Patents Issued in December 31, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200406827
    Abstract: A vehicle rack includes two cross beams, the cross beams being hollow square rods parallelly placed, the bottom center of the cross beam being provided with a sliding slot along the beams; two fixing rods, the fixing rods being hollow and each including an H-shaped reinforcing seat, the H-shaped reinforcing seat forming an upper sliding slot I on a top surface of the fixing rod and forming a lower sliding slot I on a bottom surface of the fixing rod, the fixing rods being particular to the two cross beams; a plurality of connecting seat, the connecting seats movably connecting the cross beams and the fixing rods, the connecting seats including upper bolt connecting parts; a plurality of supporting frames, the fixing rods each connecting two supporting frames, the supporting frames including lower bolt connecting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaojun NI, Chengsheng FANG, Jing XIONG, Jiancheng WANG
  • Publication number: 20200406828
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cab with a window and a cargo area with first and second sidewalls proximate the cab. A first accessory member is coupled to the first sidewall and the second sidewall and extends about a portion of a periphery of the window. A second accessory member includes a first leg member, a second leg member, and a horizontal member. A first leg member proximal end is coupled to the first sidewall, and a second leg member proximal end is coupled to the second sidewall. The horizontal member couples a first leg member distal end to a second leg member distal end. The second accessory member is pivotable between first, second, and third positions relative to the cargo area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Simonin, Joseph M. Polewarczyk, Craig A. Kollar
  • Publication number: 20200406829
    Abstract: A positioning member of a bicycle carry rack includes a base with a rear wheel support assembly and a front wheel support assembly. The rear wheel support assembly includes a rear wheel restricting unit which extends through the bicycle rear wheel and connected to the rear wheel adjustment unit to position the bicycle rear wheel. The front wheel support assembly includes a first restricting unit and a second restricting unit to secure the bicycle front wheel. The front wheel support assembly further includes a positioning member with a recess, and the bicycle front wheel is engaged with the recess so that the degree of freedom of the bicycle front wheel is controlled during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Chiu Kuei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200406830
    Abstract: A hitch mounted bicycle carrier that vertically mounts a plurality of bicycles. The bicycles are secured by the front tire in a C-hoop structure at the top of the bicycle carrier. The bicycle carrier secures a rear tire to a lower mounting structure. The bicycle carrier is configured to be mounted to the vehicle with an anti-rattle hitch mounting method. A hinge structures integrates dampers/gas springs to slow the hinging of the bicycle carrier when loaded with bicycles. The bicycle carrier when not in use for transportation doubles as a bicycle storage and access rack. The bicycle carrier also acts as a bicycle tuning, repair, and workstation when on the back of a vehicle or when in use as a storage access rack. The bicycle carrier also features integrated locking cables as an anti-theft deterrent when riders aren't with the bicycles and bicycle carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: CHARLES BLAKE OWEN, BRYCE ALLEN OWEN
  • Publication number: 20200406831
    Abstract: A fastening device for an adjustable display accessory in the region of the dashboard of a motor vehicle is provided. The accessory is movable into different positions relative to an operator. The fastening device pivots by a driver into an optimal position and when not in use is able to be pivoted back into a neutral position in which the driver is not disturbed, wherein at the same time the accessory may be lockable in its position such that in it maintains its set position despite vibrations. A pivoting arm which is rotatable about a fixed first axis is provided and a holder for the accessory is arranged on the free end of the pivoting arm. The holder is rotatable about a second axis provided on the pivoting arm and both the pivoting arm and the holder are lockable on their axes in a plurality of latched positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Michel, Jack Hooker, Daniel Ares Martinez, Kilian Vas
  • Publication number: 20200406832
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a knob device for vehicle which includes a knob unit and a locking unit. The knob unit includes a rotating cover, a rotary shaft and a motor configured to drive the rotating cover to vibrate. The locking unit includes a rotary wheel which includes a main body fixed to the rotary shaft and locking teeth formed at a periphery of the main body. The locking tooth includes a first end, a second end and a surface connecting the first end and the second end. A distance between the first end and the central axis of the rotary wheel is greater than a distance between the second end and the central axis. The locking unit further includes a locking pole configured to abut the first end to limit rotation of the rotary wheel clockwise, and an actuator configured to drive the locking pole to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yingming Qin, Bing Xie
  • Publication number: 20200406833
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a vehicle may contain at least one image capturing device and contain a navigational system. The device may further have functionality to send data collected by the device to a server for recordation, preservation, and review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Hugh Lafon Carter
  • Publication number: 20200406834
    Abstract: An approach to arrange sensors needed for automated driving, especially where semitrailer trucks are operating in an autonomous convoy with one automated or semi-automated truck following another. The sensors are fitted to a location adjacent to or within the exterior rearview mirrors, on each of the left- and right-hand side of the tractor. The sensors provide overlapping fields of view looking forward of the vehicle and to both the left and right hand sides at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Russell, Bradley Allen Dranko
  • Publication number: 20200406835
    Abstract: A vehicle capable of drive assist or automatic driving, comprises: a first sensor disposed intermediately in a vehicle width direction on at least one of front and rear surfaces of the vehicle and detecting an object therearound; bulging parts disposed on both sides of the at least one surface in the vehicle width direction and made up of a body bulging at least outward in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a connection surface that connects an outside surface in the vehicle width direction and an outside surface in the vehicle longitudinal direction of each of the bulging parts and that is an inclined surface or a round surface; and a second sensor arranged on the connection surface and detecting an object therearound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki Shitara, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Ryo Hattori
  • Publication number: 20200406836
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof assembly including a roof panel. A headliner is located interior of the roof panel. An overhead console assembly is connected to the headliner. An overhead console wire bracket includes a longitudinal portion that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction from the overhead console assembly toward a front edge of the headliner and a lateral portion that extends from the longitudinal portion in a vehicle lateral direction. The lateral portion engages a wire that extends over the front edge of the headliner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Logan R. Astrike
  • Publication number: 20200406837
    Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly is provided. The vehicle frame assembly includes an outer cover panel formed from a thin, thermally strengthened glass material. The thermally strengthened glass material has high levels of surface compressive stress providing sufficient strength and durability for a vehicle frame cover application. The thermally strengthened glass is also thin (e.g., less than 2 mm) providing a lightweight frame material that is suitable for cold-bending to a curvature needed for the vehicle body shape and/or to match the curvature of the vehicle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Amsden, Thomas Michael Cleary, Kurt Edward Gerber
  • Publication number: 20200406838
    Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of a connector shell includes a connector cover and a cable-guiding sleeve having a curved conduit. The cover and the cable-guiding sleeve are made up of two separate elements. The cable-guiding sleeve is mounted on the cover so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The cable-guiding sleeve and the cover comprise means for blocking the rotation of the cable-guiding sleeve on the cover in at least two different pre-set angular positions about the axis of rotation. These blocking means comprise shapes that engage with each other in a complementary way, and that are able to release each other and allow the passage from one angular position to the next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Frédéric MENEZ, Prasanna RAMAKRISHNAN, Rama krishna MANNE
  • Publication number: 20200406839
    Abstract: The wire harness protector includes: electrical wiring insertion parts in which electrical wirings constituting a wire harness are divided and housed, wherein electrical wiring insertion parts are arranged in parallel, at least one side of an arrangement direction of electrical wiring insertion parts is a branch direction of the electrical wirings, at least one branch electrical wiring window is provided in each of the electrical wiring insertion parts except for one of the electrical wiring insertion parts located farthest from the branch direction to extending in a longitudinal direction and be opened in both side surfaces, into which branch electrical wirings made up of a part of the electrical wirings can be inserted, and the branch electrical wiring insertion window is provided in at least a side surface on a side of the branch direction of one of the electrical wiring insertion parts located farthest from the branch direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta TAKAKURA, Shigeki IKEDA, Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Takayuki SUZUKI, Housei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200406840
    Abstract: A connector for connecting and anchoring a base wire harness and an optional wire harness, the connector being provided with a first connector that includes a connected portion and is anchored to the base wire harness, and a second connector that is anchored to the optional wire harness and has a connecting portion that mounts on the connected portion. The connecting portion mounts on the connected portion from a direction that follows an outer surface of the base wire harness as viewed in a length direction of the base wire harness and engages with the connected portion in the length direction of the base wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro EGAMI, Yusuke NAKACHI, Takashi FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200406841
    Abstract: A power distribution box assembly for a vehicle is provided. The power distribution box assembly includes a housing having a peripheral wall and an inner wall. The inner wall is dimensioned to hold electrical components. A cover is configured to cover the peripheral wall of the housing, and the cover has an interior surface. A first latching mechanism and a second latching mechanism are disposed opposite of the first latching mechanism. The first and second latching mechanisms are selectively operable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the cover is closed onto the housing. A rib is disposed on a top surface of the inner wall of the housing. The rib abuts the interior surface of the cover when the first and second latching mechanisms are in the engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Carnick, Christopher Alexander
  • Publication number: 20200406842
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus according to the present invention includes a main electronic control unit, and a sub electronic control unit capable of mutual communication with the main electronic control unit. The main electronic control unit outputs a signal for preventing timeout to at least one of the external device and the sub electronic control unit, when mediating data communication between the external device and the sub electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yohei TAKAHASHI, Takuya KOBAYASHI, Motoki TATSUMI, Toshihisa ARAI, Koji YUASA
  • Publication number: 20200406843
    Abstract: A carrier structure for electrically insulating a first electrically conductive part and a second electrically conductive part includes a base body formed of an electrically insulating material and an electrically insulating spacer embedded in the base body in at least part of a separation region between the first electrically conductive part and the second electrically conductive part. The base body has a first holding structure holding the first electrically conductive part and a second holding structure holding the second electrically conductive part. The electrically insulating spacer has an intumescent material and/or a high temperature-resistant filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Martin Dressel, Frank Kaehny, Rudi Blumenschein, Manuel Eheim, Jonas Roland Happ, Matthias Beck
  • Publication number: 20200406844
    Abstract: A structural member for a vehicle includes bumper stays having a tubular configuration and fixed to each of front ends of a pair of front side members included in a vehicle, and a tubular bumper beam provided with holes and into which the bumper stay is inserted. Each of the bumper stays includes a first shock absorbing portion and a second shock absorbing portion provided adjacent to the first shock absorbing portion on an outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Taiki YAMAKAWA, Toru HASHIMURA, Yasuhiro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20200406845
    Abstract: Problem: To integrate portions of lamps and sensors with a bumper fascia, reduce the number of components and the number of man-hours for assembly, and easily assemble a vehicle exterior assembly to an outer surface of a vehicle body. Solution: In an exterior assembly 11 for being installed on a front surface of a vehicle body, head lamps 13 and fog lamps 14 that provide illumination in front of a vehicle and sensors 15 that collect information from in front of the vehicle are arranged in vertical rows on a bumper fascia 12. Lens portions 18 and 21 of the lamps 13 and 14 and antenna portions 24 of the sensors 15 are integrally formed with both right and left ends of the bumper fascia 12. Body portions 19 and 22 of the lamps 13 and 14 and case portions 25 of the sensors 15 are integrally formed in a separate molding step from that for the bumper fascia 12 and assembled to a back surface of the bumper fascia 12 as single components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20200406846
    Abstract: A physical quantity detection circuit includes: a detection signal generation circuit generating a detection signal, based on an output signal from a physical quantity detection element; an analog/digital converter circuit converting the detection signal into a first digital signal and converting a test signal into a second digital signal; a test signal generation circuit generating the test signal; and a malfunction diagnosis circuit diagnosing a malfunction of the analog/digital converter circuit, based on the second digital signal. A full-scale voltage of the analog/digital converter circuit is selected from among a plurality of voltages having different magnitudes, according to a power supply voltage. The test signal includes an upper limit value test signal, a lower limit value test signal, and a first intermediate value test signal. The test signal generation circuit performs resistive voltage division of the full-scale voltage and thus generates the first intermediate value test signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Kiminori NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200406847
    Abstract: Vehicle safety systems may include a tag reader, a control unit, and an application executable on a mobile communication device. The tag reader attaches to a mounting mechanism deployed within a vehicle, and reads a tag attached to the mobile communication device in response to mounting the mobile communication device to the mounting mechanism. The control unit receives a verification signal from the tag reader in response to reading of the tag by the tag reader, and sends an activation signal to the mobile communication device in response receipt of the verification signal. The application switches operation of the mobile communication device from a first operational mode to a second operational mode by disabling touchscreen operation and enabling voice command operation in response to receipt of the activation signal by the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Avraham OHANA
  • Publication number: 20200406848
    Abstract: A driver-side airbag device includes: a mounting plate; a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto; a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion; a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid; and a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Byung Gu Kang, Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20200406849
    Abstract: A cover device for an airbag includes a cover unit having a stiffness rib formed on the inner surface thereof and a mounting plate unit positioned within the cover unit and having a stiffness groove part formed in the outer surface thereof and configured to guide the stiffness rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Jeong Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20200406850
    Abstract: A knee protection airbag device includes an airbag. When the air bag is accommodated, an occupant side wall portion and a vehicle body side wall portion are overlapped and expanded flatly and roll-folding is performed such that an upper edge side of a knee receiving portion side approaches a lower edge side of the mounting portion side, end side portions on left and right sides of the roll-folded roll folding portion are formed as folded portions which fold over a central portion near a center in a left-right direction of the roll folding portion to form a folding completed body. A joining between a first overlapping portion and a tip side part of the airbag is released when an inflation gas flows into the airbag and when a fold of a first fold is canceled and the first overlapping portion deviates from a rear area of the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ayano TAKEUCHI, Keiichiro TAKEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200406851
    Abstract: Airbag cushion modules and vehicles comprising lever elements to facilitate opening adjacent vehicle structures. Some embodiments may comprise curtain airbag cushion assemblies comprising an inflator and a curtain airbag cushion fluidly coupled with the inflator. The curtain airbag cushion may be configured to deploy in a deployment direction adjacent to a vehicle door. A lever member may be coupled, operably and/or physically, with the curtain airbag cushion and may be configured to pivot during deployment of the curtain airbag cushion using forces generated from inflation of the curtain airbag cushion to pry an adjacent portion of a vehicle interior open during deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt L. Gammill, Blake Garn
  • Publication number: 20200406852
    Abstract: A restraint system (10) for helping to protect an occupant (60) of a vehicle (20) having a seat (50) for the occupant (60) includes a primary airbag (70) having a stored condition within a roof (32) and being inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the seat (50). A support airbag (76) has a stored condition within the roof (32) and is inflatable to a deployed condition engaging the primary airbag (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Alexandra E. Schroeder, Werner Freisler, Douglas M. Gould, Tobias Klenk, Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar
  • Publication number: 20200406853
    Abstract: A restraint system (10) for helping to protect an occupant (60) of a vehicle (20) having a roof (32) and a cabin (40) including a seat (50) for the occupant (60) has an airbag (70). The airbag (70) has a stored condition within the roof (32) and is inflatable to a deployed condition extending into the cabin (40) and aligned with the seat (50). The airbag (70) includes a first portion (94) defining a first chamber (100) and a second portion (104) defining a second chamber (110). The first portion (94) is connected to the vehicle (20) and includes a vent (106). The first portion (94), in response to occupant (60) penetration with the second portion (104), vents inflation fluid from the vent (106) and elongates to enable folding of the airbag (70) away from the occupant (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Alexandra E. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20200406854
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of folding a far-side airbag, which includes forming a first folding part in such a manner that an upper side of an airbag seat is folded inboard, forming a second folding part by folding both widthwise sides of the airbag seat, forming a third folding part by folding the upper side of the airbag seat, forming a roll-folding part by roll-folding the upper side of the airbag seat, forming an overlapping part by folding over an inflator of the airbag seat, and folding the roll-folding part so that the roll-folding part overlaps the overlapping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Geon Woong MOON
  • Publication number: 20200406855
    Abstract: Problem: To more effectively restrict movement of the airbag in an expanded and deployed state in the event of a vehicle collision, and improve the performance of restraining a passenger using an airbag. Resolution Means: A passenger restraining device of the present invention is provided with an airbag and tensile cloth. The tensile cloth is deployed to the outside of a seat by expansion and deployment of the airbag, and pulled from an upper surface of a seat back portion to a seat cushion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SAITO, Tetsuya MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20200406856
    Abstract: A stopper that stops both seat belt anchorages, namely, a seat belt anchorage for a side seat and a seat belt anchorage for a center seat from rotating relatively to each other is provided. Besides, a coupling portion of the seat belt anchorage for the center seat is arranged such that a force is applied to the seat belt anchorage for the center seat in such a direction as to restrain the seat belt anchorage for the side seat from rotating forward with respect to a vehicle. Accordingly, the seat belt anchorage for the side seat can be restrained from rotating forward with respect to the vehicle due to the seat belt anchorage for the center seat, and an inter-EAP distance can be restrained from becoming short.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinari Umeki
  • Publication number: 20200406857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ejector clutch (1) for a belt tensioner, comprising a first shaft (10), a second shaft (20), and a coupling part (30), wherein the coupling part (30) is arranged between the first shaft (10) and the second shaft (20) in a longitudinal axis (X) defining an axial direction, wherein the coupling part (30) has at least one clutch finger (40), which engages in a first recess (15) of the first shaft (10) for transmitting a torque (M) and, when a torque (M2) to be transmitted is exceeded, said clutch finger is displaced, against a spring force in the axial direction, from the first recess (15) of the first shaft (10) into a second recess (25) of the second shaft (20). The invention further relates to a belt tensioner with an ejector clutch (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Sebastian BREITHAUPT
  • Publication number: 20200406858
    Abstract: An anti-theft system for a working machine, includes: a start-operation tool to issue an order to start a prime mover; an information obtaining device to obtain first information and second information; and a controller device having: a certification storage to store certification information; a start processor to obtain the order issued by the start-operation tool and to start the prime mover when the first information obtained by the information obtaining device is related to the certification information; and a registration processor to perform a registration process for registering the second information as the certification information. The registration processor allows the registration process before starting of the prime mover, and stops allowing the registration process after the starting of the prime mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo IKEDA, Keisuke EGASHIRA, Ryota ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200406859
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for verifying an identity of a user of a vehicle. The method includes receiving user authentication data from a vehicle sensor and generating a transaction token comprising the user authentication data. The method includes transmitting the transaction token to a blockchain database. The method includes receiving a message from the blockchain database comprising one or more of: a request for additional user authentication data; or an indication that a rider authentication server has verified the identity of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Ali HASSANI
  • Publication number: 20200406860
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for vehicle wireless monitoring are described. In one example, a described method comprises: transmitting a first wireless signal from a first wireless device through a wireless multipath channel of a venue, the venue comprising a vehicle and an immediate vicinity of the vehicle; receiving a second wireless signal by a second wireless device in the venue through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the second wireless signal differs from the first wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and a modulation by an object undergoing a motion in the venue; obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal; and performing a monitoring task by monitoring, based on the TSCI, at least one of: the vehicle, the object or the motion of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Lun Mai, Jeng-Feng Lee, David N. Claffey, Hangfang Zhang, Feng Zhang, Hung-Quoc Duc Lai, Beibei Wang, Oscar Chi-Lim Au, K. J. Ray Liu
  • Publication number: 20200406861
    Abstract: An on-vehicle sensor cleaning device includes a cleaning actuator that cleans a cleaning object surface an on-vehicle sensor, the cleaning object surface being cleaned by operating the actuator; and a controller that drives the cleaning actuator when fouling degree information of the cleaning object surface reaches a fouling threshold. The controller is configured to change the fouling threshold depending on a vehicle speed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji INA, Keita SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200406862
    Abstract: A spoiler (16) for a wiper system (1), particularly of a motor vehicle, which extends in a main direction of elongation and is configured to be mounted on an arm (4) or a wiper (2) of the wiper system (1), said spoiler (16) being formed predominantly by a one-piece main layer (60), wherein said spoiler (16) comprises at least one engraving zone (64) in which the main layer has a cavity to house at least one secondary layer distinct from the main layer, the engraving zone being configured in such a way that said at least one secondary layer (62) extends while being at least partially covered by the main layer (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventor: Vincent GAUCHER
  • Publication number: 20200406863
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, and an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed. The windscreen wiper device also comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm. The oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof. A joint part is interposed between the oscillating arm and the connecting device. The windscreen wiper device further comprises a cover arranged to enclose the free end of the oscillating arm. The cover is slidable relative to the joint part between a first position, where the free end is retained onto the cover, and a second position, where the joint part is released from the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Xavier Boland
  • Publication number: 20200406864
    Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru SAKAI, Kazuki KAWAMURA, Akinobu KUBOTA, Masaaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20200406865
    Abstract: An exterior camera system and a cleaning method thereof are provided. The exterior camera system includes a base unit that is fixed to a vehicle, a housing rotatably coupled with the base unit, and an imaging device including a camera module and having at least a portion inserted into the housing to move in a longitudinal direction of the housing. A wiper is disposed on an inside surface of the housing to face the camera module, and a washer fluid nozzle is disposed adjacent to the wiper. A controller receives a video from the camera module to set a rotation angle of the housing based upon driving conditions of the vehicle and to adjust extension of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Min Park, Nak Kyoung Kong, Ki Hong Lee, Seung Hwan Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Yong Hwan Kim, Jin Sik Nam
  • Publication number: 20200406866
    Abstract: In a car wash judgment system, an acquirer acquires a captured image of a vehicle. An image analyzer analyzes the degree of dirt on a vehicle based on a vehicle image included in a captured image. A judgment unit judges whether or not the vehicle needs to be washed based on an analysis result from the image analyzer. The acquirer acquires a first captured image captured by a vehicle-mounted camera, and a second captured image captured by a mounted camera mounted on an object other than a vehicle. The image analyzer analyzes the degree of dirt on a vehicle based on a vehicle image included in the first captured image and the second captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro ASAI
  • Publication number: 20200406867
    Abstract: A collapsible snow paddle. The paddle includes an elongated handle, a rotatable coupling affixed to one end of the handle, and a generally planar snow remover, the rotatable coupling affixed to a rear surface of the remover so that he remover may be collapsed against the handle for storage and extended transverse to the handle for use. The snow remover may have a scraper edge inclined at an angle relative to the surface of the snow remover for scraping ice and a relatively soft capped edge for removing snow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Patrick Wood, Lorraine Lee Wood
  • Publication number: 20200406868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle leveling device with an upper arcuate support presenting a substantially planar surface and a lower support with an arcuate groove configured for rotational receipt of the upper arcuate support opposite said substantially planar surface, a rotational axis aligned with the arcuate groove and extending between a front and a rear associated with the upper arcuate support and parallel to the substantially planar surface; the upper arcuate support configured for rotation about said rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Douglas Lawton Prochnow
  • Publication number: 20200406869
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle brake, including a first brake controller configured to control a brake module of an autonomous vehicle by receiving a deceleration command from an autonomous controller for controlling autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle, and a second brake controller configured to control the brake module of the autonomous vehicle by receiving a deceleration command from the autonomous controller. The first and second brake controllers exchange monitoring information with each other in a predetermined communication manner to monitor an operation state, so that control of the brake module is transferred according to the result of monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Woo Hyun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200406870
    Abstract: A method for activating a parking brake function of a drum brake of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein a parking situation is taken into account in order to reduce the holding force to be exerted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ralf Scheib, Heinz-Anton Schneider, Christof Maron, Gunther Seipel, Giulio Brezza
  • Publication number: 20200406871
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a braking device for a vehicle. It is the purpose of the present invention to enable automatic braking upon detection of a braking action of a preceding vehicle which is concealed by an obstacle. The braking device for a vehicle according to the invention, comprises a brake pedal, a brake actuator, a control unit which is adapted to activate the brake actuator in dependence on the position of the brake pedal; wherein the brake actuator is activatable in dependence on a first signal, and wherein the first signal contains information about a first characteristic of a preceding vehicle covered by an obstacle, characterized in that the braking device is adapted to receive the first signal from a stationary transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Marco SCHEFFLER
  • Publication number: 20200406872
    Abstract: A brake actuator system may comprise a brake actuator comprising a ball screw, a ball nut coupled to the ball screw, and a ram coupled to a ram end of the ball nut; a position sensor coupled to the brake actuator; a processor in electronic communication with the brake actuator and the position sensor; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a first direction toward a brake stack; detecting the pusher reaching a furthest forward position; and commanding the brake actuator to translate the ball nut in a second direction opposite the first direction for a predetermined retraction distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: NAISON MASTROCOLA, MICHAEL ABBOTT
  • Publication number: 20200406873
    Abstract: A vehicle control method for a vehicle (1) comprises the steps: when an output torque of an engine (4) is equal to or greater than a given value, reducing the output torque in accordance with an increase in steering angle of the vehicle; setting, in accordance with a decrease in the steering angle, a first yaw moment instruction value whose direction is reverse to that of a yaw rate being generated in the vehicle; when the output torque is less than the given value, applying a braking force to road wheels, based on the first yaw moment instruction value; and, when the output torque is equal to or greater than the given value, applying a braking force to the road wheels, based on a second yaw moment instruction value smaller than the first yaw moment instruction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu SUNAHARA, Daisuke UMETSU
  • Publication number: 20200406874
    Abstract: A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a state detecting device, a braking device, an environmental detecting device and an emergency brake controlling device. The state detecting device detects a movement state of a movable carrier. The environmental detecting device includes at least one image capturing module and an operation module. The brake controlling method thereof includes receive the movement state detected by the state detecting device, and deriving an operating distance based on the movement state with the operation module; capture the environmental image with the image capturing module; determine whether there is an obstruction within the operating distance based on the environmental image; automatically actuate the braking device with the emergency brake controlling device when there is the obstruction within the operating distance in the environmental image, thereby to stop the movable carrier within the operating distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Publication number: 20200406875
    Abstract: In the event of a pneumatic trailer connection failure between a tractor and trailer of, e.g., a commercial vehicle, a pressure protection valve (PPV) is provided on the air line between a double check valve that supplies air from one or more service reservoirs and a trailer parking valve without a flow restrictor, which transmits the air to the trailer connection for supplying the trailer brakes. When output pressure on the PPV drops below a predetermined closing pressure threshold due to the connection failure, the PPV closes to protect the tractor brake air supply. Upon restoration of the trailer connection and upon input pressure at the PPV exceeding a predetermined opening pressure threshold, the PPV opens and the trailer brake system is charged more quickly than can be achieved using a conventional trailer parking valve with a flow restrictor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Carritte
  • Publication number: 20200406876
    Abstract: A vacuum brake booster includes: at least one movable wall, which separates a working chamber and a vacuum chamber in the vacuum brake booster from one another, and a control valve unit, which is coupled to the at least one movable wall, the control valve unit comprising a guide sleeve and an actuation piston guided displaceably in the control valve unit, which actuation piston is actuatable by way of a force input member which can be coupled in particular to a brake pedal, the actuation piston having at least one first valve seat, which in the open state is used to connect the working chamber to the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventor: Jaroslav Kolar