Patents Issued in October 17, 2019
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Publication number: 20190315266Abstract: An illuminating device, a method and a computer program product to control an illuminating device for a vehicle which illuminates the surroundings of a vehicle are provided. The illuminating device has multiple illuminating elements which can emit an independent dimmable or switchable luminous flux at a respective solid angle, and thus each illuminates a respective area of the surroundings with an illuminance. The illuminance is adjusted depending on the distance of the area from the illuminating element or the illuminating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Boris Kubitza, Udo Venker, Carsten Wilks
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Publication number: 20190315267Abstract: A vehicle light assembly is provided herein. The light assembly includes a housing operably coupled with a bumper. First and second light sources are disposed within the housing. A first optic is optically coupled with the first and second light sources. The first light source and first optic illuminate a first illumination zone and the second light source illuminates a second illumination zone, the second illumination zone larger than the first illumination zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Lori Ross, Adam Bangerter, Sejal Shreffler
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Publication number: 20190315268Abstract: Vehicle signaling configurable to various articles and apparel is provided. An example system allows a user to dynamically assign vehicle signals for activating brake lights, turn signals, running lights, headlights, police emergency lights, and so forth, to user-selected lights built into articles and apparel. Vehicle signals may be wirelessly assigned to lights on articles and apparel through a smart phone application, or other portable software means. The system forms a self-managing wireless network, to which the user can add any number of additional illuminated articles and pieces of illuminated apparel, which are automatically sensed and integrated. An example helmet spoiler, for example, has a receiver for processing a wireless signal from a vehicle, to actuate brake lights, turn signals, headlights, and the like on the spoiler itself. In a police implementation, a helmet actuates police flashers on the helmet based on an assigned wireless signal from a police vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Brian Jon Garvey
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Publication number: 20190315269Abstract: An optical device for displaying a condensing mark includes a light source, and an optical element for condensing light emitted from the light source onto an irradiated surface. The deflection surface of the optical element is divided into a plurality of regions. The light emitted through the respective regions on the deflection surface of the optical element forms partial irradiation images corresponding to the respective regions on the deflection surface of the irradiated surface. The respective partial irradiation images are combined into at least one condensing mark on the irradiated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: MAXELL, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro KISHIGAMI, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Yasuhiko KUNII, Yuji TSUCHIYA, Go SHIMIZU, Masayoshi TAKORI, Ryuya KAWAJI
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Publication number: 20190315270Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to project lighting in a physical space adjacent to a vehicle are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to decorate a physical target. The apparatus can further include a light source and/or a lens system optically coupled to the light source, wherein, in operation the lens system is adapted to focus or disperse the lighting to illuminate the physical space based on at least one of a position of the physical space relative to the commercial vehicle and an area of the physical space. In general, the light source can include a semiconductor lighting emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Xuan Bach Ly
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Publication number: 20190315271Abstract: An illumination system includes an illumination control unit which is configured to change the illumination state of each of a left-side illumination unit (40L), a left-side auxiliary illumination unit (42L), a right-side illumination unit (40R), and a right-side auxiliary illumination unit (42R). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of the left-side illumination unit (40L) when a vehicle (1) has detected a pedestrian (P). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of the left-side auxiliary illumination unit (42L) according to the speed of the vehicle (1). The illumination control unit is configured to change the illumination state of each of light emission segments (43L) of the left-side illumination unit (40L) and each of light emission segments (44L) of the left-side auxiliary illumination unit (42L).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Takeshi Masuda, Toshihiro Okamura
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Publication number: 20190315272Abstract: A vehicle light system is provided herein. The vehicle light system includes a seal including an engagement member having first and second portions defining a channel and a cavity. The cavity is separated from the channel by the first portion. The first and second portions have varied opacities. A light guide is disposed within the cavity. A light source is operably coupled with the light guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Lori Ross, David Brian Glickman
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Publication number: 20190315273Abstract: A child safety assembly for inhibiting a child from being left unattended in a vehicle includes a sensing unit that may be positioned beneath a child car seat in a vehicle. The sensing unit is turned on when the sensing unit senses weight of a child in the child car seat. An alert unit is provided and the alert unit is positioned in a vehicle having the alert unit being positioned within eyesight of a driver. The alert unit is in wireless electrical communication with the sensing unit and the alert unit detects when a driver's side door of the vehicle is opened. The alert unit emits an audible alarm when the sensing unit senses the weight of the child and the driver's side door is opened. Thus, the alert unit alerts the driver presence of the child in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Tyshane Norman
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Publication number: 20190315274Abstract: A method for controlling an operating vehicle includes: (a) determining, via a controller, a confidence level that the light of the other vehicle is ON based on images captured by a camera of the operating vehicle; and (b) controlling, via the controller, an alarm of the operating vehicle based on the confidence level that the light of the other vehicle is ON.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Syed B. Mehdi, Yasen Hu, Upali P. Mudalige
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Publication number: 20190315275Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a front display unit; a side display unit including a left display unit and a right display unit; a communication unit for receiving external image data; a sensing unit for sensing a user; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the display device, wherein the control unit is configured to measure a position of the user's eyes inside a vehicle and a distance between the front display unit and the side display unit and the user's eyes by using the sensing unit, calculate the user's visible view and viewing angle through measured data, and process external image data corresponding to the calculated visible view to output the same to the side display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hangtae KIM, Kyungdong CHOI
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Publication number: 20190315276Abstract: A rearview mirror apparatus for connecting to a car includes a rearview mirror device pivoted to the car, first and second gear devices, a monitoring device, and a controller coupled to the first and second gear devices. The first gear device is connected to the rearview mirror device for rotating the rearview mirror device relative to the car. The monitoring device is pivoted to the rearview mirror device for monitoring a surrounding area of the car. The second gear device is connected to the monitoring device for rotating the monitoring device relative to the rearview mirror device. When the controller controls the first gear device to rotate the rearview mirror device by a pivoting angle, the controller controls the second gear device to rotate the monitoring device by a compensation angle according to the pivoting angle for aligning the monitoring device with the surrounding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Hao-Chun Tung
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Publication number: 20190315277Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle including: a supporting body provided at a vehicle body side; a pivoting body that is pivotably supported at the supporting body, with a gap being provided between the pivoting body and the supporting body in a radial direction of pivoting; a viewing instrument that is provided at the pivoting body, that facilitates viewing by a vehicle occupant, and that is folded in or folded out as a result of the pivoting body being pivoted to one side or to another side; and a restricting portion that is provided at one of the supporting body or the pivoting body, and that restricts communication between one side and another side of the gap, with the restriction of communication between the one side and the other side of the gap being released when the viewing instrument is folded in or folded out.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Kazuhiro SAWADA, Takehiro HAMADA, Yuto NAKAYAMA, Nobuhiro KUDO
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Publication number: 20190315278Abstract: An articulating step assembly for a vehicle which includes a mount for attachment to a vehicle, a step member and an articulating linkage connecting the mount and the step for stowing and deploying the step. A motor is attached to the linkage to provide raising and lowering of the step. A weather sealed non-contact switch located on the assembly for actuating the motor and linkage in response to movement of the step in a predetermined direction for deploying the step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Bradley E. Watson
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Publication number: 20190315279Abstract: A cargo vehicle is provided that includes a cargo area with a rail assembly located in the cargo area. A movable rail assembly is selectively attachable to the rail assembly in the cargo area. The movable rail assembly includes an elongated track arm. A latch assembly selectively couples to the elongated track arm. The elongated track arm aligns with the rail assembly when the latch assembly is coupled to the elongated track arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: SPARTAN MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Richard D. Eichstedt, Travis W. Elliott, Brian D. Demkovich, Christopher T. Shoptaw
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Publication number: 20190315280Abstract: A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorpInventors: Jang Hyun CHO, Won Jong Lee, Hee Cheol Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, Dong Ha Lee
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Publication number: 20190315281Abstract: A console device for a vehicle is provided. A console box is provided to be movable to a desired position in the forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle. The console box is inserted into the space under a crash pad when the console box moves in the forward direction of the vehicle. Therefore, utilization of the interior space of the vehicle is maximized, and the console device is therefore suitable for installation in an autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Publication number: 20190315282Abstract: A hat holder device for securing a billed hat to a surface. The hat holder device includes an upper wall attached to a lower wall, forming a bill pocket therebetween configured to slidably and removably secure a bill of the billed hat therein. The upper wall is attached to the lower wall by two attachment blocks, or enclosed stitching, and the upper wall is attachable to the surface by any suitable means, including clips, straps, and the like. The hat holder device is useful for securing the billed hat to a visor of a vehicle, a headrest of the vehicle, a backpack, an interior wall of a building, an exterior wall of the building, or any other surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Chad Murray
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Publication number: 20190315283Abstract: An integral hook arrangement for hanging accessories in a vehicle interior, has at least one hook element and an integral hook base. The integral hook base is designed as a single piece with the or each hook element and is connected pivotably via at least one live hinge such that the or each hook element can pivot from a folded-in stowed position into a folded-out operating position with an opening angle. The integral hook arrangement here has a stop element, wherein a removable abutment and/or engagement is or can be formed between the integral hook base and the or each hook element in order to limit the opening angle in the folded-out operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Johannes Dresen-Rausch, Florian Klein, Florian Bonnet
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Publication number: 20190315284Abstract: A carrying system releasably engages with the rollover frame of a tractor. The system includes a header sleeve connected to the rollover frame's crossbar, at least two lateral sleeves, and at least one of those lateral sleeves engaged with each of the rollover frame's two vertical supports. The header sleeve acts as an anchor and includes straps which releasably engage the lateral sleeves. The lateral sleeves include at least one attachment site, such as a D-ring, which facilitate the releasable connection of items such as tools in a myriad of configurations. Alternative embodiments include a suspended pouch for holding smaller items; more than one lateral sleeve per side in a “daisy chain” configuration; and an anchor strap so the carrying system can be used on rollover frames that are hinged and in the folded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Timothy J. Descoteaux
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Publication number: 20190315285Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a cargo storage system for use with a vehicle having a load carrying bed, above the load carrying bed, and a movable including: (a) a grooved bedliner, (b) a cargo tray having opposite lateral sides and opposite longitudinal sides, including a pair of wheels at the forward end and a pair of rollers at the rearward end, the wheels seated in the grooves, rollers riding atop the grooves and support the tray for movement relative to the bedliner and outward extension onto the tail gate, and (c) a tether limiting outward and retraction movement of the tray relative to the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Paul M. Steinhauser
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Publication number: 20190315286Abstract: A bike retaining device includes an elongated arm having a longitudinal extension, a first portion and a second portion projecting laterally away from the elongated arm, and a hook connected to the first portion, the hook having a first shank and a second shank. In a first configuration the first shank is arranged such that a distance between the first and second portions is at least partially covered by the first shank. The hook is movable from the first configuration to a second configuration. In the second configuration the second shank is arranged such that the distance between the first and second portion is at least partially covered by the second shank, whereby a space is defined by the first portion, the second portion and the second shank for securing the frame portion of the bike.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: LENNART HALLENBERT
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Publication number: 20190315287Abstract: A cup holder structure includes two cup holders and an electronic device holder. The two cup holders are aligned with each other along a longitudinal direction. Each of the two cup holders includes respective cup holder side walls and defines respective cup holder cavities. The electronic device holder extends along the longitudinal direction next to and proximate to both of the two cup holders. The electronic device holder includes an electronic device holder side wall and defines an electronic device holder cavity. The electronic device holder cavity is separated from the cup holder cavities by at least one of the electronic device holder side wall or the cup holder side walls. The electronic device holder may be configured to secure an electronic device in either a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: BRIAN BOBER, Janiece-Mattice Bober
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Publication number: 20190315288Abstract: A deposit removal system includes a camera, display means that displays an image that is acquired by the camera, detection means that detects an operation of a user on the display means, deposit removal means that performs a removal action for removing a deposit that is attached to a lens of the camera, and control means that causes the deposit removal means to perform the removal action, based on the operation on an image detected by the detection means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: DENSO TEN Limited, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro KOHARAZAWA, Shinya HIROSAWA, Ryota HAMABE, Kazuki MASUDA
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Publication number: 20190315289Abstract: An attachment unit for a vehicle parts is provided which includes an attachment member disposed on a window of a vehicle. The attachment member has a traversing surface which extends in a direction traversing a surface of the window. The vehicle part is brought into contact with the traversing surface and then positioned relative to or secured to the window. This establishes a mechanical joint of the vehicle part to the window with correct alignment therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Sho OKUDA
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Publication number: 20190315290Abstract: A vehicular interior trim includes: an interior trim member provided with an engagement hole; and an elastic member attached to a surface of the interior trim member and including a protrusion provided on a back surface and to be inserted in the engagement hole. The protrusion includes an engagement piece to be engaged with an external edge of the engagement hole, and the interior trim member includes a recess that surrounds an internal edge of the engagement hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Kenta Shinohara
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Publication number: 20190315291Abstract: A dam element for the damming of a structure element within a vehicle includes a support element and an expandable element. The support element consists of at least one printed strand of a first material, where the first material is in a solid physical state at least up to a temperature of from 120° C. to 200° C., and the expandable element consists of at least one printed strand of a second material, where the second material is expandable at a temperature between 120° C. and 200° C. The dam element here has, at a point of greatest thickness, measured perpendicularly to a plane of the dam element, at least two, and at most ten, mutually superposed layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventor: Vincent BELPAIRE
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Publication number: 20190315292Abstract: An outer ring of an inner joint of the constant speed transmission shaft is provided with a vehicle speed sensor rotating synchronously with the inner joint, and the drive axle is fixedly equipped with a signal collecting device opposite to the vehicle speed sensor and configured to monitor a rotation speed signal of the vehicle speed sensor. The inner joint of the constant speed transmission shaft transmits torque during the running of a vehicle, and through monitoring a rotation speed of the inner joint, the rotation data of rear wheels can be obtained. By mounting the vehicle speed sensor on the inner joint and fixing the signal collecting device on the drive axle for monitoring the rotation speed signal of the vehicle speed sensor, the signal reading is stable, which facilitates the maintenance, reduces the cost, and can satisfy the environmental requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minjie Lai, Zhiyong Chen, Jiajun Li, Fuying Cheng, Zhenxiang Kuang, Yonggang Cui
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Publication number: 20190315293Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus configured to control update of a control program of an on-vehicle control device which controls target equipment installed in a vehicle. The control apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to permit update of the control program, by using, as a criterion, operation of a drive source of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to perform a control to restrict stop of the drive source during permitted update of the control program.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Koji Arai
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Publication number: 20190315294Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for capacitive proximity sensors of vehicle doors. An example vehicle includes an outer surface layer, sheet metal for providing rigidity, a low dielectric layer, and a capacitive sensor. The capacitive sensor includes a receiving layer positioned between the outer surface layer and the low dielectric layer and the sheet metal that functions as a transmitting layer. The low dielectric layer separates the receiving layer and the sheet metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, James J. Surman, Richard Gall
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Publication number: 20190315295Abstract: An on-board communication device, an on-board communication system, and a specific processing prohibition method for a vehicle, in which a specific service can be prevented from being provided without limitation is disclosed. The on-board communication system can perform update processing of a relay processing program for a gateway using a wireless communication path through a wireless communication device or a communication path through a communication cable connected to a connector unit. When receiving an authentication request through either of the two communication paths, the gateway performs authentication processing, and if the authentication processing was successful, the gateway receives an update relay processing program through this communication path, and performs update processing by overwriting a stored relay processing program.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Tomohiro Mizutani
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Publication number: 20190315296Abstract: An electrical power supply device configured to interface with a start-stop controller within a vehicle includes a DC-DC power convertor receiving an input voltage and producing a first output voltage or a second output voltage that is less than the first output voltage and a device controller in communication with the DC-DC power convertor. The device controller has one or more processors and memory. The memory includes instructions which causes the device controller to command the DC-DC power convertor to output the first output voltage when the device controller receives a run signal from the start-stop controller or detects that the input voltage is above a voltage threshold or output the second output voltage when the device controller receives a stop signal from the start-stop controller or detects that the input voltage is below a voltage threshold. A method of operating the electrical power supply device is also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Mohamad Elghrawi, Robert M. Voto
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Publication number: 20190315297Abstract: In a vehicle-mounted terminal device configured to be mounted on a vehicle and capable of communicating with a server device, a communication unit transmits identification information of a driver of the vehicle to the server device and receives personal setting information, indicating a setting state of a vehicle-mounted apparatus, transmitted from the server device and related to the identification information of the driver. A setting unit makes setting of a vehicle-mounted apparatus on the vehicle based on the personal setting information received at the communication unit. When the authentication of the driver is completed and when a power supply of the vehicle is turned on, the communication unit receives personal setting information for a vehicle-mounted apparatus, transmitted from the server device and related to the identification information of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuji YAMADA, Takeshi FUJIKI
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Publication number: 20190315298Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper elongated along a first axis. The bumper assembly includes a first energy absorbing device extending from the bumper, the first energy absorbing device having a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first energy absorbing device being elastically deformable along the second axis. The bumper assembly includes a second energy absorbing device within the first energy absorbing device and being shorter than the first energy absorbing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Jorge Romero
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Publication number: 20190315299Abstract: The invention relates to a bumper (10) for a motor vehicle, with a crossmember element (20) which has preferably two homogeneous outer sections (12, 13) and a central section (11) differing from the outer sections (12, 13), wherein the central section (11) is displaced vertically downwards or upwards with respect to the two outer sections (12, 13). According to the invention, provision is made that the crossmember element (20) is constructed as an extrusion and in that at least one of the sections (11 to 13) has at least one additional element (35, 38, 39) arranged monolithically with the crossmember element (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: CONSTELLIUM SINGEN GMBHInventors: Alexander BADER, Paul KONKEL, Fabian PFAENDER, Matthias KUTSCHER, Frank GENSTY, Egon MAYR
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Publication number: 20190315300Abstract: A crash can for a vehicle includes a multi-cell structure that includes at least four hollow cuboids, each defined by four walls that meet at 90 degree angles and at least two of the cuboids share a wall. In another example, a crash can includes a multi-cell structure that includes a hollow cuboid having four walls, and four hollow isosceles trapezoidal prisms having a long base, a short base, and two legs. The multi-cell structures provided herein may increase energy absorption by the crash can if involved in a collision, reducing energy transfer to a vehicle frame and occupants therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Tesla, Inc.Inventors: Guang DONG, Sekhar Reddy Biddala REDDY
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Publication number: 20190315301Abstract: An instrument panel includes a housing and an airbag. The housing includes a chute elongated to an end and a door at least partially covering the end of the chute. The airbag is disposed in the chute. The housing includes a first ridge elongated along a perimeter of the end of the chute and a second ridge elongated along a perimeter of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: MANOJ PATNALA, NICHOLAS ANDREW MAZZOCCHI, ALAN PERELLI
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Publication number: 20190315302Abstract: An instrument panel includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, a covering, a foam layer between the outer surface and the covering, and a chute elongated to an end. The end is attached to the inner surface. The end includes a protrusion elongated along a perimeter of the end and extending through the substrate into the foam layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Manoj Patnala, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Alan Perelli
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Publication number: 20190315303Abstract: A console for a vehicle cabin having a floor includes a base and a cover. The base includes a wall and an airbag. The wall has an inner surface, an outer surface, a top, and an opposing bottom. The inner surface defines an inner volume. The top defines a top opening of the inner volume. The airbag can deploy from the outer surface of the wall. The cover is coupled to the wall. The cover is movable between an open position and a closed position. The cover at least partially encloses the inner volume when in the closed position. In certain aspects, the wall includes an inner wall and an outer wall that cooperate to define a gap. The airbag is disposed in the gap. In certain aspects, one of the inner wall and the outer wall is integrally formed with the floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hamid G. KIA, Mark W. VERBRUGGE
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Publication number: 20190315304Abstract: An airbag includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is for extending from a vehicle roof and engagement with a head rest of a seat in an inflated position. The lower portion forms a cushion board that extends downwardly from the upper portion for engagement with and disposition between a seatback and a restraining bar located rearward of the seatback in the inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: HUIPENG CHEN, ZHENYAN GAO, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY
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Publication number: 20190315305Abstract: Systems and apparatus for a vehicle for improving pedestrian safety. The apparatus includes a hood of a vehicle including a hood outer panel having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The hood includes a hood inner panel connected to the hood outer panel. The hood includes a reinforcing patch connected to the interior surface of the hood outer panel between the hood outer panel and the hood inner panel, at a reinforcing location aligned with a structural component of the vehicle. The reinforcing patch is configured to increase the rigidity and mass of the hood outer panel at the reinforcing location to absorb energy from a pedestrian struck by the vehicle and to reduce impact from the structural component of the vehicle onto the pedestrian when the hood outer panel and the hood inner panel become compressed onto the structural component of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jeremiah T. Hammer, Troy N. Grantham
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Publication number: 20190315306Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a pedestrian protection system that includes a first sensor that generates a first signal indicating a hazard condition in front of a vehicle. The pedestrian protection system may also include an external airbag system that deploys an external airbag outside of the vehicle. In operation, a processor receives the first signal from the first sensor, processes the first signal to detect the hazard condition, and activates the external airbag system in response to the detected hazard condition to protect at least one of a pedestrian and the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Tai-Te WU
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Publication number: 20190315307Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a supplemental restraint harness for cooperating with a seat belt of a vehicle, the supplemental restraint harness comprising, an upper portion which is configured to be worn on the torso of a wearer, wherein the upper portion comprises a first strap which, when the harness is worn, extends along a front of the wearer's torso, over a first shoulder of the wearer, and along a back of the wearer's torso, and a second strap which, when the harness is worn, extends along a front of the wearer's torso, over a second shoulder of the wearer, and along a back of the wearer's torso; and a lower portion, comprising a third strap which can be arranged to form a first loop which can receive a first leg of the wearer, and a fourth strap which can be arranged to form a second loop which can receive a second leg of the wearer; and wherein the upper position and lower portion are connected to one another; and wherein the harness further comprises at least one connector whiType: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Andreas MACALUSO, Daniel SCHLÄEPFER
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Publication number: 20190315308Abstract: A lap belt pretensioner for a lap belt configured to secure an occupant of a vehicle seat includes a pyrotechnic device. The pyrotechnic device is configured to generate a force directed to tension the lap belt around the occupant and emit an exhaust gas including particulates at high pressure and high temperature as a byproduct of the generated force. The lap belt pretensioner also includes a housing configured to retain the pyrotechnic device and defining an exhaust passage configured to expel the exhaust gas from the lap belt pretensioner. The lap belt pretensioner additionally includes a shield arranged over the exhaust passage and configured to collect and/or deflect the emitted particulates and dissipate heat energy thereof. A vehicle having the vehicle seat mounted to the vehicle structure and employing the seatbelt system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Ingrid A. Rousseau, Megan E. McGovern, Teresa J. Rinker, Jeffrey J. Calderas, Kestutis Sonta
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Publication number: 20190315309Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, a removable roof, and a removable seatbelt post. The body has a pillar that includes a pillar receptacle. The removable roof has a roof pillar adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a first configuration. The removable seatbelt post includes a first portion having a seatbelt ring. The removable seatbelt post further includes a second portion adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Stephen Thomas KOZAK
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Publication number: 20190315310Abstract: An assembly includes a seatbelt guide. The seatbelt guide includes a slot. A webbing extends through the slot. A releasable post is supported by the seatbelt guide and extends across the slot. The releasable post releases during a vehicle impact to allow the webbing to move along the slot to reduce chest deflection of an occupant during the vehicle impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20190315311Abstract: An arrangement for unlocking a vehicle with a user equipment, including an electronic information reader module for reading authenticity information from a passive tag of the user equipment, said passive tag being powered by inducing a voltage therein, wherein the arrangement is configured for running a first authentication protocol via the reader module and the passive tag, a charging device for charging the user equipment, wherein the charging device is located in a closeable space of the vehicle being closeable by at least one lockable lid, wherein the at least one lockable lid is configured to be unlocked when the reader module and the passive tag are in communicative contact and when the arrangement has verified an authenticity of the passive tag, and wherein the arrangement is configured to run an additional authentication protocol with the user equipment for unlocking at least one door of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Ulf BJÖRKENGREN
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Publication number: 20190315312Abstract: A device for operating an access and/or driving authorization system of a vehicle includes a mobile access and/or driving authorization unit, a control unit arranged in the vehicle, and at least one detection unit which can be coupled to at least one electronic communication unit. The at least one electronic communication unit is arranged integrated into a document. The at least one detection unit is arranged integrated in the mobile access and/or driving authorization unit and/or in the vehicle. A presence checking operation of the document can be carried out automatically by the at least one detection unit for a person who is in possession of the mobile access and/or driving authorization unit at a specific time. An output unit outputs a message to the person at the specific time as a function of a result of the presence checking operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Simon BÖCK, Joern-Marten OHLE
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Publication number: 20190315313Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for permitting a person to keylessly start a vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the person to possess a smart key.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Derik Reiser
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Publication number: 20190315314Abstract: A detecting section detecting a change in a monitoring target of a monitoring device; and an operation mode deciding section deciding an operation mode of the device according to a detail of the change in the monitoring target detected by the detecting section are included. The device may have a work instrument for executing a second work different from a first work selected from a group of monitoring, security and guard works for the monitoring target. The operation mode deciding section may have: an alert level deciding section deciding an alert level indicating a level of threat to the monitoring target, according to the detail of the change in the monitoring target detected by the detecting section; and a second operation mode deciding section deciding a second operation mode indicating an operation detail about the second work, according to the alert level decided by the alert level deciding section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Satoshi HANEDA, Takamasa UDAGAWA, Makoto YAMAMURA, Masato FUJIWARA, Ryuichi KIMATA, Satoshi ONODERA, Yutaka TSUJI, Hiroyuki ISEGAWA
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Publication number: 20190315315Abstract: An end cap for a flat wiper blade apparatus may be provided that includes: a main body which has a cross section corresponding to a cross section of a spoiler member of the flat wiper blade apparatus and surrounds a portion of the spoiler member; a support member which contacts an end portion of the spoiler member and is formed inside the main body across the main body in a width direction; a hook which is formed on one side of the support member and is fastened to an opening of a spring member of the flat wiper blade apparatus; and a protrusion which protrudes from one surface of the support member and by which a portion of a wiper rubber of the flat wiper blade apparatus is caught.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jae Hyuck An, Jin Wan Park, Woo Sung Lee, Kwan Hee Kim