Patents Issued in September 12, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190275840
    Abstract: A heavy load tire includes a first inner widthwise groove which opens to a circumferential groove, and a first outer widthwise groove which extends outward in the tire-widthwise direction and opens to the circumferential groove at a location facing the first inner widthwise groove are arranged in the tire-circumferential direction on at least one side of the tire equator line of the tread portion. The first inner widthwise groove has an inflection point where a direction of a convex or a concave with respect to the tire-circumferential direction changes, and has a curved convex shape toward a tire normal rotation direction side from the inflection point to the circumferential groove. A groove wall forming the first outer widthwise groove on a side opposite to a tire normal rotation direction extends outward in the tire-widthwise direction while being inclined toward a side opposite to the tire normal rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoo HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190275841
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread having a base layer and a cap layer disposed above the base layer. The base layer is constructed of a first material having a first complex dynamic modulus and a first glass transition temperature, and the cap layer is constructed of a second material having a second complex dynamic modulus greater than the first complex dynamic modulus and a second glass transition temperature higher than the first glass transition temperature. The base layer has a shaped geometry with a bottom portion that is wider than a top portion, such that an exposed surface area of the first material increases as the circumferential tread wears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Jon I. Stuckey
  • Publication number: 20190275842
    Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes an inner circumferential main groove and an outer circumferential main groove that have groove walls extending in a tire circumferential direction while the angle of the groove walls relative to a contact surface varies with a predetermined amplitude, an inner lug groove extending from the inner circumferential main groove toward the outer circumferential main groove, an outer lug groove extending from the outer circumferential main groove toward the inner circumferential main groove, and a sipe configured to communicate the inner lug groove with the outer lug groove. A pair of chamfered surfaces are provided on walls of the sipe along an extension direction of the sipe on the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Masaya Mita
  • Publication number: 20190275843
    Abstract: Motorcycles tyre, comprising: a radial carcass structure (2); a belt structure (6) applied in radially outer position with respect to the radial carcass structure (2); a tread band (8) applied in radially outer position with respect to the belt structure (6). The tyre (1) has a curvature ratio (f/C) greater than or equal to about 0.25. The tread band (8) comprises: a plurality of blocks (14) mutually spaced so as to define a tread pattern with a void/solid ratio (1-Sb/St) comprised between about 25% and about 50%; transverse grooves (11) placed in succession along the circumferential extension of the tyre (1) and each substantially extending over the entire axial width of the tread band (8). Each transverse groove (11) substantially extends along an axial direction. Two successive transverse grooves (11) circumferentially delimit an assembly (12) of blocks (14) placed in succession over the entire axial width of the tread band (8). Circumferential grooves (13) delimit the blocks (14) of an assembly (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pierangelo MISANI, Andrea SCHIAVOLIN, Matteo TORCHIANA
  • Publication number: 20190275844
    Abstract: The tread profile of a vehicle tire has a circumferential rib. Grooves are formed in the circumferential rib with a width, which increases along its entire extent, wherein the grooves are formed with a vertex point between a first portion and a second portion. The groove direction from the beginning to the vertex point is formed with a greater directional component in the circumferential direction than in the axial direction and between the vertex point and the entry into the circumferential groove is formed with a greater directional component in the axial direction than in the circumferential direction. The groove is formed in the first portion with a depth T1, which increases continuously from the beginning over the first portion up to reaching its maximum value T1max at the vertex point and is formed with a constant depth T2 in the second portion wherein T2?T1max.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Stefan Rittweger
  • Publication number: 20190275845
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular all-terrain or off-road tire, having a tread divided by circumferential grooves, which have a profile depth (T), into block rows running in encircling fashion in a circumferential direction and/or profile ribs which are structured in the manner of profile blocks. Block rows are divided by transverse grooves into blocks and, like the profile ribs structured in the manner of profile blocks, are equipped with blind grooves proceeding from the circumferential grooves. Transverse and/or blind grooves are provided which, owing to a connection of blocks adjacent in the circumferential direction and/or of the block-like structures, have a depth smaller than profile depth (T). The connection has at least two connection steps of different heights, the lowest is formed in each case at the region in which the transverse grooves and/or blind grooves open into the circumferential grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Stephan Herbst, Stefan Rittweger
  • Publication number: 20190275846
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a non-stretchable tread (30) flanked by two shoulder regions (34), and two non-stretchable bead regions (36) for mounting the tire to a wheel, each bead region being connected via a sidewall to the corresponding bead region. Each sidewall has a first portion (38) extending inwardly relative to a width of the tire from one of the bead regions (36) to a deflection region (40), and a second portion (42) extending outwardly relative to the width of the tire from the deflection region (40) to a corresponding one of the shoulder regions (34). A non-stretchable girth-limiting configuration (44, 46, 56) and a radial reinforcing structure (48, 50, 52) are associated with the first portion (38) of each of the sidewalls, thereby limiting radial flexing of first portion (38) and maintaining an annular concavity between the bead region (36) and the shoulder region (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Avishay NOVOPLANSKI, Lucy EDERY AZULAY
  • Publication number: 20190275847
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a well portion having an outer peripheral surface on which a vertical wall extending in a circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel is formed; and a Helmholtz resonator attached to a side surface of the vertical wall and to the outer peripheral surface of the well portion with an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki NISHI, Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190275848
    Abstract: A transmitter is mounted on each of a plurality of wheel assemblies included in a vehicle. The transmitter executes a process in accordance with a command included in a trigger signal. The transmitter includes a pressure sensor that detects the tire pressure, a transmission unit that transmits a data signal including a detection result of the pressure sensor to a receiver, a trigger reception unit that receives the trigger signal, and a controller that controls the transmitter. When the trigger reception unit receives the trigger signal including a command shifting a state of the transmitter to a standby state, the controller shifts the state of the transmitter to the standby state. Further, when the trigger reception unit receives the trigger signal including a command designating a mode while the state of the transmitter is the standby state, the controller sets the designated mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Takeyama, Takahito Obata
  • Publication number: 20190275849
    Abstract: A tire and securing element assembly includes a tire inflated at a first pressure and a securing element. The securing element is an inflatable hoop inflated at a second pressure at least 10% greater than the first pressure. The securing element abuts an inner surface of the tire across 30-90% of a tread width. The securing element has a cross sectional area between about 0.4 and 47.0 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Terence E. WEI, Paul B. WILSON
  • Publication number: 20190275850
    Abstract: Towing kits and towing components are described. A towing kit can include a hitch mount to connect a pintle adapter and a multi-hitch to a tow vehicle. The pintle adapter can include an adapter channel to receive the hitch mount and a latch mechanism to retain a pintle loop when the towing kit is in a pintle towing mode. The multi-hitch can include a ball mount section having one or more hitch balls. The hitch balls can retain the pintle loop in the pintle towing mode, or receive a ball hitch when the towing kit is in a ball hitch towing mode. The multi-hitch can also include a clevis mount section having shear plates to hold a clevis pin when the towing kit is in a clevis towing mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Erick Pucheu
  • Publication number: 20190275851
    Abstract: A quick hitch attachment device for coupling the attachment element of a truck bed type system to a quick hitch. The attachment device includes a mounting member tube, a ball hitch assembly and two or more coupling members adapted to mount a mounting member to the quick hitch. The ball hitch assembly includes a stem configured to be slidably received in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Richard G. Steele, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190275852
    Abstract: An adjustable floating traction bar is disclosed. The traction bar comprises a rigid body having a threaded portion on a first distal end to receive a threaded eyelet having a spherical joint to provide a connection point to an axle of a vehicle. The traction bar further comprises an opposing distal slip end being machined and fitted with a UHMW (ultra high molecular weight) polyethylene bushing that acts as a slip-joint the slip joint having a first end that mounts to the UHMW polyethylene bushing of the tubular body and an opposing end having an eyelet to provide a connection point to a vehicle frame. A two-stage nested coil spring located inside the slip end of the rigid body that rests against the slip joint end when it is inserted into rigid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew EVERLINE, Chadwick J. KERN, David DEVORMER, Jared BALL
  • Publication number: 20190275853
    Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Christopher Paul COX, Philip TSIARAS, Mark LARSON, Mario GALASSO, Matt McLellan
  • Publication number: 20190275854
    Abstract: An air suspension system includes a tank, a tank-side open/close valve, an air suspension-side open/close valve, a system portion, and the like. The system portion includes a compressor, an air drier, and a first passage and a second passage provided between the tank-side open/close valve and the air suspension-side open/close valve in parallel, a discharge valve, a tank-side control valve, an air suspension-side control valve, and the like. Due to this configuration, the air suspension system regenerates the air drier by opening the discharge valve to thus cause the air in the second passage to flow from an opposite side toward one side of the air drier when no power is supplied to the tank-side control valve and the air suspension-side control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Kan KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190275855
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a circulation flow channel in which a refrigerant circulates, an evaporator provided in the circulation flow channel to cool air by heat exchange with the refrigerant passing through the circulation flow channel, a first cold storage unit provided in the evaporator at a position adjacent to a tube in which the refrigerant flows in the evaporator, and a second cold storage unit provided in the circulation flow channel at a position different from the evaporator. The first cold storage unit is configured to store therein a first cold storage material which changes in phase by the heat exchange with the refrigerant passing through the tube, and the second cold storage unit is configured to store therein a second cold storage material which changes in phase by the heat exchange with the refrigerant passing through the circulation flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takayuki OTA, Shin NISHIDA, Takashi DANJO
  • Publication number: 20190275856
    Abstract: A vehicle and method are provided for monitoring and changing quality of air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle so that the air quality remains above a predeterminable threshold value. The vehicle has an air quality sensing device and an air quality changing device. The method includes sensing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment and in the surroundings of the vehicle with the air quality sensing device; and in the event that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle drops below the predeterminable threshold value, changing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle with the air quality changing device so that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment rises above the predeterminable threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ger Anthony Cronin, Ingo Krolewski, Ulrike Sabrina Vogl, Paul Jamnicki
  • Publication number: 20190275857
    Abstract: A vehicle utilizes an internal combustion powertrain to propel front wheels and an Electric Rear Axle Drive (ERAD) to propel rear wheels. In some circumstances, a controller may need to limit motor torque in the ERAD to avoid overheating the motor, which reduces fuel efficiency. To reduce the likelihood of needing to limit motor torque, refrigerant from the vehicle air conditioning system is circulated through the motor housing. In response to commands from a controller, a valve routes the refrigerant either through the air conditioning system evaporator or through the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Sheldon, Kyi Shiah
  • Publication number: 20190275858
    Abstract: A heat circulation system for a vehicle includes: an energy supply circuit that supplies heat energy supplied from a heat source to at least a vehicle cabin heater or a battery heater and cooler; and an energy absorption circuit that supplies cold energy supplied from a heat pump mechanism to at least a vehicle cabin cooler or the battery heater and cooler. The heat circulation system for a vehicle further includes a water circulation circuit, and the water circulation circuit includes at least one of a first heat exchanger that generates hot water by exchanging heat with the energy supply circuit and a second heat exchanger that generates cold water by exchanging heat with the energy absorption circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemi Seki, Christopher Lang
  • Publication number: 20190275859
    Abstract: A temperature modulation assembly for a motor vehicle's passenger compartment includes an assembly panel having a single or a plurality of solar panels which convert sunlight into electricity and an assembly housing which includes an internal thermoelectric Peltier cooler having a heat sink on its cool side and a heat sink on its hot side and an internal fluid distribution module which draws air into the assembly housing, causes some of the air to be cooled by passing through the cool side heat sink and directed back into the passenger compartment and the rest of the air to be heated by passing through the hot side heat sink and directed back into the passenger compartment. The components of the assembly housing utilize electricity that originates at the assembly panel, and the assembly housing is structured to distribute cooled towards near the passenger seating and heated air towards the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Salvatore Paul Salmeri, Kevin Michael Kilpatrick
  • Publication number: 20190275860
    Abstract: A climate control system for a vehicle includes an infrared sensor disposed within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The infrared sensor is configured to receive infrared radiation from a skin surface of a vehicle occupant. The climate control system further includes a controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a detected temperature detected at the skin surface. In response to the detected temperature deviating from a baseline temperature, the controller is configured to automatically control an HVAC system to add conditioned air into the passenger compartment and to control a thermoelectric device configured to adjust a seat surface temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Francesco MIGNECO, David GALLAGHER, Arjun YETUKURI, Vyachislav IVANOV
  • Publication number: 20190275861
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device includes a compressor, a radiator, an outside heat exchanger, an evaporator, a first decompressor, a second decompressor, a switching portion, and a controller. The radiator exchanges heat between a refrigerant discharged from the compressor and air. The outside heat exchanger exchanges heat between outside air and the refrigerant flowing out of the radiator. The evaporator is exchanges heat between the refrigerant flowing out of the outside heat exchanger and the air flowing through the radiator. The switching portion switches between a series dehumidifying-heating mode and a parallel dehumidifying-heating mode. The controller is configured to control the switching portion to switch from the parallel dehumidifying-heating mode to the series dehumidifying-heating mode when the amount of the refrigerant oil flowing from the outside heat exchanger to the compressor is insufficient in the parallel dehumidifying-heating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuro KYUTO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Yoshiharu ENDO
  • Publication number: 20190275862
    Abstract: A vehicle heating system includes a fuel-operated heater (16) with a burner area (18), with a combustion air blower (20) for feeding combustion air to the burner area (18). A fuel pump (26) feeds fuel to the burner area (18). An actuating device (40) actuates the combustion air blower (20) and the fuel pump (26). The actuating device (40) is configured to actuate the combustion air blower (20) and the fuel pump (26) to carry out a fording operation upon receipt of a fording state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Maximilian PEITZ, Frank BARTHEL, Oliver ROPPELT, Hans JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20190275863
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve flap includes an attachment portion, a main portion, and a hinge portion. The attachment portion is configured to be attached to the housing. The main portion has a lip and at least one damping feature. The lip extends around at least a portion of a periphery of the main portion. The hinge portion is disposed between and connects the main portion and the attachment portion. When the attachment portion is attached to the housing, the main portion is configured to move between a closed position and an opened position. When the main portion moves from the opened position to the closed position, the at least one damping feature is configured to engage the housing prior to the lip of the main portion and thereby dampen noise created when the lip of the main portion engages the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy M. Barnes, Michael Raymond Markie, Erin Michael Daly
  • Publication number: 20190275864
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses/systems and associated methods for controlling an environmental condition inside a container or housing. The apparatus includes (1) a thermoelectric cooling unit having a first side facing away from an inner surface of the housing and a second side facing the inner surface of the housing; (2) a capillary unit having a first part and a second part; and (3) a sensor positioned inside the housing and configured to sense a humidity value and a temperature value inside the housing. The first part is coupled to the thermoelectric cooling unit and is positioned inside the housing. The second part is positioned outside the housing. If the humidity value is greater than a humidity threshold and the temperature value is greater than a temperature threshold, the thermoelectric cooling unit removes moisture in the housing, and the first part of the capillary unit collects the removed moisture and transmits the removed moisture to the second part of the capillary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Sheng-Meng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190275865
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a control method and control system for two or more air-conditioning water chilling units, and air conditioning system. The control method includes: receiving generated by the air-conditioning water chilling units based on a standby condition; determining whether or not two or more standby requests are received; generating standby sequence numbers of the air-conditioning water chilling units according to the standby requests in case where two or more standby requests are received; and closing the air-conditioning water chilling units according to a preset rule based on the standby sequence numbers. When a plurality of air-conditioning water chilling units are used in combination, the control method, control system, and air conditioning system provided by this disclosure can avoid frequent start and stop of the air-conditioning water chilling units, increases the service time of the air-conditioning water chilling units and improves the overall equilibrium control effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Junping CHEN, Zhengqing TANG, Peisheng CHEN, Tian WU, Yali SUN, Guisheng LU
  • Publication number: 20190275866
    Abstract: A system including mode, engine, and battery modules, where the mode module determines whether to operate in an engine mode or a battery mode based on parameters. The engine module, while operating in the engine mode, runs a compressor at a first speed based on a temperature within a temperature controlled container of a vehicle and permits passage of refrigerant through eutectic plates independent of the temperature. A battery, while in the engine mode, is charged based on power received from an electrical source. The battery module, while operating in the battery mode and based on the temperature, runs the compressor at a second speed and prevents passage of the refrigerant through the eutectic plates. While in the battery mode, the battery is not being charged based on power from a shore power source and the electrical source from which power is received during the engine mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shawn W. VEHR, Joseph J. ROZSNAKI, Louis SIEFKER
  • Publication number: 20190275867
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for operating a system for covering an opening, including a movable end moving between retracted and extended positions in which the system covers at least part of the opening. The device includes: a flexible push strip with first and second ends, connecting, close to the first end, to the movable end of the covering system; a motor driving the push strip, moving the first end between proximal and distal positions. The push strip transmits a push force to the movable end of the covering system. The device also includes two parallel guide rails on top of or facing one another, in which first and second ends of the push strip travel. The drive includes a drive and idler wheel around which the push strip winds, so the push strip is partly in the first guide rail and partly in the second guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Aymeric PATIN
  • Publication number: 20190275868
    Abstract: Vehicle hatch comprising at least one lateral post, to which a rear window is attached, the post forming a profile having an open cross section and comprising a first and a second U-shaped cavity that each comprise two walls. The first cavity is oriented towards the median plane of the vehicle and comprises a rear wall and a front wall, and the second cavity is oriented towards the rear of the vehicle and comprises an inside wall and an outside wall. The front wall of the first cavity is arranged so as to be continuous with the outside wall of the second cavity, and the rear wall of the first cavity is separated from the inside wall of the second cavity so as to free up a free space that allows for access to the inner portion of the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Franck LETERRIER, Didier PORCHEROT
  • Publication number: 20190275869
    Abstract: A bed cap assembly configured for use with a tonneau cover and a cargo area of a vehicle. The bed cap assembly further configured to be located on a bed wall defining the cargo area. The bed cap assembly including a channel configured to collect at least one of fluid and debris. The channel comprising a first opening for draining the at least one of fluid and debris from the channel into a cavity defined at least in part by the bed wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jerome Facchinello, Daniel J. Delaney, Robert L. Mosingo, Robert Gaarder, Chad Carter, David Germano
  • Publication number: 20190275870
    Abstract: A vehicle soft top with a removable panels having interconnecting strips that can be aligned with one another and snap fitted to attach to each other. In one embodiment, a assembly to attach components of a vehicle soft top having a top panel, a side panel and a rear panel may have a first strip connected along a portion of an edge of the top panel, the first strip having a plurality of spaced tabs raised from the first strip by a stem; a second strip connected along a portion of a top edge of at least the side panel, the second strip having a plurality of spaced openings, which are aligned and spaced to securely and removably receive and retain a portion of an edge of the tabs of the first strip and a portion of an edge of the stem of the tabs of the first strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Michael T. Willard
  • Publication number: 20190275871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof arrangement (8) for a vehicle roof (2) having a roof opening (3), comprising a movable roof element (4) for selectively closing or at least partially opening the roof opening (3), a frame (5) which holds the roof element (4), and a strand-shaped seal profile (9) which extends in a horizontal main direction of extent, it being possible for the strand-shaped seal profile (9) to be fastened to the vehicle roof (2), and the said strand-shaped seal profile (9) having a first seal hose (10), the first seal hose (10) being configured for sealing with respect to the movable roof element (4), the frame (5) having an uppermost web (17), the first seal hose (10) being arranged above the uppermost web (17) in a state of the roof arrangement (8) in which it is mounted for proper operation on the vehicle roof (2), and the first seal hose (10) having a drain lip (22) which extends along a vertical direction from the seal hose (10) as far as below the uppermost web (17) of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Schäufler, Matthias Frank, Reinhard Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20190275872
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for the drive mounting, in particular for a motor vehicle, preferentially a utility vehicle. The arrangement comprises a supporting structure, in particular a cross member structure. The arrangement comprises an, in particular electric, drive unit, which is attached to the supporting structure in a 3-point mounting on an underside and/or from below. Advantageously, the drive unit can thus be fed to the motor vehicle from the rear end. The drive unit can be practically lifted in order to be then attached to the supporting structure on an underside or from below. The 3-point mounting makes possible a quick assembly. In addition, a static redundancy of the mounting through too many bearing points (e.g. four or more) is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Reinhard Hamel, Ines Hestermann, Christian Lang, Andreas Leisch, Kolja Peter, Patrick Schwedes
  • Publication number: 20190275873
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a floor panel of a floor of a vehicle interior; a left floor member having a left inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of a vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top, and a right floor member having a right inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of the vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top; a battery support frame closer to the lower side of the vehicle than the left and right floor members; and a fastening unit for fixing the battery support frame to the floor panel through the left and right floor members. The battery support frame is fastened to the floor panel at the left inclined portion and the right inclined portion through the fastening unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KASAI, Akihiro YAMADA, Kazuma OTOGURO, Akira NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20190275874
    Abstract: A lower vehicle body structure includes: a floor of the vehicle; a battery pack mounted underneath the floor; and a cross member that extends in a vehicle right-left direction across the battery pack over the battery pack, and is provided on the floor. The cross member includes inclined portions including a first inclined portion provided in a right half of the cross member in the vehicle right-left direction and a second inclined portion provided in a left half of the cross member in the vehicle right-left direction. The inclined portions become higher towards a center in the vehicle right-left direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Ryosuke FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20190275875
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes: a floor of a vehicle; a cross member that is provided under the floor and extends in a vehicle width direction; a battery pack mounted under the floor; a suspension member with which a movable part of a suspension is connected so that the movable part is able to operate, the suspension member being positioned on a front side or a rear side of the battery pack and fixed to a vehicle body; and a hanging bracket that is hung from the cross member and is connected with an end surface of the battery pack on a suspension member side by a fastening component such that the hanging bracket supports the battery pack in a hanging manner. The battery pack and the hanging bracket are connected with each other below the suspension member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Ryosuke FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20190275876
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure secures a battery pack to rear side members by suspension. Each rear side member includes a less-strengthened portion further rearward of a vehicle with respect to a coupling portion with a rear cross member. The coupling portion is a suspending portion configured to fasten the rear end of the battery pack by suspension. The less-strengthened portion causes the rear side member to deform by bending when a collision load F is applied from rearward of the vehicle to the rear side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke FUKUI, Masahiro TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190275877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid powertrain for a vehicle. The hybrid powertrain comprising: an internal combustion engine; a torque converter; a first and a second electric machine electrically coupled to each other. The hybrid powertrain further comprises a planetary gear set, comprising a first, a second and a third member. The internal combustion engine is mechanically engaged to the second member of the planetary gear set via the torque converter. The first electric machine is arranged mechanically engaged to the first member of the planetary gear set. The second electric machine is arranged mechanically engagable to the second and third member of the planetary gear set so as to establish a plurality of operating modes of the hybrid powertrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS HÄGGLUNDS AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Andreas ROWA
  • Publication number: 20190275878
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a hybrid vehicle includes a powershift transmission, a summing gear assembly, a first transmission input shaft, and a second transmission input shaft. The summing gear assembly is for transmitting a drive torque to a drive shaft. The first transmission input shaft is connectable to an electric machine to transmit a first drive torque from the electric machine directly to the summing gear assembly. The second transmission input shaft is connectable to an internal combustion engine to transmit a second drive torque from the internal combustion engine to the summing gear assembly via the powershift transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Johannes Lamers
  • Publication number: 20190275879
    Abstract: A propulsion apparatus and corresponding methods are provided. The apparatus employs weights within a spherical assembly that can rotate within the spherical assembly. Gravity, acting on the weights, causes a moment of a gravitational force to be applied to the spherical assembly, which can cause the spherical assembly to propel. The spherical assembly may also include one or more motors to rotate the weights within the spherical assembly. In some embodiments, the weights include magnetic cores and conductors. The apparatus can include magnetic windings that provide a magnetic flux through which the weights may rotate. The apparatus can also provide an electrical current to the conductors. As the weights with the magnetic cores rotate through the magnetic flux, the apparatus applies a current to the conductors. As such, a magnetic force is applied to the weights, which can propel the spherical assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Essam Abdelrahman Ammar
  • Publication number: 20190275880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolation flange for a fuel tank assembly, and a process of manufacturing the same, for use in commercial vehicles, and more particularly, to an isolation flange for a fuel tank assembly that provides a crumple zone positioned between a component receiving base and a wall of a fuel tank, such that the crumple zone insulates the component receiving base from deformation during drop tests and harsh environmental driving conditions to which the fuel tank is subjected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Ray Enyeart
  • Publication number: 20190275881
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a valve body and a filter unit accommodating an air filter and a valve cap are attached to a tubular portion provided on a side surface of an inlet pipe. When a fuel tank has a negative pressure, the valve body opens and the negative pressure is eliminated by clean atmospheric air introduction. A projection portion is provided on the filter unit side of the valve body. Accordingly, attachment of the valve body into the tubular portion and attachment of the tubular portion and the filter unit are reliably performed, the reliability of valve body opening and closing is improved, and attachment workability is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Kojima, Takanori Sakai, Yoshihiro Ito, Kazuhiro Tashiro, Shinji Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20190275882
    Abstract: A high pressure tank of a high pressure tank apparatus includes: a resin-made liner storing a fuel gas to be supplied to a fuel cell; a reinforced layer covering an outer surface of the liner; an inserting member having formed therein a supplying/discharging hole; and a supplying/discharging-side cap having formed therein a supplying/discharging-side lead-out hole. There is a leaked fluid storage section capable of storing a leaked fluid that has leaked from at least a connecting section connecting the supplying/discharging hole and a supplying/discharging flow path. There is a supplying/discharging-side discharge flow path provided independently from the leaked fluid storage section and by which a temporary release fluid that has been led out via the supplying/discharging-side lead-out hole is led to a diluting unit that dilutes an anode off-gas that has been discharged from the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki OGIWARA, Toshihiko KANEZAKI, Takatsugu KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190275883
    Abstract: Provided is a roll over fuel-vapor valve is provided including a housing defining a valve having a valve inlet port extending through a wall of the housing and a valve outlet port and a float member disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port and being displaceable between an open position and a closed position the hosing further comprising a fluid flow channel extending along a top portion thereof and having a first end and a second end, wherein the outlet port extending into the channel such that in the open position fluid flow is facilitated between the valve inlet port and the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: RAVAL A.C.S. LTD.
    Inventors: Omer VULKAN, Alon RAHAMIM, Vladimir OLSHANETSKY, Denis KLEYMAN
  • Publication number: 20190275884
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electric axle powertrain includind: a continuously variable electric drivetrain having a motor/generator and a ball-type continuously variable planetary having a first traction ring assembly and a second traction ring assembly in contact with a plurality of balls; a mode selection mechanism coupled to the continuously variable electric drivetrain; a differential coupled to the mode selection mechanism; a drive wheel axle operably coupled to the differential; and-a first wheel and a second wheel coupled to the drive wheel axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. David, Gordon M. McIndoe, Travis J. Miller, Sebastian J. Peters, Patrick R. Sexton
  • Publication number: 20190275885
    Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle may include a hydraulic system. The vehicle may include a sway bar. The sway bar may be positioned rearward of a hydraulic pump of the hydraulic system. A console having a first hydraulic input may be provided in an operator area of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hurd, Richard D. Ripley, Anthony J. Kinsman, Matthew S. Kmecik, Brent A. Erspamer, Ryan D. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20190275886
    Abstract: A system for non-invasively measuring an analyte in a vehicle driver and controlling a vehicle based on a measurement of the analyte. At least one solid-state light source is configured to emit different wavelengths of light. A sample device is configured to introduce the light emitted by the at least one solid-state light source into tissue of the vehicle driver. One or more optical detectors are configured to detect a portion of the light that is not absorbed by the tissue of the vehicle driver. A controller is configured to calculate a measurement of the analyte in the tissue of the vehicle driver based on the light detected by the one or more optical detectors, determine whether the measurement of the analyte in the tissue of the vehicle driver exceeds a pre-determined value, and provide a signal to a device configured to control the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Ver Steeg, Trent Ridder, Len Cech, Joseph Kae Krause
  • Publication number: 20190275887
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining and indicating an energy range of a host vehicle. A sensor can be positioned to acquire data corresponding to an amount of energy stored in an energy storage system of the host vehicle. An anticipated operating condition for a forthcoming location of the host vehicle can be determined based on at least one operating condition provided from at least one of a plurality of vehicles that 1) has a vehicle type that is the same as a vehicle type of the host vehicle and 2) is located at a respective location that is proximate to the forthcoming location of the host vehicle. The remaining energy range can be determined based on 1) the amount of energy stored in the energy storage system and 2) the anticipated operating condition, and an output system of the host vehicle can indicate the remaining energy range for the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Nikolaos Michalakis
  • Publication number: 20190275888
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing visual notifications in the peripheral vision of a driver. The system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for providing visual notifications in the peripheral vision of a driver. The system also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to: generate a notification based on an output of a driver assistance system, with the output being generated based on one or more objects detected by a sensor of a vehicle or based on a navigational database of the vehicle; and illuminate an indicator embedded in a top portion of a dashboard of the vehicle for providing the notification in the peripheral vision of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: David Michael Kirsch, Evan Thomas Sullivan, Joseph Anthony Alequin, Stuart Masakazu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190275889
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes an electric power storage device, a drive device, a sensor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit causes transition of a traveling mode to an FS mode when a FS traveling condition is established. The electronic control unit detects a sign of an abnormality of an assembled battery using a detection value of a sensor when a sensor unit is normal. When the FS traveling condition is established and the sign of the abnormality of the assembled battery is not detected, the electronic control unit sets the FS mode to a predetermined first FS mode. When the FS traveling condition is established and the sign of the abnormality of the assembled battery is detected, the electronic control unit sets the FS mode to a second FS mode different from the predetermined first FS mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Tashiro