Abstract: A control device of a vehicle includes a controller performing overheat protection control on parts, distinguish first, second, and third parts groups among the parts of the vehicle, set only the first and the third parts group as protection targets in a charging mode while the vehicle stops, set only the second and the third parts group as the protection targets when the vehicle is in a mode other than the charging mode while the vehicle is running, and not to perform the overheat protection control when the vehicle is in a mode other than the charging mode while the vehicle stops.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprises two front seats aligned in a transverse direction, and at least one rear seat. Said at least one rear seat comprises a seating portion with a seating portion frame, a backrest with a backrest frame. The backrest frame is pivotable relative to the seating portion frame about a first transverse axis, between at least one deployed position for receiving an occupant of the seat and a folded position in which the backrest frame is folded down to face the seating portion frame. Said at least one rear seat is adapted to have a configuration in which said at least one rear seat is in said folded position and the backrest of said at least one rear seat extends at least partly between the two front seats.

Abstract: A device for swiveling and tilting a vehicle seat is provided. The device performs a swiveling operation to enable the vehicle seat to be rotated in a desired direction using a motor driving force and a gear/screw operating mechanism associated with the motor driving force. The device also performs a tilting operation to enable the vehicle seat to be tilted backwards by a desired angle using the motor driving force and a lead screw/link operating mechanism associated with the motor driving force.

Abstract: System including a vehicle seat comprising a seating portion, a backrest pivotally mounted on the seat by a lockable hinge mechanism, the seat further comprising a motorized adjustment device connected to the backrest independently of the hinge mechanism. An electric control device synchronously controls the hinge mechanism and the motorized adjustment device.

Abstract: A track release assembly is provided that comprises a track assembly releasable by a release bar, a cam assembly including first and second cams positioned on opposing sides of a support member and operably coupled by a pin, a spring configured to bias the cam assembly in a first position, and a cable operably coupled to the second cam and configured to rotate the first cam into engagement with the release bar.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a pivoting function about a vertical axis, the seat comprising a pivoting assembly) with a base, a rotating ring mounted on the base by means of a hinge mechanism interposed between the base and the rotating ring, a seating portion frame connected to the rotating ring, directly or via a raising mechanism and/or longitudinal rails, the hinge mechanism allowing rotation, about a vertical main axis, of the rotating ring relative to the base and blocking any substantial movement in the other degrees of freedom, namely the other two rotations and the three translations in an orthogonal reference system.

Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a base, a seating portion connected to the base by a front connecting rod, a backrest support lockable on the base, a backrest pivotally mounted on the backrest support by a hinge mechanism and connected to the seating portion by a pivot. The backrest support is connected to the base by two rear connecting rods configured so that the backrest is folded horizontally in a console position when the front connecting rod pivots forward after unlocking the backrest support while the hinge mechanism is not actuated.

Abstract: A retractable tray device for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a frame structure, at least one tray, an electric motor fixed to the frame structure, a worm screw rotated by the electric motor, and a slider mounted on the worm screw, the slider being integral with the tray so that the rotation of the worm screw causes a displacement in translation of the slider along the worm screw, and consequently of the tray relative to the frame structure, substantially within the plane of the tray.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat system, lowering of a seat cushion further toward a vehicle lower side than a lowerable limit value corresponding to a recline angle of a seatback is restricted by a control device in cases in which the physical build of an occupant is smaller than a predetermined value. This enables a reduction in the ability to restrain the body of the occupant using a webbing to be suppressed.

Abstract: A booster seat includes: a seat base; and a pair of armrests integrated with a rear portion of the seat base, and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the seat base. In particular, each armrest has a shoulder belt guide channel guiding a shoulder belt of a seat belt, and a lap belt guide channel guiding a lap belt of the seat belt, and the shoulder belt guide channel and the lap belt guide channel are separated from each other.

Abstract: A lateral protecting mechanism includes a protecting block, a locking component, a driving component and an operating component. The protecting block is pivotally disposed on a lateral portion of a child carrier. The locking component is slidably disposed on the lateral portion of the child carrier. The protecting block is allowed to pivotally switch between an unfolded position and a folded position when the locking component is located at a releasing position. The protecting block at the folded position is restrained from leaving from the folded position when the locking component is located at a locking position. The driving component is for driving the locking component to slidably switch between the locking position and the releasing position. The operating component is coupled to the driving component for driving the driving component to drive the locking component to slide to the locking position when the operating component is operated.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a child safety seat with remote control reclining feature. The safety seat provides a battery-powered electric servomotor which drives an internal gear system that gently and quietly moves the safety seat from an upright position to a reclining position. The reclining feature may be operated by a remote control, which is provided, or by a mobile application which may be downloaded and installed on the user's smartphone, tablet, or other mobile electronic device. The safety seat further provides a pressure switch which detects the presence of a child, and provides an audible alert if the child remains in the safety seat more than 60 seconds after engine of the vehicle stops running.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pressure-receiving member disposed rearwardly of an occupant between left and right side frames, and a rocking mechanism configured to cause a left side or a right side of the pressure-receiving member to move frontward and rearward. The rocking mechanism includes a first link member provided pivotally, a second link member provided pivotally on the first link member and pivotally connected to the pressure-receiving member, and an actuator configured to cause the first link member and the second link member to pivot.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure of a four-wheeled vehicle includes a pair of side members (8) extending in a fore and aft direction along either side of the vehicle body, a plurality of cross members (41, 42, 43) extending laterally between the side members, and a floor panel (58) attached to an upper side of the cross members. One of the cross members (42) passes through an intersection point of diagonal lines of a rectangular formation of supporting points of the four wheels, and at least one of the seat mounts (72) is positioned on the one cross member.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for an armrest assembly for use with a seat of a vehicle, including: an arm portion adapted to be coupled to a pad portion at one end and a structure of the seat at an opposite end and to pivot from an upright use configuration to a collapsed stowed configuration adjacent to the seat; a tube structure adapted to be coupled to the structure of the seat and defining one or more circumferential notches about an exterior surface thereof; an elongate rod coupled to the opposite end of the arm portion and at least partially disposed rotatably within the tube structure; and a tab structure adapted to selectively protrude from the opposite end of the arm portion and engage one of the one or more notches of the tube structure to selectively secure the arm portion in the one or more of the upright use configuration and the collapsed stowed configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base providing a compartment, two covers moveable between closed and open positions and a link to couple and decouple movement of the covers. One of the covers may remain open as the other is closed. The link may comprise two arms; one arm may move relative to the other to enable relative movement of the covers. One arm may comprise a depression and the other may comprise a protrusion to engage the depression to couple movement of the arms. The link may comprise a spring to hold the protrusion with the depression to couple movement of the arms; the spring may compress to enable disengagement of the protrusion and depression to enable relative movement of the covers. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a center console, a floor console.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chair in which attachment strength of a holding member and the chair is enhanced and an attachment state can be stably maintained. A legged chair includes a leg member, a support post connected to the leg member, a metal frame integrated with the support post, the metal frame forming a seated portion, an awakening device configured to awaken a seated person, a battery configured to supply electric power to the awakening device, an ECU that controls the awakening device, and a holding cover configured to hold the battery and the ECU. The holding cover is attached to the highly rigid metal frame.

Abstract: A fluid bladder valve for a pneumatic vehicle seat adjustment device is disclosed. The valve comprises a first chamber configured to connect to a fluid source, a second chamber configured to connect to the fluid bladder, a third chamber configured to connect to an environment, a fourth chamber connected to the first chamber via a first fluid passage, connected to the second valve chamber via a second fluid passage, and connected to the third valve chamber via a third fluid passage; and an actuator comprising a blocking element disposed in the fourth chamber and an actuator element disposed in the third valve chamber and coupled to the blocking element and configured to move the blocking element between a first position wherein the first passage is opened and the third passage is closed, and a second position wherein the first passage is closed and the third passage is opened.

Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat comprising a transmission housing and a slider comprising a first longitudinal guide member.

Abstract: The accessories include an accessory board that functions in several ways for the desired purposes of the clipboard user. Generally, the accessory board functions as a work surface that can be oriented differently for different purposes. For example, the accessory board can be oriented predominantly horizontally to facilitate the placement and support for the use of a computing device such as a laptop computer. The accessory board can be oriented in a predominantly oblique angle as a tray which supports objects resting at one edge of the accessory board, for the placement of items in support of personal hygiene such as the application of cosmetics, grooming, mounting a mirror, etc., for the placement of food/drink items.

Abstract: A cup holder includes a main body and a lid. The main body has a tubular structure with a closed end. The lid is configured to selectively open and close an upper opening of the main body. The main body has an accommodation region configured to accommodate a cup. The lid includes a power transmitter coil configured to transmit AC power to a power receiving device having a power receiver coil.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, including: at least one light source; an outer lens for covering the at least one light source; a housing coupled to the outer lens to form a space; and an antenna module disposed in the space and comprising at least one horn antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle headlight, the lighting device having a first light module (105), a second light module (106) and a third light module (107), wherein, when the modules are installed in a vehicle, the first light module generates a first overall light distribution (A), the second light module generates a first partial light distribution (F), and the third light module generates a second partial light distribution (Z), these distributions being in a region in front of the vehicle. When the first and second light modules are illuminated at the same time, the first overall light distribution at least partially overlaps the first partial light distribution, forming a second overall light distribution (AF). The second partial light distribution lies underneath the hh line and at least partially overlaps the second overall light distribution (AF). When all three light modules are activated simultaneously, a third overall light distribution (AF?) is formed.

Abstract: An in-vehicle light apparatus for monitoring a region in a first direction outside a vehicle, including: a lamp unit including a light source and a reflector; a radar unit including a circuit board disposed such that a board surface extends substantially along the horizontal direction on a lower side or an upper side of the lamp unit and a plurality of antenna elements disposed in the hoard surface of the circuit hoard to transmit an electromagnetic wave in the first direction; and the plurality of the antenna elements are arranged in an array on the first direction side relative to the reflector in plan view, and an array direction of the plurality of antenna elements is a direction intersecting the first direction and non-parallel to an extending direction of an end portion on the side of the first direction of the reflector in plan view.

Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a control and a plurality of sensors that include at least a camera and a 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor. The control is operable to process captured image data to determine presence of another vehicle and to process captured 3D point-cloud LIDAR data to determine presence of the other vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data and captured 3D point-cloud LIDAR data, determines presence of the other vehicle when the other vehicle is (i) in the field of view of the camera and/or (ii) in the field of sensing of the 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor, and responsive to determination of the other vehicle, the control at least in part controls at least one vehicle function of the equipped vehicle.

Abstract: First lighting bodies are provided to the outer surface of a vehicle body, and second lighting bodies are provided to the outer surface of a trunk lid, which can open/close a trunk. While the trunk lid is closed, a first mode is executed in which the second lighting bodies are lit and the lighting is maintained, and then the first lighting bodies are lit and the lighting is maintained for a prescribed period. When the trunk lid is open, a second mode is executed in which at least the former among the first lighting bodies and the second lighting bodies is lit and the lighting time thereof is set longer than the lighting time of the first lighting bodies in the first mode.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a first optical system including a first light source module realizing a predetermined level of resolution using a plurality of individual light-emitting diode chips disposed in a lattice pattern and a first image-forming lens module forming an image; a second optical system including a second light source module having a same configuration as the first light source module and a second image-forming lens module forming an image; a first image projected by the first optical system and a second image projected by the second optical system have different angles of departure; and the first image and the second image are projected onto a road as a third image having an overlapping shape of the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A lighting system for a vehicle and a corresponding motor vehicle is implemented with personalized or individualizable lighting functions. A part of a lighting device is reserved for implementing main lighting functions in accordance with legal requirements and another part of the lighting device is reserved for generating individualizable lighting functions. The part for individualizable lighting functions can be freely programmed and actuated via a user interface, such as a smartphone, within the scope of the technical power limitations of the individual lighting devices while taking into consideration legal requirements.

Abstract: A moving-body indoor illumination apparatus is provided. The moving-body indoor illumination apparatus includes a light source, and a holder for holding the light source. The light source is pressed against the holder. The light source includes a spherical housing and a light emitter. The light emitter is disposed within the housing. The housing is provided with a housing-side restricting part that restricts movement of the housing with respect to the holder by contacting with or approaching the holder in a portion different from a portion which is exposed from an opening on an irradiation side of the holder.

Abstract: A control system for controlling operation of a vehicle system is described. The control system includes a trim cover textile configured to cover at least a portion of a vehicle component and having an electrically conductive element configured to provide a capacitive touch functionality. In response to a user touch, the electrically conductive clement generates a signal representative of a user command for the vehicle system. The system also includes a control unit adapted to be provided in electrical communication with the electrically conductive element of the trim cover. The control unit is configured to receive the user command signal and, in response, generate a control signal to effectuate control of the vehicle system.

Abstract: A vehicle sound synthesis system is provided with a loudspeaker and a controller. The loudspeaker projects sound indicative of synthesized engine noise (SEN) within a cabin of a vehicle in response to receiving a SEN signal. The controller is programmed to generate the SEN signal; and receive a first input indicative of an engine start command. The controller is further programmed to, modulate a characteristic of the SEN signal to align with a corresponding engine operating characteristic during starting conditions in response to the engine start command; and provide an adjusted SEN signal including the modulated characteristic to the loudspeaker.

Abstract: Methods and systems for aligning a vehicle with a trailer. One system includes an image sensor configured to collect a plurality of images. The system also includes an electronic processor configured to receive the plurality of images from the image sensor. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a three-dimensional model of an area surrounding the vehicle using the plurality of images. The electronic processor is also configured to control the vehicle to automatically perform a vehicle maneuver to align the vehicle with the trailer based on the three-dimensional model of the area surrounding the vehicle. The electronic processor is also configured to determine when the vehicle is aligned with the trailer and stop the vehicle from automatically performing the vehicle maneuver when the vehicle is aligned with the trailer.

Abstract: A head up display arrangement is for a motor vehicle having a human driver. A camera is positioned and configured to capture images of an object being towed by the vehicle. A head up display module produces virtual images that are visible to the driver. The head up display module is operable in a conventional mode in which the virtual images are independent of the images captured by the camera, and in a tow mode in which the virtual images are dependent upon the images captured by the camera.

Abstract: A method for stitching images captured by multiple vehicular cameras includes disposing a plurality of cameras at the vehicle so as to have respective fields of view exterior the vehicle. Image data captured by first and second cameras of the plurality of cameras is processed to detect an object present in an overlapping portion of the fields of view of the first and second cameras. Image data captured by the first and second cameras is stitched, via processing provided captured image data, to form stitched images. Stitching of captured image data is adjusted responsive to determination of a difference between a characteristic of a feature of a detected object as captured by the first camera and the characteristic of the feature of the detected object as captured by the second camera in order to mitigate misalignment of stitched images.

Abstract: A method of displaying video images includes capturing by a single vehicular camera positioned at a front portion of a vehicle and processing the captured image data by performing a first image manipulation on a first region of the image to generate a first manipulated region, a second image manipulation on a second region of the image to generate a second manipulated region, and a third image manipulation on a third region of the image to generate a third manipulated region. A manipulated image is displayed that includes a first manipulated region, a second manipulated region and a third manipulated region. The displayed manipulated image is discontinuous at a first seam between the first manipulated region and the second manipulated region and is discontinuous at a second seam between the first manipulated region and the third manipulated region.

Abstract: A rearview assembly includes a housing. A connector is configured to be secured to a button inside a vehicle. The connector includes a mount connecting feature with a plurality of distinct connection locations. A mount includes a proximal end operably coupled with the housing and a distal end including a location feature configured to engage one of the plurality of distinct connection locations.

Abstract: A cargo management system includes a guideway and a panel displaceable between a plurality of operating positions along that guideway. The guideway includes opposed guide tracks. Each of the opposed guide tracks includes an inclined trunk and a plurality of branches extending from that inclined trunk. The panel includes opposed pivot pins received in the opposed guide tracks.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for secure access to storage devices within vehicle cargo compartments. An example vehicle includes a rear gate including a gate lock, a cargo compartment accessible via the rear gate, a storage device positioned within the cargo compartment and including a storage lock, and a body control module (BCM) communicatively coupled to the gate lock and the storage lock. The BCM is to simultaneously unlock the rear gate and the storage device for a predefined period-of-time responsive to receiving a storage-access request.

Abstract: A rotatable support structure for supporting elongate objects, comprised of a first support structure, a second support structure, a rotatable axle, a first hub, a second hub, a plurality of first elongate support members, an equal number of second elongate support members, and a locking mechanism, where the first support structure and the second support structure support the rotatable axle, the first hub is affixed to the rotatable axle and supports the first elongate support members, the second hub is affixed to the rotatable axle and supports the second elongate support members, corresponding pairs of the first and second elongate support members support elongate objects attached thereto, and the locking mechanism prevents the rotating axle from rotating and allows the rotating axle to rotate to allow the elongate objects to be conveniently loaded and unloaded from the rotatable support structure; whereby the rotatable support structure may be configured as a watercraft transportation trailer.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including two roof rails spaced from one another. The vehicle assembly further includes a roof panel which is releasably attached to the vehicle body. The roof panel extends from one roof rail to the other roof rail. The roof panel defines a sensor window. An object-detection sensor is aligned with the sensor window.

Abstract: A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a vehicle as a subject, an image sensor that captures an image based on light from the vehicle focused by the lens, a filter unit that rotatably supports a polarization filter which limits the light from the vehicle received by the image sensor, a sensor that detects a daytime mode or a night mode, a processor that disposes the polarization filter on a front side of the image sensor in the daytime mode, and disposes a band pass filter on the front side of the image sensor in the night mode, and an illuminator that irradiates the subject with IR light in the night mode. The filter unit switchably supports the polarization filter and the band pass filter that transmits the IR light.

Abstract: The invention relates to method for dissipating the kinetic energy during an impact on a glass trim element into a motor vehicle's interior comprising a step of fixation of the glass element to a support to provide an assembly that is integrated to motor vehicle's interior body. According to the present invention, the support comprises further a mean with a permanent deformation or not to dissipate the kinetic energy during an impact.

Abstract: A license plate mounting system for use with a vehicle tow eye socket. The license plate mounting system can include a shaft configured to releasably couple with the tow eye socket. A mounting plate configured to support a vehicle license plate. The mounting system also includes a swivel assembly configured to couple the mounting plate to the shaft, and to permit rotation of the mounting plate relative to the shaft about an adjustment axis. The swivel assembly can have a first swivel portion defining a curved surface having an arc length and a second swivel portion having an engagement surface that engages the curved surface. The engagement surface engages only a portion of the curved surface in any particular relative position. The second swivel portion is movable along the curved surface to permit angular adjustment of the mounting plate about the adjustment axis.

Abstract: A wire harness system having a wire harness and a connection unit is provided. The connection unit includes a circuit network configuring a part of circuit lines for realizing selectively added specification in the wire harness. Selection circuit lines of an optional sub-harness branched from the trunk line of the wire harness are connected to the circuit network of the connection unit. Thus, connection or disconnection between the selection circuit lines and switching of connection among branches or the like of the selection circuit lines can be easily realized by changing the circuit network of the connection unit.

Abstract: A wire harness including a wire; an exterior material that has flexibility and covers the wire; a route regulator that has an axis extending along a wiring route of the wire, the axis of the route regulator not coinciding with a longitudinal axis of the exterior material, and the route regulator regulates the wiring route of the wire from outside the exterior material; a fixing member for fixing the route regulator to a vehicle; and at least one connector that connects the route regulator to the exterior material, the connector being provided separately from the exterior material and connecting the route regulator to the exterior material such that the route regulator does not come into direct contact with the exterior material.

Abstract: A wire harness is provided. The wire harness includes a connector holder, a connector held in the connector holder, and an electric wire extending from the connector toward a predetermined routing direction. The electric wire is to be held at a predetermined attachment position on an outer wall surface of the connector such that the electric wire extends toward the routing direction passing through the attachment position. The attachment position is configured to be changeable to a plurality of different positions according to the routing direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for improving the safety and performance of an automobile in crash events is disclosed. The apparatus includes a front crash pad, rear crash pad, and a connection beam. Both crash pads and the connection beam are coupled to an automobile in such fashion as to absorb and dissipate energy by converting kinetic energy into strain energy.

Abstract: A vehicle bumper assembly (12) that includes a first energy absorbing member (22), a second energy absorbing member (24) and a vehicle facia member (26). The first energy absorbing member (22) is made of non-expanded polypropylene and is configured to directly attach to a vehicle body structure (14). The second energy absorbing member (24) is made of expanded polypropylene and is directly attached to a portion of the first energy absorbing member (22) spaced apart from the vehicle body structure (14). The vehicle facia member (26) is shaped and contoured for a predetermined vehicle body style. Further, the vehicle facia member (26) is configured to attach to the vehicle body structure (14). The vehicle facia member (26) covers and at least partially conceals the first energy absorbing member (22) and the second energy absorbing member (24).

Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames extending in a fore-and-aft direction in a rear part of a vehicle; a rear subframe attached to the rear side frames; and a pair of left and right shock-absorbing structures respectively provided at rear ends of the rear side frames and extending rearward. The rear subframe includes a pair of left and right rear subframe longitudinal members extending in the fore-and-aft direction and a rear subframe cross member extending laterally and joined to the left and right rear subframe longitudinal members. The rear subframe cross member includes a protrusion that protrudes rearward in a laterally central part thereof. A rear end of the protrusion is positioned more rearward than the rear ends of the rear side frames and more forward than rear ends of the shock-absorbing structures.

Abstract: An exemplary side impact system for a vehicle includes an energy absorption member including a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion, the first and second portions connected by a first arcuate portion, the second and third portions connected by a second arcuate portion, and the third and fourth portions connected by a third arcuate portion such that the energy absorption member has a W-shaped cross-section and a load path distribution member. The load path distribution member is coupled to the energy absorption member at the first and third arcuate portions.