Patents Issued in January 14, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210008912
    Abstract: A two-sided stamp and method of using and manufacturing the same. The two-sided stamp comprises a first stamping surface and a second stamping surface. The first stamping surface is capable of transferring a quantity of ink from an ink source to an article to be stamped. The first stamping surface can also include one or more openings. The second stamping surface is likewise capable of transferring a quantity of ink from an ink source to an article to be stamped. The second stamping surface can also include one or more openings. The openings in the first flat surface and the openings in the second flat surface can be continuous and extend between the first stamping surface and the second stamping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: STAMPIN' UP! INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Bowden, Ashley Christensen, Sid Gray, Kevin Grymes, Brittani Holder, Brandon Homer, Emily Walker, Clyde Young
  • Publication number: 20210008913
    Abstract: An ink pad container is detachably disposed on a fixing seat of a stamp and has a body. The body has a chamber formed in the body, a bottom surface, two opposite side surfaces, a front surface, an opening formed in the bottom surface of the body and communicating with the chamber, two positioning portions formed in the two opposite side surfaces of the body respectively, a front recess formed in the front surface of the body, a front stopper formed across the front recess of the body, and a front guiding groove formed between the front stopper and the front recess. The replacement of the ink pad container is made convenient and stable by the front stopper with single-point forcing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SUN SAME ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: WEN JER SHIH
  • Publication number: 20210008914
    Abstract: A method of producing a molded part comprising a decorative coating with a molded part front side designed as visible side and a rear side opposing the front side and a substrate arranged on the rear side of the decorative coating, wherein the decorative coating comprises (or is formed from) a decorative layer, wherein the method comprises: providing the decorative layer or decorative coating, attaching the substrate to the rear side of the decorative layer or coating, applying a resist lacquer to the front side of the decorative layer by means of a digital printing machine, the resist lacquer being applied in sections to the front side of the decorative layer to form a pattern or symbol or a negative of a pattern or symbol such that lacquer-free surface areas and surface areas covered with resist lacquer are created on the front side of the decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Klaus Rohmer
  • Publication number: 20210008915
    Abstract: A method for printing a printing designed as a color-tilting surface onto an object surface includes a) printing a relief structure having strip-shaped webs onto the object surface, the strip-shaped webs being spaced apart and raised relative to the surface and each having first and second side flanks, and b) conformal printing of a pattern with first color strips parallel to but laterally offset from the webs. As a result, the first color strips more strongly determine color, brightness and/or another visual, optical or wavelength-related property viewed obliquely from the first side flanks than viewed obliquely from the second side flanks. At least in step b) a digital printing technique carries out the printing to permit variable predetermination of at least the first color strip dimensions, positions and/or contours. A colored isotropic printing ink and/or printing compound is used as the printing ink and/or printing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver WEISS, Roland GROETZNER, Katja SCHUMACHER
  • Publication number: 20210008916
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming method including a step of imagewisely applying, onto a base material by an inkjet method, at least two inks containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a polymerization initiator and having reflection wavelengths different from each other, such that the total application amount of the inks provides an image area ratio of 50% or more in an image forming region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki MAKUTA, Shigeaki NIMURA, Hiroshi INADA, Rie TAKASAGO, Tomohiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20210008917
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium including: a transparent base material; a thermosensitive recording layer over the transparent base material; and a barrier layer over the thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the barrier layer contains hollow particles and a binder resin, and wherein when thermal energy is applied to the thermosensitive recording layer from a surface of the thermosensitive recording layer having the transparent base material, the thermosensitive recording layer develops a color. Also provided is a thermosensitive recording medium producing method including: a step of forming a thermosensitive recording layer over a transparent base material; and a step of forming a barrier layer containing hollow particles and a binder resin over the thermosensitive recording layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Gaku KOHARA, Yasuhiro KADOTA
  • Publication number: 20210008918
    Abstract: A bookmaking system includes sets of redundant cover printers and book block printers and a binder (or set of binders) for binding a printed cover page, printed by an assigned one of the set of redundant cover printers, and a corresponding set of printed pages for a book block, printed by an assigned one of the set of redundant book block printers, together to form a book. A transport mechanism connects the redundant printers and redundant cover printers with the binder. An assigned one of a plurality of book block buffers, intermediate the book block printers and the binders, stores the set of printed pages until the corresponding printed cover page is ready for binding; and/or an assigned one of a plurality of cover buffers, intermediate the cover printers and the binders, stores the printed cover page until binding can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: DOUGLAS K. HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20210008919
    Abstract: A printable blank sheet includes a sheet with defined separation lines, a first layer with cuts running through the first layer along the defined separation lines, and a second layer attached to a bottom side of the first layer, with perforations running through the second layer along the defined separation lines. A method for creating custom print cards includes running a printable blank sheet through a printer to print on defined print areas, wherein the sheet includes slit-over-perforation lines defining a periphery of an object in the sheet, bending the sheet along the slit-over-perforation lines to weaken and separate the slit-over-perforation lines, and detaching the object from the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Todd Carroll
  • Publication number: 20210008920
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a card comprising a transparent window. The window comprises a front side and a back side. The method comprises steps of printing a color picture on the back side of the window and laser engraving the front side of the window. Also provided is a device configured to carry out the above-described method and a card manufactured with the above-described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Gerardus Johannes Maria Hospel
  • Publication number: 20210008921
    Abstract: An image forming device comprises: a receiving part that receives image data containing first image data relating to a black and white image and second image data relating to a foil image; a carrying path along which a recording medium is carried in a predetermined direction; an inkjet printing part, arranged on the carrying path, injects an ink based on the first image data to the recording medium, and forms the black and white image or the color image on the recording medium; a toner image printing part, arranged on the carrying path, forms the toner image for adhesion based on the second image data, and transfers the toner image to the recording medium; and a foil image forming part, arranged on the carrying path, enables the toner image transferred to the recording medium to melt and attaches the foil to the melted toner image to form the foil image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya SAKAI, Yoshinori TSUTSUMI, Kenji TSURU, Munenori NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20210008922
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing decorative panels, where the panel includes a panel substrate material and a top decorative layer. The method includes applying the top decorative layer to the panel substrate material at least through additive manufacturing techniques, more particularly through material jetting. The process further concerns panels obtained or obtainable through such method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: UNILIN, BVBA
    Inventors: Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Benjamin CLEMENT
  • Publication number: 20210008923
    Abstract: A paint tray includes a paint tray having a paint receptacle and a roller area, with two paint troughs positioned adjacent the sides of the roller area. The troughs are slanted such that the troughs are in fluid communication with the paint receptacle. A tool receptacle is positioned in the at least one of the troughs for holding a paint tool away from, but adjacent to, the paint receptacle and the roller area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua R. Robertson, Michael C. Lambertson, JR., Sarah E. Mulroy
  • Publication number: 20210008924
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns wheels for industrial vehicles, including scissor lift vehicles and aerial platform vehicles. More particularly, this disclosure concerns a wheel fabricated with a substantially cylindrical wheel rim and a front face surface which includes a center hub section that is inwardly offset from the front edge by an amount and at an angle providing flexibility to recover from incidences that can damage the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Fredrick Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210008925
    Abstract: A packaging system having an outboard guard and an outboard retainer cap. The outboard guard includes an outboard guard opening having a hole through the planform of the outboard guard, an engagement portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard guard opening, an outboard bearing protector portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the engagement portion of the outboard guard, and an outer rim having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard bearing protector portion. The outboard retainer cap is configured to be removably affixed to the outboard guard and includes an outboard alignment protrusion having a circular surface, an engagement portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard alignment protrusion, and a retaining flange having an annular surface radially surrounding the engagement portion of the outboard retainer cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Lemen, Pengchong Li
  • Publication number: 20210008926
    Abstract: A packaging system having an outboard guard and an outboard retainer cap. The outboard guard includes an outboard guard opening having a hole through the planform of the outboard guard, an engagement portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard guard opening, an outboard bearing protector portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the engagement portion of the outboard guard, and an outer rim having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard bearing protector portion. The outboard retainer cap is configured to be removably affixed to the outboard guard and includes an outboard alignment protrusion having a circular surface, an engagement portion having an annular surface radially surrounding the outboard alignment protrusion, and a retaining flange having an annular surface radially surrounding the engagement portion of the outboard retainer cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Lemen, Pengchong Li
  • Publication number: 20210008927
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the carcass layer, and tread rubber disposed on the outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer. The belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having belt angles with an absolute value from 10° to 45° both inclusive and mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° relative to the tire circumferential direction. The distance (Gcc) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumferential surface along the tire equatorial plane and the distance (Gsh) from the tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface have a relationship satisfying 1.10?Gsh/Gcc. The groove depth (Dsh) and under-groove gauge (UDsh) of the outermost circumferential main groove have a relationship satisfying 0.20?UDsh/Dsh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yukihito Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210008928
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a groove opening portion of an inner side shoulder main groove and a groove opening portion of an inner side center main groove have edge portions with a straight shape. A groove opening portion of an outer side center main groove has an edge portion chamfered in a zigzag shape. A groove width Wg1 of the inner side shoulder main groove, a groove width Wg2 of the inner side center main groove, and a groove width Wg3 of the outer side center main groove have a relationship Wg1<Wg3 and Wg2<Wg3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Keisuke Nakazaki
  • Publication number: 20210008929
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire with a tread comprising circumferential grooves (2) and at least one profile rib (1), which runs around in the circumferential direction and formed in which there are grooves (4) which at a groove flank (5) of a circumferential groove (2) that delimits the profile rib (1) open into it, wherein the groove flanks (5) of the circumferential groove (2) run at an angle (?) of 12° to 17° to the radial direction, thereby widening the circumferential groove (2) in the direction of the periphery of the tread. The grooves (4) run at an angle (?) of 45°±20° to the axial direction, end within the profile rib (1), have a maximum depth (t2) of 3.5 mm and open in each case into a local indentation (7), which is formed at the groove flank (5), reaches up to the periphery of the tread, is concavely rounded along the groove flank (5) and has a bottom (7a) that runs in particular parallel to the periphery of the tread and is at a distance (c), determined in the radial direction, of 0.5 mm to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ahmet Özüduru, Ralf Schütte, Bernhard Roeger
  • Publication number: 20210008930
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, an anti-skid tire stud is provided, the stud having a body made of polymer-based material, wherein the stud body comprises a top portion comprising polymer-based material having a first color, a bottom portion comprising polymer-based material having a second color, and wherein the stud further comprises a pin extending out of the top portion for contacting the road. In a second aspect of the invention, the invention relates to a tire comprising such anti-skid tire studs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Damian Wilhelm Georges, Frédéric Michel-Jean Pons
  • Publication number: 20210008931
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a tire formed of a body having multiple plies and a tread that surrounds the body. In some implementations, the plies and/or the tread include a resonator that generates a resonant signal in response to being activated by locally generated power or by an externally generated excitation signal. Multiple resonators formed of carbon-containing materials are distributed in the plies and/or tread to respond to changes to the tire by altering a characteristic of the resonant signal. Such alterations include frequency shifting of the resonant signal and/or attenuation of the resonant signal. The resonator can be configured to resonate at a first frequency when a structural characteristic of a respective ply or tread is greater than a level, and to resonate at a second frequency different than the first frequency when the structural characteristic of the respective ply or tread is not greater than the level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. STOWELL, Bruce LANNING, Bryce H. ANZELMO, Karel VANHEUSDEN, Sung H. LIM, Carlos MONTALVO
  • Publication number: 20210008932
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a tire formed of a body having multiple plies and a tread that surrounds the body. In some implementations, the plies and/or the tread include a resonator that generates a resonant signal in response to being activated by locally generated power or by an externally generated excitation signal. Multiple resonators formed of carbon-containing materials are distributed in the plies and/or tread to respond to changes to the tire by altering a characteristic of the resonant signal. Such alterations include frequency shifting of the resonant signal and/or attenuation of the resonant signal. The resonator can be configured to resonate at a first frequency when a structural characteristic of a respective ply or tread is greater than a level, and to resonate at a second frequency different than the first frequency when the structural characteristic of the respective ply or tread is not greater than the level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. STOWELL, Bruce LANNING, Bryce H. ANZELMO, Karel VANHEUSDEN, Sung H. LIM, Carlos MONTALVO
  • Publication number: 20210008933
    Abstract: A method for determining a tread depth of a tread of a tire during operation of a vehicle having the tire, a control device for a vehicle for determining a tread depth of a tread of a tire of the vehicle, and a system for a vehicle having such a control device and at least one electronic wheel unit, are provided. Provision is made to determine the tread depth based on a determined instantaneous dynamic wheel radius of a wheel, having the tire, of the vehicle and a determined instantaneous dynamic inside radius of the tire. In addition, at least one further first operating parameter of the tire, selected from the group including an instantaneous roadway gradient, an instantaneous vehicle drive mode and an instantaneous tire material expansion, is determined and taken into consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: MATTHIAS KRETSCHMANN, SHICHAO YOU
  • Publication number: 20210008934
    Abstract: A method for actuating a tire-pressure regulating system of an agricultural vehicle combination includes monitoring a current operating status of an implement by a control unit and receiving data by the control unit indicative of a change in the current operating status of the implement. The method also includes communicating a command by the control unit to a tire-pressure regulating system of the change in the current operating status and controllably adjusting a tire inflation pressure in one or more tires of a tractor or the implement by the tire-pressure regulating system based on the data received by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Frank Buhrke
  • Publication number: 20210008935
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fitting to a wheel of a vehicle comprising a pneumatic tyre, the sensor module comprising: a pressure sensor for sensing pressure of a gas retained within the pneumatic tyre; an alert generator configured to generate one or more alert signals based on the sensed pressure of the gas and a calibrated tyre pressure; and a controller configured to receive pressure data from the pressure sensor and determine whether the tyre is being inflated or deflated by a user, and subsequently re-set the calibrated tyre pressure to the pressure of the gas after inflation or deflation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Gary Broadfield
  • Publication number: 20210008936
    Abstract: A self-inflation device for maintaining pressure in a tire includes a piston compartment, a piston, and an intake opening for fluidically connecting the piston compartment to ambient atmosphere. A valve controls airflow between the piston compartment and the inner space of the tire. Airflow between the piston compartment and the inner space is allowed when the valve is opened and prevented when the valve is closed. The piston is movable within the piston compartment between an air intake position, in which the intake opening fluidically connects the piston compartment and the ambient atmosphere, and a compression position, in which the piston fluidically seals the piston compartment from the intake opening, thereby creating a compression chamber. The piston opens and closes the valve, and cycles between the air intake and the compression positions, through application of centrifugal force onto the self-inflation device by rotation of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Yadin TRP LTD
    Inventor: Eran ALMOG
  • Publication number: 20210008937
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a hitch assembly includes a cover and a cover lock assembly. The cover is coupled to the body component for movement between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the cover permits access to a hitch lock assembly configured to secure a hitch to a hitch receiver and in the closed position, the cover inhibits access to the hitch lock assembly. The cover lock assembly is configured to releasably secure the cover to the hitch receiver when the cover is in the closed position. The cover lock assembly includes a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. In the locked configuration, the cover is inhibited from moving from the closed position to the open position. In the unlocked configuration, the cover is permitted to move from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd R. Muck
  • Publication number: 20210008938
    Abstract: A tongue jack includes a tongue jack head and an accessory hook coupled with the tongue jack head. The accessory hook is suited for supporting chains and electrical cords typically associated with the connection between a trailer and a tow vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Barry Wade Ousley, Steve Paul, Mark Boessler
  • Publication number: 20210008939
    Abstract: A suspension for a wheel of an axle of a motor vehicle, comprising a wheel support, which is mounted on the vehicle body via a plurality of links and which has a first supporting element and a second supporting element. A vehicle wheel is mounted rotatably on the first supporting element and the first supporting element is rotatable relative to the second supporting element for transmitting a steering torque by a steering actuator arranged on the wheel support. The first supporting element is attached to the vehicle body by an upper wishbone, and the second supporting element is attached to the vehicle body exclusively by a lower wishbone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter SCHMIDT, Michael GRADL, Thomas KLINGER
  • Publication number: 20210008940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load sensor arrangement (100) for installation on a vehicle axle (106) of a vehicle (108). The load sensor arrangement (100) comprises: a non-invasive load sensor (102) for measuring a load subjected to the vehicle axle (106) and a sensor holder (110). The sensor holder (110) comprises a sensor holding portion (112) and a mounting portion (114). The mounting portion (114) is adapted for attachment to the vehicle axle (106), and the sensor holding portion (112) is adapted for holding the load sensor (102) in a position for direct measuring on the vehicle axle (106). The load sensor arrangement (100) comprises an attachment element (118) for releasable connection of said load sensor (102) to said sensor holding portion (112). The invention further relates to a vehicle axle arrangement, a vehicle, a method of installing a non-invasive load sensor on a vehicle axle, and the use of a load sensor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jörgen ANDERSSON, Emmanuel BUE
  • Publication number: 20210008941
    Abstract: An in-vehicle stable platform system employing active suspension and a control method thereof is provided. The system includes a vehicle body, an in-vehicle stable platform, an inertial measurement device, an electronic control device, a servo controller set, multiple wheels, and suspension servo actuation cylinders and displacement sensors respectively corresponding to the wheels. The wheels are divided into three groups, which form three support points. The heights of the three support points are controlled to control orientation of the vehicle body. An amount of extension/retraction of the suspension servo actuation cylinders required to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to return to a horizontal level is calculated according to a measured pitch angle and a roll angle of the in-vehicle stable platform, and when a vehicle travels on an uneven road, the extension/retraction of each suspension servo actuation cylinder is controlled to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to be horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Mingde GONG, Shuang LIU, Zhiguo SUN, Zhuxin ZHANG, Bin YANG, Tao NI, Qinghe GUO, Mengke YANG
  • Publication number: 20210008942
    Abstract: A device for supplying hydraulic energy in a chassis system of a vehicle includes a first hydraulic pump and a first electric motor for driving the first hydraulic pump, a second hydraulic pump and a second electric motor for driving the second hydraulic pump, and a common electronic unit which is arranged to control the first and the second electric motor, wherein the two electric motors and the two pumps are preferably designed to be identical in structure and/or respectively form first and second motor-pump groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: RAPA Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rocco KEMNITZ, Tim RUBITZKO, Werner LEUPOLD
  • Publication number: 20210008943
    Abstract: An electric suspension device, includes: an electromagnetic actuator which is arranged in parallel to a spring member provided between a body and a wheel of a vehicle and produces a drive force concerning damping operation and expansion-contraction operation; an information acquisition section which acquires roll velocity of the vehicle; a damping force calculation section which calculates a target damping force as a target value for the damping operation of the electromagnetic actuator; and an ECU which performs drive control for the electromagnetic actuator using a target drive force based on the calculated target damping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya TOYOHIRA, Takafumi KATO, Atsuhiko YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20210008944
    Abstract: Disclosed are a damper control system and method for vehicles in which speeds of suspension dampers optimized for ECS control may be derived, and wheel G sensors to derive the damper speeds may be omitted, reducing material costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Su LEE, Seong Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210008945
    Abstract: The system includes an oscillating chassis (10) suitable for being linked to an axle (6) of a vehicle (1); two cylinders (11, 12), referred to as “compensation cylinders”, linking the oscillating chassis (10) to the main chassis (5) of the vehicle; a proportional distributor or valve (13) to which the compensation cylinders (11, 12) are connected; an axle tilt detector (14) detecting tilt of the axle (6) resulting in the wheel (2) of the vehicle (I) opposite the arm (3) being raised; and a computer (15) connected to this tilt detector (14) and to piloted actuation device (30) for actuating the valve-slide of the proportional distributor (13); in the event of the axle (6) tilting in a manner that tends to raise the wheel (2) situated on the side opposite the arm (3), the computer (15) controls these actuation device (30) in such a way as to control the valve-slide of the proportional valve (13). The vehicle (1) is equipped with the stabilization system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ELIATIS
    Inventor: Jean-Luc PERRIN
  • Publication number: 20210008946
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a damper control system and method according to rough road determination in which the number of sensors is reduced and a state of a road surface is subdivided and determined by a 6D sensor since an existing wheel G sensor is not used at the time of determining the state of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Min Su LEE
  • Publication number: 20210008947
    Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle having a body and at least one wheel and supportable via the wheel on a roadway, having at least one spring element having a progressive spring characteristic curve, via which the wheel is supportable in a spring-loaded manner on the body, wherein a vertical adjustment device is provided, by which the body is vertically adjustable, while a change of the spring rate of the spring element does not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Achim GLAS, Wolfgang SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20210008948
    Abstract: A spring-damper assembly includes a damper and an adjustable gas spring system coupled to the damper. The spring-damper assembly can be coupled to a vehicle as part of a suspension thereof. The adjustable gas spring system maintains the ride height of the vehicle while absorbing forces from changes in the terrain. The dampers control unwanted movement of the coil spring and dissipate forces from the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Matt Edward Kirar
  • Publication number: 20210008949
    Abstract: The thickness of one of a pair of panels (an inner panel (20) and an outer panel (30)) of each trailing arm (12) is greater than the thickness of the other panel, and a rear wheel support unit (an axle unit (51)) configured to support each rear wheel is coupled to one of the pair of panels (the inner panel (20) and the outer panel (30)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Mazda Motor Corporation, Y-Tec Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Hideaki KAWAGUCHI, Masayuki JOBIRA, Yuya YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210008950
    Abstract: This stabilizer device is provided with first and second stabilizers and a joint device that can be switched between and ON-state and an OFF-state. The ON-state is a state in which a force inputted to one of the stabilizers can be transmitted to the other stabilizer, and the OFF-state is a state in which said transmission is disabled. The joint device has at least one engagement part that can be displaced to an engagement position and a non-engagement position. In addition, the joint device assumes the ON-state when the at least one engagement part is in the engagement position, and assumes the OFF-state when the at least one engagement part is in the non-engagement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: CHUO HATSUJO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshio KUWAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210008951
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted temperature controller has a first heat circuit and a refrigeration circuit. The first heat circuit has a first radiator exchanging heat with outside air, a first heat exchanger, and a first pump, and configured so that a first heat medium is circulated therethrough. The refrigeration circuit has the first heat exchanger discharging heat from the refrigerant to a first heat medium to make a refrigerant condense, a second heat exchanger absorbing heat to the refrigerant to thereby make the refrigerant evaporate and to cool an object to be cooled, and a compressor, and is configured so that the refrigerant circulates through the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and thereby a refrigeration cycle is realized. When the object to be cooled starts being cooled, the compressor is started up after the first pump is started up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi AIKAWA, Yuji MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210008952
    Abstract: A climate control system includes a plurality of vent registers, an HVAC unit delivering conditioned air to the plurality of vent registers, a side door status monitoring device and a controller configured to control opening and closing of the plurality of vent registers in response to side door status data provided by the side door status monitoring device. A related climate control method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Mukesh Kumar, Lawrence C. Karas, Andrew Dayton Phillips
  • Publication number: 20210008953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lever (11) having: an engagement part (16) designed to engage in a corresponding housing in a component with which the lever is intended to cooperate, a base (18) to which the engagement part is connected, a connecting zone (20) between the engagement part and the base, this connecting zone having a profile extending from the engagement part to the base, said profile having a gradual curve shape, this connecting zone also comprising at least one stop (21) adjacent to the profile with a gradual curve shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Sylvain Gerber, Enzo Mitidieri
  • Publication number: 20210008954
    Abstract: A sensor (2) for determining solar altitude information includes at least one diode (24) for measuring sun intensity. A computation module (20) has interfaces (72, 74) at its input side for time- and location-based data for determining the current sun position from said location-based data, said time-based data and sun intensity measured and for providing a sun output signal on an output interface (80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Casco Schoeller GmbH
    Inventors: Nadine Wohlfahrt, Scott Brown, Markus Jaax
  • Publication number: 20210008955
    Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seating surface extending over at least one of a seat and a seatback. The seating assembly also includes a fluid mover and a fluid transfer member including a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion. The fluid inlet portion is coupled to the fluid mover, and the fluid outlet portion is proximate the seating surface. The fluid mover is selectively operable to release a pressurized fluid through the tube so that the release of the pressurized fluid at the outlet cools a seating assembly occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
  • Publication number: 20210008956
    Abstract: A vehicle temperature control system includes: an air conditioning unit configured to cool and heat an interior of a vehicle; a first thermoelectric module mounted in a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to be selectively heated or cooled; a second thermoelectric module mounted in a seat of the vehicle and configured to be selectively heated or cooled; and an integrated control unit configured to integrally control the air conditioning unit, the first thermoelectric module, and the second thermoelectric module, thereby obtaining an advantageous effect of improving temperature control efficiency and energy efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Jae LEE, Tae Han KIM, Tae Woong LIM, Ho Gyu CHOI, Jeong Yung LEE, Hong Rok SHIM, Sang Min JO, Seung Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20210008957
    Abstract: An automobile air conditioning unit leak detection device including a detection unit, a control unit, and a probe unit. The detection unit includes a sound detector member and a camera member. Each member is able to detect a leak from the air conditioning unit. The sound detector member detects a leak from the air conditioning unit based on pressure sensing. The camera member detects a leak from the air conditioning unit based on image sensing using an ultraviolet (UV) lens. The control unit includes a housing member having a pair of strap elements for attaching the housing member to a wearer's wrist. The housing member includes a display element for outputting a viewable image received from the camera member, and a speaker element for outputting one or more sound waves received from the sound detector member. The probe unit includes an elongated flexible cable member having the detection unit attached at a distal end and the control unit attached at a proximate end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Basden Francis
  • Publication number: 20210008958
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive video frames corresponding to an interior of a vehicle. The processor may be configured to perform video operations on the video frames to detect objects in the video frames, detect one or more passengers based on the objects detected in the video frames, determine a location of each of the passengers detected and generate a climate control signal for each of said passengers. The climate control signal may be implemented to control climate settings in a plurality of climate zones within the vehicle. The processor may correlate the location of each of the passengers to the climate zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Pier Paolo Porta
  • Publication number: 20210008959
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system for a vehicle includes: an occupant sensing unit determining whether or not there is an occupant inside the vehicle in a state in which a driver exits from the vehicle; a ventilation control unit performing control to allow external air to be introduced into the vehicle, when it is sensed that there is an occupant in the vehicle; and a temperature control unit sensing at least one of an interior temperature of the vehicle or an external temperature at the time of controlling ventilation, and controlling heating or cooling based on the at lease one of the sensed interior temperature or external temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Man Ju OH, So La CHUNG, Jae Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20210008960
    Abstract: A target thermal sensation setter sets target thermal sensations for a finite number of parts into which the occupant is virtually divided. A cabin temperature controller individually controls a cabin air-conditioning unit and an auxiliary heater so that the thermal sensations of the respective parts of the occupant estimated by an occupant thermal sensation estimator fall within a range of the target thermal sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku SAITOU, Kou KOMORI, Mio FURUI, Yu NAKASHIMA, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Yoichi MIYAZAKI, Hideaki NISHII, Hiroaki SHIGENAKA
  • Publication number: 20210008961
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a front camera configured to be disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle. The camera, when disposed at the vehicle windshield, views through the windshield forward of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the front camera when disposed at the vehicle windshield, and while the equipped vehicle is traveling along a road, another vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle is detected. Responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of captured image data, the vehicular vision system determines erratic driving of the detected other vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle and generates an output responsive to the determination of the erratic driving of the detected other vehicle on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: William J. Chundrlik, Jr., Axel Nix, Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen