curved surface located radially inside the first curved surface. The second curved surface extends in the circumferential direction as viewed along the axial direction, and contacts with the first curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Kosuke MIZUIKE
  • DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084407
    Abstract: A drive device that rotates a wheel includes a motor including a motor shaft disposed along a center axis, a speed reduction mechanism connected to one side in an axial direction of the motor shaft, and an output unit to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted through the speed reduction mechanism. The motor includes a rotor including the motor shaft, a stator opposed to the rotor in a radial direction with a gap interposed therebetween, and a housing accommodating the rotor and the stator. The housing includes a first fixing unit fixed to a chassis of a traveling body on which the drive device is mounted. The stator includes a stator core and coils mounted on the stator core. The stator core contacts directly with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Kosuke MIZUIKE
  • DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084408
    Abstract: A motor includes a circuit board, a rotation sensor attached to the circuit board, a connector protruding from the circuit board to a second side in an axial direction, and a cable electrically connected to the rotation sensor. A housing includes a protruding cylinder and a bearing holder located radially inside of the protruding cylinder. The circuit board is located on a first side in the axial direction of the protruding cylinder. The protruding cylinder includes an extraction hole radially penetrating a wall of the protruding cylinder. The connector is located radially inside of a stator. An end on the second side in the axial direction of the connector is located in the protruding cylinder. The cable is extracted from the end on the second side in the axial direction of the connector to a radial outside of the protruding cylinder through the extraction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kosuke MIZUIKE, Shinji TAKEMOTO
  • GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190084409
    Abstract: A grille shutter device including: a plurality of fins; a linkage member configured to link the fins such that the fins move together; a driving device configured to move one of the fins; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the fin according to an operating state of the driving device; and a locking structure including a first locking portion being a part of each of the fins and a second locking portion being a part of the linkage member, wherein: in a motive power transmission cut-off state, a movement of the linkage member is restricted by an abutment of the second locking portion against a first locking portion of an abnormal fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken KOMATSUBARA, Hideo Nishioka
  • FUEL TANK ISOLATION VALVE WITH SINGLE SEAL, IMPROVED AXIS ALIGNMENT AND ROBUST LEAK PROOF SOLENOID
    Publication number: 20190084410
    Abstract: A fuel tank isolation valve 10, wherein, the shaft 18 is assembled coaxially inside hole 42 of moving plunger 46 of seal sub assembly 16 and then flow limiter 22 is guided over the shaft 18 through guiding hole 34 to maintain sealing seat 36 in parallel with respect to the sealing surface 38 of rubber seal 44 and avoid misalignment of flow limiter 22 with respect to sealing surface 38 during and after the operation; the sealing seat 36 of flow limiter 22 on the sealing surface 38 of the rubber seal 44 fixed into moving plunger 46 of seal sub assembly 16 performs the over pressure relief function; the sealing surface 40 of rubber seal 44 fixed into moving plunger 46 of seal sub-assembly 16 is resting on surface 48 of nozzle body 20 to perform over vacuum relief function; and the rubber seal 44 assist both over pressure relief (OPR) and over vacuum relief (OVR) function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: KABIR BHANDARI, AMARDIP KUMAR, TORSTEN GERLICH, VARUN KUMAR, KRISHAN SHARMA, SAHIL SINGLA
  • TANK CLOSURE
    Publication number: 20190084411
    Abstract: A closure component of a tank of a motor vehicle for closing a filler neck gas- and fluid-tight, having a closure fastened to a flap, the flap being fastened to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle such that it is movable into an open or closed position, the closure including a seal, which causes the closure to close against the filler neck. The tank closure should be easy for a user to handle and have a relatively simple design and be economical to manufacture. This is achieved in that the seal is electromechanically or pneumatically adjustable with the aid of an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Olaf HUSBERG, Henning IRLE, Ingo NIEMEYER
  • TANK CLOSURE
    Publication number: 20190084412
    Abstract: A closure of a tank of a motor vehicle for closing a filler neck gas- and fluid-tight, having a closure fastened to a flap, the flap being fastened to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle such that it is movable into an open or closed position, the closure including a seal, which causes the closure to close against the filler neck. The tank closure should be easy for a user to handle and have a relatively simple design and be economical to manufacture. This is achieved in that the seal is electromechanically or pneumatically adjustable with the aid of an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Olaf HUSBERG, Henning IRLE, Ingo NIEMEYER
  • TANK CLOSURE
    Publication number: 20190084413
    Abstract: A closure of a tank of a motor vehicle for closing a filler neck gas- and fluid-tight, having a closure fastened to a flap, the flap being fastened to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle such that it is movable into an open or closed position, the closure including a seal, which causes the closure to close against the filler neck. The tank closure should be easy for a user to handle and have a relatively simple design and be economical to manufacture. This is achieved in that the seal is electromechanically or pneumatically adjustable with the aid of an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Olaf HUSBERG, Henning Irle, Ingo Niemeyer
  • DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TANK
    Publication number: 20190084414
    Abstract: A device equipped with a tank, includes: the tank to be filled with a fuel gas; a valve mechanism provided in the tank; a receptacle with which a nozzle of a fuel gas filling device is connectable; a first filling path, an upstream end of the first filling path communicating with the receptacle; a second filling path, a downstream end of the second filling path communicating with the tank through the valve mechanism; and a storage container hermetically communicating between a downstream end of the first filling path and an upstream end of the second filling path, and storing foreign matter contained in the fuel gas, wherein the storage container is positioned vertically above the downstream end of the first filling path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keisuke FUJITA
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOUNTING A FUEL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190084415
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for mounting a fuel system to a vehicle. In some embodiments, the invention provides systems and methods for mounting a fuel system comprising a fuel tank to a vehicle chassis using a bracket, which may be a multi-part bracket, and may be referred to as a “drop and go” bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Todd Sloan, Chris Forsberg
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084416
    Abstract: A control device is to be applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle including a first coupling device interposed between a rear-wheel final gear device and a rear left wheel axle and a second coupling device interposed between the rear-wheel final gear device and a rear right wheel axle. The control device includes a controller changes a coupling torque of the first coupling device and a coupling torque of the second coupling device independently of each other. The controller estimates, when the vehicle is accelerating, a vehicle body speed of the vehicle under a state in which the coupling torque of any one of the first coupling device and the second coupling device is set to a value larger than zero and the coupling torque of another one thereof is set to zero. Thereby, the control device can accurately estimate the vehicle body speed when the vehicle is traveling while accelerating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryochi WATANABE
  • METHOD FOR A SPEED CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20190084417
    Abstract: A method for a speed controller for a motor vehicle, wherein a speed prescription is set by the driver and automatic adjustment of the speed to the speed prescription is carried out at least by setting an engine torque prescription, wherein at the start of the speed control the engine torque prescription is set to an initial value, wherein the initial value is determined in accordance with at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Brizzi, Johannes Bufe, Kerstin Grohmann, Frank Haller, Benjamin Jüstel, Jörg Kaiser, Philipp Marioneck
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY INTERACTION MIRRORING
    Publication number: 20190084418
    Abstract: A system includes a touch-sensitive panel deployed in a vehicle region between a driver and a front passenger. The system also includes a display deployed in a vehicle region such that the display is viewable from at least a peripheral field of driver vision while the driver watches a road and a processor. The processor is configured to mirror driver hand movements on the first touch-sensitive panel as a displayed selector on the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Jose Daniel Herrera BARRERA
  • INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, MOVING OBJECT DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190084419
    Abstract: An information display apparatus emits an image forming light beam to a transmissive reflection member and makes a virtual image visible through the reflection member. The information display apparatus is configured to display the virtual image so that a difference between a convergence angle when viewing the virtual image through the reflection member and a convergence angle when viewing a real object through the reflection member is less than or equal to 1 degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yuuki SUZUKI, Kenichiroh SAISHO, Masato KUSANAGI, Takuro YASUDA, Kazuhiro FUJITA
  • OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190084420
    Abstract: An operation control method for a vehicle infotainment system for enabling phone projection to be automatically executed during a connection between a head unit of a vehicle and a smart device, and the method comprises: a phone projection setting step of allowing any one of a plurality of phone projections mounted on a head unit of a vehicle to be set; a step of connecting a first smart device to the head unit of a vehicle; a step of determining whether the first smart device connected to the head unit of a vehicle supports the phone projection set in the phone projection setting step; and a step of executing the set phone projection if the first smart device supports the set phone projection, according to the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jin Kim, Heewon Lee
  • VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190084421
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle control device for controlling one or more displays provided in a vehicle, and a vehicle including the same. The vehicle control device includes a communication unit performing communication with the one or more displays, and a processor controlling, when an event occurs, the one or more displays to display a home button corresponding to the event using the communication unit, wherein the home button is configured to display a preset icon list in response to a touch applied to the home button, and the preset icon list is varied according to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Inyoung HWANG, Sanga KIM, Kyoungha LEE, Taeyoung JEON, Kangmin KIM
  • VEHICLE INCLUDING INSTRUMENT PANEL AND INTERIOR MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190084422
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, an interior member, and an instrument panel. The instrument panel has a meter cluster portion and an information display portion. The interior member has, on a front side of the vehicle, a extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito IWAO, Seiji SEKINE, Daiki HAMANAGA, Jun MARUYAMA
  • OPERATING UNIT FOR A DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20190084423
    Abstract: The operating unit for a vehicle, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a housing (10) which has an operating element (12), such as a display for example, and is designed to be secured in a device, in particular in a vehicle dashboard. The operating element (12) is elastically mounted on the housing (10). An actuator (16) is additionally provided for mechanically exciting the operating element (12) when an operation of the operating element (12) has been detected. Finally, the operating unit also has a vibration compensating mass (20) which can be mechanically excited by the actuator or by one actuator (16) when an operation of the operating element (12) has been detected and/or which is mounted on the housing (10) and can be moved in order to substantially compensate for forces acting on the housing (10) when the operating element (12) is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Harri Pankratz, Bastian Bandlow, Alexander Beschnitt, Frank Vogt
  • CONTACTOR SUPPLY BUS
    Publication number: 20190084424
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an inverter. The vehicle includes a contactor power bus configured to supply power to latching mechanisms of main and precharge contactors that are associated with the inverter. The vehicle includes a controller configured to maintain operation of the inverter and generate a sensor fault. The operation of the inverter may be maintained responsive to sensor output indicating that different portions of the contactor power bus are energized and deenergized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Wand
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASIL D FAIL OPERATIONAL POWER SYSTEMS IN AUTOMATED VEHICLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190084425
    Abstract: A vehicle control unit (e.g., a control unit for an automobile) receives feedback from an intelligent voltage/current sensor and a DC/DC controller. The DC/DC controller comprises a first switch for controlling power from a primary power source (e.g., low voltage power supplied from a high voltage battery). The intelligent voltage/current sensor senses power output from the primary power source. The vehicle control unit processes feedback from the intelligent voltage/current sensor and/or the DC/DC controller to determine if a failure has occurred in the primary power source. In response to determining the failure in the primary power source, the vehicle control unit disables the power from the primary power source using a second switch (e.g., a switch in a relay).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaodong Liu, Bo Guo
  • MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190084426
    Abstract: This motor driving control apparatus has (A) an inverter unit configured to drive a motor; (B) a separation switch configured to separate a power source from the inverter unit; and (C) a controller configured to instruct the separation switch to separate the power source from the inverter unit and control the inverter unit to perform switching according to a speed and a braking target torque, upon detecting an event that braking should be performed without passing a regenerative current to the power source from the inverter unit. By introducing the separation switch that operates as described above, it becomes possible to perform control so as to consume the power by the motor itself without passing the regenerative current to the power source such as a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: MICROSPACE CORPORATION, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato TANAKA, Yasuo HOSAKA, Hiromi HAGIWARA, Teruaki KAWAHIGASHI, Yuto KAJIYA, Taichi YANAOKA
  • SOLAR VEHICLE CHARGING
    Publication number: 20190084427
    Abstract: A system includes processor. The system includes a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify, in a vehicle at a first location, a second location receiving reflected light. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to navigate the vehicle from the first location to the second location receiving the reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
  • Photovoltaic Module and Container Equipped Therewith
    Publication number: 20190084428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling container or swap body or box body or recreational vehicle, comprising at least one photovoltaic module (1) having at least one transparent cover layer, at least one photovoltaic cell, and at least one carrier layer, wherein at least one thermal insulation layer is present between the carrier layer and the photovoltaic cell, wherein at least the transparent cover layer, the photovoltaic cell, the thermal insulation layer, and the carrier layer are joined to each other over the entire area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Matthieu Ebert, Max Mittag
  • ELECTRIC MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190084429
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of inverters coupled with an electric machine having a rotor. The vehicle includes a controller configured to alter pulse width modulation signals for the commands based on a back electromotive force estimate associated with the commands becoming different to reduce the amount. The alteration is responsive to voltage commands of respective phases of the pair becoming different while a target rotor speed associated with the commands differs from an actual rotor speed by an amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jiyao Wang, Wei Xu
  • DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY ENERGIZABLE DRIVE MOTOR, WHEEL CARRIER ARRANGEMENT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190084430
    Abstract: A drive arrangement with an inductively energizable drive motor, having a wheel, a wheel carrier, at least one receiver coil that is arranged in the circumferential direction of the wheel, a stator, and a rotor arranged in a rotationally resistant manner on the wheel having at least one rotor winding that is electrically connected to the at least one receiver coil. The rotor can be magnetically coupled to the stator. In this case, the drive arrangement is configured such that a current can be induced by an underground base providing a magnetic field in the at least one receiver coil, by which the at least one rotor winding is energized to generate a magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas KLINGER, Wolfgang BRANDSTAETTER