Patents Issued in June 25, 2019
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Patent number: 10328823Abstract: A seat assembly is provided with a translatable seat cushion, a pivotal seat back, and a head restraint adapted to be mounted for translation adjacent the seat back. An actuator is operably connected to at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back for adjustment of a plurality of settings of the seat assembly. A controller is in electrical communication with the actuator and is configured to receive input indicative of occupant anthropometry data, current physical condition and/or activity level, compare the input with predetermined data ranges, and adjust at least one of the plurality of settings of the actuator to a predetermined setting based on the predetermined range. A computer-program product is programmed for automatically adjusting a seat assembly. A method for adjusting a seat assembly receives anthropometry data for an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Terry O'Bannon, Michelle A. Pereny, Samuel R. Hanlon, Ashford Allen Galbreath, Gerald Patrick, Karl Henn
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Patent number: 10328824Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for enacting various driving profiles based on identifying the age and gender of the user. Initially, identifying information is acquired from a user of a vehicle. An identification program determines whether the driver is known, by comparing the identifying information to a set of stored identifying information. If the driver of the vehicle is known, as the identifying information from the user is similar to stored identifying information, then a specific driver profile associated with the specific driver is activated. If the driver is not known, as the identifying information from the user of the vehicle is not similar to the stored identifying information, then the age and gender of the user of the vehicle is determined. Based on the determined age and gender of the driver of the vehicle, various vehicle setting ranges are enacted.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Tynan J. Garrett, Emily M. Metruck, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 10328825Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a seat cushion frame configuring a frame member of a seat cushion, and a seat unit that is supported by the seat cushion frame and on which an occupant sits, that has a higher seating face rigidity in a seat front-rear direction than a seating face rigidity in a seat width direction, and that has the seating face rigidity in the seat width direction set lower at a seat front-rear direction rear side than at a seat front-rear direction front side.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Hamabe, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10328826Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, includes a seat part (3), a backrest (5) and a four-bar-linkage arrangement (10), having a coupler (20), for the at least indirect coupling of the seat part (3) to a vehicle floor (S). The vehicle seat (1) is transferable from a use position suitable for transporting an individual either into a first non-use position or into a second non-use position. The seat part (3) has a seat-part frame (30), which is pivotable relative to the coupler (20), and a locking device (52), which blocks a pivoting of the seat-part frame (30) relative to the coupler (20) in a first actuating state of the locking means (52). The locking device (52) permits a pivoting of the seat-part frame (30) relative to the coupler (20) in a second actuating state of the locking device (52).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.Inventors: Shivaprasad Ramachandra, Annal Ponnarasu Ganesan, Peter Hudák, Bernd Hopp, Helmut Jeck, Walter Link, Karthikeyan M. Subramanian, James Abraham
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Patent number: 10328827Abstract: Systems and methods for actively isolating a payload from a disturbance. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure including an actuator configured to move the seat about a pivot axis at a command angle, a sensor positioned to detect vehicle movement, and a controller configured to determine a vehicle roll angle based on an input from the sensor, generate a variable gain based at least on a vehicle roll acceleration determined from the input, wherein the variable gain modulates a gain of a band-pass filter having a fixed bandwidth, generate a command signal based at least on the vehicle roll angle, the controller configured to adjust a magnitude of the command signal relative to an amplitude of the input and apply the band-pass filter, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat at a desired command angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCInventor: Lawrence D. Knox
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Patent number: 10328828Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
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Patent number: 10328829Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided, in at least one embodiment, comprising a seatback comprising a cushion having a first hardness, and a pneumatic thoracic support structure positioned adjacent the cushion. In at least one embodiment, the pneumatic thoracic support structure comprises a first bladder selectively inflatable to provide a first area having a second hardness higher than the first hardness, with the first area being disposed along a thoracic region of a user's spine when a user is seated in the seat to provide support to at least a portion of the thoracic region of the user's spine.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Ashford Allen Galbreath, Terry O'Bannon, Jennifer Badgley, Asad S. Ali, Gerald Steven Locke, Thomas S. Hicks, Mark Weaver, Winsen C. Zouzal, Richard L. Harbaugh
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Patent number: 10328830Abstract: A seat assembly having a seat back and a bolster subassembly. The bolster subassembly may have a bolster frame and a bolster trim subassembly. The bolster frame may be mounted to a back panel of the seat back. The bolster trim subassembly may be received between the bolster frame and the back panel when the bolster subassembly is mounted to the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Bradley C. Duncan, Richard A. Sams, Ronald L. Miotto
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Patent number: 10328831Abstract: To make it possible to improve a low-tone reproducing ability with a simple structure in an acoustic device including speakers in a headrest. The acoustic device includes a core material of a closed structure functioning as a core of a headrest main body, acoustic speakers 50, 50 disposed in the core material, and hollow headrest stays 15, 15 that pierce through the core material. The headrest stays 15, 15 circulate the air on the inside of the core material to the outer side via hollow sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa, Takahiko Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Ito
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Patent number: 10328832Abstract: A vehicle floor liner has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess extending toward the top surface and a ridge extending away from the bottom surface and positioned around a periphery of the recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Husky Liners, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth Douglas Johnson
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Patent number: 10328833Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a console assembly for a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a console structure and a movable structure that is supported for movement in and out from the console structure. Additionally, the console assembly includes a cup holder structure that is supported by the movable structure. The cup holder structure includes a cup holder that is supported for movement by the movable structure between a retracted position and an extended position. The cup holder is configured to remain substantially in the retracted position as the movable structure moves between a first position and a second position. The cup holder is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position as the movable structure moves between the second position and a third position.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Gurnek Singh, Thomas Hallman, Scott J. Fast
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Patent number: 10328834Abstract: A vehicle console assembly includes a console and a clip. A wall of the console defines an aperture extending between the front side and the back side of the wall. The clip is installable within the aperture of the console. The console and clip are configured to removably secure a cup holder within the console. The clip includes a head portion and two extensions insertable into the aperture. Each of the two extensions includes a leg extending from the head portion and a locking portion configured to engage with the console. The clip extends from a first end at an end of the head portion to a second end at an end of the extensions. The distance between opposite sides of the clip at the second end of the clip is less than the distance of an opening of the aperture along the front side of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Vijeesh Kelat
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Patent number: 10328835Abstract: Devices for holding beverage containers that can be used inside a vehicle or attached to a structure. In one example, a cup holder device for use in a vehicle may include an upper portion having a bottom surface, a peripheral rim offset from the bottom surface, and a side surface connecting the peripheral rim to the bottom surface. The peripheral rim defines an opening that is configured to receive a cup in the upper portion. A lower portion is coupled to the upper portion. The lower portion is configured to fit into a gap of an interior vehicle door, the impression typically formed by at least a first inside wall, a second inside wall, and an inside bottom surface. The lower portion may include a molded form configured to fit inside the impression of an interior vehicle door, or a spring-biased connector to attach to the impression.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventor: Karen Meyer
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Patent number: 10328836Abstract: An inventory system includes an inventory holder and an actively balanced mobile drive unit. A control module of the mobile drive unit can receive sensing information about the inventory holder and/or the mobile drive unit and use the sensing information to control a drive module of the mobile drive unit so as to maintain the inventory holder and/or the mobile drive unit within a predetermined deviation amount from an equilibrium state.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Oliver Christoph Purwin, Dragan Pajevic, David William Guerin, Robert Michael Shydo, Jr., Mark Anthony Messina, Parris S. Wellman, Kevin John Trenholme, Peter Thomas Colantonio, Peter K. Mansfield
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Patent number: 10328837Abstract: A vehicular mobile storage cart, for a car having a hitch (21, 22), the cart comprising: a hitch gripping mechanism (30), connectable to the car hitch (21, 22); a lifting mechanism (40), connectable to the hitch gripping mechanism (30); and a wheel cart (10), connectable to the lifting mechanism; wherein the lifting mechanism being adapted to diminish its dimensions in a folded state thereof to allow opening a back door of a vehicle thereof when being folded.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventor: Moshe Peles
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Patent number: 10328838Abstract: A trailer device is provided with pressure washing features and devices. The trailer device is convertible between at least a first and mode of transport, wherein a first mode comprises a towing mode, and a second mode comprises a push or manual operation mode. The device also comprises various on-board features and control systems such that a fully-functional pressure washing unit is provided that is easily transporting between locations.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KÄRCHER NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Rasmey Yim, Kyle Murray, Shannon Taylor
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Patent number: 10328839Abstract: An extendable compartment assembly having a first compartment and a second compartment each having opposing sidewalls and a ceiling, a first frame coupled to the first compartment, a second frame coupled to the second compartment, and a slide assembly coupling the first frame to the second frame such that the second compartment is slideable relative to the first compartment between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the second compartment is at least partially disposed within the first compartment and in the second position the second compartment is at least partially disposed outside the first compartment. A hitch assembly comprising a base arm having first and second ends, a first mating arm coupled with the first end, a second mating arm coupled with the second end, and a bias member coupling the first mating arm to the second mating arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HITCH HOTEL INC.Inventors: Geoff Patterson, Grant Nelson
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Patent number: 10328840Abstract: A cargo strap monitoring system for real-time detection and reporting of cargo strap failure is provided. The cargo strap monitoring system may be a detector in the form of a cylinder that fits a winch slot. The cylinder provides a housing for circuitry operably linked to a pressure sensor. During normal operation a cargo strap is wrapped around and deployed from the spindle. The pressure sensor detects unsafe tension in the cargo strap. The circuitry includes a transceiver and a processor. Upon detection of an unsafe tension condition the transceiver transmits a warning to a remote monitor which may be located in a driver's truck cab. The remote monitor can be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone. The spindle with a slot and circuitry including the pressure sensor can be sold as a kit suitable for retrofitting to cargo strap winches.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventors: Johnny White, Lonny W. Rollins
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Patent number: 10328841Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving, by a destination device at which a securement-monitoring application is operating, from a securement sensor device, a securement-condition communication indicating a condition of a securement remote to the destination device. Operations also include determining, by the destination device using the securement-monitoring application, an action to take responsive to the securement-condition communication, such as notifying a user of an undesired condition at the securement. The operations further include initiating the action determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Anil Singh Bika, Nathan F. Thompson, Dorel M. Sala, Kenneth J. Shoemaker, Norman J. Weigert
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Patent number: 10328842Abstract: A cargo securing apparatus and a method of maintaining a user configured tension in a cargo securing element are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one sensor arranged to measure a first and second tension in a tensile element (used to secure the cargo) at different times and a processor in data communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to receive the tension measurements from the sensor and to distinguish between acute and sustained deviations in tension based on the tension measurements. Conditionally, the processor may compare the first and second tension measurements to a user configured tension setting and determine tension correction parameters required to maintain the tension in the tensile element within a range of the user configured setting. The apparatus may include one or more manual or automated adjustment drives to adjust the tension in the tensile element in accordance with the tension correction parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITYInventor: Leo David McNally
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Patent number: 10328843Abstract: A driving assistance system for a vehicle has a longer-distance sensor device for determining longer-distance information between a vehicle and an obstacle, and a shorter-distance sensor device for determining shorter-distance information between the vehicle and the obstacle. A dual-mode light emitting diode (LED module) can selectively emit both visible light and infrared light, and is part of the vehicle's driving-lights system, such as a headlight and/or a reversing light. The LED module emits infrared light when operating as part of the shorter-distance sensor device and an infrared receiver detects the reflected infrared light for distance determination. The longer-distance sensor device uses ultrasonic waves to determine distance information, and when it indicates that the distance has fallen below a threshold distance (below which the longer-distance sensing device is not reliable), a controller activates the shorter-distance sensing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Frederic Stefan, Christoph Arndt, Uwe Gussen
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Patent number: 10328844Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lamp a pair of lamp modules configured to irradiate light to form a pair of left and right light distribution patterns. Each of the lamp modules includes first and second lamp units. Further, irradiation light from the first lamp unit forms a first light distribution pattern having a vertically extending cutoff line at a center side of a pair of left and right distribution patterns, and irradiation light from the second lamp unit forms a second light distribution pattern near the cutoff line. The second light distribution pattern is smaller and brighter than the first light distribution pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuyuki Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10328845Abstract: A device that provides a circuit for controlling the power supply of a plurality of groups of light sources, preferably of the light-emitting diodes type, which perform a plurality of lighting functions for an automobile vehicle. The device is noteworthy in that it enables a primary output voltage and several high-voltage secondary outputs to be produced, corresponding to the power supply requirements of the various groups of light sources, with the use of a single switch-mode converter circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: David Boudikian, Sylvain Yvon, Jean-Philippe Alves, Irantzu Jauregi, Souheil Mazzour
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Patent number: 10328846Abstract: A tail light device includes a housing defining an accommodation chamber enclosed by a light shade, a mounting fixture removably connected to a surrounding wall of the housing and having a mounting wall, two first light emitting modules respectively secured to first mounting wall portions of the mounting wall, and a second light emitting module secured to a second mounting wall portion of the mounting wall such that a modular construction is made to be mounted in the accommodation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: COPLUS INC.Inventor: Jacob Wu
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Patent number: 10328847Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and a method for identifying a driving state of an unmanned vehicle, the identifying apparatus comprising: an information analyzing apparatus, configured to receive information of an operating system of the unmanned vehicle, and determine and transmit a corresponding driving state signal based on the information; and a display apparatus, configured to receive the driving state signal transmitted from the information analyzing apparatus and display the driving state signal. The identifying apparatus fully considers the driving conditions of various vehicles on the road and displays the driving state of the unmanned vehicle in an intuitive and eye-catching manner to the surrounding vehicles and pedestrians, improves the safety performance of road driving, and is simple in structure, easy to install, low in cost, suitable for mass promotion and use.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTDInventors: Guang Yang, Kelei Li
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Patent number: 10328848Abstract: The trailer hitch signaling device is a visual signaling device. The trailer hitch signaling device is configured for use with a vehicle. The vehicle is further defined with a hitch. The trailer hitch signaling device is configured to attach to the hitch. The trailer hitch signaling device physically moves to indicate an action selected from the group consisting of: 1) the vehicle is braking; 2) the vehicle is preparing to turn left; and, 3) the vehicle is preparing to turn right. The trailer hitch signaling device further comprises a lamp. The lamp generates illumination to further signal that the vehicle is braking. The trailer hitch signaling device comprises the puppet and a control circuit. The control system is contained within the puppet. The control system is electrically connected to the vehicle. The control system further moves the limbs of the puppet and illuminates the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventor: Joseph Schaufele
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Patent number: 10328849Abstract: A collision avoidance apparatus provided with object recognition means, collision determination means, and notification means. The object recognition means identifies an object around an own vehicle. The collision determination means determines the possibility of a collision between an object identified by the object recognition means and the own vehicle. The notification means notifies the outside of the own vehicle about the movement direction of the vehicle if the collision determination means determines that the target object is an object having the potential for collision with the own vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Tokuda, Takeshi Miura, Yasuhiko Mukai
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Patent number: 10328850Abstract: Provided is a skin material which forms a vehicle interior design surface, functions as lighting, and suppresses the fray of side emission type optical fibers. The skin material includes a woven fabric woven by using synthetic resin fibers, side emission type optical fibers, and heat fusible fibers as warps or wefts. A ratio (dS/df) of fineness (dS) of the synthetic resin fibers to fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fibers is from 1.5 to 7.0. The synthetic resin fibers and the side emission type optical fibers adjacent to the synthetic resin fibers are bonded in respective longitudinal directions thereof by the heat fusible fibers. When a plurality of the side emission type optical fibers are woven between the adjacent synthetic resin fibers, the adjacent side emission type optical fibers are bonded to each other in the longitudinal direction by the heat fusible fibers.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Hirohiko Sakai, Takayoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10328851Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle and a control method thereof, and more particularly, a technique for acquiring location information of a pedestrian near a vehicle, predicting a movement path of the pedestrian, and outputting warning sounds in a direction toward where the pedestrian is moving. The vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of a pedestrian near the vehicle, a detection sensor configured to acquire location information of the pedestrian, a controller configured to predict a movement route of the pedestrian based on the acquired location information of the pedestrian and generate a control signal for outputting warning sounds in a direction toward where the pedestrian is moving based on the predicted movement route of the pedestrian; and a speaker array configured to output the warning sounds in the direction toward where the pedestrian is moving based on the generated control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jung Keun You, Jinseok Hong, MunHwan Cho
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Patent number: 10328852Abstract: A system and method is described for improving situational awareness, fatigue management, and navigation via tactile feedback to vehicle operators, such as via a piezoelectric device. The tactile feedback may be provided to a vehicle operator in response to data gathered from external, headset integrated or aircraft integrated navigation sensors, such as may be used to identify navigational deviations outside of pre-established tolerances. The tactile feedback may be provided to a vehicle operator in response to physiological operator metric gathering and processing. One or more physiological sensors may be included on an operator headset, and may be either proximate to or separated from the tactile feedback device. As data is provided to the operator of a vehicle, equivalent data may be provided to a third party (e.g. a control center, dispatch, mission control, or similar). The data may be used to determine alertness levels remotely and intervene as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: University of North DakotaInventors: Nicholas D. Wilson, Kouhyar Tavakolian
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Patent number: 10328853Abstract: Methods and systems of an electrical vehicle are provided that detect a power system fault, determine a presence of at least one occupant in the vehicle, and determine an escape route from the vehicle for the at least one occupant. In determining the escape route, the vehicle determines an environment around the vehicle, a location of the power system fault in the vehicle, and a location of the at least one occupant in the vehicle. Based on this information, the vehicle provides an escape route from the vehicle to direct the at least one occupant to a safe area outside of the vehicle. The escape route is provided to the user via at least one display device associated with the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.Inventors: Yadunandana Yellambalase, Austin L. Newman
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Patent number: 10328854Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a fuel tank, a motor, a battery, a charger, and a notification mechanism. The battery is configured to supply electric power to the motor. The charger is configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of electric power from an external power source. The notification mechanism is configured to notify, to an outside of the vehicle, information on a use index indicative of a degree of use of external charging in a predetermined time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuta Ishida, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Hiroaki Arakawa, Shinji Ichikawa, Keita Hashimoto, Shigeki Kinomura, Akio Uotani, Kazuyuki Kagawa, Yusuke Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10328855Abstract: Methods and systems for alerting a vehicle driver and/or a passenger via wireless communications. One or more conditions with respect to a vehicle are monitored. A change in the condition(s) is detected and a signal automatically and wirelessly transmitted to a computing device, wherein the signal is indicative of the change in condition(s). The driver and/or the passenger is then alerted to the change in condition(s) in response to transmitting the signal to the computing device (e.g., a tablet computing device, smartphone, smartwatch, other wearable device, in-vehicle system, etc.) associated with the driver and/or the vehicle passenger.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brennan T. Lopez-Hinojosa, Kermit D. Lopez
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Patent number: 10328856Abstract: An image processing device according to an aspect of the embodiment includes an image generating unit that generates an image at a virtual viewpoint based on a captured image of an image capturing unit, and an image processing unit that generates an image in which an image for synthesis is displayed on the image at the virtual viewpoint. The image processing unit performs a process for decreasing visibility of the image for synthesis when the image at the virtual viewpoint is an image at a viewpoint location of the virtual viewpoint while the viewpoint location is moving.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Takayuki Ozasa, Teruhiko Kamibayashi, Kohji Ohnishi, Takeo Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Fujimoto, Daisuke Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10328857Abstract: A door mirror includes a first attachment section in which an abutting portion is provided at a plating visor so as to extend along a vehicle up-down direction, and in which a restricting portion that abuts the abutting portion is provided at a visor cover; and a second attachment section in which an engagement portion is provided at the plating visor so as to extend along the vehicle up-down direction, and in which a catch portion that engages with the engagement portion is provided at the visor cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventor: Takehiro Hamada
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Patent number: 10328858Abstract: The vehicle side view mirror air and insect deflector is adapted for use with the side mirror of a vehicle. The vehicle side view mirror air and insect deflector is a structure that: 1) attaches to the side mirror of the vehicle; and, 2) deflects air as it passes the side mirror while the vehicle is in forward motion. The vehicle side view mirror air and insect deflector deflects air around the side mirror to: 1) deflect debris that would hit the side mirror; and, 2) to reduce the noise generated by the turbulence of the air passing the side mirror. The noise reduction generated vehicle side view mirror air and insect deflector is dynamic in nature. The vehicle side view mirror air and insect deflector comprises a trough and a deflector. The trough and deflector form a single unit. The trough attaches to the side mirror.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventor: Eugene Beckward
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Patent number: 10328859Abstract: An assembly configured to be installed in a vehicle interior is disclosed. The assembly may comprise a base configured for attachment at the attachment point in the vehicle interior and a component coupled to the base configured for movement relative to the base from (a) a storage (or shipping) position wherein the attachment feature is accessible for attachment of the base to the vehicle interior to (b) an installed (or pivot) position wherein the component blocks the attachment feature. The component may comprise a set of members or tabs configured to move from a biased position to retain the component in the storage position to a deflected position to allow movement of the component from the storage position to the installed position. The member may comprise a recess and/or ribs configured to facilitate retention of the component in the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Randy Len Arendsen
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Patent number: 10328860Abstract: A rear door shelf assembly having a mounting base portion and a shelf rotatably connected to the mounting base portion for moving between an open position and a closed position. A spring-loaded prop rod is rotatably connected to the assembly. Storage features are connectable to the prop rod to provide multi-functionality of the assembly as a utility table and a storage unit. A one-touch latching mechanism holds the shelf in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Bestop, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Lewis, Jonathon Moore, Charles C. Turney
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Patent number: 10328861Abstract: A hanger assembly for hanging an object within an interior of a vehicle includes a base and a hanger. The base is configured to be fixed to a component within the interior of the vehicle. The base includes an anchor wall, first and second side walls extending from the anchor wall, and a retaining wall opposite the anchor wall and adjacent to the side walls. The anchor wall, the side walls, and the retaining wall cooperate to define a channel having a longitudinal axis. The hanger is slidable within the channel along the longitudinal axis. The hanger includes a first portion configured to be disposed within the channel and a second portion including a hook to support the object. The first portion has an inner surface oriented toward the anchor and an outer surface oriented toward the retaining wall when the hanger is disposed in the channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Elida Yazmin Gasca Fuentes
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Patent number: 10328862Abstract: The adjustable receiver structure has a tongue which is mountable into a standard receiver and can be clamped therein. The tongue carries a body and inner and outer arms successively pivoted on the body. The outer arm carries a lock bar and an auxiliary receiver. The lock bar is releasably attached to the body so that it is secured in place during locked condition. When unlocked, the lock bar and auxiliary receiver can swing to an out of the way position. Assembly positions can be selected to choose the assembled height.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Inventor: Dalian Eichmann
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Patent number: 10328863Abstract: A deployable storage system is provided for a truck. That deployable storage system includes a truck bed wall and a storage cabinet that is integrated into the truck bed wall. The storage cabinet is configured to be displaceable between a stowed position held within the truck bed wall and a deployed position extending above the truck bed wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Robert Spahn, Pattrick Loew
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Patent number: 10328864Abstract: A storage box includes a case, a moving body, and slide mechanisms guiding relative movement of the moving body. The slide mechanisms include fixed rails disposed in the case, and moving rails disposed in the moving body. The moving rail includes a first projection and a second projection apart from each other in a movement direction of the moving body. The first projection and the second projection are apart from each other when seen in the movement direction. The fixed rail includes: a third projection and a fifth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a first position; and a fourth projection and a sixth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keigo Yoshida
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Patent number: 10328865Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a window and a body having a storage space with an opening facing toward the window. A flexible electronic display is movable from a first position overlying the window and a second position within the storage space. The window may be a windshield, and the storage space may be within a roof of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventor: Jin Woo Jung
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Patent number: 10328866Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventors: Kenta Shimizu, Masahiro Yamada, Yasuyoshi Sawada, Takumi Hayashida, Azusa Matsuoka, Naoyuki Okada, Minoru Fujioka, Yuka Shidochi, Toshinori Esaka
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Patent number: 10328867Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a horizontally oriented bed. A tailgate is pivotably attached to the bed. The tailgate is pivotable between an upright position and a horizontal position. A camera is pivotably attached to the tailgate. The camera has a field of view. An orientation sensor detects an orientation of the tailgate and/or the camera. An actuator pivots the camera relative to the tailgate. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the orientation sensor and to the actuator. The electronic processor receives a sensor signal from the orientation sensor. The electronic processor causes the actuator to pivot the camera dependent upon the sensor signal such that a field of view of the camera remains in a horizontal orientation throughout pivoting of the tailgate.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventor: Alex Robert Green
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Patent number: 10328868Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view exterior of the vehicle and being operable to capture image data. An angular filter is disposed at least partially in the field of view of the camera. The angular filter limits reflection of light through an angular range that corresponds to stray light that would otherwise impinge the lens of the camera. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to processing at the image processor of image data captured by the camera, the control controls a driver assistance system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ove J. Salomonsson, Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen
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Patent number: 10328869Abstract: An attachment structure is configured to be installed in a vehicle interior. The attachment structure includes an outer skin and an ornament embedded in the outer skin. The attachment structure further includes a plate which provided on an underside of the outer skin. The outer skin is disposed between the ornament and the plate. The attachment structure also includes a base positioned at an underside side of the plate and configured to be coupled to the plate, and a cushion. The cushion may be positioned between the outer skin and the plate, or between the plate and the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Brian Bober, Orv Brow, Justina Strzelecki
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Patent number: 10328870Abstract: An upholstery mounting system includes a support structure and a covering member. The system also includes a bracket that is fixed to the support structure. The bracket is flexible to move between a first position and a second position relative to the support structure. Also, the upholstery mounting system includes a boss that is fixed to the covering member. The boss, in a detached position is outside an opening of the bracket. The boss, in an attached position, is received in the opening and is removably attached to the bracket to attach the covering member to the support structure with the covering member extending over and covering at least part of the support structure. The boss is configured to flex the bracket between the first position and the second position as the boss moves from the detached position to the attached position.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Dean A. Boyce
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Patent number: 10328871Abstract: A panel for a vehicle interior including a cover layer and a mask layer, wherein the cover layer has a frontside and a backside, and the mask layer is disposed at the backside of the cover layer. The cover layer includes a semi-transparent layer. The cover layer has a light transmittance of at most 90 percent in a direction perpendicular to the frontside, wherein the mask layer comprises a transparent display region and an opaque region, wherein the opaque region is located adjacent to the display region.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbHInventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba, Guillaume Basquin, Jan Koerner, Henning Bein
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Patent number: 10328872Abstract: A method and control system that implements a particular aircraft harnessing for an aircraft is provided. The control system includes an effector Line-Replaceable Unit (LRU) including a first connection port, a second connection port, and a first interconnect wire internally connecting the first connection port and the second connection port, a first control LRU connected using a first harnessing to the effector LRU, and a second control LRU connected using a second harnessing to the effector LRU, wherein the first control LRU and the second control LRU are configured to communicate using the first interconnect wire in the effector LRU.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey A. Eldridge, Steven A. Avritch