Patents Issued in October 17, 2019
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Publication number: 20190315366Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Jung YOO, Jun Soo KIM, Dong-Hwi LEE, Jin Su Jeong
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Publication number: 20190315367Abstract: An apparatus for providing a traveling in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors configured to obtain information about the vehicle and information about an external object, a steering device, an input device configured to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the one or more sensors, the steering device, and the input device. The control circuit is configured to control the vehicle to travel along a deviated path in a driving path of the vehicle based on at least one of the information obtained by the plurality of sensors or an operation of the steering device, to complete a lane change, and to control the vehicle to travel along a deviated path in a target lane of the changed lane in response to the received lane change command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Doo Jin UM, Hoi Won KIM, Beom Jun KIM, Dae Young KIM, Chan II PARK, Jin Su JEONG, Dong Eon OH
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Publication number: 20190315368Abstract: An assisted driving method and apparatus, a computing device, a computer readable storage medium and a computer program product. The assisted driving method includes: acquiring a first image of a current road section, wherein in the first image is recorded road image information of the current road section; and controlling appropriate playback of the acquired first image, wherein the appropriate playback is based on relevant marker information of the first image, and combined with parameter information of a current vehicle, such that the position information of the first image matches the position of the current vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yan SHEN, Hongli WANG, Xingxing ZHAO
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Publication number: 20190315369Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for controlling access to vehicle features are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: determining identifying information of a driver of a vehicle; receiving an indication that the driver wants to activate a feature of the vehicle; determining whether the driver is qualified to activate the feature based on the identifying information; in response to determining that the driver is not qualified to activate the feature, inhibiting activation of the feature and causing a user interface to be presented that indicates that the feature cannot be used; and in response to determining that the driver is qualified to activate the feature, activating the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Michael Thompson, Umit Batur, Paul Theodosis, Oliver Jeromin
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Publication number: 20190315370Abstract: A system configured to generate electricity based upon a temperature difference between a vehicle occupant and a portion of a vehicle interior is described herein. The system includes a thermoelectric device containing nano-scale metal fibers or carbon nanotubes incorporated into an interior surface of the vehicle. The thermoelectric device has a first side in contact with the vehicle occupant and a second side opposite the first side in contact with the portion of the vehicle interior. The thermoelectric device is configured to supply electrical power to an electrical system of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Zachary J. Richmond, Evangelia Rubino, Robert J. Seidler
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Publication number: 20190315371Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling standalone-type rear wheel steering (RWS), which includes a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed by communicating with a sensor installed in a vehicle or an Electronic Control Unit (ECU); a steering angle and steering angular velocity detection unit for detecting steering angles and steering angular velocities of front and rear wheels by communicating with a sensor installed in the vehicle or the ECU; a master cylinder pressure detection unit for detecting a master cylinder pressure by communicating with a sensor installed in the vehicle or the ECU; and a controller for determining braking or turning of the vehicle using the information detected using the sensors or received from the ECU, calculating the amount of toe-in when the vehicle is braking or calculating a rear wheel steering angle when the vehicle is turning, and controlling the RWS based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Moon Cheon CHOI
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Publication number: 20190315372Abstract: Systems are provided for radiant heating by a window shade. A window shade system for a window of an enclosed space includes a window shade configured to cover at least a portion of the window. A radiant heating fabric extends over at least a portion of the window shade. A power supply supplies electric current to the radiant heating fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kuo-huey Chen, Taeyoung Han, Bahram Khalighi
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Publication number: 20190315373Abstract: An executing unit is configured to execute at least one of control of operating performance of a plurality of sensors which monitor different regions around a vehicle and predetermined processing for each of a plurality of output values output from the plurality of sensors. A specifying unit is configured to specify a direction of the vehicle with respect to a reference direction set on the basis of a road around the vehicle. A setting unit is configured to set priorities of the plurality of sensors in accordance with the direction of the vehicle specified by the specifying unit. The executing unit changes at least one of ratios of the operating performance of the plurality of sensors and ratios of amounts of processing performed for the plurality of output values on the basis of the priorities.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Katsuhiko KONDO, Yusuke AKAMINE, Yasuyuki MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20190315374Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a driving state of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method thereof is provided. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a change in a state of a lane change assistance function and controls a step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function, and a display controlled by the processor to display the step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Eon OH, Hoi Won KIM, Doo Jin UM, Beom Jun KIM, In Wan KANG, Dae Young KIM, Jin Su JEONG
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Publication number: 20190315375Abstract: Example steering assistance systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a controller receives inputs from one or more sensors mounted to a vehicle. The controller processes the inputs from the one or more sensors to determine whether a steering change is needed. Responsive to determining that a steering change is needed, the controller provides a steering change recommendation to a driver of the vehicle via a physical rotation of the vehicle steering wheel in a recommended direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yuzhou LI, Roy ZHOU, Grant INSKEEP
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Publication number: 20190315376Abstract: An apparatus for providing a notification of control authority transition in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a speaker configured to output a sound notification, a vibration motor configured to output a vibration notification, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the speaker and the vibration motor. The control circuit is configured to output a first notification using the speaker during a first time interval, when a situation to transfer control authority for the vehicle occurs, output a second notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a second time interval, after the first time interval elapses, and output a third notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a third time interval, after the second time interval elapses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Min Wook SEO, Jin Su JEONG
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Publication number: 20190315377Abstract: A handheld portable solenoid activation device for operating doors of hopper railcars includes a battery power source and is configured for safe single hand operation in either opening or closing arrangements, recharging of the batteries, and isolation of the electrical components from the operator. The device or remote includes a housing configured to be held in one hand of the user; a battery power source within the housing; a pair of leads extending from the housing and selectively coupled to the battery power source and configured to align and connect with the touch plate and ground plate of a railroad car door operating solenoid; and an activator configured for one handed operation by the user, wherein activation when the leads are connecting the touch plate and ground plate will activate the solenoid for opening or closing of the railroad car door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Cory Copeland, Gregory P. Josephson
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Publication number: 20190315378Abstract: Provided is a railway vehicle air-conditioning duct that is capable of achieving a more uniform in-cabin temperature distribution through more appropriate volume distribution of conditioned air. A railway vehicle air-conditioning duct that supplies conditioned air generated by an air conditioner into a cabin and that extends in a vehicle length direction at a vehicle ceiling part has: a main duct; a chamber duct; a branch duct; and a guide part. The guide part is lower in height than the main duct, extends to a branch duct from the main duct or a partition wall in the main duct in a vehicle width direction, and supplies to the branch duct a portion of the conditioned air supplied to the main duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuo ONITAKE, Noriyoshi KOHAMA
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Publication number: 20190315379Abstract: A rail car truck bolster wear plate surface connects to a wear plate using two fasteners of different length. The first fastener passes through an upper opening and an upper channel into a first recess where it can be tightened against a first engaging surface. The second fastener is longer than the first fastener and passes through a lower opening and lower channel into a second recess adjacent to the first recess. The surfaces of the first and second recesses form a series of ribs in the upper end surface between the wear plate surface and the longitudinal centerline of the bolster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: John Coseglia
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Publication number: 20190315380Abstract: Disclosed is a railway vehicle with a car and a bogie. The bogie includes a chassis and a secondary suspension system. The secondary suspension system includes a jack and a power supply device of the jack fluidly connected to the jack by at least one flow limiter. The jack is configured to go from a first so-called passive configuration, in which the supply device is inactive, the jack then being able to passively damp the oscillations between the car and the chassis using the flow limiter, to a second so-called active configuration in which the supply device is configured to supply the jack in order to modify the distance between the car and the chassis or in order to keep the distance constant between the car and the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Jérémy CLAVIER
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Publication number: 20190315381Abstract: The invention relates to a railway vehicle comprising a car (14) and a bogie (16). The bogie (14) comprises a chassis (28) and a secondary suspension system (30). The secondary suspension system (30) comprises: a set (34) of springs; a jack (36) comprising two ends (44, 46); and a supply device (38) of the jack (36). The jack (36) is configured to go from a first so-called retracted configuration in which the jack (36) is only connected to the car (14) by the first end (44) to a second so-called deployed configuration in which the jack (36) is also connected to the chassis (18) by the second end (16). The power supply device (38) is configured, in the deployed configuration, to supply the jack (36) so as to move the car (14) away from the chassis (28) or to keep the distance between the car (14) and the chassis (28) constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Jérémy CLAVIER
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Publication number: 20190315382Abstract: The present invention includes an on-board control apparatus that generates train position information using ground coil position information and train speed information and outputs the train position information, and a ground control apparatus that receives the train position information outputted by the on-board control apparatus, identifies a position of a train using the train position information and stored track information, generates train control data having a size corresponding to the identified position of the train, and outputs the train control data toward the train.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Makoto TOKUMARU
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Publication number: 20190315383Abstract: A front-folding golf cart may include a main rod, a handle, and a front wheel assembly rotatably attached to an end of the main rod. The rotation of the front wheel assembly, from an extended to retracted position, may occur in a forward-and-upward direction. The front wheel assembly may include a front wheel fork having a front wheel mounted thereto, a support chassis extending from the end of the main rod to a connecting portion of the front wheel fork, and a locking mechanism positioned therebetween at the connecting portion. The front wheel fork may fixedly attach to the support chassis, while the connection between the main rod and the supporting chassis may be capable of adjusting in situ. A lower bracket may attach to the support chassis. The front-folding golf cart may further include two rear wheels respectively connected to the main rod through two foldable rear wheel frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Jonathan WANG
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Publication number: 20190315384Abstract: A transporting device includes four arms arranged substantially parallel with one another and defining a cavity for receiving a bucket having a diameter, the four arms being spaced apart from one another so that a cross-section of the four arms includes the four arms positioned on vertices of an imaginary square having four sides and two diagonals, each of the four sides having a length that is less than the diameter of the bucket, and each of the two diagonals having a length that is greater than the diameter of the bucket, a base coupled to one end of each of the four arms, and at least one wheel coupled to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Richard Sirico
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Publication number: 20190315385Abstract: A tool support includes a frame that is configured to support a tool and a powered track supported on the frame. The powered track includes a drive roller, an idler roller, and an endless belt that extends around the drive roller and the idler roller. The tool support also includes a first motor supported on the frame. The first motor is operable to drive the drive roller and rotate the endless belt. The tool support further includes a second motor supported by the frame. The second motor is configured to be coupled to the tool to drive the tool supported on the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Matt R. Wolf, Ryan J. Denissen, Peter J. Davies, Sean T. Kehoe, Justin Miller, Jacqueline J. Beierle
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Publication number: 20190315386Abstract: A steering column may include an inner casing tube in which a steering spindle is rotatably mounted, an outer casing unit that retains the inner casing tube, and a clamping device that secures the outer casing unit relative to the inner casing tube in a fixing position and enables adjustment in an enabling position. The clamping device comprises an arresting element supported longitudinally on the outer casing unit and, in the fixing position, is connected in a longitudinally non-displaceable manner to an engagement element connected to the inner casing tube and, in the enabling position, is released from the engagement element and enables movement of the inner casing tube relative to the outer casing unit in a longitudinal direction. A plastically-deformable energy absorption device, which includes at least two energy absorption elements and a coupling means, may couple the inner casing tube and the outer casing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Ciprian PALTINISANU, Hieronymus SCHNITZER
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Publication number: 20190315387Abstract: The present invention provides a rotor comprising: a rotor core; a cover arranged on an upper part of the rotor core; a magnet arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core; and a can member accommodating the rotor core and the magnet and coupled to the cover, wherein the cover includes a plurality of downwardly extending guides, the guides are arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core and are arranged inside the can member, and the can member includes at least one protrusion part protruding from a border thereof so as to be coupled to the cover. Therefore, the present invention provides an advantageous effect of excluding the use of an adhesive in the coupling of a can to a rotor core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hyun PARK, Hee Soo LIM
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Publication number: 20190315388Abstract: A power conversion device includes a first converter connected to first ends of windings of each phase of a motor, a second converter connected to second ends of the windings of each phase, and a switching circuit used to define a neutral point in the windings of each phase on the first inverter side. At least one of a plurality of switches included in the first inverter has a first current capacity, and a plurality of switches included in the second inverter have a second current capacity that is greater than the first current capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Hiromitsu OHASHI
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Publication number: 20190315389Abstract: A steering gear for a steering system of a motor vehicle includes a housing, toothed wheel, pinion shaft, floating bearing, and fixed bearing. The shaft includes a first portion, a second portion, and a pinion therebetween meshed with the wheel. The fixed bearing includes a bearing sleeve, an outer bearing ring a rotary bearing received in the sleeve, and a pivoting ring with inner and outer rings pivotably connected via at least one torsion bar. The inner ring is built into or connected to the sleeve, and the outer ring is fixed in the housing. The first portion is received in the rotary bearing. The floating bearing includes a further rotary bearing radially moveably mounted in the housing, and having a further outer bearing ring connected to one or more of the sleeve and the outer bearing ring via a connecting element. The second portion is received in the further rotary bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jens-Uwe Hafermalz, Dennis Fuechsel
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Publication number: 20190315390Abstract: The vehicle steering system includes a rack shaft and a conversion mechanism that converts rotation of a rotating shaft of the motor into reciprocating motion of the rack shaft. The conversion mechanism includes a drive pulley that rotates with the rotating shaft, a driven pulley rotatable about an axis of the rack shaft and a toothed belt extending around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and converts rotation of the rotating shaft into reciprocating motion of the rack shaft when rotation of the drive pulley is transmitted to the driven pulley via the toothed belt. The vehicle steering system further includes a determination circuit that determines tooth skipping that is a change in meshing position between the drive pulley and the toothed belt, and a calculation circuit that calculates an integrated value obtained by integrating a prescribed value indicating that tooth skipping is determined by the determination circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yousuke SHIRAUCHI
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Publication number: 20190315391Abstract: An electromechanical servo-assisted power steering system may include a servo motor that drives an axially displaceable structural element by way of a ball nut that is rotatably supported in a bearing in a housing. The ball nut may be engaged with a threaded spindle constructed on the axially displaceable structural element. The bearing may be a dual-row angular ball bearing having at least one bearing inner ring and at least one bearing outer ring. The at least one bearing outer ring may be received in a sleeve that is arranged in a bearing seat of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: András ILLÉS, Wolfram RAITHER
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Publication number: 20190315392Abstract: A method for managing an assisted steering device for a vehicle including a steering wheel on which the driver exerts a maneuvering effort (“steering wheel torque”), as well as an assistance motor intended to provide an assistance effort, said method including a steering wheel torque reconstruction step (a) in the course of which the steering wheel torque is evaluated, without calling upon a steering wheel torque sensor specifically dedicated to the measurement of said steering wheel torque, but by reconstructing an information item representative of said steering wheel torque (the “estimated steering wheel torque”), on the basis of data (“external data”) that is gathered outside a specific steering wheel torque sensor and which include the angular position of the steering wheel, the angular position of the shaft of the assistance motor, and the time derivatives of these angular positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: JTEKT EUROPEInventors: Pascal MOULAIRE, Yoann BAUDIN, Serge GAUDIN, Ofaina TAOFIFENUA, Kazusa YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190315393Abstract: A work vehicle includes a wheel supporting member 11 that is supported by a vehicle body frame 1 that includes left and right side members 80; left and right steerable wheels that are supported by the wheel supporting member 11 so as to be steerable; and a steering mechanism 25 that includes a power steering unit 24 and steers the left and right steerable wheels. The power steering unit 24 is located near the wheel supporting member 11 such that at least a portion of the power steering unit 24 is located between the left and right side members 80.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keishiro NISHI, Atsushi SHINKAI, Tomofumi FUKUNAGA, Takahiro NAKATSUKA
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Publication number: 20190315394Abstract: A method for influencing the steering characteristics of an agricultural tractor is disclosed. The method comprises associating a steering characteristic with a respective parameter set of a plurality of predetermined parameter sets. Detecting an instantaneous working condition of the agricultural tractor by a control unit. Selecting a parameter set from the plurality of predetermined parameter sets based on the detected instantaneous working condition; and activating an actuating device based on the selected parameter set to adapt a steering characteristic to the detected instantaneous working condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Philipp Lehmann, Julian Daubermann
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Publication number: 20190315395Abstract: A high clearance sprayer with a four-wheel steering system includes a steering input, a steering control system, a front steering system, and a rear steering system. The front and rear steering systems are mirrored images of one another, which simplifies and improves the accuracy of the four-wheel steering control methodology. In doing so, the control system may calculate a single value that is used for controlling the front steering system, and an inverse of the single value that is used for controlling the rear steering system. Both of the front steering system and the rear steering system include wheels, steering actuator systems, swingarms, and wheel supports, which all of position of the wheels relative to the sprayer to be rotated. The steering control system may allow for various steering maneuvers to occur, including a turn-steering maneuver and a crab-steering maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Blaine A. Schwalbe, Roy A. Bittner
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Publication number: 20190315396Abstract: The four-wheel steering system includes a rear-wheel steering system that steers rear wheels of the vehicle in accordance with a steering angle of a steering wheel. When the vehicle speed is lower than a vehicle speed threshold, the rear-wheel steering system steers the rear wheels in an opposite direction to that in which the front wheels are steered. When the vehicle speed is lower than the vehicle speed threshold, the rear-wheel steering system sharply increases the rate of increase in target steered angle of the rear wheels with respect to an increase in steering angle when an absolute value of the steering angle is equal to or larger than an absolute value of an angle threshold. The front-wheel steering system has a motor that is a source of a steering assist force and a first ECU that controls the motor in accordance with the steering state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuharu YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190315397Abstract: A method for damping an oscillation of a superimposed steering system of a motor vehicle in which a sensor of the superimposed steering system detects an actual steering angle of a motor of the superimposed steering system and a control device of the superimposed steering system determines an oscillation of the superimposed steering system as a periodic change of the detected actual steering angle and, in the case of a determined oscillation, carries out a measure for damping the oscillation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Bastian WEIGL, Andre SAAL
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Publication number: 20190315398Abstract: An electric power steering system includes a second shaft coupled to a first shaft via a torsion bar, a basic driver torque estimation unit (extended state observer) configured to estimate a basic driver torque by using a disturbance observer based on a torsion bar torque and a rotation angle of the second shaft, a gravity torque calculation unit configured to calculate, by using a rotation angle of a steering wheel, a gravity torque applied to the first shaft by gravity acting on the center of gravity of the steering wheel, and a driver torque estimation unit configured to estimate a driver torque by using the basic driver torque estimated by the basic driver torque estimation unit and the gravity torque calculated by the gravity torque calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Maxime MOREILLON, Tsutomu TAMURA, Robert FUCHS, Naoki SHOJI
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Publication number: 20190315399Abstract: The four-wheel steering system includes a front-wheel steering system that steers front wheels of a vehicle and a rear-wheel steering system that steers rear wheels of the vehicle in accordance with a steering angle that is a rotation angle of a steering wheel. The rear-wheel steering system includes a second ECU that, when the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a vehicle speed threshold, performs antiphase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the opposite direction to that in which the front wheels are steered. When the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the vehicle speed threshold, the second ECU performs in-phase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the same direction as that in which the front wheels are steered, in response to a specific trigger operation that is performed via the steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuharu YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190315400Abstract: A universal axle-hub assembly is provided for an off-road vehicle. The universal axle-hub assembly comprises a wheel hub that receives a constant velocity (CV) axle snout into an opening extending through an axle support of the wheel hub. An outboard-most portion of the opening is a splined portion that engages with similar splines disposed on an outboard-most portion of the CV axle snout. An inboard-most portion of the opening is a smooth portion that receives a smooth portion of the CV axle snout. The axle support extends through an entirety of the width of a bearing that supports the wheel hub, such that the bearing supports the smooth portion of the CV axle snout and substantially eliminates shear forces acting on the splined portion of the CV axle snout. A bearing carrier supports the bearing and may be fastened onto a trailing arm or a spindle of the off-road vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Robby Gordon
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Publication number: 20190315401Abstract: A vehicle anti-vibration device includes a vibration sensor programmed to detect vibrations and output a vibration signal representing the vibrations detected. The device further includes a motor that vibrates in accordance with a vibration dampening signal, a communication interface programmed to wirelessly transmit the vibration signal to a remote device, and a processor programmed to process the vibration signal and generate the vibration dampening signal to dampen the vibrations detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Christian CASTRO GUZMAN, Maria Fernanda PULIDO PLAUCHUD, Oswaldo PEREZ BARRERA
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Publication number: 20190315402Abstract: A steerable vehicle suspension can include an axle, at least one retractor having a length that decreases in response to a pressure increase applied to the retractor, and at least one wheel spindle. Resistance to rotation of the wheel spindle relative to the axle increases in response to the pressure increase applied to the retractor. A method of operating a steerable vehicle suspension of a vehicle can include allowing steering knuckles rotatably mounted at opposite ends of an axle to rotate relative to the axle while the vehicle moves forward, and applying an inwardly directed force simultaneously to each of the steering knuckles. Another steerable vehicle suspension can include two rotatably mounted steering knuckles, and two retractors connected to the steering knuckles. An inwardly directed force is applied by each retractor to a respective one of the steering knuckles in response to pressure applied to the retractors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Michael GOTTSCHALK
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Publication number: 20190315403Abstract: A vehicle control system installed on a vehicle includes: an automatic steering control device configured to execute automatic steering control that determines a steering angle command value and controls steering of the vehicle such that an actual steering angle follows the steering angle command value; a stop state detection device configured to detect a stop state where the vehicle is stopped; and an override detection device configured to detect an override operation by a driver of the vehicle. When the override operation is detected in the stop state, the automatic steering control device prohibits variation in the actual steering angle due to the automatic steering control, until the vehicle starts moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Irie, Masaki Shiota
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Publication number: 20190315404Abstract: A vehicle traveling controller according to the present disclosure performs automatic steering so that a vehicle travels along a target path. The vehicle traveling controller allows a driver to intervene in steering. When the driver intervenes in steering and thereby a traveling position of the vehicle deviates outside from a threshold line set apart from the target path in a lane width direction, the vehicle traveling controller increases a steering reaction force acting on steering operation by the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaro HAYASHI, Yoshinori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20190315405Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense an object located behind the vehicle and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to receive sensing data from the sensor and switch a system for a lane change in the vehicle to a stand-by state, when an object located outside a specified distance backward from the vehicle is sensed by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Dong Eon OH, Hoi Won KIM, Jae Yong JEON, Beom Jun KIM, I, Dae Young KIM, CHAN IL PARK, Jin Su JEONG, Doo Jin UM
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Publication number: 20190315406Abstract: A modular, reconfigurable frame that can be combined into multiple standardized segments to create different core vehicle configurations is described herein. The frame includes a plurality of components that affix together universally to make multiple versions of cycle, vehicle, and airframe styles. The reconfigurable frame includes a quick pin and fastener that allows for transportation platforms to be incorporated into the frame in a modular fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Patrick A. Walker
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Publication number: 20190315407Abstract: The invention concerns a structure for a motor vehicle front end, comprising a crossmember and at least one column (4) rigidly connected to the crossmember, the crossmember extending longitudinally in a so-called main direction, characterised in that said at least one column (4) comprises a first set (10) of reinforcing ribs (11) on at least a portion (12) of an outer surface of said at least one column (4), each reinforcing rib (11) extending in a direction (D) parallel to the main direction of the crossmember.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Jean-Louis Lanard, Sergio Da Costa Pito
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Publication number: 20190315408Abstract: In an embodiment, a motor guidance component is configured to guide a dislodged electric motor away from one or more protected areas of the electric vehicle in response to crash forces. In a further embodiment, the motor guidance component may be configured to guide the one dislodged electric motor in an upwards direction (e.g., above the one or more protected areas) or in a downwards direction (e.g., below the one or more protected areas).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Heiner FEES, Alexander EICHHORN, Ralf MAISCH
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Publication number: 20190315409Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is equipped an enclosure for electronic devices that is attached to a roof. First and second bridge brackets extend between the enclosure and one of the roof rails on opposite sides of the roof. The vehicle also includes a roof support structure including a roof bow and windshield header that also supports the enclosure for electronic devices. A method of providing the enclosure for electronic components on the roof of an autonomous vehicle includes the step of inserting first and second bridge brackets into an injection molding die. A thermoplastic material is injected into the injection molding die to form the hollow enclosure and bridge bracket sub-assembly. The sub-assembly is then arranged on the roof, and the bridge brackets are attached to roof rails of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef GHANNAM, Saied NUSIER, Mohamed Ridha BACCOUCHE, Venkatesh KRISHNAN
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Publication number: 20190315410Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a front side member disposed on each of opposite lateral sides in a front portion of a vehicle, and a crash box disposed forward of the front side member. The crash box extends further outward in a vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member. The motor vehicle further includes a triangular gusset attached to the front side member and the crash box. The triangular gusset includes an oblique portion extending diagonally forward from where the triangular gusset is joined to the front side member. A reinforcing patch is further disposed close to the triangular gusset along the oblique portion of the triangular gusset. This vehicle structure enables transmission to the front side member of a load input to the gusset, which is greater than an assumed load.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiharu SHINYA, Yoshinori DOMON, Haruhiko YAMAMOTO, Akira SABU
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Publication number: 20190315411Abstract: A motor vehicle body encompasses a surface-coated bodyshell having an underbody carrying portion and a underbody that is embodied separately from the bodyshell and is fixedly joined to the underbody carrying portion, the underbody having a planar, multiply curved underbody structure component encompassing fiber-reinforced plastic, as well as at least one underbody member, joined to the underbody structure component, having a member material different from the structural material of the underbody structure component; a support projection, on which the underbody member is braced and to which the underbody member is fixedly joined by adhesive bonding, protruding toward the vehicle interior from the underbody carrying portion; the vehicle body encompasses at least one securing structure component that is embodied separately both from the bodyshell and from the underbody and encompasses at least two limbs arranged at an angle to one another, which component is joined to the bodyshell and/or to the underbody memberType: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Jochem Fischer
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Publication number: 20190315412Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for sealing a cavity of an automotive vehicle frame, wherein a wall is associated with an automotive vehicle structure; and an expandable material is disposed by an extruder over at least a portion of said wall and in contact with said wall prior to expansion of said expandable material, wherein the expansion rate of the expandable material is at least 400% when exposed to heat usually provided to the vehicle frame during automotive vehicle production and wherein the expandable material is prior and after its disposition to said wall dry to the touch at ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Patrick Moore
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Publication number: 20190315413Abstract: An overland vehicle is provided which includes a chassis with a roll-over protection structure, a powertrain configured to generate power to drive the overland vehicle, a first suspension system configured as a chassis to ground suspension system, and an operator compartment. The vehicle may also include a second suspension system configured to pneumatically suspend the operator compartment within the chassis, where the second suspension system includes a plurality of pneumatic couplers, including at least a first pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a first vector extending in a first direction, and a second countering pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a second vector extending in a second direction, where the second direction is generally opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Howe and Howe TechnologiesInventors: Geoffrey Howe, Michael Howe
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Publication number: 20190315414Abstract: A semitrailer comprising a main frame having a hitch, an axle assembly connected to the main frame, the axle assembly including at least two wheels for rotation relative to the main frame, a fairing connected to an underside of the semitrailer intermediate the hitch and the axle assembly, the fairing including a pair of lateral surfaces, a bottom surface spaced from the underside of the semitrailer, and a leading surface, wherein the leading surface includes an intake opening, and wherein at least one of the bottom surface or the lateral surfaces includes an exit opening, and a flow path fluidly connects the intake opening and the exit opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: J. Parr Wiegel
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Publication number: 20190315415Abstract: An air guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle includes: a carrier arranged on a vehicle body, and on which an air guide is mounted such that the air guide is drivable from a retracted home position to an extended maximum position by a drive, a sensor arrangement that monitors the position of the air guide and is connected to a controller so as to transmit data corresponding to the position, the sensor arrangement comprising an electric field sensor arrangement to monitor the position of the air guide, at least one electromagnetic field source is provided in the air guide, and at least one electric field receiver, which is a sensor of the sensor arrangement, is provided in the carrier and/or in the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Klaus Pfister, Markus Paulitsch, Dimitar Danev, Steffen Hoelzel