Patents Issued in October 12, 2023
  • Publication number: 20230322036
    Abstract: An active mechanical safety device for the compensation of the impacts on a vehicle, comprising a connecting element configured to be constrained to a suspended mass of a vehicle, a respective adjustment element configured to be constrained to the suspended mass and to be positioned between the connecting element and a respective shock absorber element of said vehicle, wherein the adjustment element, following an external stress to which the vehicle is subjected, is movable between a first position, wherein the adjustment element is configured to approach the connecting element to the shock absorber element, and a second position, wherein the adjustment element is configured to move the connecting element away from the shock absorber element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEWTRON GROUP SA
    Inventor: Nicola VENUTO
  • Publication number: 20230322037
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension system may include a semi trailing arm, a coilover damper and a distributed jounce response assembly. The semi trailing arm may be operably coupled to a chassis of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) at a first pivotable connection and a second pivotable connection. The semi trailing arm may also support a rear wheel of the BEV. The coilover damper may be disposed between the chassis and a third pivotable connection on the semi trailing arm. The distributed jounce response assembly may progressively distribute a jounce load to at least two different locations within the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shane Edward Foley, Jared Shroyer, Peter Joseph Jargowsky, Carl Montgomery, Jordi Vidauri Saiz, Geoff Lawrence Gordon, Brandon Bay, Michelle Darcy-Sharma
  • Publication number: 20230322038
    Abstract: An assembly for a wheel of a robotic vehicle and a method for overcoming an obstacle for said robotic vehicle. The assembly comprises a first arm portion and a second arm portion, the first arm portion being attachable to a chassis of the robotic vehicle at an attachment point and extending forwardly and downwardly relative to the attachment point in a direction of a movement of the robotic vehicle. The second arm portion is pivotably connected with the first arm portion at an arm pivot point and extends forwardly relative to the arm pivot point in the direction of the movement. The wheel is rotatably mounted on one end of the second arm portion opposed to the arm pivot point. A wheel rotation axis being positioned at least as high as the arm pivot point relative to a surface on which the robotic vehicle is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Viktor ZAVADSKY, Ilya GERASIMOV, Sergey BADANOV
  • Publication number: 20230322039
    Abstract: A pneumatic automotive height adjuster assembly provides at least one bag removably connected to a vehicle having a frame. The at least one bag is configured to adjust a height of the frame. An air supply line has a supply end and a discharge end. The discharge end is in fluid communication with each of the at least one bag. The air supply is configured to provide air to inflate the at least one bag. A switch is in fluid communication with the supply end of the air supply line. The switch has a first discharge, a second discharge, and a switch input. A leveling valve is in fluid communication with the first discharge. The air supply line is in fluid communication with the second discharge. An air supply is in fluid communication with the leveling valve and the switch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: J. Ferrell Custom Trucks LLC
    Inventors: James J. Ferrell, JR., Collen J. Ferrell
  • Publication number: 20230322040
    Abstract: A pneumatic gauge and pressure control device includes a pneumatic gauge that is manually movable from a neutral position to: (i) a fill position for compressed air to flow from a compressed air source into a system; or (ii) a vent position for compressed air to be vented from the system. The pneumatic gauge can rotate or slide from the neutral position to the fill and vent positions. A method for controlling a flow of compressed air with respect to a pneumatic system includes manually moving a pneumatic pressure gauge from a neutral position to a fill position to cause compressed air to be communicated from an associated compressed air source into the pneumatic system and/or moving the pneumatic gauge from the neutral position or from the fill position to a vent position to cause compressed air to be vented from the pneumatic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: James Richard Myers
  • Publication number: 20230322041
    Abstract: An integrated vehicle thermal management system, including three rotary valves configured to selectively fluidly couple at least one of a first pump or a second pump to at least one of a high-voltage coolant heater, a chiller, a water-cooled condenser, a compressor, and an accumulator to affect over thirty different system configurations of transferring heat between a cabin area, engine propulsion system, battery pack and an ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin White
  • Publication number: 20230322042
    Abstract: A vehicle panel includes channels, wherein a first channel includes a first wire capable and a second channel includes a second wire and each wire is capable of carrying at least one of power or a vehicle data signal. The panel also includes a connection point connectable to at least one of a battery or a vehicle computing system, wherein selection of connection between the vehicle computing system or battery to a given connection point provided to a given one of the first or second channels dictates whether the channel carries the vehicle data signal or power. Also, the panel includes holes connecting to the first wire and at least two of the holes connecting to the second wire allowing a connection probe to be inserted into a respective hole to connect to a wire included in a channel to which the hole connects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Jonathan Engels, Galen Keith Thomas, Haysam M. Kadry, James Martin Lawlis
  • Publication number: 20230322043
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for an air vent system in, for example, a vehicle. The air vent system is configured to direct air flow to a point relative to a user's position in the vehicle. A camera may capture a view of the user and processing circuitry may analyze the captured information to determine a position of the user in the vehicle and control the direction of air flow based on the determined position of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kamalesh Bhambare, Danny Jierian, Graham Lloyd Feltham
  • Publication number: 20230322044
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle air conditioning control system and method, the vehicle air conditioning control system including a controller configured to receive a target temperature and a sensor value and determine an optimal control variable on the basis of a cost function that reflects energy consumption and following-up performance in following up the target temperature received by using a control model, and a plant configured to receive the control variable determined by the controller and operate to cool or heat a vehicle interior on the basis of the received control variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20230322045
    Abstract: A refrigeration system having a heat pump function for a motor vehicle. The refrigeration system includes: a refrigerant compressor which is connectable or connected to a primary line; a directly or indirectly acting external heat exchanger, which is arranged in the primary line; a first evaporator, which is arranged in the primary line; a first directly or indirectly acting heat exchanger, in particular a chiller, which is arranged fluidically in parallel to the evaporator; and a refrigerant collector arranged on the low-pressure side. A single sensor device is arranged downstream of the evaporator and the further heat exchanger, in particular the chiller, which is configured to detect the pressure and the temperature of the refrigerant on the low-pressure side of the refrigeration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Christian REBINGER, Dirk SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20230322046
    Abstract: A ventilation system and method of purging volatile organic compounds from an interior space of the vehicle. The ventilation space including an air extractor connected to a vehicle wall and having an interior side within the interior space defined by the vehicle wall, a fan attached to the interior side, and a controller configured to operate in a shipping mode to activate the fan to generate ventilation flow through the air extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Sterbenz, Eric Jay MacLean, Daniel Ferretti, Timothy James Hallifax, Gary D. Mullen
  • Publication number: 20230322047
    Abstract: A window seal with ventilation function is provided and a method for the interior ventilation of motor vehicles is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Robert MIES
  • Publication number: 20230322048
    Abstract: A heat pump arrangement and a method of operating a heat pump arrangement. The heat pump arrangement has a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit, wherein the coolant circuit is configured for indirect battery heating. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a heating condenser, a 3/2-way expansion valve, an external heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated expansion element as well as a 3/2-way expansion valve arranged in parallel to the evaporator, and a battery chiller. The coolant circuit includes a coolant cooler and a battery heat exchanger with an associated coolant pump and at least one drive train cooler with an associated coolant pump arranged in parallel to the battery heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Tobias Haas, Charles Wainwright
  • Publication number: 20230322049
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes a main compressor positioned along a refrigerant circuit circulating a flow of refrigerant therethrough. A chiller is located along the refrigerant circuit and is fluidly connected to a rechargeable energy storage system to cool the rechargeable energy storage system. A chiller outlet passage directs the flow of refrigerant from the chiller toward the main compressor, and an evaporator is located along the refrigerant circuit in a fluidly parallel relationship with the chiller. The evaporator is configured to cool a vehicle cabin. An evaporator outlet passage directs the flow of refrigerant from the evaporator toward the main compressor, and an auxiliary compressor is located along the evaporator outlet passage between the evaporator and the main compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob Wright, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju, David O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20230322050
    Abstract: A heat exchanger of an electrically driven motor vehicle, which includes a tube/rib block having a multiplicity of tubes and having a multiplicity of ribs. The tubes being arranged essentially in parallel to each other and spaced a distance apart, and the ribs each being arranged between two adjacent tubes. The ribs touching the two adjacent tubes, at least one manifold being arranged on one of the sides of the tube/rib block for the purpose of supplying fluid to tubes of the tube/rib block and for removing fluid from tubes of the tube/rib block. A cover device is arranged downstream and/or upstream from the tube/rib block for controlling the air flow through the tube/rib block temporarily or in certain regions for the defined removal of water from the tube/rib block. A method for operating a heat exchanger is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin SIEVERS, Uwe FOERSTER
  • Publication number: 20230322051
    Abstract: The application provides a dust collecting mechanism, a car air purifier and a fan, and relates to the technical field of air purification. The dust collecting mechanism includes a generator assembly including a generator holder, a generator plate and a generator filament, the generator plate and the generator filament being arranged in a spaced and staggered manner inside the generator holder; a collector assembly including a collector holder, a repeller plate and a collector plate, the repeller plate and the collector plate being arranged in a spaced and staggered manner inside the collector holder. The generator holder is detachably connected with the collector holder, and the collector plate is connected and conducted with the generator filament through magnetic adsorption, so that they can be connected to the power supply together, thereby enabling wireless conduction between the collector assembly and the generator assembly, simplifying the circuit structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hongyu RAN, Qi CHEN, Yigang LIU, Yaoyuan LU
  • Publication number: 20230322052
    Abstract: A vehicle window assembly is provided. The vehicle window assembly includes a glass pane, an encapsulation fixed to an edge of the glass pane, a first insert mounted on the encapsulation, and a molding mounted on the first insert. The first insert is movably mounted on the encapsulation. An elastic portion is disposed at an abutting position of the first insert and a side wall of the encapsulation. The vehicle window assembly is configured to be mounted on a sheet metal. When the vehicle window assembly is mounted on the sheet metal, the side wall of the encapsulation faces the sheet metal. The elastic portion is pressed to generate a pre-tightening force that makes the first insert move towards the sheet metal, to drive the molding and make the molding be attached to the sheet metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjuan YU, Jinquan ZHANG, Zhiwei LIN
  • Publication number: 20230322053
    Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TIGHT WORK ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20230322054
    Abstract: A door connecting device for a vehicle to which opposite swing doors including a rear door and a front door is applied, the opposite swing doors being configured to be opened or closed by a relative movement between the rear door and the front door, includes a lever rotatably mounted on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to be rotated by the relative movement between the rear door and the front door; a catcher disposed on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to rotate in conjunction with a rotation of the lever; and a cable connecting the lever and the catcher and configured to transmit a rotation force caused by the relative movement to the catcher when the lever rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyungin YUN, Chungsik YIM
  • Publication number: 20230322055
    Abstract: A door connecting device for a vehicle to which opposite swing doors including a rear door and a front door is applied, the opposite swing doors being configured to be opened or closed by a relative movement between the rear door and the front door, includes a damper disposed on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to move forward or rearward while coming into contact with an end portion of the other of the rear door and the front door when the rear door and the front door are closed; a stopper disposed on the one of the front door and the rear door and configured to be moved forward or rearward by a forward movement or a rearward movement of the damper; and a lever connecting the damper and the stopper and configured to mediate a forward movement or a rearward movement of the stopper when the damper moves forward or rearward thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyungin YUN, Chungsik Yim
  • Publication number: 20230322056
    Abstract: A joint groove is defined in a joint section of a roof structure and a side body structure of a vehicle. A roof rail having a hollow structure is fixed to the vehicle so as to extend along the joint groove. A housing space for housing a tarpaulin is cooperatively defined by both the roof rail and the joint groove. Greater housing space can be more easily secured as compared to a case in which the housing space is defined solely by the roof rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigenobu MIYACHI
  • Publication number: 20230322057
    Abstract: A retractable truck bed closure is disclosed herein. The retractable truck bed closure comprises a pair of frames that extend across a truck bed between sidewalls of the truck bed. The closure may be moved between a stored configuration and an extended configuration along the pair of frames to open, and close, a portion of the truck bed, respectively. The frames may be attachable to the truck, or may be integrated into portions of the truck, such as the sidewalls of the truck bed or the rear of the cab of the truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Singer
  • Publication number: 20230322058
    Abstract: An articulating front top cover assembly adapted for connecting to a vehicle in sealing engagement with a hard top portion of a roof of the vehicle. A pivotal portion includes a multi-bar over-center linkage arrangement. The pivotal portion is movable between at least a closed position over the front vehicle compartment and an open position with a passive lock from the multi-bar linkage assembly for an open air feel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathon G. Moore, David A. Smith, Charles C. Turney, Stephen J. Lewis, William H. Haberkamp
  • Publication number: 20230322059
    Abstract: A tonneau cover for a bed of a truck is provided. The tonneau cover includes several improvements including but not limited to a bulkhead panel that is secured to the truck. A first cover panel section pivotably attached to the bulkhead panel. A first intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the first cover panel section and a second panel section. A second intermediate panel section pivotably attached to the second cover panel section and a third panel section. The first cover panel section, the second cover panel section, and the third cover panel section fold to form a stack of cover panel sections which is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel which supports the stack of cover panel sections in an upright position. The second intermediate panel section sets upon the bulkhead panel when the stack of cover panel sections is pivoted upright onto the bulkhead panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Eugene A. Dylewski, II
  • Publication number: 20230322060
    Abstract: A sunroof structure of a vehicle includes at least one first mount for being mounted to a vehicle body of the vehicle, a window panel for being disposed to a hollow portion of the vehicle and having a main body and second and third mounts disposed on a bottom side of the main body, a transmission member including first and second rotational shafts rotatably disposed with the first and second mounts respectively and at least one crank connected with the first and second rotational shafts, and a link pivotally connected between the third mount and a pivot mount of the vehicle body. As a result, the window panel is drivenable to close or open the hollow portion. The sunroof structure greatly increases the open area of the hollow portion, and provides the side shielding function for the vehicle when the window panel is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Fei WEI
  • Publication number: 20230322061
    Abstract: A vehicle fluid controller to be applied to a vehicle. The vehicle fluid controller includes a jet generator, a wind detector, and a jet controller. The jet generator is configured to generate a jet of air and is disposed at an edge of a vehicle-body opening through which a vehicle cabin of the vehicle is allowed to be open to an outside of the vehicle. The wind detector is configured to detect a speed and a direction of wind acting on the vehicle body of the vehicle. The jet controller is configured to control the jet from the jet generator in accordance with the speed and the direction of the wind in such a manner as to disturb an airflow passing over the vehicle-body opening along a surface of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku DOGAHIRA, Naoto WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230322062
    Abstract: To achieve a size reduction while making it possible to mold a case housing an axle and a gear mechanism by casting in an electric-vehicle power transmission unit that drives right and left wheels with a single electric motor. [Solution] A power transmission unit 41 includes a motor case 50 that is provided on the same side as a second axle 19 with respect to a center between a first axle 18 and the second axle 19, separated to right and left, in a right-left direction and that houses the electric motor 70, a first axle case 43 housing a reduction gear mechanism 78, a differential gear mechanism 118, and the first axle 18, and a second axle case 130 that is fixed to the first axle case 43 in a separable manner and houses the second axle 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KIYOOKA, Ryo MOTOOKA, Ken MORISHITA, Hitoshi SAWADA, Akihiro IMA
  • Publication number: 20230322063
    Abstract: A dual-motor transmission therefor, comprising a first and a second electric traction motor, a first gear arrangement, a second gear arrangement, and a summation box. The first gear arrangement includes a shaft and at least a first gear and a second gear, wherein each of the first and the second gears can be selectively engaged and disengaged with the shaft via a clutch, and the first gear arrangement supplies a first torque from the first motor to the summation box. The second gear arrangement includes a shaft and at least a first gear, wherein the first gear can be engaged and disengaged with the shaft via a clutch, and the second gear arrangement supplies a second torque from the second motor to the summation box, and the summation box is configured to combine the first and second torques and to output a combined output torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim VAN DINGENEN, Bert HANNON, Kurt CATTOOR, Filip SCHACHT
  • Publication number: 20230322064
    Abstract: Electric vehicle conversion kits for IC vehicles and converted electric vehicles. An electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor directly coupled to an axle. Another electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor mechanically coupled to an axle via a driveshaft. Another electric vehicle conversion kit may include an electric motor coupled to a transfer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Rocco West Calandruccio
  • Publication number: 20230322065
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of batteries and discloses a battery device, an assembling method and an assembling equipment thereof, and a battery component positioning tooling. The battery device includes a beam, a box base plate, a box bezel, and a battery. The beam, the box base plate, and the box bezel surround to form a box. The battery is disposed in the box. The assembling method includes the following steps. The beam, the box base plate, and the box bezel are respectively connected and assembled with the battery according to a set sequence. In the set sequence, the box base plate or at least part of the box bezel is assembled after the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CALB Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Deng, Xinwei Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230322066
    Abstract: A resilient coupling element for a motor vehicle, which is to be placed between an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, is made of a spring sheet or plate. A motor vehicle having an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, includes the coupling element of the aforementioned kind being effective between the energy store housing structure and the passenger compartment floor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Josef STENGER, Lukas STUMBAUM
  • Publication number: 20230322067
    Abstract: An EV Trailer Auxiliary Rechargeable Battery storage system is designed to store energy via rechargeable batteries. The system is designed to be attached/secured to the undercarriage, frame, or chassis of any type of trailer. The rechargeable batteries intern provides the necessary energy required to increased overall mileage or distance of the electric EV towing vehicle, tractor or power unit when attached to the trailer in combination, as well assist in meeting the daily energy consumption of the electric EV towing vehicle, tractor, or power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jeremy Richard Walker
  • Publication number: 20230322068
    Abstract: A vehicle body base structure includes a battery pack that is configured to supply electric power to a traction motor and that is disposed beneath a floor panel, a bracket that pivotally supports a trailing arm and that is fixed to a rear side member, and a reinforcing brace that is fixed to the bracket and that is also fixed to the battery pack. The bracket is located rearward from the battery pack in a vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya HIROTA, Hidenori YOSHIOKA, Koji OGAWA, Shinya KATAYAMA, Kyohei HEKI, Takayuki OMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230322069
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to mounting a power supply module to a vehicle. In particular, a mounting assembly attaches the power supply module at least partially beneath the chassis of the vehicle. The mounting assembly can comprise one or more mounting brackets that are coupled to the power supply module and that attach (directly or indirectly) to the chassis rail. For instance, a mounting bracket can comprise one or more flanges that attach beneath an overhang of the power supply module, and as such, a load path can pass at least partially through the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly can include one or more rail-mount brackets that attach to a chassis rail and that are configured to attach to the one or more mounting brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rajashekar KALARASAIAH, Trevor TAKARO
  • Publication number: 20230322070
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a dampening unit coupled to an engine. The apparatus further includes a control unit communicably coupled to the dampening unit. The control unit detects a gear shift in a transmission unit associated with the engine. The control unit further determines a dampening duration of the dampening unit at the detected gear shift. The dampening duration corresponds to a time taken for the dampening unit to absorb torsional vibrations of the engine at the detected gear shift. The control unit further compares the determined dampening duration at the detected gear shift with a preset dampening duration at a preset gear shift. The control unit further determines, based on the comparison, a torque control amount for the dampening unit to absorb the torsional vibrations of the engine. The control unit further controls the dampening unit based on the determined torque control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: ANDREW G. SHAPIRO, ADAM H. VOSZ, ERIC M. LOTT, KRISTIAN KARPINSKI
  • Publication number: 20230322071
    Abstract: A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid motor vehicle, and to a drive assembly. The drive unit is for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, and includes a first electric rotary machine for generator operation and a second electric rotary machine for drive motor operation, and a transmission. A rotor of the first electric rotary machine is for direct mechanical coupling to an output element of an internal combustion engine, and a rotor of the second electric rotary machine is or can be rotationally coupled to an input of the transmission, with no torque-transmitting connection being provided between the first electric rotary machine and the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander VOIT, Steffen LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20230322072
    Abstract: A suspension element includes a housing, a first joint, and a second joint. The housing is configured to couple a tractive element assembly to a vehicle. The housing has a first end configured to engage a portion of the vehicle and a second end configured to interface with the tractive element assembly. The first joint includes a first actuator and a first resilient member. The first actuator is configured to facilitate linear extension and retraction of the suspension element. The second joint includes a second actuator and a second resilient member. The second actuator is configured to facilitate rotational movement of the suspension element. The first resilient member and the second resilient member are configured to support a static load of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Drach, Erik S. Ellifson, Aaron J. Rositch, Devon C. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20230322073
    Abstract: When a required drive force of an engine becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value that deteriorates the characteristics of an engine mount, torque serving as a required drive amount of a rear electric motor is increased, so that the required drive force of the engine can be reduced. As a result, crushing of the engine mount that supports the engine is reduced, so that engine vibration transmitted to a vehicle body via the engine mount can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Niimi, Manabu Ishimoto
  • Publication number: 20230322074
    Abstract: To provide a work vehicle that does not include a forward-reverse lever and is capable of stopping transmission of drive to a PTO shaft at a low cost when the vehicle is stopped or is moving backward. A work vehicle includes: a PTO shaft configured to transmit power to a work machine; a transmission; a forward pedal to be operated to move a traveling vehicle body forward; a switch configured to determine whether the forward pedal is operated; and a PTO clutch configured to switch the power to the PTO shaft to a non-transmission state when it is determined that the forward pedal is not operated based on a determination result of the switch. The forward pedal is provided on one of left and right sides of the transmission, and the switch is provided on the other of the left and right sides of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kento Aibara
  • Publication number: 20230322075
    Abstract: An industrial machine is provided that includes a hybrid powertrain. The hybrid powertrain includes a PTI/PTO (power-take-in/power-take-off) system that can passively decouple an internal combustion engine from other powertrain components. The hybrid powertrain allows the industrial machine to operate in power delivering modes, in which an internal combustion engine and/or an electric motor(s) are prime movers, a fully electric mode in which the electric motor(s) is the prime mover(s), and power generating modes, in which either the internal combustion engine or load inertia drives the electric motor(s) as an electrical power generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan MALLOY, Andrew CONATY
  • Publication number: 20230322076
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a frame assembly defined by a lower frame assembly and an upper frame assembly coupled to the lower frame assembly. The frame assembly supports a plurality of body panels. A roof, front windshield, rear windshield, and doors may be coupled to the frame assembly to enclose the operator area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Lauren E. Frank, Tyler J. Kramer, Craig Hawes, Nick Levin, Brian N. Nysse, Stephen Martin, Stacey E. Stewart, Bryce A. Holm, Richard Steele, Andrew Betcher, Daniel J. Rice, James R. Saunders, Jason R. Fields, Ryan D. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20230322077
    Abstract: A measurement of the rotation speed of an object is made using a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect a passing of one or more of elements of the object through a given position. The time-of-flight sensor is further mounted on a one-person vehicle configured to protect the one-person vehicle against collisions through the making a time-of-flight measurement of a relative speed between the one-person vehicle and an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventor: Thomas PEROTTO
  • Publication number: 20230322078
    Abstract: A rotating assembly for a displaying device allowing vertical and horizontal presentation as a user requires. A displaying assembly, a transmitting assembly, and a driving assembly are included in the displaying device. The displaying assembly includes a displaying panel and a first clamping structure, the first clamping structure includes fixing structures with tenon structures in between. The transmitting assembly includes a second clamping structure and a connecting structure, the clamping structure comprises a clamping joint, the clamping joint is coupled to the tenon structure, and fixing grooves are defined on the second clamping structure. The fixing grooves are matched with the fixing structures, an end of the connecting structure is fixedly connected to the second clamping structure. The driving assembly includes a rotating driving member, an output shaft of the driving member is connected to the connecting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: YU-SHENG CHANG, CHI-CHENG WEN, CHIH-CHENG LEE, WEN-BIN HUANG, TSUNG-HSIN WU, YU-CHIH CHENG, HSIU-FU LI
  • Publication number: 20230322079
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a vehicle cabin unit, which comprises: - a main body, - a panel, which is permanently connected to the main body, which panel has a front surface and a free panel wall, which free panel wall protrudes from or is spaced apart from the main body, wherein the panel comprises a display, which forms at least a part of the front surface of the panel, which display is connectable to a vehicle subsystem controller, wherein the free panel wall of the panel includes a touch sensitive input surface which is configured to allow interaction of a user with the vehicle subsystem controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alex DE RUITER, Bart Willem GEERS, Koenraad Michaël VAN HAM
  • Publication number: 20230322080
    Abstract: A device for providing information in a vehicle is provided. The device is configured to determine person-related data with respect to an occupant of another vehicle in a surroundings of the vehicle and/or vehicle-related data with respect to the other vehicle. Moreover, the device is configured to output the person-related data and/or the vehicle-related data to an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Claudia LIEBAU, Daniel LIEBAU
  • Publication number: 20230322081
    Abstract: A method for a situation-controlled display of an actuation element for a function in a vehicle on a touch-sensitive display surface operable by a person using the vehicle involves the actuation element as a blocking element for a window lifter of the vehicle. The actuation element is always displayed if a child is detected on a seat in the vehicle, and a window lifter associated with the seat is actuated, if a contradicting actuation of window lifters for the same window is carried out, the window lifters being accessible to different people in the vehicle, and/or if the occurring actuation of the window lifters deviates from the conventional actuation type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph GÄNG, Marko GOLLER, Alice STOCKMANN
  • Publication number: 20230322082
    Abstract: A user interface for a vehicle is adapted to present visible information capture user input. The user interface includes an optical faceplate having a flat contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three-dimensional display surface. A two-dimensional display and the contact surface are arrangeable so that light emitted from the display is receivable by the contact surface. The faceplate is movably arrangeable at the two-dimensional display, and the user interface senses a motion of the faceplate on the two-dimensional display as user input. The user interface is adapted to sense a rotational motion of the faceplate and a translational relative motion between the faceplate and the two-dimensional display The rotational motion is defined by a rotation of the faceplate around a rotational axis being arranged perpendicular to the contact surface and/or the two-dimensional display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Etienne Iliffe-Moon
  • Publication number: 20230322083
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glass article for a vehicle interior system. The glass article includes a glass sheet, a support member, and a mounting element. The glass sheet and the mounting element are disposed on opposite sides of the support member. The support member has a first Young’s modulus (E1) in GPa and a first yield strength (Y1) in MPa in which E1 ? 471.288*exp(-0.0294*Y1)+10 for a first yield strength (Y1) from 39 MPa to 520 MPa and in which E1 < 1.941e5*exp(-0.0336*Y1)+48 for a first yield strength (Y1) from 223 MPa to 520. Further, the mounting element has a second Young’s modulus (E2) in GPa and a second yield strength (Y2) in MPa in which E2 > 605.1203*exp(-0.0303*y2)+3.9 for a second yield strength (Y2) from 10 MPa to 950 MPa and in which E2 ? 765.0928*exp(-0.0094*Y2)+85 for a second yield strength (Y2) from 78 MPa to 950 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kaikai Che, Khaled Layouni, Yousef Kayed Qaroush
  • Publication number: 20230322084
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an output pedal that controls the output of a motive section, a biasing member that biases the output pedal to return, and a brake pedal that operates a travel brake to a braking state. Also included are a holding section operable to a holding state of holding the output pedal at any depressed position and to a release state of releasing the holding of the output pedal, and a manual operating tool for manually operating the holding section to the holding state. Further included are a brake linkage section that operates the holding section to the release state when the brake pedal is depressed in the holding state, and an output linkage section that operates the holding section to the release state when the output pedal is depressed in the holding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ukai
  • Publication number: 20230322085
    Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative controllers, dual power inverter modules, and electric vehicles. In an illustrative embodiment, a controller includes one or more processors associated with a first and second power inverter for the drive unit. Computer-readable media for the one or more processors are each configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to apply a same fault action to the first power inverter and the second power inverter responsive to a fault associated with an inverter chosen from the first power inverter and the second power inverter, wherein the same fault action includes applying equalized torque to each axle operatively coupled to the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Richard M. Breese, Brian N. Harries, Silva Hiti, Daniel L. Kowalewski, Steven E. Schulz, David Tang