Patents Issued in April 21, 2020
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Patent number: 10625539Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative laminate comprising a core impregnated with a phenolic resin, coated on at least one of the faces thereof with a sheet impregnated with a mixture comprising an alkylated melamine resin and an acrylic polyol resin. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a laminate and the use thereof as coating material.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Wilsonart LLCInventors: Philippe Wloczysiak, Anne Claire Ferrandez
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Patent number: 10625540Abstract: A hub for bicycles including a hub shell which is rotatably supported relative to a hub axle, a rotor rotatably supported relative to the hub axle by means of two rotor bearings, and a freewheel device having two interacting freewheel components namely, a hub-side freewheel component and a rotor-side freewheel component. The two freewheel components each include axial engagement elements and they are movable relative to one another in the axial direction between a freewheel position and an intermeshing engaging position. Rolling members are provided for defined accommodation in the hub-side freewheel component to support the hub shell relative to the hub axle. An attachment portion and a centering portion are configured in the hub shell and an attachment area and a centering area are configured on the hub-side freewheel component. The attachment area is connected with the attachment portion and the centering area is centered on the centering portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: DT SWISS INC.Inventors: Martin Walthert, Stefan Spahr
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Patent number: 10625541Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes first and second side blocks formed respectively on a side portion such that the first and second side blocks extend toward the inside in a tire radial direction from a tread shoulder portion. The first and second side blocks are arranged alternately in a tire circumferential direction. The first side block has a recessed portion formed so as to be indented with respect to a side surface. In a first region, the second side block projects outwardly in a tire width direction more than the first side block. In a second region disposed inner side than the first region, the first side block projects outwardly in the tire width direction more than the second side block. In a third region disposed inner side than the second region, the second side block projects outwardly in the tire width direction more than the first side block.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Shingo Kuwano
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Patent number: 10625542Abstract: A tire pressure management system includes a wheel valve. The wheel valve is in fluid communication with a wheel assembly. A supply valve assembly is selectively in fluid communication with the wheel valve through a fluid control circuit. The supply valve assembly permits fluid communication between a source of pressurized air and the fluid control circuit. A control valve assembly is selectively in fluid communication with the wheel valve through the fluid control circuit. The control valve assembly permits fluid communication between the source of pressurized air and the fluid control circuit or between the fluid control circuit and atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLCInventor: Kurt P. Gillen
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Patent number: 10625543Abstract: A valve assembly for a tire pressure management system includes a housing. A first chamber (32) is provided in the housing. A second chamber (38) is provided in the housing. The second chamber is selectively in fluid communication with the first chamber. A third chamber (44) is provided in the housing. The third chamber is selectively in fluid communication with the second chamber. A deflate piston (120) is at least partially provided in the third chamber and the second chamber. The deflate piston (120) selectively permits or prevents fluid communication between the second chamber and the third chamber. An inflate piston (72) is attached to the deflate piston (120). The inflate piston (72) is at least partially provided in the second chamber and the first chamber. The inflate piston (72) selectively permits or prevents fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLCInventor: Lucas A. Balistreri
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Patent number: 10625544Abstract: A valve assembly for a tire pressure management system includes a housing having a first perforation and a second perforation. The first perforation is selectively in fluid communication with the second perforation. A shuttle assembly is provided in the housing. A failsafe piston is connected to the shuttle assembly. A first biasing member applies a bias to the failsafe piston. A second biasing member applies a bias to the shuttle assembly. When a pressure differential between a pressure in the second perforation and a pressure in the first perforation is at or below a predetermined value, the bias applied by the first biasing member urges the failsafe piston toward the shuttle assembly to prevent fluid communication between the first perforation and the second perforation.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLCInventor: Lucas A. Balistreri
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Patent number: 10625545Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate TPMS broadcast mode selection. An example vehicle comprises sensors, a processor, and memory. The processor is in communication with the memory and with the sensors. The processor is configured to: receive an unencrypted signal indicating an abnormal tire pressure, enter an encrypted mode with the sensors, receive an encrypted follow up tire pressure status from the sensors, and determine whether the unencrypted signal is authentic based on the encrypted follow up tire pressure status.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Ali Hassani, Dilip B Patel
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Patent number: 10625546Abstract: An air supply system for a work vehicle includes a compressor configured to compress a first supply of ambient air and to output a compressed air supply via a compressed air line, an air induction assembly configured to receive the compressed air supply from the compressed air line and to flow the compressed air supply through a body of the air induction assembly to create a low pressure region sufficient to draw in a second supply of ambient air, wherein the body is configured to combine the second supply of ambient air with the compressed air supply to generate a combination air supply, and a tire inflation system fluidly coupled to the air induction assembly and configured to selectively increase and decrease an air pressure within a tire of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Eran Salzman
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Patent number: 10625547Abstract: A ball mount for measuring tongue weight of a trailer is disclosed. The ball mount can comprise a ball portion for interfacing with a ball configured to couple with a tongue of a trailer, a hitch portion for interfacing with a hitch receiver associated with a vehicle, and a load measurement device associated with the hitch portion. The hitch portion can be configured to pivot relative to the hitch receiver about a fulcrum in response to a downward force on the ball, with the hitch receiver resisting rotation of the hitch portion about the fulcrum thereby inducing a load on the hitch portion. The load measurement device can be configured to determine a magnitude of the downward force on the ball based on the load on the hitch portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Weigh Safe, LLCInventor: Kevin McAllister
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Patent number: 10625548Abstract: There is described a hi-rail device comprising a cam assembly, an axle assembly and a locking pin. The cam assembly comprises a guiding slot which comprises a plurality of contiguous segments extending as a broken line, e.g., in a flattened M shape, wherein a first one and a last one of the contiguous segments extend in a downward slope with respect to a horizon. The locking pin inserted in the guiding slot and movable in translation within the guiding slot in which it is inserted. The axle assembly, in which the locking pin is inserted, has a weight applied on the locking pin which locks the locking pin in the lower end or the upper end of the guiding slot if the locking pin is in the first one or the last one of the four contiguous segments and no other force is applied thereonto.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TECHNOLOGIE CONTINENTAL RAILWORKS I INC.Inventor: Francois Aube
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Patent number: 10625549Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel link for receiving a bearing in a vehicle that comprises a single-piece wheel link body having a first wheel link end, a second wheel link end, and a connecting section that connects the first wheel link end and the second wheel link end. The single-piece wheel link body extends along a wheel link longitudinal axis. A sleeve-shaped eyelet is formed in the first wheel link end. And the first wheel link end is bulged to form a bearing sleeve for the bearing, increasing a diameter of the sleeve-shaped eyelet and a length of the eyelet transversely with respect to the wheel link longitudinal axis beyond the dimensions of the connecting section.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Stephan Meyer, Hauke Mehner
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Patent number: 10625550Abstract: A control arm and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The control arm is made of an aluminum extrusion profile with a first end section, a second end section, and a middle section, which connects the first and second end sections. The control arm includes a base, two side walls, which are angled substantially perpendicular therefrom and which are spaced apart from one another on the longitudinal side, with a height H, and flanges, which are angled substantially perpendicular from the side walls at their free end. The first end section includes a first connecting region, the second end section includes a second connecting region, and the middle section includes at least one third connecting region.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GmbHInventors: Frode Paulsen, Dirk Voigt, Guido Boeing, Stephan Meyer
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Patent number: 10625551Abstract: An elastic chassis link for a vehicle is disclosed. The elastic chassis link includes a sliding joint having first and second sliding joint rods. The joint rods are movable axially relative to each other in order to change the rigidity of the elastic chassis link. The first sliding joint rod is connected to a piston that is arranged axially and movable axially within a piston space within second sliding joint rod. The piston divides the piston space into two chambers that interact with a damping element, such as fluid, within each chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Peter Rumpel, Hartmut Krehmer
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Patent number: 10625552Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a bodywork structural element and a running gear, such as a vehicle back end, that includes at least one arm. The at least one arm includes a top attachment end that is received in a sheet metal clevis supported on a bottom surface of a floor of the bodywork structural element. The attachment end includes at least one transverse tubular sleeve that is received with reduced play between two parallel flanks of the clevis, and an attachment screw capable of passing through two coaxial bores of both flanks and the transverse tubular sleeve to enable attachment of the attachment end into the clevis. The clevis guides the attachment end into a position for aligning the bores of the flanks and the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Johann Willemenot, Olivier Rioult
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Patent number: 10625553Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle includes: a composite leaf spring having a protective member which covers an outer surface of the composite leaf spring; and an abrasion-preventing pad coupled to the composite leaf spring and shielding. The protective member and the abrasion-preventing pad are disposed at a portion of the composite leaf spring to which a U-bolt is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Tae Hyung Kim, Seung Hyun Oh
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Patent number: 10625554Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle suspension member includes a body of a vehicle suspension member made of a metal, a first layer provided to cover a surface of the body and a second layer provided to cover at least a portion of a surface of the first layer. The first layer includes an epoxy resin, and the second layer includes an epoxy resin and a fluororesin.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Mori, Tatsuya Nishimura, Masayoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10625555Abstract: A shock absorber system can includes a shock tube and a piston slidably mated to an end of the shock tube. The system can include a heat sink reservoir. The heat sink reservoir can be connected to the shock tube via a valved fluid connection. The valved fluid connection can limit or permit fluid flow from the shock tube to the heat sink reservoir depending on fluid velocity and/or pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: ICON VEHICLE DYNAMICS LLCInventor: Dylan Samuel Evans
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Patent number: 10625556Abstract: An active suspension system comprises at least one biasing device configured to support a body from a structure, and at least one motor. A magnetorheological (MR) fluid clutch apparatus(es) is coupled to the at least one motor to receive torque from the motor, the MR fluid clutch apparatus controllable to transmit a variable amount of torque. A mechanism is between the at least one MR fluid clutch apparatus and the body to convert the torque received from the at least one MR fluid clutch apparatus into a force on the body. Sensor(s) provide information indicative of a state of the body or structure. A controller receives the information indicative of the state of the body or structure and for outputting a signal to control the at least one MR fluid clutch apparatus in exerting a desired force on the body to control movement of the body according to a desired movement behavior.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: EXONETIK INC.Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Plante, Marc Denninger, Guifre Julio, Patrick Chouinard, Pascal LaRose, Caroline Fraser
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Patent number: 10625557Abstract: A narrow track tilting vehicle includes an undercarriage centered over a contact point, an upper chassis configured to pivot about a mobile longitudinal axis, and a cradle assembly configured to allow the mobile axis to move laterally relative to the contact point. In wheeled embodiments, the configuration of the carriage allows the upper chassis to tilt in response to centrifugal forces, while allowing the wheels to remain perpendicular to a level surface along which the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle is traveling along a surface that is canted relative to the level surface, the configuration of the carriage allows to the upper chassis to remain upright relative to the level surface, and the wheels to extend perpendicular to the canted surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventor: Franklin Ross Knisley
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Patent number: 10625558Abstract: A damping force control apparatus for a suspension is applied to a damper whose damping force can be set based on a damping force control value and controls the damping force control value. The damper is attached to a support portion with a buffer member interposed between the support portion of a vehicle body and a cylinder of the damper. The apparatus includes: a displacement related quantity estimation device estimating relative displacement of a vehicle wheel and a relative speed of the vehicle wheel with respect to the vehicle body as estimated relative displacement and an estimated relative speed; and a damping force control value calculation device determining the damping force control value so as to suppress vibration of the vehicle body based on state variables provided from the vehicle body and the estimated relative speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihito Yamamoto, Wataru Tanaka
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Patent number: 10625559Abstract: A tubular type torsion beam is manufactured by bending and welding and coupling a plate material. The plate material has a plurality of protrusions disposed on a plurality of side surfaces in a width direction of the vehicle. The torsion beam is manufactured by molding the plate material in a pipe shape by bending the plate material in the width direction and molding the plate material to dispose the plurality of protrusions to contact each other to form a gap between the plurality of side surfaces of the plate material and then welding and coupling the plurality of side surfaces of the plate material.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, HWASHIN CO., LTDInventors: Nam Ho Kim, Byong Cheol Kim, Jong Kyu Park
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Patent number: 10625560Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner which is capable of enlarging an effective range of a dehumidifying and heating mode to environmental conditions and smoothly dehumidifying and heating a vehicle interior. A vehicle air conditioner 1 executes a dehumidifying and heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, and decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber 9 and an outdoor heat exchanger 7, the controller decreases an outdoor blower voltage FANVout of an outdoor blower 15 and decreases an air volume into the outdoor blower 15 in a case where a temperature Te of the heat absorber 9 is high even when the controller adjusts a valve position of an outdoor expansion valve 6 into a lower limit of controlling in a situation in which a temperature TCI of the radiator 4 is satisfactory.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kenichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 10625561Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinated zone operation of the MTRS are provided. The method includes a MTRS controller determining whether a first zone environmental condition difference between a first zone measured environmental condition and a first zone desired set point environmental condition is greater than a first threshold. The method also includes the MTRS controller coordinating operation of the first environmental condition unit and the second environmental condition unit when the first zone environmental condition difference is determined to be greater than the first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Thermo King CorporationInventors: Timothy J. Neu, James E. Conde, Brett Heberer, Wayne Donnellan
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Patent number: 10625562Abstract: A cooling water heating apparatus includes: a housing having an inlet through which cooling water flows in at a first side and an outlet through which cooling water flows out at a second side; a sheath heater housed in the housing and electrically connected to an outside through an electric circuit to heat the cooling water in the housing; and an overheat preventing device housed in the housing to be submerged under the cooling water in an upper side of the housing in a gravity direction, the overheat preventing device having a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device connected in series to the electric circuit of the sheath heater to allow the PTC device to control energization of the sheath heater.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd.Inventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim, So Yoon Park, Jae Woo Park, Du Youl Choi
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Patent number: 10625563Abstract: A heat pump system can be used with a vehicle. A cooling system includes a radiator connected to a cooling line and a first water pump and circulating a coolant along the cooling line so as to cool an electric component. A battery module is provided on a battery cooling line selectively connected to the cooling line through a first valve. And HVAC module includes an internal heater connected to the cooling line through a first connection line, a cooler connected to the battery cooling line through a second connection line, and an opening or closing door provided between the internal heater and the cooler and controlling external air passing through the cooler to be selectively introduced into the internal heater depending on cooling, heating, and heating and dehumidifying modes of the vehicle. A centralized energy is connected to each of the battery cooling line and the cooling line.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Yunho Hwang
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Patent number: 10625564Abstract: The present invention relates to an outdoor heat exchanger, and more particularly, to a down flow type outdoor heat exchanger having channels of at least three paths in a heat pump system for vehicles, in which a flux distribution means protruded in a height direction is further formed in a lower tank in which the channel is changed from an upward direction to a downward direction or from a downward direction to an upward direction to block some area of a lower portion thereof so as to prevent a refrigerant from being non-uniformly distributed while a flux is concentrated toward a rear side of the channel due to a fluid inertia in an area in which the flow path is changed, thereby delaying frosting upon heating.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Jun Young Song, Hong-Young Lim, Kwang Hun Oh
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Patent number: 10625565Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a plate provided on a seatback, an attachment mounted on the plate, two wires extending substantially in an up-down direction to receive a load in a seat front-rear direction applied to the plate, and two locking fixing portions provided above a location of a combined center of gravity of the plate and the attachment to lock and fix the plate with the two wires. Each of the two locking fixing portions includes a first holding portion, a second holding portion, and a wall portion. The first holding portion and the second holding portion hold the corresponding wire in the seat front-rear direction. The wall portion contacts the corresponding wire from a side opposite to the attachment across the wire. The two locking fixing portions are open on the attachment sides.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomokazu Fukuda
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Patent number: 10625566Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a thermal conditioning system of a vehicle are disclosed. The system services multiple components in a vehicle, including at least one passenger component, such as a first seat and/or a second seat, and at least one auxiliary component, such as a storage enclosure, a first cup holder and/or a second cup holder. The system uses a vapor compression system as the thermal energy source. The control methods prioritize thermal conditioning of one or more of the various components based on one or more thermal criterion and apply component-specific control routines to the thermal conditioning based on that prioritization.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Gentherm IncorporatedInventors: Ioannis Androulakis, Scott Wolas
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Patent number: 10625567Abstract: Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a mirror assembly attached to a vehicle side and including an air temperature sensor for measuring a first temperature value; a wireless transceiver for receiving a second temperature value from a wireless network; and a processor configured to, upon determining that the first temperature value is greater than the second temperature value, cause the mirror assembly to move to a first position relative to the vehicle side. Another embodiment includes a method of correcting air temperature reading in a vehicle, the method comprising obtaining a first temperature measurement from an air temperature sensor located in a mirror assembly attached to a vehicle side; obtaining a second temperature measurement from a wireless network; and upon determining that the first temperature measurement is greater than the second temperature measurement, causing the mirror assembly to move to a first position relative to the vehicle side.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Aed M Dudar
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Patent number: 10625568Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller configured to determine when an HVAC system is providing at least one of heating, ventilating and air conditioning to a primary zone and to determine when a drivetrain is providing energy to a power source or the power source is providing surplus energy to the drivetrain, and in response, to activate a low cost energy mode wherein the HVAC system is operated to provide the at least one of heating, ventilating and air conditioning to at least one secondary zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: John Gibble
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Patent number: 10625569Abstract: An engine controller includes a reading section and a ratio-setting control section. The reading section is included in an air conditioner. The air conditioner draws an air into an air-conditioner housing, heats the air by a cooling water cooling the engine, and blows the air into a vehicle compartment. The reading section reads a state information that relates to a state of the air conditioner having an effect on an outside-air drawing ratio. The outside-air drawing ratio is a ratio of a volume of an outside air to a total volume of the outside air and an inside air. The ratio-setting control section decreases an amount of heat generated by the engine when the outside-air drawing ratio is a second ratio, which is smaller than a first ratio, to be smaller than an amount of heat generated by the engine when the outside-air drawing ratio is the first ratio.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji Fujii, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takafumi Masuda, Masanori Morikawa
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Patent number: 10625570Abstract: A control apparatus according to the invention is applied to a heat exchanging system comprising a connection system for connecting an engine water passage for heat exchanging water for cooling an internal combustion engine and the heater water passage for the heat exchanging water for heating a heater core to each other. The apparatus activates the connection system to connect the engine water passage to the heater water passage when a temperature of the heat exchanging water circulating through the engine water passage, is equal to or higher than the temperature of the heat exchanging water circulating through the heater water passage, and an interior of a vehicle is requested to be warmed up.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidefumi Aikawa, Yoichi Ogura, Yuji Miyoshi, Masatoshi Yano, Yu Ofune
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Patent number: 10625571Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Hans Rechberger, Uwe Reinholz
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Patent number: 10625572Abstract: A heating/cooling module having a condenser region, an evaporator region, and at least one fluid distribution region. The condenser region has a first flow section which can be flowed through by a refrigerant and a second flow section which can be flowed through by a coolant. The evaporator region has a third flow section which can be flowed through by a refrigerant and a fourth flow section which can be flowed through by a coolant. The flow sections are formed by a plurality of flow ducts which are configured between the individual disc elements which form the heating/cooling module. A first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet are provided, via which the condenser region can be flowed through with a coolant. A second inlet and a second outlet are provided, via which the evaporator region can be flowed through with a coolant.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Gottfried Duerr, Herbert Hofmann, Joachim Michael Haug
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Patent number: 10625573Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle is provided. The thermal management system f includes a cooling apparatus that circulates a coolant cooled in a radiator through a coolant line to cool a driving device in a vehicle. A main centralized energy (CE) module is connected to the cooling apparatus via the coolant line, selectively heat-exchanges thermal energy generated during a condensation and evaporation of the refrigerant circulating the inside with a coolant, and respectively supplies the coolant of low temperature or high temperature to a cooling heat exchanger or a heating heat exchanger. A sub CE module is connected to the cooling apparatus via the coolant line, selectively heat-exchanges thermal energy generated during a condensation and evaporation of the refrigerant circulating the inside with a coolant, and supplies the coolant of low temperature to a controller provided in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jae Yeon Kim
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Patent number: 10625574Abstract: A ventilation apparatus blows air into a vehicle compartment of a vehicle. The ventilation apparatus has a blower, a duct, a blowing outlet, guide vanes, and a turning mechanism. The blowing outlet is provided with the duct. The blowing outlet guides the air to flow along a lower surface of the duct. The guide vanes change a flow velocity component of the air in a lateral direction of the vehicle by guiding the air to flow along the guide vanes. The guide vanes are arranged in the duct on an upstream side of the blowing outlet and distanced from each other in the lateral direction. According to the above-described configuration, it is possible to provide a ventilation apparatus that can change a flow direction of air in the lateral direction of the vehicle while suppressing a pressure loss of air and a damage of the ventilation apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshinori Ochiai, Shuzo Oda
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Patent number: 10625575Abstract: A slim-type air vent device for a vehicle may include: a single horizontal wing mounted at an outlet position of a slim air duct to be vertically rotatable, the single horizontal wing being exposed to the outside; an integrated control knob mounted to the single horizontal wing to be horizontally movable; dampers mounted in a rear space in the slim air duct such that an opening angle of each of the dampers is adjustable; a gear assembly disposed between a back surface of the integrated control knob and rotation shafts of the dampers, the gear assembly having a plurality of gears; and a plurality of vertical wings mounted immediately behind the single horizontal wing in an internal space of the slim air duct, to be rotated in a left or right direction by a single link during a left or right movement of the integrated control knob.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Ju Lee, In Seop Kim, Young Rok Lee, Young Beom Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Dae Ig Jung, Keun Sig Lim, Ji Won Lee, Jae Seob Choi, Won Sik Kim
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Patent number: 10625576Abstract: A glazing includes a laminated glazed element including an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet, and at least one plastic interlayer sheet situated between the glass sheets, and, along at least part of at least one edge, a profile section including a functional part provided with a groove and a fixing part for fixing it to the glazed element. The fixing part includes an interlayer flange which, viewed in cross section, is situated between the interlayer face of the exterior glass sheet and the interlayer face of the interior glass sheet; of the interior face and the exterior face of the interlayer flange at least one face being in contact with the plastic interlayer sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Hans-Werner Kuster, Volkmar Offermann
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Patent number: 10625577Abstract: A silicone coating is provided for glass and other surfaces with improved glass clarity and maintenance requirements. In addition, a process for preparing a film with improved glass clarity and maintenance requirements. Further a method is provided for adhering an improved coating to a glass (or other) surface. Also a silicone coating is provided for granite, cement, and lexan/plastic.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventor: Raymond T. Doran
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Patent number: 10625578Abstract: An assembly includes a first panel, a second panel having an aperture therethrough, and a pin. The pin has a base and a shaft. The base is secured to the first panel and the shaft is disposed at least partially in the aperture. The pin additionally includes at least one resilient clip member having a first end and a second end. The first end is disposed within the shaft, and the second end retains the second panel in a desired position relative to the first panel. The shaft comprises a first material and the clip member comprises a second material, different from the first material.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: David T. Renke, Michael A. Faucett, Jr.
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Patent number: 10625579Abstract: A concealed sun visor includes a body having a receiving portion. The receiving portion includes two lateral grooves respectively extending transversely from two ends of a top edge and an open end opposite to the top edge. A holding and positioning mechanism includes a holding portion extending outward from an edge thereof. A light filter is mounted in the receiving portion and has an edge securely mounted in the holding portion. Two pressing members are disposed on two ends of the holding and positioning mechanism, respectively. The two ends of the holding and positioning mechanism are received in the two lateral grooves. Each pressing member is biased outward to press against a wall of a respective lateral groove to thereby provide a retaining force holding the light filter in the two lateral grooves. The light filter is movable between a storage position and an extended position for blocking light.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventor: Cheng-Chang Liao
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Patent number: 10625580Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have adjustable structures such as adjustable windows. Adjustable windows may have adjustable layers such as adjustable tint layers, adjustable reflectivity layers, and adjustable haze layers. Adjustable window layers may be incorporated into a window with one or more transparent structural layers such as a pair of glass window layers. Adjustable components such as adjustable reflectivity layers, adjustable haze layers, and adjustable tint layers may be interposed between the pair of glass window layers. Fixed partially reflective mirrors, fixed tint layers, and/or fixed haze layers may be used in place of adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers and/or may be incorporated into windows in addition to adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Jones, Ibuki Kamei, James R. Wilson, Clarisse Mazuir, John Raff, Budhadipta Dan, David E. Kingman, Martin Melcher
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Patent number: 10625581Abstract: A vehicle lateral structure includes: a rocker extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; and a side door existing along the rocker in a closed state in which the side door is closed, the side door including a lower region of the side door being located further from a center of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction than the rocker is in the vehicle width direction and a protrusion portion which protrudes toward the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the lower region in a vertical direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Yaza
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Patent number: 10625582Abstract: A vehicle door includes a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel. A second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel. The first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state. During an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gary Mullen, Bhavani Thota, Daniel Morin, Juergen Koehler, Linh Doan
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Patent number: 10625583Abstract: A mounting structure of interior trim includes a handle-shaped grip arranged on the interior trim and a bracket connecting a vehicle body panel and the grip. The grip has a fixing base. The fixing base includes a base portion, a cylindrical boss portion, and an opening. The bracket includes a grip attachment part arranged on the fixing base, a pair of panel attachment portions arranged at both ends of the bracket, each of the panel attachment portions attached to the vehicle body panel, and a pair of connecting pieces straddling between the pair of the panel attachment portions with the grip attachment portion sandwiched in the center. One of the pair of connecting pieces has a fragile portion that becomes a deformation starting point of the bracket when a load is applied from the fixing base to the grip attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomonari Sakuma
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Patent number: 10625584Abstract: A lower structure of a vehicle includes a rear bumper cover, a rear floor cover serving as an under cover that is provided at a lower side, in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle, than a floor panel of the vehicle and at a front side of the vehicle relative to the rear bumper cover, and a kick sensor having a signal line which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and a sensor part placed on the signal line. The kick sensor is placed inside a closed cross-section space surrounded by a connected structure of the rear bumper cover and the under cover and formed on the side of the floor panel, isolated from an outside of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Linzhong Li, Kenichi Tatsuguchi
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Patent number: 10625585Abstract: A vehicle roof construction comprises a roof opening, a panel and an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism comprises a rear assembly having a lever. The lever rotates around a first transverse axis at its first end. The first transverse axis position changes along a first guide. The second end of the lever at a second transverse axis is pivotally attached to a sliding member that engages a panel track. The rear assembly comprises an auxiliary lever that rotates around a third transverse axis at its first end. The position of the third transverse axis changes along a second guide. The second end of the auxiliary lever at a fourth transverse axis is pivotally attached to the sliding member. The auxiliary lever comprises a support which in the open position of the panel engages a counter support for transmitting vertical forces from the panel towards the counter support.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.Inventors: Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Rainer Gerhard Jungling
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Patent number: 10625586Abstract: A lid assembly for a truck bed with two opposite vertical side walls includes a lid adapted for covering the truck bed, the lid being movable in a first direction between an open and closed position, two scissor hinges adapted for mounting the lid to the truck bed, each of the two scissor hinges having a first hinge member adapted for being slidably and pivotably connected to a respective side wall of the truck bed at a first end and being pivotably connected to the lid at a second end, and a second hinge member which is slidably and pivotably connected to the lid at a first end and adapted for being pivotably connected to the respective side wall at a second end. The assembly further includes an opening element adapted for, upon actuation, applying a force to at least one of the first ends of the hinge members in a second direction, which extends in an angle of between 85 and 90 degrees with respect to the first direction, to move the lid in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: PENDELMATIC INTERNATIONAL V/JAN MØLLERInventor: Jan Max Clausen Møller
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Patent number: 10625587Abstract: A vehicle door sash structure includes a holding unit. The holding unit includes a guide locking portion arranged in a region of a run channel opposed in a vehicle inner-outer direction to a tip end rim of an inner beam portion in a state of temporary attachment after completion of attachment of a molding to an outer beam portion. The guide locking portion is inclined in a direction to guide the run channel to a position of completion of attachment while coming into contact with the tip end rim of the inner beam portion by an input of an attachment force in a direction to attach the molding to the run channel in the state of temporary attachment.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Suesada, Masatoshi Mori, Toshifumi Matsuura, Takao Toyoshima
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Patent number: 10625588Abstract: A self-contained, self-extending, roof-mounted shading apparatus, capable of both vertical and horizontal movement to provide shade for a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: CARBRELLA, INC.Inventors: Winifred Gurley, Paul Gurley