Patents Issued in June 1, 2021
  • Patent number: 11021140
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved plunger assembly for a vehicle brake system. The plunger assembly is operable as a pressure source to control brake fluid pressure supplied to one or more wheel brakes. The plunger assembly comprises a housing defining a cylinder; a reversible motor supported by the housing and having a rotor; and a linear actuator such as a ball screw/nut mechanism driven by the motor. A plunger head is mounted in the cylinder and driven by the linear actuator in first and second opposite directions. Improvements include a linear actuator rotationally supported on the housing by a bearing to actuate the plunger head connection to a ball screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety US Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Starr, Blaise Ganzel
  • Patent number: 11021141
    Abstract: An electronic brake system of the present disclosure is disclosed. The an electronic brake system may include a reservoir to store oil; a master cylinder having a master piston connected to a brake pedal and a master chamber for discharging oil by a displacement of the master piston; a hydraulic pressure supply apparatus generating hydraulic pressure by an electrical signal output corresponding to a displacement of the brake pedal to supply to wheel cylinders of the respective wheels; a hydraulic control unit transmitting the hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply apparatus to the wheel cylinders of the respective wheels; and a redundancy control apparatus generating hydraulic pressure using a motor and a pump to transmit to at least one of the wheel cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyojin Jeong, Eun-Seong Lim
  • Patent number: 11021142
    Abstract: A trailer control valve for a tractor includes a body defining a supply port and first and second delivery ports. The supply port is configured for fluid communication with a fluid source on the tractor. The first and second delivery ports are configured for fluid communication with glad-hand connectors through which fluid is supplied from the tractor to a trailer for, respectively, releasing a parking brake and applying a service brake. The first delivery port is in fluid communication with the supply port. A relay valve is supported within the body and includes a valve member configured to move between positions preventing and permitting fluid communication between the supply port and the second delivery port. Pressure transducers in the body generate pressure signals indicative of fluid pressure at the delivery ports permitting detection of the presence of a trailer coupled to the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Riley, Paul C. Niglas
  • Patent number: 11021143
    Abstract: A brake caliper inspection apparatus that includes a housing including an interior and a plurality of ports that provide access to the interior. The apparatus also includes a plurality of components each coupled to a port of the plurality of ports. The plurality of components includes a sensor configured to monitor a gauge pressure within said interior, a nozzle configured to channel fluid therethrough, and a viewing dome configured to provide a visual indication of an air-to-fluid ratio within said interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Robert Lee Hill
  • Patent number: 11021144
    Abstract: A method of controlling a continuously variable electric drivetrain (CVED) including a high ratio traction drive transmission and at least one of a first motor-generator and a second motor-generator is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a an output speed, determining a kinematic output speed, and determining a slip state of the high ratio traction drive transmission based on a comparison of the output speed to the kinematic output speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. David, Travis J. Miller
  • Patent number: 11021145
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first motor generator that generates electric power using power of an engine, a battery, and a second motor generator that is connected to drive wheels and is driven by electric power supplied from the battery and the first motor generator. An ECU of the vehicle drives the first motor generator as an electric motor with a regenerative electric power, executes a braking control, in which a load of the first motor generator functions as the engine, when an SOC is equal to or more than a threshold value of a waste electric-power start, and changes the threshold of the waste electric-power start based on a running condition of the hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Yui
  • Patent number: 11021146
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for a hybrid powertrain having an engine and an electric motor. The hydraulic control circuit includes a first pressure regulating valve configured to cooperate with a shift valve for selectively communicating a hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic piston actuator of a clutch assembly for engaging the engine to a driveline. The hydraulic control circuit further includes a second pressure regulating valve configured to selectively communicate a flow of hydraulic fluid to a cooling circuit for the cooling of the electric motor and to cooperate with a check valve and the shift valve to actuate the hydraulic piston actuator during a predetermined fail mode of the first pressure regulating valve, thus providing a limp-home mode by coupling the torque output from the engine to driveline of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Steven P. Moorman
  • Patent number: 11021147
    Abstract: Vehicles and methods for determining an object of a driver's focus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes an object detection sensor configured to output an output signal, a sound detection sensor configure to output a sound signal, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect one or more objects based at least in part on the output signal of the object detection sensor, and detect speech based on the sound signal of the sound detection sensor. The electronic control unit is further configured to determine an object of focus based at least in part on a comparison of the speech and the one or more objects, and produce a control signal based at least in part on the object of focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Todd J. Rowell
  • Patent number: 11021148
    Abstract: Techniques are discussed for predicting locations of an object based on attributes of the object and/or attributes of other object(s) proximate to the object. The techniques can predict locations of a pedestrian proximate to a crosswalk as they traverse or prepare to traverse through the crosswalk. The techniques can predict locations of objects as the object traverses an environment. Attributes can comprise information about an object, such as a position, velocity, acceleration, classification, heading, relative distances to regions or other objects, bounding box, etc. Attributes can be determined for an object over time such that, when a series of attributes are input into a prediction component (e.g., a machine learned model), the prediction component can output, for example, predicted locations of the object at times in the future. A vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, can be controlled to traverse an environment based on the predicted locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahsa Ghafarianzadeh, Luke Martin Hansen
  • Patent number: 11021149
    Abstract: A driving support apparatus is provided to improve accuracy of the driving support such as a notification to the driver and the vehicle control. In the apparatus, a common parameter indicating a location of a lane boundary is calculated for the vehicle control, based on an actual boundary line where a location of the lane boundary line existing at both sides of the vehicle is actually measured. A common error is defined as an error between the location of an estimated boundary indicated by the common parameter and a location of the actual boundary line. In the case where the common error is larger than or equal to a common threshold in which an amount of the common error is set in advance, the apparatus determines that the travelling road where the vehicle travels is branched and stops the vehicle control using the common parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya Kumano, Shunsuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11021150
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling a motor vehicle based upon wind are provided. For example, a first measurement of wind detected by a first sensor coupled to the motor vehicle may be received from the first sensor. A second measurement of wind associated with a location of the motor vehicle may be received from a server. A wind effect (e.g., cost, inefficiency, danger, etc.) on the motor vehicle may be determined based upon the first measurement of wind and/or the second measurement of wind. A corrective action for the motor vehicle may be determined based upon the wind effect, and may be implemented on the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CO-AX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Hassan M. Abdar
  • Patent number: 11021151
    Abstract: A motor vehicle stop/start control system (10) for controlling at least a portion of a powertrain of a vehicle, the system (10) being configured to: receive speed information (WSS) indicative of vehicle speed; and receive brake information (BPS) indicative that a braking system has been activated to apply brake torque; wherein the control system (10) is further configured to cause an engine (121) of the motor vehicle (100) to be switched off when a first set of predetermined conditions are met, the first set of conditions including the conditions that the brake information (BPS) indicates that the braking system is active and the speed information (WSS) indicates that vehicle speed is a below a predetermined engine-off speed, the engine-off speed being determined by the control system at least in part by reference to information received by the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Valero
  • Patent number: 11021152
    Abstract: A driving system for an electric vehicle may include a shift assembly receiving power from a motor, and providing a plurality of shift gears using a plurality of meshed external gear pairs, a clutch intermittently transferring power from the motor to the shift assembly, a gear lever allowing a driver to sequentially select a plurality of assigned positions that are discontinuously disposed, a position sensor detecting the assigned positions to which the gear lever sequentially moves, on the basis of continuous changes in physical quantities, a clutch actuator actuating the clutch, a shift actuator actuating the shift assembly to change gear shifts, and a controller configured for controlling the clutch actuator, the shift actuator, and the motor to change gear shifts by receiving signals from the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Joon Lee, Hyun Noh Kim, Jin Ho Kim, Jong Sool Park, Kyeong Hun Lee, Bong Guy Son, Jong Sung Kim, Jin Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 11021153
    Abstract: A control apparatus of an electric vehicle including a motor capable of outputting a vehicle driving force that is a driving force acting on the electric vehicle, and a brake device configured to generate a vehicle braking force that is a braking force acting on the electric vehicle in accordance with a brake operation performed by a driver, includes: a controller. The controller is configured to start a first hill-hold control for maintaining the electric vehicle in a stopped state by using the vehicle driving force generated by the motor as a stopping force for stopping the electric vehicle when the brake operation is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Sato
  • Patent number: 11021154
    Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle, each of an engine and an MG1 is mechanically coupled to a drive wheel with a planetary gear being interposed. The planetary gear and an MG2 are configured such that motive power output from the planetary gear and motive power output from the MG2 are transmitted to the drive wheel as being combined. When a first condition is satisfied during traveling of the vehicle, a controller stops combustion in the engine and performs motoring by the MG1 such that the planetary gear outputs deceleration torque. When a second condition in addition to the first condition is satisfied (YES in S20) during deceleration of the hybrid vehicle with deceleration torque, the controller performs motoring with throttle opening being set to first opening or larger and WGV opening being set to second opening or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Yonezawa, Satoshi Yoshizaki, Osamu Maeda, Daigo Ando, Yoshikazu Asami, Kenji Itagaki, Shunsuke Oyama, Koichiro Muta
  • Patent number: 11021155
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus performs during-following control in which, when a direction indicator of an own vehicle is operated during traveling in which a preceding vehicle is followed, the own vehicle is accelerated in conjunction with the operation of the direction indicator. An adjacent vehicle selecting unit selects, from other vehicles present ahead of the own vehicle, an adjacent vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane adjacent to a traveling lane of the own vehicle based on a lateral position that is a relative position relative to the own vehicle in a direction orthogonal to a travelling direction of the own vehicle and a relative distance to the own vehicle in the travelling direction. An acceleration control unit performs acceleration of the own vehicle by the during-following control based on whether or not the adjacent vehicle is selected when the direction indicator is operated during following-traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tokimasa, Takuma Sudo, Takashi Maeda, Takeshi Nanami, Minoru Nakadori
  • Patent number: 11021156
    Abstract: A lane change support apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to, when it is recognized that there is an abnormality in a driver of a host vehicle, determine whether or not lane change is possible. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the lane change is possible when a vehicle speed of the host vehicle is lower than a predetermined upper limit speed, a following vehicle present closest to the host vehicle has stayed in a rear guard vehicle approval range for a predetermined time or longer, and a vehicle is not present in a lane change allowance gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taiyo Uejima
  • Patent number: 11021157
    Abstract: A controller for a motor vehicle (1) has an internal combustion engine (3), a transmission (4), and a cooling device (5) with a coolant (5b) for cooling the internal combustion engine (3), wherein the controller (2) is configured to determine a target minimum rotational speed for the internal combustion engine (3) on the basis of the temperature of the internal combustion engine (3) and/or the temperature of the coolant (5b) and to determine a target gear setting on the basis of the target minimum rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christian Jungnickel, Jens Wodausch
  • Patent number: 11021158
    Abstract: A vehicle dynamics control system in a motor vehicle includes an electronic vehicle dynamics control unit which is connected to at least one drive control unit and is configured so as to: determine at least one setpoint slip or a setpoint slip corridor and an actual vehicle speed as a reference speed, and transmit the at least one setpoint slip or the setpoint slip corridor together with the reference speed to the at least one drive control unit. The drive control unit, in accordance with the transmitted values and by way of a function module, determines setpoint rotational speed values at a motor level and carries out a rotational speed control process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Mueller, Thomas Eberl, Andreas Baier, Marc Espenhain
  • Patent number: 11021159
    Abstract: A system includes a computer comprising a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions such that the processor is programmed to determine, based on vehicle lidar sensor data, a reflectivity of an area of a road surface, and to determine whether the area is wet based on the determined reflectivity of the area, a dry-condition reflectivity threshold for the area, and an angle of viewing the area from the lidar sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Ashwin Arunmozhi
  • Patent number: 11021160
    Abstract: A slope detection system (10, 19, 185C) for a vehicle (100) is provided. The system has a processor (10, 19) that receives, from one or more sensors (185C) arranged to capture data in respect of terrain ahead of the vehicle, terrain information indicative of the topography of an area extending ahead of the vehicle (100). The processor (10, 19), in dependence upon a predicted path of the vehicle (100) over the terrain extending ahead of the vehicle (100), generates, for the predicted path of the vehicle (100), information indicative of an angle of slope of the predicted path, being the slope of the predicted path along a direction of travel of the vehicle (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Jithesh Kotteri, Anna Gaszczak, Neenu Isaac, Jithin Jayaraj, Bineesh Ravi, Krishna Jayaprakash
  • Patent number: 11021161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for determining a current road inclination, specifically taking into account a quality measure for the determination. The invention also relates to a corresponding computer program product. The method comprises the steps of: —measuring (S1), a first vehicle operating parameter; —receiving (S2) the first vehicle operating parameter; —determining (S3) an indication of a quality level for the first vehicle operating parameter, and —determining (S4) an estimated value of the current road inclination based on the first vehicle operating parameter and the indication of the quality level for the first vehicle operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mattias Åsbogård, Jonas Jerrelind, Maud Tribaudeau
  • Patent number: 11021162
    Abstract: A system configured to generate electricity based upon a temperature difference between a vehicle occupant and a portion of a vehicle interior is described herein. The system includes a thermoelectric device containing nano-scale metal fibers or carbon nanotubes incorporated into an interior surface of the vehicle. The thermoelectric device has a first side in contact with the vehicle occupant and a second side opposite the first side in contact with the portion of the vehicle interior. The thermoelectric device is configured to supply electrical power to an electrical system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Zachary J. Richmond, Evangelia Rubino, Robert J. Seidler
  • Patent number: 11021163
    Abstract: An approach is described for operating a motor vehicle system based on a user-specific user setting. A provided gene profile file is transferred to a deep learning engine that provides gene patterns of at least one predetermined gene range of persons and a respective preferred user setting for a large number of people. The deep learning engine processes the gene pattern of the person described by the gene profile file to thereby determine a configuration forecast of the user, the configuration forecast including a probability with which the user prefers one of the user settings. A user profile file is selected and transmitted to at least one motor vehicle system for configuring the at least one motor vehicle system based on the forecasted probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Torsten Schön
  • Patent number: 11021164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Katasi, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ryan Tibbitts, Adam Stevenson, Malcolm Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 11021165
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Noguchi, Ryuichi Nagai, Hideki Kato, Yuki Tsuda, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11021166
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using machine learning classifiers to identify anomalous driving behavior in vehicle driver data obtained from vehicle telematics devices are provided. In one example, a vehicle telematics device receives vehicle driver data from sensors, identifies anomalies in the vehicle driver data by using an unsupervised machine learning process, calculates a driver risk score by using the anomalies identified in the vehicle driver data, and transmits the risk score to a remote server system. In another example, a server system receives vehicle driver data from a plurality of vehicle telematics devices, identifies anomalies in the vehicle driver data by using an unsupervised machine learning process, and calculates a driver risk score by using the anomalies identified in the vehicle driver data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventor: Amrit Rau
  • Patent number: 11021167
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a controller with embedded software which controls at least some of devices mounted in the vehicle, a communicator configured to communicate with an external device, an update controller which updates the software embedded in the controller according to communication with the external device by the communicator, a power supply configured to supply power to the controller, and a vehicle state predictor configured to predict a state of the vehicle, in which the update controller interrupts an update of the software when the vehicle state predictor predicts that a connection between the power supply and the controller is in a disconnected state during the update of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Yokota, Satomi Tomokuni, Satoshi Tabuchi
  • Patent number: 11021168
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mitigating irritants during travel in a vehicle. The method includes determining, at a remote server, an airborne irritant is present external to the vehicle, which may involve data from the vehicle or from other nearby vehicles. The data may be direct irritant measurements by sensors or may be indirect data indicative of possible irritants. Based on the determination that the airborne irritant is likely present external to the vehicle, an irritant mitigation action is caused within the vehicle. The irritant mitigation action may include displaying a notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, outputting an audio notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, closing a window of the vehicle, or closing an air vent of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 11021169
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine posted speed limits for vehicles and modify a centralized database of posted speed limits may manage the centralized database, receive, from a fleet of vehicles, requests to modify speed limits associated with roads, and modify the centralized database in accordance with the received requests for modification. Individual vehicles may compare a posted speed limit for a particular road as identified based on road-side image information with a previously stored speed limit from the centralized database for the same road in order to detect a discrepancy and transmit a request for a modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Griswold, Mark Freitas, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Alekh Vaidya, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Jason Palmer, Reza Ghanbari
  • Patent number: 11021170
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, a system and a method for managing drowsy driving. The apparatus for managing drowsy driving includes a communication device that transmits vehicle information to a server and receives a drowsiness probability of a driver from the server, and a controller that generates a command when the drowsiness probability of the driver exceeds a reference value and determines whether the driver is in a drowsy state based on input information of the driver responding to the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tae Youb Yi
  • Patent number: 11021171
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of collecting a set of driving data, estimating, from the set of driving data, one or more states that are predictive of an elevated driving risk of an adverse event endangering at least one of a driver, a vehicle's occupants or a vehicle's cargo, determining, from the one or more estimated states, an existence of an elevated driving risk, and alerting at least one of the vehicle, driver or the vehicle's occupants to the existence of the elevated driving risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josh Andres, John Wagner, Timothy M. Lynar
  • Patent number: 11021172
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system for controlling a host vehicle including one or more image sensors and one or more radar sensors and controller configured to recognize a target vehicle and measure a front coordinate of the target vehicle and generate a warning according to whether the front coordinate of the target vehicle is located in a preset blind spot alert area of the host vehicle. The present disclosure may determine whether to activate an warning based on a front coordinate of a target vehicle and prevent a malfunction when activating the warning, thereby providing a driver with driving safety and driving convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tak Gen Kim, Jae Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 11021173
    Abstract: A system for automated execution of a maneuver or behavior determines at first a situation in which the system currently is based on environment sensing. Then, based on the determined situation, maneuver options or behavior options are determined. Such options are maneuvers or behaviors which potentially can be executed by the system in the determined situation. Then information on at least one of the determined maneuver options or behavior options are output using a haptic display. The system receives an input selecting one of the options from a user. On the basis of the selected option then the selected option or maneuver is executed in an automated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Goerick
  • Patent number: 11021174
    Abstract: A rail vehicle has a bogie, which is covered in such a way that a bogie cavity exists, which is formed in the under floor region of the rail vehicle by a cover assembly and walls adjacent to the bogie. A device for producing pressurized air is connected, with respect to flow, to an air inlet device in the walls of the bogie cavity in such a way that the air can be blown into the bogie cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grzona, Martin Krause, Thomas Weiss
  • Patent number: 11021175
    Abstract: An end underframe comprises a headstock assembly and a bolster assembly and is made out of a single material which consists of cold rolled austenitic stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Rafael Zaneti, Felipe Czank, Levi Albuquerqe, Luiz Cano, Eduardo Nascimento, Marco Ficoni, Marina Saito, Andre Gouveia, Andre Rocha, Carlos Moraes
  • Patent number: 11021176
    Abstract: An energy absorption device configured to be provided at a front end of a train includes a coupler seat, a support base, a crush pipe, a coupler, a guide member, an energy absorption component and an anti-climbing assembly. The support base is fixedly arranged at the front end of the train; the crush pipe is fixed to the coupler seat; a connecting end of the coupler is inserted into the crush pipe and is slidable with respect to the crush pipe; the guide member has one end fixed to the coupler seat, and another end inserted into the support base and slidable with respect to the support base; the guide member limits an oscillation of the crush pipe; the energy absorption component is provided between the coupler seat and the support base; and the anti-climbing assembly is fixedly arranged on the support base and is compressible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aiqin Tian, Yonggui Zhang, Shizhong Zhao, Guidong Tao, Quanwei Che, Shuxiang Chen, Xianliang Sun, Luxing Li
  • Patent number: 11021177
    Abstract: A system for detection and identification of objects and obstacles near, between or on railway comprise several forward-looking imagers adapted to cover each different range forward and preferably to be sensitive each to different wavelength of radiation, including visible light, LWIR, and SWIR. The substantially homogeneous temperature along the rail the image of which is included in an imager frame assists in identifying and distinguishing the rail from the background. Image processing is applied to define living creature in the image frame and to distinguish from a man-made object based on temperature of the body. Electro optic sensors (e.g. thermal infrared imaging sensor and visible band imaging sensor) are used to survey and monitor railway scenes in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: RAIL VISION LTD
    Inventors: Shahar Hania, Avraham Ram Guissin, Sharon Bason
  • Patent number: 11021178
    Abstract: A method and a structure for an Autonomous Train Control System (ATCS) are disclosed, and are based on a plurality of autonomous train control elements that operate independent of each other. An autonomous train control element operates within an allocated track space, and based on predefined rules. Further, autonomous train control elements are paired together to exchange operational data. Pursuant to the predefined rules, an autonomous train control element acquires needed track space from a paired element, and relinquishes track space that is not required for its autonomous operation to a paired element. Further, an autonomous train control element is assigned a priority level with respect to the acquisition/relinquishment of track space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Nabil N. Ghaly
  • Patent number: 11021179
    Abstract: A method for detecting whether a point rail is attached to a stock rail is disclosed. The method is performed by using a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor. Each of the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor is configured to detect whether the point rail is attached to the corresponding one of the pair of stock rails, convert a pressure signal between the point rail and the stock rails into a voltage signal, and transmit the voltage signal to a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to process and transmit the processed voltage signal to a monitoring center having a host computer. The host computer is configured to control an operation of a switch in response to the detected pressure value collected by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor by using a PID control algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: EAST CHINA JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Hu, Mengfei Wu, Kangyu Liang, Yuqi Wei, Hao Liu, Junjie Yang
  • Patent number: 11021180
    Abstract: A railway road crossing warning system (10) including a railway road crossing control unit (18) that may be selectively set to a primary or a secondary mode of operation is provided. In the primary mode of operation, the railway road crossing control unit is responsive to a primary activation signal (21) received from a primary activation-signal source (22), such as a positive train control (PTC) system. In the event the primary activation signal from the primary activation-signal source is not available, railway road crossing control unit (18) is set to the secondary mode of operation, where the railway road crossing control unit is responsive to one or more signals (25) received from a secondary activation-signal source (26) including a railway-vehicle sensing system (28) electrically-decoupled from a railroad track (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Harp, Holger Schmidt, Stefan Fritschi, Jay Yocum
  • Patent number: 11021181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical transport device for dependent persons. The invention also relates to an auxiliary drive for the motorised transportation of such a medical transport device for dependent persons according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to a method for transporting such a medical transport device for dependent persons according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JOSH IP III BV.
    Inventor: Jozef Huizinga
  • Patent number: 11021182
    Abstract: A handle cover according to various exemplary embodiments can include a collapsible corrugated tube comprising a tube body of a tubular shape defining spiral corrugations having spiral ridges and spiral grooves, which are arranged alternately running transverse to a length of the tube. A slot is formed longitudinally along the length of the tube. At least one antimicrobial agent is impregnated throughout the tube for inhibiting growth of microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: iGrip Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael V. DeGrazia
  • Patent number: 11021183
    Abstract: A stroller, comprises two side supports (100) respectively disposed on the left and right sides, and the side support (100) on each side comprises a front support (1), a rear support (2), a push rod (3), an upper support rod (4), an upper connecting rod (5), a rear connecting rod (6), a lower connecting rod (7), and a sliding member (8) disposed on the rear support (2) and capable of sliding up and down along the length extension direction of the rear support (2), wherein the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected to the upper support rod (4), one end portion of the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected with the sliding member (8), the other end portion of the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected with a lower portion of the upper connecting rod (5), an upper portion of the upper connecting rod (5) is pivotally connected to the push rod (3), one end portion of the lower connecting rod (7) is pivotally connected to the front support (1), and the other end portion of the lower connecti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Goodbaby Child Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusheng Ma, Weijun Yan, Heng Qi
  • Patent number: 11021184
    Abstract: A steering rack (11a) meshes with a pinion rotatably driven by the input shaft (6) of a steering gear (5) constituting an automotive steering device. The steering rack (11a) is provided with a an axially extending rod part (15) of round cross section, and a plurality of rack teeth (16) formed on a radial one side surface of an axial portion of the rod part (15), the rack teeth (16) meshing with the pinion. At least one dummy tooth (42) is formed in portions that are axial parts of the rod part (15) and are adjacent to both axial sides of the plurality of rack teeth (16). The dummy tooth (42) has a tooth height less than the rack teeth (16) and does not mesh with the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Mizushima, Nobuyuki Hagiwara, Kazuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11021185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear-wheel steering system and a controlling method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Sung Kim, Jin Hwan Lee, SeungCheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11021186
    Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULC
    Inventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
  • Patent number: 11021187
    Abstract: A steering knuckle is used in a motor vehicle and is typically positioned adjacent a front wheel thereof. The steering knuckle includes a central portion, a steering knuckle arm, an upper portion and a lower portion. The steering knuckle arm, the upper portion and the lower portion may each be contoured with full or partial roulette contoured surfaces (i.e., surfaces defined by roulette curves), and the upper portion may transition from a hollow lower portion to a solid upper portion defining an I-beam. A dual-beam horizontal support is formed in the central portion. The steering knuckle is formed from a casting process, and the roulette curvature of the steering knuckle arm, the upper portion and the lower portion provide draft to the surfaces of the steering knuckle which are perpendicular to the parting line of the casting mold, allowing the steering knuckle to be easily removed from the casting mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ILJIN USA Corporation
    Inventors: Ron J. Johnson, Jeremy S. Mercer
  • Patent number: 11021188
    Abstract: A system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity; a processor; a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator; and an automotive steering mechanism coupled to the tuning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Siva RaghuRam Prasad Chennupati, Sandeep Tallada
  • Patent number: 11021189
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having an active roll control and an active steering system designed to map a steering-wheel setting angle predetermined by a driver of the motor vehicle in accordance with a predetermined steer response onto a steer angle of the motor vehicle. The method includes operating the active steering system in a normal operating mode having a normal steer response and upon determining an active roll control fault operating the active steering system in a fallback operating mode in accordance with an fallback steer response, the fallback steer response different from the normal steer response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Saeger, Simon Baales, Michael Seemann