Patents Issued in June 11, 2020
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Publication number: 20200180402Abstract: An conditioning device for a fuel cell vehicle includes a heater core configured to heat air in a vehicle cabin with a coolant to be discharged from a FC stack cooled by the coolant as a heat source, a coolant heating heater configured to heat the coolant, an air heating heater configured to further heat air warmed by the heater core, and a vehicle ECU configured to, in a case where a heater core outlet coolant temperature based on a target blowing temperature is equal to or higher than an FC stack inlet target temperature, perform control such that the air heating heater is operated with an output set based on the heater core outlet coolant temperature, and the coolant heating heater is operated with an output set based on a heater core inlet target coolant temperature calculated according to the set output of the air heating heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryo Oshima
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Publication number: 20200180403Abstract: An air extractor for a vehicle, the air extractor comprising a frame having a top portion, a bottom portion, a left side portion and a right side portion surrounding a central air passage, the frame having an inlet side for receiving air from a passenger compartment of the vehicle and having an outlet side for exhausting the air from the passenger compartment of the vehicle, a gasket to seal the frame to the vehicle, a plurality of spoilers supported by the frame and disposed within the central air passage and a plurality of flaps pivotally mounted on the outlet side to pivot between a closed position that inhibits airflow and an open position that permits airflow, wherein each of the flaps comprises a plurality of bumpers to attenuate slap noise of the flaps and wherein each of the flaps further comprises a skirt to minimize air leakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: John Shelley, Rama Balaji
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Publication number: 20200180404Abstract: A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) system is provided and includes a TRU and an energy storage device (ESD). The TRU includes a TRU controller that is receptive of control data reflective of temperature profiles of one or more container compartments and which is configured to operate the TRU in accordance with the control data. The energy storage device (ESD) includes an ESD controller. The TRU and the ESD controllers are communicatively coupled. The ESD controller is configured to determine an energy need of the TRU to comply with the control data and the ESD, under control of the ESD controller, is configured to provide energy to the TRU in accordance with the energy need.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Yu Chen, Jeffrey J. Burchill, Mary D. Saroka
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Publication number: 20200180405Abstract: A vehicle door comprising a mount, a encapsulated fixed window module, a movable window, and a sliding joint, the windows comprising outer surfaces which are aligned with each other as well as with an outer surface of a first trim attached to the first ascending strand and fixed to the first ascending post, and an outer surface of a second trim attached to the second ascending strand and fixed to the ascending profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: HUTCHINSONInventors: Olivier Blottiau, Cyril Lajoux
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Publication number: 20200180406Abstract: A shade assembly includes a tube, a rod disposed linearly within the tube, a first mounting member through which the rod is passed, a first spring wound onto the rod, and opposing caps at which the ends of the tube are located. The shade assembly includes a first protrusion which is fixed to the second cap from one end of the rod such that it prevents a rotational movement, a first grooved portion configured to mount one side of the first spring to the first mounting member, and a hook portion configured to be connected to other end of the rod from another side of the first spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: AL-KOR MAKINA KALIP SANAYI VE TICARET A.S.Inventor: Erol DIVANYAN
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Publication number: 20200180407Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a vehicle door changeable back and forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the vehicle door is provided by an inner module coupled to an outer module. In the second configuration, the vehicle door is provided by the inner module without the outer module. A door providing method includes providing a vehicle door in a first configuration using an inner module coupled to an outer module. The method further includes providing the vehicle door in a second configuration using the inner module without the outer module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Duncan Whipps, Tuan Quoc Nguyen, Jonathan Szczupak, Gregory Patton
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Publication number: 20200180408Abstract: An integrated outside handle switch assembly for a rear trunk lid or tail gate is mounted in the rear trunk lid or tail gate and is operated at the time of opening the tail gate. The outside handle switch assembly may include: an upper housing configured to be mounted on the tail gate; a lower housing configured to be assembled to the upper housing below the upper housing; a substrate configured to be fixed at a lower portion of the upper housing; a switch configured to be operated at the time of opening the tail gate and mounted on the substrate; and a lamp configured to illuminate a license plate attached to the tail gate and be mounted on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Yun-Hee Jung
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Publication number: 20200180409Abstract: A tailgate guide bumper is to be installed between a tailgate that opens to a rear of a vehicle and a vehicle body of the vehicle to support the tailgate in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. The tailgate guide bumper includes a guide bumper member fastened to one side of the tailgate and a guide bumper supporting part configured to be in contact with the guide bumper member when the tailgate is closed to support load applied in a widthwise direction of the tailgate. The guide bumper member and the guide bumper supporting part are installed to be adjacent to a lamp installed at the rear of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Ki-Hyun Cho
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Publication number: 20200180410Abstract: A bidirectionally open sunroof structure includes rail assemblies installed at both sides of a roof panel, a front tilt lever connected to a front glass and the rail assembly and located at a front part of the front glass, a rear tilt lever connected to the front glass and the rail assembly and located at a rear part of the front glass, a front sled located on the front glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies, and a rear sled located on a rear glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies. The rail assembly includes a first guide rail configured to slidably move the front sled therealong, and a second guide rail located within the first guide rail and configured to slidably move the rear sled therealong.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Jae Han Park, Jeong Min Lee, Jae Kyu Lee
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Publication number: 20200180411Abstract: An articulating slanted back soft top assembly for 4-door and 2-door SUVs. A fabric cover is supported by a frame that is at least partially articulatable from at least a closed position to at least one open air position. The frame includes at least one forward fabric support bow member and at least one rearward fabric support bow member. The rear fabric support bow member being positioned when in the closed position in a manner which allows the fabric to clear a sport bar or “roll bar” member of a vehicle in the closed position such that a rear portion of the top is angled from the vertical when viewing the vehicle from the side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Bestop, Inc.Inventors: William H. Haberkamp, Eric D. Getzschman, Jose N. Vigil, Andy Waite, Rick H. Troeger, Blake A. Jensen, James A. Robertson, Ronald Manzanares, George C. Stickles
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Publication number: 20200180412Abstract: A frame and soft top assembly which includes lift assist and improved fabric management. The assembly includes a pair of front arms pivotally attached to rear side rails and are attached to the vehicle roll bar. A plurality of fabric control bows connected with pivot links provide fabric control to the top material during pivoting of the front side rails. A pair of bow pivot links are pivotally connected to the rear side rail. A rear gas strut and a front gas strut are attached longitudinally to either side of the pair of bow pivot links, one providing lift assistance at the start of the pivotal opening of the sunroof while the other of the struts gets loaded as the top is deployed and butters the closing of the roof which also loads the strut to provide assistance in the closing direction when it is time to close the sunroof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Bestop, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. LEWIS, Duane C. Junkin
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Publication number: 20200180413Abstract: A pickup truck and tonneau cover including hard panels configured to selectively secure horizontally and vertically over a pickup truck bed, with a window in each panel, each window located to align with the other windows when the panels are oriented vertically in a fully retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Christopher Anthony Danowski, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Publication number: 20200180414Abstract: A lock bar can be laterally slidable between an unlocked position in which the lock bar is laterally recessed relative to the side rail and a locked position in which the lock bar is laterally extended relative to the side rail. A side rail supported actuator can include a longitudinally extending actuator arm engageable with the lock bar to slide the lock bar between the unlocked position and the locked position and engageable with, and movable by, the tonneau cover as the tonneau cover moves from the open cover position to the closed cover position. Movement of the lock bar between the locked position and the unlocked position can simultaneously interengage and disengage, respectively, with each of the locking surfaces of the plurality of rectangular elements, which interengagement limits upward movement of the rectangular elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: TruXedo, Inc.Inventor: Michael R. Spencer
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Publication number: 20200180415Abstract: A lock bar can be laterally slidable between an unlocked position in which the lock bar is laterally recessed relative to the side rail and a locked position in which the lock bar is laterally extended relative to the side rail. The lock bar can be engageable with, and movable by, the tailgate to slide the lock bar from the unlocked position to the locked position as the tailgate moves from an open tailgate position to a closed tailgate position. Movement of the lock bar between the locked position and the unlocked position can simultaneously interengage and disengage, respectively, with each of the locking surfaces of the plurality of rectangular elements, which interengagement limits upward movement of the rectangular elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: TruXedo, Inc.Inventor: Michael R. Spencer
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Publication number: 20200180416Abstract: A kit for cladding a door rail of a vehicle, comprising two similar assemblies suitable for mounting on the rail of the same door, only one of these assemblies being mounted on this rail according to a desired aesthetic aspect among a first aspect called flush and a second aspect called non flush.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: HUTCHINSONInventors: Olivier Blottiau, Cyril Lajoux, Anne Gambier
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Publication number: 20200180417Abstract: A battery box floor for electric vehicles for being arranged at the lower part of a vehicle body is disclosed. The battery box floor comprises a battery pack supporting panel for supporting a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of lower cooling channels for containing a cooling fluid, a plurality of lower cooling channels being arranged adjacent to and below the battery pack supporting panel such that they can cool the battery cells and an underbody protection arranged below the lower cooling channels. The battery box floor further comprises a deformation inner cavity between said plurality of lower cooling channels and said underbody protection. Additionally, the battery box floor is integrally formed from a metallic material. Also a vehicle body comprising the battery box floor is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: AUTOTECH ENGINEERING S.L.Inventors: Sergio MARQUEZ DURAN, Alberto VALERA AGEA, Carlos RUIZ, Sergio FARÍA RODRIGUEZ
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Publication number: 20200180418Abstract: An exemplary multi-position mount system for a powertrain component includes a mount assembly including a mount housing having a first mount edge defining a rectangular mount opening with at least two mount notch openings on each side of the rectangular mount opening, a sleeve insert having at least two insert tabs extending from each side of the insert, the insert having an insert opening with at least two insert notch openings on each side of the insert opening, a damping assembly including an alignment tab extending from each side of the damper body, and a T-bracket including a T-bracket sleeve having an edge defining an offset opening in the T-bracket sleeve. The sleeve insert interfaces with the mount housing and is rotatable within the mount opening, the damping assembly is rotatable within the insert opening, and the insert opening is spaced apart from the mount opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Michael A. Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20200180419Abstract: A hybrid propulsion system can include an electric motor configured to convert electrical energy into motion, a battery configured to store electrical energy and operatively connected to the electric motor to provide a battery output to the electric motor and a generator configured to convert non-electrical energy into electrical energy, the generator operatively connected to the electric motor to provide a generator output to the motor simultaneously with the battery output. The system can include a controller operatively connected to the generator and configured to control the generator output of the generator as a function one or more of a state of the battery or the battery output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Todd A. Spierling
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Publication number: 20200180420Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric machine, an engine, and stator. The electric machine has a magnetic armature and an electromagnetic armature. The electromagnetic armature is secured to a wheel and has an electrical circuit that includes primary and secondary coils. The engine is configured to rotate the magnetic armature to induce current in the circuit via the primary coils. The stator has tertiary coils that are configured to transfer power to the electromagnetic armature via the secondary coils to drive the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Larry Dean ELIE, Allan Roy GALE, David Allen JANSON
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Publication number: 20200180421Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10), and an output shaft (11), at least one first, second and third shifting element (SE1, SE2, SE3), and at least one double planetary gear (5), comprising a first sun gear and a first ring gear and a second sun gear and a second ring gear and a planet carrier. The input shaft (10) can be coupled to the planet carrier of double planetary gear (5) by means of the first shifting element (SE1) and can be coupled to the first sun gear of the double planetary gear (5) by means of the second shifting element (SE2), and can be coupled to the first ring gear of the double planetary gear (5) by means of the third shifting element (SE3) and the output shaft (11) is coupled to the planet carrier of the double planetary gear (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
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Publication number: 20200180422Abstract: A hybrid module is configured for arrangement in the torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine. The hybrid module includes a torque converter and an electric motor including a rotor connected to the torque converter for driving the torque converter. The hybrid module also includes a connect/disconnect clutch configured for being actuated between an engaged orientation for drivingly connecting the internal combustion engine to an output of the connect/disconnect clutch for driving the torque converter and a disengaged orientation for drivingly disconnecting the internal combustion engine from the output of the connect/disconnect clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Gregory Heeke
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Publication number: 20200180423Abstract: A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), a gear set (RS) arranged within the housing (GG), an electric machine (EM), and a power electronics module (LE). The power electronics module (LE) includes a carrier element (S), a DC voltage terminal (DC), an inverter (INV), and an AC voltage terminal (AC). The housing (GG) includes, on an outer wall (GGA), a region (GGE) for accommodating the power electronics module (LE), which is closable with the carrier element (S) of the power electronics module (LE). The region (GGE) of the housing (GG) and an inner side (SI) of the carrier element (S) form a dry space (TR) for accommodating the inverter (INV), which is attached to the carrier element (S). The region (GGE) of the housing (GG) at least partially separates the gear set (RS) from the dry space (TR).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Hermann Thurn, Matthias Held
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Publication number: 20200180424Abstract: A transmission control method of a hybrid vehicle provided with a transmission having no reverse gear, may include performing a speed control of a motor with a target RPM corresponding to an existing gear step when a shift lever is switched from a drive D to a neutral N; and performing a backward travel with the existing gear step by engaging a gear of the existing gear step with a clutch and applying a reverse torque of the motor to the transmission when the shift lever is switched from the neutral N to a reverse R.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Young Min Yun
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Publication number: 20200180425Abstract: A power transmission system of a vehicle may include a first input shaft selectively connected to an engine, a second input shaft as a hollow shaft, enclosing the first input shaft without rotational interference with the first input shaft, and selectively connected to the engine, a speed change portion including first and second planetary gear sets, each planetary gear set including three rotation elements, and four rotation shafts directly connected to at least one rotation element among the rotation elements of the first and second planetary gear sets, a motor/generator, an output shaft, and control elements including two clutches disposed at positions where the first and second input shafts are selectively connected to an output shaft of the engine, and two brakes disposed at positions where two rotation shafts among the four rotation shafts are selectively connected to a transmission housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Wonmin Cho, Seong Wook Hwang, Woochurl Son, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
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Publication number: 20200180426Abstract: An axle assembly for a low floor vehicle is described herein. The axle assembly includes an axle housing and a drive unit for driving a wheel assembly. The drive unit includes an axle shaft, a wheel end assembly, an electric machine, and a transmission unit. The axle shaft extends along an axle centerline axis between a first axle end and a second axle end. The wheel end assembly is coupled to the first axle end. The electric machine is positioned within the axle housing and includes a rotor shaft, a drive pinion coupled to the rotor shaft, and an electric motor for rotating the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft extends along a rotor shaft centerline axis that is orientated parallel to the axle centerline axis. The transmission unit is positioned within the axle housing and is configured to transfer torque from the electric machine to the axle shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Vikram CHOPRA, Christopher G. BAILLIE, Shaun MEPHAM
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Publication number: 20200180427Abstract: A process for manufacturing a plastic tank for a motor vehicle. The process includes inserting at least one stiffening profile into a shell mould having walls. The at least one stiffening profile is configured to minimise undesirable deformation of the plastic tank. The process also includes applying a negative pressure to simultaneously maintain a position of each stiffening profile in the shell mould, form a tank wall by facilitating flow of plastic material onto the walls of the shell mould, and form a form-fitting connection between the tank wall and each stiffening profile by facilitating flow of the plastic material around the stiffening profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Philipp FUCHS, Rainer PUCHLEITNER, Christian URDL, Florian WIMMER
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Publication number: 20200180428Abstract: A high-pressure container unit includes: a box-shaped case mounted on a vehicle and configured to include a bottom portion, a ceiling portion, and a peripheral wall portion; a plurality of container main bodies arranged in an interior of the case and each having a cylindrical body portion; and a reinforcing member extending along an axial direction of the container main body, the reinforcing member being provided in at least one of a space surrounded by the container main bodies adjacent to each other and the bottom portion and, a space surrounded by the container main bodies adjacent to each other and the ceiling portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Osamu SAWAI, Tomoki NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20200180429Abstract: A filling head (12) for a fuel tank, particularly of a vehicle, the head including a tubular sleeve (16) of which a first longitudinal end (16a) defines a filling opening and of which a second longitudinal end (16b) is intended to be fixed to one end (14a) of a fuel pipe (14). The head further includes a ring (18) mounted in the sleeve and having a passage orifice for a filling nozzle, wherein the sleeve is made of HDPE and its second end is intended to be fixed by welding to the end of the fuel pipe. An annular seal (36) is mounted between the ring and the sleeve near the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Christophe LE TINNIER, Jean-Philippe BAR
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Publication number: 20200180430Abstract: An electric drive system for a vehicle includes a motor housing and a gearbox housing that is mountable to the motor housing at a predetermined number of rotational positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Kevin MACKENZIE, Kyle Gary MATTINSON, Jude BERTHAULT
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Publication number: 20200180431Abstract: A drive torque received from a power source is split and output to first and second output shafts through a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring device that controls a torque ratio of split torques, where the torque vectoring device includes a control motor, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second planetary gear sets having a shared first rotation element fixed to a housing, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element connected to the first output shaft, and a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth planetary gear sets having a shared fourth rotation element connected to the control motor, a fifth rotation element connected to a second output shaft, and a sixth rotation element connected to the second rotation element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Chulmin AHN, SungGon Byun, Seok Joon KIM, Su Hyeon MAENG, Hongkyu LEE, Baekyu KIM, Junyoung HA
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Publication number: 20200180432Abstract: A feedback system is provided for use with an electric vehicle's accelerator pedal, where the pedal is adjustable between a fully depressed position and a fully released position, and where a neutral pedal position is located between the fully depressed and fully released positions. When the pedal is located at the neutral position, the vehicle power train does not apply any torque; when the pedal is located between the neutral position and the fully depressed position, the vehicle power train applies a driving torque; and when the pedal is located between the neutral position and the fully released position, the vehicle power train applies a braking torque. The feedback system automatically sets the fully released position for the accelerator pedal based on the available regenerative braking torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Atieva, Inc.Inventor: Jean-Philippe Gauthier
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Publication number: 20200180433Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for piloting an electric scooter, the electric scooter and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a driving instruction; and in response to the driving instruction, piloting the electric scooter to a target charging device according to a navigation path at least in one of the following manners: lowering a gravity center of the electric scooter; and under a condition in which an obstacle is detected, controlling the electric scooter to avoid the obstacle or wait for a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Zhu HOU, Weining XI, Yubin YUAN, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
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Publication number: 20200180434Abstract: A vehicle situation that can occur at a later time than the current time is displayed on a first display device, a second display device, and a third display device, and display content is controlled so that a display content of the second display device includes a vehicle situation that can occur at a later time than the vehicle situation displayed on the first display device, and a display content of the third display device includes a vehicle situation that can occur at a later time than the vehicle situation displayed on the second display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Atsuki TACHIBANA, Reiko SAKATA
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Publication number: 20200180435Abstract: A method for providing a user interface of a transportation vehicle, wherein the user interface has at least one mechanically adjustable controller and a touch display and operates peripheral devices of the transportation vehicle. A user interface of a transportation vehicle for performing the method for operating the at least one mechanically adjustable controller to bring about temporary deactivation of the touch display so that operation of peripheral devices by the touch display is temporarily blocked during the operation of the mechanically adjustable controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Denny HECHT, Sebastian EHMANN
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Publication number: 20200180436Abstract: A computer system for an autonomous vehicle is presented. The computer system includes a display system for interfacing with a passenger within the vehicle. The display system is disposed on a window of the autonomous vehicle. A server is disposed in the vehicle. The server is in communication with the display system. The server is operable to activate the display system when an auto-pilot system of the autonomous vehicle is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Somto OBIAGWU, Zachariah REID
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Publication number: 20200180437Abstract: An indicator instrument for a vehicle includes a rotational indicator that indicates a vehicle state parameter, and a stepper motor that rotates the rotational indicator. The stepper motor includes an output gear, a reduction mechanism, a motor casing housing the output gear and the reduction mechanism. The output gear includes an output shaft rotatable together with the rotational indicator, and a last-stage gear extending radially outward from the output shaft. The reduction mechanism includes a reduction gear engaged with the last-stage gear. The rotational indicator includes a rotational shaft press-fitted to a specified portion of the output shaft in the motor casing. The specified portion is displaced from the last-stage gear in an axial direction of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Shigenori YOKOCHI
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Publication number: 20200180438Abstract: A fault diagnosis method of a power electric system for a vehicle may include driving an inverter to output an output voltage command for fault detection; measuring a current input to each phase of a motor connected to the inverter; measuring a voltage of the neutral stage of the motor; and determining whether there are faults of a connection member connecting between the inverter and the motor and a relay connected to the neutral stage of the motor based on the measured current input to each phase of the motor and the voltage of the neutral stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ho Joon Shin, Nam Koo Han, Sang Yoo Lee, Heon Young Kwak, Hong Geuk Park
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Publication number: 20200180439Abstract: A method for controlling the an electric hand truck comprises the steps of: determining whether user manipulation is present due to a user input on the electric hand truck; and, if there is no user manipulation, then braking an electric motor that drives the wheels of the electric moving vehicle in a softlock manner in which, instead of power being applied to the electric motor, electrodes of the electric motor are short-circuited.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Jinwon CHUNG, Donghun YU, Joonho SEO, Sangok SEOK
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Publication number: 20200180440Abstract: A power supply device for a vehicle includes first and second power supply systems, a switch, and first, second, and third mode controllers. The first power supply system includes: a first power supply including a first power storage and a first generator, and an electrical apparatus. The second power supply system includes a second power supply. When an SOC of the first power storage exceeds a lower limit, the first mode controller supplies electric power from the first power supply to the electrical apparatus. When the SOC decreases below the lower limit, the second mode controller supplies electric power from the second power supply to the electrical apparatus via the switch. When an abnormality is detected to have occurred in the switch during the second power supply mode, the third mode controller supplies the electric power from the first power supply to the electrical apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Takahiro UCHIMURA, Yuji Ohori, Yuki Natsume, Shota Inudo
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Publication number: 20200180441Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods of storing electrical energy for electric vehicles are provided. A battery pack can be disposed in an electric vehicle to power the electric vehicle. A battery cell can be arranged in the battery pack. The battery cell can include a housing. The housing can define a cavity within the housing. The cavity of the battery cell can include a separator having a first side and a second side, a cathode disposed along the first side of the separator, and an anode disposed along the second side of the separator. The anode can include a first portion adjacent to the second side of the separator, and a second portion adjacent to the first portion and separated from the separator by the first portion. A porosity of the first portion of the anode can be greater than a porosity of the second portion of the anode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Mehdi M. Forouzan, Saeed Khaleghi Rahimian, Sangwoo Han, Ying Liu, Yifan Tang
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Publication number: 20200180442Abstract: The invention relates to a battery support for an electric motor vehicle, having a tray for holding batteries, with a base and a peripheral side wall and a cover, wherein the cover is formed as a hood and the peripheral side wall is formed by a peripheral frame composed of hollow profiles, wherein the frame is coupled to a base, wherein the hood, in the closed state, is mounted on the hollow profile, and a cooling system is formed below the base, and in that a protective base is arranged below the base, in particular below the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Frank RABE, Peter SUMMERAUER, Thomas GUENTHER, Christian HANDING
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Publication number: 20200180443Abstract: Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a trough formed by a base and a peripheral frame coupled to the base, wherein the frame is formed from extruded hollow profiles and a cover is arranged on the frame. In the installation position, the frame has a web protruding in each case in relation to its upper side and/or lower side in such a manner that a defined gap with respect to the base and/or with respect to the cover is produced, with a sealant and/or adhesive being incorporated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Georg FROST, Thomas GUENTHER, Christian HANDING, Frank RABE, Peter SUMMERAUER, Ludger GEHRINGHOFF
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Publication number: 20200180444Abstract: A fuel gas pump of a fuel cell vehicle is fixed to a stack frame and a fuel cell stack via a first bracket and a second bracket so that a rotation axis of a motor is inclined to a reference line along a front-rear direction. The first bracket is fixed by passing a second fastening member through a first notch. The second bracket is fixed by passing a third fastening member through a second notch of a second arm. The first and second brackets are provided such that, when the fuel gas pump rotates, the third fastening member comes off from the second bracket at a timing different from a timing when the second fastening member comes off from the first bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Tetsuji AISHIMA, Yoshihiro KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20200180445Abstract: A gas supply system has a chamber, a front manifold, a circulation pipe, and a fusible plug valve. The chamber stores hydrogen gas. The front manifold is connected to the chamber, and hydrogen gas flows through the front manifold. The circulation pipe is provided such that hydrogen gas can flow through the front manifold, and has higher thermal conductivity than the chamber. The fusible plug valve is provided in the front manifold apart from the chamber. Heat is transferred to the fusible plug valve from the circulation pipe. The fusible plug valve discharges the hydrogen gas in the chamber and the hydrogen gas in the front manifold to the outside by being opened at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined opening temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiaki Kataoka
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Publication number: 20200180446Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Dean King, Robert Louis Steigerwald
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Publication number: 20200180447Abstract: A ground-side coil device includes a ground-side coil disposed on a road surface where a vehicle parks or stops and transmitting or receiving, via a magnetic field, electric power to or from a vehicle-side coil mounted on the vehicle, a position detection sensor disposed around the ground-side coil and acquiring information relating to the position, relative to the ground-side coil, of the vehicle approaching the ground-side coil, a screen disposed at a position visible to a driver of the vehicle approaching the ground-side coil, and a control unit controlling a display mode on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Seishiro NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200180448Abstract: A system for charging a battery carried by a vehicle may include a charging box for coupling to a vehicle chassis and including interface electrical contacts electrically coupled to the battery. The system may also include a charge coupler including coupler electrical contacts for electrically coupling to the interface electrical contacts from under the vehicle and configured to be coupled to an electrical power supply. The charging box may include an interface activation surface, and the charge coupler may include a housing for enclosing the coupler electrical contacts and including a base for supporting the coupler electrical contacts, a coupler activation surface opposite the base, an opening, and a door configured to open the opening to expose the coupler electrical contacts as the interface activation surface contacts the coupler activation surface and moves the coupler activation surface toward the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Moritz Boecker, Bryan Emrys Booth, Timothy David Kentley-Klay, Richard Luke Osellame, Christopher John Stoffel
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Publication number: 20200180449Abstract: A charging device for charging an electric vehicle includes a power plug, a charging gun, a control box, a temperature detecting circuit and an over-temperature protection circuit. The charging gun is detachably connected with the electric vehicle and includes a connection confirmation terminal and a connection confirmation circuit. The connection confirmation circuit outputs a connection confirmation signal to the connection confirmation terminal. The temperature detecting circuit detects the temperature of the power plug or the control box and outputs a temperature signal to a second control unit of the control box when the temperature of the power plug or the control box exceeds a threshold temperature level. The over-temperature protection circuit is electrically connected between the second control unit and the connection confirmation terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Tzu-Hao Lo, Ming-Whang Wang
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Publication number: 20200180450Abstract: An electrical multi-conductor cable comprising a plug-in connector, in particular a line with a charging plug for electric vehicles. The cable has a central cable core, a number of conductors which are arranged concentrically in relation to one another in a ring around the cable core and are composed of individual wires, and in each case one insulation between the conductors. According to the invention, the contact apparatus has two clamping shell parts which, on the inner side thereof, have a plurality of receptacles which are radially stepped from one another. In each case one contact body is received in the receptacles of a clamping shell part and makes contact with one of the concentric conductors. Each contact body has a channel shape with a longitudinal extent and a curved cross-sectional profile around an associated conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Richard HABERING
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Publication number: 20200180451Abstract: In an electrical power conversion device including a step-up or boost converter and an inverter, a small-size and inexpensive power conversion device is provided in which its reactor and capacitors can be made more compact. The device includes a boost converter connected to an electric energy storage device, an inverter connected on an output side of the boost converter, and a controller for performing the turn-on/turn-off control on switching devices of the boost converter and the inverter; and semiconductor switching devices of the boost converter are made of an SiC semiconductor, and semiconductor switching devices of the inverter are made of an Si semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Mao KAWAMURA