Patents Issued in March 10, 2020
  • Patent number: 10583775
    Abstract: A vehicle light assembly is provided herein. The light assembly includes a housing operably coupled with a roof structure of a vehicle and movable between a first position and a second position. An arm is pivotably coupled to the roof structure on a first end portion and operably coupled with the housing on a second end portion. A bracket extends from the housing. The bracket is configured to retain a light bar. One or more light sources are disposed within the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jose Vladimir Garcia Garcia
  • Patent number: 10583776
    Abstract: The present invention is a brake level indication device that indicates brake force applied by front vehicle driver to rear vehicle driver by switching ON and OFF series of LEDs or bulbs. It includes sensor which converts force applied to the brake in the form of variable electrical signal. The variable electrical signal is digitized into different levels by peripheral interface of microcontroller. The microprocessor processes the digitized data, depending on the level of output signal, turns ON the series of LEDs or bulbs. If full brake is applied, then all the bulbs or LEDs will be turned ON and also emergency flash light is turned ON. Providing braking information of front vehicle and indicating it to rear vehicle will reduce death rate due to vehicle collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventors: Luis R. Ortiz, Pedro J. Lopez
  • Patent number: 10583777
    Abstract: Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD., SEOYON AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Cho, Dong Suk Kim, Jong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10583778
    Abstract: A system for generating a moving image in an aircraft, includes a multiplicity of LEDs, a signal input unit, into which image information is fed, a signal output unit coupled to the multiplicity of LEDs and configured for transmitting the image information to the multiplicity of LEDs, and a gyroscopic sensor for acquiring a spatial position of the aircraft, wherein the LEDs are arranged in the form of a grid on an aircraft interior wall, such that the image is a schematic reproduction of the image information and the signal output unit is coupled to the gyroscopic sensor in such a way that the position of the image is matched to the spatial position of the aircraft, such that the image forms an artificial horizon for a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Marvin Bruhn
  • Patent number: 10583779
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera and a control having an image processor that processes image data captured by the rear backup camera. The control, when the vehicle is driven forward into a parking slot and responsive to image processing of captured image data, determines a parking slot marker at a side boundary of the parking slot at which the vehicle is being parked. The system may include a display screen that displays images representative of the vehicle at a determined orientation relative to the determined parking slot marker so a driver of the vehicle can determine whether or not the vehicle is aligned in the parking slot. The control may determine a degree of misalignment of the vehicle relative to the parking slot and may generate an output to alert the driver that the vehicle is not aligned in the parking slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Krishna Koravadi
  • Patent number: 10583780
    Abstract: A vehicle collision warning system and method detects a rear-center area impending collision and a rear-lateral-corner area impending collision, and controls an operator alarm in one of a standard mode and a towing mode. In the standard mode, the operator alarm is controlled to provide an alert to an operator when the rear-center area impending collision is detected and/or the rear-lateral-corner area impending collision is detected. In the towing mode, the operator alarm is controlled to provide the alert to the operator when the rear-lateral-corner area impending collision is detected by the rear-lateral-corner area impending collision detection module, and to provide no alert to the operator when the rear-center impending collision is detected by the rear-center area impending collision detection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Albert Vanderburgh, Justin T. Longwell, Steven Feit, Brian P. Baker, Joseph A. Heater, Randy L. Skiles, Jordan J. Marker, David A. Thompson, Gregory A. Barlage, Peter J. Cardimen, David Bryant, Jason Dutter, Kin C. Fung
  • Patent number: 10583781
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes a database configured to store numbers of preset criteria concerning various driving conditions, a sensor, configured to sense environmental data surrounding a vehicle; a thermal image capturing device, configured to capture a thermal images surrounding the vehicle; a display device; and a processor, coupled to the sensor, the thermal image capturing device and the display device. The processor compares the environmental data against the preset criteria to determine the driving condition of the vehicle. The display device automatically display thermal images to inform and provide precautions to the driver if the driving condition indicates that the driver's vision is adversely affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Shanghai XPT Technology Limited, Mindtronic AI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Jen Huang, Ya-Li Tai, Yu-Sian Jiang
  • Patent number: 10583782
    Abstract: An electro-optic mirror reflective element for a rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a front substrate and a rear substrate with an electro-optic medium disposed therebetween. A display element is disposed at the front substrate and includes a transparent organic light emitting diode display. With the electro-optic mirror reflective element disposed at a rearview mirror assembly at the vehicle and when the display element is activated, information displayed by the display element is viewable by a driver of the vehicle. With the electro-optic mirror reflective element disposed at the rearview mirror assembly at the vehicle and when the display element is not activated, the driver views reflected images of the scene rearward of the vehicle as reflected off a specularly reflective mirror reflector disposed at a surface of the rear substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Rodney K. Blank, Mark L. Larson, Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 10583783
    Abstract: A vehicle interior layout includes a console having a support structure configured to be mounted on the floor of the vehicle and topped by an upper part, the upper part being rotatable around a substantially vertical pivot axis (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventor: Julien Beauregard
  • Patent number: 10583784
    Abstract: Racks are used to carry cargo on top of vehicles. Racks include crossbars and assemblies configured to secure specific cargo items to the crossbars. Clamps for connecting cargo-specific assemblies to the crossbars, include first and second jaws, and an adjustment device for selectively controlling horizontal relative movement between the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Yakima Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Sautter, John Mark Elliott, Dave Condon
  • Patent number: 10583785
    Abstract: A vehicle cargo carrier includes a coupling assembly, and a storage assembly. The coupling assembly can selectively attach to a vehicle. The storage assembly can selectively attach to the coupling assembly. The storage assembly includes a first storage body, a second storage body, and a fluid redirection member. The first storage body defines an inflow vent that can receive fluid from an exterior of the first storage body toward an interior of the first storage body. The fluid redirection member includes a base and an insertable extension. The base is attached to either the interior of the first or second storage body. The base defines a first open end that can receive a portion of the fluid from the inflow vent. The insertable extension defines a second open end such that the second open end and the first open end are in fluid communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. Bulcher, Amy L. Bulcher
  • Patent number: 10583786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic ladder bracket adapted to be releasably attached to any surface having ferromagnetic properties, such as steel, iron etc. The magnetic ladder bracket comprises a base coupled to a plurality of magnets one a first side of the base and two or more brackets on a second side of the base. The plurality of magnets provide a jet blast resistant securement of the magnetic ladder bracket to the ferromagnetic surface on a tug or other vehicle. The ladder is secured to the brackets by placing a rail of the ladder in the brackets and securing the ladder using a securing mechanism, such as a pin placed across the bracket. The magnetic ladder bracket further includes one or more handles for removing the bracket from the ferromagnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: LOCK N CLIMB, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Green
  • Patent number: 10583787
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a surface that has a receptacle. The receptacle includes a perimeter wall that extends in an outward direction from an interior wall to a bezel that engages with the surface. A tab-receiving portion is defined by the perimeter wall. A closeout structure is coupled within the receptacle. The closeout structure is movable between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Henrique Werneck de Toledo, Diego Freitas Araujo, Julio Magalhaes
  • Patent number: 10583788
    Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle driven by an engine is provide, which includes an audio device for an internal space of a cabin of the vehicle, and a traveling state determiner configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle. The audio device is configured to change a quality of a sound reproduced by a sound source and, when the traveling state determined by the traveling state determiner is a given traveling state, degrade the quality of the reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Koji Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10583789
    Abstract: A panel case of a display panel is provided with a first fixing piece extending rearward (in the Y2 direction), and a female threaded hole is formed in the first fixing piece. A support bracket is provided with a second fixing piece extending rearward (in the Y2 direction), and an attachment hole is formed in the second fixing piece. The first fixing piece has a first elongate hole portion opened between the female threaded hole and a first base portion, and the second fixing piece has a second elongate hole portion formed between the attachment hole and a second base portion. Therefore, the fastening force from a fixing screw is less likely to be transmitted to the first base portion of the first fixing piece, and strain of the display panel can be regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Oshima, Ken Koiwa
  • Patent number: 10583790
    Abstract: A mount for an electronic device, including two attachment plates on either end, both secured to a joint, so as to articulatably attach the mount to a surface on one end and an electronic device on the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 10583791
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a trunk line section including a power line for power supply as a wiring body wired in a vehicle, a distributor that is connected to the trunk line section and distributes electric power from a power supply mounted on the vehicle to an appliance to be connected, and a ground plate for grounding buried in a resin flooring material of the vehicle separately from the trunk line section. Thus, with the wire harness, a wiring path can be simplified by combining the trunk line section, the distributor, and the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shiratori, Masahiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10583792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a plurality of first sensors to measure parameters characterizing a vehicle operating state; a second sensor to measure a parameter characterizing an emission of an fuel processing apparatus; a control device to measure repeatedly over a predefined time period and to determine a vehicle operating state based on a first data set with measured values from the plurality of first sensors and predefined parameter ranges describing a predefined vehicle operating state; an allocation device to allocate a second data set comprising measured values from the second sensor to the predefined vehicle operating state; and an evaluation device to determine a characteristic value for assessing or optimizing the operating behavior of the vehicle based on the vehicle operating state and the second data set, wherein the characteristic value characterizes an energy efficiency of the vehicle or an emission behavior of the fuel processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut List, Peter Schoeggl, Guenter Karl Fraidl, Thomas Trebitsch, Erik Bogner
  • Patent number: 10583793
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises: an airbag; a first power supply configured to supply power; a first sensor configured to sense an impact applied to the vehicle; a first wiring connected to the first power supply and configured to transmit the power while the vehicle is running; a second wiring connected to the first power supply and configured to transmit power regardless of whether or not the vehicle is running; and a controller configured to deploy the airbag upon receiving power via the first wiring or the second wiring when the first sensor senses the impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sanguk Chu, Kwang Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 10583794
    Abstract: A method and system for diagnosing a fault condition in common connected squib loops is disclosed. A current source supplies current to the feed terminal for the first squib loop and current is returned through the feed terminal for the second squib loop. The voltage is measured between the feed terminal for the first squib loop and the feed terminal for the second squib loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: VEONEER US, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Colarossi, Stuart Koch
  • Patent number: 10583795
    Abstract: An instrument panel component includes a wall, a first projection, and a second projection. The wall is configured to be supported by the instrument panel. The first and second projections are supported by the wall and extend in a common direction away from the wall. The length of the first projection is different than the length of the second projection and both projections are of a different material than the material of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Pardeep Kumar Jindal, Rahul Makwana, Matthew B. Makowski
  • Patent number: 10583796
    Abstract: A door barrier assembly for a vehicle can include a flexible barrier member such as a net, flexible plastic screen, or other barrier device located within an opening in the vehicle frame. The vehicle frame can include a front pillar member connected to a longitudinally extending roll cage member that extends in a longitudinal rearward direction of the vehicle from a top end of the front pillar member. The front pillar member can also be connected to a transverse roll cage member. The flexible barrier member can include an upper forward portion and a connector at the upper forward portion releasably attached to one of the transverse roll cage member and the longitudinally extending roll cage member at a location between the front pillar member and the longitudinally extending roll cage member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sebastian Osorio
  • Patent number: 10583797
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat, an arm connected to the seat, a carrier supported by the arm, and an airbag supported by the carrier. The arm is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The carrier is spaceable from the seat when the arm is in the deployed position. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position in a direction toward the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Alan George Dry, Daniel Ferretti, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma
  • Patent number: 10583798
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a gas generating device of a side airbag apparatus is attached to the inside of an outer side frame in a seat-width direction. When a seated occupant is a three-dimensional mannequin of AM50, a portion of the gas generating device overlaps a back pan of the three-dimensional mannequin as viewed in a seat front-rear direction. Here, in a plan section of a seat back in a range in which the gas generating device is positioned in a seat up-down direction, when an imaginary line overlapping a section of the back pan is moved back toward a seat rear side until the imaginary line comes into contact with a side spring portion of a seat back spring, the gas generating device is positioned rearward of a moved-back imaginary line in the seat front-rear direction and outward of the moved-back imaginary line in the seat-width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamichi Komura, Osamu Fukawatase, Masato Kunisada, Hiroe Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10583799
    Abstract: An overhead mountable inflatable airbag assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. Inflatable airbag assemblies may provide protection for an occupant in a vehicle collision event. The disclosed airbag assembly may form a sideways V shape to be supported at the roof by an inflator, housing, or other mounting method, and at or near a lower (distal) end against a portion of an instrument panel or a rear portion of a forward occupant seat. The supported sideways V shape may support the occupant during ride down to provide protection of the occupant. The supported sideways V shape may also reduce the volume of inflation gas required to properly inflate the airbag assembly, and may reduce the overall packaged volume of the airbag assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Schneider, Frank J. Herzenstiel
  • Patent number: 10583800
    Abstract: An occupant protection device includes a knee air bag. The knee air bag is configured to be deployed rearwardly from a front of right and left knees of an occupant seated in a seat of a vehicle towards the knees to press the knees from the front. The knee air bag includes at least either one of a right side inclined surface and a left side inclined surface. The right side inclined surface is configured to come in contact, from a right side, with the right knee of the occupant seated in the seat and the left side inclined surface is configured to come in contact with the left knee of the occupant from a left side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 10583801
    Abstract: An airbag comprises a textile substrate and a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. An airbag module comprises an airbag, a gas generator connected to the airbag, and a cover at least partially enclosing the airbag and the gas generator. A process for producing an airbag comprises the steps of providing a textile substrate, providing a coating composition, applying the coating composition to the substrate, and heating the textile substrate. A system for producing a filled, cross-linked silicone polymer comprises a first part and a second part. Each part comprises a polysiloxane compound and a plurality of filler particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventor: Ramesh Keshavaraj
  • Patent number: 10583802
    Abstract: A method of weaving fabric for use in the manufacture of a vehicle air-bag includes: providing a weaving reed having a plurality of adjacent cells; introducing regular warp yarns into at least some of the cells; introducing an additional warp yarn into one of the cells that already includes a regular warp yarn; and carrying out a weaving process. In the weaving process, weft yarns are interwoven with the regular warp yarns and the additional warp yarn. The regular warp yarns each remain within one cell throughout the weaving process. The additional warp yarn is moved from a first cell to a second cell during the weaving process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Brita Hirsch, Ralf Koehnen
  • Patent number: 10583803
    Abstract: An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a land vehicle conveyance system, a sensor system configured to capture information including surrounding environment information and/or vehicle subsystem information, a communication system configured to communicate with a remote human operator management system, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the autonomous robot land vehicle to, autonomously, determine based on the captured information to request a remote human operator, and communicate a request to the remote human operator management system for a remote human operator to assume control of the land vehicle conveyance system, where the request includes at least a portion of the captured information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Nuro, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Yi Shen, Calvin Giroud, Qunyan Pu
  • Patent number: 10583804
    Abstract: A guide ring sensor has a fixing seat, a guide ring, an elastic member, and a sensing element. The guide ring is pivoted on the fixing seat by a positioning member. The elastic member is mounted on the body of the fixing seat, is connected to the guide ring, and provides resilience to the guide ring. The sensing element is mounted on the fixing seat to detect a pivoting angle change of the guide ring and generate a signal corresponding to the pivoting angle change of the guide ring. The sensing element may detect whether a webbing is correctly fastened or not by the pivoting angle change of the guide ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Liang-Hsiung Wang
  • Patent number: 10583805
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an input device for controlling a speed of the engine, a seat for an occupant of the vehicle, a seat belt for securing the occupant in the seat, and a seat belt sensor for detecting when the seat belt is buckled. A controller may be operatively connected to the seat belt sensor and the engine for controlling the vehicle in a first mode when the seat belt is buckled and a second mode when the seat belt is unbuckled. The controller may perform various different functions, such as cutting fuel to the engine when the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold while operating in the second mode, or receiving input indicating that the input device is released before switching the vehicle to the first mode when the seat belt is buckled while the vehicle is operating in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Makabe, Dustin Lee Williams
  • Patent number: 10583806
    Abstract: A method for operating an anti-theft device for a motor vehicle which is unlocked when a radio signal is received from a radio-based remote control device of the motor vehicle and, after unlocking, is started by actuating a start/stop operating element. Here, an interior of the motor vehicle is monitored by a detection device of the anti-theft device after the motor vehicle has been started. For the monitoring of the interior of the motor vehicle, a search signal restricted to the interior is output by the detection device in the interior of the motor vehicle. The radio-based remote control device is configured to output a detection signal when the search signal is received. If the detection signal is not received by the detection device before a predetermined search time, a warning message is output to a unit outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Frank Müller, Tobias Geier
  • Patent number: 10583807
    Abstract: Described herein is a watch with a plurality of electrical components and systems to generally provide a remote coupling with an additional system, such as a vehicle or entry system. The watch generally functions as a vehicle fob and security device for wearing by a user. The watch includes a bezel portion having a generally hollow channel configured for the receipt of airflow to generally direct the airflow to form a sound, wherein the bezel can be utilized as a whistle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Alyssa Nicotra
  • Patent number: 10583808
    Abstract: A wiper device is provided. An operating range of each of two sets of wiper arm units can be properly restricted. A first wiper arm unit is prevented from colliding with a first front pillar or a dash panel when a first output shaft of a first speed reduction mechanism has rotated beyond a first control angle, and a second wiper arm unit is prevented from colliding with a second front pillar or the dash panel when a second output shaft of a second speed reduction mechanism has rotated beyond a second control angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kimura, Hayato Saito
  • Patent number: 10583809
    Abstract: Fixing device (30) for a windscreen wiper actuation linkage system, this device comprising a plate (32) intended to be fixed onto a vehicle body (36), and at least one locking member (34) intended to cooperate with said body to lock the fixing of the plate onto the body, characterized in that said plate is configured to be displaced in translation in the joint plane with said body, and in that said locking member is mobile, deformable or displaceable from an unlocking position to a locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Nicolas Kuchly, Robin Viard, Pascal Renoux, Frédéric Baud
  • Patent number: 10583810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm head (14) for a wiper arm rod (11), with a first end region (178), which has an opening (15) for receiving a drive shaft, and a second end region (179) for the pivotable fastening of the wiper arm rod (11), and with means for directing at least one hose (31, 32) carrying a cleaning fluid. It is provided according to the invention that the means has a feedthrough (181, 182), which leads the hose (31, 32) from an upper side (187) in the direction of an underside (188) of the wiper arm head (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Siegfried Waible, Kristina Kalmbach, Claudia Schober
  • Patent number: 10583811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (3) for assembling a drive arm of a motor vehicle to a windscreen wiper (2), said connector (3) comprising: a connection device (15) designed to interact with a base (10) of a windscreen wiper (2) to reversibly secure the connector (3) to the windscreen wiper (2), a side interface (16) on a side wall (17) of the connection device (15), said interface (16) comprising a second transverse pin (18) designed to be connected to a drive arm, characterized in that the connection device (15) comprises: a first member (26) designed to interact with a housing (11) in the base (10) of the windscreen wiper (2), the first member (26) being connected to the side wall (17) by at least one bridge (23), and at least one side locking tab (22a, 22b) projecting perpendicularly from the side wall (17) in the direction of the housing (11), the side locking tab (22a, 22b) being designed to interact with a side edge (24) of the windscreen wiper (2) arranged on the opposite side to the ho
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton
  • Patent number: 10583812
    Abstract: A cab of a work vehicle includes a front windshield that extends in a vehicle width direction; front lateral windshields that extends diagonally rearward and is connected to both sides of the front windshield in the vehicle width direction via ridgelines, and a rear-end edge of each front lateral windshield extending in a vertical direction being gradually separated from the ridgeline of each front lateral windshield while extending downward; a front lateral wiper that is disposed so as to be rotatable around an upper axis that is disposed above each front lateral windshield and so as to be rotatable along each front lateral windshield; an upper drive device that is configured to reciprocally rotate the front lateral wiper around the upper axis between a rear position in and a front position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Takaya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10583813
    Abstract: A wheel rim cleaner for cleaning a rim of tire. The wheel rim cleaner includes a housing having a first side and a second side. The first side includes a first fastener disposed at a center thereof. An elongated arm extends radially from the first fastener, wherein the elongated arm includes a brush member on a distal end thereof. The elongated arm is telescopic such that the arm extends outwardly and retracts inwardly relative to the center of the first side. The second side includes a sidewall extending from a perimeter thereof, wherein the sidewall defines an open end. A bearing is disposed within the open end, wherein the bearing rotates the housing independently from a hub of a wheel rim. A second fastener is affixed to the bearing, wherein the second fastener secures the wheel rim cleaner to the hub of the wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce Jarnagin
  • Patent number: 10583814
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for replacing a power source element is provided. The method includes enabling a first vehicle comprising a first power source apparatus comprising a first multiple compartment housing comprising a first plurality of receptacles retaining a first plurality of power source elements, a controller, and a communication interface. The first vehicle receives a notification indicating that a second vehicle requires replacement of a power source element of a second plurality of power source elements within a second power source apparatus of the second vehicle. The first vehicle is directed to a current location of the second vehicle and the first vehicle is docked to the second vehicle. The power source element of the second vehicle is replaced with a fully charged power source element of the first plurality of power source elements from the first vehicle during operation of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Johannes J. Liebenberg, John G. Musial, Todd R. Whitman
  • Patent number: 10583815
    Abstract: The hydraulic pressure control device controls a valve part for adjusting the inflow/outflow of a fluid into and out of a hydraulic pressure chamber formed in a braking device to control the actual hydraulic pressure of the fluid in the hydraulic pressure chamber, to a target hydraulic pressure of the actual hydraulic pressure and includes a determination unit which determines whether a response delay time of the actual hydraulic pressure is equal to or greater than a prescribed permitted delay time and an inflow/outflow quantity correction unit which executes increase correction processing in which the valve part is controlled to increase the inflow/outflow quantity of the fluid in the hydraulic pressure chamber when the determination unit has determined that the response delay time is equal to or greater than the permitted delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Ninoyu, Takahiro Okano
  • Patent number: 10583816
    Abstract: A lane departure prevention device includes: a travelling state recognition unit; a lane line recognition unit; a departure determination unit; a yaw moment calculation unit configured to calculate a target trajectory and a target yaw moment; a direction determination unit configured to determine the departure avoidance direction; a direction alignment determination unit configured to determine the turning direction of the vehicle by the target yaw moment coincides with the departure avoidance direction; and a braking force control unit configured to control the braking forces of the vehicle. In a case where the direction alignment determination unit determines that the results of determinations coincide with each other, the braking force control unit perform a braking force control, and in a case where the direction alignment determination unit doesn't determine that the results of determinations coincide with each other, the braking force control unit doesn't perform the braking force control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10583817
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a brake pedal unit (BPU) coupled to a vehicle brake pedal and including an input piston connected to operate a pedal simulator during a normal braking mode, and coupled to actuate a pair of output pistons during a manual push through mode. The output pistons are operable to generate brake actuating pressure at first and second outputs of the BPU. A hydraulic pressure source for supplying fluid at a controlled boost pressure is included. The system further includes a hydraulic control unit (HCU) adapted to be hydraulically connected to the BPU and the hydraulic pressure source, the HCU including a slip control valve arrangement, and a switching base brake valve arrangement for switching the brake system between the normal braking mode wherein boost pressure from the pressure source is supplied to first and second vehicle brakes, and the manual push through mode wherein brake actuating pressure from the BPU is supplied to the first and second vehicle brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventor: Blaise J. Ganzel
  • Patent number: 10583818
    Abstract: A brake device and an automatic driving vehicle using the same are provided. The brake device includes an electrically controlled brake assembly, a mechanically controlled brake assembly and a shaft. The electrically controlled brake assembly has a main body and a brake control link. The shaft is connected between the electrically controlled brake assembly and the mechanically controlled brake assembly. The mechanically controlled brake assembly includes a pedal, an elbow, a brake link group and a brake pump. The first end is connected to the pedal, and the fulcrum is between the first end and the second end and is located close to the second end. The brake link group is connected between the elbow and the brake control link. The brake pump has an adjustable rod, and one link of the brake link group is connected to the adjustable rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Hui Chang, Shao-Chi Chuang, Wen-Shu Lee
  • Patent number: 10583819
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyunho Kim, Seong Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10583820
    Abstract: An effluent processing apparatus is provided for a vehicle air brake charging system. The effluent processing apparatus comprises an inlet port through which effluent from a purge valve of an air dryer can be received and an outlet port. The effluent processing apparatus also comprises a spiral-shaped effluent channel having a portion of decreasing channel width disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The spiral-shaped effluent channel is provided for increasing velocity of an effluent stream as the effluent stream flows through the decreasing channel width portion of the spiral-shaped effluent channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Howe, David W Perry, Gregory R Ashley, Fred W Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10583821
    Abstract: A system and method for warning a vehicle of brake deterioration including (i) detecting conditions that impact brake performance of a primary vehicle through a plurality of sensors; (ii) receiving information from the plurality of sensors; (iii) determining data for a brake event; (iv) storing the brake event data in a bin; (v) determining an average of the brake data for the bin; (vi) determining whether a rate at which the average of the brake data for the bin is increasing over time is greater than a first predetermined threshold; (vii) flagging the bin when the average of the brake data for the bin is increasing over time greater than a first predetermined threshold; (viii) determining whether a number of flagged bins is greater than a second predetermined threshold; and (ix) generating an alert to a driver when the number of flagged bins is greater than the second predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Graves
  • Patent number: 10583822
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle, the control system includes a selectable one-way clutch, a motor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to (i) execute rotation control to control the motor such that negative differential rotation changes into positive differential rotation when the selectable one-way clutch is switched from a disengaged state to an engaged state while differential rotation of the selectable one-way clutch is negative and (ii) initiate engagement control by a switching mechanism such that a projecting operation of the selectable one-way clutch is completed while the differential rotation is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shibata, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Hideaki Komada, Yuki Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 10583823
    Abstract: The invention has a purpose of improving applicability of a controller and a control method to a vehicle, the controller and the control method executing brake control in which primary information is selectively supplemented by secondary information that is information on an assumed state related to connection and disconnection of a clutch. A determination section 5A1 and a brake control section 5A4 are provided, the determination section 5A1 determining whether an actual state related to the connection and the disconnection of the clutch matches the assumed state in accordance with a relationship between the secondary information and travel state information indicative of a travel state of the vehicle, and the brake control section 5A4 executing the brake control by using the primary information but not the secondary information in the case where the determination section 5A1 determines that the actual state does not match the assumed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Nobuho Nemoto, Takuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10583824
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a left clutch provided on a path for transmitting driving torque to a left rear wheel and a right clutch provided on a path for transmitting driving torque to a right rear wheel torque. If a command value of the driving torque distributed to the left rear wheel using the left clutch and a command value of the driving torque distributed to the left rear wheel using the right clutch fall respectively below predetermined lower limit values, a control device controls the command values of the driving torque to be predetermined lower limit values. While realizing an optimal torque distribution control, accuracy of the driving torque distributed to the left and right rear wheels (auxiliary drive wheels) can be improved by preventing the command values (command torque) distributed to the left and right rear wheels from becoming small below the limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Tetsuro Hara