Patents Issued in November 12, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200353875
    Abstract: A communication unit includes a circuit board on which a communication circuit is provided, an antenna connected to the circuit board, and a housing storing the circuit board and the antenna. The housing includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and an outer wall. The upper plate is located above the lower plate. An inner space is defined by the upper plate, the lower plate, and the outer wall. In the inner space, an inner wall surrounds the entire periphery of the circuit board in a plan view and projects from a lower surface of the upper plate to a position farther downward than the circuit board in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Yuichi OMURA
  • Publication number: 20200353876
    Abstract: An integrated housing assembly can be mounted on a roof of a vehicle, such as a semi-trailer truck. The integrated housing assembly includes a main enclosure that includes four sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel. One of the four sides is a front panel that is inclined towards the ground. The main enclosure includes one or more cavities. A front panel of the integrated housing assembly includes one or more openings to allow cameras or sensors to be placed within the one or more cavities and behind the one or more opening. The cameras or sensors cameras can be clamped at a downward angle within multiple lock apparatus. The angled front panel and the inclined cameras or sensors within the lock apparatus allow the cameras or sensors to obtain images or sensor data from one or more regions of interest at some distance from the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Qiwei Li, Todd Skinner, Yishi Liu
  • Publication number: 20200353877
    Abstract: A pop-up apparatus for a camera mirror system disposed inside a panel of a body of a vehicle includes a camera mirror assembly to provide a rear view of a vehicle, a camera mirror housing disposed to enclose the camera mirror system and configured to move to an outside of the panel, and a camera mirror frame configured to receive a driving force from a driving unit. The driving unit opens a cover of the panel while driving the camera mirror assembly to move to the outside of the panel through an opened portion of the panel in linkage with the camera mirror frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Seung Hyeok Chang, Hyeon Jo, Ki Hong Lee, Jong Min Park
  • Publication number: 20200353878
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving a first set of positional parameters for movement of a vehicle through an environment captured by a first sensor associated with the vehicle. The method includes receiving a second set of positional parameters for movement of the vehicle through the environment captured by a second sensor associated with the vehicle. The method includes calculating an angular offset between the first set of positional parameters and the second set of positional parameters based on comparing the first set of positional parameters to the second set of positional parameters. The method includes determining a calibration factor based on the calculated angular offset. The method includes calibrating at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor by using the calibration factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Forrest Samuel Briggs
  • Publication number: 20200353879
    Abstract: There is disclosed a service trailer which may be quickly deployed to a site to provide potable water, electricity, lighting and a storage of grey water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Rapid Deployment, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce R. Wagner, SR.
  • Publication number: 20200353880
    Abstract: To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei MIZUNO, Hiroki HIRAI, Makoto HIGASHIKOZONO, Hidetoshi ISHIDA, Masakuni KASUGAI
  • Publication number: 20200353881
    Abstract: A grommet includes a main body that fits into a through hole penetrating an attachment target in an axial direction to waterproof the through hole and that allows a wiring member to be inserted into an inner portion in the axial direction. The main body includes a plate-shaped portion extending in intersecting directions that intersect the axial direction so as to close at least a portion of the through hole, and a sound insulation wall portion having a sound insulation protrusion that protrudes from the plate-shaped portion in the axial direction so as to be formed in an annular or arc shape centered around a central axis in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ryohei Toyoda, Katsuya Yoshimura, Tomoyoshi Katayama, Ryuuta Izumi
  • Publication number: 20200353882
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to responsive to identifying a first user via a mobile device, load a first non-person entity associated with the first user from the mobile device to configure vehicle settings, the first non-person entity including a driver setting, a first entertainment setting and a second entertainment setting; and responsive to identifying a second user entering the vehicle, switch from the first entertainment setting to a second entertainment setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Carl BEISER, John CORREIA, James Wilhelm HEATON, Arthur Marius VITUI, Praveen Kumar YALAVARTY, Venkata Maruthe Ravikumara Sharma CHENGALVALA
  • Publication number: 20200353883
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a unitary energy absorbing structure for a vehicle includes providing a first mold having a cavity receiving a first mandrel and a second mold having a cavity receiving a second mandrel. At least one mandrel segment is positioned in the first mold cavity and cooperates with the first mandrel. One or more layers of composite material at least partially cover the first mold cavity, first mandrel, at least one mandrel segment and second mold. The unitary structure is formed from the first layer, the second layer and the third layer of composite material with the first mandrel, the at least one mandrel segment and the second mandrel in the first mold and the second mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bradley A. Newcomb, Xiaosong Huang
  • Publication number: 20200353884
    Abstract: A system on chip that comprises independent paths that applies ASIL decomposition in order to comply with an ASIL level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Simone Fabris, Efim Belman, Efraim Mangell
  • Publication number: 20200353885
    Abstract: A restraint system for a vehicle is disclosed. The restraint system includes a seat shaped to accommodate an occupant, wherein the seat includes a seat back and an energy absorption member that expands from a stowed position and into a deployed position. The energy absorption member fills a volume of space behind the seat back when in the deployed position to absorb energy that would otherwise be imparted towards an occupant of the seat during an impact involving the vehicle. The restraint system also includes an impact sensing device generating an impact signal in response to detecting the impact involving the vehicle is imminent. The impact signal indicates an orientation and magnitude of the impact involving the vehicle. The restraint system includes a control module in electronic communication with the energy absorption member and the impact sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Kim, Anna M. Lusk, Brian J. Putala
  • Publication number: 20200353886
    Abstract: A positional-dependent airbag deployment system is provided. A plurality of tether cutters are configured to cut at least one of a plurality of tethers affixed to an airbag. An image sensor is configured to monitor the position of an occupant's head within a vehicle. In response to detecting a collision event, an airbag controller determines a trajectory of the occupant's head based on the image sensor data and other data and determines a cutting sequence of the tethers such the airbag will be deployed in a trajectory to intercept the occupant's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: WINSTON ROBERTSON, WILLIAM PATRICK GARRETT, GEORGE EVANS
  • Publication number: 20200353887
    Abstract: A gas distribution system for airbag inflation in a vehicle can include: a passenger airbag including a plurality of inflatable chambers; an airbag inflation device configured to produce a gas when a collision involving the vehicle is sensed and to supply the gas to the passenger airbag, causing deployment of the passenger airbag; and an inflation gas distributor disposed at least partially between the airbag inflation device and the passenger airbag, the inflation gas distributor including a rotatable distributor belt, the inflation gas distributor configured to allow passage of the gas from the airbag inflation device to a first subset of the plurality of chambers, and to impede passage of the gas from the airbag inflation device to a second subset of the plurality of chambers, by rotating the distributor belt to a gas distribution position selected among a plurality of predetermined gas distribution positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Samuel Zeng
  • Publication number: 20200353888
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, a seat spaced from the door, and an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position between the door and the seat. The airbag includes a plurality of first threads and a plurality of second threads being a different type of thread than the first threads. The airbag includes a first portion having the first threads interwoven with each other. The airbag includes a second portion having the second threads interwoven with the first threads. The second portion faces the door in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK, ZHIBING DENG, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK, DEEPAK PATEL
  • Publication number: 20200353889
    Abstract: Problem: To provide an airbag fabric and a coated fabric for airbags that are lightweight and compact while maintaining the tensile strength required for airbags, and that can mitigate damage to seams of an airbag when the airbag deploys; and that allow for stable airbag deployment. Solution: An airbag fabric that is a fabric comprising a synthetic fiber, the fiber that constitutes the fabric having a total fineness of 200 to 400 dtex, an average edgecomb resistance retention in the warp and weft directions after heating at 210° C. for 30 seconds of 60% or more, and a residual shrinkage of 1.5% or less in both the warp and weft directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Kamimura, Tsutomu Akechi
  • Publication number: 20200353890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a front end panel assembly for an electric vehicle, the assembly comprising a front cover having side edges, the front cover extending in a bended shape such that a first angle ? is enclosed between a first portion and a second portion of the front cover; and a carrier structure comprising a base and a peripheral wall extending from the base, wherein the carrier structure comprises a first part and a second part that enclose a second angle ?; wherein the upstanding wall connects to the front cover at or near at least part of the side edges of the front cover, such that a space is formed and enclosed between the front cover and the carrier structure, wherein the first portion of the front cover covers the first part of the carrier structure, and the second portion of the front cover covers the second part of the carrier structure. The invention also relates to a vehicle provided with such a front end panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Geert Jan SCHELLEKENS
  • Publication number: 20200353891
    Abstract: An occupant restrainment harness configured for use in conjunction with a vehicle seatbelt system, the restrainment harness having a back panel and a front panel defining together an occupant torso accommodating space, adjustably closable by a fastener mechanism configured at the front panel; wherein the back panel is configured at a lower portion thereof with a lap strap fastener arrangement configured for receiving a lap strap of the vehicle seatbelt system, and a top shoulder strap fastener buckle centrally positioned at a top portion of the back panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Hikri Simon, Refael Hikri Simon, Geva Hikri Simon, Hili Hikri Simon, Ori Hikri Simon, Danniel Turjeman
  • Publication number: 20200353892
    Abstract: A seatbelt pretensioning retractor assembly for use in a vehicle is provided. The seatbelt pretensioning retractor assembly includes a housing adapted for being mounted to a frame and having an interior cavity, a pretensioner tube having an arcuate and curved shape, a pretensioner wheel rotatably mounted to the housing and fixedly coupled to a spindle, a pretensioner rod disposed within the tube and a guide plate having a guide portion and a rod guide. The pretensioner rod engages with the pretensioner wheel during pretensioning. In addition, the pretensioner wheel includes a body portion, a pair of flanges radially extending from the body portion and a plurality of vanes with the cavities formed between adjacent two of the plurality of vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Bin WANG, Christopher D. HALL, Jon E. Burrow, Kenneth H. KOHLNDORFER, Richard W. Koning
  • Publication number: 20200353893
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described by which provide secured temporary access. A control system comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform various aspects of the secure temporary access techniques. The memory may comprise instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine, from a device operated by the authorized operator remotely from the vehicle, that a third party is authorized to temporarily access at least a portion of the vehicle, configure, responsive to determining that the third party is authorized to temporarily access at least the portion of the vehicle, the vehicle to secure the temporary access by the third party to at least the portion of the vehicle, and provide, responsive to securing the temporary access, and to the third party, the temporary access to at least the portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Pedro Ivo Popelier Salomao, Kristoffer Gronowski
  • Publication number: 20200353894
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating users to operate a vehicle are disclosed. The system can receive biometric data from a sensor on user equipment (UE) or a sensor installed in the vehicle. The system can also receive location data from the UE and the vehicle. The biometric data can be compared to stored biometric data for one or more authorized users. The location data of the UE and the location data of the vehicle can be compared to determine the proximity thereof. When the biometric data matches at least one biometric profile in the stored biometric data and the UE location data is within a predetermined distance of the vehicle location data, the user can be authenticated to operate the vehicle. The system can also detect risky driving behavior and assume control of the vehicle or report the behavior to authorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Ahmad Arash Obaidi
  • Publication number: 20200353895
    Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes an authentication unit to change an authentication threshold value used for authentication to increase difficulty of authentication when authentication of biometric information by checking against registered biometric information is unsuccessful a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Rijin OWAKI, Yosuke OHASHI, Fumitaka YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200353896
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper device is provided including a first motor that swings a wiper arm such that a wiper blade coupled to a leading end portion of the wiper arm wipes a windshield, a second motor that extends or retracts an extension and retraction mechanism provided to the wiper arm in order to change a wiping range of the wiper blade, and a controller that controls rotation of the first motor such that the first motor rotates at a rotation speed corresponding to a wiping speed, and that controls rotation of the second motor so as to extend or retract the extension and retraction mechanism by an extension or retraction amount corresponding to the wiping speed during a wiping operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro SUGIMOTO, Atsushi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200353897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle's windscreen wiper, that includes a wiper blade and driving system; where the driving system includes a wiper motor, a wheel plate that pivots about a central rotational axis; where the wheel plate's angular position is associated with the wiper blade's angular position; where a parking cam on the wheel is associated with two parking contact springs with parking electrodes that press against the wheel plate surface under a resilient bias of the parking contact spring; where a parking trace is defined by a track slid by the parking electrode on the wheel plate during the wheel plate's rotation such that distances between the contact spring parking electrodes and the wheel plate's central rotation axis is substantially equal to each other such that traces of the parking electrodes generally coincide with each other; where the invention further includes a single-trace parking cam consisting of only one arc-segment such that the parking trace substantially follows
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Changshu Valeo Automotive Wiper Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing XU, Raphael MENEGUZ, Yang ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200353898
    Abstract: A coupling clip includes a clip body that includes a wiper lever anchor portion to be anchored to a coupling shaft provided at a wiper lever assembly supporting a blade rubber, and a wiper arm anchor portion for anchoring a wiper arm. The coupling clip also includes a damper member that is attached to the clip body. When the wiper lever assembly is displaced with respect to the clip body, the damper member is deformed between the wiper lever assembly and the clip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro OTA
  • Publication number: 20200353899
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supported on a ground surface via a wheel unit and a pair of left and right fenders that can be reversed from a normal posture to a reversed posture via a reversal mechanism, an inside area covered by the fender under its normal posture becoming exposed in the reversed posture of the fender. The fender is maintained under the normal posture and the reversed posture. A first accommodating profile is formed in the surface of the fender, the first accommodating profile being capable of accommodating an article when the fender assumes the normal posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato ASAHARA, Brandon MULLINS
  • Publication number: 20200353900
    Abstract: An automated system, method and network for oil changing and other routine vehicle maintenance using robotics and various cameras and sensors, which is highly efficient, cost effective, and time-saving. Via a network, users can manage, schedule and keep track of their vehicles and related services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: OSMAN YUSUF
  • Publication number: 20200353901
    Abstract: A fuel dispensing system includes that receives fuel from a fuel storage tank, and a blending system in fluid communication with the fuel dispensing unit. The blending system including a fuel conveyance device that receives the fuel from the fuel dispensing unit, and an additive conveyance device that pumps a fuel additive to be blended with the fuel based on a volumetric flow rate of the fuel, whereby the blending system provides a product mixture having a known fuel-to-fuel additive ratio. A hose and a nozzle are fluid communication with the blending system to dispense the product mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Additech Inc.
    Inventors: Sujith Velayudhan Nair, Vincent Charles Ciardo
  • Publication number: 20200353902
    Abstract: An air pressure maintenance apparatus and method uses one or more high-pressure gas storage tanks coupled to an inflation hose via a calibrated rigid measurement chamber and automated system of valves to permit rapid inflation of a tire or other inflatable device to an accurate target pressure accounting for temperature effects, and recording accurate pre- and post-inflation pressure for analysis of deflation over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Lo Presti
  • Publication number: 20200353903
    Abstract: A brake pedal portion is configured to be contacted by a driver; an arm portion is connected to the brake portion and is configured to, in response to force being applied to the brake pedal portion, move in a first direction away from a first predetermined position and toward a second predetermined position; a detent mechanism is configured to: apply a first biasing force to the arm portion in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction when a position of the arm portion is between the first predetermined position and a third predetermined position between the first and second predetermined positions; and apply a second biasing force to the arm portion in the second direction opposite to the first direction when the position of the arm portion is between the third and second predetermined positions, where the first biasing force is different than the second biasing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Frank C. VALERI, Glenn PIETILA, Timothy R. BOHN
  • Publication number: 20200353904
    Abstract: A vehicle and a control method of the same are provided. The vehicle may include a braking, a camera configured to capture an image of a front side of the vehicle and obtain image data, a radar configured to obtain radar data including distance information with respect to another vehicle traveling in an opposite direction at an intersection and speed information of the other vehicle, and a controller configured to estimate a collision risk on a side of the other vehicle based on the image data and the radar data when the vehicle is turning at the intersection, and control the brake based on the collision risk on the side of the other vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sangyeob LEE, Ilhwan KIM, Donghyuk KIM, Kyung-joo BANG
  • Publication number: 20200353905
    Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanical braking system for a transportation vehicle having a brake pedal, a brake master cylinder, and an electromechanical brake booster. The electromechanical brake booster includes an actuator motor for increasing or decreasing the pedal force on the brake master cylinder to boost or reduce the braking power accordingly. A change in the boosting force of the electromechanical brake booster is limited to avoid uncontrolled changes of the brake boosting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Michael SCHMALBRUCH, Adrian SZAWLOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20200353906
    Abstract: A control method of an electrical braking system for aircraft includes a plurality of electromechanical actuators capable of applying a braking force on friction members. Each electromechanical actuator includes an electric motor equipped with one or more windings. The braking system further includes at least one power module configured to send to each electric motor winding a phase current and at least one control module configured to control, in response to a braking setpoint, the sending by the power module of a setpoint phase current determined depending on the braking force to be applied. The method further includes the variation of the phase current transmitted to each winding of the electric motor so as to cause the phase current to oscillate around the setpoint phase current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Olivier FREY
  • Publication number: 20200353907
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake system includes establishing a parking brake request for a first automated parking brake constructed on a first wheel located on a first side of an axle of a motor vehicle, producing a braking force at the first wheel by activating, in response to the establishing of the parking brake request, the first automated parking brake, and activating a compensation device connecting the first wheel and a second wheel located on a second side of the axle to apply a braking force to the second wheel via the first wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Helmut Wolff, Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Publication number: 20200353908
    Abstract: A brake pedal assembly comprising a pedal and a pedal resistance force member operably coupled to the pedal. A damper pedal resistance force module defines an interior fluid-filled cavity. A shaft extends through the damper module and includes a piston mounted thereon and moveable through the fluid-filled cavity to generate a damper resistance force. A spring pedal resistance force module is adapted to generate a spring pedal resistance force. A pedal force sensing module is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal position sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal force sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Street, John Jablonski, Xiaofeng Huang, Douglas C. Moore, Eric Brannstrom
  • Publication number: 20200353909
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, which includes a control system configured to: actuate a pressure generation device in accordance with a braking request signal to generate the brake pressure; ascertain an operational state of the pressure generation device; ascertain a position of a displacement piston of a brake master cylinder based on the braking request signal; and couple a pressure modulation device to a brake master cylinder volume and actuate the device so that the pressure modulation device conveys brake fluid out of the brake master cylinder volume into the wheel brake circuit, if the operational status of the pressure generation device is ascertained to be nonoperational and the displacement piston is in the idle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Herbert Vollert, Jonathan Schnur, Markus Weigel
  • Publication number: 20200353910
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for performing rear-wheel regenerative braking control of an ESC integrated regenerative braking system. The apparatus includes: a pedal cylinder unit connected with a reserve unit in which oil is stored and configured to generate an oil pressure as a brake pedal is pressed; a motor driven by an electric signal that is output in response to displacement of the brake pedal; a master cylinder unit connected with the pedal cylinder unit; a control unit configured to perform reverse pressure control on the motor as much as a variation in a rear-wheel regenerative braking force if transition of the rear-wheel regenerative braking force occurs, and perform drive pressure control on the motor if the transition of the rear-wheel regenerative braking force is completed; and oil pressure relief valves provided on oil pressure lines that connect from the reserve unit to wheel cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Yong Cheol SEOL
  • Publication number: 20200353911
    Abstract: This electric braking device is provided with: an electric motor MTR that, in accordance with an operation amount Bpa of a braking operation member BP, generates a pressing force Fba, being a force pressing a friction member MSB against a rotary member KTB that rotates integrally with a wheel WHL of the vehicle; and a circuit board KBN to which a processor MPR and a bridge circuit BRG are mounted. The device is further provided with a rotation angle sensor MKA for detecting the rotation angle Mka of the electric motor, and drives the electric motor MTR on the basis of the rotation angle Mka. An end face Mmk of the rotation angle sensor MKA is fixed so as to be in contact with the circuit board KBN. The device is further provided with a pressing force sensor FBA for detecting the pressing force Fba, and drives the electric motor MTR on the basis of the pressing force Fba. An end face Mfb of the pressing force sensor FBA is fixed so as to be in contact with the circuit board KBN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YASUI, Tomonori KATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200353912
    Abstract: A support element for positioning a first element, in particular a cover, on a second element, in particular a housing, includes an annular disk-shaped base body that can be positioned on a support rod fastened on the second element, the base body having on a first end face a support surface for making supporting contact with the first element, where the support element has, on the first end face, a plastically deformable projection forming the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt
  • Publication number: 20200353913
    Abstract: A method may include a data collection operation; a data-processing; a type determination operation in which the controller analyzes a pattern of the processed data to determine a type of pattern from among predetermined reference patterns; an STS calculation operation in which the controller is configured to determine an STS; a map selection operation in which the controller is configured to select a control map among a plurality of control maps on the basis of an LTS determined by accumulating the STS; and a gear-shifting operation in which the controller performs gear shifting using the selected controller map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Geon Tae Lee, Min Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20200353914
    Abstract: An in-vehicle processing device comprises a sensor input unit which acquires sensor information as an output of a sensor which acquires information around a vehicle, a movement information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle movement information as information related to a movement of the vehicle, a log recording unit which records information based on the vehicle movement information and the sensor information in a storage unit, a map generation unit which creates an environmental map including a drivable area where the vehicle can travel based on determination of static objects that do not move and mobile objects that can move by using information based on the vehicle movement information and the sensor information recorded in the storage unit, and a route calculation unit which calculates a travel route of the vehicle by using the environmental map, wherein the environmental map includes information of a parking position as a position of parking the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyasu HASEJIMA, Takehito OGATA, Toshihisa KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200353915
    Abstract: A method for providing vehicle-trajectory information. The method includes a read-in task, in which at least one item of inertial information is read in that indicates at least one parameter of a movement of a vehicle during travel. In addition, the method includes an acquisition task, in which location information is acquired that indicates the position of the vehicle during the movement. In a last determination task, the vehicle-trajectory information is determined using the inertial information and the location information, the vehicle-trajectory information representing the movement of the vehicle at the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jan ROHDE, Martin MUELLER, Michael PAGEL, Philipp LEHNER, Volker HOFSAESS, Gernot SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20200353916
    Abstract: Methods include electronically monitoring sensor or transceiver location information to detect a location of a machine. Responsive to detection of the machine, determining if the machine is located within a first geographic region, and if the machine is located within a first geographic region, electronically sending a command to an actuator that is coupled to the machine to initiate a first response. The first response includes limiting a height of an implement that is coupled to a chassis of the machine. The implement being height-adjustable relative to the chassis by action of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Schwartz, Andrew C. Jensen, Rodney L. Menold, Anthony J. Weltzer
  • Publication number: 20200353917
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating a driving trajectory for a vehicle while the vehicle is blocked (e.g., the sensor of the vehicle have detected an object results in the vehicle being unable to move) by an object (e.g., another vehicle, bicycle, or a pedestrian) and executing the driving trajectory when the vehicle becomes unblocked. In addition, techniques are provided for updating a portion of a driving trajectory of a vehicle based on a determination that an object will cross a segment of the current driving trajectory at a later point, without recalculating the whole trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Olivia Leitermann, Eryk Brian Nice
  • Publication number: 20200353918
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle control device which comprises a traveling course control part 10a to update a target traveling course R, and an automatic anti-collision control part 10b to execute automatic anti-collision control processing (S14) for avoiding collision with an obstacle. The part 10a corrects the target traveling course R to calculate corrected traveling course candidates for avoiding the obstacle, and evaluates the corrected traveling course candidates by an evaluation function J to select one of the candidates as a corrected traveling course. The part 10a generates a first request signal for a brake control system 32 to allow the vehicle 1 to travel along the corrected traveling course. The part 10b generates a second request signal for the brake control system 32. The vehicle control device further comprises an output control part 10d to output the first or second request signal to the brake control system 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi GOTO, Hiroshi OHMURA, Kouji HOSODA, Tetsuya TACHIHATA, Takashi NAKAGAMI, Yuma NISHIJO, Yasuhiro KAWAHARA, Shota KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200353919
    Abstract: A target detection device provided in a vehicle includes: a detector detecting at least one target existing in a peripheral region of the vehicle; a detection controller outputting target data on the at least one target selected based on a predetermined criterion among the detected at least one target; a central controller controlling the vehicle based on the output target data; a storage storing divided region information representing divided regions generated by preliminarily dividing the peripheral region; and a drive assist controller performing control to assist driving of the vehicle. The detection controller selects at least one first target detected in one or more first divided regions of the divided regions set according to an operation state of the drive assist controller, in preference to at least one second target detected in a second divided region other than the one or more first divided regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru KAWABATA, Takahito IKENOUCHI, Kanichi KOYAMA, Takayuki MORITANI
  • Publication number: 20200353920
    Abstract: A moving object such as a vehicle is identified within an intersection having multiple exits. The moving object and the intersection and its exits may be identified based on sensor data obtained from various sensors mounted on an ADV. An exit coordinate map is generated based on the orientation of the moving object and a relative position of each of the exits of the intersection with respect to the current position of the moving object. For each of the exits, an exit probability of the exit that the moving object likely exits the intersection using the exit coordinate map. Thereafter, a trajectory of the ADV is planned to navigate through the intersection to avoid the collision with the moving object based on the exit probabilities of the exits of the intersection. The above process is iteratively performed for each of the moving objects detected within the proximity of the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: HONGYI SUN, JIACHENG PAN, KECHENG XU, YAJIA ZHANG, JINGHAO MIAO
  • Publication number: 20200353921
    Abstract: A lane departure preventing device includes at least one electronic control unit. The at least one electronic control unit is configured to: when there is a likelihood that a vehicle will depart from a traveling lane, calculate a prevention yaw moment, and control a brake actuator such that the prevention yaw moment is applied to the vehicle; acquire a lateral acceleration; determine whether the lateral acceleration is greater than an ideal value by a predetermined value; control the brake actuator such that the braking force matches a target braking force required to apply the prevention yaw moment to the vehicle, when the lateral acceleration is not greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value; and control the brake actuator such that the braking force is less than the target braking force, when the lateral acceleration is greater than the ideal value by the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira NAGAE, Ryo INOMATA, Hironori ITO, Masayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200353922
    Abstract: A smart cruise control (SCC) system based on complex information and a method of controlling the same. The method includes setting an SCC user-setting speed as a vehicle speed when an SCC function is turned on, driving a vehicle at the set vehicle speed, deriving vehicle speed limit information of a road section in which the vehicle is travelling from navigation speed limit information, road sign speed limit information, and surrounding vehicle speed information of the road section, and controlling the vehicle speed on the basis of the derived vehicle speed limit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Jung Gue LEE
  • Publication number: 20200353923
    Abstract: A method and system for validating the calculated localization (15) of a vehicle are devised. The vehicle (1) is equipped with P independent localization data sources (2-8), with P higher than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Benoit PERRIN, Cyril ROUSSILLON, Arnaud DUMERAT, Manon MONNERIE, Arnaud TELINGE
  • Publication number: 20200353924
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive cruise control with proximate vehicle detection are disclosed. The example embodiment can be configured for: receiving input object data from a subsystem of a host vehicle, the input object data including distance data and velocity data relative to detected target vehicles; detecting the presence of any target vehicles within a sensitive zone in front of the host vehicle, to the left of the host vehicle, and to the right of the host vehicle; determining a relative speed and a separation distance between each of the detected target vehicles relative to the host vehicle; and generating a velocity command to adjust a speed of the host vehicle based on the relative speeds and separation distances between the host vehicle and the detected target vehicles to maintain a safe separation between the host vehicle and the target vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Wutu LIN, Liu Liu, Zijie Xuan, Xing Sun, Kai-Chieh Ma, Yufei Zhao