Patents Issued in July 30, 2019
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Patent number: 10363893Abstract: A computer-implemented method selectively controls locks on a self-driving vehicle. One or more processors receive sensor readings from sensors on a self-driving vehicle (SDV) that describe a vehicle context assessment of the SDV and a passenger context assessment of a passenger in the SDV. One or more processors transmit a signal to a lock controller mechanism on the SDV to selectively lock and unlock a lock in the SDV based on the vehicle context assessment and the passenger context assessment.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael S. Gordon, Stacy F. Hobson, Clifford A. Pickover, Maja Vukovic
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Patent number: 10363894Abstract: A rollover protection device (1) for a passenger car has a supporting device (3) that extends vertically when installed properly. A crossmember (5) is secured on the supporting device (3) and extends in a lateral direction (4) when installed properly. The crossmember (5) is of beam-shaped design and comprises a die-cast, low-pressure die-cast or forged unit (6).Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hans-Juergen Schmitt
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Patent number: 10363895Abstract: An airbag is disclosed, including a main bag section deployable in front of a passenger seat, a center bag section which is deployable in such a manner as to protrude towards an inboard side in a vehicle width direction out of the main bag section to an area beneath the rearview mirror. The center bag section includes, on the upper portion as deployed, a region that faces the rearview mirror in an up and down direction. The center bag section internally includes a regulating tether that is disposed generally along an up and down direction and connects the region of the upper portion of the center bag section facing the rearview mirror at airbag deployment and a region of a lower portion of the center bag section deployed beneath the region facing the rearview mirror in order to prevent contact between the center bag section and the rearview mirror.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Ikuo Yamada
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Patent number: 10363896Abstract: Provided is an occupant protection device which is disposed together with an under-cover of an instrument panel, has a harness connected to an inflator and protects a knee portion of an occupant, including a case in which a first surface is disposed along a lower end of the under-cover and the harness is disposed on a side surface intersecting the first surface and extending in forward and backward direction of a vehicle, and an overhanging portion configured to protrude from a side surface of the case on a lower side of the harness in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Odai, Kento Maeda
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Patent number: 10363897Abstract: One general aspect includes an airbag module, including: a housing. The airbag module also includes a cushion disposed within the housing. The airbag module also includes a chute having a first side and a second side with a seam centrally formed therebetween, where each of the first and second sides include a plurality of fingers which operatively cooperate to define a track configured to slidably attach the housing to the chute such that the chute sufficiently encloses the cushion within the housing, and where the chute is configured to open during deployment of the cushion.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Steven M. Citko, Shawn D. Burney, Christopher R. Phelps, Brian McPeck, Robert J. Schlenke, George Helou
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Patent number: 10363898Abstract: An airbag device capable of restraining an occupant in a stable position even upon an oblique collision and lowering an injury value related to the occupant. The airbag device (100) includes a main bag (112) inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat (104) in the vehicle, a center bag (114) inflated and deployed on the inner side of the main bag (112) in the vehicle width direction, and upper side joining means (120) that is provided above a valley (128) formed between the main bag (112) and the center bag (114) and that joins the center bag (114) to the main bag (112) for a prescribed range in the vehicle front-back direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Kai Maenishi, Yutaka Nakajima
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Patent number: 10363899Abstract: An airbag assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag assembly comprises an airbag and a deployable ramp configured to unfurl with the airbag when the airbag is deployed. The deployable ramp is configured to transition from a stowed configuration, in which the deployable ramp is stowed with the airbag before deployment, into a ramped configuration when deployed. The deployable ramp comprises a movable element configured to move in response to the deployment of the airbag from a first position in the stowed configuration, to a second position in the ramped configuration. The movable element is arranged such that a thickness of the deployable ramp increases when the movable element is in the second position and the deployable ramp is positioned and shaped in the ramped configuration to assist the airbag in riding over a component of the vehicle as the airbag is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcus John Scott Ward, Barry Grindle, Michal Jan Swiniarski, Afrin Zohura
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Patent number: 10363900Abstract: A front airbag for vehicles including an airbag cushion may include a rear panel located at the side of a steering wheel and a front panel located at the side of a passenger and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the rear panel, the rear panel and the front panel provided with protruding supports formed at both sides of the lower end portions thereof, a first tether connecting the central part of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger's head, to an airbag housing, and second tethers connecting the lower end portion of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger's chest, to the airbag housing and having a shorter length than that of the first tether.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Autoliv Development ABInventors: Beom Soo Kim, Seung Ho An, Taeg Young Ahn, Jun Yong Min, Sung Woo Lee, Dong Young Kim
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Patent number: 10363901Abstract: A belt buckle (1) for a seatbelt system including a spring-loaded lock mechanism (3) having a securing pin (2) for locking a belt tongue (5) inserted into a buckle housing (4), a pushbutton (7), a frame (6) which is displaceably guided on the buckle housing (4) under spring effect to impact upon the lock mechanism (3) for unlocking of the belt buckle (1). In the frame (6) a recess (9) including at least one contact region (8) is formed for guiding and/or retaining the securing pin (2) contacting the contact region (8) upon an actuation of the belt buckle (1). At least one contact region (8) of the recess (9) formed on the pushbutton (7) having a noise-damping element (10, 11) for reducing noise emission in the region where the securing pin (2) abuts against the pushbutton (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Melanie Placzek, Dietmar Legde
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Patent number: 10363902Abstract: A method for defeating a two-thief attack on a passive RKE system by using frequency hopping. Radio frequency signals are transmitted between a fob and a vehicle. The transmitted signals hop between at least two radio frequency transmitting channels in a particular pseudo-random pattern known to the vehicle. At the vehicle, the transmitted signals are received in a process that is sequentially adjusted to take account of the known characteristics of each portion of the known pattern. Anomalies in the pattern of the received signals are detected and, if the anomalies exceed permissible limits, access to said vehicle is blocked.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLCInventor: Xing Ping Lin
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Patent number: 10363903Abstract: In a vehicle keyless system 1, an on-vehicle device 10 receives a command signal transmitted from a portable device 2 and controls a predetermined on-vehicle component. The portable device 2 transmits, as a main signal MS, a command signal including ID information unique to the portable device 2, and then transmits a sub signal LP subsequent to the main signal MS. The on-vehicle device 10 transitions to a sleep state when the command signal transmitted as the main signal MS is received and the ID information included in the received main signal MS does not match with ID information stored in an EEPROM 14 as ID information unique to the portable device 2 to which the on-vehicle device 10 is available.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventor: Yuuki Nakashima
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Patent number: 10363904Abstract: One general aspect includes a telematics unit including: a memory configured to include a program and a processor configured to execute the program, where the program enables the processor to: sense a disconnection event; in response to the disconnection event being sensed, gather telematics unit location data, transmit the location data to a remote facility, and transmit a theft alert to a remote facility.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Huong T. Chim, Matt Neely, Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Eric T. Hosey
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Patent number: 10363905Abstract: A wiper blade including an elongate wiper strip, an elastic backing element and a mounting base. The wiper strip including a lip, a wide portion, and narrower intermediate portion between the lip and the wide portion. The backing element having a top portion from which two legs descend, such that each leg includes a claw that extends towards the opposite leg and has ends that define a gap sized to receive the intermediate portion of the wiper strip. The top portion, legs and claws of defining a wiper strip cavity where the wide portion of the wiper strip is disposed. The mounting base disposed on a section of the backing element and capable of connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm and receiving force from same, such that the mounting base applies the force from the wiper arm to the backing element, which distributes same along the wiper strip.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Inventor: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino
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Patent number: 10363906Abstract: Provided is a sensor wiper for a sensor pin used for fluid level detection. The sensor wiper comprises at least one swinging wiper having a wiper head for rotational association with a sensor pin, and an arcuate arm connected at a head end thereof to the wiper head. A plurality of inwardly directed radial elements are associated with the wiper head for engagement with the sensor pin. Sloshing action of fluids act upon the arcuate arm to move the wiping head, thereby causing the radial elements to engage and wipe the sensor pin.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ABC TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Richard Allan
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Patent number: 10363907Abstract: A machine for replacing used transmission or power steering fluid in a vehicle with new transmission or power steering fluid includes a frame having a housing. The machine includes a pair of service hoses that extend from the machine and connect to the vehicle for placing the machine in the fluid flow. New, used, and axillary fluid tanks are provided. A pump and a manifold are associated with two of the tanks. The pumps provide for the selective withdraw or insertion of fluid into or out of the tanks. A display on the housing presents an operator of the machine with various tasks or options the machine can perform. A processor controls activation of the pumps and other electrical components based on inputs received by the display. Scales are provided under one or more of the tanks for determining the amount of fluid going into and out of the tanks during the exchange process.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BG Intellectuals, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Erwin, Harold E. Erwin, Jeffrey T. Brummett
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Patent number: 10363908Abstract: A vehicle brake system comprises an input device (21) attached to a bulkhead (15) separating a power unit room and a passenger compartment of the vehicle from each other, and including a part extending into the power unit room. A free end of the part of the input device extending into the power unit room is fitted with a protective member (70) defining a slanted surface (70a) opposing the power unit and slanting rearward as one moves in a prescribed lateral direction so that the input device is protected from a frontal impact. In particular, the slanted surface aligns with a corner part (83a) of the power unit (83).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keita Ishihara, Toshihiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10363909Abstract: Various examples of a controller, method and system for monitoring a tractor-trailer vehicle train are disclosed. In one example a tractor controller is manually-initiated or a user-initiated tractor controller and includes an electrical control port for receiving an electrical sync signal and an electrical start signal, and a communications port for receiving data. A processing unit of the tractor controller includes control logic and is in communication with the electrical control port. The control logic is capable of receiving a data signal at the communications port which includes a time value and a unique identification which corresponds to the towed vehicle in response to the electrical start signal. At a predetermined response time, the tractor controller determines the position of the towed vehicle in the tractor-trailer vehicle train based on the data received from the towed vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLCInventors: John V. Ripley, Majed M. Hamdan
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Patent number: 10363910Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system, method, and device related to controlling brakes of a towed vehicle. A brake controller system includes a brake controller that controls the brakes of a towed vehicle based on acceleration. The brake controller is in communication with a speed sensor. The speed sensor determines the speed of a towing vehicle or a towed vehicle. The brake controller automatically sets a gain or boost based on the speed and acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Chandrakumar D. Kulkarni, Muthukumar Jegadeeson
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Patent number: 10363911Abstract: Determining a brake torque reduction parameter for brake torque reduction in a motor vehicle having a brake holding assist function. The determination including detecting a motion parameter of the motor vehicle and analyzing the detected motion parameter to determine a correction value for a brake torque reduction parameter. Adjusting the brake torque reduction parameter using the correction value determines an optimized brake torque reduction parameter. The optimized brake torque reduction parameter is used as a brake torque reduction parameter of the brake torque reduction.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sebastian Leitermann, Sebastian Siegling, Olga Bergen
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Patent number: 10363912Abstract: Example hydraulic brake actuators and related methods are disclosed herein. An example hydraulic brake actuator includes a rotary valve disposed in a bore of a housing. The rotary valve includes a shaft rotatably disposed within a sleeve. The sleeve and the shaft have ports that align at certain rotational positions to create a flow path between the bore and an inner chamber of the shaft. The example hydraulic brake actuator also includes a pump coupled to the shaft to increase and decrease a pressure within the inner chamber of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: John Crossman
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Patent number: 10363913Abstract: A method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle, comprises a hydraulic operational brake device that has hydraulically-actuatable wheel brakes on at least one front axle of the motor vehicle, a parking brake device having wheel brakes on a rear axle of the motor vehicle, each of which can be actuated by means of an electromechanical actuator, and wheel speed sensors on the wheels of said front and rear axles. During braking by means of said hydraulic operational brake device while the vehicle is travelling, braking is carried out by said parking brake device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Marco Besier, Georg Roll, Stefan Drumm, Paul Linhoff
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Patent number: 10363914Abstract: A self-sealing hydraulic device has a connecting assembly and a hydraulic assembly. The connecting assembly has an adaptor having a shell, a male fitting, and a barb fitting. The male fitting is mounted in the shell, is axially moveable relative to the shell, and has an axial hole and a radial hole orthogonally communicating with the axial hole. The radial hole is sealed by the shell. The barb fitting is connected to and communicates with both the shell and a hose. The hydraulic assembly is assembleable to the connecting assembly and has a housing, an elastic element, and a valve unit. The housing has a hydraulic chamber and an assembling hole communicating with the hydraulic chamber via a through hole. The elastic element is disposed in the housing. The valve unit is disposed inside the hydraulic chamber and driven by the elastic element to seal the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Lee Chi Enterprises Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Chuang, Wen-Tsung Liu
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Patent number: 10363915Abstract: A pneumatic brake booster in which, for improving the sealing and simplifying the assembly of sealing elements, it is proposed that the booster housing in the bearing region of at least one sealing element has a metal coating having a surface roughness Ra>1.2.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Rene Peter Eberhart, Jürgen Faller, Ralf Jakobi, Ilja Prygunkov, Andreas Weiss
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Patent number: 10363916Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pressure control apparatus and a pressure control method thereof. The pressure control apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an input of a current pressure value of a brake apparatus detected by a detection apparatus when drive of the brake apparatus is prepared, a determination unit configured to determine whether the input current pressure value is a preset standard pressure value, and a control unit configured to receive the current pressure value, transfer a determination command to the determination unit, transfer a hydraulic adjustment command to the brake apparatus so that the current pressure value reaches the standard pressure value when the current pressure value is not the standard pressure value, and cause an on/off operation of the brake apparatus to be iterated a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Kyu-Woong Choi
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Patent number: 10363917Abstract: Methods, systems and a kit for indicating brake air pressure status in brake pipes of multiple interconnected train cars are provided. The methods include operating at least one end-hose adapter per train car. Each end-hose adapter is mounted between a train car end hose and a brake pipe to be in fluid communication therewith and are configured to sense the brake air pressure in the brake pipe. Each end-hose adapter kit includes connections adapters for connecting either end to different parts of the train car system. The end-hose adapter provides a first visual indication when the brake air pressure is within an operable range and/or a second visual indication when the brake air pressure is below an operable value and is experiencing leakage.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: DAVANAC INC.Inventors: Luigi Covello, Varoujan Khatchadourian
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Patent number: 10363918Abstract: A method for controlling torque reduction of a hybrid vehicle includes: determining a discharging torque control factor of a motor and a charging torque control factor of the motor based on a current state of charge of a battery that supplies electric power to the motor and a threshold state of charge of the battery; calculating a torque of the motor corresponding to driving torque reduction request of a traction control system (TCS) based on a discharging limit torque of the motor that the discharging torque control factor is reflected in and a charging limit torque of the motor that the charging torque control factor is reflected in; and calculating a torque of the engine corresponding to the driving torque reduction request based on the calculated torque of the motor and a request torque of the traction control system.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Do Hee Kim, Teh Hwan Cho, Gwang Il Du
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Patent number: 10363919Abstract: A control apparatus for the hybrid vehicle is provided with: a first switcher configured to switch between a HV running mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated for the hybrid vehicle to run, and an EV running mode in which the internal combustion engine is stopped and the power of the power source is used for the hybrid vehicle to run; a second switcher configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode in which an acceleration performance is emphasized more than in the first mode; and a controller programmed to control the transmission in such a manner that the transmission stage in a particular state in which the EV running mode and the second mode are selected is reduced in comparison with the transmission stage when the hybrid vehicle is not in the particular state.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihito Kanno, Gohki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10363920Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine that has a particulate matter filter, a motor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the engine and the motor such that an intermittent operation of the engine is permitted and the hybrid vehicle travels with required power when a vehicle speed is lower than a first predetermined vehicle speed. The electronic control unit is configured to inhibit the intermittent operation of the engine when a deposition amount of particulate matters is equal to or greater than a first deposition amount and a state in which the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a second predetermined vehicle speed and is lower than the first predetermined vehicle speed is continued for a first predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Otsuka, Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 10363921Abstract: A control system and method for a vehicle having a powertrain comprising a torque generating system and an automatic transmission each utilize a pedal position sensor configured to measure a position of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and a controller configured to, based on the accelerator pedal position, detect a pedal tip-in or tip-out event and, in response to detecting the pedal tip-in or tip-out event: (i) determine a desired output torque for the torque generating system corresponding to the pedal tip-in or tip-out event and (ii) command the torque generating system to gradually transition, over a period, from its current output torque to the desired output torque to mitigate clunk caused by abrupt contact between gear teeth of the torque generating system shaft and the automatic transmission shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Amit Shrestha, Fadi Estefanous, Lurun Zhong, Yang Liang
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Patent number: 10363922Abstract: A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle which, when a travel mode is switched from an EV mode (second mode) to a series mode (first mode), can warm an exhaust purification catalyst appropriately to suppress deterioration of an exhaust gas, is provided, and configured as follows: If the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, the first mode (series mode) is selected when a required output is equal to or higher than a first determination threshold value; or the second mode (EV mode) is selected when the required output is lower than the first determination threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Oguma, Shigetoshi Hirano, Wataru Matsumura, Shingo Sonoda
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Patent number: 10363923Abstract: A system and method are provided for hybrid electric internal combustion engine applications in which a motor-generator, a narrow switchable coupling and a torque transfer unit therebetween are arranged and positioned in the constrained environment at the front of an engine in applications such as commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles and stationary engine installations. The motor-generator is preferably positioned laterally offset from the switchable coupling, which is co-axially-arranged with the front end of the engine crankshaft. The switchable coupling is an integrated unit in which a crankshaft vibration damper, an engine accessory drive pulley and a disengageable clutch overlap such that the axial depth of the clutch-pulley-damper unit is nearly the same as a conventional belt drive pulley and engine damper. The front end motor-generator system includes an electrical energy store that receives electrical energy generated by the motor-generator when the coupling is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLCInventors: David Colavincenzo, Fernando Venegas Diaz
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Patent number: 10363924Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an automatic transmission, a second clutch for engine disconnection, a rotating electric machine, a first clutch for rotating electric machine separation, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit switches the first clutch from a release state to an engagement state in a case where a collision of the vehicle occurs, the first clutch is in the release state, and a rotation speed of the rotating electric machine is higher than an input shaft rotation speed of the automatic transmission. In a case where the collision of the vehicle occurs, the first clutch is in the release state, and the rotation speed of the rotating electric machine is lower than the input shaft rotation speed of the automatic transmission, the first clutch is maintained in the release state.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu Yamauchi, Koichi Nakae, Ryouji Hironaka, Kazunobu Eritate, Takeshi Nozaki
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Patent number: 10363925Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for detecting leaks in an intake manifold of an engine. In one example, a method may include closing all intake valves of all cylinders of the engine during an engine shut down responsive to vacuum in the intake manifold reaching a pre-determined vacuum level. The method may further include indicating a leak in the intake manifold responsive to a change in a level of vacuum in the intake manifold after closing all the intake valves of all cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Aed M. Dudar, Chingpo Liu
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Patent number: 10363926Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes failure diagnosis circuitry and drive control circuitry. The failure diagnosis circuitry is configured to perform a failure diagnosis of an internal combustion engine system while an internal combustion engine is in operation. The drive control circuitry is configured to operate the internal combustion engine in a charge depleting mode operation in which an electric motor mainly moves the vehicle while the internal combustion engine is not run only for charging a battery. The drive control circuitry is configured to run the internal combustion engine if a predetermined condition is satisfied in the charge depleting mode operation. The drive control circuitry is configured to continue running the internal combustion engine in order to perform the failure diagnosis even if the predetermined condition is unsatisfied while the internal combustion engine is run in the charge depleting mode operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Ikue Habu
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Patent number: 10363927Abstract: A speed change control apparatus for a work vehicle includes a hydraulic continuously variable speed transmission that performs speed change on power input from an engine by changing a trunnion shaft angle based on a depressing amount of a speed change pedal and outputs the power, a pedal position detector that detects a pedal position responsive to the depressing amount of the speed change pedal, and a control unit that controls a number of revolutions of the engine and the trunnion shaft angle of the hydraulic continuously variable speed transmission based on a detection value of the pedal position detector. The control unit performs control so that the trunnion shaft angle is maximized at a second pedal position set to a position shallower than a first pedal position at which the number of revolutions of the engine is maximized by a depressing operation of the speed change pedal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Koki Ono, Hiroshi Kamoda
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Patent number: 10363929Abstract: An end point speed at an end point of inertial travel that a vehicle is controlled to perform in a short section li is calculated using a weight, a start point speed, slopes, and a horizontal distance, based on a change in energy of the vehicle or an acceleration of the vehicle in the short section. In a case where the calculated end point speed is within a speed range, the vehicle is controlled to perform inertial travel in the short section. In this way, the speed of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is controlled to perform inertial travel can be accurately calculated and the vehicle can be prevented from deviating from a set speed range at an early stage even when controlled to perform inertial travel, thereby increasing the distance traveled by inertial travel and effectively increasing fuel economy.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITEDInventors: Ryuu Yamakado, Shinichi Ishiguro
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Patent number: 10363930Abstract: A vehicle is adapted to sense a condition of use in which a maximum speed control speed is reduced. The condition of use may be indicated by a sensor of the vehicle, or selected according to the kind of terrain across which the vehicle is travelling. Selection of terrain type may be manual or automatic, and may enable a selection of sensors appropriate to the terrain type. A vehicle driver may select a speed control speed lower than the permitted maximum.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover LimitedInventors: Andrew Fairgrieve, James Kelly, Saleem Zuberi
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Patent number: 10363931Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device which is capable of preventing a vehicle from being excessively close to a preceding vehicle, a vehicle control method and a vehicle control program. The vehicle control device includes: recognizer configured to recognize peripheral conditions, a gradient traveling controller configured to control traveling of the vehicle, a following traveling controller configured to control the traveling of the vehicle to maintain a predetermined distance from a preceding vehicle, and a receiver configured to receive at least one instruction to switch an operation of the gradient traveling controller and the following traveling controller to an ON state, wherein the operation of the following traveling controller is prioritized when at least one instruction to set the operation of both the gradient traveling controller and the following traveling controller to the ON state.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanta Tsuji, Shinji Ijima
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Patent number: 10363932Abstract: A method for controlling an SSC-SCC system for increasing a SSC distance using SCC is provided. The method includes determining whether a vehicle in operation satisfies a preset SSC entry condition and entering the SSC mode or maintaining the SSC entry state when the vehicle satisfies the preset SSC entry condition. A distance from a preceding vehicle is measured after the entering of the SSC mode or the maintaining of the SSC entry state. Additionally, the method includes determining whether the measured distance is equal to or less than a preset reference distance and performing SCC braking in response to determining that the measured distance is equal to or less than the preset reference distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hyung-Ju Lee, Jae-Bok Choi
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Patent number: 10363933Abstract: A method of controlling a stop-start vehicle includes, in response to an engine being in an auto-stopped condition and a signal indicative of a driver exiting the vehicle, maintaining the engine in the auto-stopped condition. The method additionally includes securing vehicle wheels against rotation and reducing a convenience feature power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Mathew Alan Boesch, Mark Edward Zyskowski, Mohannad Hakeem, Allen Magolan
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Patent number: 10363934Abstract: A series hydraulic hybrid driveline for a vehicle, having a hydraulic circuit with a first hydraulic displacement unit in fluid communication with a second hydraulic displacement unit, the first hydraulic displacement unit having a variable hydraulic displacement and the first hydraulic displacement unit being drivingly engaged with an internal combustion engine. A hydraulic accumulator assembly selectively fluidly connected to the hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic accumulator assembly having a high pressure hydraulic accumulator and a low pressure hydraulic accumulator. And a hydraulic actuator adapted to control the hydraulic displacement of the first hydraulic displacement unit, the hydraulic actuator being in fluid communication with the hydraulic accumulator assembly and/or with the hydraulic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Dana Italia S.R.L.Inventors: Giulio Ornella, Fabrizio Zendri
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Patent number: 10363935Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle operation of a vehicle having a standard transmission, a clutch, a service brake activated by a brake pedal, and an engine controller configured to shut off the engine after a stationary state of the vehicle has been reached. The method including shutting off the engine in a stopping step if an idling position of the manually shifted transmission has been engaged and if the clutch has been engaged and restarting engine in a chronologically subsequent starting step upon activation of a pedal, including a clutch pedal. The service brake configured to apply a brake pressure directly after release of the brake pedal for predetermined time period or interval between the stopping step and the starting step.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tadeusz Bularz, Mike John Mould
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Patent number: 10363936Abstract: Vehicle control apparatus and method are disclosed. A method for controlling a vehicle control apparatus includes: measuring a vehicle speed to measure a first vehicle speed and a second vehicle speed of a vehicle, calculating an error rate to calculate an error rate of a vehicle speed using the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed measured in the measuring of the vehicle speed, and correcting a vehicle speed to correct a speed of the vehicle by calculating a third vehicle speed of the vehicle based on the error rate calculated in the calculating of the error rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Deok-Ju Kim
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Patent number: 10363937Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a failure detector to detect failure in a cooling device to cool an internal combustion engine of the vehicle. An acceleration operation sensor is to detect an acceleration operation amount indicating a target acceleration. Circuitry is configured to control a power output from the internal combustion engine in accordance with the acceleration operation amount, control an air fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture in the internal combustion engine to be in a richer side with respect to a predetermined air fuel ratio if the acceleration operation amount exceeds a high load threshold, limit the power output from the internal combustion engine if the failure detector detects the failure, and prohibit the air fuel ratio from being controlled to be in the richer side even if the acceleration operation amount exceeds the high load threshold if the failure detector detects the failure.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Taku Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10363938Abstract: Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. In particular, a motor controller is described. The motor controller is described to have the ability to emit an electromagnetic signal via a motor of the electrical vehicle. The motor controller may be designed to control a speed of the motor's rotation so as to control a frequency of the emitted electromagnetic signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.Inventor: Austin L. Newman
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Patent number: 10363939Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus (1) for estimating confidence in a vehicle reference velocity (V). The apparatus includes a controller having an electronic processor (21) having an electrical input for receiving at least one first vehicle operating parameter; and an electronic memory device (23) electrically coupled to the electronic processor and having instructions stored therein. The electronic processor (21) is configured to access the memory device (23) and execute the instructions stored therein such that it is operable to monitor the at least one first vehicle operating parameter; and to calculate a confidence value (F1) representing the confidence in the vehicle reference velocity, the confidence value (F1) being calculated in dependence on the vehicle operating parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover LimitedInventors: Stephen Docker, Juan A. Herrera Tugores
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Patent number: 10363940Abstract: A vehicle position attitude-angle estimation device sets a particle existent distribution range to a predetermined range by using a particle filter and disperses particles within the set existent distribution range to estimate the position and attitude angle of a vehicle from an image capturing the surroundings of the vehicle. The vehicle position attitude-angle estimation device widens the set existent distribution range in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle when the speed of the vehicle becomes high.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ichiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10363941Abstract: A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.Inventor: Tim P. Norstad
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Patent number: 10363942Abstract: A driver assistance system in a motor vehicle includes a map-based detection system for detecting upcoming events which lead to a change in the maximum permissible speed, and a functional unit which, when a relevant upcoming event is detected by the map-based detection system, at a defined time before the upcoming event is reached, initiates an output of a request indication to permit an automatic adjustment of the current maximum permissible speed to a new maximum permitted speed. When a manually triggered authorization confirmation or detected rejection is identified the functional unit, initiates a withdrawal of the request indication. The functional unit is configured to prompt a withdrawal of the output of the request indication after passing the relevant upcoming event when there is no detected authorization confirmation or no detected rejection.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Stefan Knoller
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Patent number: 10363943Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a lane crossing assistance system for a vehicle. An electronic controller is configured to automatically detect a first crossing lane intersecting with a current lane occupied by a host vehicle. The electronic controller determines, based at least in part on sensor data received from the at least one object sensor mounted on the host vehicle, whether a crossing vehicle is present in the first crossing lane and moving towards an intersection of the first crossing lane and the current lane occupied by the host vehicle. The electronic controller then calculates a first lane crossing vehicle arrival time and a first lane crossing time. A cross traffic guidance indicator is configured to produce an indication perceivable by a driver of the host vehicle that the intersection cannot be crossed by the host vehicle under current conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Joachim Sedlmayr