Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle according to the present disclosure includes, in a front room: a fuel cell stack fixed to an upper part of a stack frame; a high voltage element fixed to an upper part of the fuel cell stack; and an ion exchanger that is arranged in front of the fuel cell stack and the high voltage element. The stack frame is provided with an inclined part, and when the ion exchanger is displaced rearward at the time of a frontal crash of the fuel cell vehicle, a rear part in a lower end of the ion exchanger is slid along an inclined surface of the inclined part and the ion exchanger is displaced in a diagonally upward direction, whereby the cap part of the ion exchanger is positioned on the upper side in the vertical direction with respect to the high voltage element.

Abstract: A loop antenna in an electric vehicle receives energy wirelessly from a source external to the vehicle, such as from a series of Radio Frequency (RF) emitters embedded in a road surface. The use of single turn, RF loop antennas to both transmit and receive power greatly reduces the need to align the vehicle with the charging equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of providing a vehicle charging service, which includes receiving an entry request signal for entering a charging lane from a vehicle which is driving in a general lane, and transmitting an entry permission signal to the vehicle on the basis of vehicle information of the vehicle and congestion in the charging lane. The vehicle to which the present disclosure is applied may be associated with any artificial intelligence module, a drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) module, a virtual reality (VR) module, a 5th generation (5G) mobile communication device, and the like.

Abstract: A network-controlled charge transfer device for transferring charge between a local power grid and an electric vehicle is mounted to a street light. The charge transfer device includes the following: an electrical receptacle to receive an electrical connector for connection to the electric vehicle; an electric power line that couples the power grid to the electrical receptacle through a wiring box; a control device to switch the receptacle on and off; a current measuring device to measure current flowing through the electric power line; and a controller to operate the control device and to monitor output from the current measuring device.

Abstract: A charging port cover and/or fuel cap module for a motor vehicle for receiving or attaching at least one interface, which is used for charging and/or refueling a motor vehicle-side energy accumulator. The charging port cover and/or fuel cap module also serves to fasten at least one device having light sources. The device illuminates both the charging port cover and/or fuel cap module and the current charge level and/or fuel level of the energy accumulator. The cover and/or module has at least one first opening and a second opening adjacent thereto. The openings are oriented such that emitted or deliverable light of the assembled device can emerge from the first opening in the direction of the operator and from the second opening in the direction of the interface for charging and/or refueling the energy accumulator.

Abstract: A charging device for electrically charging and discharging a traction battery in an electric vehicle, comprises a first DC-DC converter; a vehicle plug; a power plug or network connection; a rectifier; a second DC-DC converter; a connection node; wherein the first DC-DC converter can be coupled with a DC power source and is coupled with the connection node; the rectifier can be coupled with the power plug and is coupled with the second DC-DC converter; and the connection node is coupled with the vehicle plug. The object of providing such a charging device with improved efficiency is achieved in that the connection node is connected between the second DC-DC converter and the vehicle plug.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical vehicle charging system for charging an electrical vehicle with DC energy, including a charger configured for delivering the DC energy, a DC charging cable having a first end and a second end, the first end is connected to the charger for receiving a DC voltage and the second end is configured for connecting the electrical vehicle, a DC voltage sensor configured, if a DC current greater zero flows from the charger to the electrical vehicle, for measuring at least a first DC voltage at the first end and for determining a differential DC voltage between the first DC voltage and a second DC voltage measured at the second end, and a DC voltage adjustment device configured for raising the DC voltage to compensate the differential DC voltage.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging system and an operation method thereof are provided. The electric vehicle charging system may include a controller, a camera configured to capture a vehicle that is present in a charging station and transmit image information about the vehicle to the controller, a guide unit configured to receive guidance from the controller and output the guidance, and a plurality of chargers provided in the charging station and communicably connected to the controller. The controller may analyze information about the vehicle based on the image information received from the camera, may guide a member vehicle registered to receive charging service to move to a charger for members, may guide a nonmember vehicle to move to a charger for nonmembers, and may adjust a ratio of the number of chargers for members to the number of chargers for nonmembers according to an estimated waiting time for charging of the vehicle.

Abstract: A switching arrangement includes a switching unit, which is designed to couple at least one phase of an electric machine of a vehicle in different configurations to a DC onboard power voltage of the vehicle in order to generate an AC phase voltage for the phase of the electric machine. In addition, the switching arrangement has a coil and circuit breakers, wherein the circuit breakers are designed to couple the switching unit via the coil to a DC charging voltage or to decouple same from the charging voltage. The switching arrangement also has a controller which is designed to operate the switching arrangement in a converter mode or in a power inverter mode.

Abstract: A decentralized charging network of mobile power transmitters comprises a server, power receivers, and a fleet of deployable mobile power transmitters comprising a control system, a power source system having a charge measuring device for monitoring the charge transfer, a charging system configured to transfer charge from the power source system to the power receiver, and a communication system for communication between a power receiver, a server, and the control system. A charging request is received and processed by a server from a power receiver or an operator preparing to charge a power receiver. A qualified mobile power transmitter is identified and instructed to arrive at a location and to charge a power receiver according to charging instructions prepared by the server. The charging is monitored and, upon completion, the mobile power transmitter deactivates the charging session and informs the server.

Abstract: The system is a system for a battery exchanger that accepts a used first battery and provides a charged second battery. The above system includes a support target information receiving unit that receives, from a supporter that supports operation of a battery exchanger, an instruction for selecting the battery exchanger for which the supporter supports operation from among multiple battery exchangers. The above system includes a user information providing unit that provides the supporter with information on the user of the battery exchanger selected by the supporter, according to support value information indicating the value of the support for the operation of the battery exchanger by the supporter.

Abstract: A traction energy store for the storage of electrical energy in a motor vehicle which is propelled or propellable by means of the stored energy is described. The traction energy store comprises at least one electrochemical secondary cell, respectively comprising at least one cell wall. The traction energy store further comprises at least one pressure-tight heat pipe, which is configured for the passive transmission of heat from a heat-absorbing end of the heat pipe to a heat-emitting end of the heat pipe, which heat-emitting end is spaced from the heat-absorbing end, using heat of vaporization. The heat-emitting end constitutes part of the cell wall or projects through the cell wall into the respective secondary cell. The traction energy store further comprises at least one heat source, which is arranged outside the at least one secondary cell and is in direct contact with the heat-absorbing end.

Abstract: A seat system includes: a base; a seatback; at least one recliner connecting the base and the seatback to each other for pivoting of the seatback relative to the base; a slider coupled to the base and configured for sliding engagement with a track having a detent region and a tilt-and slide region; and an electronic controller, wherein without mechanical interlock between the recliner and the slider, the electronic controller causes the recliner to place the seatback in a non-passenger position when the slider is within the tilt-and-slide region, and causes the recliner to place the seatback in a passenger position when the slider is within the detent region.

Abstract: A target support device includes a bottom configured to be fixed to a floor of a vehicle and have a concave curved surface and three or more support members disposed on an upper side of the bottom and configured to come into contact with a convex curved surface formed on a lower surface of a target to support the target and have a surface which is formed as a curved surface.

Abstract: A power seat slide device includes, for example, a nut member fixed to one of a floor and a seat in a vehicle; a rod screw member that is placed on the other of the floor and the seat in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, and is to be screwed into the nut member; a screw-through member that is fixed to the other of the floor and the seat, and provided with a through hole through which the rod screw member rotatably passes; a screw fixing member fixed to part of the rod screw member in an axial direction; and a plurality of roll members arranged around the rod screw member in a circumferential direction, to come into sliding contact with the screw-through member and the screw fixing member in the axial direction.

Abstract: A vehicle seat mounting system includes a seat mount plate and a vehicle mount plate. A vertically operable scissor linkage assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented such that respective opposing ends of a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm are each secured to a respective one of the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate. A spring assembly is disposed between the seat mount plate and the vehicle mount plate and is oriented to cooperate with the scissor linkage assembly to resist translation between the vehicle mount plate and the seat mount plate. An adjuster assembly cooperates with the spring assembly and is operable to manipulate the proportion of the spring assembly that is available to be engaged to resist motion of the mounting system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad, in which a sewing part of a trim cover can be bonded to a foam pad even when the trim cover is of leather. In a seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad, the trim cover includes a sewing part where plural trim covers are sewn up, raw material that is impregnated with an adhesive is sewn to the sewing part, and the foam pad and the raw material having been sewn are bonded to each other by the adhesive.

Abstract: An occupant support system for a vehicle passenger seat includes an air bladder with a first portion having a first flexibility and defining a first pressure adaptive volume, and a second portion having a second flexibility and defining a second pressure adaptive volume, wherein the first flexibility is lower than the second flexibility.

Abstract: A headrest support assembly is provided that comprises a support member flexible between neutral and loaded states and having first and second ends with a channel extending therebetween. A cable is slidably received in the channel between first and second positions. The cable has first and second ends, and the cable moves from the first position to the second position when the support member moves from the neutral state to the loaded state.

Abstract: A vehicle seat for use in a vehicle comprises a seat body for engagement with a seated occupant's body. The seat body including: a seat base for receiving a seated occupant and a backrest extending upward from the base for supporting the seated occupant's back, and a headrest connected with the backrest and projecting upward from the backrest. The headrest includes a receiving face facing forward for engagement with the occupant's head in the event of a sudden change in velocity to ease rearward movement of the occupant's head.

Abstract: A method for determining a fluid pressure in a pneumatic bladder of a pneumatic adjusting device of a vehicle seat is disclosed, wherein the pneumatic bladder is connected to a valve for the filling or emptying of the bladder with or of fluid. Fluid start pressure at the valve is provided as initial pressure for determining of the fluid pressure in the bladder. Fluid throughflow through the valve device is determined using a first assignment rule which assigns the fluid throughflow to the fluid start pressure at the valve. The fluid throughflow obtained using the first assignment rule over a predetermined period of time is summed to determine a fluid quantity that has flowed through the valve. Fluid pressure present in the bladder is determined using a second assignment rule which assigns the fluid pressure present in the bladder to the determined fluid quantity.

Abstract: A motor vehicle with a vehicle interior includes a dashboard arranged in front of at least one front seat. A storage device is movable in a reversible manner, by way of a movement mechanism, from a not-in-use position in the dashboard into a use position in front of the front seat. The storage device is arrested at least in the use position. In the use position, the storage device has a carrying structure made up of two laterally arranged, inflated supporting elements. An approximately horizontally oriented table top is arranged on the two supporting elements.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator for a vehicle. The refrigerator for the vehicle may include a cavity or a compartment accommodating a product, a machine room defined in a side of the cavity, a compressor provided at a front side of an internal section of the machine room to compress a refrigerant, a condensation module or assembly disposed at a rear side of the internal section of the machine room to condense the refrigerant, an evaporation module in which the refrigerant condensed in the condensation module is supplied and evaporated and which is disposed in the cavity, and a machine room cover covering the machine room to enable air to be suctioned from a rear side thereof.

Abstract: A dumper body is disclosed. The dumper body may include a pivot assembly. The dumper body may include at least one of: a set of ribs, wherein the set of ribs is connected to the pivot assembly such that the set of ribs is comprised of multiple respective discontinuous structures, and a set of stringers, wherein the set of stringers includes a respective stringer cut-out around an outside surface of a bed plate of the dumper body at a point where a top plate of the dumper body connects to an inside surface of the bed plate.

Abstract: A pivot assembly is disclosed. The pivot assembly may include plates. The plates may be connected to cover plates associated with respective portions of a stringer that intersect the pivot assembly. The plates may be connected to a rib that interests the pivot assembly perpendicular to the respective portions of the stringer. The cover plates may be connected to the rib at a respective end of the cover plates. The pivot assembly may comprise a respective pivot bore in the plates. The pivot assembly may comprise respective doublers around the respective pivot bore. The respective doublers may include a first doubler located on an outside surface of a plate, of the plates, and a second doubler located on an inside surface of the plate. The pivot assembly may comprise gussets. The gussets may be connected to the second doubler, the plates, and a respective cover plate of the cover plates.

Abstract: A feed distribution assembly for transporting and dispensing feed includes a trailer and a silo. The silo is coupled to a bed of the trailer and is configured to position feed. The trailer is configured to couple to a vehicle to transport the feed to a desired location. An auger is coupled to a bottom of the silo. The auger is configured to selectively convey the feed from the silo to dispense the feed at the desired location.

Abstract: A trailer configured to lower an overall center of gravity. The trailer comprises a tank, a wheel assembly, an upper body height and a trailer length. The tank comprises a cavity contained within a lower body, an upper body, a transitioning body, a front end and a rear end when the cavity within the trailer is filled with a liquid fluid, the liquid fluid is evenly distributed along the trailer length of the trailer since a diameter of the lower body, the upper body and the transitioning body are equal.

Abstract: A tank and a method of carrying a load and discharging a load therefrom. The tank includes a tank assembly having a first wall that bounds and defines a first compartment for carrying a load therein and a second wall spaced outwardly from at least a portion of the first wall; wherein a second compartment is defined between the first wall and the second wall. The tank assembly includes an air piping system that is selectively actuated to place the first compartment and the second compartment under a substantially similar or substantially equal air pressure. In one example the air piping system pumps air into the first compartment and the second compartment. In another example the air piping system evacuates air from the first and second compartments.

Abstract: A freestanding holder device to secure cargo items of different sizes or orientation in different types of cargo area comprises a horizontal base section and a wall section extending from one side of the base section, wherein the wall section comprises at least one vertical indentation forming a recess in the wall section and the underside of the base section comprises a high friction surface. The high friction surface comprises a rubber or elastomer material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are device embodiments for securing items during operation of a moving vehicle. A cargo-barrier device comprises a block having a prism shape with one or more pieces of hook and loop material in a bottom face of the shape. The prism shape comprises a first four-sided polygonal base and a second base comprising a translated copy of the first base, wherein a long side of the four sides is longer than an opposing side. The shape further includes four faces joining corresponding sides of the first and second bases.

Abstract: A component arrangement includes at least one basic component in which at least one additional component is integrated, the additional component forming at least one visible joint with the basic component. A holding device for the additional component is integrated in the basic component.

Abstract: Improved light emitting diode (LED) vehicle headlamps having a dedicated daytime running lamp (DRL) component are described. In various embodiments, a combination Low Beam/DRL headlamp is provided, which uses pulse width modulation (PWM) detection to determine which of the two internal LED light sources (Low Beam or DRL) is powered on. If the Low Beam/DRL headlamp detects a PWM signal on the Low Beam voltage input then it switches to drive the DRL LEDs. If, alternatively, it detects a steady state input voltage then it switches to drive the Low Beam LEDs.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for an automobile digital display system to provide a variety of sympathetic, kind, and heartfelt messages to a trailing vehicle using a releasably attached translucent display mounted along a portion of the rear-view window. The system includes a microprocessor and memory module with a plurality of pre-programmed messages which when selected on a remote-control assembly affixed along the dashboard provide uplifting and courtesy messages to following vehicles.

Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments of under-hood luminaires are described. In one example, an under-hood luminaire includes a luminaire frame assembly. The luminaire frame assembly includes support braces and a number of cross members secured to the support braces in a spaced-apart configuration. The cross members include mounting surfaces, and light strips are secured to the mounting surfaces. The luminaire also includes a contraction hook assembly that can be used to secure the under-hood luminaire to the hood of an automobile. The luminaire can be relied upon to uniformly illuminate the engine compartment of the automobile, helping to eliminate lost productivity and frustration for mechanics.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device, a radar sensor having a detection region perpendicular to a vehicle longitudinal axis, a radar analyzer connected to the radar sensor, and a camera having a switchable field of view for covering an angular range behind the vehicle direction between a narrower angular range and a wider angular range. The display device is configured to display an image from the camera, at the narrower range, responsive to a sensor sensing vehicle movement in a direction included in a field of view of the camera, and the display device is configured to display an image from the camera at the wider range, responsive to the radar sensor detecting an object moving towards the vehicle. The vehicle may also be configured to automatically stop responsive to certain characteristics of objects detected by the radar sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for assisting night-time driving of a vehicle, comprising at least one display and a night vision system capable of capturing images under conditions of darkness and transmitting them to said display, said display being capable of displaying a graphics page (31) comprising a first area (31.1) and second area (31.2) arranged next to said first area (31.1), the display (23) having a first display mode in which said first area (31.1) comprises operating information of the vehicle, characterised in that the display is capable, in response to receiving an alarm signal coming from a night vision system, of displaying, in the second area (31.2), images coming from the night vision system.

Abstract: A display of roadside objects on a vehicle windshield within a primary field of view of a driver, with an indication of a level of importance of the object is provided. A method includes: detecting, by a computer device, a roadside object in a vehicle driver's peripheral view; analyzing, by the computer device, the detected roadside object to assign a level of importance to the object based on predefined levels of importance; and displaying, by the computer device, the roadside object as a semi-transparent object in a display area of a windshield of the vehicle with an indication of the level of importance of the object.

Abstract: A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror element having a position that is movable; at least one motorized actuator for adjusting the position of the mirror element in response to a control signal; an image sensor for sensing the position of at least one of a driver's head and eyes; and a controller coupled to the image sensor and configured to track the position of the at least one of a driver's head and eyes and to determine if the position has changed, the controller also coupled to the at least one motorized actuator and configured to supply a control signal to cause the at least one motorized actuator to adjust the position of the mirror element when the controller determines that the position of the at least one of a driver's head and eyes has changed.

Abstract: An optical device comprises at least one printed circuit board, said printed circuit board including an electronic image-capture circuit, a lens holder comprising at least one optical lens, the lens holder comprising a wall forming a cavity extending along the optical axis of the device from its top end to its bottom end, the bottom end being mounted on the rigid printed circuit board so as to align, along the optical axis of the device, the electronic image-capture circuit and the optical lens, a flexible heater band arranged in contact with the wall of the lens holder and around the wall of the lens holder, the heater band comprising an electrical connection interface electrically connected to at least one rigid printed circuit board of the optical device.

Abstract: An electro-optic element of a display of a vehicle includes a first substantially transparent substrate defining a first surface and a second surface. A first edge extends around the first substrate. A second substantially transparent substrate defines a third surface and a fourth surface. A second edge extends around the second substrate. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. First and second electrical buses are positioned on the first edge and the second edge, respectively. A dual coated film is positioned between the first and second electrical buses. An electro-optic material is positioned within the cavity.

Abstract: A storage device 1 includes: a case member 2; a lid member 3 configured to change between a closed position, an opened position, and a half-opened position; a fin member 4 configured to be pivotally supported on the second end portion 32 of the lid member 3; a cover member 5 configured to be positioned so as to be fixed relative to the case member 2, and to be disposed backward of the lid member 3 on the back side; and an urging member 80. When the lid member 3 changes between the half-opened position and the opened position, the projecting tooth portions 46 of the fin member 4 are in sliding contact with the recessed groove portions 55 of the cover member 5 by urging force of the urging member 80.

Abstract: A console box includes a unit, an exterior cover that has an opening into which the unit is fitted, and a fixing mechanism, in which the unit has an engagement piece provided at one end side, and a first through hole provided in the other end side, the exterior cover has a hole which is located on one end side of the opening and into which the engagement piece is inserted, and a second through hole provided at a position of the first through hole in a state where the unit is fitted into the opening at the other end side of the opening, the opening is inclined to cause one end side to be lower than the other end side, the fixing mechanism has an operation portion which is exposed to an external.

Abstract: The present application relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least two seats and, located between these seats, a storage compartment which has a base, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, wherein one or both side walls can be moved between a lowered position, laterally opening the storage compartment, and a raised position, laterally closing the storage compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lift system to selectively raise and lower an interchangeable load carrier, such as a bike rack, luggage rack, ski rack, etc., to and from the roof of a vehicle to the ground. The lift system is capable of creating a clearance, either vertically or horizontally, between the roof of a vehicle and the load carrier. As a result, the load carrier can be lowered and raised without hitting the vehicle. The lift system may also be provided with a series of actuators that are configured for synchronized rotation in order to keep the load carrier in a constant orientation as it is raised and lowered to and from the vehicle.

Abstract: A gas separator for use in a downhole production system includes a duct structure and a pump intake shroud.

Abstract: A retaining device for securing one or more accessory racks to a base rack on a vehicle is provided herein. The device comprises a housing member that extends through the one or more accessory racks and into the base rack, a head, secured to the housing member that engages one or other of the racks, a detent that engages the other of the racks, and an engagement mechanism that extends the detent and pulls it toward the head. The device may further comprise a lock that secures the detent in a clamping position. The lock may comprise a ratchet and pawl arrangement defined by first and second levered tabs disposed on the head, the first tab being operably connected to the engagement mechanism. An ATV comprising one or more accessory racks secured to a base rack by a retaining device as described herein is also provided.

Abstract: A bicycle mount which mounts a bicycle longitudinally over the bed rail of a pickup truck. A carriage of the bicycle mount supports the wheels of the bicycle above it. A pivot arm and hook is used as a primary vertical support for the bicycle, with the pivot arm mounted using slide channels of the carriage to allow both longitudinal and pivoting motion. The hooks is extendable on the pivot arm to support an upper section of the bicycle frame. A mounting system for the carriage is provided allows the carriage to mount into stake pockets of the bed rail, adjustable to accommodate different length bed rails and different stake pocket spacing on different pickup trucks.

Abstract: A vehicle display assemblage that includes a base portion and a clamp portion, the base portion has an upper clamp portion with a downward facing clamp surface and the clamp portion includes an upward facing clamp surface, a means of drawing the downward and upward facing clamp surfaces together for a clamping relation about a sideview mirror of a vehicle, and display indicia secured with the vehicle display assemblage.

Abstract: The relates to an energy absorption element for a support frame of a motor vehicle and is characterized in that a cross-sectional profile is designed as a hollow profile which remains constant along a longitudinal direction of the energy absorption element having at least two closed chambers, so that the energy absorption element comprises at least two mutually separate chamber cavities and the at least two chamber cavities have an elongated shape along the longitudinal direction of the energy absorption element and each chamber cavity is open at two longitudinal ends of the energy absorption element and each chamber cavity is fluidly connected to a sound generator.

Abstract: An apparatus that can secure an electronic device to a vehicle center console. The apparatus provides a platform to mount and secure an electronic device atop of the vehicle's center console, which is the space between the driver and passenger front seats. The apparatus contains a connection assembly system that secures the apparatus to the center console. Once the apparatus is attached to the center console, electronic devices can be mounted on it. The electronic device can be positioned to face any passenger in the vehicle to interact with. The vehicle may comprise one or more of the following: automobile, van, truck, autonomous vehicle, airplane, helicopter, boat.