Patents Issued in April 18, 2023
  • Patent number: 11628734
    Abstract: A kind of electromagnetic vehicle pulse effects various dimensions remote online monitoring system of the present invention belongs to technical field of electromagnetic compatibility measurement, its structure has CAN bus to diagnose subsystem (1), audio-video monitoring subsystem (2), induced voltage measurement subsystem (3), fiber distribution network (4) and remote control subsystem (5), wherein, remote control subsystem 5 is connected respectively to CAN bus by fiber distribution network (4) and diagnoses subsystem (1), audio-video monitoring subsystem (2) and induced voltage measurement subsystem (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
    Inventor: Brian T. Margosian
  • Patent number: 11628735
    Abstract: A charge head is connected to a charge inlet of an electric vehicle to supply an electric charge to recharge the battery of the vehicle. The charge head is attached to a connecting device that moves the charge head to the charge inlet. Multiple light detectors are provided on the charge head to sense light emitted from the vehicle. The system then uses a difference in the amount of light received by different light detectors to determine a direction to move the charge head toward the charge inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Gregory A. Cole, Sree Shankar, Daniel T. Lasko, Harshang Shah
  • Patent number: 11628736
    Abstract: The solar charging system according to the present embodiment includes a solar panel, a drive battery, an auxiliary system including one or more devices, and a controller that controls where to supply power generated by the solar panel. The controller determines whether the solar panel can generate power, and, upon determining that the solar panel can generate power, supplies the power from the solar panel to the auxiliary system to derive the power generated by the solar panel. Upon detecting a fact that the power generated by the solar panel is equal to or greater than a first power, the controller further supplies the power from the solar panel to the drive battery to charge the drive battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuma Miyamoto, Satoshi Shizuka, Akinori Kawamura, Takashi Fukai, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11628737
    Abstract: One embodiment includes an electrical tanker aircraft for in-flight recharging a worker aircraft, comprising: a charge source; an umbilical to engage an in-flight charge recipient aircraft; and control logic to determine that the umbilical has engaged the charge recipient aircraft, and to transfer charge until a termination condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kevin McNair, Mark David Stoufflet
  • Patent number: 11628738
    Abstract: In an aspect, upon a user connecting a charging cable connector of a charging station to a vehicle charging connector of her vehicle, the vehicle will via wireless communication acquire an identifier of the charging station operator, which is transmitted to a server of for instance a car manufacturer. The car manufacturer server can identify the charging station operator from the identifier and register charging session information such that a particular subscription associated with the vehicle or user is charged for the battery charging session and that the charging station operator is duly remunerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Rickard Arvidsson
  • Patent number: 11628739
    Abstract: A charging system includes a plurality of power charging cabinets, each power charging cabinet being configured with a plurality of electrical power outputs. The charging system also includes at least one power dispenser chain coupled to at least one of the plurality of electrical power outputs, each of the power dispenser chains having more than one addressable power dispenser electrically coupled thereto and each of the power dispensers being configured to be addressed based on a vehicle identifier of a vehicle coupled to an addressed power dispenser, each of the power dispensers also having a controller configured to control electrical power delivery to a destination chosen from a charging power output of the power dispenser and to another power dispenser in the power dispenser chain. The charging system further includes a central control system configured to communicate with controllers of the power dispensers of the at least one power dispenser chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Erikson, Silva Hiti, Kyle Underhill
  • Patent number: 11628740
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for mitigating vehicle power loss. A vehicle charging system may include a power supply, and a voltage control device associated with receiving first voltage from the power supply, providing the first voltage to a hybrid vehicle or a battery electric vehicle, and blocking a second voltage from the hybrid vehicle or the battery electric vehicle, wherein the vehicle charging system is external to the hybrid vehicle or the battery electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua S. Smith
  • Patent number: 11628741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the working life of a traction battery of a boat, including the steps of determining a system configuration and/or operating conditions of the boat, providing a traction battery model, which states an ageing condition of the traction battery as time progresses depending on the system configuration and/or operating conditions determining at least one condition that confirms the end-of-life condition of the traction battery has been reached and calculating the time-period until the end-of-life condition is reached on the basis of the traction battery model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Torqeedo GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Basler, Michael Daude, Marc Hartmeyer
  • Patent number: 11628742
    Abstract: A method and to a device for charging a battery for a means of transport. The method comprises the steps of: ascertaining an open-circuit voltage of the battery (30) on the basis of a voltage ramp that is generated by a controllable DC-to-DC converter (40) that is electrically connected to the battery (30), ascertaining a differential internal resistance of the battery (30) on the basis of a predefined model for the differential internal resistance of the battery (30) and the open-circuit voltage, ascertaining a target value for an output voltage of the DC-to-DC converter (40) on the basis of the open-circuit voltage of the battery (30), a predefined charging current of the battery (30) and the differential internal resistance of the battery (30), and charging the battery (30) using the target value for the output voltage in the DC-to-DC converter (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Fritz Kaderabek
  • Patent number: 11628743
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile, and a power battery pack equalization method and device, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a high voltage inflection point of the charging curve of a battery cell of the power battery pack and acquiring the capacity of the battery cell according to the high voltage inflection point of the battery cell, and equalizing the battery cell according to the capacity of the battery cell. Hence, equalization management of the power battery pack can be realized, thereby improving the use ratio of the power battery pack and prolonging the service life of the power battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tianyu Feng, Linwang Deng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang
  • Patent number: 11628744
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a main control device, a sub-control device, and a temperature detection unit. The main control device includes a recognition unit that recognizes a peripheral situation of a vehicle, a driving control unit that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently from an operation of a driver, and a mode determination unit that determines a driving mode of the vehicle. The sub-control device is capable of controlling the vehicle in place of the main control device. The temperature detection unit detects a temperature of a second battery that is different from a first battery supplying power to the main control device and supplies power to the sub-control device. The mode determination unit changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when a temperature of the second battery is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayahito Ukai, Takashi Tsujioka, Takehiro Horigome
  • Patent number: 11628745
    Abstract: An apparatus for a ground-based battery management for an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery pack mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the battery pack includes at least a battery module, wherein each battery module includes at least a battery unit containing a first row of battery cells, a second row of battery cells, and a thermal conduit disposed between the first row and the second row of the battery unit, wherein the thermal conduit is configured to precondition the battery cells. Each battery module includes a thermal circuit mechanically coupled to the thermal conduit configured to facilitate the precondition using thermal media. The apparatus further includes a media channel encompassing the battery pack configured to connect to a ground cooling component that provides the thermal media to the thermal circuit using the thermal circuit, and evacuate the thermal media using the thermal circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Donovan, Sarah Kathleen Overfield, Stuart Denson Schreiber, Peter Adam Gottlieb, Braedon Lohe, Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 11628746
    Abstract: A ground service system for an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a charging module configured to charge a battery of an electric aircraft. The charging module includes a charging cable electrically connected to an energy source. The system includes a cooling module configured to regulate a temperature of the battery. The cooling module includes a cooling cable configured to carry a coolant. The system also includes a cabin soak module configured to provide a cabin soak coolant to a cabin of the electric aircraft. The cabin soak module includes a cabin soak cable configured to carry a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Jake Pill, Cole William Hanson, Edward Hall, Richard Donnelly, James Whitehill, Bruce Williams
  • Patent number: 11628747
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a fuel cell of an environment-friendly vehicle, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a storage storing information mapping an amount of additional output of a fuel cell according to air density and a current battery state of a high voltage battery depending on a drive mode and a processor that controls an amount of output of the fuel cell in response to a required amount of output of a motor, the amount of output of the fuel cell being varied according to the air density, the current battery state, and the drive mode based on the information mapping the amount of additional output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sae Byeok Seung, Seung Yoon Lee, Jeong Kyu Park, Sang Chul Yeom
  • Patent number: 11628748
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis defining a longitudinal axis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, and a driver seat disposed within the cab. The cab has a first door with a first window and a second door with a second window. When the driver seat is in a position that accommodates an operator being in the 95th male height percentile, the operator within the driver seat can see out of (i) the first window at a first angle relative to a forward looking direction that is parallel with the longitudinal axis and (ii) the second window at a second angle relative to the forward looking direction. Each of the first angle and the second angle is at least 95 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Andrews, Robert Wesley Holliday, Dan Nett, Annette Rantanen, Paul Schmidt, Nick Winter, Mitchell Wolfrath
  • Patent number: 11628749
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seatback displaceable relative to one another. A seat positioning system has an actuator for displacing one of the seat bottom and the seatback toward the other of the seat bottom and the seatback. The system further includes a position sensor for generating a seat position signal indicative of a position of one of the seat bottom and the seatback relative to the other of the seat bottom and the seatback. The system further includes a controller for generating an activation signal in response to the controller determining that the position is above the position threshold. The actuator displaces one of the seat bottom and the seatback toward the other of the seat bottom and the seatback in response to the actuator receiving the activation signal from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiri Kral, Lisa Furton
  • Patent number: 11628750
    Abstract: A safety system for a vehicle seat in a commercial vehicle operating a vehicle seat motion actuation when the commercial vehicle is colliding with an obstacle, comprising: —at least one actuator unit that comprises at least one seat actuator to move the vehicle seat from a driving position to a safety position—at least one control unit connected to said actuator unit to control the at least one seat actuator—at least one proximity sensor connected to said control unit and configured to detect an obstacle before the commercial vehicle collides it characterized in that the control unit is provided with a calculator device retrieving specific data (Dw, Dw?, Ds, Do) to determine the requested seat's motion speed profile and the requested seat's motion triggering moment to control, upon receiving an imminent and unavoidable collision alert signal from the proximity sensor, the at least one seat actuator to move the vehicle seat to the safety position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Raphaël Ribero, Thomas Partarrieu
  • Patent number: 11628751
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion which is substantially horizontal with respect to a floor of a vehicle. The vehicle seat further includes a seat back including a proximal end and a distal end separated by a longitudinal length, such that the proximal end is pivotably coupled to the seat back. The vehicle seat also includes a track arranged adjacent to the seat cushion and the track has a longitudinal length. The track includes a proximal end and a distal end, such that the proximal end of the track is attached to a biasing element while the distal end of the track is attached to a portion of the seat back. In a crash event, the seat back is displaceable with respect to the seat cushion along the longitudinal length of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam
  • Patent number: 11628752
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Patent number: 11628753
    Abstract: A seat frame includes a cushion frame, a back frame, a recliner plate, a bracket arranged to be in contact with a side surface of each cushion side frame, a nut, an end nut, a bolt, and an end bolt. The bracket includes a nut fixing portion and a pipe fixing portion. The bolt is fixed to the nut in a state of being inserted through a bolt hole and a bolt insertion hole. The end bolt is fixed to the end nut in a state of being inserted through an end bolt hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimiyasu Kurokawa, Yoshiyuki Kumazaki, Keigo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11628754
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 11628755
    Abstract: A lever assembly includes a lever housing attached to a seat back of a vehicle seat. The lever assembly includes a bracket attached to the lever housing, and the bracket includes a bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever bezel including a bezel opening, the lever bezel is received in the lever housing, and the bezel opening aligns with the bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever pivotally mounted to the level bezel and a clip received in the bezel opening and the bracket opening to secure the lever bezel to the lever housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 11628756
    Abstract: A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kamei, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11628757
    Abstract: An adjustable assembly for use in a vehicle, including a table element and an adjustment device for power-operated adjustment of the table element. The table element defines a table surface on which at least one object can be deposited. The table element is adjustable in a power-operated way by means of the adjustment device along a longitudinal axis extending substantially parallel to the table surface between a retracted position and an extended position and is pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Bauernfeind, Michael Höppel, Fabian Lang
  • Patent number: 11628758
    Abstract: A table for seat provided facing a seat installed above a floor of a vehicle, including a top plate, and a leg part attached to a support portion provided below the seat to movably support the top plate from an accommodation position below the sitting portion to a use position above a sitting portion of the seat. The leg part includes a first leg part rotatably connected to the support portion, and a second leg part having a first end rotatably connected to the first leg part and a second end rotatably connected to the top plate. The table for seat further includes a biasing member disposed between the support portion and the second leg part to apply a biasing force to the second leg part from the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Otsuki
  • Patent number: 11628759
    Abstract: A gap wall that includes a divider and a base. The divider includes a top end and a bottom end. The base is attached to the bottom end of the divider and the base can attach to a gap filler such that when attached on the gap filler and when the gap filler is installed between a seat and an adjacent barrier, the divider forms one wall of a pocket. The divider may be compressible. The divider may have an exterior fabric that creates an interior, and the interior may have stuffing. The exterior fabric may be leather. The gap wall may have a closable opening that can be used to adjust the amount of stuffing in the interior. The closable opening may use a zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ths Private Brands LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Hahm
  • Patent number: 11628760
    Abstract: A waste removal system with a trailer for the storage of materials such as waste or rubble, wherein the trailer has a front wall, a rear wall, and plurality of side walls with an extended slope on at least one of the walls to increase the volume capacity therein. The trailer may additionally contain a slanted access door or ramp which alternatively raises and lowers, allowing for ease of ingress and egress of the trailer volume. The waste removal system may additionally include a transport vehicle with a grappler mounted at a distal end of a boom, wherein the grappler grasps waste and deposits the waste into the previously-mentioned trailer for transport to and from a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Gregory Fatla
  • Patent number: 11628761
    Abstract: An aiming mechanism 10 includes a headlight 3, a supporter 4 that supports the headlight 3 on a vehicle body 1 such that the headlight 3 is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis X, and an adjuster 6 that adjusts the rotation angle of the headlight 3 about the rotation axis X. The adjuster 6 is located accessible from above the vehicle body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Takada, Ryo Sekoguchi
  • Patent number: 11628762
    Abstract: A vehicle detecting device includes: a camera that includes an image sensor and a first filter, the image sensor including a plurality of imaging elements including a first imaging element group and a second imaging element group, the first filter keeping an amount of light entering the first imaging element group lower than an amount of light entering the second imaging element group; an image generating unit that generates a first image based on information obtained from the first imaging element group and a second image based on information obtained from the second imaging element group; and a detecting unit that detects a front vehicle based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takehito Iriba
  • Patent number: 11628763
    Abstract: A vehicle including an electric motor has improved operating performance of a brake lamp using regenerative braking. A method of controlling a brake lamp of the vehicle includes determining a tendency of a driver, calculating a corrected mass based on the determined tendency of the driver, and calculating corrected acceleration based on the corrected mass and regenerative braking torque of the electric motor. An on threshold is corrected based on a difference between a requested torque and the regenerative braking torque at a time at which an accelerator pedal is released, and the brake lamp is turned on based on the corrected on threshold and the corrected acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Patent number: 11628764
    Abstract: A lamp system for traffic lane indication using a navigation link may include a multi-function sensor sensing an environment and a line in front of a host vehicle, a line lamp generating and outputting a prediction line at a location corresponding to a line of a road, a navigation device providing location information of the host vehicle, and a vehicle controller predicting a forward line based on a line sensed by the multi-function sensor, and the location information of the host vehicle provided by the navigation device and controlling the line lamp to output the prediction line to follow the predicted forward line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Han Im, Eun Hee Kim, Jong Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11628765
    Abstract: A system for illuminating at least a portion of an object within an enclosed space includes an object configured to be moved within the enclosed space, and a beacon coupled to the object. The beacon is configured to emit a light tracking signal. A light sensor is configured to detect the light tracking signal emitted from the beacon. A lighting control unit in communication with the light sensor is configured to determine a position of the object within the enclosed space based on the light tracking signal as detected by the light sensor. A lighting assembly is in communication with the lighting control unit. The lighting control unit is configured to operate the lighting assembly to emit the illuminating light onto the at least a portion of the object based on the light tracking signal as detected by the light sensor. The system may also be configured to guide a passenger to a seat, and provide way-finding illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jagdish T. Madhav, Dean Hettick
  • Patent number: 11628766
    Abstract: A notification device includes: a notification-sound output portion provided in a vehicle and configured to output a notification sound toward the outside of the vehicle; a notification display portion provided in the vehicle and configured to output a notification display toward the outside of the vehicle; a notification controlling portion configured to control the notification sound of the notification-sound output portion and the notification display of the notification display portion; and a stop-state determination portion configured to determine whether the vehicle during the automatic driving enters a stop state or not. When the stop-state determination portion determines that the vehicle during the automatic driving enters the stop state, the notification controlling portion outputs a stop-time notification sound as the notification sound by the notification-sound output portion and outputs a stop-time notification display as the notification display by the notification display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Morimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11628767
    Abstract: A method of playing a virtual after-burn sound in an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring driver tendency information generated based on information of music played in a mobile phone and collecting driving variable information for playing a virtual sound during operation of the electric vehicle. Additionally, characteristics of a virtual after-burn sound are determined based on the collected driving variable information. The characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound are corrected according to the acquired driver tendency information. An after-burn signal is generated for playing the virtual after-burn sound based on information about the corrected characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound and operation of sound equipment is adjusted according to the created after-burn signal such that a virtual after-burn sound discriminated according to the driver tendency is played and output from the sound equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Jeong Soo Eo, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Ji Won Oh
  • Patent number: 11628768
    Abstract: A driving support device includes: a front camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to execute driving support control for supporting driving by a driver of a vehicle when the controller determines that a specific display object exists in front of the vehicle based on the image data. The driving support control is control executed depending on the specific display object. The controller is configured to determine whether a conforming operation is being executed by the driver. The controller is also configured to execute, as the driving support control, control having a higher support level indicating a degree of influence on the driver when the controller determines that the conforming operation is not being executed, as compared with a case where the controller determines that the conforming operation is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Hiroaki Ito, Kohsuke Fujii
  • Patent number: 11628769
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror system for a vehicle coupled to a trailer is provided. The vehicle mirror system includes first and second mirror assemblies configured to be located on first and second sides of the vehicle, a trailer angle sensor for sensing a hitch angle between the trailer and the vehicle, and a controller for controlling actuation of the first mirror assembly to control a first viewing window of the first mirror assembly for a driver of the vehicle, wherein the first mirror assembly is adjusted to redirect the viewing window to track a feature on the trailer as the trailer articulates relative to the vehicle based on the hitch angle. The second mirror assembly may be controlled to move inwards and downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erick Michael Lavoie, Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Marguerite Lynn Kimball
  • Patent number: 11628770
    Abstract: Drive for an adjusting instrument, comprising a single motor, in particular an electric motor, and a driving shaft coupled therewith. The driving shaft cooperates via a transmission selectively with a first and a second driving path respectively. The drive comprises furthermore an operating mechanism with which the transmission is switchable between the first and the second driving path. The operating mechanism is energized by the motor via the driving shaft and is configured, upon successive energization of the motor from rest of the drive, to select alternately the first and the second driving path as initial driving path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Bastiaan Bartjan Maat
  • Patent number: 11628771
    Abstract: A powerfold actuator system for a rear view device, a rear view device includes such an actuator system and a vehicle includes such a rear view device. The powerfold actuator system includes a core base fixedly attached to the vehicle, a housing structure attached to the rear view device, which is arranged to rotate around the core base, and at least a drive system to rotate the housing structure being contained in the core base and comprising at least a motor, a gearing structure, and a pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Tom Harris, Gareth Aspden
  • Patent number: 11628772
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a powerfold actuator electrically operable to pivot a mirror head relative to a mounting base. The actuator includes a biasing element disposed between an upper housing and an upper end of a pivot tube and releasably retains the powerfold actuator in at least one detent state. An upper detent is disposed radially outboard of the pivot tube and radially inboard of an output gear and a lower detent, and the upper detent includes a detent lip that engages an upper detent surface of the lower detent. When the actuator is in a primary detent state, a spring load path of the biasing element is through the output gear and lower detent to the base. When the actuator is in a secondary detent state, the spring load path is through the detent lip of the upper detent and lower detent to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew V. Steffes, Mitchell J. Wesley
  • Patent number: 11628773
    Abstract: A method for forming a reflective element for a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a roll of an ultrathin glass sheet, the ultrathin glass sheet having a thickness dimension of less than or equal to 0.8 mm and greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. An elongated sheet of transparent plastic material if formed. The elongated sheet has a planar first side and a planar second side opposite the planar first side and separated from the planar first side by a thickness of the elongated sheet. The ultrathin glass sheet is unrolled from the roll of the ultrathin glass sheet and the unrolled ultrathin glass sheet is applied to the first side of the elongated sheet. A reflective layer is applied to the second side of the elongated sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DONNELLY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 11628774
    Abstract: This disclosure details motor vehicles equipped with vehicle exterior components. One or more of the vehicle exterior components can be used both for their primary function when attached to the vehicle and for use as sand ladders when removed from the vehicle. In the first configuration, the vehicle exterior components may be configured as running boards, hood vents, grill inserts, bumper inserts, tailgate inserts, and/or door beams, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Weston, Derek Bier, Ryan Orourke, Jeffrey John Ley, Ian George Eickholdt
  • Patent number: 11628775
    Abstract: An electric truck ladder system comprises a support frame mounted beneath a vehicle in turn supporting a retractable ladder in hydraulic communication with a switch. The switch permits a user to deploy and/or retract the ladder. The system provides for an adjustable height, adjustable actuator stroke, a switch with wireless remote actuation and/or a door switch which actuates the ladder upon the opening or closing of a vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Sean Lewis
  • Patent number: 11628776
    Abstract: A utility shelf mounted inside the cargo area of a pickup truck equipped with a camper shell. The utility shelf spans across the width of the camper shell resting on the base mounting flanges of the camper shell. The utility shelf has a flat rectangular shelf panel with forward and aft support rails to support objects being transported. Shelf panels are mounted low on the support rails creating a raised edge to keep items in place. Support rails and shelf panel are hinged at midpoint thereby allowing utility shelf to be lifted in the center to fold in half for removal and stowage. Each support rail hinge incorporates a concealed stop to keep the shelf flat when deployed. Support rail hinges are designed to reduce the possibility of pinched fingers while deploying. The ends of each support rail incorporate a tool free adjustable extender to allow for proper fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Kenneth Gordon Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11628777
    Abstract: A swing locking mechanism and a bicycle rack having the same are provided. The swing locking mechanism is configured to be assembled with a pivot seat of the bicycle rack, and the pivot seat includes at least one first engaging portion. The swing locking mechanism includes a movable rod, a handle and a control assembly. The movable rod includes at least one second engaging portion which is releasably engaged with the at least one first engaging portion and is movable between a locking position and a release position. The handle is fixedly disposed on the movable rod. The control assembly is connected with the at least one second engaging portion and includes an operating member located between the movable rod and the handle. The operating member is rotatable to drive the at least one second engaging portion to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Stella Huang
  • Patent number: 11628778
    Abstract: A vehicle-used bracket includes a base body, a clamping assembly and a buffering element. The base body has a main portion, a peripheral wall extended upward from a periphery of a top surface of the main portion, and a connecting portion fastened to a bottom surface of the base body. A periphery of a bottom surface of the connecting portion extends downward to form a limiting structure. The clamping assembly is mounted to the bottom surface of the connecting portion. The clamping assembly includes a screw, a fastening element and a claw. The claw has a fastening piece. A top surface of the fastening piece is arched towards the connecting portion to form at least one protruding block. The at least one protruding block is limited in the limiting structure. The buffering element is mounted between the connecting portion and the clamping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Yu Hwang, Xiao-Kang Yang, Qin-Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11628779
    Abstract: A head-up display for a vehicle in which an assembly structure of a screen and a picture generation unit (PGU) is reinforced. The head-up display for a vehicle according to one embodiment includes a lower case embedded with a board assembly, and a screen connected to the lower case in a plurality of directions and snap-fit-coupled to the lower case by passing through the board assembly in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki Kim, Chan Seo Goo
  • Patent number: 11628780
    Abstract: A driver airbag with an emblem is proposed. The driver airbag with an emblem includes: a first cover mounted to a steering wheel; an emblem arranged on an upper portion of the first cover; a second cover having an emblem hole exposing a portion or all of the emblem upward, covering the emblem or the first cover from above the emblem, and coupled to the first cover or the steering wheel; and an airbag module coupled to the steering wheel below the first cover, and configured to deploy an airbag cushion toward a front portion of an occupant while rotating the first cover or the second cover during an operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11628781
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel and method of making a vehicle interior panel having a substrate that can be used in either a seam-based or seamless application. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate having a seam ditch, a first retaining step adjacent a first side of the seam ditch, and a second retaining step adjacent a second side of the seam ditch. The vehicle interior panel includes a bridging support member situated in the seam ditch at least partially between the first retaining step and the second retaining step in the substrate. A decorative covering is situated over the bridging support member, the decorative covering having a continuously contoured seamless surface that extends over the seam ditch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Mardyla
  • Patent number: 11628782
    Abstract: A sash cover assembly for a vehicle includes a sash cover and a spacer cap. The sash cover includes a projection configured to be received by a sash of the vehicle. The spacer cap is connected to and surrounds the projection. The spacer cap is configured to prevent contact between the projection and the sash when the sash cover is connected to the sash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marlo Martino, James Haupt
  • Patent number: 11628784
    Abstract: A system for providing security to a fleet of vehicles, the system comprising: a plurality of modules, each module configured to monitor messages propagating in an in-vehicle network of a vehicle comprised in the fleet; a memory having data characterizing messages, and software executable to: identify an anomaly in communications over the in-vehicle communication network; and instruct a communication interface, configured to support communication with an entity external to the vehicle, to transmit monitoring data responsive to the messages; and a processor configured to execute the software in the memory; and a data monitoring and processing hub external to the vehicles comprised in the fleet and operable to receive transmission of monitoring data from the plurality of modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARGUS CYBER SECURITY LTD.
    Inventors: Ofer Ben Noon, Yaron Galula, Oron Lavi