Patents Issued in June 9, 2020
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Patent number: 10676035Abstract: A glove compartment (10) has a housing (11) and a cover (12) that is shiftable relative to the housing (11) to open or close a storage tray. A locking unit (13) either prevents or permits movement between cover (12) and housing (11). The locking unit (13) has a locking clip (14) mounted pivotably on the housing (11) and has free ends (18) that interact with locking elements (19) of the cover (12). The locking unit (13) also has an actuating element (20) mounted on the housing (11). In a first state, the actuating element (20) transfers the locking clip (14) into an unlocking position, and, in a second state, the locking clip (14) is transferable into a locking position. The locking unit (13) has an activation element (22) for the actuating element (20) to transfer the actuating element (20) between the first state and the second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Christian Berta
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Patent number: 10676036Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Pro-gard Products, LLCInventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
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Patent number: 10676037Abstract: A roof rack system has a clamping system comprised of handles, an actuator, and a pair of jaws. The jaws provide a universal clamping system that will attach to most roof rack cross bars with an easy-on/easy-off, quick-release actuator, such as a ratcheting mechanism or lever system, that will integrate with a wide variety of accessories. The preferred actuator includes a lever mechanism with a linkage between the trigger handle and the elongated handgrip. An adjustment knob is used to adjust the longitudinal distance of the distal end of the linkage from the back end of the handgrip. This system is easier to use, more versatile, and less expensive than conventional roof rack accessory systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Grip Racks LLCInventors: Eric Darren Schactman, Brandon Trostrud, Brandon Hefer
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Patent number: 10676039Abstract: A front video camera module for a vehicle includes a lens module having a lens that is configured to image a forward view of the vehicle, an image sensor that is configured to process the image received through the lens, and a lens case to which the lens and the image sensor are coupled. The front video camera module also includes a holder assembly that supports the lens module, the holder assembly being configured to attach to a front windshield of the vehicle via a windshield bracket, and a camera rotation assembly that is configured to rotate the lens module according to a sensed driving condition of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jaeheon Oh
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Patent number: 10676040Abstract: An onboard electronic device cover configured to be engageably secured to a base member, which is to be fixed to a window glass of a vehicle, to cover an electronic device which is to be held on an installation part, includes: a mutual engaging mechanism capable of mutually engaging the onboard electronic device cover with the base member. The mutual engaging mechanism includes: an engaging part provided to one of the base member and the cover; an engaged part provided to the other of the base member and the cover and capable of engaging with the engaging part; and an urging member configured to urge the engaging part toward the engaged part. When the cover is pushed toward the window glass, the engaging part engages with the engaged part with being urged in a direction following a surface of the window glass by the urging member.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Hajime Naoi
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Patent number: 10676041Abstract: A vehicular camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle includes a lens holder, an imager printed circuit board, a connector printed circuit board and a rear housing. The imager printed circuit board has an imager disposed at a side thereof and is attached to the lens holder with the imager side facing the lens. The imager printed circuit board and the connector printed circuit board are joined together via a pliable material. The rear housing is mated with the lens holder to encase the imager printed circuit board and the connector printed board.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Matthew C. Sesti, Robert A. Devota
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Patent number: 10676042Abstract: A front bumper for a utility vehicle (“UTV”) may couple to the front of the UTV. The front bumper may include a cargo platform for providing additional cargo space to the UTV and for segregating items stored on the front bumper from items stored in the passenger area and/or a cargo bed on the back of the UTV. The front bumper may include a tool exchange system designed to store and hold various tools and equipment on the UTV, such as fishing poles, guns and chainsaws. An attachment rod may be used to couple the tool exchange system to the front bumper.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Ryde Industries, LLCInventor: Lance David Wheeler
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Patent number: 10676043Abstract: A removable and replaceable tool storage compartment apparatus including tool storage compartments and a compartment receiver. The tool storage compartments each include a frame, a plurality of panels coupled to the frame. A closure is configured to open and close an entrance to an inside of the tool storage compartment. The compartment receiver is configured to secure to a truck and support the tool storage compartment thereon. Lift mounts are coupled to the tool storage compartment and are used to remove the tool storage compartments from the truck. A lock is configured to lock the tool storage compartments to the compartment receiver and thereby lock the tool storage compartment to the truck.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Maintainer Corp. of IowaInventors: Jason Alan Klatt, David Michael Johnson, Nathan Dan Schiermeyer
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Patent number: 10676044Abstract: An interior part having high mechanical strength while having a stitch pattern penetrating a base-material layer is provided. A manufacturing method that improves strength of the base-material layer and enhances sewing compatability is also provided. The interior part includes a skin layer joined to a base-material layer. The base-material layer includes reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin. A thread sewn between the base-material layer and a design surface of the skin layer forms a stitch pattern provided on the design surface. A needle hole of the base-material layer is blocked at least at one of an opening on the base-material layer and a hole inside. The method includes shaping a fiber-reinforced board in which the thermoplastic resin is softened, and blocking at least one of the opening of the needle hole and the hole inside.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hironobu Iwasaki
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Patent number: 10676045Abstract: A trim panel is attached to an inboard surface of a door structure and includes an armrest and an armrest retaining structure. A portion of the trim panel defines an armrest opening with the armrest installed through the armrest opening. The armrest has an outboard portion with an outer peripheral flange that overlays a portion of an outboard surface of the trim panel. The armrest retaining structure is attached to the outboard surface of the trim panel at location adjacent to the armrest opening. The armrest retaining structure retains the armrest in position relative to the trim panel. The armrest retaining structure is further configured to release the armrest for movement in an outboard direction upon application of a predetermined first level of force to the armrest.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: George Henry Gasahl, IV, Brian Haupt
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Patent number: 10676046Abstract: A vehicle has a wiring harness and a substantially electrically non-conductive body. The vehicle has at least one ground point. At least one bus bar is associated with the wiring harness. The at least one bus bar is associated with the at least one ground point. The ground point is electrically connected to the bus bar, and the bus bar is mechanically fixed in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gernot Steinmair, Hasan Cehic, Peter Hill, Stephan Bollner, Michael Stips, Klaus Eckl
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Patent number: 10676047Abstract: A wire harness mounting assembly includes a housing and a clip assembly. The housing has at least one bracket, and the clip assembly has an arm. The clip assembly is supported by the at least one bracket of the housing. The arm includes a plurality of segments connected by a hinge such that the arm folds in alternating directions into a spring configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Ercole Santilli, Ross Mischnick
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Patent number: 10676048Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for an integrated vehicle health management system that uses a model based reasoner to develop real-time diagnostic and maintenance information about a vehicle. A model having nodes is used to represent sensors, components, functions and other elements of the system. Parameterized input sensors provide flexible definitions of each node. Once developed, the model is loaded into an operational flight program to provide real-time failure analysis of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Sunil Dixit, Richard R Ramroth, Nathan R Good
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Patent number: 10676049Abstract: An electrical wiring device for vehicle includes a distribution module that is disposed between an auxiliary connector and optional devices. The distribution module includes: semiconductor relays connected to a power supply line; input/output interfaces; a control unit configured to control the semiconductor relays and the input/output interfaces on the basis of various kinds of signals acquired via a communication line; and a connecting terminal for connecting outputs of the semiconductor relays and outputs of the input/output interfaces to the optional devices. The control unit controls operations of the semiconductor relays and the input/output interfaces corresponding to the optional devices connected to the connecting terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shuuji Satake, Masato Kakehi
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Patent number: 10676050Abstract: In a sensor device 1 according to the present invention, power is supplied from a control device 10 to a power supply terminal 7 and a ground terminal 9 of the sensor device 1 via a power supply line Vcc and a ground line Gnd, respectively, and a sensor output voltage is sent from a sensor output terminal 8 to the control device 10 via a sensor output line Vout. The control device 10 has disposed therein a constant voltage source 11 that supplies a constant voltage to the sensor device 1, and a pull-up resistor 12 connected between the sensor output line Vout and the constant voltage source 11.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakano, Yoshimitsu Yanagawa
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Patent number: 10676051Abstract: Power is supplied and a communication path secured by connecting various accessories to branch lines, each of which branches from a main line included in backbone structures. Control of power distribution and the like is implemented by communication between higher-level control units arranged in a smart power supply box, for example, and lower-level control units arranged in area drivers, for example. A switching circuit is arranged at a connection location between the main lines and the branch lines, and is automatically switched such that the terminals to be connected are coordinated. Specifications such as the current of multiple terminals on the power supply side are commonly fixed, and the power to be distributed is controlled by switching the number of terminals to be used. Component standardization and a reduction in part numbers are made easier. The connection position can be freely changed.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Yasuyuki Saito, Noriaki Sasaki, Taku Furuta
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Patent number: 10676052Abstract: A power distributor, in particular for an on-board network of a motor vehicle, has an intermediate tap, two power outputs, and one each switching unit for each power output. A switch is provided for a need-based blocking of the associated power output. Each of the switching units is designed in such a way that a blocking of the associated power output takes place, if, in the event a voltage drop at the associated power output and/or at the intermediate tap below a first setpoint value, an error case is determined. The greater the corresponding voltage drop, the faster the blocking of the associated power output takes place.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbHInventors: Sebastian Doernbach, Peter Grabs, Ilja Uljanow
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Patent number: 10676053Abstract: A power source device that includes a first battery; a second battery; a power supply line that supplies power to a plurality of loads; a power source line that connects the first battery and the power supply line; a first fuse that is connected between the power source line and the power supply line; a fuse portion whose current capacity is made smaller or larger than a current capacity of the first fuse depending on whether a potential of the power source line is higher or lower than a reference potential; and a first switch that is connected between the second battery and the fuse portion, and is connected to the power supply line via the fuse portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kosei Maekawa
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Patent number: 10676054Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary liquid container (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular a washing liquid container, with a filler pipe (3) and a filling bleed line (4). The filler pipe (3) and the filling bleed line (4) are connected via one common connection cross section to the secondary liquid container (1) at a single filling and bleeding connection (8) of the latter and are preferably produced in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO, KGInventor: Friedbert Koll
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Patent number: 10676055Abstract: An exemplary side impact system for a vehicle includes an energy absorption member including a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion, the first and second portions connected by a first arcuate portion, the second and third portions connected by a second arcuate portion, and the third and fourth portions connected by a third arcuate portion such that the energy absorption member has a W-shaped cross-section and a load path distribution member. The load path distribution member is coupled to the energy absorption member at the first and third arcuate portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Jungryoung Kim, Shreeganesh Sudhindra, Gheorghe Barbuta, Len V. Peschansky
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Patent number: 10676056Abstract: A combination seat belt restraint system cutter and glass break tool mounted onto and around the seat belt of an automotive vehicle at a predetermined position for use in cutting the web of the seat belt in the event of a seat belt release latch jam or inoperability resulting in the severing of the seat belt at said position resulting in the tool being freed for use in breaking the glass of a window of the vehicle. The combination tool also being maintained in a fixed position adjacent the safety belt extension/retraction aperture by a strap.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Stephen P. Souders
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Patent number: 10676057Abstract: An embodiment relates to an optical module which comprises: a light transmitting unit for emitting a plurality of beams to a scanning area so as to scan the scanning area; and a light receiving unit for measuring information on an object located inside the scanning area, using backward light which is reflected and returned from the object after the emitted beams hit the object, wherein the scanning area includes at least one scanning area, and the light transmitting unit scans the at least one scanning area at at least one scanning rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Wook Jung, Young Seop Moon, Chang Hyuck Lee
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Patent number: 10676058Abstract: A vehicle includes: a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to: (a) detect load on the dashboard, (b) generate a display based on (a), (c) count time elapsed since (b), (d) activate a vibrating motor of the seat based on (a) and (c), (e) count time elapsed since (d), (f) disable the airbag(s) based on (a) and (e).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Dana Conner, Jeff Hammoud, Sami Jarmak
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Patent number: 10676059Abstract: An airbag includes a body portion, a tether, and a folded portion. The body portion is expanded and deployed to an outer side of a vehicle and covers a lower end portion of a windshield glass. The tether is provided inside the body portion, and connects an upper portion and a lower portion of the body portion so as to partition the body portion in the vehicle front-rear direction. Also, the tether has a through hole. The folded portion is formed by sewing the tether that is folded and overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Autoliv Development ABInventors: Taichi Minei, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Shunichi Okinaka, Xiang Chen
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Patent number: 10676060Abstract: In a method of folding an airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system, especially of curtain-type side airbag, to form an airbag package (12?), the airbag (10) is rolled and/or folded to form an airbag roll (12) having a first volume (V1). The airbag roll (12) is fed to a pressing device (14) in which the airbag roll (12) is compressed to form an airbag package (12?) having a second volume (V2) which is smaller than the first volume (V1). The airbag roll (12) and, resp., the airbag package (12?) is heated within the pressing device (14) and the airbag package (12?) is cooled, with the airbag package (12?) retaining the second volume (V2) when it is removed from the pressing device (14; 114). The pressing device (14) includes a pressing mold or a molding shaft (18) whose height substantially corresponds to the desired height of the finished airbag packages (12?), a heating unit (20) for heating the airbag packages (12?) and a cooling device (22) for cooling the airbag packages (12?).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, TRW VECHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Anton Fischer, Michelle Blackson, Dylan Moran, Blair Morrison
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Patent number: 10676061Abstract: A gas generator includes a cylindrical housing including a top plate portion and a bottom plate portion, an igniter including an ignition portion charged with an ignition agent, and a fixing portion which is formed from a resin molding and fixes the igniter to the bottom plate portion. The fixing portion includes an annular wall portion surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the ignition portion. The annular wall portion has a lower cover portion provided as being continuous in a circumferential direction on a side of the bottom plate portion so as to cover the outer circumferential surface of the ignition portion as being secured to the outer circumferential surface of the ignition portion and an upper enclosing portion provided on a side of the top plate portion at a distance from the outer circumferential surface of the ignition portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Hiroaki Koyama, Motohiro Kanaji, Shinya Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10676062Abstract: A filter for an inflator includes a rolled sheet centered on an axis or three dimensionally printed as a whole and including a plurality of openings. A deflector is associated with each opening for directing inflation fluid in a non-radial direction relative to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC., ACS INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Patrick R. Adamczyk, Anthony C. Uribe, Blake A. Hill, Steven D. Huntsman
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Patent number: 10676063Abstract: An integrated air jack assembly for a snowmobile for generally lifting the snowmobile from a stuck position to a free position. The assembly including a pair of airbags positioned on an underside of a chassis and coupled to an air source for inflation. In the preferred configuration of the device, the air source is a jet powered fan configured to inflate a first airbag and a second airbag for raising an underside of a chassis of the snowmobile.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: BLACK DIAMOND XTREME ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: Ray Schoenfelder
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Patent number: 10676064Abstract: An ignition lock assembly includes a lock housing and an ignition lock actuator assembly. The lock housing has a first portion and a second portion that extends from the first portion along an axis. The ignition lock actuator assembly is received within the second portion. The ignition lock actuator assembly includes an actuator gear and a lock cylinder drive disk. The lock cylinder drive disk is at least partially received within the actuator gear. The lock cylinder drive disk has a drive disk body that extends between a first disk end and a second disk end. The first disk end has an inhibit feature.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Todd M. King, Christopher F. Watz, Thomas M. Finney
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Patent number: 10676065Abstract: A detector, system and method for detecting vehicle lock status are provided. The detector comprises a motion sensor configured to sense vehicle door open and close movement; a microphone configured to record sound patterns generated with targeted events; a wireless communication module; a memory for storage; a battery for supplying power; and a controller connected to the motion sensor, microphone, wireless communication module, memory and battery respectively and configured to switch on or off the microphone and the wireless communication module according to signals provided by the motion sensor, and control the wireless communication module to transmit sound files wirelessly. The detector is designed and sized to be attached to the vehicle door. The detector is easy to use, easy to install, yet affordable for detecting the lock status of the vehicle and show the lock status on the driver's smart phone even if he/she has walked away.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: King Bong Wong
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Patent number: 10676066Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for authorizing a virtual key, a server, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method, implemented in a server, includes: receiving an authorization command sent from a first mobile terminal; after the identity information of the first mobile terminal passes verification, integrating the plurality of authorization function codes to generate a code set, and sending the code set to a second mobile terminal of a user to be authorized through the first mobile terminal; receiving identity information of the second mobile terminal and the code set sent from the second mobile terminal; and after the identity information of the second mobile terminal passes verification, generating virtual keys of the plurality of functions of the vehicle corresponding to the plurality of authorization function codes, and sending the virtual keys to the second mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jing Liu, Qi Li, Yansong Guo, Jixuan Li
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Patent number: 10676067Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for facial recognition camera configurations for a vehicle. For one embodiment, a vehicle includes a door assembly. The door assembly includes: a window, a lower door assembly body, an upper door frame and a user capture device. The upper door frame is fixedly attached to the lower door assembly body and surrounding the window. The upper door frame includes a recessed portion in an inner panel of the upper door frame. The recessed portion houses the user capture device for identifying and authenticating users of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Byton LimitedInventor: Shawn Slovesko
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Patent number: 10676068Abstract: The invention relates to a cap A comprising a first portion 1 that is able to cover a first end of a wiper arm of a wiping system of a vehicle, and a second portion 2 comprising an attachment means for attaching the cap A to the driving arm, characterized in that this attachment means comprises at least one rotation zone 222 that is arranged so as to allow the cap A to rotate with respect to the driving arm, and a zone 223 for locking said cap A to said driving arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Nicolas Kuchly, Cyrille Girodot
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Patent number: 10676069Abstract: Streamlined flat windscreen wiper (1), in particular of a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a longitudinal wiper blade (8), at least one longitudinal stiffening spine (6), a longitudinal member (7) for holding said wiper blade and said stiffening spine, a longitudinal fairing (2, 3) comprising two end caps (3) and a central mount (2) extending between the end caps and being linked thereto, the mount comprising means for fixing to said stiffening spine or to said member for holding this spine.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher
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Patent number: 10676070Abstract: A device for protection of an optical sensor includes at least one nozzle for projection of air in front of the optical sensor, the projection nozzle being arranged on a side of the optical sensor and linked to an air discharge pump via a discharge conduit such that the air projected by the air projection nozzle is flush with the optical sensor, and at least one suction conduit arranged on the opposite side of the optical sensor to the projection nozzle. The suction conduit is linked to the discharge conduit of the pump, downstream of the pump, such that the suction in the suction conduit is achieved by a Venturi effect.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuvageInventors: Frédéric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 10676071Abstract: Methods and system for monitoring and evaluating irregularities on a sensor lens of a vehicle sensor are disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes the steps of providing the vehicle with an actuator configured to move the sensor lens and a controller in electronic communication with the actuator, receiving sensor data corresponding to at least one characteristic of a vehicle environment from the at least one sensor, evaluating the sensor data to determine if the sensor data indicates an irregularity on the sensor lens of the at least one sensor, classifying the irregularity, storing irregularity data corresponding to the classified irregularity in a non-transient, computer-readable data medium, and, in response to the classified irregularity, automatically controlling the actuator to move the sensor lens from a first position to a second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Frank J. Dusina, Scott W. Damman, Aaron S. Pfau
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Patent number: 10676072Abstract: A vehicle wash component includes a hub portion with a first hub section and a second hub section. The first hub section includes a first distal end and a first proximate end opposite the first distal end. The first hub section defines a first axis of rotation. The second hub section includes a second distal end and a second proximate end opposite the second distal end. The second hub section defines a second axis of rotation. A connector device rotatably couples the first hub section to the second hub section. An actuator is in communication with the first hub section to effectuate movement of the first distal end between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position, the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation are parallel. In the extended position, the first axis of rotation is at a non-90 angle with respect to the second axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: WashMe Properties, LLCInventors: Michael J. Belanger, Thomas E. Weyandt, Jerry A. Kotrych, Barry S. Turner
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Patent number: 10676073Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic actuation and control of an air braking system on a commercial vehicle, under a warning of collision conditions, having multiple stages of operation, which supplements the normal brake pedal activation and control of the air brake operation under the driver's foot control. A modification to a standard air brake system structure enables the addition of the automatic activation and control stages. When an impending collision signal is received, an activation component operates valves to pressurize the rear brakes followed by pressurizing the front brakes, if necessary. The driver can deactivate the automatic braking functions by stepping on the brake pedal or by operating the vehicle turn signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Arnaldo C. Gomes
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Patent number: 10676074Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control apparatus for a vehicle includes a parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a rollover detection parameter; and a steering maneuver determination unit configured to determine whether an abrupt steering maneuver is made. The parameter calculation unit is configured to calculate a first composition roll angle as the rollover detection parameter, by combining at a predetermined weight assignment ratio a first roll angle equivalent to an actual roll angle with a second roll angle obtained using a parameter which changes with a phase earlier than the first roll angle, and to calculate the first composition roll angle by changing the weight assignment ratio such that a weight of the second roll angle is higher when the steering maneuver determination unit determines that an abrupt steering maneuver is made than when the steering maneuver determination unit determines that the abrupt steering maneuver is not made.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: AUTOLIV NISSIN BRAKE SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuaki Miyata, Takeshi Kojima, Tomoyuki Futamura
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Patent number: 10676075Abstract: Disclosed is an electric brake system.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Jong-Wook Kim
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Patent number: 10676076Abstract: A control device includes an electronic control unit configured to selectively execute traveling in a first traveling mode and traveling in a second traveling mode, the first traveling mode being a traveling mode in which in a state where one engagement device is controlled so as to be engaged, a differential state is controlled by a first rotating machine to transmit torque of an engine, and the second traveling mode being a traveling mode in which in a state where the other engagement device is controlled so as to be engaged, a differential state is controlled to transmit torque of the engine, and perform switching to traveling in the second traveling mode in a case where a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined vehicle speed when engine stop control that stops the engine is executed during traveling in the first traveling mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Yamamoto, Atsushi Tabata, Tatsuya Imamura, Koichi Okuda
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Patent number: 10676077Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; controlling the operation of one or more electronic accessories of the vehicle based on the received information; and managing a power supply for the one or more electronic accessories based on the energy usage and the operation of the electronic accessories.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Patent number: 10676078Abstract: A vehicle control system may include a power generator, a storage battery, a running electric motor, a determiner configured to determine an area toward which a vehicle occupant of the vehicle has a line of vision directed; a deriver configured to derive an index based on a frequency at which the vehicle occupant has the line of vision directed toward a specific area on the basis of a determination result; and a controller configured to operate the power generator in a case in which an amount of power of the storage battery is equal to or smaller than a threshold and operate the power generator regardless of the threshold of the amount of power of the storage battery in a case in which the index derived is equal to or higher than a predetermined degree.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Amaike
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Patent number: 10676079Abstract: A hybrid electric powertrain system includes a transmission, engine, e-accessory, primary and secondary electric machines, and controller. The e-accessory is powered by the secondary electric machine in response to an accessory torque demand. The engine and primary electric machine are connected to the transmission and configured, alone or in combination, to provide input drive torque to the transmission. The secondary electric machine is connected to the e-accessory and satisfies the accessory torque demand. A first clutch between the secondary electric machine and a transmission input member connects the secondary electric machine to the input member. The controller, in response to an output torque request, executes a power-sharing strategy using an objective cost function that allocates engine torque, primary motor torque, and secondary motor torque to the input member to satisfy the output torque request, while satisfying the accessory torque demand via the secondary electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Norman K. Bucknor, Madhusudan Raghavan
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Patent number: 10676080Abstract: Hybrid vehicles and methods of operating the same are disclosed. Example methods may include providing a powertrain for the vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine configured to provide rotational power to a rotatable input of a transmission by way of a starting device, and an electric motor-generator comprising a rotor configured to selectively provide rotational power to the rotatable input. The method may further include selectively disconnecting the engine from the rotatable input using a disconnect device separate from the starting device, thereby allowing the rotatable input of the transmission to be driven at a speed faster than an output speed of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Dongxu Li, Norman K. Bucknor, Chunhao J. Lee, Venkata Prasad Atluri, Neeraj Shidore, Farzad Samie, Derek F. Lahr
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Patent number: 10676081Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes: a movement control unit that controls movement of a vehicle in accordance with a first movement path indicating a movement trajectory to a first target position that is a movement destination of the vehicle; and a movement path calculating unit that calculates a second movement path as a movement path to a second target position from a position after the vehicle moves from a current position of the vehicle for a predetermined period of time along the first movement path, wherein the movement control unit controls movement of the vehicle to the second target position in accordance with the second movement path after causing the vehicle to move along the first movement path for the predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motokatsu Tomozawa, Norio Imai, Yusuke Kiyokawa, Masaya Kato, Yuichi Ukai
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Patent number: 10676082Abstract: A parking assistance method including: setting a target parking position of a vehicle on the basis of a circumferential situation of the vehicle detected by a circumferential situation detection sensor; determining a communication situation between an operation device configured to receive an operation by an operator outside the vehicle and transmit an instruction signal corresponding to the operation and a communication device mounted on the vehicle and configured to receive the instruction signal; limiting the operation for manually adjusting the target parking position in the operation device depending on the communication situation; transmitting, when the target parking position is adjusted, the instruction signal for moving the target parking position to the communication device; and parking the vehicle by the automatic driving in the target parking position moved depending on the instruction signal received at the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Taniguchi, Yasuhisa Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ichiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10676083Abstract: Described is a system for prediction and active compensation of occupant motor response in a vehicle accident. The system uses a spinal reflex model to generate a stimulus based on an accident scenario of an occupant in a vehicle, the stimulus being a set of proprioceptive signals induced by the accident scenario. A neuromuscular model then determines activation and contraction dynamics based on the stimulus. The activation and contraction dynamics represent muscle contraction forces spanning a skeletal system of the occupant. A musculoskeletal model then generates a predicted motor response of the occupant based on the activation and contraction dynamics. The predicted motor response can be used for a variety of purposes, such as initiating active compensation in a vehicle or modifying airline cabin design parameters to decrease the likelihood of injury to the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventors: Vincent De Sapio, Jaehoon Choe, Matthew E. Phillips
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Patent number: 10676084Abstract: A yaw angle return controller is configured to end first yaw angle return control at a predetermined time when a value which is calculated by adding yaw angle detected by a lane recognition device at a predetermined time and an estimated yaw angle change amount is the same as yaw angle at lane change start time under a state where the first yaw angle return control is being executed. The predetermined time comes after the first start time and before the first finish time. The estimated yaw angle change amount is calculated by multiplying the yaw rate detected by a yaw rate sensor at the predetermined time by a predetermined time period for foreseeing.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shota Fujii
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Patent number: 10676085Abstract: Various implementations described herein generate training instances that each include corresponding training instance input that is based on corresponding sensor data of a corresponding autonomous vehicle, and that include corresponding training instance output that is based on corresponding sensor data of a corresponding additional vehicle, where the corresponding additional vehicle is captured at least in part by the corresponding sensor data of the corresponding autonomous vehicle. Various implementations train a machine learning model based on such training instances. Once trained, the machine learning model can enable processing, using the machine learning model, of sensor data from a given autonomous vehicle to predict one or more properties of a given additional vehicle that is captured at least in part by the sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Aurora Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Warren Smith, Ethan Eade, Sterling J. Anderson, James Andrew Bagnell, Bartholomeus C. Nabbe, Christopher Paul Urmson