Patents Issued in April 2, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200101916
    Abstract: A sensor protector includes two stays and a thin-plate shaped separate sheet held by the stays. The stays are provided on a bracket. The bracket holds a sensor and is fixed at a predetermined position to an outside panel of the body of a vehicle covered with a bumper cover of the vehicle. The sheet extends such that, in the sensor attached state, the sheet divides/partitions a space around the sensor formed between the outside panel of the body and the bumper cover into an upper space which contains the entirety of the detection surface of the sensor and a lower space which does not contain the detection surface of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji FURUMOTO, Takuto KUMASHIRO, Takashi UNNO, Shinji TAKEO, Koji TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200101917
    Abstract: Event-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying the occurrence of an event, storing first data corresponding to apparatus operation for a first threshold amount of time prior to the event, during the occurrence of the event, and for a second threshold amount of time after the event, determining whether a responsive object is involved in or near the event, in response to determining that the responsive object is involved in or near the event, transmitting the first data to the responsive object, and receiving, from the responsive object, second data, analyzing the first data and the second data to determine a party at-fault for the event, aggregating the first data and second data into an event report, and causing, automatically, a response to be initiated through an entity associated with the party at-fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Surender Kumar, Clint J. Marlow, Timothy W. Gibson, Mark V. Slusar, Chris Wiklund
  • Publication number: 20200101918
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag configured to deploy in front of a front pillar of a vehicle; an inflator configured to supply expansion gas to expand the airbag; and a gas tube provided in the airbag and configured to supply the expansion gas from the inflator. The front pillar includes a storage formed inside the front pillar in a vehicle compartment and configured to store at least the airbag, and a partition configured to separate between an inside and an outside of the vehicle component. A partition hole is open in the partition. Before the expansion gas is supplied from the inflator, part of the airbag and an injection port configured to inject the expansion gas from the gas tube are disposed in front of or in the partition hole, and the injection port is disposed facing the outside of the vehicle compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Hayato AIUCHI, Hiroshi YONEYAMA, Manami AIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200101919
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for recognizing environment of a vehicle and identifying collisions in real-time. The system is typically configured for continuously monitoring environment of an automobile via one or more components of the automobile, identifying at least one collision associated with the automobile based on monitoring the environment of the automobile, determining one or more users associated with the at least one collision, determining one or more third parties associated with the one or more users and the at least one collision, automatically establish a communication link with the one or more third party entities, and automatically transmitting a notification associated with the at least one collision to the one or more third party entities and the one or more users in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Allan Nelson, Ashish B. Tajpuria, Karen Lea MacQueen, Stephen Philip Selfridge, Steven Michael Twombly
  • Publication number: 20200101920
    Abstract: Aspects hereof relate to a control system for a terrain working vehicle having an operator protection apparatus. In some aspects, the control system instructs and ceases an actuation of the operator protection apparatus to and between a raised position and a lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: HARLAN J. BARTEL, ERIC M. BIGGS, BRIAN R. FUNK, RONALD E. LEFEVRE, ROYCE A. STEINERT, JAMES A. WRIGHT, BRIAN L. NEBEL
  • Publication number: 20200101921
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator configured to generate gas upon receiving a predetermined actuating signal; and an airbag body folded and configured to deploy by supplying the gas from the inflator to the airbag body. The airbag body includes a predetermined area on which adhesive is applied. The predetermined area adheres to an adherend when the airbag body is deployed. An adhesive force of the adhesive is decreased by a predetermined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200101922
    Abstract: A fastening device fastens an airbag module to an airbag receiver on an instrument panel of a vehicle by forming at least one mechanical connection and at least one welded connection between the airbag module and the instrument panel. The instrument panel has at least one projection and a flange protruding from the projection to define a compartment and form a fastening bracket for the mechanical connection of the airbag module to the instrument panel. The instrument panel and the airbag receiver have welding ribs for the welded connection between the airbag receiver of the airbag module and the instrument panel. A device prepares an instrument panel and a corresponding instrument panel. A method includes steps of fastening an airbag to the instrument panel and a vehicle with a corresponding instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias WUNDERLICH, Christof OLES
  • Publication number: 20200101923
    Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an airbag cushion that is deployed from the upper portion of a seatback to cover the head of an occupant, thereby absorbing impacts applied to the head of the occupant and preventing neck bending attributable to movement of the head of the occupant. In addition, injury to the occupant is minimized by variably adjusting the deployment timing of the airbag cushion depending on the collision direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Wook Kim, Wook Jin, Yong Tae Kim, Eung Man Kim, Wan Dong Yoo, Dong Young Kim, Yong Hyun Jung
  • Publication number: 20200101924
    Abstract: In an upper interior structure of a vehicle of the present invention, a deployment guide portion for guiding a curtain airbag toward a cabin side when the curtain airbag is deployed. The deployment guide portion comprises a first guide part and a second guide part. The first guide part is arranged above a top ceiling and on an outward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the curtain airbag, facing an upper end portion of a pillar trim, so as to restrain the curtain airbag from being deployed outwardly in the vehicle width direction. The second guide part is arranged between the first guide part and the top ceiling, extending in a vertical direction, so as to restrain the curtain airbag from being deployed into a gap between the first guide part and the upper end portion of the pillar trim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji ONO, Shoji OKANO, Hiroshi NAGAI, Katsunori MONDEN
  • Publication number: 20200101925
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a motor vehicle, having an airbag deploying as a result of propellant gas pressurization and extending along a lateral roof rail connecting vehicle pillars of the vehicle body, and having a roof liner mounted on the vehicle body, wherein a storage space for the folded airbag is formed between the roof rail and the roof liner. Advantageously, the airbag and the roof liner extend at least into the region of a vehicle rear-side and/or a vehicle front-side vehicle pillar, wherein the roof liner is adjustably mounted on the vehicle body toward the vehicle interior at least in the region of the relevant vehicle pillar in such a way that in the region of this vehicle pillar, the roof liner opens up both a first exit region from the storage space toward the bottom of the vehicle and a second exit region from the storage space toward the top of the vehicle for the airbag deploying as a result of propellant gas pressurization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf MENGER, Viktor GRUENWALD, Frank HEUER
  • Publication number: 20200101926
    Abstract: A covering member is attached to a case body, on which an actuator detachably holding the other end portion of a tether having one end portion connected to an airbag is mounted, and covers the actuator. The covering member includes an opposing portion that opposes at least a part of the actuator in an attachment direction D to the case body. The covering member includes a side surface portion that is formed to extend from the opposing portion in the attachment direction D and is locked and held by being pushed into the case body in the attachment direction D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kei SANO, Ryosuke MURAMATSU, Shoji SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200101927
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an inflator and an airbag body. The inflator is configured to generate gas upon receiving a predetermined actuating signal. The airbag body is folded and configured to deploy by supplying the gas from the inflator to the airbag body. The airbag body includes a predetermined area on which adhesive is applied. An adhesive force of the adhesive is exerted by heat of the gas from the inflator during deployment of the airbag body, so that the predetermined area adheres to an adherend at a desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200101928
    Abstract: An airbag includes a mounting portion, a top wall deployable towards a vehicle occupant, and a circumferential wall disposed between the mounting portion and top wall. An airbag base member for forming the airbag includes a top-forming panel for forming the top wall, and at least three circumferential panels that extend generally radially from the top-forming panel and form the circumferential wall by being joined together by adjoining edges thereof. Each of the circumferential panels is formed into a generally band-like contour which has a first and a second curving edges that make the circumferential panel enlarge in width from the leading end towards an intermediate portion and then narrow towards the top-forming panel. When the airbag base member is laid flat, adjoining edges of any two adjoining circumferential panels are generally symmetrical to each other in curving shape with respect to a line disposed there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tsutomu ISHII, Masashi HOTTA, Koji KAWAMURA, Yuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20200101929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece woven airbag (OPW), in particular for vehicle restraint systems, with an upper fabric (OG) and a lower fabric (UG) which are joined together in a single-ply seam area (NB) forming the border of the airbag, with tether threads (TF) which are woven partially into the upper fabric (OG) and partially into the lower fabric (UG) and float there between over a defined length, which is characterised by upper limiting threads (OBF) which are woven into the upper fabric (OG) and/or lower limiting threads (UBF) which are woven into the lower fabric (UG), the limiting threads (OBF, UBF) between upper fabric (OG) and lower fabric (UG) floating over a defined number of floating tether threads (TF) and being attached to attachment points (AP) of their fabric layer (OG, UG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel ALBIEZ, Michael BECKER
  • Publication number: 20200101930
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag body. The inflator is configured to generate gas upon receiving a predetermined actuating signal. The airbag body is folded and configured to deploy by supplying the gas from the inflator to the airbag body. The airbag body includes an predetermined area on which adhesive is applied. The predetermined area adheres to an adherend when the airbag body is deployed. When the airbag body is not deployed, the airbag body is stored in a deflated and bound state, and a surface facing the predetermined area when the airbag body is stored is a peel-off surface on which an adhesive force of the adhesive is lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200101931
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator configured to generate gas upon receiving a predetermined actuating signal; and an airbag body folded and stored in an unactuated condition, and configured to deploy by supplying the gas from the inflator to the airbag body. The airbag body includes a predetermined area on which adhesive is applied. After deployment of the airbag body, the predetermined area adheres to an adherend to hold a passenger, and the airbag body is torn off by a predetermined motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200101932
    Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes: an airbag module including: a side airbag configured to be deployed and inflated when a gas is filled inside the side airbag, and a retainer configured to attach the side airbag in a folded state to an attachment target of a conveyance; and a wrapping material that houses the airbag module and configured to be broken when the side airbag is deployed and inflated. The wrapping material includes a winding band wound around the wrapping material in a state in which the airbag module is housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shohei OTA, Koji SHIBAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200101933
    Abstract: Airbag cushion assemblies for aspirating ambient air and related assemblies, methods, and components. Some embodiments may comprise an aspirating airbag cushion assembly comprising an airbag cushion housing, an aspiration housing coupled to the airbag cushion housing and comprising an aspiration inlet configured to allow for receipt of ambient air into an airbag cushion, and an inflation module slidably coupled to the aspiration housing. The inflation module may comprise an inflator and one or more inflation tubes or other conduits fluidly coupled with the inflator and configured to deliver inflation gas from the inflator into the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20200101934
    Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a retractor frame, a spool fixed for common rotation with a spool shaft, a seatbelt webbing wrapped around the spool, a reduction mechanism, and a sensor coupled to the reduction mechanism for sensing the movement of the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Scott D. Thomas, Mathew L. Nassoiy, Jason L. Hepner
  • Publication number: 20200101935
    Abstract: A retractor of a seat belt apparatus includes a spool that is configured to wind the seat belt while allowing the seat belt to be pulled out, a motor that includes a shaft coupled to the spool and generates a rotational resistance force against the spool rotating in a direction to pull out the seat belt, the rotational resistance force corresponding to the rotation of the spool and the shaft caused by pulling out of the seat belt, a rotational resistance member that is coupled to the spool and generates a rotational resistance force against the spool rotating in the direction to pull out the seat belt when the seat belt is pulled out in the event of vehicle collision, and a reducing mechanism that reduces the rotation of the spool and transmits a reduced rotation to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, MITSUBA CORPORATION, ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi MIYAJIMA, Shigeru SUGIMOTO, Tsuyoshi MARUYAMA, Yohei INAGAKI, Yoshio SHIMAZAKI, Takayoshi IJIRI
  • Publication number: 20200101936
    Abstract: A restraining device control system includes: a restraining device that is provided at a vehicle seat and that restrains an occupant seated in the vehicle seat; a surrounding environment detection unit that detects an environment surrounding a vehicle; and a control unit that increases a restraining force on the occupant by the restraining device in a case in which it has been predicted, from the surrounding environment of the vehicle, that vacillation of the vehicle while in an autonomous driving mode will exceed a threshold amount and that decreases the restraining force on the occupant by the restraining device in a case in which it has been predicted, from the surrounding environment of the vehicle, that the vehicle will maintain a state in which vacillation of the vehicle while in the autonomous driving mode is less than the threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Hiroshi Hiraiwa, Michio Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20200101937
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate equipment status verification in a storage device. An example vehicle comprises: an equipment rack, a processor and memory, and a display. The equipment rack includes sensors to generate presence and securement information. The processor and memory are in communication with the sensors and are configured to: determine a presence status of an object assigned to the equipment rack, determine a securement status of the object in the equipment rack, and display a report of the presence and securement statuses via the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven T. Skikun, Robert S. Kern, Arie Groeneveld, Frank J. Desjarlais, Jon Ohland
  • Publication number: 20200101938
    Abstract: An automated delivery vehicle includes a user interface for controlling access to a designated cargo within the vehicle. The user interface provides access to the cargo for a first period and activates second keys in response to receiving an access code via first keys while the vehicle is parked. The user interface provides, for a second period, access to the cargo and prevents the vehicle from moving in response to one of the activated second keys being actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Kosta Papanikolaou
  • Publication number: 20200101939
    Abstract: A self-declaring electronic license plate (e-plate) system for a vehicle is disclosed. This self-declaring e-plate system includes: an input device; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader coupled to the input device; and an RFID-enabled license plate. In some embodiments, the input device is configured to receive vehicle occupancy information and triggers the RFID reader to write the received vehicle occupancy information to the RFID-enabled license plate in response to receiving the vehicle occupancy information. The RFID reader is configured to write at least a portion of the received vehicle occupancy information to the RFID-enabled license plate. The RFID-enabled license plate is configured to provide at least a portion of the received vehicle occupancy information to an electronic toll collection (ETC) reader. In some embodiments, the received vehicle occupancy information includes a current number of occupants self-declared by a user, such as a driver or a passenger inside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sheshi NYALAMADUGU, Joe MULLIS, Bobby LEANIO
  • Publication number: 20200101940
    Abstract: An in-vehicle authentication device may perform wireless communication with a portable device in a vicinity of a vehicle. The in-vehicle authentication device may transmit a call signal that requests a reply of a response signal to the portable device. The in-vehicle authentication device may transmit an authentication request signal that requests a reply of an authentication signal to the portable device when the in-vehicle authentication device determines that the portable device exists in the vicinity of the vehicle by receiving the response signal. The in-vehicle authentication device may authenticate the portable device that transmits the authentication signal based on the authentication signal when the authentication signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Tatsuya UEKI
  • Publication number: 20200101941
    Abstract: Relative humidity or dew point temperature depending on changes in barometric pressure is measured without using any barometric pressure sensor. A humidity measuring device includes an elevation obtaining unit configured to obtain elevation of a humidity measurement point, a barometric pressure calculating unit configured to calculate barometric pressure at the humidity measurement point from a calculation formula into which a value of the elevation obtained by the elevation obtaining unit is input, and a humidity correcting unit configured to correct humidity on a basis of a barometric pressure value calculated by the barometric pressure calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200101942
    Abstract: A precipitation index estimation apparatus includes an operation mode data collection unit and an estimation processing unit. The data collection unit is configured to collect operation mode data indicating an operation mode of a windshield wiper, acquired in one or more vehicles positioned on a predetermined road link within a predetermined period. The estimation processing unit is configured to estimate a precipitation index indicating an intensity of precipitation on the predetermined road link within the predetermined period, based on a proportion of each of a plurality of kinds of operation modes, which is derived from the collected operation mode data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota OSUMI, Noriaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200101943
    Abstract: A precipitation index estimation apparatus includes a data collection unit and an estimation processing unit. The data collection unit is configured to collect rainfall amount data detected by a rainfall amount sensor in one or more vehicles positioned on a predetermined road link within a predetermined period. The estimation processing unit is configured to estimate a precipitation index indicating an intensity of precipitation on the predetermined road link within the predetermined period, based on the collected rainfall amount data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota OSUMI, Noriaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200101944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wiper blade, by balacing the opposite characteristics between the ease of operation and the cleaning force, the overall shape of the wiper blade is inclined laterally with elasticity in accordance with the moving direction of the blade mounting means for ease of operation, and the contact portion of the wiper blade for performing the cleaning is capable of maintaining an angle close to a right angle with respect to the cleaning surface, so that the wiper blade is also excellent in cleaning force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: KIMBLADE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyungwoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200101945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (4) for protecting an optical sensor (2) comprising: a protective casing (8) forming a cavity (11) able to at least partly accommodate the optical sensor comprising an optical surface (6), the protective casing comprising an optical element (12) facing the optical surface; a motor (14) configured to rotate the protective casing at speeds allowing the optical element to be cleaned by a centrifugal effect, the protective device being configured so as to have a movable part (52) and a fixed part (54). The protective device comprises a pressure balancing system comprising an air vent orifice (56) allowing fluid communication between the inside and the outside of the protective device, the air vent orifice being produced in the fixed part (54) of the protective device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Marcel Trebouet, Frédéric Bretagnol
  • Publication number: 20200101946
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner assembly configured to be mounted in a vehicle. The vacuum cleaner assembly including a vacuum unit configured to draw a vacuum, a canister assembly configured to collect debris and coupled to the vacuum unit, a hose junction configured to serve as a pathway for debris, and a chassis connecting the hose junction to the canister assembly. A pathway through the vacuum cleaner assembly may turn 180 degrees in the hose junction. A dirty air port of the canister assembly may be disposed at an angle relative to a surface of the chassis to facilitate placement and removal of the canister assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jason Gottschall
  • Publication number: 20200101947
    Abstract: A disc brake device has brake linings attached to brake levers that open and close in the lateral direction and sandwich a brake disc. A linking mechanism including a coupling device including lever mechanisms and a spindle opens and closes in conjunction with the lifting and lowering operation of a rod of a thruster, and the spindle is rotated in one direction by a one-way clutch in accordance with the relative displacement between the lever mechanisms and the coupling device to shorten an overall length of the coupling device, the rotation of the spindle is transmitted to an adjustment bolt screwed to a stopper on the lower end sides of the left and right brake levers via a flexible shaft, and the adjustment bolt protrudes downward with respect to the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: ICAN COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Toshishige Kasuga, Yasuhiro Azuma
  • Publication number: 20200101948
    Abstract: A control device configured to control a vehicle is provided. The device comprises a traveling control unit capable of executing a one-pedal function of controlling both a driving force and a braking force of the vehicle in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal, and an output control unit of notifying a driver of an instruction to depress a brake pedal in a case in which a seatbelt is detached during execution of the one-pedal function and during traveling of the vehicle, and the vehicle stops in that state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Noriaki SUZUKI, Yosuke MIZUTANI, Kohei MARUYAMA, Shinya KOBAYASHI, Shunpei MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200101949
    Abstract: A brake assembly has a wheel body, a first stopping device, and a second stopping device. The wheel body has a central axle and two engaging portions formed respectively on two ends of the central axle. The first stopping device is connected with the engaging portions of the wheel body and has a resilient member and a magnetic unit. The resilient member is C-shaped and has a lateral rod and an inclined rod connected integrally with an end of the lateral rod. The magnetic unit is mounted on the lateral rod of the resilient member and has a sleeve having a bottom opening and a magnetic element mounted in the sleeve and selectively abutting the wheel body. The second stopping device is connected securely with the lateral rod of the resilient member and is engaged selectively with the engaging portions of the wheel body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Mu Chang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200101950
    Abstract: As system for vehicle braking includes: a pedal actuated valve, including a first vent outlet in fluid communication with a fluid sink, a first supply inlet in fluid communication with a fluid source, and a first delivery outlet in fluid communication with a load; an electronically controlled valve in parallel with the pedal actuated valve, including a second vent outlet connected to the fluid sink via the first vent outlet, a second supply inlet in fluid communication with the fluid source, and a second delivery outlet in fluid communication with the load; and, a check valve connected between the load and the first delivery outlet downstream of the second vent outlet. A method for vehicle braking includes: operating at least one of the pedal actuated valve and the electronically controlled valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kartik Tiwari, Isaac Brown
  • Publication number: 20200101951
    Abstract: A braking system includes a brake actuator, a control valve, a control assembly, at least one pressure sensor, and at least one flow sensor. The control valve is disposed to direct hydraulic fluid to the brake actuator at a rate corresponding to a magnitude of a control signal. The at least one flow sensor and the at least one pressure sensor, in communication with the control assembly, are disposed between the control valve and the brake actuator and configured to measure a respective flow rate and pressure of the hydraulic fluid to the brake actuator. The control assembly is configured to ramp the control signal from a first signal level to a second signal level at a predetermined rate of change. The control assembly is configured to determine a flow-based position of the brake actuator based on the flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Naison E. Mastrocola, Tyler Arsenault
  • Publication number: 20200101952
    Abstract: A braking system including a brake actuator, a control valve, a control assembly, and at least one pressure sensor. The control valve is disposed to direct hydraulic fluid to the brake actuator at a rate corresponding to a magnitude of a control signal. The control assembly includes a mixed-mode control system. The at least one pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the hydraulic fluid to the brake actuator. The control assembly is configured to determine a position of the brake actuator. The mixed-mode control system is configured to determine a position command and a pressure command. The mixed-mode control system is configured to adjust the magnitude of the control signal based on at least one of the position command and the pressure command so as to reposition the brake actuator from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Naison E. Mastrocola, Tyler Arsenault
  • Publication number: 20200101953
    Abstract: Aircraft braking system architecture comprising: a brake comprising electromechanical actuators (1, 2); a principal control channel (6) and an alternative control channel (7) comprising electrical components that are at least partly different and adapted to provide respectively a principal braking control function and an alternative braking control function that are at least partly different; power modules (15, 16) comprising electrical components that are at least partly different and adapted to generate electrical power supply currents (I1, I2) on the basis of principal control signals or alternative control signals; a surveillance unit (8) adapted to ensure that in normal operation the principal control signals are used and that in the event of a fault the alternative control signals are used to generate the electrical power supply currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dominique Onfroy, Olivier Frey, Brian Goyez
  • Publication number: 20200101954
    Abstract: A simple and inexpensive power brake system for a three-wheel vehicle with two wheels in the rear. One embodiment of the present invention allows the backing plate of a drum brake to rotate about twenty degrees on the axle of the front wheel that is attached to a brake drum, or a backing plate of a caliper of a disk brake to rotate about twenty degrees on the axle of the front wheel that is attached to a brake disk. Rotation of the backing plate is coupled to actuate the rear brake(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald A. Holland
  • Publication number: 20200101955
    Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a vehicle using an in-wheel system includes: calculating a time to collision (TTC) by dividing a distance between the vehicle and an obstacle located in front of the vehicle by relative velocity; determining whether the vehicle enters a braking avoidance section, based on the calculated TTC; and generating, by a motor mounted in each wheel, braking force of a brake by an amount of shortage of braking force of the brake compared with a demanded braking force if the vehicle enters the braking avoidance section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Wook Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200101956
    Abstract: A control device configured to control a vehicle is provided. The device comprises: a traveling control unit capable of executing stop hold control in an automatic brake hold function and a one-pedal function; and an output control unit capable of displaying a first indicator indicating that the one-pedal function is enabled and a second indicator indicating that the automatic brake hold function is enabled. The traveling control unit exclusively executes the automatic brake hold function and the one-pedal function. The output control unit executes at least one of ending display of the second indicator and displaying the first indicator when the one-pedal function is enabled instead of the automatic brake hold function and/or ending display of the first indicator and displaying the second indicator when the automatic brake hold function is enabled instead of the one-pedal function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Noriaki SUZUKI, Yosuke MIZUTANI, Fumihiro NAKANO, Keizo FUKE, Yoshinari SUGITA, Hidetoshi KOBORI
  • Publication number: 20200101957
    Abstract: Provided is a front vehicle body structure of a vehicle equipped with a vehicle brake system including an electric brake actuator that generates a brake hydraulic pressure based on at least a brake pedal operation and a reservoir tank for a brake fluid, the electric brake actuator and the reservoir tank being disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a mounting compartment for a power unit defined in front of a dashboard. The electric brake actuator is eccentrically disposed in the mounting compartment on the left or right side of the vehicle. A fixing point for fixing a piping tube connecting the electric brake actuator and the reservoir tank is provided on a junction box inside the mounting compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuki SONODA, Hei GO
  • Publication number: 20200101958
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one hydraulically actuatable wheel braking device and at least one electric drive motor. A method for operating the vehicle includes monitoring a driver behavior upon an emergency braking operation, and activating the hydraulic wheel braking device for generating a hydraulic emergency braking torque when an emergency braking operation is detected. When the emergency braking torque is detected, the drive motor is also operated as a generator in order to generate an additional electrical emergency braking torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian Thomys, Martin Knopp, Tobias Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20200101959
    Abstract: A water separator assembly for an air braking system of a vehicle, including an inlet conduit, a water separator connected to the inlet conduit, an outlet conduit connected to the water separator, and an adjustable bracket operatively arranged to connect the water separator to a deck of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley R. Gates, Kevin W. O'Neal, Sean R. Jackson, Brandon Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20200101960
    Abstract: A caliper bracket of a vehicle disk brake includes an axle coupling part, an extension part, a caliper attaching part and a swing arm coupling part. The axle coupling part is disposed on an opposite side to a disk rotor and is attached to a rear wheel axle passing through a center of the disk rotor. The extension part is extending from the axle coupling part. The swing arm coupling part is provided on the other side part of the extension part in the longitudinal direction and is coupled to a swing arm. The extension part is formed to linearly extend from the axle coupling part, and the swing arm coupling part is formed to have a cuboid shape protruding toward the opposite side to the disk rotor and capable of fitting with a coupling groove member provided for the swing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kazumasa UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200101961
    Abstract: A system according to the present disclosure includes an acceleration limit module and a torque command module. The acceleration limit module is configured to determine whether an acceleration of an electric motor in a vehicle is greater than an acceleration limit having a first nonzero value and generate a first torque reduction request when the motor acceleration is greater than the acceleration limit. The torque command module is configured to determine a torque command for the electric motor based on a driver input, and decrease the torque command in response to the first torque reduction request to reduce harshness associated with engaging a one-way clutch of the vehicle. The one-way clutch couples the electric motor to a wheel of the vehicle when the one-way clutch is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Young Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20200101962
    Abstract: A method for setting an idling speed of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which the idling speed of the internal combustion engine is increased if a predetermined power request within an on-board power system of the motor vehicle is detected, wherein a generator for electrically supplying the on-board power system is driven by the internal combustion engine, and wherein the internal combustion engine is connected to a transmission of the motor vehicle, wherein the connection between the internal combustion engine and the transmission is disconnected, and/or a predetermined braking force is made available by means of at least one brake of the motor vehicle if the predetermined power request is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Michael VOGT
  • Publication number: 20200101963
    Abstract: A driving system includes an engine an engine, a motor generator, a gear mechanism, and a controller. The gear mechanism couples the engine and the motor generator to each other. The gear mechanism includes first and second gears. The first and second gears are configured to be supplied with first driving torque from the engine and second driving torque from the motor generator, respectively. The second gear meshes with the first gear. The controller is configured to perform torque control of the engine to make a rate of variation in the first driving torque at the first gear at a time when the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied smaller than that at a time when the following conditional expression (1) is not satisfied. |T2?T1|<Th1??(1) T1 is the first driving torque, T2 is the second driving torque, and Th1 is a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yukihiko MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20200101964
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a vehicle such as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) having a traction battery are for improving the drivability of the vehicle the battery has low discharge limits. The battery may have such low discharge limits due to the battery being cold and/or the battery state-of-charge (SOC) being low. In operation, upon the battery having a discharge limit lower than a threshold while the vehicle is operating in a charge sustain mode, the engine of the vehicle is used to charge the battery to increase the SOC of the battery such that the battery has a discharge limit greater than the threshold. The vehicle is operated in the charge sustain mode using the battery with the increased SOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Reuel Badger, Floyd Cadwell, Carol Louise Okubo, Jacob Doan
  • Publication number: 20200101965
    Abstract: This application discloses a hybrid power automobile and a power system thereof. The power system includes: an engine, where the engine outputs power to wheels of the hybrid power automobile through a clutch; a power motor, where the power motor is configured to output a drive force to the wheels of the hybrid power automobile; a power battery, where the power battery is configured to supply power to the power motor; a DC-DC converter; and an auxiliary motor connected to the engine, where the auxiliary motor is connected to the power motor, the DC-DC converter, and the power battery, and when performing power generation under driving of the engine, the auxiliary motor implements at least one of charging the power battery, supplying power to the power motor, and supplying power to the DC-DC converter. Therefore, low-speed electric balance and low-speed smoothness of the entire vehicle can be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongsheng YANG, Chunsheng WANG, Yunhui BAI