Patents Issued in December 29, 2020
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Patent number: 10875426Abstract: A child restraint includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back includes a backrest and an adjustable headrest that is mounted for up-and-down movement on the backrest by a caregiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.Inventors: Jason H. Johnson, Mei-Hui Lin, Devin J. Coakley, Grant M. Mason
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Patent number: 10875427Abstract: An attachment member allowing a connected state between the attachment member and a guide member to be more easily checked is provided. The attachment member for attaching a stay cloth, which guides a deployment direction of an airbag module, to a seat back frame has a holding portion which includes a holding space for housing an attachment portion of the stay cloth. The holding portion is inserted into an attachment hole to be fitted into the attachment hole that is formed in the seat back frame. A through-hole which allows the attachment portion of the stay cloth in the holding space to be exposed in a penetrating direction of the attachment hole is formed in the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Baba, Makoto Takeuchi, Hiroshi Izawa, Yoshihisa Kurosaki
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Patent number: 10875428Abstract: A seat located in a cabin of a motor vehicle includes a seat back and a layer of radiant material embedded in the seat back. The radiant material directs heat to one or more occupants residing in a rear region of the cabin in the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Rami Z. Sayed
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Patent number: 10875429Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor module (1), comprising: at least a first sensor (10) that is designed to measure relative humidity and/or temperature, wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted in an automotive seat (2), which automotive seat (2) comprises a seat cover region (200) forming an outer surface (200a) of the seat that faces a passenger (P) sitting on the automotive seat (2), wherein the sensor module (1) is configured to be mounted such in said automotive seat (2) that it is spaced apart from said seat cover region (200). Further, the invention relates to an automotive seat (2) comprising such a sensor module (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SENSIRION AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS AGInventors: Lukas Hoppenau, Michael Gotze, Markus Graf, Pascal Hunziker
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Patent number: 10875430Abstract: A leather cover for a vehicle interior assembly such as a vehicle seat, a steering wheel, a console, etc. includes a leather layer and an electrically conductive coating applied onto the leather layer. The electrically conductive coating is either applied to a finish side of the leather layer or to a flesh side of the leather layer. The electrically conductive coating may function as: a wire harness component and is connected to wiring of a wire harness system of a vehicle; an electrical resistance heater and is connected to wiring of a heater system of a vehicle; an electrically conductive touch control and is connected to wiring of a control system of a vehicle; or electroluminescent or electrochromic lighting and is connected to wiring of a lighting system of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Lear CorporationInventor: Christopher Todd Bailey
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Patent number: 10875431Abstract: A lumbar support apparatus for a vehicle seat includes: a seatback frame having an adjustable inclination angle; an operating mechanism disposed at an upper portion of the seatback frame, the operating mechanism including a connector generating an operating force in a vertical direction by being in contact with a fixture fixed to a vehicle body when the inclination angle of the seatback frame is adjusted; and a support mechanism disposed at a lower portion of the seatback frame, connected to the connector, receiving the operating force generated from the connecting mechanism, and configured to slide in a front and rear direction depending on an application direction of the operating force, such that when the inclination angle of the seatback frame is adjusted to be directed rearward, the support mechanism receives the operating force of the operating mechanism and is advanced forward to support a waist of an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Suk Won Hong, Jun Yong Kim, Seon Chae Na, Ji Sun Lee, Chan Ho Jung
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Patent number: 10875432Abstract: A headrest, for a vehicle seat, is reversibly transferable between a first latching position and a second latching position by a translation movement. The headrest has a shaft co-rotating with the translation movement. The shaft is connectable in the first latching position and in the second latching position to a latching element. The latching element is connected to the shaft via an elastic component. A system for forming an alignment device which can be integrated in a headrest is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.à r.l.Inventor: Thomas Dillinger
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Patent number: 10875433Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat comprising a seating portion, a backrest with a front face and which extends in a main direction Z and which has a hole for the upward exit of a seat belt from the backrest and a support which the seat belt bears against in order to descend along the front face of the backrest, and a headrest mounted on the backrest and slidable relative to the rest of the backrest along the main direction Z. The support is slidable relative to the rest of the backrest along the main direction Z, and the seat comprises a drive mechanism capable of simultaneously causing the headrest to slide along the main direction for a first amplitude A1 and the support for a second amplitude A2 different from the first amplitude A1, and an actuator able to actuate the drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'AutomobileInventors: Sémir Hammadi, Philippe Duhamel
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Patent number: 10875434Abstract: The present invention relates to a headrest moving device including a damper configured to generate a resistance force in a direction opposite to a moving direction when the headrest is moved, wherein, when the headrest is moved, the resistance force is different when the headrest is located at a first position from when the headrest is located at a second position, so that noise can be prevented from being generated and a user can be prevented from recognizing the moving of the headrest as a malfunction when the headrest is moved.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: WOOBO TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hae Il Jeong
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Patent number: 10875435Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a passenger is seated in a seating area and, based at least in part on detecting the passenger, engaging or disengaging a flap in a headrest. Such a headrest may span multiple seats so that a single headrest is used by multiple passengers. Each of one or more flaps in the single headrest may then be configured by the passenger to provide each passenger with their own privacy and comfort. By actively controlling the state of the flap, a uniform passenger experience may be created so that the flap is in the same state upon a passenger entering the vehicle. Further, examples of the headrest are designed and configured to couple directly, or indirectly, to a vehicle body, such that the headrest does not couple directly to a seat or passenger seating area.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Anke Christine Bodack, Felix Jacob Lorsignol, Andrew Frank Raczkowski, Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Christopher John Stoffel, Bryan Scot Thompson, Timothy David Kentley-Klay
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Patent number: 10875436Abstract: Provided is a core material of a seat cushion for a vehicle, including: a thermoplastic resin expanded beads molded article having a substantially rectangular shape in top view, that has thick portions on a front side and both sides of a circumferential portion thereof, and that has an occupant seating portion on an upper surface in an inner region thereof; and an annular frame member that is insert-molded at the circumferential portion of the thermoplastic resin expanded beads molded article. In the thermoplastic resin expanded beads molded article, formed are first slits having: slit pieces that extend along a front frame member at a position in front of the occupant sitting part and inside from the front frame part; and slit pieces that extend along a side frame member at a position outside from the occupant sitting part and inside from a side frame part.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: JSP CorporationInventors: Atsuo Takayama, Takamitsu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10875437Abstract: A cup holder for an automobile according to the present disclosure includes: a housing having a reception portion with an opened upper portion; a flap installed in an opening formed in a wall of the reception portion, the flap configured to rotate about a hinge and having a front outer surface that is configured to comes into contact with an object received in the reception portion; a spring ring coupled to the housing so as to elastically support the flap; at least one shield formed on left and right sides of an outer surface of the flap to protrude outwards of the flap; and a stopper provided at the flap to protrude in a predetermined direction so as to allow the flap to rotate about the hinge to a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Su Young Lee
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Patent number: 10875438Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle, wherein the cup holder includes: two opposing, fixed side walls; and two opposing, spring-loaded side walls adapted to support a cup, wherein the two opposing, fixed side walls and the two opposing, spring-loaded side walls define a generally cylindrical receptacle adapted to receive the cup. The present invention also relates to a vehicle including at least one such cup holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventor: Artur Hopfen
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Patent number: 10875439Abstract: A split-type car cigarette lighter includes a cigarette lighting device and a car charging device movably connected to the cigarette lighting device. The cigarette lighting device includes a first housing formed a first receiving room therein for receiving a first PCB and a battery therein, and a heating plate electrically connected to the first PCB. The battery is tightly fixed with the first housing and electrically connected to the first PCB. Both the heating plate and the first PCB are tightly fixed with the first housing. the heating plate is electrically connected to the at least one electrical contact when the cigarette lighting device is partially received in the first mounting recess and movably connected to the second housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN JIEMEISI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Liming Wang
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Patent number: 10875440Abstract: Embodiments of a modular cargo system for use with a vehicle, such as a pickup truck, may include side rails and stanchions securing the side rails to the vehicle. At least one hoop may be provided for connection to either the stanchions or the side rails. Each hoop may include a plurality of legs, a clamp connected to each leg, an elbow connected to each leg opposite the clamp, and a lateral cross bar connected between the elbows. Bed dividers and storage lockers or boxes are disclosed for use with embodiments of a cargo system as applied to a pickup truck. Elevated rails may be attached to the hoops. A cargo loading device for moving cargo into and out of the vehicle is also provided. A cover may enclose a portion of the vehicle, such as the truck bed.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Jerome Puchkoff
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Patent number: 10875441Abstract: A ratcheting strap storage assembly for includes a box that has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment contains a ratcheting mechanism of a ratcheting strap for storage. The second compartment contains a strap of the ratcheting strap being coiled therein for storage. A winding mechanism is rotatably coupled to the box and the strap of the ratcheting strap is coupled to the winding mechanism. The winding mechanism wraps the strap therearound when the winding mechanism is rotated in a winding direction to coil the strap within the second compartment for storage. The winding mechanism unwinds the strap when the winding mechanism is rotated in the unwinding direction to release the strap from the box.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Lionel Shrewsbury
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Patent number: 10875442Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a bicycle to the tailgate of a truck bed. The mounting system includes at least a frame pad and a fork pad. The frame pad is directly attached to the bicycle's down tube and includes a handlebar strap that captures the handlebar in a positioning that renders the bicycle unridable. A fork pad for direct attachment to the bicycle's fork. The frame pad and fork pad include multiple layers of textile materials and multiple layers of cushioning materials. The multilayer frame pad and multilayer fork pad provide durability and protection for both the bicycle and the truck. The mounting system allows for easy attachment and detachment directly to the bicycle. By attaching to the bicycle rather than the truck itself, the mounting system avoids damage to the truck's parts and paint. The mounting system's direct attachment to the bicycle rather than to the truck also provides for a much greater ease of use, as compared to the mounting systems of the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventors: James Broadus Combs, Jr., James Broadus Combs
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Patent number: 10875443Abstract: A closing element for closing a service opening in the housing of a headlamp, and a method therefor, the closing element having a ventilation component, with the aid of which a gas exchange between an inside and an outside of the housing of the headlamp is facilitated. The closing element includes a sealing formation, on which a sealing member may be arranged or is arranged, so that the ventilation component may be or is temporarily closed with the aid of the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventor: Giuseppe Mattina
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Patent number: 10875444Abstract: An illumination device, such as the type used for vehicle exterior applications, includes a housing with light collimating and spreading portions, a circuit card assembly with one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs), and a lens. The illumination device may be arranged so that light emitted by the LEDs reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light collimating portion in a collimated fashion and travels towards the light spreading portion, the collimated light then reflects off of a metalized interior surface of the light spreading portion in a spread fashion and travels towards the lens, and the spread light passes through the lens and travels towards an intended target region. The illumination device may be installed, for example, in a rear hatch of a vehicle and used in conjunction with a backup camera.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: REBO LIGHTING & ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Todd Irgang, Jack Bodem, Scott Schoeff
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Patent number: 10875445Abstract: A bearing configuration is disclosed, particularly for a pivotable holder of a light module in a carrier frame for a headlamp. A detent bearing element is provided that is positioned on the light module and that has a pivot bearing section that is held by the formation of a latch mechanism in a bearing shell formed on the carrier frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marco Ludwig, Gerd Pawliczek
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Patent number: 10875446Abstract: According to the present invention, there may be provided an actuator comprising: a shaft comprising a thread; a rotor surrounding the shaft; a stator arranged outside the rotor; a moving portion coupled to the thread of the shaft; a housing that holds both ends of the shaft; and a substrate that is arranged on the housing and comprises a sensor portion for sensing the position of the moving portion, wherein the moving portion comprises a magnet; the sensor portion comprises a first sensor and a second sensor for sensing the amount of magnetic flux change following the position of the magnet; the first sensor generates a first signal including an area in which the measured voltage increases linearly as the magnet moves away from the first sensor; and the second sensor generates a second signal including an area in which the measured voltage decreases linearly as the magnet moves away from the second sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Seob Lee
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Patent number: 10875447Abstract: An optical axis control apparatus is provided with a relative-road-surface-angle calculating unit which calculates a relative horizontal plane angle being an inclination angle of a vehicle with respect to a horizontal plane by using an output value of an acceleration sensor provided on the vehicle and calculates a relative road surface angle being an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a road surface by integrating an amount of change of the relative horizontal plane angle while the vehicle is stationary, a relative-road-surface-angle correcting unit which obtains braking information indicating an operation state of a brake device provided on the vehicle and corrects the relative road surface angle for a change in the braking information, and an optical axis control unit which controls an optical axis of headlights provided on the vehicle using the relative road surface angle corrected by the relative-road-surface-angle correcting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki Okada, Takashi Osawa, Wataru Tsujita
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Patent number: 10875448Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle, a light projector connected to the vehicle, and a control system. The control system is configured to determine a planned operating region for the vehicle within an environment. The control system is also configured to determine that the planned operating region is within a threshold distance of an object within the environment and, in response, determine a caution region to illuminate with the light projector near the object. The control system is further configured to cause the light projector to project an indication of the caution region near the object. The projected indication remains fixed in relation to the object as the vehicle moves toward the planned operating region.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: John Zevenbergen, Robert Holmberg, Mark Fischer
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Patent number: 10875449Abstract: An automotive light guide that displays subsurface engraved indicia to create an optical branding feature or another illuminated design element. In one implementation, the light guide has a body with a primary viewing outer side and a plurality of microablation sites located within the body. From a first viewing angle with respect to the primary viewing outer side, the plurality of microablation sites are configured to appear in a first indicia pattern, and from a second viewing angle, the plurality of microablation sites are configured to appear in a second indicia pattern. In another implementation, the light guide has a body with a planar engraving outer side and a rounded primary viewing outer side. The plurality of microablation sites are etched through the planar engraving side and are viewable as an indicia pattern through the rounded primary viewing outer side.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: REBO LIGHTING & ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Todd D. Irgang, Orin C. Lenz
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Patent number: 10875450Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle and a method for providing driver feedback by producing a torque ripple. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes, among other things, an electric machine configured to generate a torque output, and a controller configured to selectively adjust the torque output to produce a torque ripple in response to a triggering event.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Chris Wolf, Michael Degner, Yue Nie
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Patent number: 10875451Abstract: An obstacle detecting device for detecting an obstacle around a vehicle includes a sensor, a notifying unit, an operation detecting unit, and a control unit. The sensor is installed at a fixed portion of the vehicle to detect an obstacle within a predetermined detection range with an origin corresponding to a position where the sensor is installed. The notifying unit provides a notification based on a signal output from the sensor. The operation detecting unit detects an operation of a movable portion of the vehicle moving within the detection range of the sensor. The control unit is enabled to inhibit a notifying operation of the notifying unit when the operation detecting unit detects the operation of the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Fumihiko Matsushita, Takuya Nomura
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Patent number: 10875452Abstract: A driving assistance device converts an image captured by an in-vehicle camera configured to image the periphery of a vehicle into an image viewed from a virtual viewpoint. The driving assistance device combines, as a higher-level layer, a vehicle image indicating the position and shape of the vehicle with a converted target image. The driving assistance device adjusts the opacity of the vehicle image such that the target image as a lower-level layer is visible at a superimposed portion of the vehicle image and the target image. At this point, the opacity of the vehicle image is variably set according to at least one of an own vehicle surrounding condition or a vehicle running condition. The driving assistance device outputs, as a driving assistance image, the target image combined with the adjusted vehicle image.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Omiya, Akihiro Sunasaka, Nobuyuki Yokota, Hirohiko Yanagawa
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Patent number: 10875453Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and a video display device disposed in the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to an ECU of the vehicle. A first portion of a scene that is within the field of view of the camera is not viewable by a driver of the vehicle and a second portion of the scene exterior of the vehicle that is within the field of view of the camera is viewable by the driver. Responsive at least in part to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, the vehicular vision system determines an augmented reality overlay. Responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, the video display screen displays video images of the exterior scene. The video display device displays the augmented reality overlay at the displayed video images.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Achim Gieseke, Michael Biemer
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Patent number: 10875454Abstract: A method for extending and retracting a mirror head of an exterior rearview mirror assembly includes providing an exterior rearview mirror assembly having (i) a mounting base, (ii) a mirror head having a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element and (iii) an electrically-operated actuator. The mirror head is adjustably mounted at the mounting base via first and second links, with the links having respective base ends that pivotally attach at the mounting base and respective head ends that pivotally attach at the mirror head. The actuator is operated to pivot the first link to move the mirror head relative to the mounting base from a retracted position toward an extended position. As the mirror head moves toward the extended position, the first and second links pivot at their respective base ends relative to the mounting base and at their respective head ends relative to the mirror head.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kenneth C. Peterson, Matthew V. Steffes
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Patent number: 10875455Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a video display screen and a video processor operable to process captured video image data captured by a rearward-viewing camera at the vehicle. The video display screen includes a left display region at a left portion, a right display region at a right portion, and a middle display region that spans between the left and right display regions. The video display screen is operable to use the left and right display regions to display video images derived from a respective portion of captured image data. When the video display screen is displaying video images at the right or left display region that are derived from the respective portion of captured image data, the video display screen does not display video images representative of the other portion of captured image data at the other display regions.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Michael J. Baur, Rodney K. Blank, Mark L. Larson, Niall R. Lynam
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Patent number: 10875456Abstract: An aerial device system includes an adjustable railing and a coupler. The adjustable railing is positionable around at least a portion of a base platform and is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A height of the adjustable railing in the deployed position is greater than a height of the adjustable railing in the stowed position. The coupler is communicatively coupled to the adjustable railing and is configured to detect a position of a component of an aerial device of the aerial device system and move the adjustable railing based on the detected position of the component of the aerial device. A method of controlling a cab guard safety system for the aerial device includes detecting the position of the component and moving the adjustable railing to a stowed position or a deployed position based on the detected position of the component.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Safety Test & Equipment Co.Inventor: Dennis Beam, IV
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Patent number: 10875457Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drag link stand which releasably couples to a spring and drag link of a vehicle. A top surface of the drag link stand comprises a slip resistant surface to help prevent falls. The top surface also provides full foot support to reduce the chance of foot thrombosis. A spring flange extends from a rear of the top surface and engages the spring. A drag link flange extends downward from the top surface and engages the drag link. The drag link stand employs a unibody construction and has no moving parts which provides additional durability.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: LOCK N CLIMB, LLCInventor: Jeffrey Alan Green
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Patent number: 10875458Abstract: There is provided a vehicle lounge console configured to be arranged in front of a vehicle passenger seat, the vehicle lounge console comprising: a storage compartment comprising a plurality of storage locations, each storage location being configured to contain a storage container; a first opening configured to receive a storage container; a second opening configured to eject a storage container; wherein the storage compartment comprises a selection mechanism configured to arrange a received storage container in a storage location, and to eject a selected one of the plurality of storage containers through the second opening upon request.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Sven-Olof Persson, Axel Ernstsson
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Patent number: 10875459Abstract: A modular open space organizer (MOSO) apparatus and system that may be configured to be employed in various open storage areas where the MOSO system may include multiple, modular sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Matthew Thomas Besley
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Patent number: 10875460Abstract: A vehicle is provided which has a rack assembly located in the vehicle. The rack includes a rail, a shelf movable along the rail between extended and retracted positions, and a track located adjacent the rail. The track includes a plurality of stop positions, each located at periodically spaced apart locations along the track. The shelf is selectively securable at a plurality of intermediate positions between the extended and retracted positions. The periodically spaced apart locations of the plurality of stop positions along the track are the intermediate positions that the shelf is selectively securable at. The shelf includes a stop member selectively engageable with the each stop position of the plurality of stop positions. When the stop member engages one stop position of the plurality of stop positions, the shelf is secured at one intermediate position of the plurality of intermediate positions between the extended and retracted positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Spartan Motors, Inc.Inventors: Bret Magnuson, Richard Eichstedt, Douglas Sagarsee, Glen Helmuth, Samuel Colalillo, Jr.
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Patent number: 10875461Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes a base portion and a removable portion configured to selectively attach to and detach from the base portion. The removable portion is operable as a flashlight when detached from the base portion. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Patent number: 10875462Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a trunk for an all-terrain vehicle comprising a hollow base defining a storage space, one removable lid partially connectable to the hollow base and movable between a closed position in which the storage space is covered, and an opened position for providing access to the storage space, the removable lid being removably connected to the hollow base via a dismantlable hinge comprising a hinge pin selectively connecting a portion of the removable lid with a portion of the hollow base, the dismantlable hinge being dismantlable when said the removable lid is in its opened position, the trunk further comprising a blocking device preventing dismantling of the dismantlable hinge when the removable lid is in its closed position. The disclosure also concerns a method for removing a removable lid covering a storage space defined by a hollow base of a trunk.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Benoit Chapdelaine, Pierre-Alain Michaud
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Patent number: 10875463Abstract: A tailgate includes a first panel, a second panel connected to the first panel at a first side and a second side opposite to the first side as well as a cavity defined by the first panel and the second panel. An opening defined by the first panel between the first side and the second side, provides access to the cavity. A storage compartment is positioned in the cavity. A latching mechanism, located within the cavity and outside of the storage compartment, includes a latch, a first latch actuator, and an actuator rod connecting the latch and the latch actuator, which is affixed to the first side of the tailgate. A compartment door, connected to the tailgate and movable between a first and second position, covers the storage compartment in a first position. The compartment door includes a striker, which is engage-able by the latch.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mark Pulleyblank, Dusan Colovic, James M. Townson
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Patent number: 10875464Abstract: A vehicle seat and a quick-release supporting device thereof are provided. The quick-release supporting device includes a limiting member, a carrier, and two engaging structures. The carrier is fastened to the limiting member for carrying an object. The two engaging structures are respectively fastened to two rail holes of the limiting member. Each engaging structure includes an engaging member and a knob. The engaging member has a threaded portion and a positioning fork respectively arranged on two opposite portions thereof, and the threaded portion at least partially protrudes from the corresponding rail hole. The knob is screwed to the threaded portion, so that the engaging member is movable relative to the limiting member for reducing a distance there-between. The two positioning forks can be detachably inserted into two gaps between two headrest clips and a seat back, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: JET OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Szu-Han Tsao, Ching-Hsing Lin
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Patent number: 10875465Abstract: A back rest for a seat, in particular, vehicle seat, comprises a seat paneling and an acoustic element being an element contributing to forming the seat paneling. The seat paneling is in an operative connection with an actuator of the acoustic element in an acoustic area. The acoustic area can be made to vibrate by driving the actuator for making the acoustic area put out acoustic signals into a back space behind the back rest.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOSITZE GMBHInventor: Alexander Van Laack
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Patent number: 10875466Abstract: A vehicle imaging unit includes an imaging apparatus, a housing, and a lamp body unit. The imaging apparatus images a side rear direction of a vehicle. The housing houses the imaging apparatus and is attached to a side part of a vehicle body. The lamp body unit is attached to an outer part in a vehicle width direction of the housing and emits light to the outside. A lens arrangement part that exposes an imaging lens of the imaging apparatus to the outside is provided at an outer part in the vehicle width direction of a rear surface of the housing. A notch part at which the lamp body unit is arranged is provided on an outer wall in the vehicle width direction of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Sawada, Masayoshi Takori
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Patent number: 10875467Abstract: A holder (10) for detachably fastening a flat, approximately rectangular device such as a tablet computer or a smartphone to a component, in particular to a component of a motor vehicle, wherein the holder includes a holding device (12) for detachably mounting the device and a fastening element (14) connected to the holding device for connecting the holder to the component, wherein a rotary bearing rotatable about an axis of rotation (24) is provided, which is connected to the holding device and wherein a pivot bearing connected to the rotary bearing is provided, which is connected to the fastening element.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KINETIX AGInventor: Michael Andreas Keller
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Patent number: 10875468Abstract: An in-vehicle monitoring module included in a monitoring system includes a detector, a service operator, a controller, and a housing. The detector detects conditions in an inside of a vehicle. The service operator is provided to the vehicle. The controller can perform processing of determining the type of an event occurring in the inside of the vehicle based on the conditions in the inside of the vehicle detected by the detector, controlling the service operator based on the determined type of the event, and causing the service operator to perform an operation corresponding to the type of the event. The housing is provided with the detector, the service operator, and the controller to serve as a unit and provided on a roof member of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Saito, Shinichi Okamoto, Koji Ishii, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Antony Wambugu Ngahu
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Patent number: 10875469Abstract: A camera assembly for a vehicle vision system includes a housing with a lens holder at a first housing portion and a connector portion at a second housing portion. The connector portion is configured for connecting to vehicle wiring when the camera assembly is installed at a vehicle. A circuit element is disposed within the housing and a plurality of electrical connector elements is disposed at the connector portion of the second housing portion. Each of the electrical connector elements includes a first end portion configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and a second end portion configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The first end portions of the electrical connector elements include flexible elements that, during mating of the first housing portion to the second housing portion, flex as the first end portions engage the circuitry and make electrical connection with the circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jamie A. Mleczko, Jonathan D. Conger, Steven V. Byrne
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Patent number: 10875470Abstract: A process for providing a vehicular camera and mounting the vehicular camera at a vehicle includes providing a vehicular camera having a camera-locking structure configured for engagement with a vehicle panel-locking structure at a vehicle panel of the vehicle at which the vehicular camera is to be mounted. The vehicular camera is mounted at the vehicle panel by inserting a portion of the vehicular camera through an aperture of the vehicle panel and inserting the camera-locking structure through corresponding portions of the aperture of the vehicle panel, and rotating the camera-locking structure to a locked position, whereby the camera-locking structure is engaged with the vehicle panel-locking structure. With the camera-locking structure engaged with the vehicle panel-locking structure, locking surfaces of the camera-locking structure engage respective locking surfaces of the vehicle panel-locking structure to limit axial movement of the vehicular camera relative to the vehicle panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Clarence P. McElroy, Matthew C. Sesti, Richard Rieden, Steven V. Byrne
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Patent number: 10875471Abstract: An interior cladding arrangement for a load space of a vehicle, which comprises a support wall for supporting a cover panel of a load space, and a cover wall for interior cladding of the load space. The support wall has a support wall connecting portion assigned to the cover wall, and the cover wall has a cover wall connecting portion assigned to the support wall. The support wall connecting portion comprises at least one support wall connecting element, and the cover wall connecting portion comprises at least one cover wall connecting element, wherein the support wall connecting element and the cover wall connecting element are configured for mutual guided engagement.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Mehmet Sahin
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Patent number: 10875472Abstract: An add-on element for adding onto a passenger-compartment component of a motor vehicle includes a basic body composed of a flexible first material, and at least one actuator body composed of a flexible second material. The at least one actuator body is deformable by being acted upon with an actuator source. The basic body has at least one receiving region with a receiving-region shape, wherein the at least one actuator body is arranged in the at least one receiving region. By way of a change in shape of the at least one actuator body, the receiving-region shape of the at least one receiving region can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bruno Roth, Dienhung Huynh
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Patent number: 10875473Abstract: A vehicle interior member which absorbs input energy of a load properly is provided. A center pillar trim includes a trim body configured to cover a center pillar, and an absorber provided between the trim body and the center pillar. The absorber includes: a plurality of horizontal ribs rising perpendicularly to a face of the trim body having their respective faces opposed to each other; a contact surface provided continuously across the plurality of ribs so as to oppose to a bead-shaped part, which is provided at the center pillar to partially bulge on the cabin side.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO, LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiko Isosaki
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Patent number: 10875474Abstract: A fastening arrangement for a structural element, such as a structural design element, on a vehicle roof of a motor vehicle. The fastening arrangement includes a receiving device, which is fixedly connected to the vehicle roof, and a holding device for fastening the structural element. In this case, the holding device is received in a defined manner on the receiving device by a plurality of adjustable fastening devices, and the structural element is received adjusted in a defined manner in an X, Y and Z direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventors: Michael Auerbach, Robert Kleiner
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Patent number: 10875475Abstract: Vehicle window post assembly, in particular a windscreen post assembly, comprising a base part arranged to be fixed to a vehicle chassis along a side of a window of the vehicle, and a cover part arranged to be fixed to the base part and in use covering the base part. A sealing strip is provided for sealing a gap between the side of the window and the cover part. The sealing strip is provided on a mounting part which is a separate part from the base and cover parts, and the cover part and the mounting part are together provided with complementary fixing elements by means of which the mounting part is mountable on the cover part in a position suitable for sealing the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ALLIMEXInventor: Danny Vanden Boer