Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes a first input shaft installed to receive power from an engine, a second input shaft concentrically disposed with the first input shaft and installed to receive power from a motor, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, a first synchronizer provided at the first input shaft to selectively connect the first input shaft and the second input shaft, a first stage driving gear and a second stage driving gear provided at the second input shaft, a first stage driven gear and a second stage driven gear disposed at the output shaft to be freely rotated and meshed with the first stage driving gear and the second stage driving gear, respectively, to form a first stage shift ratio and a second stage shift ratio, and a second synchronizer installed to selectively connect any one of the first stage driven gear and the second stage driven gear with the output shaft.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device (10) includes: a wheel hub bearing portion (11); a motor portion (21) and a deceleration portion (31) disposed in an upwardly offset manner with respect to an axis of the wheel hub bearing portion (11); and a carrier (101) projecting downward to a position below the wheel hub bearing portion (11). A suspension connection portion (101c) is mounted on a lower end of the carrier (101), the suspension connection portion (101c) to be connected with a suspension device (116) so as to be directable in any direction. The suspension connection portion (101c) is disposed in an overlapping manner with the wheel hub bearing portion (11) with respect to a position in an axial direction of the wheel hub bearing portion (11).

Abstract: A connection member for coolant passages is provided. The connection member includes: a first end portion configured to be connected to the first opening via a shaft seal member; a second end portion configured to be connected to the second opening via a face seal member; a communication portion providing communication between the first end portion and the second end portion; a first fastening portion provided at a position in one direction such that a distance between the first fastening portion and the second end portion is larger than a distance between the first fastening portion and the first end portion; and a second fastening portion provided around the second end portion, and configured to be fastened to the case.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a front cabin coupled to the chassis, an engine coupled to the chassis and positioned at least one of beneath and behind the front cabin, and a cooling pack coupled to the chassis and positioned forward of the front cabin defining an airgap between the cooling pack and the engine. The cooling pack includes a radiator positioned at a front end of the chassis, a fan system including a fan positioned behind and proximate the radiator, and a conduit system fluidly coupling the radiator to the engine to facilitate providing a coolant between the radiator and the engine. The fan is configured to draw air through the radiator to cool the coolant within the radiator.

Abstract: Device for admitting cooling air to a motor vehicle interior, formed of one or several mobile flaps, each orientable in rotation about an axis by a control mechanism, each flap includes on its external periphery a pressing surface intended, when the mobile flap is in the closed position, to come into contact with a bearing surface. The pressing surface has a point of first contact and a point of last contact with the said bearing surface, these points being defined in such a way that when the control mechanism actuates closure of the mobile flaps and the point of first contact comes into contact with the said bearing surface, the point of last contact is distant from the said bearing surface by a predefined and non-zero distance.

Abstract: A gas tank arrangement for a dual fuel internal combustion engine includes gas tank for containing a combustible gas, wherein the gas tank arrangement further includes an additional gas tank downstream the gas tank, wherein the additional gas tank is configured to be arranged in upstream fluid communication with an air inlet of the dual fuel internal combustion engine for delivery of combustible gas to the dual fuel internal combustion engine via the air inlet.

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein provide or use a wall structure for a hydrocarbon storage vessel. The wall structure includes an inner layer comprising a first rubber compound, a center layer comprising a fabric having a barrier layer applied to each side, and an outer layer comprising a second rubber compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for opening a refueling door of a vehicle. The method comprises adjusting a speed of opening the refueling door based on a fuel tank vapor pressure in response to a detected refueling request. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a refueling door assembly for a vehicle. The refueling door assembly comprises a fuel tank; a refueling inlet to receive a fuel dispensing nozzle; a fuel fill line coupled between the fuel tank and the refueling inlet; a refueling door located at a vehicle body; an operating mechanism connected to the refueling door to open and close the refueling door; and a control module configured to open the refueling door responsive to a refueling request and control an opening speed of the operating mechanism based on a fuel tank vapor pressure.

Abstract: A multi-speed hub drive wheel is provided which includes a wheel equipped with a hub; a star compound gear train having first and second stages; a motor disposed in the hub which drives the wheel by way of the star compound gear train; and a clutch which switches the hub drive wheel between a first mode of operation in which the motor engages the first stage of the star compound gear train, and a second mode of operation in which the motor engages the second stage of the star compound gear train.

Abstract: A gear reduction apparatus includes a first gear set and a second gear set connected to a motor shaft, a clutch assembly located between the first gear set and the second gear set and being configured to occupy an engaged state and a disengaged state, wherein the engaged state enables torque transmission from the first rotatable shaft to the second rotatable shaft, and the disengaged state disables torque transmission from the first rotatable shaft to the second rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A zero turn vehicle is described. The vehicle comprises a frame, a prime mover, a transaxle, first and second gear boxes, first and second driven wheels, an operator foot platform, and an expansion tank. The transaxle is aft of the prime mover and has opposing first and second output shafts. The first and second gearboxes are respectively driven by and pivotable about the first and second output shafts. The first and second gear boxes respectively have first and second output axles aft of the first and second output shafts. The first and second driven wheels are respectively engaged with the first and second output axles. The operator foot platform is between the first and second gear boxes and aft of the transaxle. The expansion tank is between the transaxle and the operator foot platform and between the first and second gear boxes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is inter alia a channel selection interface includes a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors including a number of tunable service identifiers divided by the plurality of sectors, and a plurality of channel markers that separate the plurality of sectors. The channel selection interface provides an even allocation of channels for a gesture recognition interface.

Abstract: An information display system includes a steering wheel including a ring portion and an upper opening region within the ring portion, an instrument cluster arrangement positioned forward of the steering wheel, and an electronic control unit. The instrument cluster arrangement includes a first gauge having a first fixing member on a portion of a boundary of the first gauge, and a second gauge having a second fixing member on a portion of a boundary of the second gauge. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are configured to hold a handheld device placed between the first and second gauges, and the first and second gauges are positioned such that when the handheld device is placed between the first and second gauges the handheld device is visible through the upper opening region.

Abstract: A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.

Abstract: A vehicle battery charger includes a charger housing that contains electrical circuitry that is configured to couple with a power source for charging a vehicle battery. The battery charger also includes two projecting members that are coupled with the electrical circuitry and that extend through spaced apart apertures in the charger housing. An exterior portion of each of the two projecting members comprises an exposed conductive surface that is configured to be engaged by a clamp of a jumper cable that extends to the vehicle battery.

Abstract: A solution to solve the problem of embodying a wall mountable electric vehicle DC fast charger is disclosed: a wall mountable electric vehicle DC charger (201), comprising a modular AC to DC converter unit comprising at least one high frequency AC to DC power converter module placed in the interior back of the charger, a cooling system with input and output channels placed on the back of the charger, between said charger and a wall (202), a wireless network interface and a central processing unit. In one embodiment, the unit does not incorporate a display for messages and commands and, instead, has the possibility of turning a mobile computational device (301) into a command console of the charger sending commands using wireless communication (302). It is useful for quick charging with DC electric power in different situations: private users, fleets, companies, condominiums, garages, car dealers and also in public places.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system has a coil assembly including a ferrite pad and a pair of spaced apart inductive coils on the ferrite pad, and a switching network that, in response to an indication of a corresponding inductive coil assembly configuration, controls a direction of current flow through each of the coils to selectively operate the coils in a two-pole mode or a three-pole mode.

Abstract: A selective battery control system includes a battery exchange station and an at least partially electric vehicle communicably coupled to the battery exchange station. The at least partially electric vehicle includes processing circuitry configured to determine a number of batteries needed for a trip, determine if the at least partially electric vehicle has a correct number of batteries, and in response to the at least partially electric vehicle having an incorrect number of batteries, add or remove batteries until the at least partially electric vehicle has the correct number of batteries for the trip.

Abstract: An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) receives, from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more electric vehicle (EV) operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, and where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE. The EVSE applies the one or more EV operator-specific parameters.

Abstract: An electric power retention distribution cell apparatus and method of operation of the cell includes a rechargeable battery assembly, a bi-directional inverter and a switch control operatively connectable to an electric utility grid, an outside power charging supply and at least one end user wherein the cell is selectively switched between the electric utility grid and the battery assembly to supply electric power to the one or more end users. The cell is connected to the power charging supply for charging the battery assembly, and for dividing the battery assembly into groups of batteries for storage at a lower terminal output voltages of each group than the battery assembly output voltage when in use as the primary power supply. Electric power supply networks are also described for a utility hub network formed using two or more cells, and for a regional utility hub network formed using multiple utility hubs.

Abstract: A V2G system includes: a power system; a charging/discharging device including an electricity storage unit, a power conversion unit that converts power transferred between the electricity storage unit and the power system, a reception unit, and a control unit that controls an operation of the power conversion unit based on a received signal; and a server device that manages charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit. The server device determines a period of time during which power is discharged from the electricity storage unit to the power system or during which the electricity storage unit is charged using power supplied from the power system, and transmits an instruction including the period of time to the charging/discharging device. The control unit of the charging/discharging device starts up or stop based on the period of time indicated by the instruction from the server device.

Abstract: A battery system includes a battery module; a cooling channel disposed adjacent to the battery module; a ground wire configured to electrically connect the cooling channel and a vehicle body; and a leakage current blocking device configured to interrupt an electrical connection of the cooling channel and the vehicle body when a leakage current occurs in the battery module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing a battery including a master battery and a slave battery from being over-charged, the apparatus including: a master battery management system (BMS) which determines whether the master battery is over-charged, and turns off a main relay which connects or disconnects between the battery and a motor of a vehicle when the master battery is over-charged as a result of the determination; and a slave BMS which determines whether the slave battery is over-charged, and turns off a charging relay which connects or disconnects between the battery and a charger provided outside the vehicle when the slave battery is over-charged as a result of the determination.

Abstract: A hybrid power control unit for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes: a capacitor module; first and second coolers disposed on opposite sides of the capacitor module, the coolers including flow paths extending along lengthwise directions of the capacitor module; a plurality of power modules each being installed between the branch flow paths of one of the first and the second coolers; a low DC-DC converter (LDC) module disposed on one of the first and second coolers to be in contact with a remaining one of the branch flow paths of the cooler having the LDC module; a gate board having a top surface being electrically connected to the power modules; and a control board having a top surface being electrically connected to the gate board and the LDC module.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine extracts, based on a rotational speed of a rotating member, a vibration component included in the rotational speed of the rotating member, the vibration component being based on vibrations of a drivetrain. The control apparatus calculates, according to the extracted vibration component, compensation torque for compensating the vibrations of the drivetrain. The control apparatus performs drive control of the rotary electric machine according to the compensation torque. The control apparatus performs suppression to suppress the rotational speed of the rotating member from changing due to change of a speed change ratio.

Abstract: Calculating a current target position value for controlling a traction speed of a materials handling vehicle, that includes receiving steering command signals; generating an output value proportional to a rate of change of the steering command signals; determining whether the output value is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold; determining a raw target position value for controlling the traction speed of the materials handling vehicle; and calculating the current target position value based on: whether the output value is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and whether the raw target position value is less than or equal to a previously calculated target position value for controlling the traction speed.

Abstract: A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, conditioning a battery of an electrified vehicle while off charge in response to an operator request for improved performance as a tradeoff for decreased range. An electrified vehicle system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery, an electric machine configured to receive electric power from the battery to drive vehicle wheels, and a system control that generates a control signal to condition the battery while off charge in response to an operator request for improved performance as a tradeoff for decreased range.

Abstract: A driver's seat of a motor vehicle may be moved by means of a drive from a rear relaxing position provided for driverless driving into a front driving position.

Abstract: The vehicle seat comprises a seat main body, a base, a bracket, a link, and a contact portion. The base is located below the seat main body. The bracket is mounted on an upper side of the base. The link is rotatably coupled, at one end thereof, to the seat main body and is rotatably coupled, at an end thereof opposing the one end, to the bracket. The contact portion is provided to the bracket to restrict a rotatable range of the link by coming in contact with the link. The contact portion comprises a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The first contact portion is arranged in a position that partially differs from a position of the second contact portion in a width direction of the seat main body.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat which is attached to a floor of a vehicle via a rail device and a coupling device with a high level of stiffness so as to minimize deformation of the rail device and the coupling device without substantially increasing the weight and the manufacturing cost of the seat. The vehicle seat is provided with an upper engagement portion secured to a member on a side of an upper rail of the rail device, and a lower engagement portion secured to a member on a side of a lower rail of the rail device and including a part opposing a corresponding part of the upper engagement portion from above defining a prescribed gap therebetween. The coupling device is provided laterally spaced from the rail device, and the upper engagement portion and the lower engagement portion are provided substantially directly above the coupling device.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat cushion including a cushion body that supports buttocks of an occupant, and cushion side portions disposed on both seat width direction sides of the cushion body, a seatback including a back body that supports a back of the occupant, and back side portions disposed on both seat width direction sides of the back body, and an adjustment mechanism including at least one of a cushion adjustment mechanism that on actuation moves the cushion body in a seat up-down direction with respect to the cushion side portions and pivots the cushion body about an axis running along the seat width direction, or a back adjustment mechanism that on actuation moves the back body in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the back side portions and pivots the back body about an axis running along the seat width direction.

Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a backrest part with a front side and rear side facing away from the front side. A backrest surface, which serves for supporting a back, is transversely divided into a central section and two lateral sections. A seat part includes a sliding mount for the backrest part to realize a translational motion of the backrest part relative to the seat part between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position. Two lateral sections form a lateral support for a person on the seat and/or the seat part as a two-piece seat part including a first section and a second section and an intermediate space. A bracket extends through the intermediate space.

Abstract: A reclining device includes a first member having a closed-bottomed cylindrical shape and having internal teeth formed on an inner circumferential surface along a circumferential direction, a pawl having external teeth capable of meshing with the internal teeth, a second member provided on an opening side of the first member and having a pawl guide for guiding movement of the pawl between a lock position and an unlock position, and a cam provided between the first member and the second member turnably in relation to the first and second members and urging the pawl to a direction of engaging the external teeth with the internal teeth according to an angle of turn. The pawl has opposite surface-roughened side walls facing and guided by guide wall surfaces of the pawl guide.

Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom for movement about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes a recliner configured to control movement of the seat back about the seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom.

Abstract: A child car seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, said child car seat comprising a seat element, in particular a seat shell, and a side impact protection element which preferably comprises a folding element and can be moved from a resting position situated in particular within a standard width into a functional position situated in particular outside of the resting position and vice versa, wherein the child car seat has a position-changing device which is designed in such a way that the position-changing device automatically moves the side impact protection element from its resting position or an intermediate position between the resting position and the functional position into its functional position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat back; a seat cushion; an engagement portion having a U-shaped portion that is configured to engage with an attachment mechanism of a child safety seat; and a cover member adapted to cover at least a portion of the engagement portion. The engagement portion is disposed between a seat back and a seat cushion. The cover member includes: a flap having one end fixed to a cover of the vehicle seat and the other end serving as a free end; and a tab provided on an upper or lower surface of the flap, the tab projecting on an inner side of the U-shaped portion when the free end is inserted between the seat back and the cover member or between the seat cushion and the engagement portion.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat foldable by rotation of rotary links disposed below a seat cushion in a direction toward the seat cushion, a front end portion of the seat cushion includes a suspending portion of a cushion pad and a skin material covering the suspending portion. Contact portions of the front end portion of the seat cushion contacting the rotary links when the vehicle seat is in a folded state include a recessed portion provided at the suspending portion, and a flexible plate provided at an outer skin material downwardly extending along a front surface of the suspending portion in the skin material covering the recessed portion. The flexible plate is configured to restore the shape of the outer skin material when the rotary links are separated from the contact portions.

Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes an upper rail that supports a seat at an upper side, a lower rail that supports the upper rail to be relatively movable manner in a longitudinal direction of the upper rail, and a lock mechanism configured to restrain the upper rail from moving relative to the lower rail. The upper rail includes two side walls that are opposed in a width direction of the upper rail and an upper wall that connects the two side walls. The upper wall has a plurality of seat fasteners. The upper rail has at least one hole between a longitudinal end of the upper rail and one of the seat fasteners closest to the longitudinal end. The hole is a cutout formed in each of the two side walls and the upper wall.

Abstract: A cooling structure for vehicle high-voltage electric parts includes an air inlet passage 26 having an air inlet port 32 which is disposed higher than a seat cushion 6 of a rear seat 7 so as to supply air from a passenger compartment 9 to a battery unit 21, an inverter unit 22 and a DC-DC converter unit 23 and a cooling fan 30 which causes cooling air to flow into the air inlet passage 26. An opening portion 35 from which air is taken into the air inlet passage 26 is formed inside a side seatback 4 which is placed transversely outward of a main seatback 5 of the rear seat 7.

Abstract: A distributed control system for a vehicle seat includes a control module for communicating on a single communication bus and a plurality of nodes connected to the control module via the communication bus, wherein each of the plurality of nodes are associated with a load device and each of the plurality of nodes comprises a logic component specific to the load device.

Abstract: A seat (1) comprises: a seat member (3(2)) that includes a cushioning material (4); and a fastening member (5) that allows a trim cover (7) to be detachably attached to a predetermined position on the seat member (3). The fastening member (5) is constituted by a slide fastener that includes: a fastener part (51) constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512); and a slider part. At least part of a base part (6) provided in the one fastener half (511) is embedded in the cushioning material (4), and part of the other fastener half (512) is fixed to the trim cover (7).

Abstract: A vehicular seat provided in a seat surface with a deep and narrow depression having a flat surface at the bottom is provided. The vehicular seat is a seat for automobiles including: a seat cushion to be a seating face portion of the seat; and a seat back provided on the back of the seat cushion and to be a backrest portion of the seat. A recess having a flat surface at the bottom is provided in the surface of at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back.

Abstract: A comfortable, well-designed vehicle seat (1) is provided by giving an outstanding, three-dimensional appearance to the surface layer of the vehicle seat so that a new design is achieved and that softness is improved. The vehicle seat has a seat cushion (2) serving as the sitting surface of the seat, a seatback (3) serving as the backrest of the seat, and a headrest (4) protecting the head and neck of an occupant. The surface of at least one of the seat cushion and the seatback is provided with a cover formed of a cloth including an upholstery material (6), a cushion material (8), and a heat-shrinkable material (9). The cover is stitched so that a plurality of bumps and dips are formed on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A seat apparatus equipped with a seat cover that covers at least part of the seat apparatus surface and is formed by sewing a plurality of skin material pieces together, an operation unit for receiving an operation from an operator, and a covering material for covering the operation unit, wherein: the covering material is formed as part of the skin material pieces, or is formed by sewing a member that is separate from the skin material pieces to the skin material pieces; and a projection is formed that projects in the outward direction from the seat cover when the operation unit is covered.

Abstract: A back frame of a vehicle seat including: a pair of side frames; an upper frame; and a reinforcing member attached to at least one of the pair of side frames, wherein the at least one of the pair of side frames has a pair of side surface portions and a rear surface portion, wherein the reinforcing member has a pair of side wall portions and a rear wall portion, wherein the rear wall portion is thicker than the pair of side wall portions, and wherein in a state where the reinforcing member is put on the at least one of the pair of side frames, the pair of side wall portions is in contact with and connected to the pair of side surface portions, and the rear wall portion is in contact with and connected to the rear surface portion by bonding or adhesion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion including: a seating part formed of an elastic body; a side part formed of an elastic body harder than the elastic body forming the seating part; and a rear part; and a seat back including: a backrest part formed of an elastic body; a side part formed of an elastic body harder than the elastic body forming the backrest part; and a rotation-center-side end part; wherein the rear part and the rotation-center-side end part are in contact with each other, and wherein at least one of (i) at least one side portion of the rear part and (ii) at least one side portion of the rotation-center-side end part is formed of an elastic body softer than the elastic body forming the side part of the seat cushion and the elastic body forming the side part of the seat back.

Abstract: The method manufactures a vehicular seat member including a frame member and a foamed resin molded body to embed the frame member. Firstly the frame member is placed in a molding die so that the frame member extends along the outer shape of the vehicular seat member in plan view of the vehicular seat member. Next the foamed resin molded body is formed in the molding die so that the foamed resin molded body has a rim part embedding the frame member and having an outer shape of the vehicular seat member and an extension extending inward from the rim part so as to bridge the rim part inside of the rim part. During the forming, the method forms a break in the extension so as to divide the extension along the direction intersecting the extending direction of the extension.

Abstract: In the case of a seat with an armrest on an automobile, an armrest lock mechanism may be released by, for example, the gravitational acceleration (G) in the event of vehicle collision. Accordingly, it is necessary to provide an anti-G spring for biasing to prevent the lock mechanism from being easily released. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an armrest unlocking device that enables a decrease in size of the anti-G spring. In order to solve the problem, provided is an armrest unlocking device in gear, the device operating such that the locking of the lock gear and the sector gear can be released by operating a lever link bracket so as to raise the lock gear, wherein the lock gear has a center of rotation thereof aligned with the position of the center of gravity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bearings, guide sleeves and head restraint assemblies for automobiles.

Abstract: A headrest assembly includes upright supports that are partially disposed within a rear housing and interconnected to one another by a vertically adjustable guide bracket. A mounting plate is operably coupled to the guide bracket by a driveshaft of a first motor for driving horizontal movement of the mounting plate. A headrest bun is pivotally coupled to the mounting plate for rotating movement between upright and angled positions. A second motor is mounted to at least one of the upright supports and includes a vertical driveshaft coupled to the guide bracket for driving vertical movement of the guide bracket. The headrest bun includes first and second side bolsters that are pivotally coupled to a central support member between extended and retracted positions. The headrest assembly may further include an air moving device to provide ventilation or a heating feature to a user of the headrest assembly.