Patents Issued in August 13, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200254955
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an airbag module (12) which includes a frontally acting airbag (16) as well as an inflator (18) which upon activation supplies filling gas for the airbag (16), wherein prior to activation the airbag (16) is folded into an airbag package (14) and is disposed in the area of a sun visor (30) of a vehicle at a roof liner (23) of the vehicle. The airbag package (14) and the inflator (18) are substantially positioned, when viewed in the longitudinal vehicle direction (R), between a pivot axis (28) of the sun visor (30) and a windshield (26) of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Navarro Arranz, Ramon Ramos Agustin
  • Publication number: 20200254956
    Abstract: A flexible wrapping of an airbag (16) of a vehicle occupant restraint system (10) comprises a holding compartment for a folded airbag package (14) formed by a holding bag (104) and an airbag package fixation (124), an inflator fixation (114) formed by projecting retaining tabs (112) as well as at least one fixing portion (130) for fixing an airbag module (12) to a vehicle. For inserting the airbag package (14) into the wrapping (20) an intermediate cover made of a coherent piece of fabric is used into which the airbag package (14) is wrapped along with the inflator (18). The subassembly consisting of the intermediate cover, the airbag package (14) and the inflator (18) is inserted into the wrapping (20). Subsequently, the intermediate cover is removed from between the wrapping (20) and the airbag package (14) again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Navarro Arranz, Ramon Ramos Agustin
  • Publication number: 20200254957
    Abstract: A non-coated air bag fabric is a fabric constituted by synthetic fibers, and the fabric has a cover factor of 2300 or more, a height difference between a recess and a protrusion on a surface of the fabric is less than 130 ?m, and a P ratio expressed by the following equation is 0.85 to 1.15 inclusive. The P ratio=HP100/HP80 where HP80 indicates air permeability after a load is applied to the fabric under a condition of 80° C., and HP100 indicates air permeability after a load is applied to the fabric under a condition of 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SEIREN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi HOURAIYA
  • Publication number: 20200254958
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag main body formed in a bag shape, and a case body in which the airbag main body folded is stored. The airbag main body includes a first folded part including an opening for gas introduction provided in a base end portion of the first folded part, and multiple second folded parts connected to a distal end portion of the first folded part. The airbag main body folded is stored in the case body such that a connecting part among the first folded part and the second folded parts faces a door part of the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Toru ITAKURA, Kei SANO
  • Publication number: 20200254959
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an airbag module (12) which includes an airbag (16) as well as an inflator (18) which upon activation supplies filling gas for the airbag (16). The airbag (16) is folded prior to activation into an airbag package (14) so that a main package (48) which contains a restraint part (52) of the airbag (16) constituting a major part of the airbag volume as well as a connecting portion (50) is formed which comprises a neck (54) of the airbag (16) connecting the restraint part (52) to the inflator (18), wherein the restraint part (52) is folded differently from the neck (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Navarro Arranz, Ramon Ramos Agustin
  • Publication number: 20200254960
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an airbag device or the like that can suppress the occupant seated in a driver seat from moving toward the passenger seat. [Solving Means] An airbag device includes an airbag cushion inflating and deploying in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle to laterally restrain an occupant seated in a seat, and the airbag cushion includes: a housing portion that stores an inflator for jetting gas for inflation and deployment; a first portion folded in a roll or bellows shape from one horizontal end of the airbag cushion to a vicinity of the housing portion; a second portion that horizontally extends opposite to the first portion when viewed from the housing portion and is folded back toward the folded first portion; and a third portion that further extends from the second portion disposed opposite to the housing portion (411) with respect to the first portion, the third portion being folded in a roll or bellows shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20200254961
    Abstract: Provided is a side airbag for side collision which is deployed between two seats in a width direction of a vehicle to prevent occupants siting on the two seats from colliding with each other. The airbag includes a chest protective area to protect a chest of an occupant; a head protective area extending upward from the chest protective area to protect a head of the occupant; and a support area extending rearward from the head protective area and making contact with a head rest, which is provided on an upper portion of a back of the seat, so as to be supported by the head rest, wherein, the support area of the airbag is supported by the head rest when the vehicle collision occurs to prevent a head of an occupant who sits near a crashed side from moving rearward of the head protective area, thereby preventing the head of the occupant sitting near the crashed side from colliding with a head of a counterparty occupant who faces the occupant sitting near the crashed side in the width direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Tae Ik GWON, Mats BERNTSSON, Par SANDINGE, Jong-Ki BYUN
  • Publication number: 20200254962
    Abstract: Provided is a gas generator including the housing with a gas discharge port. The housing has a circular shape and includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a peripheral wall, the housing having a ratio of an axial length L to an outer diameter D satisfying L/D?1.1. The gas discharge port includes first opening portions having low burst pressure (P1) of the closing member and second opening portions having burst pressure (P2) higher than the burst pressure (P1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200254963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a retrofitting seatbelt system for a motor coach, the system including: a base plate, the base plate configured to connect to a floor rail of the motor coach; a longitudinal post configured to support a belt, the longitudinal post defines a longitudinal post inner end connected to the base plate, wherein the longitudinal post extends away from the base plate in a longitudinal direction to a longitudinal post outer end, wherein the longitudinal post defines a forward-side that faces a forward direction, and an aft-side that faces an aft direction, wherein the forward direction and the aft direction are disposed along a forward-aft axis; and a first motion damper connected to the longitudinal post near the longitudinal post outer end, the first motion damper extends in the aft direction, beyond the aft-side of the longitudinal post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas Eddy, Sundar Krishnamurty, Shreyas Patil, Anne Schewe
  • Publication number: 20200254964
    Abstract: A pretensioner includes a wire having one end connectable to webbing that restrains an occupant of a vehicle; a piston connected to another end of the wire; a cylinder that slidably accommodates the piston; a housing through which the wire passes and that holds the cylinder; and a gas generator that supplies gas to the piston through a gas chamber within the housing, the gas being for operating the piston in a retraction direction of the wire. The piston includes, at one end of a gas chamber side, a cylindrical portion that extends in an axial direction of the piston, and an initial volume of the gas chamber is adjusted by adjusting a volume of an inner space of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya OKUBO, Shigeru KOHAMA
  • Publication number: 20200254965
    Abstract: A system for determining seatbelt routing. The system includes a seatbelt retractor, a guide loop, a seatbelt latchplate, a seatbelt buckle, a seatbelt buckle sensor, a first RFID tag, RFID reader, and a control module. The seatbelt retractor stores a length of seatbelt webbing. The guide loop changes a routing direction of the seatbelt webbing. The seatbelt latchplate is engaged with the seatbelt webbing. The seatbelt buckle is secured to the motor vehicle and engages the latchplate. The seatbelt buckle sensor for detects the presence of the latchplate in the seatbelt buckle. The first RFID tag is attached to the seatbelt webbing of the seatbelt. The RFID reader detects the presence of the first RFID tag. The control module determines the seatbelt routing based on whether the seatbelt is buckled and the detection of the first RFID tag by the RFID reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jaywan Kim, Saravanakumar Nallaiah, Greta L. Stuef
  • Publication number: 20200254966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat belt buckle system comprising a seat belt buckle (1) and a belt tongue (2) which can be inserted into the seat belt buckle (1), characterized in that an RFID responder (3) is arranged in or on the belt tongue (2) and an RFID reading unit (4) is arranged in the seat belt buckle (1) and is designed in such a way that a coupling between the RFID reading unit (4) and the RFID transponder (3) is only possible if the belt tongue (2) is inserted into the seat belt buckle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Aidu OTS, Larissa MELNIKOVA, Ole SCHARNBERG, Stephan RUCHHOEFT
  • Publication number: 20200254967
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a vehicle propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, and a computing system that is in communication with the vehicle propulsion system, the brake system, and the steering system. The computing system can receive an indication an account associated with a passenger of the autonomous vehicle for a trip of the autonomous vehicle includes a predefined parent-child link with a second account. The predefined parent-child link indicates the account associated with the passenger is subordinate to the second account and a parent-child relationship exists between the passenger and a person associated with the second account. Responsive to receiving the indication of the parent-child link and the passenger being the child in the parent-child relationship, the computing system can control the autonomous vehicle to enable a linked account feature that would otherwise be disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jacqueline Mary Shannon, Stephanie Olivia Engle, Mallory McMillan, Jessica Davies, Jessica Uelmen
  • Publication number: 20200254968
    Abstract: Vehicles and methods are disclosed for enabling low power security checks to be performed on attempted access to a vehicle. An example vehicle includes a communication system having a low frequency antenna for communication with a vehicle unlocking device and a processor. The processor is configured to vary a gain in a low frequency signal transmitted to the vehicle unlocking device via the communication system, determine, based on a response from the vehicle unlocking device, that the vehicle unlocking device is a suspected attack device, responsively perform a security check on the vehicle unlocking device, and transmit an alert based on the security check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Vivekanandh Elangovan
  • Publication number: 20200254969
    Abstract: A front trunk (frunk) delivery system is disclosure for a vehicle. For one embodiment, the delivery system includes a vehicle trunk at a front portion of the vehicle. The system includes a vehicle trunk lid covering the vehicle trunk. The system includes a bar code at the vehicle. The bar code is to be captured by a mobile device of a first user to remotely operate the vehicle trunk lid for the vehicle trunk to deliver or retrieve (for returns) a delivery parcel/package. The first user can be a third party delivery operator such as a USPS or an Amazon delivery operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Wolfram Luchner
  • Publication number: 20200254970
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to a cyber-physical system (CPS). A security tool can perform access authorization by analyzing messages sent through the CPS, creating a plurality of fictitious messages, sending the plurality of fictitious messages though the CPS, and checking whether correct authorization data is included in the analyzed messages to determine authorized or unauthorized access to the CPS. An access monitoring tool can detect a change in a functional CPS module related to unauthorized access to the CPS, and responsive to the detection of a change in a functional CPS module related to unauthorized access to the CPS, change a state of a functional CPS module using a monitoring rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Sergey G. Zorin, Alexander V. Shadrin
  • Publication number: 20200254971
    Abstract: Systems and methods for localization and passive entry/passive start (PEPS) systems for vehicles are provided. A communication gateway establishes a wireless communication link with a portable device. Sensors receive connection information about the wireless communication link that includes a channel map, a next channel for communication, a next channel time for communication, a parameter for calculating a subsequent channel, and (v) a channel hop interval indicating a time interval for communication. Each sensor receives communication packets sent from the portable device based on the connection information and measures signal information. A localization module determines a location of the portable device based on the signal information. A PEPS system performs a vehicle function including at least one of unlocking a door of the vehicle, unlocking a trunk of the vehicle, and allowing the vehicle to be started based on the location of the portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Kyle GOLSCH
  • Publication number: 20200254972
    Abstract: A vehicular illumination system includes an illumination module disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle. The illumination module includes a reconfigurable display element and a light source operable to emit light. When the light source is operated, light emitted by the light source passes through the reconfigurable display element and the illumination module projects an icon established by the reconfigurable display element. The reconfigurable display element is reconfigurable to form the icon responsive to one of (i) a user selection of an icon and (ii) programming of the reconfigurable display element for an icon. When the light source is operated, light emitted by the light source passes through the reconfigurable display element and the illumination module projects the icon of the reconfigurable display element onto a surface exterior of the equipped vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Darryl P. De Wind, Justin E. Sobecki, Eric S. Deuel
  • Publication number: 20200254973
    Abstract: A processing device that processes detection strengths detected at a first detection position and a second detection position by a detector for detecting detection targets generated from a plurality of sources, includes a two-dimensionalization unit converting detection strengths a pair of sources into a two-dimensional distribution of coordinate points in which the detection strength for one source is represented by an X-axis value, and the detection strength for the other source is represented by a Y-axis value; a demarcation unit demarcating in the two-dimensional distribution of coordinate points, a predetermined region including a mixed region in which coordinate points relating to the first detection position and coordinate points relating to the second detection position are mixed; and a replacement unit replacing the two-dimensional distribution of coordinate points in a demarcated region that has been demarcated, with a two-dimensional distribution of coordinate points relating to another pair of sou
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ryota Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200254974
    Abstract: Systems and methods providing vehicle access using identified biometric data are provided herein. An example method includes storing a first biometric input for a user in a database; receiving a ride reservation from the user, the ride reservation having at least a pickup location; activating a biometric input device associated with a vehicle when the vehicle arrives at the pickup location to obtain a second biometric input for the user; authenticating the user by comparing the first biometric input with the second biometric input; and granting access to the vehicle when the first biometric input substantially matches the second biometric input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Gordon, Connie Zeng
  • Publication number: 20200254975
    Abstract: A replay plate 44 is set to have a vertically and horizontally symmetrical shape when a worm wheel 33 is viewed from its axial direction; the worm wheel 33 is provided with an accommodating concave portion 33g in which the relay plate 44 is housed so as to be recessed in the axial direction; and a part of a non-slidably contacting surface in a slidably contacting surface 44a of the relay plate 44, i.e., a non-slidably contacting surface S is covered with first and second fixing parts 35a, 35b that are provided around the accommodating concave portion 33g and protrude in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the worm wheel 33, the non-slidably contacting surface being a surface with which the contact plate is not slidably contacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200254976
    Abstract: An extendable windshield wiper system includes a wiper blade assembly having: a resilient material wiper blade; and a wiper extension rod connected to the wiper blade. A wiper sleeve is configured to move about an arc of rotation with respect to an axis of rotation of the wiper sleeve. A bore of the wiper sleeve has the wiper extension rod slidably disposed within the bore. An actuation portion directs a pressurized fluid to outwardly extend the wiper extension rod from the wiper sleeve and thereby to outwardly extend the wiper blade in an extension direction during a first portion of the arc of rotation. The wiper blade is induced to traverse an extended arc of travel during rotation of the wiper extension rod and the wiper sleeve along the arc of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce N. Greve, James C. O'Kane, David T. Renke
  • Publication number: 20200254977
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device is provided comprising a carrier element, and a wiper blade. The device comprises a connecting device pivotally and detachably connected to a joint part. The joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue to engage a hole provided in the oscillating arm. The resilient tongue is hingeable and comprises a first step to abut an edge of the hole of an oscillating arm of a first type and a second step to abut an edge of the hole of an oscillating arm of a second type. The joint part comprises at least one stepped profile to block longitudinal movement of the oscillating arm of the first type in a direction towards the free end of the joint part and to block longitudinal movement of the oscillating arm of the second type in a direction towards the free end of the joint part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Thimotey Marchand
  • Publication number: 20200254978
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment, a tank designed to contain a wiper fluid and a dispensing device, which is connected to the tank and is operable to dispense and/or spray the wiper fluid on a transparent wall, for example on a windshield; the motor vehicle further has a filling device provided with at least one duct to feed the wiper fluid into the tank; said duct having an inlet that is arranged in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto DILILLO, Andreas WUPPINGER, Michele LONGO, Daniele CALONACI
  • Publication number: 20200254979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (3) for protecting an optical sensor (13) for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the protection device (3) comprises: a housing (4) which is mounted in such a way that it rotates about a rotational axis (A1) and has a receiving element (19) designed to receive the optical sensor (13) such that the optical axis (15) of the optical sensor (13) merges with the rotational axis (A1), a transparent optical element (9) constrained to rotate with the housing (4) and designed to be arranged in front of the housing (4) facing the road and such that it is centred in relation to the optical sensor (13), and an actuator (5) for rotating the housing (4), so as to clean said optical element (9) by means of a centrifugal effect. The invention also relates to a driving assistance system (1) corresponding in this way to a cleaning method implementing such a protection device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Bretagnol, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Marcel Trebouet
  • Publication number: 20200254980
    Abstract: This vehicle cleaner unit, for cleaning a to-be-cleaned object mounted on the vehicle, is provided with: a single motor; a single pump comprising a cylinder which extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle cleaner unit and into which air is introduced, and a piston which can carry out linear motion in the longitudinal direction inside of the cylinder and which blows air to outside of the vehicle cleaning unit at high pressure; a biasing spring which biases the piston to a first side in the longitudinal direction; and a single worm mechanism which transmits rotary motion of the motor to cause the piston to carry out linear motion to the second side opposite of the first side. The rotation axis of the motor and the longitudinal direction are parallel, and the motor and the pump are positioned on the same side of the worm mechanism in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki KONDO, Akinobu KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20200254981
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a tank configured to store washing liquid, a washing device configured to wash a first washing target portion and a second washing target portion, and a control device configured to perform manual washing in which the washing device is caused to wash at least the first washing target portion when a washing request is made by an occupant of the vehicle, determine whether the second washing target portion is dirty or not, and perform automatic washing in which the washing device is caused to wash at least the second washing target portion when a determination is made that the second washing target portion is dirty. The control device is configured not to perform the automatic washing even when a determination is made that the second washing target portion is dirty in a case where a stored amount is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Takeguchi, Kunihiko Toyofuku
  • Publication number: 20200254982
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle, as well as a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium provide a cleaning service for a vehicle. In an example embodiment, a method implemented by at least one unmanned aerial vehicle for providing a cleaning service for a vehicle is provided and includes cleaning the vehicle. The cleaning can include a washing process. The washing process can include flying according to a first path. The washing process can additionally include washing the vehicle using a washing module while flying according to the first path. The first path is based on 3D shape data of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Sinan KARABURUN
  • Publication number: 20200254983
    Abstract: A brake force control system configured to allow a driver to control brake force finely only by operating an accelerator pedal, and to decelerate a vehicle to a target speed only by operating the accelerator pedal. The control system calculates a target deceleration to travel through a target site at a target speed in accordance with a decelerating factor. If a reference deceleration generated by returning the accelerator pedal to an initial position is equal to or less than the target deceleration, the control system increases the reference deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke SUZUKI, Masaki OKAMURA, Junichi MURASE, Fumito ITOH
  • Publication number: 20200254984
    Abstract: Disclosed are an autonomous emergency braking system and a method of controlling the same, wherein at least one track corresponding to the target is formed using the received radar signal, it is determined whether the tracks are generated by another vehicle, and it is determined whether the tracks determined to be generated by the other vehicle are generated by an overhead structure. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the overhead structure from being mistaken for a vehicle and thus to prevent a malfunction of the system and improve reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: In Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200254985
    Abstract: A brake pressure sensor for determination of braking efficiency includes a body that in turn includes a first half and a second half. The first half of the body includes a semi-circular recess formed on an inner surface, and the second half of the body includes a semi-circular recess formed on an inner surface. A circular opening is formed by alignment of the first body half recess with the second body half recess. The body engages an exterior of a hose of a brake unit of an anti-lock braking system by receiving the hose in the circular opening, and a strain gauge is attached to an outer surface of the first half of the body. As the anti-lock braking system is actuated and a pressure inside the hose increases, a diameter of the hose increases, creating increased strain in the body that is measured by the strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Guy Wiesen, Lassi Mikael Hartikainen
  • Publication number: 20200254986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a rotational speed sensor comprising a sensor element in a vehicle, wherein the sensor element interacts with a magnet wheel on a wheel of the vehicle and an effective parameter generated by the interaction of the magnet wheel with the sensor element is evaluated in the form of a measurand in an evaluation module and, depending on the measurand, an output variable characterizing the rotational speed of the wheel is output, wherein the sensor element is supplied via the evaluation module with a sensor voltage influencing the measurand. A sensor assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas GOERS, Julian VAN THIEL, Oliver WULF
  • Publication number: 20200254987
    Abstract: A lane departure prevention system includes a controller configured to control a braking force of vehicle wheels such that a lane departure prevention yaw moment is applied to a vehicle. The controller determines whether there is a likelihood that the vehicle enters a spinning state based on at least one of a difference between an actual yaw rate and a normative yaw rate of the vehicle calculated based on a steering angle, a vehicle speed, and the lane departure prevention yaw moment, and a degree of braking slip of a turning inside wheel when the lane departure prevention yaw moment is a yaw moment for preventing departure of the vehicle from a lane to a turning outside, and applies a spin prevention yaw moment to the vehicle when it is determined that there is a likelihood that the vehicle will enter the spinning state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hisanori MITSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200254988
    Abstract: A braking system for vehicles may have a control unit for two brake groups operatively connected to electromechanical actuators for each brake group through a relative piloting device. Each control unit may be powered by a power source and being galvanically isolated from other power sources. Each control unit may be programmed to implement, via a piloting device, a standard braking strategy in case of detection of a standard operation of each brake group and a fault braking strategy, if it detects an electrical fault of one or more of the brake groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: MASSIMO DI STEFANO, SAMUELE MAZZOLENI, LUCA CAPPELLETTI
  • Publication number: 20200254989
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic pressure control device capable of improving ease of layout. The hydraulic pressure control device includes a stroke simulator unit and a hydraulic pressure unit. The stroke simulator unit includes a stroke simulator, a simulator connection liquid passage, and a simulator connection port. The stroke simulator is independent of a master cylinder configured to generate a hydraulic pressure through a brake pedal operation, and is configured to generate a reaction force against the brake pedal operation. The simulator connection liquid passage has one end side connected to the stroke simulator, and an opposite end side. The simulator connection port is provided on the opposite end side of the simulator connection liquid passage. The stroke simulator unit is mounted to the hydraulic pressure unit. The hydraulic pressure unit includes a unit connection port and a liquid passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Ryohei MARUO, Chiharu NAKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200254990
    Abstract: A brake control device adjusts a fluid pressure of a brake fluid in a wheel cylinder, and is provided with: a fluid passage which connects a master cylinder and the wheel cylinder; a first electromagnetic valve which is provided in the fluid passage; a second electromagnetic valve which is provided in the fluid passage between the first electromagnetic valve and the wheel cylinder; a fluid pump which is driven by an electric motor, suctions the brake fluid from the fluid passage at a suction part between the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve, and discharges the brake fluid to the fluid passage at a discharge part between the first electromagnetic valve UP and the second electromagnetic valve; a check valve which is provided between the fluid pump and the discharge part; and a controller which controls the first electromagnetic valve, the second electromagnetic valve, and the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke TAKEYA
  • Publication number: 20200254991
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle may include, for a starting process of an internal combustion engine, transferring the separating clutch from a disengaged condition into an engaged condition or a slip state such that the electric machine accelerates the internal combustion engine to a starting speed. The method may further include actuating a torque-transmitting element between the electric machine and the output shaft to enter a slip state. The method may also include increasing the torque of the electric machine to reliably reach and hold the slip state of the torque-transmitting element. Additionally, the method may include operating the electric machine as a generator or as a motor depending on an expected load direction of the drive train during the starting process to reliably reach and hold the torque-transmitting element in the slip state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Jungaberle, Falko Platzer, Werner Wolfgang
  • Publication number: 20200254992
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a powertrain configured to propel the vehicle, and a controller configured to, during a first lap of the vehicle around a track, identify a portion of the track corresponding to a correlation of velocity, throttle position, and steering angle values indicative of a maximum power threshold, and, during a second lap, responsive to approaching the portion, limit power output by the powertrain causing temperature of the powertrain to fall and, upon entering the portion, increase power output to the maximum power threshold causing the temperature to rise, such that a difference in temperature between initiation of the limiting and exiting of the portion approaches zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Langhorst
  • Publication number: 20200254993
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a hybrid power-split transmission of a vehicle involve obtaining measured rotational speeds of an engine and an electric motor of the transmission, wherein the transmission comprises at least two input shafts having a gear set therebetween and an output shaft, wherein one input shaft is coupled to the engine and another input shaft is connected to the electric motor, determining a main torque profile for the electric motor based on a set of operating conditions of the vehicle, calculating a speed difference between the measured rotational speeds of the engine and the electric motor, determining a disturbance torque profile for the electric motor based on the calculated speed difference, and performing closed-loop control of the electric motor based on a combination of the main and disturbance torque profiles to mitigate a disturbance at the output shaft of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Konstantinos Siokos, Sandeep Makam, Yang Liang, Lurun Zhong, Chinmaya Mittal
  • Publication number: 20200254994
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes a drive shaft, an engagement element, an engine coupled via the engagement element, an electric motor coupled without via the engagement element, and a control unit that instructs a reengagement of the engagement element when an accelerator pedal opening increases to equal to or more than a predetermined degree of opening during switching of driving sources in which an engagement capacity of the engagement element is decreased while a torque of the electric motor is increased, and increases the torque of the electric motor to more than the torque of the electric motor before the accelerator pedal opening increases to equal to or more than the predetermined degree of opening until the engagement capacity of the engagement element starts increasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa NISHIHIRO, Masaharu MOCHIZUKI, Takashi ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200254995
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: recognizing a forward vehicle in response to the processing of image data captured by an image sensor disposed at the vehicle so as to have a field of view of the outside of the vehicle; obtaining a distance from the forward vehicle in response to the processing of detecting data captured by a radar disposed at the vehicle so as to have a detecting area of the outside of the vehicle; obtaining a change amount of vertical movement of the forward vehicle in the image data in response to the distance from the forward vehicle that is equal to or less than a reference distance; obtaining a height of an obstacle on a road surface corresponding to the change amount; obtaining the height of the obstacle on the road surface in the image data in response to the distance from the forward vehicle that exceeds the reference distance; identifying a driving speed of the vehicle; identifying a reference height corresponding to the driving speed of the vehicle; and outputting deceleration guide information
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Sang Yeob Lee
  • Publication number: 20200254996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving assist apparatus, a driving assist method, and a driving assist system capable of realizing driving assist in consideration of a delay in a driver's operation regardless of a configuration of a vehicle. A driving assist apparatus includes a standard running route acquisition portion configured to acquire a standard running route calculated based on curve information ahead of a vehicle that is acquired by an external world recognition portion, and an actuator control output portion configured to acquire a standard vehicle motion amount when the vehicle runs the standard running route, calculate an instruction that guides a motion amount of the vehicle toward the standard vehicle motion amount based on the standard vehicle motion amount and a current vehicle motion amount of the vehicle, and output the instruction to an actuator portion configured to provide at least one of a curving force and a braking force to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Satoshi KASHIWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200254997
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing auto-parking for a vehicle according to the presence of a passenger. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a request for the vehicle to auto-park and to determining the passenger is present within the vehicle, analyzing sensor data about the passenger to generate passenger characteristics that indicate at least an age group for the passenger. The method includes determining whether the age group for the passenger satisfies an auto-park threshold that is based, at least in part, on regulations of a locality in which the vehicle is presently located. The method includes selectively executing auto-parking of the vehicle according to whether the age group of the passenger satisfies the auto-park threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200254998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a parking assistance device (2) of a motor vehicle (1), comprising a) learning a parking trajectory (4) between an initial position (5) and a parked position (6) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of a computing unit (3) of the parking assistance device (2) in the case of parking which is controlled by a driver of the motor vehicle (1); b) checking whether the learnt parking trajectory (4) runs over public land (11) or over private land (12) in at least one respective section (13, 14); c) driverless parking of the motor vehicle (1) along the parking trajectory (4) exclusively in a section (14) of the checked parking trajectory (4) which runs over private land (12), in order to increase safety during a parking process which is assisted or carried out by the parking assistance device (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitrios Tzempetzis, Markus Heimberger, Stefanie Prinzhausen
  • Publication number: 20200254999
    Abstract: An automatic parking management apparatus is configured to manage an automatic parking control of automatically parking a vehicle in an empty parking space. The automatic parking management apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain a common route, which is a common part of a plurality of routes on which the vehicle, which is about to start the automatic parking control, possibly travels in the automatic parking control; a first transmitter configured to transmit information associated with the common route to the vehicle, before a travel route on which the vehicle travels in the automatic parking control is determined; and a second transmitter configured to transmit information associated with a non-common route, which excludes the common route from the travel route, to the vehicle, after the travel route on which the vehicle travels in the automatic parking control is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sugano
  • Publication number: 20200255000
    Abstract: A method for safeguarding a movement of a motor vehicle on an inclined ramp. Downhill from the motor vehicle, one or multiple collision object(s) is/are moved into a travel path specified by the ramp, so that in the event of a downhill movement of the motor vehicle on the travel path, a collision of the one or multiple collision object(s) with the motor vehicle reduces a speed of the motor vehicle while it is still on the ramp. Also described are a corresponding device, a parking facility, and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Bonnet, Gerrit Quast, Martin Moser, Roland Schweiger, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20200255001
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, upon determining that a yaw rate for a host vehicle is below a threshold, identify a front corner point of a target, and to suppress threat mitigation when a time to collision between the host vehicle and front corner point of the target exceeds a time threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Purushothaman Rayalsamy, Christopher Pontisakos, Alex Maurice Miller
  • Publication number: 20200255002
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle that includes a protection system configured to mitigate hazards to vehicle occupants posed by dynamic elements located within proximity of the vehicle. The vehicle can, in response to determining that a dynamic element is moving along a trajectory that intersects a sweep volume of a vehicle portal, can selectively restrict operation of the portal so that an occupant is restricted from opening the portal into a volume through which the dynamic element may pass. The vehicle can restrict portal operation in response to detecting external dynamic elements that are not within an occupant's field of vision. The vehicle can communicate a limited selection of vehicle sensor data, including representations of a detected dynamic element, to a user device supporting an authorized user in response to detecting that the dynamic element is located within a certain proximity of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tie-Qi Chen, Benjamin B. Lyon, Byron B. Han, Ahmad Al-Dahle
  • Publication number: 20200255003
    Abstract: The first yaw angle return control is started at a first start time when the first interruption condition is established. The actuator is controlled under the first yaw angle return control so that yaw angle at a first finish time becomes a value closer to yaw angle at the lane change start time compared with yaw angle at the first start time. The first finish time comes when a first control execution time passes from the first start time. The actuator is controlled under the second yaw angle return control so that yaw angle at a second finish time becomes a value closer to yaw angle at the lane change start time compared with yaw angle at the second start time. The second finish time comes when a second control execution time longer than the first control execution time passes from the second start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200255004
    Abstract: A method for estimating a future fall of a cargo, the method may include receiving by a computerized system, sensed information related to driving sessions of multiple vehicles; applying a machine learning process on the sensed information to detect actual or estimated cargo falling events and generate one or more future falling cargo predictors for multiple types of cargo; estimating, from the sensed information, an impact of cargo falling events related to at least some of the types of cargo; and responding to the estimating, wherein the responding comprises at least one out of (a) storing the one or more future falling cargo predictors for the multiple types of cargo, (b) transmitting the one or more future falling cargo predictors for the multiple types of cargo; (c) storing the estimated impact of cargo falling events related to the at least some of the types of cargo, and (d) transmitting the impact of cargo falling events related to the at least some of the types of cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: CARTICA AI LTD
    Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev