Abstract: A battery mounting structure to enhance rigidity of a vehicle body without increasing a vehicle weight is provided. The battery mounting structure comprises a pair of frame members extending longitudinally and a battery pack an all-solid battery having a cell stack. The battery pack is disposed between the frame members. The battery pack is connected to the frame member through a connection member.

Abstract: A mounting bracket includes a single unitary sheet of material, and a top portion including a first cradle including a first concave surface defining a first radius of curvature and a first longitudinal axis, and a second cradle including a second concave surface defining a second radius of curvature that is different than the first radius of curvature and a second longitudinal axis that is parallel to the first longitudinal axis. A first pair of mounting surfaces may straddle either side of the first cradle, and a second pair of mounting surfaces may straddle either side of the second cradle.

Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: an electric drive unit including an electric motor used as a drive power source, a transaxle including a differential device and coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor in a power transmittable manner on one end side of the electric motor in a direction of a motor centerline to transmit an output of the electric motor through the differential device to a pair of drive shafts, and a case housing the electric motor and the transaxle. The case includes a first end surface portion located on the other end side of the electric motor in the motor centerline direction and rotatably supporting the motor shaft, and an accessory component of the vehicle is attached to an outside surface of the first end surface portion.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system includes a drive mode setting portion configured to select a first reverse drive mode of the vehicle to be established with an engaging action of the first coupling element, and a required vehicle drive force determining portion configured to determine whether a degree of operation of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle during reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than a predetermined threshold value. The drive mode setting portion selects the first reverse drive mode when the required vehicle drive force determining portion has determined that the degree of operation of the accelerator pedal during the reverse driving of the vehicle is higher than the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A self-balancing robot system providing AI humanoid robots or robot vehicles comprising a drive wheel propulsion system configured to achieve mobility and balance by means of sensoring system components, accelerometers, and trajectory algorithms. The self-balancing robot system components include; a computer control system with processors and memory, a motion control system, an autonomous drive system, a wireless communication system comprising I/O system processes including WIFI, Bluetooth, and a smartphone, a network system, and a user interface control.

Abstract: An electric vehicle drive device includes: a first motor; a second motor, and a transmission mechanism coupled to the first motor and the second motor and capable of switching a reduction ratio. The transmission mechanism includes a sun gear shaft coupled to the first motor. The first motor includes: a first stator core, a first rotor core disposed radially outward of the first stator core, and a first rotor holding member that couples the first rotor core and the sun gear shaft.

Abstract: An air guide structure of a vehicle is provided in which a duct for introducing outdoor air into an air cooling device of an engine includes an upper duct that is positioned in a radiator grille and a lower duct that is positioned in a bumper grille. The air guide structure includes a variable screen that is positioned between the upper duct and the lower duct and is formed to have a shape or a position that is changed according to a difference in flow rate between upper flow and lower flow introduced through the upper duct and the lower duct, respectively. The variable screen is disposed on a duct wall surface between the upper duct and the lower duct.

Abstract: This front assembly of a motor vehicle includes a bumper skin defining an outer surface that is visible from the outside and having at least one opening formed in the outer surface. The front assembly also includes a shutter for selectively closing and releasing the opening, at least partially. The shutter includes a flexible flap having a fixed portion relative to the bumper skin and a movable portion relative to the bumper skin, wherein the movable portion is movable between a shuttering position in which the opening is shuttered by the flexible flap and a releasing position in which the opening is released.

Abstract: An air inflow control system for an active grille shutter is disclosed. The air inflow control system includes a frame including at least one housing, a flap including a flap rotary shaft, and a mechanical part adapted to maintain the rotary shaft in the housing when the mechanical part is secured to the frame. The flap rotary shaft may be installed in the housing, the flap may be capable of being placed, by rotation about the rotary shaft, in at least one open position and one closed position. The mechanical part may include an abutment, where the flap may be positioned against the abutment when the flap is placed in the open position.

Abstract: A fuel tank apparatus for a motor vehicle that includes a fuel tank and a filling module configured for connection to the fuel tank. The filling module includes a fuel accumulator and a filler neck configured for fluidic connection to the fuel accumulator in such a way that permits filling to occur place via the filler neck exclusively into the fuel accumulator.

Abstract: To provide a filling apparatus in which when a pipe joint of a filling nozzle and a vehicle side filling port (receptacle) are connected with each other, a lever surely positions outward a swelling portion at an end of a clutch and a condition that the selling portion at the end of the clutch engages an engaging recessed portion of the receptacle is maintained, which allows a condition that the pipe joint of the filling nozzle and the vehicle side filling port (receptacle) are connected with each other to be continued.

Abstract: A fuel vapor suppression system in a fuel tank in a vehicle comprises a fuel storage compartment, an opening, an inlet check valve in the opening connected to a fuel filler pipe, and a vapor suppression device disposed in the fuel storage compartment and connected with the inlet check valve. The vapor suppression device may include a cylindrical mesh body having a pore size of no less than 1 mm.

Abstract: An improper fuel nozzle insertion-inhibiting assembly is configured to prevent an improper fuel-dispensing device from dispensing fuel into a fuel fill line of a vehicle. The assembly may include a cover including an open cavity defined by a circumferential wall and a front face wall, and a main body defining an internal chamber. At least one barrier door may be pivotally secured to the main body. The barrier door(s) is configured to close a nozzle-receiving channel that extends through the internal chamber. The barrier door(s) may include an integral pivot axle that is pivotally secured to an axle bearing within the main body. The barrier door(s) is configured to be pivoted open by inward urging of a proper or compatible fuel nozzle.

Abstract: A filling device for an operating fluid tank, comprising a tubular outer part and an inner part which is received in the outer part and which is designed to receive an operating fluid nozzle, is characterized in that the inner part comprises a first end wall having an opening and a second end wall having an opening, the end walls being connected to one another via a shell and the shell being provided over the entire length between the end walls with a shell opening whose width corresponds substantially to the corresponding maximum inner width of the shell.

Abstract: A fuel cap capable of preventing a reduction in breathability in a housing due to a moistened adsorbent and appropriately discharging fuel vapor includes a housing including an inner space through which vapor generated in a fuel tank flows upward from below. A granular adsorbent is disposed in the inner space of the housing. A lower air-permeable layer is disposed below the adsorbent, and an upper air-permeable layer is disposed above the adsorbent. A lower porous member is disposed between the adsorbent and the lower air-permeable layer. The lower air-permeable layer, the lower porous member, and the upper air-permeable layer respectively have a porous structure. A density of the lower porous member is lower than a density of the lower air-permeable layer and a density of the upper air-permeable layer.

Abstract: A vehicle shift control device comprises: a shift position deciding portion deciding a shift position of a shift operating device based on a sensor signal output according to an operation of the shift operating device; and a drive power output command portion selecting a shift range based on a shift position determination signal output from the shift position deciding portion to cause a vehicle to run, when a communication abnormality has occurred so that the shift position determination signal is not transmitted from the shift position deciding portion to the drive power output command portion, the vehicle shift control device selecting a shift range maintained at the time of occurrence of the communication abnormality of the shift position determination signal if a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and selecting a neutral range if the vehicle speed is less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A vehicular power unit downsized using a speed reducing mechanism of high speed reduction ratio. In a vehicular power unit, a torque applied to an input shaft from an actuator is multiplied by a speed reducing mechanism to be transmitted to an axle. The speed reducing mechanism includes: an external gear of a ring gear; a first pinion that engages with the external gear; a second pinion that rotates integrally with the first pinion; a pinion shaft that rotates integrally with the first pinion and the second pinion; a center gear that rotates integrally with a sun gear; a counter gear that engages with both of the center gear and the second pinion; and a carrier shaft that rotates integrally with a carrier. The pinion shaft is coupled to the input shaft, and the carrier shaft is coupled to the axle.

Abstract: A dual clutch transaxle is provided that includes a dual clutch assembly, an input shaft assembly, a counter shaft assembly, a shift assembly and at least one output assembly. The dual clutch assembly has a dual clutch axis and includes a first clutch shaft and a second clutch shaft. The input shaft assembly includes a nested first inner input shaft and a second outer input shaft that are operationally coupled to the first clutch shaft and a second clutch shaft. An input shaft axis is offset from the dual clutch axis of the dual clutch assembly. A plurality of drive gears of the input shaft assembly are operationally coupled to a plurality of driven gears of the counter shaft assembly. The shift assembly is operationally coupled to select. The at least one output assembly is operationally coupled to the counter shaft assembly.

Abstract: Operating a drive train of a vehicle with a clutch unit for distributing torque on a primary axis and a secondary axis of the vehicle comprises: a) determining an available drive torque; b) determining excess torque on the primary axis; c) determining an actual maximum torque on the secondary axis; d) determining the excess torque on the secondary axis insofar as the maximum torque is not exceeded.

Abstract: A vehicle monitor device for a vehicle that includes at least a first seat and a second seat, the vehicle monitor device including: a monitor which is electrically connected to a computer of the vehicle and which can be used for driving the vehicle; and a moving mechanism capable of moving the monitor between a position where the monitor can be used for driving by an occupant seated on the first seat and a position where the monitor can be used for driving by an occupant seated on the second seat.

Abstract: In a power control unit provided in this application, a reactor (38) and a DC/DC converter (step-down transformer) (24) are stacked, and a capacitor (40) is arranged next to these. The capacitor (40) is fixed at fixing points (a cradle (90) and a fixing protrusion (88)) in two locations, and is also fixed to the DC/DC converter (24) by a bus bar (104) that electrically connects a terminal (78) of the capacitor to a terminal (100) of the DC/DC converter. A fixing position by the bus bar (104) is a position away from a straight line that passes through the fixing points in two locations, which is advantageous for suppressing vibrations around this straight line.

Abstract: A charging device for a motor vehicle with a high-voltage battery, wherein the charging device includes a supply unit that is designed to supply a transmission voltage (UT), and a connecting apparatus that is designed to connect the supply unit to the motor vehicle to charge the high-voltage battery, wherein the transmission voltage is a contact-safe transmission voltage (UT). The motor vehicle includes a converter unit that converts a contact-safe transmission voltage (UT) to a high-voltage charging voltage (UHV) for charging the high-voltage battery. When a charging arrangement formed from the charging device and the motor vehicle is operated, the connecting apparatus is automatically connected to the connector device and the contact-safe transmission voltage (UT) is converted to the high-voltage charging voltage (UHV) in order to charge the high-voltage battery.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging interface device is provided. The device includes a chassis having a top, a bottom, a front side, and a back side opposite the front side, the chassis configured to move between an uncompressed position and a compressed position relative to a longitudinal axis. The device further includes two electrodes extending from the front side of the chassis, and, a biasing portion configured to bias the chassis towards the uncompressed position.

Abstract: A charge plate receiver assembly for an electric vehicle includes an inductive charge plate receiver and a swing arm pivotally secured to a mounting surface. The charge plate receiver is pivotally secured to the swing arm such that the charge plate receiver travels along an arc defined by a length of the swing arm when the assembly moves between a retracted position and a deployed position. When retracted, the charge plate receiver may retract into a cavity, defined by under-body components. The charge plate receiver has a planar surface and the planar surface is generally perpendicular to a horizontal plane of the vehicle in the retracted position and parallel with the horizontal plane of the vehicle in the deployed position.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery which can include a power supply and power supply circuit, the power supply circuit connected to the power supply. The power supply can discharge through the power supply circuit. An electronic switch can control the power-on or off of the power supply, thereby avoiding the generation of sparks during the power on process and allowing for the normal use of the battery and the safety of the aircraft. The disclosure also provides an aircraft having the battery.

Abstract: A vehicle charging system is disclosed. The vehicle charging system includes a powerline communication module of a vehicle that is configured to transmit a power request signal via a communication network and a powerline communication evaluation module that is configured to determine one or more communication characteristics of the communication network. The vehicle charging system also includes an adjustment module that is configured to reduce a charging rate provided by a charging station based on the one or more communication characteristics.

Abstract: Vehicle battery management systems (BMS) and methods are described, in which the output of a vehicle battery is reduced by activating a shutdown mode. A BMS may be configured to start a timer when the vehicle is turned off, e.g. based on when the main power between the vehicle and the battery is interrupted or based on a signal from the vehicle control system. The BMS may further be configured to store BMS data (e.g. variable data related to operation and/or status of the battery) to an electronic storage device, and to switch the battery to a shutdown mode, when the timer reaches a predetermined value. The BMS may be further configured to load the BMS data from the electronic storage device and/or to deactivate the shutdown mode when the vehicle is turned back on.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle, a vehicle-mounted charger and a method for controlling the same. The method includes: obtaining a first total discharging time for controlling the H bridge in a first manner and a second total discharging time for controlling the H bridge in a second manner when a power battery discharges via the vehicle-mounted charger; obtaining a first discharging predetermined time for controlling the H bridge in the first manner and a second discharging predetermined time for controlling the H bridge in the second manner; selecting a manner for controlling the H bridge according to a relation between the first total discharging time and the second total discharging time; and performing an alternate control on the H bridge in the first manner or the second manner according to the first discharging predetermined time and the second discharging predetermined time.

Abstract: A method of estimating a battery life includes: for a secondary battery having a degradation rate R when X days have elapsed after initial charge of the secondary battery, calculating a degradation estimation value (X+Y) days after the initial charge from degradation master data, the degradation master data being identified with use of conditions of temperature T provided for the calculation and a battery state S provided for the calculation; and deriving number of elapsed days Xcorr giving the degradation rate R based on the identified degradation master data, and calculating the degradation estimation value (Xcorr+Y) days after the initial charge from the identified degradation master data.

Abstract: A voltage supply unit for a vehicle is described, the voltage supply unit having a first output adapted to supply a first voltage to a first load and a second output adapted to supply a second voltage to a second load. The second voltage is obtained by a DC/DC converter powered by the first voltage, where the low voltage side of the DC/DC converter is connected to the second output and the high voltage side of the DC/DC converter is connected to the first output. Two different voltages can thereby be supplied by the use of one battery.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another so that a pair of electrode leads protrudes on one side of each battery cell; and an ICB assembly configured to cover one side of the battery cell assembly to electrically connect the pair of electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells, the ICB assembly having a plurality of lead slots through each of which electrode leads of two battery cells facing each other pass in common.

Abstract: A motor-generator system for hybrid electric internal combustion engine applications includes a selectively-engageable motor-generator located co-axially with a front end of the engine crankshaft. The motor-generator system includes at least a first rotor rotationally coupled with the crankshaft and an axially-displaceable stator which is held against rotation relative to the engine. Preferably, a motor-generator controller controls an actuator to axially displace the stator between engaged and disengages states. When in the engaged state, the stator electromagnetically interacts with the rotor to generate electric energy from crankshaft-supplied torque or to produce torque to deliver to the crankshaft and/or an engine accessory drive. The motor-generator system may have multiple axially-displaceable stators and rotors to increase the output of the motor-generator system.

Abstract: An electric power system for a vehicle provided with a storage assembly comprising a first storage system with a number of electrochemical cells connected to one another in series and/or in parallel and a second storage system arranged in series to the first system and with a number of electrochemical cells connected to one another in series and/or in parallel; wherein the storage assembly is designed to supply power with a dual voltage; and wherein the electric power system comprises, furthermore, a DC/DC converter, which is designed to transfer the electric charge from the second storage system to the first storage system, and vice versa, and integrated in a BMS device for the management of said storage assembly, which is designed to carry out the balancing of the electrochemical cells of the second storage system and to estimate the state of charge and the state of health of the two storage systems.

Abstract: A power supply device of a vehicle which allows capability of a charger to be sufficiently exhibited at the time of quick charging without increasing an operable voltage of an auxiliary device or the like is provided. The power supply device of a vehicle includes a first circuit in which a first capacitor is provided, a second circuit in which a second capacitor having a full charge voltage higher than that of the first capacitor is provided, a voltage converter provided between the first circuit and the second circuit, and an external terminal provided between the first capacitor and the voltage converter in the first circuit and to which an external charger is connected, in which a vehicle auxiliary device is connected to the first circuit, and a negative contactor electrically opening and closing between the vehicle auxiliary device and the external terminal is further provided.

Abstract: A charging assembly includes a charging inlet and a locking device mounted to the charging inlet. The locking device includes a housing, a release member, and an override member. The release member is connected to a movable locking pin via a mechanical linkage. The locking pin in an extended position is configured to secure a mating connector of an external power source to the charging inlet. The override member is slidably mounted to the housing, and includes a tail that is coupled to the release member. The override member has a contact surface configured to be engaged by an external instrument to translate the override member relative to the housing such that the tail actuates the release member causing the locking pin to transition from the extended position towards a retracted position to enable the mating connector to be disconnected from the charging inlet.

Abstract: A method for wireless power transfer (WPT) to an electric vehicle (EV) performed by a wireless charging apparatus may include detecting, by the wireless charging apparatus, an alignment state between a transmission pad mounted in the wireless charging apparatus and a reception pad mounted in the EV; controlling, by the wireless charging apparatus, a number of turns in a transmission coil included in the transmission pad or a reception coil included in the reception pad according to the detected alignment state; and performing, by the wireless charging apparatus, WPT to the EV after the controlling of the number of turns in the transmission coil or the reception coil is completed.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a charging schedule for an electric vehicle that include determining a current state of charge of the electric vehicle. The system and method also include determining an average price per kilowatt-hour of energy to charge the electric vehicle to reach at least one of: a target state of charge of the electric vehicle and a maximum state of charge of the electric vehicle. The system and method additionally include creating the charging schedule based on the current state of charge and the average price per kilowatt-hour of energy. The system and method further include controlling charging of the electric vehicle to reach at least one of the target state of charge and the maximum state of charge based on the charging schedule.

Abstract: Embodiments include a converter including a plurality of switching elements connected in series and coupled between power signal lines that receive a first voltage from an external power source. The converter includes at least one capacitance coupled between the power signal lines and coupled to the plurality of switching elements, a first battery and a second battery. The converter includes a resonant circuit coupled to the plurality of switching elements. A switching frequency of the plurality of switching elements is matched to a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit being such that, during a charging mode, the plurality of switching elements, the resonant circuit and the at least one capacitance operate to convert the first voltage into a second voltage that charges the first battery and the second battery.

Abstract: A method for a vehicle comprises, by a controller, responsive to charge current for a battery exceeding a threshold, inhibiting further charging of the battery. The method further includes, responsive to the vehicle achieving a predefined state following the charge current exceeding the threshold, discharging the battery for a predetermined time at a predetermined current both defined by an amount and duration that the charge current exceeded the threshold to deplate lithium from an anode of the battery.

Abstract: A modular vehicle seating system includes a vehicle body (70, 72) with vehicle interior connection features (60, 62, 64) and a modular vehicle seating insert. The seating insert comprises a shell structure (10. 10?, 10?) to be received within the vehicle body. The shell structure has a vehicle body facing surface and a vehicle interior facing surface, wherein the vehicle interior facing surface defines seat module receiving portions (12, 14). Vehicle connection features (80, 82, 84) are operatively provided at a side of the vehicle body facing surface of the shell structure for cooperation with the vehicle interior connection features to fix the shell structure to the vehicle body. Seat module connection features (40) are associated with each of the seat module receiving portions. The system further includes one or more seat module (90), each with a seat base (94) and a seat clamping connector (91, 92, 92).

Abstract: A user interface for a snow groomer or other tracked vehicle, such as tracked carrier to carry and enable use of work equipment on various terrains, is provided. The user interface may have an input device, an output device and a controller. The controller is configured to receive from the input device an indication of a desired snow grooming distance, and the controller is further configured to measure a distance traveled by the snow groomer, and to cause the output device to convey a remaining distance to be traveled by the snow groomer, the remaining distance being the difference between the desired snow grooming distance and the distance traveled by the snow groomer.

Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a seat bottom and a seat back pivotably connected to the seat bottom. A first motor may operate to pivot the seat back relative to the seat bottom with a first gearing. A second motor may operate to pivot the seat back relative to the seat bottom with a second gearing. A transmission member may be disposed between the first motor and the second motor such that operation of the first motor drives the first gearing and rotates the elongate transmission member, thereby driving the second gearing.

Abstract: An underbody structure for supporting an adjustable seating assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a rotatable turntable operably coupled to an underbody of the motor vehicle and a brace operably coupled with the rotatable turntable and the underbody of the motor vehicle and extending substantially across the rotatable turntable, wherein the adjustable seating assembly is operably coupled to the brace and the underbody of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a vehicle floor, a fixed ring fixed to the vehicle floor, a rotatable ring concentric with and rotatably supported by the fixed ring, a seat supported on the rotatable ring, and a retractor fixed to the rotatable ring.

Abstract: A lifter includes a pinion gear meshed with an input gear of a link mechanism that lifts and lowers a seat. A rotation control device that controls rotation of the pinion gear includes a rotation restriction mechanism. The rotation restriction mechanism includes a sub-meshing member which meshes with a meshed member together with a main meshing member. The sub-meshing member is displaceable to gradually release the meshing of the sub-meshing member with the meshed member when the meshing between the meshed member and the main meshing member is released.

Abstract: A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch part that controls transmission and interruption of rotational torque input through a lever operation, and a brake-side clutch part that transmits the rotational torque from the lever-side clutch part to an output side, and interrupts rotational torque reversely input from the output side. The brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring, which is constrained in rotation, an output shaft that outputs the rotation, and a cylindrical roller that controls the interruption of the rotational torque reversely input from the output shaft and the transmission of the rotational torque input from the lever-side clutch part through engagement and disengagement between the outer ring and the output shaft. The output shaft includes a slide gear, which meshes with a side plate during interruption of the rotational torque and does not mesh with the side plate during transmission of the rotational torque.

Abstract: A vehicle seat for use with a vehicle having a locking mechanism includes a seat bottom mountable on the vehicle so that a position of the seat bottom may be fixed by the locking mechanism, a seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom and movable between first and second positions, and a release mechanism configured to release the locking mechanism. The release mechanism includes a release lever connectable to the locking mechanism, and a release bracket engageable with the release lever. One of the release lever and the release bracket includes a cam to cause the release lever to release the locking mechanism when the seat back is pivoted from the first position toward the second position. The cam includes a dwell surface that enables the locking mechanism to remain released until the seat back reaches the second position, or a position proximate the second position.

Abstract: A device for attaching to a motor vehicle seat including a seat region and a back section, at least one shoulder strap, at least one retaining device for holding and/or deflecting the shoulder strap, and at least one force limiting means, which is designed such that the retaining device is transitioned from a first arrested position to a second arrested position upon exceeding a predetermined limit force exerted by the shoulder strap or by the shoulder straps on the retaining device in the event of an impact.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable child device includes a first seat portion, a second seat portion and a belt engaging element. A chamber is formed on the first seat portion. The second seat portion is foldable relative to the first seat portion. The second seat portion is at least partially received in the chamber when the second seat portion is folded relative to the first seat portion to a folded position, and the second seat portion and the first seat portion are located on a horizontal plane to form a seat part when the second seat portion is unfolded relative to the first seat portion to an unfolded position. The belt engaging element is installed on a lateral side of the seat part. The adjustable child device can be folded when it is not in use, which saves storage space.

Abstract: An adjustment mechanism, in particular easy-entry adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat or a vehicle seat within a multi-part seat bench or an undivided seat bench, in particular for easier entry to an interior of a motor vehicle, wherein, for carrying out a first step, the backrest part of the vehicle seat/of the seat bench has a backrest unlocking unit, by means of which the backrest part of the vehicle seat/of the seat bench is unlockable and moveable in relation to the seat part of the vehicle seat/of the seat bench into a predeterminable folded position coming closer to the seat part. In a second adjustment movement following a first adjustment movement, the vehicle seat/the seat bench is further movable on the seat rail in the same direction by a further horizontal second adjustment distance.