Patents Issued in October 1, 2020
  • VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20200307432
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat cushion includes a storage member configured to store fine particles, shaped into a bag, and made of a flexible and gas-impermeable material, and a gas supply/suction member. The gas supply/suction member fluidizes the fine particles stored in the storage member by supplying the gas to the storage member to make it easy to change a shape of the storage member. The gas supply/suction member solidifies the fine particles stored in the storage member by sucking the gas from the storage member to make it hard to change the shape of the storage member. The storage member includes a rigid inclined member disposed on at least one end of a periphery of the storage member and configured to be inclined downward from an outer periphery of the seat cushion toward a center of the seat cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20200307433
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, a storage member made of a flexible and gas-impermeable material, shaped into a bag, and configured to store fine particles, a cushion member having a flexibility lower than that of the storage member, and a gas supply/suction member configured to supply gas to the storage member and suck the gas from the storage member. The gas supply/suction member fluidizes the fine particles by supplying the gas to the storage member to make it easy to change a shape of the storage member. The gas supply/suction member solidifies the fine particles by sucking the gas from the storage member to make it hard to change the shape of the storage member. The storage member is disposed so as to face the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat. The cushion member is disposed on a back surface of the storage member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu NAGASAWA
  • ACTIVE VEHICLE FOOTREST
    Publication number: 20200307434
    Abstract: A vehicle and passenger carrying apparatus usable with a vehicle, wherein the passenger carrying portion includes a seating surface and a moveable footrest below the seating surface. The footrest is moveable from an ingress/egress position to a transport position that is closer to the seating surface than the ingress/egress position. The passenger carrying portion further includes a footrest movement mechanism, wherein the footrest movement mechanism controls movement of the moveable footrest between the ingress/egress position the transport position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew B. Staal, Nelson Vanwagoner, Jonathan G. Moss, Rudolph Carruolo, Bradford D. Kent, Bharat Naran
  • Hoist Apparatus Securement System and Method
    Publication number: 20200307435
    Abstract: A hoist apparatus assembly for a vehicle having a vehicle frame. The hoist apparatus assembly includes a hoist apparatus comprising a hoist apparatus frame. The hoist apparatus frame has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis. The hoist apparatus assembly also includes an apron plate disposed at the hoist apparatus frame first end, and the apron plate defines at least one slot therethrough. Also, the hoist apparatus assembly includes at least one first bracket including a plate and a stem disposed at a right angle to the plate. The plate of the at least one first bracket is coupled with the hoist apparatus frame at the hoist apparatus frame first end. The stem of the at least one first bracket extends through the at least one slot in the apron plate and is coupled with the vehicle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Franiak, John Jason Downing, Steven J. Kopka, Matthew Mock
  • MOBILE SALON VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307436
    Abstract: A mobile salon vehicle is configured to contain a plurality of spa chairs with an integrated massaging foot spa tub. The mobile salon vehicle includes a generator, a water tank, a water heater, water pump and associated plumbing to service the massaging foot spa tubs. The salon chair may include a full service reclining massaging chair to provide salon services on the go.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Powell
  • Unmanned carrier for carrying urban manned vehicles
    Publication number: 20200307437
    Abstract: One embodiment of an unmanned carrier for carrying urban manned vehicles includes a computer, a motorized lift, an autonomous-driving control system, and a safety frame. The computer synchronizes pick-up of manned vehicles by the unmanned carrier; wherein each manned vehicle is an autonomous on-road vehicle that transports one or more occupants in a compartment, is authorized by law to drive in a residential neighborhood, and is unauthorized by law to drive on the highway on its own because it is not safe enough for highway speed. The motorized lift enables the manned vehicles to get on and get off the unmanned carrier without human intervention. The autonomous-driving control system navigates the unmanned carrier autonomously on a highway. And the safety frame protects the occupants who sit in the carried manned vehicles during a collision at highway speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Atnomity Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Thieberger, Ari M. Frank
  • DRIVE UNIT FOR A SLIDE-OUT ROOM
    Publication number: 20200307438
    Abstract: A drive unit for a slide-out room of a recreational vehicle includes a rotary component, an elongate component, and a structural member configured to be coupled to a wall panel of the slide-out room and having an elongate cavity. The elongate component and the rotary component are arranged within the elongate cavity of the structural member and are configured to mesh such that a rotary motion of the rotary component results in a linear motion of the elongate component together with the structural member relative to the rotary component. Advantageously, the drive unit may further include a guide member and a guide rail, where the guide rail is integrated into the elongate cavity of the structural member and where the guide member and the guide rail are configured to cooperate to support the linear motion of the structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence Revelino, Rupert Wilkins, Fabio Romagnoli, Daniel K. Rodabaugh
  • STOWABLE ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200307439
    Abstract: A stowable enclosure assembly that includes a storage unit configured for being removably connected to a surface of an existing structure and a stowable framework that includes at least one arm and at least one arm mount connected to the storage unit. The at least one arm is connected and movable relative to the at least one arm mount. The stowable enclosure assembly further includes an enclosure material connected to the at least one arm. The stowable framework and the enclosure material are together configured for moving in between a folded stored position and an unfolded position for defining an enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Galen W. Yoder
  • VEHICLE COMPRISING A WIND DEFLECTING ASSEMBLY AND A LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200307440
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a chassis and a cab mounted on the chassis and including two side walls. The vehicle further comprises two side deflector panels, each having a front edge linked to a rear portion of the corresponding side wall of the cab and a rear edge, and extending vertically over at least one portion of the height of the rear portion of the corresponding side wall of the cab. A camera monitoring system, which includes a camera arranged on a supporting arm, is mounted on the cab to provide a captured image of an area located rearward of the cab. A lighting device is mounted on a side deflector panel and includes at least one infrared (IR) emitting light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nicolas Berne, Olivier Hermann
  • ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR JOINING VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20200307441
    Abstract: A vehicle structure assembly, including: a first component including a hem structure defining an internal space disposed along an outer edge thereof; and a second component including one of an outer edge and a corresponding hem structure defining a corresponding internal space, wherein the one of the outer edge and the corresponding hem structure defining the corresponding internal space of the second component is adapted to securely engage the hem structure defining the internal space of the first component, thereby joining the second component to the first component. The first component includes a planar body portion and the hem structure includes a retaining arm or flap structure disposed substantially parallel to the planar body portion, wherein the retaining arm or flap structure and the planar body portion are integrally formed and collectively define the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Håkan RUNIUS
  • VEHICLE FRONT LIGHTING APPARATUS AND DISCONNECTION DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200307442
    Abstract: In a vehicle front lighting apparatus, the number of switch elements brought into an opened state and an applied voltage value is detected every time a predetermined detection condition is satisfied, the amount of change from the number of switch elements detected last time and the amount of change from the voltage value detected last time are acquired, and it is determined that a disconnection has occurred if the amount of change in the number of switch elements does not match the amount of change in the voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yoichi FUKATSU, Toshiya TANAKA, Yosuke ISHIGURO, Hisanori TAKENAKA
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATION CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION DURING A VEHICLE BANK
    Publication number: 20200307443
    Abstract: A bank angle of a vehicle can be accurately calculated using yaw axis data and roll axis data, and based on the calculated bank angle, vehicle illumination optics can be controlled to maintain a pattern of distributed light from the illumination optics to be generally horizontal. The calculated bank angle may be zeroed when the yaw axis data equals zero. The improved pattern of distributed light from the illumination optics illuminates a more natural field of view for the vehicle driver during a bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: J.W. SPEAKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Jay McWithey, Bradley William Kay, Dragolsav Popovic
  • SIGNALLING DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN ACCELEROMETER CARRIED ON THE BACK OF A USER OF A LOCOMOTIVE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20200307444
    Abstract: The invention relates to a signalling device (1) designed to be removably placed on the back of a user of a locomotive engine, the device (1) including electronic means for signal processing and for controlling the switching-on and/or switching-off of the at least one secondary signal light (3d, 3g) synchronously with the switching-on and/or switching-off of a primary signal light present in the machine. Electronic means are built into an accelerometer and means for interpreting measurements of the accelerometer allow the detection of a lateral variation, to the right or left, of the direction of movement, the means for controlling the at least one secondary signal light (3d, 3g) comprising means for verifying that the at least one secondary signal light (3d, 3g) indicates the lateral right or left direction followed by the user and the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Mohamed Ait El Hadj
  • Vehicle Peripheral Lighting System
    Publication number: 20200307445
    Abstract: Peripheral lighting system for an emergency vehicle. In an example, the lighting system has a plurality of light heads configured to be located at various positions on the emergency vehicle. A system controller is programmed to individually control each of the light heads via each a plurality of serial communications lines from the controller to the light heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph F. Bader, Nicholas L. Nakatsuka, Christopher Radzik
  • Wire-Free System and Method for Signaling Deceleration in Vehicles
    Publication number: 20200307446
    Abstract: A system for signaling vehicle deceleration having an acceleration sensor, processor, lamp controller, power supply, mount, and lamp. The acceleration sensor gathers acceleration data of the vehicle, and the processor interprets the acceleration data gathered. If, based on that data, the processor determines that the vehicle is decelerating beyond a preset threshold, the processor powers the lamp via the lamp controller. The system adjusts for various orientations and positions of installment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FrontLane, Inc.
    Inventor: Roland Alexander Hence
  • REMOTE VEHICLE HAZARD AND COMMUNICATION BEACON
    Publication number: 20200307447
    Abstract: A hazard beacon has an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to detect that vehicle emergency indicators have been deployed, a plurality of separately strobe capable light segments forming a hazard symbol, and a microcontroller controlling operation of the plurality of separately strobe capable light segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: JOHN ZACHARIAH COBB, DANIEL ANTHONY TUCKER, DAVID M. TUCKER, STEPHEN T. POWERS, AUSTIN REECE TUCKER, KENNETH E. WAGNER, MIKE INCORVAIA
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE VISUAL BASED COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20200307448
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a projector and a sensor system configured to output data representative of an object in an environment exterior of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can further include a data store that stores height map data. A computing system of the autonomous vehicle can classify an object as a person and can detect an initial position of the person. Responsive to the detection, the computing system can calibrate a notification to be projected on a ground of the environment exterior of the autonomous vehicle. The notification is based on output of a transform from a position of the projector to the ground and the transform is applied based on the predefined height map of the ground. The notification can be projected adjacent the person. The notification may be configured to inform the person that the autonomous vehicle detects a position of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Shih
  • MULTI-MODE NVIS-COMPATIBLE LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200307449
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a night vision imaging system (NVIS) lighting system, comprising a frame comprising a first light source, a second light source adjacent to the first light source, a third light source adjacent to the second light source, and a diffuser mounted to the frame and encasing the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source. The first light source may comprise a first dominant wavelength, the second light source may comprise a second dominant wavelength different from the first dominant wavelength, and the third light source may comprise a third dominant wavelength different from the first dominant wavelength and the second dominant wavelength. Light emitted from the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source may be blended to generate a first blended light source comprising a first target output color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: PHILIPPE LAPUJADE
  • CONTROL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200307450
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a switch that operates a device, the switch being attached to a vehicle ceiling part, wherein a display able to transmit light from a light source is provided on an operation surface of an operation element of a switch, and in the operation element, an inclined part inclined with an upward slope from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear is provided, the slope being inclined at an angle at which light radiated from the light source is not visually recognized by an occupant when the light radiated from the light source is reflected on a rearview mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Takeshi Udo
  • SWITCH STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200307451
    Abstract: The switch structure provided in a control device of a vehicle ceiling part comprises a cover that is openable and closable between a closed position to cover a switch and an opened position to open the switch, and in the cover, a region that covers an operation surface of an operation element of the switch in at least the closed position is formed of a member that transmits light, and the cover has a top surface comprising an inclined portion inclined at an upward gradient from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Takeshi Udo
  • VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION DEVICE, VEHICLE AND VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200307452
    Abstract: A vehicle proximity notification device for notifying a vehicle approach using a first speaker and a second speaker provided in the vehicle includes a sound source that outputs a signal that corresponds to a sound for notifying an approach of the vehicle and that is input to the first speaker and the second speaker; and an information processor that changes a phase of at least one signal out of a signal input to the first speaker and a signal input to the second speaker in accordance with a speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyasu KONNO, Ichiro OHNO, Shinnosuke NAGASAWA
  • DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200307453
    Abstract: A driver assistance system of a vehicle can adjust a warning time-point for a hands-off detector configured to detect that a hand of a driver is off of a steering wheel. To this end, the driver assistance system can include an image acquisition device configured to acquire image data of an area outside of the vehicle, a sensor configured to acquire behavior data of the vehicle, a hands-off detector configured to detect that a hand of the driver is off of the steering wheel, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a driving situation of the vehicle based on the image data and behavior data, and to determine a warning time-point for the hands-off detector based on the driving situation. The controller can further control a warning device to output a warning message for the hands-off at the determined warning time-point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Heong Tae Kim
  • AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HAZARDOUS OBJECTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED DISTANCE FROM A SURFACE
    Publication number: 20200307454
    Abstract: The subject matter discloses an object detection apparatus, comprising an external housing connectable to a surface, said external housing comprising sensors configured to scan a predetermined scanning space to detect an object located within said scanning space; a sensor extraction mechanism, which exposes the sensors to an environment surrounding the external housing to enable scanning of said environment by the sensors; a detection processor configured to receive a command to activate the sensors to scan the predetermined scanning space; activate the sensor extraction mechanism to expose the sensors for performing the scan; activate the sensors to scan the predetermined scanning space; receive scan data from the sensors; analyze the scan data to determine a hazardous object has been detected; generate a notification that a hazardous object was detected within the scanned area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Miky WINBERG, Moran SACHKO
  • VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC LENS DEFOGGING FEATURE
    Publication number: 20200307455
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera having a housing and a lens barrel including a lens. The camera is configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process frames of image data captured by the camera. A heating device is disposed at or near the lens and is activated to initially heat the lens responsive to determination, via processing by the image processor of a frame of captured image data, of a threshold degree of lens occlusion at the lens. The heating device is (i) deactivated responsive to determination that the determined lens occlusion is not water or moisture, or (ii) further powered to increase the heating function responsive to determination that the determined occlusion is water or moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Zhongyao Liu, Yuesheng Lu, Jonathan D. Conger
  • VISUAL FIELD SUPPORT IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200307456
    Abstract: A visual field support image generation device for generating a visual field support image of a vehicle has a camera that captures an image from the vehicle and a processing section. The processing section covers the image captured by the camera to generate the visual filed support image. The image is covered by compressing the captured image so that a compression ratio of the captured image in a horizontal direction becomes higher than a compression ratio of the captured image in a vertical direction by using a depth vanishing point included in the captured image as the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi MICHIGUCHI, Yoshimasa OKABE
  • MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307457
    Abstract: A mirror assembly for a vehicle may be a multi-mode electronic mirror. The mirror assembly may include an active polarizer. The active polarizer may be an active absorptive polarizer. A reflective polarizer may be disposed adjacent to the active polarizer and configured to reflect a first polarization component of light back through the active polarizer. A mirror element may be disposed adjacent to the reflective polarizer and opposite of the active polarizer. The reflective polarizer may be secured to the mirror element. The mirror element may be a partially reflective mirror. A display may be disposed adjacent to the mirror element and distal to the active polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf
  • SELECTIVE DISPLAY WINDOW FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307458
    Abstract: A window display system may comprise a window having a display element; a display device capable of displaying images; and an image source in communication with the display device; and the display device may be configured to cause images to be displayed on the display element. The image source may comprise a controller. The window may be in a vehicle and may be one of a rear and a side vehicle window. The vehicle may have a full display mirror assembly; and the full display mirror assembly may be in communication with and configured to provide inputs to the image source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Matthew W. Chiodo
  • DISPLAY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MIRROR SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY
    Publication number: 20200307459
    Abstract: A display system includes a display surface and a display mirror. The display surface is configured to display image P1 based on a captured image. The display mirror is configured to reflect, as reflection image P2, only a partial area in the image displayed on the display surface. The display system is configured so that a position of reflection image P2 changes as a point of view of a subject viewing the display mirror moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro IMAMURA, Shoji SOH, Katsuyuki MORITA
  • PIVOTING STEP WITH ROLLER
    Publication number: 20200307460
    Abstract: A step apparatus for a vehicle with a rear impact guard beam includes top and bottom steps mounted on a step frame adapted to be pivotally attached to the rear impact guard beam about a step pivot axis oriented horizontally and perpendicular to an operating travel direction of the vehicle. The step frame is movable from an operating position to a stored position. A roller is mounted to a bottom rear end of the step frame about a roller rotational axis oriented parallel to the step pivot axis, and located above the step pivot axis. An upright surface moving toward the step frame contacts the roller component and the roller rolls upward along the upright surface and pivots the step frame about the step pivot axis from the operating position to the stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Brian R. OLSON
  • SPACECRAFT WITH INCREASED CARGO CAPACITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200307461
    Abstract: Spacecraft with increased cargo capacities, and associated systems and methods are disclosed, A representative spacecraft system includes a launch vehicle elongated along a launch vehicle axis and having at least one stage carrying a corresponding rocket engine. The representative system further includes an annular support structure carried by the at least one stage and positioned to support a cargo spacecraft having a service module and a cargo module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Michael David Johnson
  • OPERATOR CONSOLE
    Publication number: 20200307462
    Abstract: A cover for an operator console of a machine includes a first section rotatably coupled to the operator console. The first section selectively rotates between a first position and a second position about a rotational axis. The cover also includes a second section rotatably coupled to the operator console and the first section. The second section selectively rotates between a third position and a fourth position about the rotational axis. The second section is also adapted to engage with the first section during rotation of the second section from the third position to the fourth position to rotate the first section from the first position to the second position. The second section is further adapted to engage with the first section during rotation of the second section from the fourth position to the third position to rotate the first section from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Burger, Johnson David Sugidharan, Michael S. Hemry, Brian D. Nagel, Cody Conrad Lynne, Mike P. Siers, Jaya Kumar Karani
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING ITEMS SLIDING IN CARGO AREA OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307463
    Abstract: An assembly for preventing items sliding around a cargo area of a vehicle. The assembly includes a plurality of first members, where a length of the first members is based on a length of the cargo area. The assembly also includes a plurality of second members connected to an inner side of the plurality of first members to couple the first members together. The assembly also includes a plurality of third members with a first end connected to an outer side of the plurality of first members. A length of the third members is selected so that a second end of the third members is configured to engage an inner side surface of the cargo area. A method is also provided for preventing items sliding around the cargo area of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Adams
  • FISHING ROD CARRIER
    Publication number: 20200307464
    Abstract: A fishing rod carrier includes a plurality of horizontal elongate tubes each sized to receive a fishing rod, the elongate tubes being stacked on plural levels, each elongate tube is capped at the distal end. A reel box is attached to the proximal ends of the plurality of elongate tubes and defines an interior space that is continuous with an interior of each of the plurality of elongate tubes, and is configured to enclose a plurality of reels while they are attached to a corresponding plurality of fishing rods disposed within the plurality of elongate tubes. A clamping mechanism is configured to secure the fishing rod carrier to a rooftop rack of an auto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Yakima Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. McFadden, Marcos Henry Rodriguez, Jason Attfield Sagen, John Mark Elliott, Fangyuan Tian
  • WHEEL MOUNTED CARGO CARRIER
    Publication number: 20200307465
    Abstract: The present invention is a cargo carrier 100 for attachment to a mounted tire having a continuous curved bridge where the bridge has a first end 110 followed by a first concave section 182, a convex middle section 180 and a second concave section 185 followed by a second end 130; there is an arm member 140 extending upwardly from each of the first 110 and second ends 130 with at least one payload carrying member 200 connectable to the arm members 140 to secure a payload to the cargo carrier 100; there is at least one tire mount 300 at a curved bridge bottom 188 that rests on an upper surface of the tire and at least one securement apparatus 310 to secure the cargo carrier 100 to the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Marty Williams
  • PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CELL PHONE HOLDER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200307466
    Abstract: A cell phone holder structure includes a first part and a second part. The first part defines a downwardly facing recessed area. The second part is located below the first part and defines at least a first recessed area and a second recessed area. A first mobile device has a first dimension that allows the first mobile device to be inserted and retained between the first recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A second mobile device has a second dimension greater than the first dimension that allows the second mobile device to be inserted and retained between the second recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A display of the one of the first and second mobile devices set between the first part and the second part is viewable by a vehicle operator seated within the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Paulo PLIEGO
  • CAMERA MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307467
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera mounting apparatus for a vehicle that attaches the camera to the vehicle, isolates the camera from vibration at the mounting points, and accommodates thermal expansion and contraction of the vehicle and the mounting structure. The apparatus includes a camera mounting beam coupled to the camera, and one or more elastomeric vibration isolators coupled to an attachment device and coupled to the camera mounting beam. The apparatus also includes a spherical bearing coupled to the attachment device, wherein the spherical bearing is configured to accommodate misalignment of the attachment device, and one or more spring washers to generate a force holding the one or more elastomeric vibration isolators and spherical bearing in positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Todd Skinner
  • SLIDING TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200307468
    Abstract: A sliding tool assembly for a vehicle includes a sliding member configured to be slidably connected to a first accessory track of a vehicle. A base member is rotatably connected to the sliding member and rotatable about a first rotation axis. A first beam member is rotatably connected to the base member and rotatable about a second rotation axis. A second beam member is rotatably connected to the first beam member and rotatable about a third rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Rafael MORENO CASTRO
  • REINFORCING TRIM PANEL FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR
    Publication number: 20200307469
    Abstract: A vehicle interior assembly includes a motor vehicle dashboard, a motor vehicle center console spaced apart from the dashboard, and a reinforcing trim panel formed separately from the dashboard and the center console. The reinforcing trim panel is attached to both the dashboard and the center console so as to anchor the center console to the dashboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Jacob Blaharski
  • MOTOR-VEHICLE UNDERBODY LINER TO ABSORB ROLLING NOISE ON THE VEHICLE LINED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20200307470
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle underbody liner, encompassing a planar porous open-cell carrier component; the carrier component being embodied for mounting onto a motor-vehicle underbody and for being carried along therewith; the carrier component including an installation side that faces toward the motor-vehicle underbody during operation as intended, and a liner side that faces away from the motor-vehicle underbody during operation as intended; the carrier component being adjusted, by suitable densification of its open-cell material, to a sound absorption behavior having a sound absorption maximum in a frequency range from 800 Hz to 1250 Hz; there being arranged on the installation side of the carrier component an additional absorber component having a sound absorption behavior whose sound absorption maximum is also located in a frequency range from 800 Hz to 1250 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Uhl, Jürgen Küper, Carsten Riewe
  • Red Light Camera Privacy Screen
    Publication number: 20200307471
    Abstract: The invention is a cover for a vehicle license tag made of a clear shatter resistant synthetic polymer plastic covered in the inside with a polarized sheet of plastic material similar to what is used to protect contents on computer screens from prying eyes. The plastic privacy screen, will be affixed to the bumper with screws. The privacy screen prevents viewing from the top or bottom at angles of 30 degrees or greater while permitting the tag to be viewed if looked straight on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Silentium, LLC
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Chanfrau, IV
  • SEATING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WITH EMITTERS OF ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION TO DISINFECT SEATBELT WEBBING
    Publication number: 20200307472
    Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle comprising: a seat; a seatback including an occupant side configured to contact and support an occupant of the seating assembly, a rear side that faces in the generally opposite direction as the occupant side, and a top portion; seatbelt webbing, the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback; a plurality of emitters of UVC radiation; and an emitter support structure attached to the seatback that supports the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation such that the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation emit UVC radiation onto the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Daniel Ferretti, Michael Kolich, Scott Holmes Dunham, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Benjamin Yilma, Matthew Anthony Majkowski
  • VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20200307473
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including a microcontroller, a wifi/bluetooth device, a voltage stabilizer circuit and a voltage protector circuit, a battery and a battery charge control circuit, an analogue-digital bus can adapter circuit of transceiver type, an optical-digital signal adapter, a radiofrequency (rf) module, an external antenna adapter circuit and a non-volatile data storage device (rom) that allows the generation of an internal and an external wireless network at the same time and connection with other devices, to make control, warning, management and storage of driver's data and his driving style, his load and related units in real-time, and the interrelation with other vehicles that also have the device, for communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE INGENIERIA Y DESARROLLO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marcelo Roberto Pividori
  • WIRE HARNESS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200307474
    Abstract: A wire harness is routed in a vehicle, is configured to be connected to each of devices having a self-diagnosis function, and has a function of detecting states of the devices separately from the devices. The wire harness includes a harness main body, connection portions provided on end portions of the harness main body respectively and configured to be connected to the devices respectively, a detection unit provided in at least one of the connection portions and configured to detect a state of the device separately from the self-diagnosis function of the each of devices, and a safety management unit configured to capture data of the state of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ogura
  • ROUTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC WIRES
    Publication number: 20200307475
    Abstract: A routing structure for routing an electric wire to a vehicle seat includes: a first cushion portion attached to the vehicle seat; and the electric wire fixed to the first cushion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Housei MIZUNO, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Kaho HAYASHI
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200307476
    Abstract: An electric vehicle drive system includes a controller area network (CAN) bus, a plurality of sensors, a vehicle functional module, a database device, an artificial intelligence (AI) computer and an intermediate agent device electrically connected to the database device, the vehicle functional module and the AI computer, and used to identify the kind of the vehicle functional module, match out a communication format corresponding to the kind of the vehicle functional module, produce an instruction complying with the communication format by simulating another instruction received from the AI computer, and send the instruction to the vehicle functional module for performing a specific function for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Jack CHEN
  • VEHICLE SEATING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200307477
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle control module and restraint control module operably coupled to the vehicle control module. A seating assembly is operable between a folded position and an unfolded position. A user-interface includes a microphone. The microphone receives a user command to adjust a seating position of the seating assembly and sends a request signal to the vehicle control module. The vehicle control module controls a seating position adjustment based on a start signal from the restraint control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Maria Gabriela Medrano Gonzalez
  • ONE PIECE LOAD DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200307478
    Abstract: A load distribution device for a vehicle configured to distribute loads in the event of a collision involving the vehicle, the load distribution device comprises: an upper beam extending in a transversal direction and connectable to at least one upper load path of the vehicle; a lower beam extending in the transversal direction and arrangeable at at least one lower load path of the vehicle; and an interconnecting portion connecting the upper beam and the lower beam, wherein the upper beam, the lower beam, and the interconnecting portion are made in a single piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Johan EKLUND
  • VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200307479
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam extending in a left-right direction, and left and right side members functioning as a frame member supporting both ends of the bumper beam. The bumper beam includes a connecting member that connects the both ends to suppress the extension between the both ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Keiichiro Tsuji, Takayuki Fujii, Yusuke Miura, Tomohiro Shimizu, Yumi Saito
  • VEHICLE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT USING PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200307480
    Abstract: Computing nodes in a peer-to-peer network that can receive data about an accident in response to a vehicle having an accident. A computing device in the peer-to-peer network can generate a record of the data and store, in persistent storage, a copy of the record. The computing device can also transmit the record, via peer-to-peer connections, to other computing nodes in the network. The nodes in the network, when receiving the record, can each store a copy of the record and broadcast the record to one or more additional computing nodes in the network to cause the one or more additional computing nodes to store one or more additional copies of the record. Also, in response to an inquiry about the accident, the node can provide the record. And the node can participate in a determination of a network consensus in the network about validity of the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Troia, Antonino Mondello
  • AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER UNIT
    Publication number: 20200307481
    Abstract: An airbag electronic control unit for a vehicle includes a main controller unit (MCU) for, in response to detecting a vehicle event, actuating at least one protection device in the vehicle. A battery is provided for receiving power from the vehicle to power the MCU such that power to the MCU is continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: GRIGORY YEZERSKY, WILLIAM C. FRIGON, THOMAS J. GUNTHER, ANUJ SHAH, VITALIY SELEKTOR, ERIK ROMZEK