Patents Issued in April 25, 2019
  • MOUNTING ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE CAMERA, MOUNTING ANGLE CALIBRATION DEVICE, AND MOUNTING ANGLE DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20190118712
    Abstract: A mounting angle detection device converts, into a bird's-eye view image, an image captured of the ground on which a target marking having two straight line parts parallel to each other and equal in width is marked, and searches for a mounting angle at which the two straight line parts in the bird's-eye view image are parallel to each other and equal in width. Even with a vehicle including an in-vehicle camera on the front or back, the mounting angle detection device detects an actual mounting angle of the camera and calibrates the mounting angle of the camera. The mounting angle detection device detects the mounting angle using, as the target marking, even a parking space that lacks a transverse line crossing the two straight line parts parallel to each other and equal in width, and calibrates the mounting angle to a correct mounting angle of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shusaku SHIGEMURA
  • INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190118713
    Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror support element having at least one attachment surface at which the mirror reflective element is adhesively attached, and a mounting assembly having a mirror mount and a mounting arm that is pivotally attached at the mirror support element. The mirror mount includes a plastic structure with a metallic clip attached thereat. The metallic clip is configured to slide onto a mirror mounting button adhesively attached at a vehicle windshield. The metallic clip includes a stop tab at one end to limit sliding movement of the metallic clip onto the mirror mounting button and anti-backout tabs at another end to limit movement of the metallic clip at the mirror mounting button in the opposite direction, so as to retain the metallic clip and the mirror mount at the mirror mounting button without use of a fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew V. Steffes
  • ROTATION-SLIDING PORTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190118714
    Abstract: Grease is present between a support face of a case and a supported face of a gear plate that are capable of rotating relative to each other. A ring-shaped first groove is formed in the support face so as to run in a circumferential direction around a rotation center of the support face. Second grooves that link a radial direction inside end of the support face and the first groove together, and third grooves that link a radial direction outside end of the support face and the first groove together, are also formed in the support face. The second grooves and the third grooves extend at an angle toward the same side as each other with respect to a radial direction of the support face (a radial direction centered on a swing axial center of the case).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Suguru FUJISAKI, Shigeki YOSHIDA
  • FOLDABLE SIDE MIRROR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190118715
    Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a side mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a mirror. The mirror housing is moveable between a normal position and a partially-folded position, and the mirror is moveable relative to the mirror housing such that a line of sight remains the same in the normal and partially-folded positions. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Keith Hoelscher, Erick Michael Lavoie, Pietro Buttolo
  • ELECTRIC RETRACTABLE VIEW DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190118716
    Abstract: Crest-valley repeated shapes that are fitted to each other by a biasing force of a spring are disposed so as to be opposed to each other in opposed surfaces that are opposed to each other and rotate relative to each other between a view device base side and a view device rotating section side. Respective height maintaining protrusions are disposed so as to be opposed to each other in the opposed surfaces. Upon the view device rotating section being rotated from an extended position toward a forward-tilted position by an external force, respective top surfaces of the height maintaining protrusions are brought into abutment with and slide on each other in a position in which abutment between respective top surfaces of the crests of the crest-valley repeated shapes is cancelled, to maintain a height of the view device rotating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro MOTOMIYA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Takayuki MIYAZAKI, Mizuki TOYAMA
  • FULL MIRROR DISPLAY UTILIZING A TRAILER CAMERA
    Publication number: 20190118717
    Abstract: A video mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a video display screen disposed in a mirror head and behind a reflective element of the mirror assembly. When the video mirror system is operating in a mirror mode, the video display screen is deactivated and the reflective element provides a reflected rearward view for the driver of the vehicle. When the video mirror system is in a display mode, the video display screen is activated and displays video images viewable through the reflective element. The video display screen, when activated, displays video images derived from image data captured by a vehicle-mounted rear viewing camera or, with a trailer hitched to the vehicle, a trailer-mounted rear viewing camera. The displayed video images may correspond to a rearward view similar to the field of view provided by the reflective element when in the mirror mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Rodney K. Blank, Christopher R. Koetje, Patrick M. Foley, IV
  • SERVICE ACCESS WALKWAY FOR A ROTARY MIXER MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190118718
    Abstract: A service access walkway for a rotary mixer machine is provided. The service access walkway includes a first walkway section and a second walkway section pivotally coupled to the first walkway section by at least one hinge. The second walkway section is configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The service access walkway further includes a magnetic assembly configured to magnetically engage the second walkway section with the rotary mixer machine when the second walkway section is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew David Stoner, Roger Allen Hedlund
  • STEP INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF THE TRUCK
    Publication number: 20190118719
    Abstract: A step installation structure of the truck includes at least a step support and a fixing member. Said step support is provided with a base for setting with the step assembly, a frame member is provided on the rear side of the base, which is used to insert inside the receiver hitch of the truck; said frame member is set with a plurality of perforations. Said fixing member is provided with a clamp body and a threaded bolt, the clamp body is set with a clip plate and a push plate which are arranged perpendicular to each other, the clip plate and the push plate are provided with a screw nut thereon separately; the end of the threaded bolt is provided with an anti-shedding member. Therefore, with the innovative fixing member, the step support can be more securely combined with the truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: SHU-LING CHEN, DAVEN CHANG
  • HORIZONTAL RETRACTABLE RUNNING BOARD WITH HIGH LOAD CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20190118720
    Abstract: A retractable running board (A) comprising at least one supplementary step that facilitates getting in/out of a vehicle (B) for the passengers, e.g. in vehicles (B) with high ground clearance, at least one driving member supplying the driving force required by the system, at least one drive shaft, at least two flanges in at least one of which said driving shaft is embedded, at least two levers that are engaged with said flanges and capable of performing rotational movement in y axis (y) perpendicular to the ground upon being actuated by the drive shaft, at least one intermediate lever, and at least two step brackets which are secured in said supplementary step and which, at the other end of the lever which is fixed to the flange, are capable of performing rotational movement in y axis (y) perpendicular to the ground relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: BIRINCI OTOMOTIV SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Cihat OTACIOGLU, Hakan AYDIN, Mehmet BALABAN, Vedat KORAP
  • Step assembly for a fire truck
    Publication number: 20190118721
    Abstract: A stair assembly for a vehicle includes a frame, a first stair, a second stair, and an actuator. The frame includes a plate extending between a first side member and a second side member. The first stair is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a first step body positioned on a first side of the plate. The second stair is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a second step body positioned on the first side of the plate. The actuator is configured to move the first stair and the second stair between a deployed position and a storage position, and the actuator is separated from the first step body and the second step body by the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Handschke, Michael S. Knudson
  • PROTECTIVE DEVICE WITH AN AXIALLY ACTING DAMPING
    Publication number: 20190118722
    Abstract: Protective device for an interior section of a vehicle, including a housing accommodating a bearing shaft for a windable structure which at least partially covers the interior section. Outer face ends of two housing side parts are each fixable in a vehicle-fixed holder, wherein at least one of the housing side parts is movable relative to a housing central part axially in relation to a housing longitudinal axis between a release position and a locking position. The at least one housing side part is movable by a spring force from the release position to the locking position. The at least one housing side part is associated with a damping device configured such that, during a movement of the housing side part by spring force, the damping device exerts a damping force on the housing side part counteracting the spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: William POMPILI, Ralf GROCHOWSKI, Carsten MEYER
  • VEHICLE ATTACHED WALLET
    Publication number: 20190118723
    Abstract: A vehicle attached wallet to keep a plurality of cards in a convenient location within a vehicle. A housing body for storing the cards, formed of a single, integral sheet of material. The integral sheet of material is folded at the center section of the sheet of material between first and second outer ends of the sheet of material to form a first rectangular shaped side wall and a second rectangular shaped side wall. Side edges of the first side wall and the side edges of the second side wall are aligned and attached to each other. An opening extends between the first and second outer ends to provide access to an otherwise closed interior cavity defined by the first side wall, the second side wall and the side edges. A Velcro strip is secured to a first side wall of the housing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Vivian Flanigan-Davis
  • Steering Wheel Wallet Mount
    Publication number: 20190118724
    Abstract: A steering wheel wallet mount for positioning a wallet in easy reach of a user includes an anchoring patch and a wallet patch. The anchoring patch includes a first contact side, a receiving side, a securing mechanism, and a first wallet fastener. The wallet patch includes a second contact side, a concealed side, and a second wallet fastener. The anchoring patch is secured to the steering wheel via the securing mechanism. The first contact side of the anchoring patch presses against the steering wheel. The first wallet fastener is mounted on the receiving side of the anchoring patch and allows the wallet patch to attach thereon. The second wallet fastener is mounted onto the second contact side. Together, the first wallet fastener and the second wallet fastener attach the second contact side to the first contact side. The wallet is mounted onto the concealed side opposite the second contact side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy Edward Garner
  • Vehicle Garment Rack
    Publication number: 20190118725
    Abstract: A garment rack for a vehicle. The rack includes a horizontal rod for clothes hangers. The front end of the horizontal rod is pivotally supported on the upper end of a vertical rod positioned behind the front seat of the vehicle. The upper end of the vertical rod is secured behind the headrest of the front seat, and the rear end of the horizontal rod is removably attached to the top of the headrest of the rear seat. The horizontal rod is adjustable telescopically so that, as the front or rear seat is moved forward or backward, the rod extends and retracts automatically. The height of the vertical rod also is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald L. Strahan
  • Roof Rack for a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20190118726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof rack roof rack for a motor vehicle, having a roof rail profile. The roof rail profile is manufactured from a profile that has a constant cross-section in the longitudinal direction of the profile. Roof rail profiles with different designs can be formed from one and the same profile cross-section, namely by the shaping of a side or wall section present on the profile that delimits a passage. The roof rail profile, which preferably is designed as one piece, has different cross-sections in the longitudinal direction, namely unshaped surface sections and shaped surface sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Wacker, Michael Hoinka
  • Modular Rack System With Gussetless Joints
    Publication number: 20190118727
    Abstract: A modular rack system, for adjustably attaching equipment to a vehicle, includes a base mountable on a side wall of the vehicle. The rack system has a first wall that is disposed on and upwardly emanating from the top surface of the base that defines a lower seat. One end of a vertical member resides in the lower seat and is secured thereto. The other end of the vertical member resides in a upper seat defining by a downwardly depending wall from a saddle and is secured thereto. The first and second walls laterally stabilize the vertical member relative to the base and saddle to permit the base to be mounted to a side wall of a vehicle and a top rail to be secured to the saddle without the use of gussets or cross-braces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Edwin L. MARR, JR.
  • IMAGING UNIT SUPPORT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190118728
    Abstract: A dynamically deployable side-view camera mount includes a support body that is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The support body in the retracted position allows the camera to at least partially include the angular range captured when the support body is in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji OBA, Takahisa HAKOISHI
  • BACKUP CAMERA ENABLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190118729
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter comprises an add-on device that works on most pickup trucks and makes the backup camera functional when the tailgate is down. The device redirects the image of the existing backup camera without the need for wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Derk Hartland
  • VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FASTENERLESS LENS ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20190118730
    Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a housing and an imager assembly having an imager, an imager circuit board and a lens holder. The imager is disposed at the imager circuit board. The lens holder includes a lens holding portion and an attaching portion, with the lens holding portion accommodating a lens. The attaching portion of the lens holder includes a plurality of pins that, when the attaching portion is mated with the circuit board, are received at least partially through apertures of the imager circuit board. With the pins received at least partially through the apertures, and with the lens focused and optically aligned with the imager at the imager circuit board, the pins are soldered at the imager circuit board so as to fixedly attach the lens holder at the imager circuit board to form the imager assembly. The imager assembly is attached at the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: Robert A. Devota, Garret Achenbach, David F. Olson, Matthew C. Sesti, John R. Garcia
  • FASTENING CLIP DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SECURE A DOOR MODULE TO A DOOR FRAME OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190118731
    Abstract: A device for securing a first unit to a second unit includes a first component (122) having a body (234) and a head (224). The body has an elongated shape and is configured to be inserted in at least one of a first orifice of the first unit and a second orifice of the second unit. The head is to an upper longitudinal end of the body and includes a part (226) that is configured to be rotationally engaged by a tool. The first component also includes a retainer (130) at a lower longitudinal end of the body. The retainer is configured to bear against a lower surface of the second unit. A second component is configured to couple to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eric LEVERGER, Fulvio YON, James S. TISOL, JR.
  • VEHICLE DOOR GLASS RUN AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190118732
    Abstract: A trim strip has upper and lower trim-strip-side mating portions. A glass run body has, at its exterior part, body-side mating portions and an upper contacting portion contacting an upper part of an exterior surface of the trim strip. The upper contacting portion has a portion contacting the trim strip, and the portion is provided with a coating. The coating is formed of an elastic material reducing the sliding resistance to the trim strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo TOMOYASU, Tomonori MIYATA
  • COMPOSITE PANEL FOR SOUND ABSORPTION AND SOUND INSULATION
    Publication number: 20190118733
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite panel for sound absorption that may absorb and block noise. The composite panel may include: a first perforated panel comprising first embosses and first perforation groups formed in a predetermined pattern, wherein the first embosses are formed by forming a plurality of cells and the first perforation groups are formed by collecting a plurality of first perforated holes; an embossed panel comprising second embosses formed by forming the plurality of cells and coupled to the first perforated panel wherein the embossed panel is laminated with the first perforated panel; and a sound absorbing and insulating material inserted between the first perforated panel and the embossed panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jae Gi Sim, Jung Hyeok Lim, Sung Il Choi, Ki Hoon Son
  • LICENSE PLATE MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190118734
    Abstract: A license plate mounting system for a vehicle is provided. The mounting system can comprise an outer frame and a backing plate. The outer frame and backing plate assembly can be configured to receive and maintain a license plate. The outer frame can include a plurality of tabs and slots to engage with the backing plate. The backing plate can include a plurality of tabs and recesses to engage with the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Henry P. Camisasca
  • CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190118735
    Abstract: A circuit assembly where the circuit board includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface and on which a plurality of bus bars are routed, the inductor includes a main body and a terminal that is led out from the main body and has a shape that is bent toward the circuit board, and a leading end of the terminal is connected through a screwing member to a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars exposed from an opening provided on the circuit board, the screwing member is held in an insulating holder housed in a housing recess provided in the heat dissipation plate, and the heat dissipation plate is overlaid so as to transfer heat on the circuit board on the second surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OTA, Shigeki YAMANE, Hirotoshi MAEDA, Toshiyuki TSUCHIDA, Junya AICHI
  • ONBOARD RELAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, RELAY DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190118736
    Abstract: An onboard relay device, an information processing method, a non-transitory storage medium storing a program, a relay device and an information processing system are disclosed. The onboard relay device relays data which is transmitted and received between a first onboard device connected to a first network and a second onboard device connected to a second network, and includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether the first network is a target for cooperation control in which a network state is changed along with the second network; and a control unit configured to transmit a request associated with a change of the network state to the second network when first data has been received from the first onboard device in a case where the first network is the target for the cooperation control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuhiko BESSHO
  • Waveguide Apparatus With High Speed Dual Channel Wireless Contactless Rotary Joint
    Publication number: 20190118737
    Abstract: A vehicle having a communication system is disclosed. The system includes two electrical couplings, coupled by way of a rotary joint. Each electrical coupling includes an interface waveguide configured to couple to external signals. Each electrical coupling also includes a waveguide section configured to propagate electromagnetic signals between the interface waveguide and the rotary joint. Additionally, the rotary joint is configured to allow one electrical coupling to rotate with respect to the other electrical coupling. An axis of rotation of the rotary joint is defined by a center of a portion of the waveguides. Yet further, the rotary joint allows electromagnetic energy to propagate between the waveguides of the electrical couplings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zhe Li, Jamal Izadian, Pierre-yves Droz, Min Wang
  • ROTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190118738
    Abstract: The rotary connector device includes a rotator and a stator. The connector housing section of the rotator is formed so as to be capable of holding a rotator side connector configured to enable an electrical connections with the outside, and includes: a connector holding section protruding from the rotator main body of the rotator to the outside of an annular space in the stator; and a cover member that is a member configured to at least partially cover the connector holding section along a direction in which the connector holding section protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Masatoshi USHIYAMA
  • VEHICULAR CIRCUIT BODY
    Publication number: 20190118739
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line. The trunk line includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The communication line is routed so that at least a part of the plurality of control boxes are connected in a ring form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • CABLE RETENTION MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190118740
    Abstract: A cable retention device includes a body having a sloped upper surface contiguous with a lower surface, a retention member having a first end and a second end, the retention member flexibly coupled to the body at the first end, and a plurality of projections extending from the lower surface of the body. The lower surface of the body and the retention member define a plurality of openings and each of the plurality of openings is configured to retain a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Villanueva Lopez, Abraham Heriberto Cabrera Garcia
  • TOTAL SUPPORTING METHOD AND TOTAL SUPPORTING SYSTEM OF WIRE HARNESS
    Publication number: 20190118741
    Abstract: To provide a total supporting method of a wire harness. The method includes a designing supporting step of designing the wire harness including a plurality of or a single electrical wire to be wired on a moving body based on 3D design data of the moving body, and creating 2D design data of the designed wire harness; a manufacturing supporting step of displaying in full scale information indicating a manufacturing method of the wire harness based on the 2D design data created, and manufacturing the wire harness based on the display; and a wiring supporting step of displaying wiring step information or information related to a step of wiring the wire harness on the moving body on a portable information processing terminal, and wiring the wire harness manufactured by the manufacturing supporting step on the moving body while looking at the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji KAWASE, Katsuju AOKI, Raifu YAMAMOTO, Masahiko NAMEKAWA
  • VEHICULAR CIRCUIT BODY
    Publication number: 20190118742
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle, includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, in which the trunk line includes power source lines of two systems and a communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • VEHICULAR CIRCUIT BODY
    Publication number: 20190118743
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
  • VEHICULAR CIRCUIT BODY
    Publication number: 20190118744
    Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, wherein each of the plurality of control boxes is able to connect with a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and the trunk line includes a power source line and a communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda
  • Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle System
    Publication number: 20190118745
    Abstract: The present invention provides technology for achieving both high responsiveness to an interrupt process and non-interference between control software. This vehicle control device comprises a storage device that stores various programs for controlling a vehicle, and a plurality of computation devices that include a first computation device and a second computation device, and that read a program from the storage device and execute the same. In addition, the storage device includes a first type of computation processing program executed not by time division and a second type of computation processing program executed by time division. The first computation device is configured to execute the first type of computation processing program, and the second computation device is configured to execute the second type of computation processing program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tasuku ISHIGOOKA, Satoshi OTSUKA, Kouhei SAKURAI, Taisetsu TANIMICHI
  • ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION BOX
    Publication number: 20190118746
    Abstract: An electric distribution box includes a substrate, a first connector fitting part which includes first terminals, wherein one end portions of the first terminals are electrically connected to the substrate and the other end portions of the first terminals are disposed above the substrate so as to fit with the first connectors in a fitting direction parallel to the substrate, a second connector fitting part which includes a second terminal, wherein one end portion of the second terminal is electrically connected to the substrate and the other end portion of the second terminal is disposed above the substrate so as to fit with the second connector in a direction opposite to the fitting direction, electronic components on the substrate, a case body, and a cover which closes an opening part of the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Koji IKEGAYA
  • Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20190118747
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a body, two spaced-apart longitudinal members, a bumper assembly as well as a second bumper cross-member which is spaced apart from the first bumper cross-member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan ADLER, Tilo RENZ, Thomas RIEDENBAUER, Bernhard SPETH
  • VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190118748
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis rail includes a tubular structure and an insert, both co-extending along a centerline. The insert is disposed, at least in-part, in the tubular structure, and includes a first wall, a second wall opposed to the first wall, and a corrugated mid-wall spanning laterally between, and attached to, the first and second walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley A. Newcomb, Hamid G. Kia, John C. Johnson, Robert N. Saje
  • MOUNTING MECHANISM FOR VEHICLE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20190118749
    Abstract: A mounting mechanism for a vehicle sensor includes a fixing board and a mounting base. The fixing board has a support portion and a plurality of flexible wing portions connected to the edge of the support portion. The mounting base is disposed at the support portion of the fixing board and contains the vehicle sensor. The flexible wing portions of the fixing board are bent and deformed such that the fixing board is fixed to various non-flat surfaces, for example, bends of the bumper, to render it easy to mount the vehicle sensor in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: San-Chuan YU, Yu-Tao YU, Meng-Yu HO, Yu-Ta CHEN, Ming-Lung KO
  • DEPLOYABLE DEBRIS PROTECTION DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190118750
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body with an underbody portion having an outer periphery. At least one traction wheel is rotatably coupled to the body. The traction wheel has a track width defined by an inboard plane and an outboard plane. A movable panel with an inboard edge and an outboard edge is coupled to the underbody portion. An actuator is coupled to the movable panel and configured to actuate the movable panel between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position the outboard edge projects outboard of the outboard plane of the track width, and in the stowed position the outboard edge is retracted within the outer periphery of the underbody portion. A controller is configured to, in response to an operating condition being satisfied during a drive cycle, control the actuator to actuate the movable panel from the stowed position to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony A. Bosco
  • CLASSIFYING NON-CONTACT EVENTS AROUND A VEHICLE BASED ON A RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE ACCELEROMETER
    Publication number: 20190118751
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for classifying non-contact event around a vehicle based on a restraint control module accelerometer. An example vehicle includes impact sensors, a metal panel on an underside of the vehicle, an accelerometer mounted to the metal panel to measure vibrations of the metal panel caused by sound, a restraint control module. The restraint control module (a) classifies the sound as a collision event or a non-collision event, and (b) deploys an airbag when the sound is classified as the collision event and the impact sensors indicate the collision event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Howard E. Churchwell, II, Brian Bennie, David James Tippy
  • CRUSHABLE DOOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190118752
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a monolithic base including a top panel having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The monolithic base includes an attachment panel extending downwardly from the first end at an acute angle. The monolithic base includes an outer panel extending downwardly from the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Yang Tay, John Pinkerton, Aleksandar Spasovski, Michael Dong, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
  • MONUMENT MOUNTED AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20190118753
    Abstract: A monument mounted airbag system for arresting passenger movement during a sudden acceleration/deceleration event of a moving vehicle includes an airbag assembly including at least one airbag on a first portion of a monument structure, the airbag assembly having a housing at least partially defined by a space between an external member and the monument structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Edward Deevey, Bryant Earl Williams, Stephen Bryant Adkins, Ahad M. Zadeh, Brian Hansen
  • VEHICLE SEATING ASSEMBLY WITH AIRBAG CARRIER
    Publication number: 20190118754
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly is provided herein. The vehicle includes a seat-base coupled to a seatback. A guide-channel and an armrest are coupled to at least one of the seatback and the seat-base. A carrier having an airbag is slidably coupled to the guide-channel, wherein the carrier is operable between a stowed position and a use position. The carrier is disposed vehicle downward of the armrest while in the stowed position. An airbag deployment side of the carrier is generally directed seating assembly rearward while the carrier is in the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, S. M. Akbar Berry
  • VEHICLE SEATING ASSEMBLY WITH AIRBAG CARRIER
    Publication number: 20190118755
    Abstract: A method for operating an airbag carrier is provided herein. The method includes the steps of moving carrier containing an airbag along a guide-channel of a seating assembly from a stowed position to a use position, and deploying the airbag into an occupant space of the seating assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, S. M. Akbar Berry
  • VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20190118756
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may facilitate deployment of an airbag and may comprise a panel comprising fibers. The panel may comprise a notch formed as a depression in a first side of the panel and at least one feature adjacent the notch. A second side of the panel may comprise a substantially planar surface opposite the notch. The panel may comprise at least one of a resin, a thermoplastic resin, polypropylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polycarbonate. The notch may direct deployment of the airbag through the panel. The feature may comprise a protrusion to provide a relief for the notch. The component may comprise a rib formed on the panel adjacent the notch comprising resin. The rib may comprise a resin portion comprising resin and a fiber portion comprising fibers of the panel. The component may comprise a trim panel, an instrument panel, a door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jennifer Anne Sterne Stroebe, Bart William Fox, Michael Gerard Zimmer, Michael Edward Phillips, Dale Todd Glynn
  • AIRBAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190118757
    Abstract: An airbag device includes: a gas generator including: an inflator having one end portion to which a connected part is provided; and a cylindrical retainer configured to cover the inflator; and an airbag including a bag main body having an insertion opening. A part of an outer end part of the retainer inserted in the insertion opening is arranged outside the bag main body together with the connected part, and a remaining part of the retainer is arranged inside the bag main body. The outer end part of the retainer is formed with an extension part extending in a direction of being separated away from the gas blowout part. The bag main body has a clearance filling part configured to fill a part of a clearance between the inflator and the retainer, and the clearance filling part is sandwiched by the inflator and the extension part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yuhta OKAYAMA, Nobuya NAKANO
  • AIRBAG APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190118758
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag bag body that is inflated and expanded by a gas which is generated from an inflator. The airbag bag body includes an inner bag and an outer bag. The inner bag is inflated and expanded by the gas which is supplied from the inflator. The outer bag covers the inner bag and communicates with the inner bag via a communication hole. The outer bag has a depression part on a lower part of the outer bag in a state of being supplied with the gas through the communication hole from the inner bag and being inflated and expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro Arima
  • SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190118759
    Abstract: A side airbag device includes: an inflator; a cushion that is expandable from the side of a seat toward a front of a vehicle; a vent hole that is provided at a predetermined position of the cushion and that discharges the gas; a patch that openably covers the vent hole from an inside of the cushion; a tether that is connected to the patch and a predetermined position (a tether cutter) of the side of the seat, the tether pulling the patch toward a rear of the vehicle so as to open the vent hole when the cushion is expanded and deployed; and a tether cutter that is configured to cut the tether in response to information relating to a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki TAGUCHI
  • PASSENGER RESTRAINT WITH INTEGRATED AUDIO SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190118760
    Abstract: Present systems and methods are directed to an audio system integrated into a restraint system for an amusement park ride vehicle. Specifically, a system includes a restraining system for a ride vehicle of an amusement park. The system includes an audio system comprising a speaker and a microphone, wherein the audio system is positioned inside of the restraining system and configured to produce audio via the speaker in response to a received audio activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hall, Keith Michael McVeen, Brian Birney McQuillian
  • SEAT MOUNTED ADJUSTABLE SEAT BELT WEBBING GUIDE
    Publication number: 20190118761
    Abstract: A webbing guide for a vehicle seat includes a base defining a length between a first end and a second end and defining a plurality of pairs of corresponding spaced-apart post holes extending through the base between top and bottom surfaces thereof. The webbing guide further includes a guide body coupled with the base and defining a guide channel extending through the guide body in a direction generally normal to the length of the base and normal to the post holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Pattrick Loew, Benjamin Yilma, Travis Justin Raines