Patents Issued in March 17, 2020
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Patent number: 10589620Abstract: A motor vehicle component assembly including an air door assembly having an air door frame, on which at least one air door is movably arranged for adjusting the area through which air can flow in an air flow opening; a heat source that can include a coolant heat exchanger and/or an internal combustion engine; a blower which in the rated operating mode generates an operating air flow from the air door assembly toward the heat source; a sensor device that detects at least one operating variable and/or one state variable of the motor vehicle component assembly, and/or one state variable of the area surrounding the motor vehicle component assembly, and on the basis of this detection, outputs at least one detection variable; and a control device, which is configured to control the operation of the blower, the control device being configured to operate the blower, based on the at least one detected variable, in a deicing mode that is different from the rated operating mode, in which the blower generates a deicing aType: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KGInventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
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Patent number: 10589621Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members and a frame supported by the ground-engaging members. The frame includes a front frame member and a rear frame member coupled to the front frame member. The vehicle also includes a powertrain assembly supported by the frame and an air intake assembly operably coupled to the powertrain assembly and the front frame member. The air intake assembly includes at least one air inlet member extending into a portion of the front frame member. The air inlet member extends from an inlet opening to an outlet opening, and a portion of the air inlet member intermediate the inlet and outlet openings has a diameter less than a diameter of the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: G. Jay McKoskey, Jeffrey D. Oltmans, Pravin Rathore, Ronald A. Vorndran
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Patent number: 10589622Abstract: A fuel tank includes: a tank body including a bottom wall, a lateral wall and an upper wall, the tank body storing fuel in an interior surrounded by the bottom wall, the lateral wall and the upper wall; and a sub-tank storing a part of the fuel, the sub-tank including a wall portion, an opening portion and a post portion, the wall portion standing on the bottom wall and extending toward the upper wall. The opening portion is provided in the wall portion and is a portion in which the fuel flows. The post portion is provided integrally with the wall portion. The post portion is extended along a height direction of the wall portion from the bottom wall and is joined to the bottom wall and the upper wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinsuke Amano, Nobuhiro Funahashi
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Patent number: 10589623Abstract: A vehicle transaxle comprising a plurality of mounting flanges fixedly mountable to an axle tube of the vehicle absent any additional structure for mounting the transaxle to the vehicle. The axle tube houses a wheel axle to which the transaxle is operably couplable. The transaxle additionally comprises a transaxle mounting collar that is fixedly mounted to or integrally formed with a housing of the transaxle. The mounting collar is structured and operable to have a prime mover of the vehicle mounted thereto and to support the weight/mass of the prime mover such that the prime mover is mountable to the vehicle via only the mounting collar absent any additional structure for mounting the prime mover to the vehicle such that the prime mover can be cantilevered from (e.g., suspended from) the transaxle, e.g., the prime mover is ‘free floating’.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Zekarias W. Yohannes, Matthew Wilson, David A. Smith
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Patent number: 10589624Abstract: The invention relates to power take-off devices for internal combustion engines and can be used, in particular, in different vehicles for taking power from reciprocating internal combustion engines. The present power take-off device for an internal combustion engine comprises at least two pairs of transfer mechanisms, coupled to the pistons of an engine, wherein a transfer mechanism is adapted to convert the reciprocating motion of its corresponding piston into rotary motion of a corresponding power take-off shaft. Each transfer mechanism comprises a means of setting rotation, which is mounted on a shaft connected to the piston, said means comprising a transfer component with at least one continuous, wave-like, vertically guiding track in the form of a guiding contact path, and a running wheel which moves along the contact path and has a fixed vertical position. The device provides an increase in engine efficiency of up to 50% and reduces the number of revolutions for similar levels of power output.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Pavel Valerievich Shaplyko
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Patent number: 10589625Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting an appearance of an actual vehicle component of an actual vehicle with a virtual vehicle component. An actual vehicle component may be augmented with a virtual vehicle component by obtaining a vehicle type of the actual vehicle, detecting a landmark associated with the actual vehicle, determining a position and an orientation of the landmark, selecting a virtual vehicle component, placing the virtual vehicle component within an overlay image, where the position and the orientation of the virtual vehicle component is based on the position and the orientation of the landmark, and displaying the overlay image so that one or more portions of the virtual vehicle component appear to cover one or more portions of the actual vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Michael P. Goslin
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Patent number: 10589626Abstract: A system and method for guiding an implement on a machine to a target location is disclosed. The system comprises a GUI and a controller in operable communication with the GUI. The controller is configured to: (a) determine a current location of the implement relative to the target location on the work surface; and (b) display on the GUI a symbol in one of a plurality of states, each state associated with one or more locations of the implement relative to the target location. The state in which the symbol is displayed is indicative of the current location of the implement relative to the target location and each state is identified by at least one illuminated portion of the symbol. The controller is further configured to: (c) repeat (a) and (b) each time the implement is moved to a new current location.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Joseph Allen Thoreson
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Patent number: 10589627Abstract: On an inner wall in the interior of a vehicle, a display device is subdivided into a plurality of display fields with two directly adjacent display fields connected to each other along a common axis. At least one display field can be pivoted relative to at least one bending plane to beam display content into the interior at an angle ? relative to the at least one bending plane. In a first operating position, a surface of this at least one display field is oriented perpendicular to the at least one bending plane. In a second operating position, this at least one display field is pivoted relative to the at least one bending plane at an angle 90°-? relative to the at least one bending plane to beam the display content into the interior parallel to the at least one bending plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Christian Wall
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Patent number: 10589628Abstract: An interface panel or graphical gauge that can host applications from a mobile application platform and display content from the hosted applications on a display of the graphical gauge. The interface panel may include a native operating system supporting an interface application that generates interface graphical output fed by the native operating system to a graphics controller. The interface control system may be configured to support a guest system that generates guest graphical output fed to the graphics controller. The guest graphical output is representative of graphic information generated by the mobile application platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Medallion Instrumentation Systems, LLCInventors: Martin Payne, Michael J. Sims
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Patent number: 10589629Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising: an electrochemical device comprising an anode and a cathode, and at least one sensor comprising a plurality of strain sensing components and at least one temperature sensing component wherein each of the anode and the cathode comprises at least one strain sensing component comprising an optical fiber comprising at least one grating, wherein the at least one sensor is constructed and arranged to provide measurements that derive both state of charge and temperature of the anode and the cathode simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Charles W. Wampler, II, Brian J. Koch, Mark W. Verbrugge
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Patent number: 10589630Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to open traction battery contactors based on a potential between high-voltage cables and a chassis continuously exceeding an amplitude threshold for at least a predefined duration of time. The controller is further configured to selectively open the contactors based on data derived from the potential for periods that are each defined by the potential exceeding and then falling below the amplitude threshold without exceeding the predefined duration of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Lewei Qian, Duane M. Grider
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Patent number: 10589631Abstract: An installation for charging electric cars includes the following features: charging columns, direct-current lines, rectifiers, three-phase alternating-current lines, a single-phase alternating-current line and a cooling arrangement. The direct-current lines electrically connect the charging columns to the rectifiers. The three-phase alternating-current lines electrically connect the rectifiers to a medium-voltage transformer. The single-phase alternating-current line electrically connects the medium-voltage transformer to the cooling arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Manuel Groß, Volker Reber, Stefan Götz
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Patent number: 10589632Abstract: A vehicle includes an inlet configured to be able to receive electric power to charge a power storage device from a charging apparatus or a charging station. An ECU is configured to perform second charging control for causing a power converter to reduce charging current into the power storage device when a voltage of the power storage device is higher than a predetermined voltage, as compared with when a voltage thereof is lower than the predetermined voltage. The ECU reduces charging time by second charging control when the power storage device is charged with electric power supplied from an external charging apparatus and the external charging apparatus is a charging station billing electricity bills in accordance with charging time, as compared with when the external charging apparatus is a charging apparatus installed at a user's home.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kotaro Wada
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Patent number: 10589633Abstract: A battery system includes a housing, a battery array inside the housing, a first wiring path that bypasses the battery array, and a second wiring path electrically connected to the battery array. The battery system is adapted to charge a battery pack of an electrified vehicle using AC power, DC power, or both.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kevin Layden, John Paul Gibeau, Kendrick J. Taylor, Yuling Zhao
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Patent number: 10589634Abstract: A battery electric vehicle provided in the present invention comprises a vehicle body having wheels, an electric motor, an electric generator, and an electricity management device. The electric motor and the electric generator are connected to different wheels of the vehicle body respectively. The electric generator generates electricity by converting the rotational kinetic energy of the wheel into electrical energy. The electricity management device includes a management and controlling member, a detecting member, and a plurality of battery packs. The management and controlling member controls at least one of the battery packs to provide electricity to the electric motor by electrically connecting the electric motor, while the management and controlling member controls at least one battery pack of other battery packs to be charged by receiving the electricity generated by means of electrically connecting to the electric generator.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: LINENG-TECH CORPORATIONInventor: Chih-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 10589635Abstract: A solid-state high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) bus voltage controller to provide active power flow control in a hybrid electric aircraft power supply system. The HVDC bus voltage controller includes an active voltage controller and an active rectifier unit configured to control the HVDC bus voltage using the PWM control technique. In one implementation, the active rectifier unit includes high-power and high-frequency semiconductor switches with fast turn-off capabilities. The active voltage controller sends an HVDC bus reference voltage to the active rectifier unit. The low-level controller inside the active rectifier unit is configured to control the HVDC bus voltage to match the HVDC bus reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eugene V. Solodovnik, Mark E. Liffring, Kamiar J. Karimi
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Patent number: 10589636Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a first switch, a second switch, a current sensing portion configured to sense current flowing in the second switch, and a controller configured to control the first and second switches. The controller controls the first switch and the second switch in accordance with current sensed by the current sensing portion if a ratio of the output voltage to the input voltage is a predetermined value or lower, and controls the first switch and the second switch independently of the current sensed by the current sensing portion if the ratio of the output voltage to the input voltage is higher than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuhei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10589637Abstract: A retention assembly for a charging station for a vehicle is provided. The assembly has a ground latch bracket to receive a cover latch bracket extending from a cover of a charging pad. The assembly also has a locking mechanism with a ground locking bracket to mount to the ground surface, a support bracket to connect to the cover, and a sliding bracket. The sliding bracket translates relative to the support bracket to lock and unlock the locking mechanism with inclined flanges of the ground locking bracket mating with inclined flanges of the support bracket and sliding bracket when the locking mechanism is in a locked position. A charging assembly having a retention assembly, and a method of positioning the charging station is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Anthony Carucci, William J. Hayes, Drew Iziel, Aribert Neumann
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Patent number: 10589638Abstract: An electric vehicle charging device includes a processing unit having a memory with a routine stored therein which, when executed by the processing unit causes the processing unit to control circuitry to prevent the electric vehicle charging device from charging an electric vehicle for a random delay period and to allow the electric vehicle charging device to charge the electric vehicle starting when the random delay period ends, wherein the random delay period starts at a predetermined start time and lasts a random delay length of time. The random delay reduces the peak load on a transformer that the electric vehicle charging device and other electric vehicle charging devices receive power from.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Chinmaya Baburao Patil, Yigang Wang, Ronald L. Thompson, Jose Antonio Trujillo
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Patent number: 10589639Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame rail having a rear catcher pin. A seat frame slidably engages the rear catcher pin at a lateral support. A head of the catcher pin is vertically offset from the seat frame in a static condition. During an impact condition, the seat frame deflects upward and engages the head of the catcher pin to define a dynamic structure condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Thomas J. Susko
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Patent number: 10589640Abstract: A power supply unit including a slide rail that has an opening at an upper side a slider that slides along the slide rail, a first connector that is fixed to one end portion of the slide rail, a second connector that is fixed to the slider, and a flexible cable that is housed inside the slide rail, that has one end connected to the first connector, and that has another end folded back and connected to the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Kenichi Katsube, Shota Arimoto, Tomoki Koga
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Patent number: 10589641Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle which can be operated in an automated driving mode in which the motor vehicle is driven automatically by means of a computing device includes receiving at least one input for activating the automated driving mode, determining the current position of a first component of the motor vehicle and, depending on the input received and the determined current position, predetermining an adjusting region including the determined current position within which adjusting region movements of the first component relative to a second component of the motor vehicle caused by the driver via a motor allocated to the first component are permitted.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Juergen Schmidt, Miriam Hosak, Hanna Bellem
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Patent number: 10589642Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising: a seating portion having a seat frame; a backrest portion pivotably supported on the seating portion; a seat base for supporting the seating portion; and an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion and the backrest portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, the easy-entry mechanism comprising: at least one arm pivotably connected with the seat frame and pivotably connected to the seat base at a first position; and at least one sliding pivot joint for supporting the seat frame on the seat base at a second position, the first position being spaced apart from the second position along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Umesh Handigol, Ulf Hartmann
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Patent number: 10589643Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat base and a belt-positioning seat. The seat base has a bottom surface suitable for placement on a vehicle seat, and two armrests protruding upward from an upper surface of the seat base. The belt-positioning seat is installable in a receiving region of the seat base between the two armrests and removable therefrom for independent use, the belt-positioning seat including a seat body having a bottom surface adapted to be placed on a vehicle seat, and a belt guide connected with the seat body, the belt guide having a deployed position protruding upward from the seat body and a storage position stowed in a storage cavity in the seat body, the belt-positioning seat being placed in the receiving region of the seat base with the belt guide in the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Daniel A. Sack, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Ryan N. Miller, John Huntley
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Patent number: 10589644Abstract: An apparatus for a child safety seat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a releasable connector configured to engage with an anchoring point provided in a vehicle to secure the child safety seat to the vehicle, wherein the releasable connector is movable relative to the child safety seat in a first direction; the apparatus further comprises a braking element coupled to the releasable connector and configured to decelerate a movement of the releasable connector in the first direction if an accelerating force acting on the releasable connector in the first direction exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INCInventors: Richard Henseler, Richard Frank
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Patent number: 10589645Abstract: Various solutions to make use of the lateral space of the rear seats in a vehicle. A first embodiment comprises a side module with: a first main body, in a longitudinal direction; first fixing means solidly joined to the first main body, so as to fix it to vehicle rings fixed to the vehicle; and a first adapter, which in turn comprises: a first adapter body, oriented in the longitudinal direction, and linked to the first main body, relative to which it is longitudinally movable; second fixing means, solidly joined to the first adapter body, for being fixed to object anchors mounted on the object; and first regulation means for enabling a selective fixation of the first adapter body in a desired position relative to the first main body in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Jose Lagunar Herranz
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Patent number: 10589646Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a power tilt mechanism; a seat front panel that forms a part of a front portion of a seat cushion, bridges a right and left pair of side frames of the seat cushion, and is configured to be rotatable by the power tilt mechanism about a tilt central axis that is provided in linking portions, at which the seat front panel is linked to the side frames, an axial direction of the tilt central axis coinciding with a seat width direction; and a control device that is connected to the power tilt mechanism, the control device being configured to activate the power tilt mechanism to cause the seat front panel to rotate in a seat upward direction, in a case in which a vehicle impact in which an occupant sitting on the seat cushion will move in a seat forward direction has been predicted.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takamichi Komura, Osamu Fukawatase
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Patent number: 10589647Abstract: A method for thermally conditioning a space adjacent a seat assembly includes activating a heating element positioned within the seat assembly beneath a seat covering. A fluid module that includes a fluid supply device and a thermoelectric element is activated to direct heated air from the fluid module to a space adjacent the seat assembly through a distribution system formed at least partially in the seat cushion. After a period of time, the heating element is deactivated.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: GENTHERM INCORPORATEDInventors: Scott Richard Wolas, Michael Maass
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Patent number: 10589648Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a sliding armrest console, in which it is easy to access a console storage space by inserting an armrest into an armrest console in a state in which the console is opened, may include an armrest rotating about a main hinge, a console, an upper portion of which is closed by the armrest, a first guide groove formed for guiding a movement direction of an auxiliary hinge positioned at the armrest when the armrest rotates, and a main guide groove formed in a vertical direction of the console such that the main hinge moves along the main guide groove, wherein when the main hinge moves along the main guide groove, the auxiliary hinge moves along a second guide groove, which is vertically connected to the first guide groove, so that the armrest is inserted into the console.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daejoo Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hye Kyung Kim, Sung Sik Choi, Young Ju Lee, Keun Sig Lim, Dae Ig Jung, Keun Hong Bae, Ki Young An
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Patent number: 10589649Abstract: A linkage extension system and method for holding an extendable portion of a seat in a desired position while the extendable portion translates from a retracted to an extended position and any intermediate position. A coupled damper produces a holding force to counter gravity or other forces which cause the translation of the seat extension away from a desired position. The linkage extension system is self-powered and operates within the enclosed portion of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Oleson, John Iossifidis
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Patent number: 10589650Abstract: A headrest device includes: a front-rear movement mechanism that moves a moving member in a seat front-rear direction with respect to a base member supported at an upper end portion of a seatback; a head support section that is coupled to the moving member so as to be capable of rotating about an axis running in a seat left-right direction, and that includes a front face configuring a support face to support a head of a seated occupant; and an angle changing mechanism that includes a link member spanning between the head support section and the base member, the link member being rotated with respect to the base member about an axis running in the seat left-right direction by the movement of the moving member so as to rotate the head support section with respect to the moving member about an axis running in the seat left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Kenichi Katsube, Junichi Takada, Masamichi Kobori
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Patent number: 10589651Abstract: A headrest includes: a main frame, left and right side frames, and left and right rotation-coupling portions. The main frame is supported at an upper end portion of a seatback. The left and right side frames that are disposed on left and right sides of the main frame. The left and right rotation-coupling portions couple the left and right side frames to the main frame such that the left and right side frames are capable of rotating with respect to the main frame about left and right up-down-extending axes. Each rotation-coupling portion includes a boss hole, a boss, a hinge hole, and a hinge.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Kenichi Katsube, Junichi Takada, Masamichi Kobori
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Patent number: 10589652Abstract: A mechanized tray table assembly capable of automatically deploying from a stowed position in a vehicular seat back towards a use position within a passenger compartment of a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a support structure adapted to the coupled to the seat back, a tray support and a tray subassembly supported for rotation about a rotational axis by the tray support. The tray subassembly includes a lid and a container having an opening for allowing ingress and egress of items into and out of a storage compartment of the container, respectively, in an open position of the lid. An actuator subassembly is mounted on the support structure and is connected to the tray support to lift the tray support to deploy the tray subassembly along a predetermined non-linear path from the stowed position to the use position through stored potential energy without consuming electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: JVIS-USA, LLCInventors: Darius J. Preisler, Donald R. Schaefer, Jason T. Murar
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Patent number: 10589653Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip including a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat, and a grip part at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direction of the arm part, and a single-action lock mechanism at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole at the holder and engaged with an engagement hole at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Itsuo Takegami, Kazuhiro Maeda, Takashi Hisamura, Kazumasa Hisada
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Patent number: 10589654Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle (1) having a vehicle body (2) and a loading arrangement (5), which comprises a first loading platform (6) and a lifting unit (7) having a guide system (8) and an actuating mechanism (9). The first loading platform (6) is liftable and lowerable by means of the actuating mechanism (9). The loading arrangement (5) comprises a bearing unit (14), which defines a pivot axis (16), as well as a pivoting unit (15). The bearing unit (14) is disposed on the guide system (8). The first loading platform (6) is mounted on the bearing unit (14) in a manner pivotable about its pivot axis (16) and is in driving communication with the pivoting unit (15). By means of the pivoting unit (15), the first loading platform (6), in its relative position with respect to the guide system (8), is adjustable around the pivot axis (16) of the bearing unit (14).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: ROSENBAUER INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Alexander Ronacher, Stefan Zauner
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Patent number: 10589655Abstract: A lift cart assembly for loading an off road vehicle into the bed of a pickup includes a lift that is positionable in a first position having the lift angling downwardly from a tailgate of a pickup. Thus, an off road vehicle may be driven onto the lift. The lift is positionable in a second position having the lift being horizontally oriented on the tailgate to lift the off-road vehicle upwardly from the ground. The lift is urged above into a third position having the being positioned in a bed of the pickup. In this way the lift positions the off-road vehicle in the bed of the pickup. A plurality of rollers is provided and each of the rollers is rotatably coupled to the lift. Each of the rollers rolls along the bed of the pickup for positioning the lift between the first position, the second position and the third position.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Dillon Guido
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Patent number: 10589656Abstract: There is provided systems and methods involving a portable distribution center for distributing merchandise in response to emergencies. The distribution center includes a transport vehicle with a locomotion system for movement of the transport vehicle to an emergency location. It also includes a conveyor system for sortation and distribution of merchandise items upon arrival at the emergency location. The conveyor system includes merchandise identifier for reading identification data from merchandise item; a plurality of sortation units for moving merchandise items to uniquely identified destination lanes; and a control circuit configured to: assign merchandise items to uniquely identified sortation destination lanes; receive identification data; and communicate with the plurality of sortation units. The distribution center also includes a power supply for energizing the conveyor system and a communication system.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Robert J. Taylor, Jason D. Bellar, Matthew D. Alexander, Todd D. Mattingly
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Patent number: 10589657Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of using the apparatus and system may generally include a strap or retention device. A first end of a fastener is operatively coupled to the strap that is configured to retain a cargo contactingly adjacent a cargo support surface. A second end of the fastener is operatively coupled to the first end. The second end has a double rod formation. A magnet may be supported in a housing in the second end. The magnet may be held in position within a recess feature of the housing. A support structure may be disposed between the double rod formation to provide additional strength and stability. The support structure may be made of metal, polymer, or other suitable material. The magnet that is configured to support the second end adjacent a side of the cargo support surface, wherein the side does not produce its own magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: ETZKORN ENTERPRISES, LLCInventor: Josh T. Etzkorn
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Patent number: 10589658Abstract: A tie-down strap tensioner maintains a desired strap tension on cargo when placed on a truck flatbed or sea transport. Tie-down strap tensioners are made of rubbery-type resins that remain compressive in the amount of hand applied pressure on the strap assigned to a given cargo container shape. The tie-down strap tensioner has at least three different embodiments: one is for round or radius corners such barrels, one is for square corners such as boxes, and one is for either or both round and square corners. Each tie-down strap tensioner has an upper surface and a lower surface and the lower surface has extending members that are compressive in amount of tension applied to the strap thus accommodates the shape of the cargo container selected which remains expandable to its original shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: CONVEY, INC.Inventors: Ray G. Brooks, Timothy W. Brooks
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Patent number: 10589659Abstract: A device configured to secure a load to a supporting structure and a method of using the device to secure the load to the supporting structure are provided. The device includes a strap fixed onto itself so as to form a first loop and a pair of free ends. An attachment member includes a body with a pair of support arms disposed on opposite ends of the body. Each of the pair of free ends of the strap are attached to a corresponding support arm, laterally spacing the free ends from each other, giving the device a generally figure 8 dimension. The strap is wrapped around the load and the attachment member is pulled through the first loop and the strap is cinched by pulling on the attachment member. The attachment member is then secured to the supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Timothy P. Squires
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Patent number: 10589660Abstract: A mobile unit and a system for a mobile unit which can judge whether an oncoming car is emitting a high beam are provided. A mobile unit and a system for a mobile unit which include a first and a second sensors, a memory circuit, an arithmetic circuit, and a window portion. The first sensor is configured to sense the position of the eyes of a driver who is riding in the mobile unit. The second sensor is configured to sense whether an oncoming car is existing, whether the oncoming car is emitting a high beam, and a region that is to be irradiated with the high beam. The memory circuit is configured to store an irradiation distance of a high beam and a decrease rate of light transmittance of the window portion. The arithmetic circuit is configured to output, to the window portion, data on a region of the window portion in which the light transmittance is to be changed, on the basis of data sensed by the first sensor and the second sensor and data stored in the memory circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Kentaro Hayashi
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Patent number: 10589661Abstract: A method for the open-loop or closed-loop control of the front light distribution of a vehicle having headlamps that can be changed with respect to the light distribution involves producing a different light distribution during an at least partially autonomous driving operation of the vehicle than during operation with a person driving the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: DAIMLER AGInventor: Klaus Roehm
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Adjusting system for a vehicle lighting apparatus, and method for operating such an adjusting system
Patent number: 10589662Abstract: An adjusting system for a lighting apparatus for vehicles is configured to emit light for forming a light distribution described by a parameter set. The adjusting system includes a light control unit and is configured to modify the light distribution. The parameter set describing the light distribution is stored in the light control unit, which and configured to control the lighting apparatus such that the lighting apparatus emits light for forming the light distribution in accordance with the parameter set into an area in front of the lighting apparatus. An operator control unit separate from both the lighting apparatus and the light control unit is configured to accept user inputs and to transmit the user inputs to the light control unit, which is configured to modify the parameter set in accordance with the user inputs to produce a further parameter set describing a further user-defined, preferably dynamic, light distribution.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventor: Markus Reinprecht -
Patent number: 10589663Abstract: An apparatus, according to one example includes, among other things, a first panel with a first alignment feature, a first lamp installed on the first panel, a second panel adjacent the first panel and including a second alignment feature, and a second lamp installed on the second panel. A lift system moves the first and second lamps to respectively engage the first and second alignment features and align the first and second lamps. A method according to one example includes, among other things, a step of aligning the first and second lamps with each other by independently moving the first and second lamps to respectively engage the first and second alignment features.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jody Conley, Gary Edward Henige, Manpreet Bansal, Martin D. Lopez, Jr.
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Patent number: 10589664Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for activating turn indicators of a motor vehicle. The disclosed methods includes collecting, for a predetermined period of time, from a plurality of internal and externals sensors of the vehicle, information associated with a plurality of driving maneuvers performed by a driver of the vehicle, the collected information includes at least one of information about driver's behavior, vehicle condition, road condition or traffic condition; feeding the collected information into a neural network for training a plurality of rules that determine when to automatically activate turn indicators based at least on driver's behavior; applying one or more trained rules to predict the next vehicle maneuver by the driver; and automatically activating a turn indicator of the vehicle based on the application of the one or more rules before the next vehicle maneuver is performed by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Stanislav D. Kashchenko
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Patent number: 10589665Abstract: A vehicle state determination unit for determining a state of a vehicle, a display data output unit for outputting display data for displaying information indicating the state of the vehicle determined by the vehicle state determination unit, and an information displaying unit for displaying information to the outside of the vehicle in accordance with the display data output from the display data output unit are provided, in which the information displaying unit is configured to switch a display method of the information in accordance with an environment of the vehicle. By this, a degree of information transmission may be increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Reiko Sakata, Akiko Imaishi, Shinsaku Fukutaka
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Patent number: 10589666Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle includes at least one cover capable of closing an opening in a fixed roof of the vehicle. The at least one cover comprises a light emitting layer capable of guiding light from a longitudinal edge of the light emitting layer, substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, towards a main surface and capable of emitting light from a main surface of the light emitting layer towards an interior space of the vehicle. The cover further comprises a light device for emitting light into the light emitting layer, the light device including at least one light source and a light guide for guiding the light from the light source to the edge of the light emitting layer, wherein in the light guide is formed by a bundle of light fibers existing of several light fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.Inventors: Stephan Christiaan Vervoort, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
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Patent number: 10589667Abstract: A lamp includes a housing configured to be attached to a ceiling of a vehicle and provided with a light source opening, a light source provided on a substrate to face the light source opening, a lens cover provided below the housing to cover the light source opening a substrate cover provided on the substrate and housing, and an inclined plane part provided in the housing and inclined upward towards the light source opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Haruhito Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 10589668Abstract: Caution indicators are disclosed relating to transportation safety that include a sleeve, a primary opening and a protruding end opposite the primary opening. The sleeve may be 5 or more feet long; with the primary opening being at least as big as the protruding end. The sleeve may include both florescent material and retroreflective material. Use of such caution indicators may increase safety in the transport of long objects such as utility poles.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Michael Bean
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Patent number: 10589669Abstract: A following vehicle detection and alarm device comprises a tail camera for shooting an area behind a vehicle of interest at a predetermined frame rate, a frame quantity count unit for counting the number of frames after a following vehicle is shot in a shooting range of the tail camera until the following vehicle reaches a first position behind the vehicle of interest, an alarm instruction output unit for outputting an alarm instruction of notifying the driver of the vehicle of interest that the other vehicle is approaching at a timing set based on the number of frames counted by the frame quantity count unit, and an alarm processing unit for performing a predetermined alarm operation on the driver when the alarm instruction is output by the alarm instruction output unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ryosuke Tatsumi, Kousuke Mitani, Tetsu Kanamori