Patents Issued in July 9, 2020
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Publication number: 20200215989Abstract: A mount for mounting an accessory, the mount comprising: an attachment member to attach the mount to a support structure; and a mount coupling member configured to have a profile complementary to a corresponding accessory coupling member of an accessory to be coupled to the mount. The mount coupling member comprises a first material operative to couple to a second material of an accessory coupling member through an attractive force between the first material and second material; and wherein the attractive force is of a magnitude to permit slideable movement of the mount coupling member relative to an accessory coupling member while maintaining mechanical contact between the mount and an accessory. The first material comprises a complementary configuration with a second material of an accessory coupling member to permit a greater magnitude of the slideable movement in a first direction compared to a second direction transverse to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Portable Multimedia LtdInventors: Robert George Grant, Graham Keith Lambert, Ceri Hill
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Publication number: 20200215990Abstract: Disclosed is a coupling system for coupling an accessory to a mount. Included is a mount comprising a mount end for mounting on a mounting surface and a coupling end comprising a first coupling arrangement, and an accessory coupleable to mount. The accessory comprising a second coupling arrangement disposed on a surface. The first and second coupling arrangement comprising coupling elements configured to guide accessory into a coupling orientation relative to mount, to maintain coupling orientation through a coupling/decoupling operation and to couple accessory to mount in a coupled configuration. First set of coupling elements comprise formations disposed on one of first and second coupling arrangements and complementary formations disposed on the other of first and second coupling arrangements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Portable Multimedia LtdInventors: Robert George Grant, Graham Keith Lambert, Ceri Hill
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Publication number: 20200215991Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes at least two optical image capturing systems respectively disposed on a left portion and a right portion of a movable carrier. Each optical image capturing system includes an image capturing module, an operation module, at least one warning module, and at least one displaying device, and has at least one lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power. The image capturing module captures and produces an environmental image surrounding the movable carrier. The operation module electrically connected to the image capturing module detects at least one moving object in the environmental image to generate a detecting signal. The warning module electrically connected to the operation module receives the detecting signal, and generates a warning signal when determines that the moving object approach to the movable carrier. The displaying device is electrically connected to the warning module to display the warning signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, CHIEN-HSUN LAI, YAO-WEI LIU
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Publication number: 20200215992Abstract: A method for calculating a tow hitch position of a trailer is presented. A first and a second image of the trailer is captured and a trailer rotation and translation relative to a known zero pose of the trailer based on the captured first and second images is calculated. The rotation axes of the trailer in the first and second image is calculated based on the calculated trailer rotations and translations. An intersection of the first and second rotation axis is calculated to determine a ray to the tow hitch position. The ray to the tow hitch position and a geometrical condition are used to calculate the tow hitch position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventor: Robin Plowman
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Publication number: 20200215993Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a housing having a front housing and a rear housing, and a circuit board having an imaging element disposed at a first side and a first electrical connector disposed at a second side. The rear housing includes a second electrical connector that, with the rear housing mated with the front housing, electrically connects with the first electrical connector. The second electrical connector includes electrically conductive terminals that extend through the rear housing and that each have an inner end portion and an outer end portion that is physically and electrically contiguous with the inner end portion. The inner end portions of the electrically conductive terminals of the second electrical connector extend from an inner surface of the rear housing and the outer end portions of the electrically conductive terminals of the second electrical connector extend into a socket connection portion of the rear housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Matthew C. Sesti, Steven V. Byrne
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Publication number: 20200215994Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a camera having a CMOS image sensor and a lens. The image sensor is disposed at a first printed circuit board, and circuitry of a second printed circuit board is in board-to-board electrical connection with circuitry of the first printed circuit board. Board-to-board electrical connection between the first and second printed circuit boards is via a multi-wire ribbon connection. A housing houses the first and second printed circuit boards. The housing is configured for mounting at a vehicle and, with the vehicular camera module mounted at the vehicle, the camera has a field of view external of the vehicle. With the vehicular camera module mounted at the vehicle and responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the image sensor, an object in the field of view of the camera is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Robert L. Bingle, Joseph Camilleri, Peter J. Whitehead, Kenneth Schofield
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Publication number: 20200215995Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lining for a haul truck body, said lining comprising a plurality of main lining elements arranged to extend over main surfaces of said haul truck body, and a plurality of transition lining elements arranged to extend over edge and/or corner portions of the haul truck body, wherein each transition lining element forms a lining transition between at least two non-parallel main lining elements of said plurality of main lining elements, and wherein said plurality of transition lining elements comprises at least one non-linear transition lining element which has a first and a second leg portion extending in non-parallel first and second leg directions, respectively. The disclosure further relates to a transition lining element for a haul truck body and a method for assembling a lining.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Metso Sweden ABInventors: Henrik Persson, Fredrik Larsson
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Publication number: 20200215996Abstract: An elongated pillar garnish configured to be attached to a gap between a peripheral edge portion of a window pane of a vehicle and a pillar of the vehicle, the pillar garnish including: an elongated attachment member for attaching the pillar garnish to the gap; and an elongated decorative member assembled to a front surface side of the attachment member, in which the attachment member includes an elongated main body part, and a cover part provided to at least one end of the main body part in a longitudinal direction, in which the cover part has a covering portion covering at least a part of a front surface of the decorative member, and a supporting wall portion erected from the main body part toward the outer side and supporting the covering portion, and in which the supporting wall portion is provided along a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicants: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., TAKARAKASEI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Motohiro MORISHITA, Kohji KAMIYA, Renji MAKI, Hiroyuki TAKI
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Publication number: 20200215997Abstract: A soundproofing device for a transmission according to the present disclosure is provided to transmit the power of one or more prime movers (for example, internal combustion engine and electric motor). The soundproofing device includes a Helmholtz resonator including: a wall that forms a Helmholtz resonance chamber; and an opening formed in the wall so as to cause the Helmholtz resonance chamber to communicate with the outside of the Helmholtz resonance chamber. The wall includes a transmission case that accommodates the transmission and a housing of a component mounted on the transmission (for example, PCU housing). The Helmholtz resonance chamber is formed between the transmission case and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Shotaro KATO, Akiko NISHIMINE, Fusahiro TSUKANO, Yu MIYAHARA, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Akinori GOTO, Hiroshi TAKEKAWA
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Publication number: 20200215998Abstract: A wire harness routing device includes a rail in which an insertion hole is formed, a slider that is inserted into the insertion hole and that slides with respect to the rail, and a wire harness that is routed in the insertion hole and moves in accordance with sliding of the slider, and an excess length portion of the wire harness that is generated in accordance with movement of the wire harness deforms in the insertion hole and is held in a state in which it is accommodated in the insertion hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara
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Publication number: 20200215999Abstract: A wire harness routing device includes: a rail for a sliding seat, which is installed on a floor surface of a vehicle; a slider that is slidably attached to the rail; a wire harness extending from the sliding seat side; a guide member configured to connect the wire harness to the slider, and to guide the wire harness to the side of the rail and in a direction along the rail; and an accommodation portion that is provided to the side of the rail, and that accommodates the wire harness that is guided by the guide member so that the wire harness is movable along with the movement of the slider, wherein the guide member is connected to the slider to be able to approach and separate from the slider, and to be inclined to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara
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Publication number: 20200216000Abstract: A system for detecting a motion of an occupant seated in a vehicle. The system includes a sensing electrode located proximate to the occupant and configured to transmit a signal representative of a current in the sensing electrode. The system also includes a receiver including a controller and coupled to an antenna. The receiver is configured to detect a change in the transmitted signal based on a presence of the occupant and a set detection condition, and generate detection information based on the set detection condition. The controller is configured to change a state of a vehicle component based on the generated detection information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventors: Jason LISSEMAN, Len CECH
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Publication number: 20200216001Abstract: A method of determining an amount of fuel wasted by a vehicle due to sub-optimal performance of at least one component of the vehicle includes receiving information about operation of the vehicle from at least one sensor positioned on the vehicle, categorizing, with a processor, a fuel use by the vehicle as a normal fuel use or a wasted fuel use due to the at least one component performing at a sub-optimal level by comparing the received information to expected information from the at least one sensor when the vehicle is operating at optimal performance, and determining, with the processor, the amount of fuel wasted due to the at least one component operating at the sub-optimal level based on categorized fuel use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: David Charles Chauncey, Michael David Joseph
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Publication number: 20200216002Abstract: A power supply system having a plurality of power systems is provided with a power output section in each of the power systems, an electrical load in each of the power systems, operating from power supplied by the power output section, main paths that connect the power output sections of adjacent ones of the power systems, an inter-system switch that establishes a conducting condition between the adjacent power systems by being turned on and establishes a disconnected condition between the adjacent power systems by being turned off, and an intra-system switch in each of the power systems, which is disposed on the main path between the power output section and the inter-system switch, and which establishes a conducting condition between the power output section and the electrical load by being turned on and establishes a disconnected condition between the power output section and the electrical load by being turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Koji MAZAKI, Kazuyoshi OBAYASHI, Tadatoshi ASADA
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Publication number: 20200216003Abstract: A vehicle power supply system, a controlled unit is connected to a controllee power supply system that is one of a first power supply system and a second power supply system of the vehicle power supply system. A parameter acquiring unit is connected to a controller power supply system that is another one of the first power supply system and the second power supply system and configured to acquire a parameter indicating a sign of voltage change of the controllee power supply system. An operation setting unit is configured to predict the voltage change of the controllee power supply system in response to the sign indicated by the parameter and set a power supply state of the controlled unit indicating at least one of a number of drive pulses per unit time, a duty ratio, and a drive current so as to obtain a constant output from the controlled unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinori MORITA
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Publication number: 20200216004Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a body portion joined to a vehicle body front end portion through portions of the body portion on a first direction side and a second direction side in the vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member joined to the body portion along the body portion. The body portion includes a first standard rigidity region, a high rigidity region, and a second standard rigidity region arrayed next to each other in this order in the vehicle width direction. The high rigidity region has rigidity higher than rigidity of the first standard rigidity region and rigidity of the second standard rigidity region and is positioned in a center of the body portion in the vehicle width direction. The reinforcing member is provided so as to at least partially overlap the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region through a first boundary position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shiho SUGIMOTO, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Junichi TAKAYANAGI, Ryoichi HAYASHI, Naohiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20200216005Abstract: A method for operating a seat belt system (10) for an occupant (12) in a vehicle (14) comprises a belt webbing for restraining the occupant (12), a belt buckle (26) and a sensor (28) for sensing the webbing extension. The method initiates a reaction when the webbing extension exceeds a threshold which takes the minimum webbing extension after the closing of the belt buckle (26) into account.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Michael Stegmeier
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Publication number: 20200216006Abstract: A system includes a bulkhead, a seat in a rearward-facing position facing away from the bulkhead, and a plurality of airbags supported by the seat. Each airbag is inflatable in a direction away from the bulkhead to an inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: DEAN M. JARADI, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, S.M. ISKANDER FAROOQ
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Publication number: 20200216007Abstract: The invention describes an airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system, wherein the airbag (10) in the inflated state includes a front side (24) forming an occupant impact surface and an opposite rear side (22). The front side (24) and the rear side (22) are formed by shell portions (14, 16) of the airbag (10) being connected to each other at their outer edges (34, 36). The front side (24) is longer along a centerline (M) extending in the longitudinal direction of the airbag (10) than the rear side (22) so that, in the inflated state, the airbag (10) takes a curved shape. The front side (24) has at least one shaping line (42) extending substantially curved and transversely to the centerline (M) at which shaping line two shell portions (34, 36) are connected to each other. The respective outer edges (34, 36) of the front side (24) and the respective outer edges (34, 36) of the rear side (22) are of the same overall length.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Stefan Bachmann
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Publication number: 20200216008Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag module (1), comprising a housing (2), a cover (3) connected to the housing (2) for forming a receiving space, a gas generator (4) arranged in the receiving space, an airbag arranged in the receiving space and a plate (5) for securing the airbag module (1) on a steering wheel, characterized in that the housing (2), the cover (3), the gas generator (4) and the airbag form an assembly, which is connected to the plate (5) via at least one releasable securing device (6), wherein at least the cover (3) of the assembly and the plate (5) can be moved relative to one another in a parallel direction (7) in relation to the plate (5) when the securing device (6) is partially released, and are secured relative to one another in a parallel direction (7) in relation to the plate (5) when the securing device (6) is tightened.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Michael BURGER, Peter CHRISTOPH, Remi BAILLIVET
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Publication number: 20200216009Abstract: The invention is a flexible airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Crystal Sylver
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Publication number: 20200216010Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a base and an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation. A tether is elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to another end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position. A reinforcement is elongated along the axis in the flat position state and attached to the tether. The reinforcement has a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David R. Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Adrienne Huelke
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Publication number: 20200216011Abstract: An ejector for ejecting a combustion product including, an igniter including an ignition charge and an ignition portion, a pyrotechnic agent, and a cup made of metal, the cup including a bottom surface and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall being contiguous with a peripheral edge of the bottom surface and disposed to surround the ignition portion, the cup further including an accommodating space accommodating therein the pyrotechnic agent, the bottom surface of the cup including a through hole being defined by a plurality of through-hole peripheral edges, and the adjacent through-hole peripheral edges being connected together at a predetermined connection point, and the through hole including a narrow part, in which a width of the through hole defined by each of parts of the two through-hole peripheral edges of the plurality of through-hole peripheral edges decreases gradually with an increasing distance from a center of the bottom surface toward the peripheral edge of the bottom surface, and the narrow pType: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Mikio YABUTA
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Publication number: 20200216012Abstract: A plurality of airbags 14 are arranged, in a deflated state, at mutually different heights behind respective panels of a front face part of a vehicle, and are capable of being deployed frontward from the front face part of the vehicle. A head position deduction unit 19 of an ECU 15 deduces the height position of the head of a pedestrian from information provided by a vehicle forward camera 12 and a millimeter-wave radar 13. A collision detection unit 18 of the ECU 15 computes, from information provided by the millimeter-wave radar 13 and a vehicle speed sensor 11, a time-to-collision TTC with respect to the pedestrian, and, after elapse of the time-to-collision TTC, detects a collision between the vehicle and the pedestrian.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Kouichi TATSU
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Publication number: 20200216013Abstract: The invention relates to a passenger receptacle for an amusement ride (50), comprising a receiving portion (12) for receiving a passenger, a retaining device (20), which is adjustable between an open position, in which the access to the receiving portion (12) is possible for the passenger, and a closed position, in which the received passenger is held in the receiving portion (12), and a securing device (26), which interacts with the retaining device (20) in such a way that whenever the retaining device moves away, or wants to move away, from the closed position by a selectable degree, a further movement of the retaining device away from the closed position is blocked. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a passenger receptacle (10) and to an amusement ride (50) having such a passenger receptacle (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Frank SORNIK, Markus BECHERER, Stephan SCHRADE
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Publication number: 20200216014Abstract: A tongue mechanism for use in an occupant restraint system also having a buckle mechanism and a webbing. The tongue mechanism includes a tongue member configured to selectively engage the buckle mechanism, a body formed over a portion of the tongue member, a slider, and a biasing member configured to laterally bias the slider. The body includes a body contact surface. The slider includes a slider contact surface and is configured to travel along a track between a first free position and a second locking position. When the slider is positioned in the first free position the tongue mechanism is free to slide along the length of the webbing, and when the slider is positioned in the second locking position a portion of the webbing is clamped between the slider contact surface and the body contact surface thereby preventing the tongue mechanism from sliding along the length of the webbing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Joyson Safety Systems Acquistion LLCInventors: Raymundo GARCIA STOPIER, Carlos Alberto BARRERA MORALES
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Publication number: 20200216015Abstract: An anchor position adjustment device includes a guide rail having a plurality of engagement recess portions formed to be arranged, a moving member attached to the guide rail, a lock pin-provided in the moving member, a first biasing member biasing the lock pin in an inserting direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions, a release pin extending from the lock pin, and an operation member attached to the moving member in a slidable manner. The operation member has a release inclination surface guiding the release pin in a pulling direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions in accordance with sliding of the operation member, and a release inhibition surface inhibiting the lock pin from being pulled out from the engagement recess portion in a pre-slide state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Huy Hung HA, Masayuki HOSHI
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Publication number: 20200216016Abstract: A seat belt retractor comprises (a) a rotatable spool on which seat belt webbing is wound and (b) a load-limiting system to limit a load applied to a vehicle occupant by the webbing. The load-limiting system includes a flow control orifice through which fluid is forced when a load in excess of a predetermined load is applied to the rotatable spool by the webbing. The cross-sectional flow area of the flow control orifice is adjustable in response to unwinding of webbing from the rotatable spool prior to a vehicle crash event and ceases to be adjustable after the crash event is in progress. The load-limiting system also includes a piston in a cylinder. The piston and cylinder are operatively coupled to the spool such that rotation of the spool causes the piston to move relative to the cylinder, which movement causes fluid to be forced through the flow control orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Edgar H. Schlaps, George G. Moser, Adam Ostapowicz
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Publication number: 20200216017Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle includes receiving a report indicating a vehicle is stolen, determining a vehicle location, providing the vehicle location to a law enforcement provider, and generating a slowdown path for the vehicle. The method further includes querying the law enforcement provider for a confirmation of the vehicle location and an identification of the vehicle, querying the law enforcement provider if the slowdown path is safe and when to initiate slowdown, and forwarding the slowdown path to the vehicle. A system for controlling a vehicle includes a service provider and a central processor provided in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Andrew Wassef, Alyssa L. Scheske, Tessa E. Elwart
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Publication number: 20200216018Abstract: A control system of a marine vessel includes a portable device and a receiving device. The portable device transmits a switch control signal to the receiving device based on an input operation. The control system of the marine vessel performs an authentication control process based on an authentication signal from the portable device, and controls opening or closing of a current path based on the switch control signal from the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Naoju TAKANO, Kentaro TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20200216019Abstract: Parking Brake Mechanism, particularly suited for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) with a security feature is manually engaged by foot or hand and is automatically disengaged by spring action when the ATV operator presses the vehicle brake pedal to shift the transmission lever into “drive”. The present invention also allows the operator to secure the vehicle with the parking brake engaged. The vehicle brake mechanism is activated and held on by the parking brake unit; therefore, immobilizing the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Paul Rodney Hines
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Publication number: 20200216020Abstract: A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm. A global positioning system (GPS) housing is positioned at an upper portion of the first vertical support arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Mike Gordon
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Publication number: 20200216021Abstract: A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm. A spacer is removably coupled to the horizontal support arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Mike Gordon
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Publication number: 20200216022Abstract: The invention relates to a method of using the V2X non-broadcast communication protocol to ensure and monitor the physical security of an unoccupied passenger vehicle or other conveyance such as a watercraft using an array of attached sensors and cameras installed on passenger vehicles and watercraft. The system will also automatically send alert massage and image data to vehicle owner when a break-in or vehicle theft event has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Hui CHENG
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Publication number: 20200216023Abstract: A vehicular sensing device for a vehicular function control system includes a plurality of sensors and at least one illumination source operable to backlight a plurality of icons at a cover element, each icon of the plurality of icons representative of a respective vehicle function. With the vehicular sensing device disposed at a vehicle, and with the at least one illumination source activated to backlight the plurality of icons, the backlit icons are viewable at an exterior portion of the vehicle, and each sensor of the plurality of sensors has a respective field of sensing associated with a respective icon of the plurality of icons. Responsive to sensing by one of the sensors of proximity or movement of a user in the field of sensing of that sensor, a controller generates an output to control the vehicle function that is represented by the respective backlit icon associated with that sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Justin E. Sobecki, David P. O'Connell, Kenneth C. Peterson
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Publication number: 20200216024Abstract: An anti-theft device for a vehicle has a vehicle transmitting device for emitting a signal. The device has a vehicle receiving device for receiving an identification transmitter signal. The device also has a vehicle control device which is configured to control a security device on the basis of the reception of an identification transmitter signal. In this case, the vehicle control device is also configured to deactivate the vehicle transmitting device if it has detected the capture of a user signal and the reception of at least one identification transmitter signal within a predetermined interval of time. This makes it possible to achieve a higher degree of security of the anti-theft device in a manner set by the user himself.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Andreas Keutgen
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Publication number: 20200216025Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing access to a system using a wireless access device. The method can include activating a plurality of beacon transceivers of the vehicle. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on at least one beacon message received by the beacon transceivers, the wireless access device, or a combination thereof, when a position of the wireless access device relative to the vehicle satisfies an access threshold. The method may also include, in response to determining that the access threshold has been satisfied, configuring one or more systems of the vehicle based on the position of the wireless access device relative to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Benoit Le Bourgeois, Rene Limberger, Yan Deng, Fei Xiao
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Publication number: 20200216026Abstract: A server device obtains, from a primary device associated with a first vehicle, event data concerning an event, video data concerning the event, and/or location data concerning a location of the first vehicle. The server device processes the event data to determine a type of the event, and determines, based on the type of the event and the location data, a proximity zone around the location of the first vehicle. The server device determines additional devices within the proximity zone, where each additional device is associated with a different vehicle. The server device sends, to the additional devices, a message requesting additional video data concerning the event, and obtains the additional video data from at least one additional device. The server device performs, based on relevant event information based on the event data, the video data, and the additional video data, an action concerning the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Micah PRICE, Qiaochu Tang, Stephen Wylie
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Publication number: 20200216027Abstract: Embodiments and examples are disclosed for intelligent detection of vehicle intrusion using command pattern modeling and analysis. For one example, a vehicle control unit (VCU) may monitor, using a model of a user's expected driving behavior, the user's current driving behavior and detect anomalous driving behavior based on the model. The VCU may determine that the anomalous driving behavior does not correspond to one or more commands on a network bus of the vehicle and analyze, using a command pattern model, a pattern among the one or more commands on the network bus. The VCU may then compare, using the command pattern model, the pattern among the one or more commands to a historical command pattern to determine if an intrusion (e.g., by a hacker) is taking place.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Yan Deng, Enrique Israel Hernandez, Xiao Liu, Divyansh Pal, Baharak Soltanian, Jian Wang, Fei Xiao, Fangming Ye
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Publication number: 20200216028Abstract: A mobile device for an authentication system that performs authentication to control an authentication target with code verification via near field wireless communication, includes: an acceleration sensor; a communication portion that performs the near field wireless communication with an antenna of the authentication target; a reception stop portion that stops reception operation of the communication portion; a fault detection portion that detects a failure in the acceleration sensor; and an operation change portion that prevents the reception stop portion from stopping the reception operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Shinichiro KATO
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Publication number: 20200216029Abstract: An anti-theft apparatus for an outboard motor that can be mounted on a boat, comprising a comparison unit configured to compare a vibration of the outboard motor with a vibration of a portion of the boat other than the outboard motor, and a notification unit configured to make a predetermined notification based on a comparison result by the comparison unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Takashi HASHIZUME, Manabu DOBASHI, Tetsuya MATSUHISA, Ryota HISADA
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Publication number: 20200216030Abstract: An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for actuating an unlocking mechanism and a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device configured to supply the unlocking device with energy. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side charged electrical energy storage device configured to charge the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. The access arrangement further comprises a charging control device for controlling the charging process of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device by the vehicle-side charged electrical energy storage device. Finally, it comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking an access authorization and for controlling the charging control device depending on the checking of the access authorization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventor: Serban Craciun
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Publication number: 20200216031Abstract: An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for unlocking a locking mechanism. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device which is set up to supply the unlocking device with energy independently of the on-board power supply of the vehicle. Moreover, the access arrangement has a vehicle-side energy supply device comprising a first section for receiving wirelessly transmitted energy and for converting the transmitted energy into electrical energy, and a second section for charging the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. In particular, the access arrangement also comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking access authorization, which is supplied with energy independently of the on-board power supply by means of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl, Stefan Hermann, Alexander Heinrich
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Publication number: 20200216032Abstract: A moving body includes: a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral situation of the moving body; a heating unit configured to be capable of heating a component of the moving body that is positioned in a detection range of the detection unit; a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the moving body; and a control unit configured to control, based on a location where the moving body stops that is specified from a detection result of the position detection unit, operation/no operation of the heating unit during a stop of the moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Shinji HIRONAKA, Yuki OSHITANI
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Publication number: 20200216033Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to predict a path of a liquid droplet on a surface, and then, actuate one or more vehicle components based on the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Herman, Ashwin Arunmozhi, Venkatesh Krishnan, Sunil Patil
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Publication number: 20200216034Abstract: An apparatus includes a base, a cylindrical sensor window fixed to the base, and a helical cleaning member movable between a retracted position in the base and an extended position extending around the sensor window. The cleaning member includes an outlet directed at the sensor window when the cleaning member is in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jose Gerardo Velasco, Oswaldo Perez Barrera, David Franco Lopez Rubio, Rodrigo Frieventh Cienfuegos
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Publication number: 20200216035Abstract: A wiper including wiper bracket which couples a wiper arm to blade carrier which carries one or more blades and includes an internal flow path which conducts fluid from a wiper bracket inlet through a hollow passage in a wiper blade carrier cover to plurality of outlets aligned with passthroughs in the blade carrier through which fluid egresses from the wiper.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Steam Tech, LLCInventor: Philip Hartman
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Publication number: 20200216036Abstract: The invention concerns a windshield wiper (10), comprising: a blade (20) for wiping a windshield (2), and a body (30) supporting the blade (20); wherein the windshield wiper (10) comprises a plurality of pistons (40) distributed all along the blade (20) for pressing the blade (20) against the windshield (2). The invention further concerns a motor vehicle comprising at least one such windshield wiper (10), and a method for operating such a windshield wiper (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Nicolas Berne, Damien Chacaton
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Publication number: 20200216037Abstract: A wiper blade connector releasably secures a wiper blade to a wiper arm, thereby forming a windshield wiper blade assembly. The wiper blade connector comprises an elongate body member having opposite facing side walls, a front end, and a rear end. The opposite facing sidewalls include means for receiving and releasably securing to the mounting base on a wiper blade. At the front end of the elongate body member, a first tongue receiving opening is sized to receive the corresponding front tongue of a wiper arm. At the rear end of the elongate body member, a second tongue receiving opening is sized to receive the corresponding rear tongue of a wiper arm. A locking mechanism, such as a slidable cap provided proximate to the front end of the elongate body member, releasably locks the wiper blade member to the wiper arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers
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Publication number: 20200216038Abstract: A wiper assembly (100) is provided, comprising a wiper arm (110), a wiper blade (120), and a coupling device (130) configured to enable connection of the wiper blade (120) to the wiper arm (110), wherein the coupling device (130) comprises a first part (140) being connected to one of said wiper arm (110) or said wiper blade (120), and a second part (150) being connected to the other one of said wiper arm (110) or said wiper blade (120).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Sara Engdal, Francois Moreau