Patents Issued in January 14, 2020
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Patent number: 10532678Abstract: A seat pad (10) having a loading surface (11). In the seat pad (10), a lateral slit portion (15), extending from the outside towards the inside of the seat pad (10) in a first lateral direction (B1) that is parallel to the loading surface (11), is formed. A longitudinal slit portion (15) is provided at an end portion of the lateral slit portion (15), in a second lateral direction (B2) that is orthogonal to the first lateral direction (B1) and that is parallel to the loading surface (11). The longitudinal slit portion (21) extends from the lateral slit portion (15) towards the loading surface (11) in a thickness direction (H) that is orthogonal to the loading surface (11).Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
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Patent number: 10532679Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a frame member, a plate-shaped support member, and a blower. The frame member includes a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other, and a first connecting frame by which the pair of opposed frames are connected. The plate-shaped support member is disposed between the pair of opposed frames and configured to receive a load from an occupant. The blower is attached to the support member, and part of the blower is disposed on a side of the first connecting frame that is opposite to an occupant side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10532680Abstract: A headrest including a resilient headrest structure. The resilient headrest structure has a resilient headrest structure surface. The resilient headrest structure surface defines a non-planar contour, in particular an arcuate contour, when the resilient headrest structure is fixed between two points. The resilient headrest surface defines a planar contour when the resilient headrest structure is released. Due to the material properties of the resilient headrest structure, the resilient headrest structure surface automatically returns to the planar contour from the non-planar contour when the resilient headrest structure is released.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.à.r.l.Inventor: Kurt Seibold
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Patent number: 10532681Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLCInventors: Dennis Behrens, Alper Büyükkoz
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Patent number: 10532682Abstract: A vibration generator includes a vibration transmission member and an exciter. The vibration transmission member is disposed in a seat beneath a seat surface of the seat so as to extend longitudinally in a horizontal direction of the seat surface and is able to transmit a vibration in an extending direction of the vibration transmission member in which the vibration transmission member extends longitudinally. The exciter includes a voice coil, a permanent magnet disposed in the vicinity of the voice coil, a yoke supporting the permanent magnet. The exciter transmits the vibration to the vibration transmission member as the yoke and the voice coil approach or leave to each other. The yoke and the voice coil approach or leave in the same direction as the extending direction of the vibration transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kono
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Patent number: 10532683Abstract: A table attachable to the tailgate of a vehicle extends from the tailgate. The table is foldable between a stowed and a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration the table can be folded against the vehicle tailgate or extend transverse to the tailgate and securable to the vehicle. In the deployed configuration the table when extended in the plane of the tailgate forms a surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: John Bowman
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Patent number: 10532684Abstract: A method for applying an image to a floor mat or floor liner including applying a layer of ink to a first side of a clear applique; bonding, with a bonding agent, the first side of the clear applique to a surface of a substrate; and heating the applique and substrate to a first temperature such that the adhesive cures; heating the bonded substrate to a second temperature, such that the surface of the substrate becomes malleable; and forming a scene into the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Martin J. Beckenbach
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Patent number: 10532685Abstract: A foot rest for use in a reconfigurable passenger cabin of a personal automotive vehicle is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the second position, a resting surface of the foot rest is inclined to face toward a seat when the seat is moved away from a forward-facing position to a rotated position. In the first position, the resting surface can be level with a floor of the passer cabin, facing toward a different seat, or facing toward the same seat as in the second position. The foot rest provides stability to a seat occupant when the seat is moved into unconventional positions, such as rotated or extreme rearward positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Markus Uhlig, Desmond O'Regan, Matthew Benson, Fabrice Aycoberry
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Patent number: 10532686Abstract: A refuse bag support apparatus for use with a vehicle is provided. The support apparatus includes a base member having a frame and a first pad slidably mounted to a second pad, the first pad and the second pad oriented substantially parallel to each other and able to adjust to create space sufficiently large to permit a tire of the vehicle to be disposed between the first pad and the second pad to support the base member, and a collar mechanically coupled to the frame of the base member. The collar supports a refuse bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Robert Lee Howard
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Patent number: 10532687Abstract: A cargo bay accessory for inserting into a cargo bay of a truck, the cargo bay accessory having opposing stepped side walls forming horizontal support surfaces at different elevations, wherein the support surfaces on one side are at the same elevation as the support surfaces on the opposite side, and wherein the lower support surfaces are laterally spaced closer together than higher support surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Buyers Products CompanyInventor: Scott Moorman
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Patent number: 10532688Abstract: A dumping vehicle includes a vehicle elevation system for elevating a body of a vehicle. The system can use one or more components of a vehicle as a main support against which a vehicle body is elevated. In certain examples, a suspension device of the vehicle can be used as the main support. The system further includes an elevation device arranged between the suspension device and a vehicle frame and configured to elevate the vehicle body by lifting the vehicle frame against the suspension device.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Jerry Wayne Richards, Jay Ghelani, John Benton Stafford
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Patent number: 10532689Abstract: A method of providing a ramp system, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of ramp members that are adapted to be coupled to a rigid portion of a trailer, wherein a first of the ramp members extends from the rigid portion of the trailer to a flat surface of an automotive vehicle that is attached to the trailer for pulling said trailer, wherein the second ramp member extends from the rigid member to a flat surface of the trailer, an incline exists from where the second member touches the flat surface of the trailer to where the first member touches the flat surface of the automotive vehicle; permitting the first ramp member to pivot from the flat surface of the automotive vehicle to a more vertical first orientation; and permitting the first ramp member to lock in the more vertical position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Robert Ray Bonham, III
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Patent number: 10532690Abstract: A structural cross frame connector is described having a multipurpose system of attachment. The device has two main forms one with a vertical offset and one without this vertical offset. The central portion has an arch by which weight is distributed accordingly. The connectors have a a group of pass through holes whereby a pass through rod is attached thereto using fasteners. Various structural members can be attached to the pass through rod using pass right and left pass through cavities typically used as structural support members and a central pass through cavity typically used as a hitching station. Leaf springs are also mountable on pass through rods and freely operate on another connector right and left pass through cavity for use as a suspension system.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey R. Pincheon
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Patent number: 10532691Abstract: A vehicle light strip is provided herein. The vehicle light strip includes a light-producing assembly including a plurality of light sources arranged as a strip attached to a panel. The light-producing assembly is angled in a downward direction to illuminate a ground surface. A photoluminescent structure is disposed on the light-producing assembly and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the plurality of light sources. One or more retroreflective beads is configured to reflect an incident light directed towards the light-producing assembly. An optic is operably coupled with the light-producing assembly and is disposed externally of the one or more retroreflective beads for distributing an excitation light in a predefined direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Anthony Danowski, Jason C. Rogers, Chad Hoover, Doug H. Randlett, Christopher Charles Hunt
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Patent number: 10532692Abstract: An illuminated trim fitting for a motor vehicle, in particular a trim fitting as a cover fitting of a sealing strip for the window channel of a vehicle door, is intended to provide a high-quality illuminating effect accompanied at the same time by a simple structural design, low manufacturing costs and space-saving means of attachment. In addition, the trim fitting is to differ as little as possible externally from non-illuminated trim fittings. For this purpose there is provision that a light gap is formed between a profiled strip of the trim fitting and the adjacent vehicle outer skin, through which light gap the light emitted by an optical waveguide provided on the rear of the trim fitting can exit to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLCInventors: Torsten Hundt, Karl-Heinz Adis, Ralf Giessler, Illdiko Gössl, Joaquin Rodrigo Pastor, Björn Storz, Denis Tisljar, Margit Veeh, Michael Wirsing, Jan Stegemann, Stephan Röhner
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Patent number: 10532693Abstract: An undercarriage light assembly includes a light element, a translucent jacket exterior to and surrounding the light element, and an outer housing positioned exterior to and surrounding at least a portion of the translucent jacket. The outer housing includes a first side, a second side connected to the first side, and a third side connected to the second side. The first and third sides are angled toward one another. An opening between the first and third sides allows for light to pass from the light element through the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: ITC IncorporatedInventors: Steve Hoek, Scott Meyers, Michael V. Camarota
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Patent number: 10532694Abstract: A lighting apparatus may be provided for an interior trim piece of a motor vehicle. The lighting apparatus comprises a light guide strip, comprising at least one light-entry face and a light-exit face, which each extend along a longitudinal direction of the light guide strip, and at least two end sides, lying opposite one another and respectively adjoining the light-entry face or light-exit face. A plurality of point light sources are arranged at the light-entry face. Moreover, the light sources are arranged at an unchanging light source spacing from one another. Here, a boundary spacing between a respective end side and a light source arranged closest to the respective end side corresponds to at most half the light source spacing. Moreover, the light guide strip has, at least in portions, a boundary structuring for at least partial output coupling of light at the end sides.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbHInventors: Markus Wimmer, Alexandr Zaviyalov
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Patent number: 10532695Abstract: A vehicle monitoring device includes a determination unit that determines whether a following vehicle shown in an image taken by a camera that takes an image of a surrounding area of a host vehicle is a two-wheel vehicle or not, and a warning unit that issues a warning when an inter-vehicle distance between the following vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or less than a first distance in a case where the following vehicle is determined not to be a two-wheel vehicle by the determination unit, and issues a warning when the inter-vehicle distance between the following vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or less than a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, in a case where the following vehicle is determined to be a two-wheel vehicle by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATIONInventor: Satoru Imbe
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Patent number: 10532696Abstract: A method for warning a driver of a vehicle regarding a potentially critical traffic situation, having the steps of: detecting a potentially critical traffic situation for the vehicle, determining a hazard measure of the potentially critical traffic situation for the vehicle, and outputting a warning to the driver of the vehicle if the hazard measure of the potentially critical traffic situation reaches or exceeds a warning threshold. The warning threshold is adjusted as a function of the information of a self-learning map. A corresponding apparatus as well as the use thereof in a vehicle is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Ulrich Stählin
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Patent number: 10532697Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr.
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Patent number: 10532698Abstract: A method for determining trailer angle includes determining angles of a trailer hitch relative to a data recording device via an angle measuring device while the trailer hitch pivots about a hitch ball of the device. While the trailer hitch pivots about the hitch ball of the device, trailer hitch information is determined responsive to processing of captured image data and responsive to determined angles of the trailer hitch. After determining trailer hitch information, data representative of the determined information is provided to an electronic device, which is disposed at a vehicle having a rear backup camera that has a field of view that encompasses a hitch ball of the vehicle and at least a portion of a hitch of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. Using the provided data, and responsive to processing of captured image data, an angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle is determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Anuj S. Potnis, Krishna Koravadi
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Patent number: 10532699Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic quick mounting unit for construction machines, particularly road pavers, having a positioning mark configured for permanent attachment to a construction machine, an attachment device which can be magnetically attached on the positioning mark, an alignment mark arranged on the attachment device and indicating the alignment of the attachment device, and an alignment aid arranged on the positioning mark, the alignment mark and the alignment aid being configured such that the alignment of the attachment device relative to the construction machine can be read from the relative position of the alignment mark to the alignment aid when the attachment device has been attached on the positioning mark.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BOMAG GmbHInventors: Giuseppe Fais, Riccardo Zaniboni
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Patent number: 10532700Abstract: A method is provided for determining a position for a camera on an outer skin of a vehicle, the position being determined such that the camera can detect an object at a visual reference point behind the vehicle. The method identifies a lateral surface which, in an initial position, is parallel to an XZ plane of the vehicle at a lateral distance from a central x-axis of the vehicle, the lateral distance depending on a maximum width of the vehicle. The method identifies an axis of rotation for the lateral surface which is parallel to a z-axis of the vehicle and which extends through the visual reference point. The method determines a point of intersection of the lateral surface rotated, starting from the initial position, about the axis of rotation with the outer skin of the vehicle. The method determines the position for the camera based on the point of intersection.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Philipp Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10532701Abstract: A reversible load floor for a vehicle includes a first side defining a planar surface. The reversible load floor also includes a second side disposed opposite of the first side. The second side includes a container, which extends from the second side along a vertical axis at a center of a spare tire such that, in a first position, the first side is accessible via a cargo compartment and the container is disposed over the spare tire, and, in a second position, the first side extends across a top of the spare tire and the container is accessible via the cargo compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dario Jesus Barrera Munoz, Juan Manuel Gallardo Almiray, Sergio Alberto Vega Velazquez
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Patent number: 10532702Abstract: A clip mounting seat includes a mounting base having an outer edge, a mounting hole in which the clip is mounted, and a mounting base-side insertion opening at a part of a hole edge of the mounting hole and through which the clip is inserted to the mounting hole, a wall extending downward from the outer edge and including an insertion-side wall having a wall-side insertion hole that is communicated with the mounting base-side insertion opening, and a guide member included in the insertion-side wall and extending along an extending direction of the insertion-side wall and being adjacent to the wall-side insertion hole and opposite the mounting base-side insertion opening with respect to an insertion direction of the clip, the guide member configured to guide the clip in the insertion direction and having a width that is greater than an opening width of the mounting base-side insertion opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTO BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Okamoto, Junpei Kai, Misao Suzuki
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Patent number: 10532703Abstract: A car door upholstery protective shield includes a one piece resilient body. The body includes a spine having a first end, a second end, a first side edge and a second side edge. A protective sheet depends downwardly from the first side edge. A first door engagement tab on the second side edge projects outwardly past the first end. A second door engagement tab on the second side edge projects outwardly past the second end. A cutaway gripping area in the spine creates a flex region in the spine, such that manual upward pressure in the gripping area causes the spine to bow upwardly in the flex region to bring the first end and the second end closer together and upon release of the manual pressure the spine resiliently returns to original shape and length.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Henry W May
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Patent number: 10532704Abstract: Retroreflective articles comprise a substrate and a bar code provided on the substrate. The bar code comprises at least one human-readable information which provides framing information and a machine-readable information which provides variable information. The human-readable information is visible under a first condition and invisible under a second condition, and the machine-readable information is invisible under the first condition and visible under the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Patrick R. Fleming, Thomas J. Dahlin
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Patent number: 10532705Abstract: In a resin vehicle body grounding structure, a positive terminal of a battery is connected to positive terminals of a first load and a second load, a negative terminal of the battery is connected to a first grounding structure element, a negative terminal of the first load is connected to the first grounding structure element, a positive terminal of an alternator is connected to the positive terminal of the second load, the negative terminal ? thereof is connected to a second grounding structure element, and the negative terminal of the second load is connected to the second grounding structure element.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Yagi
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Patent number: 10532706Abstract: An object of the description is to provide a conductive wire with a small diameter. A conductive wire configured to be arranged in a vehicle and electrically connect electrical devices includes: a rigid wire having a first core wire, and a first insulating coating that covers an outer circumference of the first core wire; and a flexible wire having a second core wire that is superior to the first core wire in terms of flexibility and is connected to an end of the first core wire, and a second insulating coating that covers an outer circumference of the second core wire. A wall thickness T1 in a radial direction of the first insulating coating of the rigid wire is smaller than a wall thickness T2 in a radial direction of the second insulating coating of the flexible wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Hirokazu Nakai
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Patent number: 10532707Abstract: A motor vehicle has a control device which is arranged in a cockpit module and has a cable harness, which includes at least one data and/or power cable, for connecting the control device to an on-board electrical system of the motor vehicle. The control device has at least one connection for making electrical contact with the cable harness. An improved utilization of the available installation space in the cockpit region and a shortening of the requisite length of the cable harness is obtained by the connection of the control device being arranged on a side of the control device which faces an interior of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz Troffer, Anton Niedermeier
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Patent number: 10532708Abstract: A circuit body routing structure includes a circuit body routed, with respect to a vehicle body having a rocker on which a center pillar is erected, along the rocker. The circuit body is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape. The circuit body includes a linear portion disposed overlapping an upper surface of the rocker, and a detour portion disposed overlapping a side surface of the rocker on a vehicle interior side or a side surface of the center pillar on the vehicle interior side at a junction between the rocker and the center pillar.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Noriaki Sasaki, Shinji Oshita, Hiroki Kawakami
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Patent number: 10532709Abstract: According to one aspect of one embodiment of the present invention, a safety control system for using applications in vehicles, includes, a communication device having at least one of an input accessible from within the vehicle and an output communicated within the vehicle, at least one sensor operable to sense at least one condition related to vehicle operation, and data about distraction features of a running application, to and a controller communicated with the sensor and the communication device to selectively suppress at least one of said input and said output in response to a sensed parameter of said at least one condition being outside of a threshold. When an input is suppressed, the driver is prevented from accessing or inputting information into the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Safe Driving Technologies, LLCInventor: Mouhamad A Naboulsi
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Patent number: 10532710Abstract: An electrical power supply system for an aircraft includes a plurality of generators, each being couplable to and rotatable by an aircraft engine. and a plurality of electrical conversion units, each having a plurality of inputs and at least one output. Each generator includes at least four AC phases. The inputs of each individual electrical conversion unit are connected to a plurality of phases of at least two of the plurality of generators. The electrical conversion units each includes a rectification and conversion device for providing an output voltage having a predeterminable frequency and voltage level at the output.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Airbus Operations SL, Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Jens Schult, Leire Segura Martinez De Ilarduya, Joerg Wangemann
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Patent number: 10532711Abstract: An underrun protection system for arranging on a rear of a vehicle includes a crossmember and two support arms for supporting the crossmember and for mounting on a mounting structure of the vehicle. The underrun protection system further includes two connecting devices for mounting the crossmember on the support arms. The connecting devices serve as reinforcing parts for the partial reinforcement of the crossmember and/or the connecting devices are designed for adjustability along the crossmember.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AGInventors: Florian Wilke, Aleksandar Bogicevic, Mike Langhammer, Stefan Marx
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Patent number: 10532713Abstract: The present invention provides an occupant classification apparatus for a vehicle. The occupant classification apparatus for a vehicle includes a sensor mat that is mounted on each seat in the vehicle to sense objects disposed on the seats. An impedance measurer is configured to measure a current based on impedance of the object using the sensor mat A controller is configured to analyze the current measured by the impedance measurer and estimate the object that corresponds to the analyzed result.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Nam Gyun Kim, Chun Seok Park, Kwang Ho Song
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Patent number: 10532714Abstract: A safety switching device for switching on and safely switching off an electrical load, comprising a failsafe evaluation/control unit, an output terminal for providing a potential, a switching element having a first working contact, wherein the potential is connectable to the output terminal via the first working contact, and an input terminal for receiving an input signal for operating the switching element via the evaluation/control unit. Additionally, the safety switching device comprises a separator having a connecting piece, a drive element and a separating element. The drive element is configured to mechanically move the separating element from a first position into a second position and the connecting piece and the first working contact electrically connect in series with one another the potential to the output terminal. Further, in the second position the separating element irreversibly separates the connecting piece into two pieces.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Joerg Seid
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Patent number: 10532715Abstract: A steering wheel unit (10) for a motor vehicle having, a steering wheel body (12), an airbag module (20) accommodated in a hub region of the steering wheel body (12), which includes a housing (22), an inflator connected to the housing (22), and an airbag (29) folded into the housing (22), and at least three axial positioning units which define the axial position of the housing (22) when not pressed down with respect to the steering wheel body (12). Each of the three axial positioning units include an axial positioning element (40) connected on the module side to the housing (22), or an axial positioning element connected to the steering wheel body on the steering wheel body side, wherein the positioning element features a metal support unit (42). The at least three support units (42) are elements separate from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Thierry Jacqmarcq, Gilles Garret, Remi Baillivet
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Patent number: 10532716Abstract: There is provided a vehicle curtain airbag device including: a rear seat chamber configured to inflate and deploy between the head of a rear seat occupant and a vehicle cabin side section, the rear seat chamber including a restraint face that opposes the head in a vehicle width direction and is angled or curved toward a vehicle width direction outer side, on progression toward a vehicle front side, in a fully inflated and deployed state.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiji Hioda, Koji Ohara
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Patent number: 10532717Abstract: A vehicle airbag includes at least one chamber configured to be inflated when the airbag is triggered and at least one gas generator fluidically connected to the at least one chamber for filling the at least one chamber with a gas. At least one respective interior tensioning bag is arranged in the at least one chamber at each opposing chamber end. The two tensioning bags are configured in such a way that during the filling of the at least one chamber, they synchronously tension and deploy the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: DAIMLER AGInventors: Christian Burczyk, Till Heinrich, Bengt Larsson
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Patent number: 10532718Abstract: A vehicle includes a bumper assembly including a bumper reinforcement beam extending generally in a vehicle lateral direction. A bumper beam contact component is located above the bumper reinforcement beam in a vehicle vertical direction. An upper energy absorbing structure is located at a top surface of the bumper reinforcement beam and between the bumper beam contact component and the bumper reinforcement beam.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremiah T. Hammer, Aaron R. Steinhilb
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Patent number: 10532719Abstract: A Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) passive vehicle access control system integrated into a vehicle and an external device to defend the system against relay attacks is provided. The system includes at least one of a motion detector, a microprocessor, or a barometric pressure sensor. The motion detector is configured to detect and distinguish various types of motion and vibration. The motion detector is further configured to distinguish between a true motion event and a false motion event. The microprocessor comprises a set of computer executable instructions including a TX power profiling is capable of modulating the transmitted (TX) power level to create at a receiving end of a communication having link in the vehicle a RX power level (RSS) profile that serves as an authentication.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Maurizio Bocca, Vivek Jain, Christoph Lang, Huang Lee
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Patent number: 10532720Abstract: Various embodiments may include systems for unlocking a motor vehicle. For example, an apparatus may include: a motor vehicle key for unlocking a motor vehicle having a remote engine start and/or vehicle entry system. The motor vehicle key comprises a Bluetooth antenna and a motor vehicle communication antenna. A controller of the motor vehicle key is configured to: use the Bluetooth antenna to set up a Bluetooth link to a mobile radio terminal using an activation key stored in a memory of the motor vehicle key; and instruct a motor vehicle controller installed in the motor vehicle to prompt an operation of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Herbert Froitzheim, Robert Obermaier
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Patent number: 10532721Abstract: A car wash spray device can include a fluid inlet to receive a pressurized fluid from a fluid source. The car wash spray device can also include a first spray nozzle, and a first pressure-sensitive valve in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the first spray nozzle. The first pressure-sensitive valve can be configured to allow flow of the pressurized fluid therethrough at or below a first pressure. The car wash spray device can further include a second spray nozzle, and a second pressure-sensitive valve in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the second spray nozzle. The second pressure-sensitive valve can be configured to allow flow of the pressurized fluid therethrough at or above a second pressure. Controlling a pressure of the pressurized fluid can facilitate delivery of the pressurized fluid through at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Inventor: Dustin Jensen
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Patent number: 10532722Abstract: A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a body assembly, a front cabin, a front axle, at least one rear axle, a ladder assembly having a proximal end that is coupled to the chassis between the front axle and the at least one rear axle, a stability system, and a controller. The stability system includes a pair of front downriggers, a pair of rear downriggers, and an outrigger assembly coupled to the chassis between the front axle and the at least one rear axle. The front and rear downriggers are selectively extendable to engage a ground surface. The outrigger assembly includes a pair of outriggers that are selectively extendable from the body assembly to engage the ground surface. The controller is configured to facilitate controlling extension and retraction of the front downriggers, the rear downriggers, and the outriggers to lean the fire apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Eric D. Betz, David W. Archer
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Patent number: 10532723Abstract: A hydraulic device for controlling braking for farm tractors, earthmovers and like machines, comprises a master cylinder and brake booster. A piston of the brake booster defines first and second chambers which, under rest conditions, are in communication and, during braking, are cut off with the first chamber being put in communication with a discharge chamber of the master cylinder. The piston of the master cylinder is driven by a drive piston shaped to define with a plunger of the piston of the brake booster a hollow space through which the first chamber communicates with either the second chamber or the discharge chamber, depending on device operating conditions. In the plunger, a seat for a gasket-valve is arranged to cooperate with the drive piston, during braking, to prevent fluid leakage between the second and the first chamber as a consequence of the sliding of the drive piston caused by braking.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: VHIT S.P.A.Inventor: Leonardo Cadeddu
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Patent number: 10532724Abstract: A method for operating an electric parking brake includes determining a fault relating to a first control unit which in a normal operating mode operates the electric parking brake. The method further includes operating a second control unit in an emergency operating mode as a function of the determined fault and determining a state for an operator control element of the parking brake using the second control unit and operating the parking brake as a first function of the determined state of the operator control element using the second control unit in the emergency operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter Rebholz-Goldmann, Toni Frenzel
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Patent number: 10532725Abstract: A position sensing system for a braking system has a rotor and a caliper assembly disposed at least partially around the rotor. The caliper assembly has a fixed mount bracket and a floating portion. At least two brake pads are attached to the floating portion, operable to exert a force against the rotor in response to a force through the floating portion. A first portion is coupled to the fixed mount bracket. A second portion is coupled to the floating portion such that the second portion moves in response to movement of the floating portion. A sensor assembly measures a distance between the first portion and the second portion. A wireless transmitter sends a signal from the sensor assembly to detached electronics, the signal representing the distance measured.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Heeder, Edward O'Brien, Aditya Balasubramanian, Nevin Molyneaux, Mark Duffy
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Patent number: 10532726Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decelerating a vehicle (10) moving at low speed (vV), in particular by using a hydraulically or pneumatically operated braking system (26), with the following steps: determining, by means of the speed sensor (32), whether the speed (vV) of the vehicle (10) falls short of a predeterminable first limiting value (vC1); if the speed (vV) of the vehicle (10) falls short of the first limiting value, increasing the propulsion torque (MA) transmitted to the drive train (18); and decelerating the vehicle (10) by increasing the braking torque (MB) acting on the wheels (20) by means of the controller (36).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Ashrit Das
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Patent number: 10532727Abstract: A method for controlling a full load mode of a hybrid vehicle by a controller may include: calculating driver demand torque based on acceleration pedal position sensor (APS) information or brake pedal position sensor (BPS) information; predicting the driver's acceleration/deceleration information based on the hybrid vehicle's driving information; predicting the driver demand torque based on the predicted acceleration/deceleration information; predicting a state of charge (SOC) of a battery that supplies electric power to a motor for driving the hybrid vehicle, based on the calculated driver demand torque and the predicted driver demand torque; and controlling an engine for charging the battery based on the predicted battery SOC, in order to keep the hybrid vehicle from entering into the full load mode in which the engine configured to produce a maximum torque and the motor are used.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR CORPORATION, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jeamun Lee, Joonyoung Park, Ji Hoon Kang
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Patent number: 10532728Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a power storage device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to limit execution of power storage capacity decreasing control and execution of power storage capacity recovering control when a condition a) and a condition b) are both satisfied than when the condition a) and a condition c) are both satisfied, a) is parking at a predetermined point is predicted b) a temperature of the power storage device is out of a predetermined temperature range, and c) the temperature of the power storage device is within the predetermined temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Morisaki, Takashi Ogura, Masahiro Kagami, Koichiro Muta