Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first unit configured to generate a target trajectory based on a travel plan of the vehicle, and a second unit configured to execute vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory. During the automated driving, the first unit transmits automated driving information to the second unit. The system includes a memory device in which driving environment information is stored, and a processor for controlling a travel control amount. During the automated driving, the processor executes preventive safety control for intervening in the travel control amount so as to prevent or avoid a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle based on the driving environment information. In the preventive safety control, the processor changes an intervention degree to the travel control amount based on the automated driving information.

Abstract: A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a travel path derivation unit, a speed derivation unit, and a follow-up controller. The travel path derivation unit estimates an own-vehicle travel path and derives a target-vehicle travel path that contains a point on a target vehicle and forms a parallel curve to the own-vehicle travel path. The speed derivation unit derives a target-vehicle speed vector. The follow-up controller makes a follow-up control based on the target-vehicle speed vector on the condition that an angle formed by the target-vehicle speed vector and a tangential line to the target-vehicle travel path at the point on the target vehicle falls within a predetermined angular range, and makes the follow-up control based on a tangential speed component of the target-vehicle speed vector on the condition that the angle falls out of the angular range.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a speed of a vehicle are provided. The methods and systems obtain image data from one or more vision sensors disposed onboard a vehicle. A stopping distance of the vehicle is determined based at least in part on the image data. A moving speed of the vehicle and a speed limit of the vehicle are determined. The speed limit is determined based on the stopping distance that is determined from the image data. The methods and systems control movement of the vehicle based on a difference between the moving speed of the vehicle and the speed limit of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of improving fuel efficiency of a fuel cell electric vehicle, and an apparatus and a system therefor. The method includes collecting navigation information and vehicle speed information, calculating a coasting line when a specified event point is detected based on the navigation information, determining whether deceleration is necessary by comparing a current traveling speed with a coasting line speed corresponding to a current location, and changing a criterion for determining whether to enter a fuel cell stop (FC STOP) state when the deceleration is necessary as a determination result.

Abstract: A vehicle control device comprises a unit to detect a distance to an obstacle; a unit to detect a speed of the vehicle; and a reduction support unit to, based on the speed and the distance, perform support for reduction of a speed of the vehicle. The reduction support unit changes the distance at which the reduction support is to be performed between a case where driving during parking and a case where not driving during parking. The distance at which the reduction support is to be performed is, for a first speed range, longer in a case where driving during parking than in a case where not driving during parking, and, for a second speed range, longer in a case where not driving during parking than in a case where driving during parking.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus according to the present invention outputs a signal regarding a target braking/driving force for guiding a vehicle in a target traveling direction to a braking/driving controller. The signal regarding the target braking/driving force is acquired based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus outputs a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle to a steering force controller. The signal regarding the steering correction torque is acquired based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force.

Abstract: In a vehicle drive device, a second power source is connected to a first rotating element of a differential mechanism, and the other output shaft of a first output shaft and a second output shaft is connected to a third rotating element so as to be disconnectable and connectable by a disconnection-connection mechanism. A control device places the disconnection-connection mechanism in a disconnected state. When a second traveling mode in which the third rotating element is fixed to a fixing member through engagement of an engaging element is switched to a first traveling mode in which the disconnection-connection mechanism is placed in a connected state, the control device disengages the engaging element, executes synchronous control in which rotational speeds of the other output shaft and the third rotating element are synchronized by a second power source, and switches the disconnection-connection mechanism from the disconnected state to the connected state.

Abstract: A method controls a first motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of: i) receiving status data of a roadway section and a geographic position of the roadway section by the first motor vehicle, ii) sensing, as a function of the received status data, the roadway section by a surroundings sensor of the first motor vehicle, and in response thereto, iii) aligning the surroundings sensor with a particular roadway feature of the roadway section, and/or iv) adapting an evaluation of data of the surroundings sensor, and/or v) updating the status data and transmitting the updated status data.

Abstract: Vehicle alert and control systems and methods taking into account a detected road friction at a following vehicle and a predicted road friction by the following vehicle. The detected road friction between the following vehicle tires and the road surface may be assessed using a variety of methodologies and is used to compute a critical safety distance between the following vehicle and the preceding vehicle and a critical safety speed of the following vehicle. The predicted road friction ahead of the following vehicle may also be assessed using a variety of methodologies (lidar, camera, and cloud-based examples are provided) and is used to compute a warning safety distance between the following vehicle and the preceding vehicle and a warning safety speed of the following vehicle. These functionalities may be applied to vehicle/stationary object warning and response scenarios as well.

Abstract: A method and a device for driver state evaluation are provided. In a detection step, in a sensor-aided manner, a driver's viewing direction in a field of view defined relative to the vehicle is detected and a solid angle oriented to the viewing direction is determined depending on at least one parameter that influences the field of view. In an evaluation step, at least one object point of the three-dimensional surroundings of the driver is evaluated on the basis of the latter's position with respect to the solid angle determined and an attentiveness-related driver state is ascertained depending on this evaluation and is output.

Abstract: A mobile access device includes a memory, a user interface, a transceiver, and a control module. The memory stores a service application. The user interface receives an input from a user to execute the service application. The transceiver signals a vehicle to establish a connection and initiate a location determining process to determine a location of the mobile access device within the vehicle. The control module: determines whether the service application is permitted to be executed based on the location of the mobile access device; based on the location of the mobile access device, performs an identity verification process to verify identity of at least one of the user or the mobile access device; and tracks driving behavior of the user based on (i) whether the service application is permitted to be executed, and (ii) a result of the identity verification process.

Abstract: A vehicle-initiated cadenced operator interaction system introduces an operational concept to a vehicle operator via a machine-initiated interaction. Thereafter, interaction is initiated by the industrial vehicle according to a cadence that provides a gap between interactions so that the operator can demonstrate the behavior associated with the introduced concept. Industrial vehicle data associated with the content of the interaction(s) is analyzed and evaluated against pre-defined operational criteria to determine whether the operator is demonstrating the appropriate skill/behavior associated with the interaction(s). Responsive to the operator's demonstrated ability, the system can modify operation of the vehicle to tune the industrial vehicle to the operator. The system can also extend to the operating environment, by interacting with electronic devices, vehicles, machines, etc., in the operating environment to tune the environment to the operator.

Abstract: Systems and methods for training a neural network for estimating a trajectory of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions cause the one or more processors to receive sensor data of a plurality of examples from a plurality of vehicle sensors, input the sensor data into a sensor data neural network to generate a sensor data intermediate space and receive structured data of the plurality of examples. The computer-readable instructions cause the one or more processors to input the structured data into a structured data neural network to generate a structured data intermediate space, calculate a first loss between the sensor data intermediate space and the structured data intermediate space using a first loss function, and provide the first loss to the sensor data neural network and the structured data neural network.

Abstract: A lift system for an automated storage system of the type where storage containers are stacked in storage columns arranged in a grid, and where automated container handling vehicles retrieve and replace containers from a top level of the grid. The lift system has a platform vertically movable adjacent to a face of the grid, arranged for receiving and transporting one or more containers. A dedicated mechanical device is arranged for grabbing, lifting and moving the storage containers from a staging area at the top of the grid and placing containers on the platform and vice versa.

Abstract: Techniques associated with generating simulation scenarios for simulating a vehicle controller are discussed herein. Log data may include sensor data captured by sensors of a vehicle. The log data may represent objects in an environment. Objects may be associated with a region of a discretized representation of the environment relative to the vehicle. Specific states of objects (relative position in a region type, velocity, classification, size, etc.) may represent an instance of an occupation. Log data can be aggregated based on similar region type and/or object state. A statistical model over object states can be determined for each region type and can later be sampled to determine simulation parameters. A simulation scenario can be generated based on the simulation parameters, and a vehicle controller can be evaluated based on the simulation scenario.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus included in a vehicle in automated vehicle and highway systems, the control apparatus including: a steering wheel having at least one touch screen on which a screen for manipulating at least one of the functions of the vehicle is output In addition, a control unit determines an intention of the user related to a selection of any one of the functions of the vehicle and controls a screen for manipulating a function according to the determined intention of the user to be output.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a body; at least one sensor that is exposed to an outside of the body and configured to sense a user input for controlling driving of the body; a controller configured to generate at least one control command for driving of the body according to the sensed user input; and a motor that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the body according to the generated at least one control command.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the transmission of a safety audio message to the occupants of the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The method including transmitting an audio signal comprising the safety audio message and, mixed with said safety audio message, an identification signal including an identification digital audio message that is looped and frequency modulated, recording the ambient sound in the passenger compartment using a microphone, filtering and demodulating the signal to reconstruct the identification signal, analyzing the reconstructed identification signal to determine: whether the unique identifier corresponding to the transmitted safety audio message is found therein, and whether the time for which the identification signal was transmitted without interruption is indeed equal to the known duration of the safety audio signal, determining that the safety audio message has or has not been correctly transmitted in its entirety depending on the analyzing step.

Abstract: The attention calling system includes the classification unit for classifying an object into a category based on a traffic scene, the risk calculation unit for calculating the risk value with respect to contact with the object based on the category, and the attention calling unit for outputting the visual display in the horizontally extending belt-like range on the windshield of the moving body. The attention calling unit outputs the visual display in the mode adapted to the risk value of the object.

Abstract: Ground truth data may be too sparse to supervise training of a machine-learned (ML) model enough to achieve an ML model with sufficient accuracy/recall. For example, in some cases, ground truth data may only be available for every third, tenth, or hundredth frame of raw data. Training an ML model to detect a velocity of an object when ground truth data for training is sparse may comprise training the ML model to predict a future position of the object based at least in part on image, radar, and/or lidar data (e.g., for which no ground truth may be available). The ML model may be altered based at least in part on a difference between ground truth data associated with a future time and the future position.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an autonomous vehicle. The methods comprising: obtaining, by a computing device, a LiDAR dataset; plotting, by a computing device, the LiDAR dataset on a 3D graph to define a 3D point cloud; using, by a computing device, the LiDAR dataset and contents of a vector map to define a cuboid on the 3D graph that encompasses points of the 3D point cloud that are associated with an object in proximity to the vehicle, where the vector map comprises lane information; and using the cuboid to facilitate driving-related operations of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A method for correcting a position of a vehicle when parking in a parking space. The method includes determining the position of the vehicle on the basis of odometry information, sensing ultrasonic signals from a linear object, carrying out a method for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) on the basis of the linear object and the ultrasonic signals, and correcting the position of the vehicle A control device for a driving support system of a vehicle is also disclosed, which is designed to receive odometry information of the vehicle, to receive ultrasonic signals from at least one ultrasonic sensor of the driving support system, and to carry out the aforementioned method. A driving support system for a vehicle with an aforementioned control device and with at least one ultrasonic sensor is disclosed. The invention likewise relates to a vehicle with an aforementioned driving support system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system/method generates a driving trajectory for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The system perceives an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The system determines one or more bounding conditions based on the perceived environment. The system generates a first trajectory using a neural network model, wherein the neural network model is trained to generate a driving trajectory. The system evaluates/determines if the first trajectory satisfies the one or more bounding conditions. If the first trajectory satisfies the one or more bounding conditions, the system controls the ADV autonomously according to the first trajectory. Otherwise, the system controls the ADV autonomously according to a second trajectory, where the second trajectory is generated based on an objective function, where the objective function is determined based on at least the one or more bounding conditions.

Abstract: This application is directed to aerial view generation for vehicle control. A vehicle obtains a forward-facing view of a road captured by a front-facing camera of a vehicle and applies a machine learning model to process the forward-facing view to predict determine a trajectory of the vehicle and a road layout based on a Frenet-Serret coordinate system of the road for the vehicle. The trajectory of the vehicle is combined with the road layout to predict an aerial view of the road, and the aerial view of the road is used to at least partially autonomously drive the vehicle. In some embodiments, the machine learning model is applied to process the forward-facing view to determine a first location of an obstacle vehicle in the Frenet-Serret coordinate system. The obstacle vehicle is placed on the aerial map based on the first location of the obstacle vehicle.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system includes a normal driving situation determination unit configured to determine whether or not autonomous driving is in a normal driving situation, a driver situation recognition unit configured to recognize a driver situation, a distrust determination unit configured to determine whether or not the driver is in a system distrust state, based on a recognition result obtained by the driver situation recognition unit, and a warning control unit configured to output an alert in accordance with the external environment of the vehicle when the normal driving situation determination unit determines that autonomous driving is in the normal driving situation and the distrust determination unit determines that the driver is in the system distrust state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for controlling a vehicle, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: in response to determining that a target vehicle is located in a historical takeover area, obtaining historical control information associated with passing through a historical path in the historical takeover area, the historical takeover area indicating an area through which a vehicle in a manual control state passed in a previous period; determining a planned path for the target vehicle to pass through the historical takeover area based on the historical control information; and controlling the target vehicle to pass through the historical takeover area in an automatic control state based on the planned path.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle including a moving object present around the vehicle and a controller configured to control at least one of a speed and steering of the vehicle. The controller restricts access to the moving object when the moving object is rotating around a vertical axis at a speed greater than or equal to a threshold value so that a front surface of the moving object recognized by the recognizer faces a position interfering with a position in a traveling direction of the vehicle as compared with when the moving object is not rotating.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, iteratively over time, sets of data including vehicle dynamics data, image data, sound data, third-party data, and wind speed sensor data, each detected at an autonomous vehicle and associated with a time period. The method also includes estimating a first wind speed and a first wind direction for each time period, in response to receiving the sets of data and based on the sets of data, via a processor of the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes iteratively modifying a lateral control and/or a longitudinal control of the autonomous vehicle based on the estimated first wind speed and the estimated first wind direction, via the processor of the autonomous vehicle and during operation of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes a first unit to set a degree of acceleration suppression to suppress acceleration of a vehicle, a controller to suppress target acceleration of the own vehicle based on the degree of acceleration suppression, a storage to store road map information, an estimator to estimate a vehicle position, a detector to map-match the estimated vehicle position to the road map information and detect whether there is a crossing road ahead of the vehicle, a second setting unit to set, when the detector detects the crossing road, a traveling-prohibited region on an opposite side of the vehicle on the road map information, and a calculator to calculate a reaching distance from the vehicle to the region. The degree of acceleration suppression is set to a higher value as the reaching distance becomes shorter.

Abstract: A method for behavior cloned vehicle trajectory planning is described. The method includes perceiving vehicles proximate an ego vehicle in a driving environment, including a scalar confidence value of each perceived vehicle. The method also includes generating a bird's-eye-view (BEV) grid showing the ego vehicle and each perceived vehicle based on each of the scalar confidence values. The method further includes ignoring at least one of the perceived vehicles when the scalar confidence value of the at least one of the perceived vehicles is less than a predetermined value. The method also includes selecting an ego vehicle trajectory based on a cloned expert vehicle behavior policy according to remaining perceived vehicles.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period having a start time and an end time. The method also includes adjusting transparency on a set of windows based on the start time of the buffer period and transferring control of the vehicle to the vehicle or driver based on the end time. In response to detecting an emergency, the method further includes removing all tinting on the set of windows. In another embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period based on a navigation route.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a monitoring device for internal deformation and fine particle loss of a railway subgrade, relating to the field of monitoring devices. The monitoring device includes an internal damage monitoring device arranged in a subgrade ballast layer. The internal damage monitoring device is connected to a resistance acquisition instrument through a wire. The resistance acquisition instrument is in wireless connection with a resistance signal receiver. The monitoring device for internal deformation and fine particle loss of a railway subgrade provided by the present disclosure can remotely realize real-time continuous monitoring of the deformation and fine particle loss inside the railway subgrade under a rail transit load, is economical and convenient, and has high practice value.

Abstract: A car control device includes a driving force calculating unit that calculates driving force necessary for a train to travel; an operating number calculating unit that determines the number of M cars to be operated on the basis of the driving force; and a driving force command calculating unit that calculates driving force commands to be given to the M cars that operate depending on the number of M cars to be operated, wherein the driving force command calculating unit continuously changes the driving force commands when the number of M cars to be operated changes.

Abstract: A system and method for automating railroad maintenance by a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables collision avoidance between members of the tie gang performing maintenance on railway assets (e.g., Rails, Ties, Ballasts, Turnouts, Crossings, etc.). The system can generate production numbers for the railway assets and evaluate an asset queue for the tie gang to perform maintenance. The system can utilize real-time updates from the tie gang to optimize work output. The system can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset. The system also provides for a heads-up-display (HUD) to notify an operator of relevant information, such as maintenance information, travel indicators, and updated asset queue. The system can identify a next location and calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics.

Abstract: Railyard management system for managing, assembling, disassembling and validating train consists and monitoring railcars in the railyard. The system provides for the collection of data and the movement of data from lower processing levels to higher processing levels, where an inference engine draws inferences regarding the current state of railcars and train consists within the railyard. The inferences can be based on characteristics of a transmission signal received at their respective railcars, said railcars forming a train consist. The system can be used to track the location and orientation of railcars in the railyard and to validate order and orientation of assets in a train consist based on the characteristics of the transmission signal at said railcars.

Abstract: A method of facilitating production of a structure at a construction site, the method including the steps of: a) obtaining a mobile apparatus having: a frame; first and second wheels and a steerable third wheel spaced in a fore and aft direction from the first and second wheels and laterally between the first and second wheels; and a platform on the frame defining a first upwardly facing surface that is spaced at least 20? above the subjacent surface; b) placing at least one building component in a transporting position on the first upwardly facing surface; c) advancing the mobile apparatus from the first location to a second location at or adjacent the construction site; and d) separating the at least one building component from the transporting position at the second location.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting large-format building boards, including a cart provided with wheels for the movement thereof and a transporter with suction cups for securing the large-format board to be transported. The cart comprises at the top removable coupling means of a modular transporter carrying suction cups on at least one of the ends thereof, front and rear, an extendable extension is provided with fastening means for fastening the cart in an essentially protruding position forming a support on the floor during the unloading of the device towards the end carrying said extension.

Abstract: An apparatus for adapting a single-track vehicle for use on a chairlift is provided. A first adapter portion may be configured to be removably coupled to at least a portion of a single-track vehicle. A second adapter portion may be pivotably coupled to the first adapter portion. A space formed between the first adapter portion and the second adapter portion may be configured to receive at least a portion of a chairlift seat of a chairlift.

Abstract: A method for “hands-on” identification on a steering system having two subsystems connected to one another by an elastic connection. The elastic connection has a static friction state and a sliding friction state for a respective set of external state variables. The steering system is excited by an excitation vibration, which is generated by a controllable vibration generator and has a respective excitation amplitude and a respective excitation frequency, for a respective set of external state variables, in which the respective excitation amplitude and the respective excitation frequency for the currently present set of external state variables are taken from a prescribed table and the vibration generator is controlled with them. A reaction torque to the excitation vibration is measured using a sensor. A phase difference between the excitation vibration and the reaction torque is calculated to identify a “hands-off” state as well as a “hands-on” state.

Abstract: A steering assembly for a vehicle includes a tilt steering wheel which is capable of being positioned in at least one steering position and at least one non-steering position, wherein the tilt steering wheel can be locked in the at least one non-steering position by a first locking mechanism. The steering assembly includes a second locking mechanism for additionally locking the tilt steering wheel in the at least one non-steering position, wherein the second locking mechanism comprises a locking device which is movable from a locking position into a release position and vice versa using an actuating mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device includes a positioning clip configured to align a pinion shaft with a joint portion of a steering shaft, wherein the pinion shaft includes a torsion bar and a tubular member having the torsion bar inserted thereinto, an upper end of the torsion bar is axially further away from the joint portion than an upper end of the tubular member, the positioning clip includes an inserted portion to be inserted into the tubular member, and a gap between the inserted portion and the tubular member is sealed.

Abstract: A mount base includes: a base body having an insert hole to pass the steering shaft therethrough and holding the operating member thereon; a hook insertable into a fixing hole of the column; and an insert space located opposite from the insert hole with respect to the hook. The hook comes into contact with a locking member inserted into the insert space to have its movement regulated in a direction in which the hook disengages itself from the fixing hole. A mounting unit includes the mount base and the locking member. An operating device includes the mounting unit and the operating member. A moving vehicle includes the operating device, a steering shaft, and the column.

Abstract: A driving assistance control device outputs a driving assistance command value to a steering control device as information indicating a target course that is generated on the basis of the detection result of a vehicle-mounted sensor. The driving assistance command value is output as a torque component or an angle component depending on the design of the driving assistance control device. In response, processing in which a driving assistance command value input from the exterior of the steering control device is used as input for angle control processing or input for torque control processing within an assist command value calculation unit is performed by a microcomputer as assistance command value input processing by an assistance command value input processing unit.

Abstract: A power transmission device of a steering system. A first connector includes a cylindrical first support coupled to one of coaxial first and second shafts and first coupling portions extending axially from inner circumferential portions of the first support. A second connector includes a second support coupled to the other of the first and second shafts and fitted into the first support and second coupling portions extending axially from outer circumferential portions of the second support. A damper includes outer support recesses provided in outer circumferential portions thereof, with the first coupling portions being fitted into the outer support recesses, and inner support recesses provided in inner circumferential portions thereof, with the second coupling portions being fitted into the inner support recesses, wherein the damper is coupled between the first connector and the second connector.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an ADK attachable to and removable from a vehicle main body, the ADK issuing an instruction for autonomous driving, a VP including a plurality of functional units that perform a plurality of prescribed functions of the vehicle main body, and a VCIB that issues a control instruction to the functional units in accordance with an instruction from the ADK. One of the plurality of functional units is a steering system that steers the vehicle main body. The steering system specifies a limit value of a steering rate in accordance with a prescribed reference and transmits the specified limit value to the ADK through the VCIB. The ADK calculates a target steering angle to satisfy the limit value received from the steering system and transmits an instruction for the calculated steering angle to the steering system through the VCIB.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a lane change determination unit configured to determine a necessity of an operation intervention for a lane change of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle during the autonomous driving, a lane change request unit configured to request the driver to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle when the lane change determination unit determines that it is necessary to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle by the driver, and a mode switching unit configured to switch a steering torque mode for a lane keep control in the autonomous driving from a normal steering torque mode to a weak steering torque mode when the driver is requested to perform the operation intervention for the lane change of the vehicle.

Abstract: A cruise-assist image generation device includes: a steering-angle information acquisition unit acquiring steering angle information of a steering wheel; an additional line generation unit generating a cruise assist additional line corresponding to the acquired steering angle information and formed by combination of a given number of segments; and an additional line superimposing unit superimposing the generated cruise assist additional line on a taken image of the vehicle periphery to obtain a composite image.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a load transfer assembly. The vehicle bumper is coupled to a front end of the vehicle frame and includes a center beam and a bumper beam extension that extends laterally from an end of the center beam. The load transfer assembly includes first and second pivot pins and a load beam. The first pivot pin is fixed to the bumper beam extension and the second pivot pin is fixed to the vehicle frame. The load beam has a first end pivotably coupled to the first pivot pin and a second end pivotably coupled to the second pivot pin. The load beam is configured to load the vehicle frame in a lateral direction upon a vehicle impact event.

Abstract: A front vehicle body structure includes a front side member that is connected to a front mounting bracket, and a front side upper member that is spaced apart from the front side member in the vehicle body width direction. The front side upper member is also connected to the front mounting bracket.

Abstract: A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle of the present invention comprises a bumper support portion provided at a vehicle body of the vehicle to support to bumper, a connection portion connecting the bumper and the bumper support portion and supporting the bumper, and a slide allowance portion configured to allow the bumper to slide in a vehicle longitudinal direction relative to the bumper support portion when a longitudinal load having a specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from a vehicle outside, wherein the connection portion is provided on an upper face of the bumper support portion, and the slide allowance portion is configured to allow the longitudinal sliding of the bumper independently from the supporting of the bumper by the connection portion.