Abstract: A method of controlling an active seatbelt includes checking whether a seatbelt is fastened, collecting driving information from a sensor or driving assist/safety system installed in a vehicle, determining a safety state of the vehicle based on the driving information, checking whether an airbag is deployed, and outputting a motor control signal for restraint control of the seatbelt in response to the safety state when the airbag is not deployed.

Abstract: An airbag device for a panorama roof may include: a roller disposed under a panorama roof and having a blind wound therearound, the blind serving to cover the panorama roof; a head liner covering the roller; an inflator disposed between the panorama roof and the roller; a guide tunnel connected to the inflator to guide gas; and a cushion connected to the guide tunnel, and deployed by gas guided through the guide tunnel so as to cover the panorama roof.

Abstract: A cover for an airbag cushion has a fabric for enclosing a folded airbag cushion forming the cover and a frangible tear seam extending across the length of the cover. The tear seam has a plurality of slits. Each slit includes a linear main slit portion arranged in a straight line, an inclined leading end slit portion and an inclined trailing end slit portion. A space between each adjacent slit forms a single fabric tear portion defined by a trailing end slit portion of one slit overlapping an inclined oppositely leading end slit portion of an adjacent slit. Each fabric tear portion is formed as short cut woven yarns cut axially and perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of fabric tear portions forms the frangible tear seam.

Abstract: A side-curtain airbag for motor vehicles has cushion that, when inflated, is positioned in spaced alignment with a side window. At least one spacer is located at a distal end of the cushion and is in fluid communication therewith. The spacer contacts a portion of the vehicle structure adjacent to the window and positions the cushion in the desired spaced relationship with the side window. The disclosed airbag provides greater resistance to impact and thereby reduces the distance of travel of the head of a motor vehicle occupant beyond the side window glass during a side impact collision.

Abstract: An airbag device for a panorama roof may include: a roller disposed under a panorama roof and having a blind wound therearound, the blind serving to cover the panorama roof; a head liner covering the roller; an inflator disposed at sides of the panorama roof; a guide tunnel connected to the inflator to guide gas; and a cushion connected to the guide tunnel, and deployed by gas guided through the guide tunnel so as to cover the panorama roof.

Abstract: A disc-shaped pyrotechnic gas generator includes a housing with a plurality of diffusion holes. A pyrotechnic substance is arranged in the housing. A filter is arranged in the housing. A containment member is arranged in the housing between the pyrotechnic substance and the filter. A drainage member is arranged in the housing between the pyrotechnic substance and the containment member. The filter is to provide support to a supported portion of the containment member at a start of operation of the gas generator.

Abstract: Device cooperating with a vehicle safety belt, designed for passenger transport, especially children consists of a tensioning belt (1) fixed releasably between the shoulder part (2) and the lap part (3) of the fastened safety belt. Tensioning belt is equipped with the length and tension controller (R) and has tunnels (9) on both ends formed by the rolled up and fixed ends of the belt. In the tunnels (9) there are arms of the snap fasteners (4) fixed to the fastened safety belt. Controller (R) includes a staple (7) fixing the length of the tensioning belt (1) and a staple (8) blocking its position, and the tensioning belt (1) is composed of a fragment (1?) connected permanently with the fixing staple and a fragment (1?) connected slidingly with the fixing staple (7) and the staple (8) blocking the position of the belt (1).

Abstract: A system and method of detecting seatbelt position in a vehicle having a seat, a seatbelt assembly, and an image sensor is disclosed. The method includes determining a latch status of the seatbelt assembly, taking an image of the seat with the image sensor, determining a position of the seat from the image, and displaying the position of the seat on a display and a seatbelt unlatched warning. The seat belt latch alert system for a vehicle includes a first row of seats, a second row of seats movable between a plurality of positions, a seatbelt assembly connected to each seat having a latch configured to be latched and unlatched, an image sensor taking images of the seat if the latch is unlatched, a processor for determining a position of the seat from the image, and a display for displaying the positions of the seat and a seatbelt unlatched warning.

Abstract: A vehicle safety system includes a vehicle that has a plurality of seats, a plurality of seat belts, an electrical system and an ignition. Each of the seat belts includes a buckle and a clasp. A plurality of buckle sensors is provided and each of the buckle sensors is coupled to the buckle on an associated one of the seat belts. Each of the buckle sensors senses when the clasp of the associated seat belt is engaged to the buckle of the associated seat belt. A plurality of weight sensors is provided and each of the weight sensors is coupled to an associated one of the seats to sense weight of an occupant in the associated seat. A shut down unit is coupled to the vehicle. The shut down unit is in electrical communication with each of the seat belt sensors, each of the weight sensors and the ignition.

Abstract: A system includes a ride vehicle of an amusement park ride and a restraint system coupled to the ride vehicle and including a lock having a detector that may receive a wireless signal. Receiving the wireless signal causes the lock to lock or unlock and the restraint system may secure a rider within the ride vehicle.

Abstract: A sound output apparatus and a sound output control method including a sound output controller placed in a vehicle having a door lockable and unlockable based on the result of communicated with mobile terminals are disclosed. The vehicle mounted with the sound output controller and a locking and unlocking system including the vehicle are also disclosed. The sound output controller outputs a sound that is different between when the door is unlocked by a specified mobile terminal and when the door is unlocked by other means.

Abstract: A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination. The delivery assistance device includes a key information distribution unit configured to distribute key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the company, and an entry authority information distribution unit configured to distribute entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the company when the key information is distributed to the company by the key information distribution unit.

Abstract: A vehicle management system includes a server. The server is configured to acquire range information representing an available range of a vehicle, acquire positional information of the vehicle, determine whether or not a position of the vehicle is out of the available range or is expected to deviate from the available range, and provide a notification to a device related to the vehicle in a case where the position of the vehicle is out of the available range or in a case where the position of the vehicle is expected to deviate from the available range.

Abstract: A key management device includes a server configured to issue an electronic key of a vehicle to a user device, configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, and configured to invalidate the electronic key issued to the user device when a determination is made from the position information of the vehicle that the vehicle is present at a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent heating device using graphene. To accomplish the aforementioned purpose, the present invention provides a graphene heating device comprising: a transparent substrate; an adhesive layer formed on the transparent substrate; and a graphene layer formed on the adhesive layer, where the graphene layer is heated by a current flowing along the graphene layer. According to one embodiment of the present invention, fogging or icing occurs on the surface of an object that can be removed without deteriorating the light transmittance of the object, which requires the light transmittance.

Abstract: When an operation signal of a view-obstructing material removal mode switch has been detected, a controller controls such that wiping operation is performed while spraying washer fluid toward the opposite side to a movement direction side of a wiper blade, after which a wiping operation in which washer fluid is not sprayed is performed.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, and an annular member coupled to the sensor window and rotatable about the axis. The annular member includes a nozzle aimed at the sensor window and oriented at an acute angle from a radial direction toward the axis in a plane orthogonal to the axis.

Abstract: A connector for a wiper blade, the connector is configured to cooperate pivotably, by a transverse hinge pin, with an adapter designed to allow an articulation link between the blade and a driving arm, the connector includes a body provided with two opposite side flanges, defining a housing designed to receive the adapter, and a pin between the flanges for the articulation link of the blade to the arm, the flanges include, at each of the ends of the hinge pin, a shoulder configured to allow axial guiding of the articulation link between the blade and the arm, the side flanges is configured to allow lateral flexion of the adapter bearing against the shoulder.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a main body, a blower provided in the main body, a suction part connected to one side of the main body to draw in outdoor air, and an exhaust part connected to the suction part to exhaust air.

Abstract: In an aspect, a conveyor system for moving a wheeled structure through a service line is provided. The conveyor system comprises at least one endless belt mounted longitudinally through the service line. The belt has an upper transport portion for moving the vehicle through the service line, and a lower return portion with a support deck below the upper transport portion to support the belt. A liquid introduction system is provided for helping to remove dirt from the belt and/or to remove dirt from between the belt and the support deck.

Abstract: A system for vehicle care and in particular vehicle cleaning is provided, including at least one vehicle care device and a control device, wherein vehicles can be brought to the at least one vehicle care device and can be removed therefrom, and the control device is configured for communication with non-user-guided vehicles, wherein at least one vehicle care instruction including information about the care of the vehicle and associated with a particular vehicle can be stored in the control device, and the vehicles can be treated at the at least one vehicle care device according to the at least one vehicle care instruction, and wherein the sequence of processing of vehicle care instructions and/or the scope of the vehicle care stored in at least one vehicle care instruction can be changed by the control device. The invention additionally relates to a method for vehicle care.

Abstract: A towel for washing a motorcycle includes an upper portion configured to overlie at least a portion of the motorcycle windshield and a lower portion configured to overlie at least a portion of the motorcycle fairing. An upper pocket of the upper portion is configured to receive the top of the motorcycle windshield, a left side pocket of the lower portion is configured to receive a left side portion of the motorcycle fairing, and a right side pocket of the lower portion is configured to receive the right side portion of the motorcycle fairing. The towel may be soaked in a cleaning fluid and is configured such that it can be positioned on the windshield and fairing and will remain there without any intervention required by a user. The user may therefore leave the towel unattended to soak on the windshield and fairing, thereby allowing sufficient time for the cleaning solution to soften debris on the windshield and fairing to make it easier to remove the debris.

Abstract: A parking system for a vehicle provides a self-contained vehicle lift with jacks on wheels and mounted on a vehicle frame, wherein the jacks are operable between a retracted position permitting the vehicle to move in a normal fashion, and an extended position effective to raise the entire vehicle off the ground to allow the wheels move the vehicle into the parking position.

Abstract: An electronic parking brake (EPB) system having expanded functionality, which provides the driver of a vehicle the option to manually control the clamping force of the EPB as desired, while keeping existing EPB functionalities. The EPB system includes a hand lever assembly, and the driver is able to move the hand lever assembly to various positions. The position of the hand lever assembly corresponds to an equivalent parking brake clamping force request. A fully retracted lever corresponds to a complete release action of the parking brake, and a fully actuated lever corresponds to a complete clamping of the parking brake. Any position in between the fully retracted and fully actuated positions corresponds to a partial apply of the parking brake using a predefined ratio of force to lever position.

Abstract: A trailer brake and monitoring system with a trailer control module, which has a processor, a signal input, a first wheel speed input, a second wheel speed input, a valve output, and a data port. The processor receives a signal from the signal input, and the processor sends the signal to the data port. The processor receives a first wheel speed signal from the first wheel speed input and a second wheel speed signal from the second wheel speed input. The processor is configured to send a first brake signal to the valve output based on at least one of the first wheel speed signal and the second wheel speed signal. The trailer control module may include third and fourth wheel speed inputs and a second valve output. The data port may be a power input configured for connection with a PLC cable and/or a CAN port.

Abstract: An electrical harness including at least one upstream connector arranged to be electrically connected to a computer, at least one downstream connector arranged to be connected to a complementary connector of an electromechanical actuator, and at least one electric wire electrically connecting the upstream connector and the downstream connector, the electric wire configured such that primary digital control signals produced or transferred by the computer travel over the electric wire via the upstream connector. The electrical harness may also include an electronic unit integrated in the electrical harness, the electronic unit configured to transform the primary digital control signals into analog control signals and to transmit the analog control signals to the electromechanical actuator via the downstream connector.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic brake system includes a first brake input that generates a first brake input signal and a second brake input that generates a second brake input signal. The system also includes a first valve that releases hydraulic fluid to control a first brake and a second valve that releases the hydraulic fluid to control a second brake. The system includes a speed sensor that generates a speed signal indicative of a speed of a work vehicle. A controller receives the speed signal, the first brake input signal, and the second brake input signal, determines the speed of the work vehicle based on the speed signal, and compares the speed of the work vehicle to a threshold speed. The controller synchronizes actuation of the first and second valves in response to the speed being in excess of the threshold speed to control the first and second valves.

Abstract: A sensor monitoring device that comprises: a first controller ECA into which a detected value Smn from a sensor SMN is inputted via a first signal line LMA; a second controller ECB into which the detected value Smn is inputted via a second signal line LMB; and a communication bus CMB that transmits signals between the first controller ECA and the second controller ECB. The second controller ECB reads in the detected value Smn as a second processing value Smb and transmits the second processing value Smb to the first controller ECA via the communication bus CMB. The first controller ECA reads in the detected value Smn as a first processing value Sma, receives the second processing value Smb, and, on the basis of the first processing value Sma and the second processing value Smb, determines the suitability of the first processing value Sma.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brake system for vehicles, comprising a brake unit. In order to provide a new brake system, which is in particular more lightweight and more environmentally friendly, a brake unit is proposed which comprises at least a brake disc and a brake piston unit, a compressed air reservoir, and a control unit in order to pressurise the brake piston unit with compressed air from the compressed air reservoir on demand.

Abstract: A vehicle has a frame, a straddle seat, front right and left wheels, a rear wheel, a steering assembly, a motor, front right and left brakes, a rear brake, and an electronic brake control unit. The electronic brake control unit has a pump, a valve box, a first pressure sensor disposed in the valve box and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is electronically connected to the pump, and valves of the valve box for controlling their operation. A hand brake lever actuates a first master cylinder and thereby actuates the front brakes through the valve box. A foot brake lever actuates a second master cylinder and thereby actuates the rear brake through the valve box. A second pressure sensor is disposed externally of the valve box. The first and second pressure sensors sensing fluid pressure applied by the first and second master cylinders respectively.

Abstract: A reservoir tank includes a reservoir body defining a storage chamber for an operating fluid; and a float guide in the storage chamber. The float guide forms a float chamber on the inner side. The reservoir tank further includes a fluid level detection device that has a float moving up and down in the float chamber in accordance with fluctuations of a fluid level, and has a detector detecting when the float is below predetermined position. The reservoir tank is provided with a slit in the float guide. The slit is in communication with the storage chamber and the float chamber. An operating fluid passage is provided on an inner face of the float guide which is continuous with the slit, which is in communication with the slit and the float chamber.

Abstract: Examples of techniques for fault diagnosis for fault tolerant chassis architecture systems are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, a control variable for the system. The method further includes receiving, by the processing device, a measured variable for the system. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a residual based at least in part on the control variable and the measured variable. The method further includes performing, by the processing device, a fault diagnosis to detect a fault in the system based at least in part on the residual.

Abstract: There are provided a brake device that enhances the detection accuracy of a system with fluid leakage, regardless of the degree of fluid leakage, and a fluid leakage detection method of the brake device. The brake device includes a hydraulic unit and a control unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to improving the fuel efficiency of autonomous vehicles by operating either (1) at a first effective engine displacement that takes into account noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) when the vehicle is occupied or (2) at a second effective engine displacement, without concern for occupant NVH, when the vehicle is not occupied. The second effective engine displacement is typically more fuel efficient than the first effective engine displacement, but result in a higher level of NVH compared to the first effective engine displacement.

Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle. The drive-train (1) has an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a compressed air system of a brake unit. While the motor vehicle is travelling, if a manual command is issued or if defined operating conditions are satisfied, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. During the coasting mode, a pressure in a compressed air system of the brake unit is determined, and if the determined pressure reaches or falls below a predefined first pressure value, the pressure in the compressed air system of the brake unit is automatically increased, via a pressure-generator, to a predefined second pressure value.

Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive-train (1) comprises an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a compressed aft system of a brake unit. While the motor vehicle is traveling, if a manual command is issued or if defined operating conditions are satisfied, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. In order to achieve the coasting mode, a pressure in the compressed air system of the brake unit is increased before the internal combustion engine is turned off.

Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a brake assembly. While the motor vehicle is traveling, if a manual command is given or if defined operating conditions exist, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode, in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. If the internal combustion engine, turned off for the coasting mode, fails to restart despite the existence of a signal to restart the internal combustion engine, a braking process is initiated automatically.

Abstract: A method of operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle, which has a drive aggregate (2), a transmission (3) with a hydrodynamic torque converter (4), an engine brake device (6) and a drive output (5). The engine brake device (6) which is activated when the drive-train (1) is operating in an overdrive mode, during a coasting process, before carrying out an overdrive downshift, when the turbine rotational speed (n_tu) of the torque converter (4) is lower than the engine idling rotational speed (n_mot_LL) of the drive aggregate (2). The engine brake device (6) is deactivated at a point in time chosen such that, when the overdrive downshift is carried out, a load change in the drive-train (1) is avoided.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, a main battery, a DC-DC converter, a sub-battery, a starter, and an electronic control unit. The DC-DC converter is a bidirectional converter configured to convert a voltage of electric power from the sub-battery and output the electric power to the motor generator. The electronic control unit is configured to control the DC-DC converter such that the sub-battery outputs electric power to the motor generator when a first available electrical energy of the main battery is smaller than a required electrical energy at the time when the engine is started with the use of the motor generator.

Abstract: When the state of charge of a power storage device is equal to or higher than a predetermined ratio in a specific acceleration time where an acceleration request is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, a hybrid vehicle controls an engine such that the rotation speed of the engine is not increased in a range of an output limit of the power storage device and that the engine is operated at an operation point on a fuel consumption priority operation line. When the state of charge of the power storage device is lower than the predetermined ratio in the specific acceleration timer the hybrid vehicle controls the engine such that the rotation speed of the engine is not increased in the range of the output limit of the power storage device and that the engine is operated at an operation point on a power priority operation line.

Abstract: A method of operating an accessory drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein the accessory drive system includes one or more accessory components, a motor generator of the motor vehicle, and a flexible drive element configured to transmit a torque load between the one or more accessory components and the motor generator, includes determining a maximum permissible flexible drive element torque threshold, detecting an increase in torque demand on the flexible drive element, determining when the torque demand on the flexible drive element will exceed the flexible drive element torque threshold, and reducing the torque demand of one or more of the accessory components so that the flexible drive element torque threshold is not exceeded.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively sharing, towards separate users, the power of a multi-drive unit vehicle, includes a mechanical transmission, that connects propulsion units of the vehicle to at least one primary drive unit; a secondary power unit for service units, which is operatively positioned between the mechanical transmission and at least one service unit of the vehicle; as well as at least one of either a first or a second joint, that are mounted on the mechanical transmission on either side of the secondary power unit for service units and are switchable by operating suitable control means.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle may include determining, by a controller, whether an engine of the mild hybrid vehicle operates based on a demand torque of a driver of the mild hybrid vehicle; determining, by the controller, a torque of a starter-generator of the mild hybrid vehicle that assists a torque of the engine according to the demand torque of the driver based on a temperature of a turbocharger of the mild hybrid vehicle when the engine is operated; and operating, by the controller, the starter-generator to assist the torque of the engine based on the determined torque of the starter-generator.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of controlling a transmission for reducing clutch abrasion and an automatic transmission controlled by the method. The method is applied to a hybrid vehicle, and controls an automatic transmission having an independent flow control valve and an engine clutch cooling channel for the cooling of an engine clutch mounted thereon. The method includes a hybrid starter generator (HSG) state determination step of determining a state of an HSG, a driving motor cranking execution step of cranking an engine using a driving motor when the state of the HSG is a state in which the HSG does not operate in the HSG state determination step, and a cooling execution step of supplying an additional flow to the engine clutch cooling channel by driving the independent flow control valve, wherein the cooling execution step is performed simultaneously with the driving motor cranking execution step.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a controller, whether a state of charge (SOC) of a first battery that supplies electric power to a starter-generator exceeds a reference value. The method further includes operating, by the controller, the starter-generator and a starter that is separate from the starter-generator and receives electric power from a second battery at a voltage lower than that of the first battery. A combustion engine of the mild hybrid vehicle is started using the starter-generator and the starter when it is determined that the state of charge of the first battery exceeds the reference value and it is determined that an ambient air temperature of the engine exceeds a temperature reference value.

Abstract: An apparatus for starting engine of mild hybrid electric vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an ignition switch including a plurality of contact points; A gradient detector configured for detecting a road gradient of a road on which the vehicle is located; a state of charge (SOC) detector configured for detecting an SOC of a high voltage battery; a mild hybrid starter & generator (MHSG) including a stator and a rotor disposed inside the stator, and starting the engine or generating electricity by an output of the engine; a starter which is able to start the engine independently from the MHSG; an MHSG wheel rotating integrally with the rotor; an MHSG position detector configured for detecting a position of the MHSG; and a controller configured for determining a top dead center (TDC) of a predetermined cylinder based on a signal of the MHSG position detector.

Abstract: An apparatus for starting engine of mild hybrid electric vehicle may include: an ignition switch; an ambient temperature detector; a state of charge (SOC) detector; a mild starter & generator (MHSG) including a stator and a rotor mounted inside the stator; a starter which is configured to start the engine independently of the MHSG; a converter which is configured to voltage-drop an electric power of a high voltage battery and supply it to the low voltage battery or the starter; an MHSG wheel rotating integrally with the rotor; an MHSG position detector; and a controller configured for determining a top dead center (TDC) of a predetermined cylinder based on a signal of the MHSG position detector.

Abstract: The hybrid vehicle is configured to control an engine and a motor, such that the vehicle is driven in one drive mode among a plurality of drive modes including a Charge Depleting or CD mode in which electric power in a power storage device is consumed and a Charge Sustaining or CS mode in which state of charge of the power storage device is sustained. When a sequential position is selected by a driver in an accelerator-off state, the hybrid vehicle narrows a range of a braking torque applicable to the vehicle in the CD mode as the drive mode, compared with in the CS mode as the drive mode.

Abstract: A computing device-implemented method includes receiving data representative of one or more operational parameters for a vehicle, calculating the fuel rate required for an internal combustion engine of the vehicle to respond to the operational parameters, determining if the required fuel rate exceeds a threshold which would cause a state change in the performance of the internal combustion engine, if the required fuel rate exceeds the threshold, calculating an amount of assistance required for an electric hybrid traction motor to provide to a drivetrain of the vehicle to implement the received operational parameters of the vehicle, and providing the amount of assistance to the drivetrain of the vehicle, thereby preventing the state change in the performance of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle control method is provided for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a generator directly connected via a gear train having a plurality of gears that are engaged with each other. In this hybrid vehicle control method, a prescribed torque is continuously applied to the generator upon determining the engine is in a rotating state such that a transmission torque of the gear train does not continuously fluctuate above and below zero torque. Preferably, in one embodiment, the prescribed torque continuously applied to the second motor/generator is a negative torque value during a power generation operation in which the generator is rotated by the engine and is a positive torque value during a motoring operation in which the engine is rotated by the generator.