Patents Issued in October 17, 2019
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Publication number: 20190315166Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for treating a tired wheel comprising a base (2), at least one column (3) which projects from the base (2), at least one tool-holder arm (4a, 4b, 4c) supported by the column (3) and at least one work tool (5a, 5b, 5c) supported by or articulated to the tool-holder arm (4a, 4b, 4c).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Tullio Gonzaga, Cristiano Tarozzi
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Publication number: 20190315167Abstract: A device for unseating tire beads of a tire from a rim comprises a pair of substantially facing first and second jaws adapted to receive the tire substantially vertically therebetween and to be displaced relative to one another, and transversally of the tire, for exerting pressure on the tire sidewalls, adjacent the rim, such as to detach (unseat) the tire from the rim. Generally, one jaw remains in position while the other, i.e. mobile, jaw is displaced towards the tire sidewall, for instance by way of a pneumatic cylinder that displaces the mobile jaw towards the tire and the other jaw. The positions of at least one of the jaws can also be adjusted so as to accommodate tires and rims of different configurations, e.g. diameters, whereby the jaw(s) can be adjustably brought, prior to engaging the tire, to a location where the jaw(s) will ultimately engage the tire sidewall at a location close to the rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Yvan Malenfant
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Publication number: 20190315168Abstract: An indexing block positioned within the receiver hitch and connected to a tri-ball block having a plurality of towing accessories (e.g., different sized hitch balls, pintles, hooks, etc.) on its separate, exterior facings. A biasing member and lock cooperate with an internal, coaxial plunger, thereby allowing for selective rotation of the tri-block relative to the indexing block, without the need to completely remove the assembly from the hitch receiver itself. Ball bearings fitted within the indexing block facilitate movement of the plunger and tri-block relative to the indexing block when the assembly is being rotated to position a new towing accessory in its desired place.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Gregory Y. Rotenberg
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Publication number: 20190315169Abstract: Indicator apparatus and related methods for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a load imparted on a hitch via a sensor. The hitch is to be coupled between a vehicle and a trailer. The controller is also configured to compare the load to a threshold load. The threshold load is based on a weight of the trailer. The controller is also configured to control an exterior light of the vehicle based on the comparison to visually indicate a load status of the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Anton Rogness, Andrew Niedert, Elliott Pearson, Joshua Rajasingh
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Publication number: 20190315170Abstract: A wireless trailer signal system. The system includes a transmitter attachable to a vehicle, and a receiver attachable to a trailer to be towed by the vehicle. The transmitter is operably connected to an electrical system of the vehicle and is wirelessly connected to the receiver. The receiver is operably connected to an electrical system of the trailer. During use, the transmitter receives a signal (e.g., a turn signal or a brake signal) from the electrical system of the vehicle, and wirelessly transmits the signal to the receiver, which operates one or more lights connected to the electrical system of the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Clinton Williams
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Publication number: 20190315171Abstract: A motor vehicle independent rear-wheel suspension system including a left-hand and a right-hand transverse link, each articulated at an inner end on a chassis of the motor vehicle and fixedly connected at an outer end to a wheel carrier. The suspension system having a left-hand and a right-hand trailing arm unit. Each trailing arm unit articulated a front end on the chassis of the motor vehicle and at a rear end on a wheel carrier. Open installation space is formed between the trailing arm units and the transverse links for at least a partial accommodation of an electrical drive train.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Publication number: 20190315172Abstract: A wheel suspension (1), for a motor vehicle, having a hub carrier (2) for holding a wheel (3), a wheel-guiding link (4) for an articulated connection of the hub carrier (2) to a body (6), and a steering rod (8) for steering the wheel (3). The hub carrier (2) and the wheel-guiding link (4), for steering the wheel (3), are pivotally connected to each other such that the hub carrier (2) can be swiveled about a steering axis relative to the wheel-guiding link (4). The hub carrier (2) is directly connected to the wheel-guiding link (4), in a first connection area (20), and the hub carrier (2) is indirectly coupled to the wheel-guiding link (4), in a second connecting area (21), via an integral link (5) connected to a chassis element (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Klaus WALLGREN
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Publication number: 20190315173Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid suspension arm for a vehicle, having excellent durability. A hybrid suspension arm for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a suspension arm body which is made of metal material and comprises a top plate part and two sidewall parts extending downward from the top plate part to be open downward; and an insert molding which is made of plastic material and is formed by being insert-molded in the suspension arm body, wherein a thickness of at least a portion in the portion of the insert molding that comes in contact with the top plate part and the sidewall parts is in the range of 2 mm to 3 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ILJIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Woo KIM, Sung Keun LEE, Tae Sung KWON, Dae Ju LEE, Min Kook PARK, Soon Chan KWON
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Publication number: 20190315174Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid suspension arm for a vehicle, the hybrid suspension arm having the strength required for a vehicle while being lightweight and having excellent durability. The hybrid suspension arm for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an arm body comprising aluminum; and an insert molding part made of plastic material which is insert-molded on the arm body and coupled thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ILJIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Sung KWON, Sung Keun LEE, Hyun Woo KIM, Dae Ju LEE, Min Kook PARK, Soon Chan KWON
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Publication number: 20190315175Abstract: The invention relates to stabilizer bar (10) for use with the suspension of a vehicle such as a truck. The stabilizer bar (10) comprises a shaft (12) supported by bearings (18), cranked parts for example in the form of crank arms (30) being provided at or adjacent each end of the shaft (12), each cranked part having a connection point (32) for connection, in use, to a respective link member (34), wherein each connection point (32) is substantially aligned with a respective one of the bearings (18) relative to the axis of the shaft (12). The invention also relates to a vehicle incorporating such a stabilizer bar (10) and to a roll stabilization method using such a stabilizer bar (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Christopher Lamotte, Jean-Marc Blond
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Publication number: 20190315176Abstract: A suspension interconnection assembly for a vehicle adapted to move along a surface of the ground includes an axle housing and a spring seat. The spring seat includes a pocket defined by a U-shaped saddle having a bottom wall that extends between a first leg and a second leg. The first and second legs include claw portions that are adapted to engage an upper portion of the axle housing. Welds secure the first and second claw portions to the axle housing so that areas of the axle housing adjacent the welds are in a state of residual tensile stress based on forming. The position of the welds provides a stress cancelling effect upon application of the load to the axle housing in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: David E. PECK
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Publication number: 20190315177Abstract: A bush device for an eye section of a leaf spring applied to a suspension of a vehicle is disclosed. The bush device includes a first hollow bush that is configured to be inserted into the eye section, and a plurality of second bushes that are disposed adjacent to both side surfaces of the eye section, respectively. Each of the second bushes have an aperture that is formed at a central portion thereof, and a leaf spring fixing bracket into which the second bushes are inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Sung-Han Cho, Yong-Soo Lee
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Publication number: 20190315178Abstract: A mounting device with an anti-rotation feature is provided. The mounting device includes a base including a cavity adapted to receive a portion of a shock absorber assembly. The base provides for movement of the shock absorber assembly relative to a vehicle body in at least one degree of freedom. The base substantially prevents movement of the shock absorber assembly relative to the vehicle body in at least another degree of freedom. The mounting device includes a pin integrated with the base on a side distal from the cavity. The pin is substantially parallel to an axis of the shock absorber assembly. The pin is adapted to engagingly couple to one or more cushions and a vehicle frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Mikhal el Arculli
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Publication number: 20190315179Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine vehicle weight are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a vehicle controller configured to control a motor operatively coupled to a suspension system to raise or lower a vehicle. The vehicle controller is to also determine a first parameter of the motor while controlling the motor to raise or lower the vehicle when the vehicle is unloaded. The vehicle controller is to also determine a second parameter of the motor while controlling the motor to raise or lower the vehicle when the vehicle is at least partially loaded. The vehicle controller is to also calculate a weight of the vehicle based on the first and second parameters of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Andrew Niedert, Peter Simeon Lazarevski, Rinku Patel, Anton Rogness, Elliott Pearson, Joshua Rajasingh, Salvador Padilla
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Publication number: 20190315180Abstract: An active suspension system for a sprung mass that is supported and movable relative to an unsprung mass. The active suspension system has a suspension that comprises an electromagnetic actuator that is adapted to produce an arbitrary force on the sprung mass that is independent of the position, velocity and acceleration of the sprung mass, a control system that provides control signals that cause the suspension to exert force on the sprung mass, to control the position of the sprung mass relative to the unsprung mass, wherein the control system implements a control algorithm with one or more constants, and a user interface that is operable to cause a change of one or more of the control algorithm constants so as to vary how closely motion of the sprung mass follows motion of the unsprung mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCInventors: Brian Alexander Selden, James A. Parison
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Publication number: 20190315181Abstract: A vehicle height adjusting device which adjusts vehicle height between a vehicle body and a lower arm, may include a suspension spring provided between the vehicle body and the lower arm; a variable portion provided inside an internal diameter of the suspension spring, and whose length is variable by converting a rotary driving motion around an axial direction into an axial rectilinear motion; and a power portion which is provided on the vehicle body, and rotates the variable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, ILJIN Co., Ltd, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTDInventors: Chang Sin LEE, Sang Hoon YOO, Byung Kyu LEE, lg Jin KWON, Won Hyok CHOI
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Publication number: 20190315182Abstract: A method and apparatus for a vehicle suspension system gas spring. In one embodiment, a vehicle suspension system gas spring includes a compressible main gas chamber and an additional volume combinable with the main chamber to change a gas spring rate of the system. In one embodiment, a low friction piston seal is created by a flexible seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Joshua Benjamin YABLON, Andrew LAIRD, William M. BECKER, Joseph FRANKLIN, Dennis K. WOOTTEN
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Publication number: 20190315183Abstract: There is described a wheel axle for an agricultural vehicle such as a combine harvester. The wheel axle has at least one wheel suspension (32a) arranged to maintain a wheel axle parallel to the supporting surface, through use of a linkage arrangement (36, 38, 40) which is pivotally coupled to the axle frame (30). The configuration of the wheel suspension allows for the wheel axis to passively follow the surface profile, as any loads transmitted through the wheel carrier act to level out the wheel suspension to align with the underlying surface. As the wheel axle is adjusted to lie parallel with the underlying surface, accordingly the ground-contacting surface area of the associated wheels is maximised.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Frederic Ducroquet
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Publication number: 20190315184Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line, a cooling water circulation line configured to heat a passenger compartment with waste heat of an engine by allowing cooling water of the engine to circulate through a heater core, and a hot air supply source selection unit configured to, when a hot air needs to be supplied into the passenger compartment in an air conditioner mode in which a refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation line flows through a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve and an indoor heat exchanger so as to cool the passenger compartment with a cold air generated by the refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger, select one of heat generated from the refrigerant in the compressor and heat generated from the cooling water in the engine, as a hot air supply source for supplying the hot air into the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Sang Jun YOO, Joong Man HAN
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Publication number: 20190315185Abstract: An integrated heat management system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner configured to cool or heat a passenger compartment using a refrigerant, a water-cooled cooling device configured to cool a specific device using the refrigerant of the air conditioner, and an air conditioning load change preventing unit configured to prevent a sudden change in an air conditioning load of the air conditioner when turning on or off the water-cooled cooling device with respect to the air conditioner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Sang Jun YOO, Joong Man HAN
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Publication number: 20190315186Abstract: A combined heat exchanger module includes an upper tank configured to introduce cooling water into the combined heat exchanger module; a lower tank configured to discharge the cooling water from the combined heat exchanger module; first heat radiating channels, each having an upper end connected with the upper tank and a lower end connected with the lower tank; second heat radiating channels, each having an upper end connected with the upper tank and a lower end connected with the lower tank; and thermoelectric elements, each having a first surface in surface contact with the second heat radiating channels and a second surface exposed to air, whereby heat generated from an engine or electric components of a vehicle is absorbed in the cooling water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Man Ju OH, Jae Woo Park, Jae Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20190315187Abstract: A heater apparatus includes a base member, a cover member supported by the base member, a cloth member provided between the base member and the cover member to hold a heater wire, and a heater temperature sensor brought into contact with the cloth member, covered on a base member side facing the base member and a cover member side facing the cover member with the cloth member, and configured to detect a temperature of the heater wire. The cover member has a cover recessed portion recessed towards the base member in an overlapping region where the cloth member on the base member side and the cloth member on the cover member side of the heater temperature sensor overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yo MASUDA, Ryoma OKAZUMI, Isao NAKAGAWA, Takahiro AKABA, Takuya TAKASHIMA, Ringo SHIMADA, Shogo YOSHIDA, Hiroto ASAI
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Publication number: 20190315188Abstract: A coupled battery and motor controller thermal management system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a motor controller and a heat sink are coupled thermally to a battery. At least a portion of waste heat generated by the motor controller is transferred to the thermal mass of the battery during at least a first mode of operation in which a relatively low amount of ambient air flows through the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Geoffrey Alan Long
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Publication number: 20190315189Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle can enhance sealing performance and is resistant to noise and vibration, and prevent penetration of water into the interior of the vehicle by inducing water introduced into a seal into an air-conditioning case by a pressure difference. The air conditioner for a vehicle, which has a structure that a pipe of a heat exchanger penetrates through a dash panel (150) of the vehicle, includes: a bracket (140) for inserting and fixing the pipe; and a seal (160) for fixing the bracket (140) between an air-conditioning case and the seal to get in contact with the air-conditioning case.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Seok KIM, Young Kee BAEK, Boo Yong UM, Yong Sik KIM, Byeong Ha LEE
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Publication number: 20190315190Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an improved air distribution chute mounting system that can adjust to refrigeration units of different sizes and that can be used to secure the front end of the air distribution chute near the ceiling of the refrigeration trailer during cargo loading.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Allan Charles Draheim
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Publication number: 20190315191Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle having a cover of an improved structure which can prevent foreign matters from being introduced into a sliding door driving part and also prevent the introduced foreign matters from being stuck in the driving part. The air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an air-conditioning case having a heat exchanger, and a first door and a second door disposed in the air-conditioning case to adjust the degree of opening of an air passageway, further includes: a plurality of driving parts for interlocking and operating the first door and the second door; and a cover part for fixing the driving part to the air-conditioning case. The cover part covers at least one among the plurality of driving parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: In Keun KANG, Jae Woo KO, Young Keun KIM, Jong Min LEE, Gyu Ik HAN
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Publication number: 20190315192Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system includes, by a controller, responsive to a same blower motor request, operating a blower motor at a first speed responsive to a heater core isolation valve (HCIV) directing coolant used to heat a cabin to an engine. The method further includes, by the controller, responsive to the same blower motor request, operating the blower motor at a second speed less than the first speed responsive to the HCIV directing the coolant to an electric heater and not to the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Mark G. SMITH, Chris George OEHRING, Jasbir JAGLAN, Angel Fernando PORRAS
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Publication number: 20190315193Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for increasing a temperature of a vehicle interior of a vehicle from a low temperature value to an increased temperature value, wherein the vehicle has a fuel cell system with a fuel cell stack and a compressor connected with the fuel cell stack at the cathode side, comprising: drawing in cathode gas via the compressor, and compressing and heating the drawn-in cathode gas. At least a portion of a cathode gas mass flow of the heated cathode gas is directed into the vehicle interior, and the temperature of the vehicle interior is raised to the increased temperature value. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a vehicle for implementing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Markus Ruf, Kai Müller, Michael Brechter, Michael Graebner
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Publication number: 20190315194Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to cool or heat a passenger compartment by generating a hot air or a cold air depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a cooling water circulation line configured to heat the passenger compartment with waste heat of an engine by allowing cooling water of the engine to circulate through a heater core, a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger disposed in the cooling water circulation line to allow the refrigerant and the cooling water to exchange heat, and an engine cooling water independent circulation unit configured to allow the cooling water passed through the engine to bypass the heater core and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Joong Man HAN
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Publication number: 20190315195Abstract: An HVAC/R system (10) for a vehicle cargo compartment (12) is provided. The HVAC/R system (10) includes an external heat exchanger (26) disposed outside of the vehicle cargo compartment (12) and configured to transfer heat from ambient air to a fluid (32), an internal heat exchanger (24) disposed inside of the vehicle cargo compartment (12) and configured to transfer heat from the fluid (32) to the vehicle cargo compartment (12), and a fluid circuit (30) configured to selectively circulate the fluid (32) between the external heat exchanger (26) and the internal heat exchanger (24) and a second fluid circuit (40) configured to selectively circulate the fluid (32) between the external heat exchanger (26) and an engine (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Michael Swab
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Publication number: 20190315196Abstract: A blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle which allows one actuator to drive two doors in a structure in which at least two doors are provided in an intake duct is disclosed. The blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle includes an intake duct including an internal air inlet through which internal air is introduced and an external air inlet through which external air is introduced, a first door configured to adjust an opening amount of a part of the external air inlet and an opening amount of the internal air inlet, and a second door configured to adjust an opening amount of the remaining part of the external air inlet, wherein the first door and the second door are linked and driven together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Seung Ho LEE
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Publication number: 20190315197Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an air distribution apparatus for distributing conditioned airflow from a roof mounted air conditioner to the inside of a vehicle, which includes an inlet port adapted to receive the conditioned airflow from the roof mounted air conditioner. An outlet port, which is disposed adjacent to each longitudinal end of the apparatus, delivers conditioned airflow to the vehicle. An internal supply duct is adapted to evenly split the conditioned airflow to the outlet ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jarrod Williamson, Louis Liu, Jason Svarc
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Publication number: 20190315198Abstract: A pressure relief valve is provided that includes a housing and a flap. The housing includes a plurality of receptacle members with openings therebetween, and the flap is configured to be accepted by the housing and to contact the receptacle members in a closed position. Further, the flap covers the openings and inhibits airflow through the openings in a closed position, and the flap is biasable to allow airflow through the openings in an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Erin Michael Daly, Lisa Jean Aab
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Publication number: 20190315199Abstract: A leaf screen for an air intake of an HVAC system of a vehicle having a hood covering an engine compartment. The leaf screen includes a leaf screen body defining an air inlet opening covered by an integrally molded screen. A seal is integrally molded on a top surface of the leaf screen body in front of the air inlet opening. Bump-stops are integrally molded on the top surface that are engaged by an inner panel of the hood when closed. A method of making the leaf screen includes injecting a polymeric material into a mold to form a body portion. At least one elastomeric material is injected into the mold on one side of the body portion to form a seal and a plurality of bump-stops.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Michael J. Gardynik, Kevin Michael O'Callaghan, Thomas J. Joseph
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Publication number: 20190315200Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening which is delimited by way of a housing outlet wall, an air duct for an air stream which flows from the inlet opening to the outlet opening being defined between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. Air guiding elements are arranged adjustably in the housing for deflecting the air stream, the air guiding elements including at least two air guiding shells which are mounted in the housing such that they can be moved between a first end position and a second end position in order to deflect the air stream, the at least two air guiding shells being covered by way of the housing outlet wall at least in one position, as viewed counter to the flow direction of the air stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Joachim PESTKE
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Publication number: 20190315201Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass where multiple glass sheets are joined via an interlayer film [J], wherein i) mean density of the laminated glass is 1.2-1.5 g/cm3 at 25° C., ii) the interlayer film [J] has layered structure comprising at least two adhesive layers [G], comprising an adhesive mainly containing a thermoplastic elastomer having an alkoxysilyl group [F]; and at least one rigid resin layer [H] positioned therebetween, iii) storage modulus of the rigid resin layer [H] is higher than that of the adhesive layer [G], iv) storage modulus of the interlayer film [J] calculated from a formula 1 or measured is 2.0×108-1.0×109 Pa at ?20° C. and 1.0×108-8.0×108 Pa at 40° C., G?=(?iti)/(?i(ti/G?i))??(1) where G?: calculated storage modulus of the interlayer film, G?i: storage modulus of an i-th layer of the interlayer film, ti: thickess of the i-th layer, ?i: sum of numerical values of the i-th layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuta KURIHARA, Teiji KOHARA
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Publication number: 20190315202Abstract: A windshield according to an aspect of the present invention is a windshield for an automobile on which an information acquisition device capable of acquiring information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be arranged. The windshield includes; a glass plate including an information acquisition region that is opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes; and an antifog laminate that includes a heat blocking layer and an antifog layer with antifog properties layered on one surface of the heat blocking layer, and that is layered on a surface on a vehicle interior side of the information acquisition region while the other surface of the heat blocking layer faces the surface on the vehicle interior side of the information acquisition region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kazuaki OYA, Toyoyuki TERANISHI, Fumiyoshi KONDO, Mitsuhiro KAWAZU, Kazutaka KAMITANI, Yohei SHIMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20190315203Abstract: A rear door of bodies of lorries or lorry trailers, with at least one door leaf, which is hinged on the body to pivot about at least one vertical door axis provided in the corner region of the body. In order to mount accessories, advertising surfaces or lateral air deflectors, preferably in the region of the main closing edge of the door leaf, a supporting frame is hinged to pivot about a vertical frame axis, which supporting frame extends horizontally and substantially as far as the outer wall. In this lateral region, the supporting frame has a projection along at least part of its height, which projection engages in a groove-like recess congruent thereto on the body or on a component connected thereto, when the rear door is closed ready for travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Rainer Karl SCHUH
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Publication number: 20190315204Abstract: A shade device includes: guide rails extending in parallel to each other in a first direction as one direction; a winding shaft extending in a second direction as a direction orthogonal to the first direction on one end side of both of the guide rails in the first direction; a light-shielding sheet having one end portion coupled to the winding shaft; a rod extending in the second direction and coupled to the other end portion of the light-shielding sheet; sliding members attached to both of the end portions of the rod in a longitudinal direction and slidably supported by both of the guide rails; and guide members are attached to both of the end portions of the rod in the longitudinal direction, slidably supported by both of the guide rails, and fixed in a state where both of the side edges of the light-shielding sheet are folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinichi HIRAMATSU
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Publication number: 20190315205Abstract: A sunroof device includes: a guide rail provided on each edge portion of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle in a width direction; a sliding member supported on the guide rail so as to be slidable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a support member provided with a first elastic member and having a front end portion supported on the guide rail so as to be rotatable and slidable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the support member supporting a movable panel that opens and closes the opening, in which the sliding member includes a bottom wall located above the guide rail, a vertical wall provided upright on the bottom wall, and an engaging portion provided on the vertical wall, the support member includes a guide portion engaged with the engaging portion, and the guide portion including first and second guide portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki UMEKI, Katsura INOUE, Naohiro TAKAMI
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Publication number: 20190315206Abstract: A sunroof device includes a panel bracket that holds a movable panel capable of opening and closing an opening portion disposed to a roof panel, a guide portion that is disposed to the panel bracket, and a sliding bracket that slidably engages with the guide portion. Further, the sunroof device includes a rear link, serving as a support member, that, while being coupled to the panel bracket via the sliding bracket and thereby changing a coupling position thereof with the panel bracket according to an opening-and-closing movement position of the movable panel, supports the panel bracket. On a sliding contact surface of the panel bracket with the guide portion of the panel bracket, a plurality of groove portions extending in a sliding direction of the sliding bracket along the guide portion are disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Aisei KAWAZU, Ryuta FUKADA, Akinori OSAMURA
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Publication number: 20190315207Abstract: A roof system for a vehicle includes a fixed roof element, forming a fixed roof segment of a vehicle roof bounding a passenger compartment and situated in a rear area of the vehicle roof, a roof opening and closing mechanism, which is designed to allow a relative movement of a movable roof element in relation to the fixed roof element for the opening and closing of a roof opening in the vehicle roof and/or a relative movement of a movable roller blind in relation to the vehicle roof. The fixed roof element is designed as a single-piece roof element having at least one impact energy absorption section and at least one receiving section locally distinct from the impact energy absorption section for receiving of electrical and/or mechanical function elements, by which or in the interplay of which with other function elements a movement of the movable roof element for the opening and closing of the roof opening and/or a driving of the roller blind can be effectuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Geoffrey TANAKA-WISSEL, Alexander WALTER
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Publication number: 20190315208Abstract: A roof system comprises a panel movable between closed and open positions. An operating mechanism comprises front and rear devices. A slide moves the panel both in vertical and horizontal directions via the front and rear devices. At least one of the front and rear devices comprises a lever connected to the slide or the stationary rail through a second pivot pin. A first guide cam is at least partly in engagement with either a stationary guide and/or a curve in the slide. The slide includes a first and second slide part are pivotally connected to each other. One of the slide parts, that is pivotally and slidably connected to said lever, includes a cam engaging a guide curve in the stationary guide rail to force said one slide part to pivot with respect to the other slide part during at least a part of the sliding movement of the slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Eduardus Christianus Henricus van Boxtel, Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Ruud Geurts
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Publication number: 20190315209Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a clamp assembly for attaching a tonneau cover to a vehicle. The clamp assembly can include a bow hanger comprising a main body extending between first and second ends and a protrusion extending away from the main body and along a portion of a length thereof. The clamp assembly can have a bow slide comprising a head configured to surround and move along the bow hanger. The clamp assembly can have a slot configured to receive the protrusion of the bow hanger, wherein engagement between the protrusion and the slot of the bow slide prevents the bow slide from rotating around the bow hanger. In some embodiments, the clamp assembly includes a handle coupled to the bow slide and a cam follower. The cam follower can engage rails of the handle which can be disposed either internally or externally of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jacob Lewis, Chris Slinger
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Publication number: 20190315210Abstract: A vehicle including a passenger compartment having a roof support framework including a pair of roof rails, a header and at least one roof bow. A roof including several rigid removable roof panels is removably assembled to the roof support framework. Pins are removably assembled to the roof rails or to brackets attached to the roof rails that extend through the roof panels. A roof rack or cargo carrier is removably attached to upper ends of the pins and is spaced above the roof panels. A method of assembling a roof rack to a vehicle is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Colleen Marie HOFFMAN, Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Ronald M. LOVASZ, Mathias A. HUBER
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Publication number: 20190315211Abstract: A vehicle tonneau cover includes a first tonneau cover portion and a second tonneau cover portion positioned opposite the first tonneau cover portion. A connecting structure connects the first cover portion with the second cover portion. A third tonneau cover portion is coupled to the connecting structure so as to be securable in a first position to form a first configuration of the cover, and in a second position to form a second configuration of the cover. In the first configuration, the third cover portion resides between the first and second cover portions. In the second configuration, the third cover portion is spaced apart from the first and second cover portions so as to form a first gap between the third cover portion and the first cover portion and a second gap between the third cover portion and the second cover portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Paxton S. Williams, Colby S. Williams
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Publication number: 20190315212Abstract: A deflector device includes a deflector that is arranged at a front edge, portion of a roof opening portion, an arm that supports the deflector, a holder that rotatably supports the arm, and a spring member that is interposed between the holder and the arm and thereby rotationally biases the arm in a direction in which the deflector is spread. To the holder, an engaging piece that has a claw portion engaging with an edge portion of a mounting hole formed at a fixing position (a support surface of a base member) at which the holder is fixed is disposed. To the engaging piece, a pressed portion against which the spring member pressing the holder is pressed and that thereby reinforces an engagement state of the claw portion with the edge portion of the mounting hole is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori OSAMURA, Ryuta FUKADA, Aisei KAWAZU
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Publication number: 20190315213Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of an actuating element (3) in a positioning system (1), having the following steps: continuously detecting a signal profile of a sensor signal from an acceleration sensor (7) which is fitted to an electric-motor actuating drive (5) of the positioning system (1), in order to detect an acceleration on account of a force excitation by a detent torque and/or an imbalance of a rotor of the electric-motor actuating drive; evaluating the signal profile in order to detect an oscillation; determining the position of the actuating element (3) on the basis of the detection of the oscillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Dieter Depner
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Publication number: 20190315214Abstract: The automobile door sash structure includes a mall assembly body including a mall and a run channel which are assembled into a single unit. The run channel includes: an inner wall part which forms the inner wall of a rail part in collaboration with a window frame main body; and a bottom part which forms a bottom portion of the rail part in collaboration with the window frame main body. A total dimension of a dimension of the inner wall part in a frame inside-outside direction and a dimension of the bottom part in a vehicle inside-outside direction is set longer than a dimension of the window frame main body in the frame inside-outside direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Ryo SUESADA, Masatoshi MORI
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Publication number: 20190315215Abstract: A vehicle door sash structure includes a holding unit. The holding unit includes a guide locking portion arranged in a region of a run channel opposed in a vehicle inner-outer direction to a tip end rim of an inner beam portion in a state of temporary attachment after completion of attachment of a molding to an outer beam portion. The guide locking portion is inclined in a direction to guide the run channel to a position of completion of attachment while coming into contact with the tip end rim of the inner beam portion by an input of an attachment force in a direction to attach the molding to the run channel in the state of temporary attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Ryo SUESADA, Masatoshi MORI, Toshifumi MATSUURA, Takao TOYOSHIMA