Patents Issued in January 2, 2024
  • Patent number: 11858398
    Abstract: A portable tray is provided for use in a motor vehicle. The portable tray includes a base adapted to be supported on a vehicle seat and a pair of spaced apart legs depending therefrom. A front end is positionable toward a front portion of the seat, and a rear end is positionable toward a rear portion of the seat. An upper planar surface of the base provides a level support surface for articles being used by an occupant of the motor vehicle. At least one cavity into which articles can be placed is provided. A recess is provided through the side wall and is in communication with the cavity, and allows for an object to pass therethrough and into the cavity. An opening provided is the base and a strap having a seat anchor attached thereto extends through the opening. The strap has a thickened portion which is positioned on one side of the rear wall to secure the strap to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST PULL CO.
    Inventors: Philip Roger Bruni, John Steven Kruse
  • Patent number: 11858399
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a dashboard having a lower portion that defines a recess. The lower portion has a bottom surface and a recess surface. The bottom surface is adjacent to the recess surface, and the recess surface of the lower portion defines the recess. The vehicle also includes a desk operably coupled to the dashboard and movable between an undeployed position and a deployed position. In the undeployed position, the desk is received within the recess and an underside surface of the desk is generally flush with the bottom surface of the lower portion of the dashboard. In the deployed position, the position of the desk is further vehicle-rearward than the position of the desk in the undeployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Ryan Wayne Warner, Jesse Rene Diephuis, Andrew Brand, Andrew Smith
  • Patent number: 11858400
    Abstract: A table/tray is provided which is removably mountable into a standard beverage or cup holder of a seating armrest, and maintains the cup holder capacity of the armrest, while at the same time providing the additional concurrent functionality of a table or tray adjacent to the seating assembly. This table/tray is movable by rotation within the cup holder, or otherwise, to be shifted out of the way of the user's entry/egress motion with respect to the seat assembly. This tray/table is dimensioned and/or foldable so as to be stored under the seating assembly, or closely adjacent thereto in available space, and it can be used at multiple different locations within the vehicle or other structure of use, according to the availability of cup holder recesses to receive it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas M. Nowak
  • Patent number: 11858401
    Abstract: A system for electrically powering a semi-trailer dump system includes a DC-to-DC voltage converter configured to receive input DC voltage from a battery bank and output increased DC voltage, an energy storage element configured to receive the increased DC voltage from the DC-to-DC voltage converter, a controller configured to receive DC power from the energy storage element and convert the DC power into AC power, and a motor configured to receive AC power from the controller, the motor being mechanically connectable to a pump for controlling the dumping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Rustee Stubbs
  • Patent number: 11858402
    Abstract: A vehicle ramp system includes a first ramp and a second ramp each removably attachable to a truck bed. The first and second ramps may each be attached to the truck bed via numerous brackets and a ramp fastener. Further, the first and second ramps may each include a panel removably attachable thereto. Accordingly, once the first and second ramps are coupled to the truck bed, a UTV can be positioned thereon, thereby allowing the UTV to be elevated within the truck's bed. Due to the elevated position of the UTV, a storage area is created between a bottom of the UTV and the truck bed, where a user can place tools, camping equipment, luggage, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Edward F. Moore, Cynthia D. Moore
  • Patent number: 11858403
    Abstract: A convertible ramp body and/or combination of vehicle with a cargo bed and convertible ramp body wherein the convertible ramp body may be positioned about the cargo bed of a vehicle. The convertible ramp body may include a storage shelf body and cargo bed extender on opposite lateral ends of the cargo bed and connected by sidewall beams and a ramp pivotally connected to the cargo bed extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Wyatt Taft Farmer, Luke Waesche
  • Patent number: 11858404
    Abstract: The present invention is a cargo carrier. The preferred embodiment is a cantilever displacement cargo carrier with a beam. The first end of the beam comprises a cantilever displacement housing with a pivot hole. A pivot beam is pivotally attached to the beam at the cantilever displacement housing by a pivot pin inserted into the pivot hole and a pivot bushing. The pivot beam preferably has at least one pin saddle where a horizontal bearing pin with at least one bearing is inserted. The bearing preferably has an outer circumference that extends above the top surface of the pivot beam and contacts the cantilever displacement housing. The second end of the beam has a receiver saddle where the pivot beam can be locked in place at an anchor bushing by a retainer pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Brad Christian
  • Patent number: 11858405
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle may include a chassis, an axle assembly, a floor, and a vehicle body enclosing living quarters. A fluid storage vessel may be supported in the chassis. The chassis may include a first and a second longitudinal chassis member each having an upper and lower edge, and an inner and outer face. Cross members have a first and second ends connected to the first and second chassis member, respectively. The cross members have an upper and lower edges extending between the ends. The cross members have an end height at the ends and a midsection height that is greater than the end height. A transport area extends longitudinally between two cross members, transversely between inner faces of the longitudinal chassis members, and vertically between upper and lower edges of the cross members. The fluid storage vessel is disposed in the transport area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THOR TECH, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Snyder, Jonathan Gust
  • Patent number: 11858407
    Abstract: A trailer system with a modular design is provided for the transport of tiny homes. The system comprises a front hitch assembly to connect to a suitable towing or transport vehicle, and a rear axle assembly designed to carry the weight of a tiny home. The trailer bed portion of the trailer system is the tiny house foundation adapted to connect with the front hitch and rear axle assemblies in a lowboy configuration. Each of the front hitch and rear axle assemblies have pegs that can be secured into channels formed into the end walls (e.g. slots/cavities) or alongside walls (e.g. grooves) of the foundation. Once inserted into the channels, the pegs can be secured to the foundation using a securing means (e.g. locking pins). After transport of the tiny home, the front hitch and rear axle assemblies can be connected to each for transport to another location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Dillon Point
  • Patent number: 11858408
    Abstract: A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A compressor unit is located between an inner sidewall panel and an outer sidewall panel of one of the sidewalls. A truck bed cover covers the truck bed. A bladder is connected to an underside of the truck bed cover. The compressor unit connected to the bladder and configured to inflate the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryan C. Harris, Scott L. Frederick
  • Patent number: 11858409
    Abstract: A spotlight modular assembly for providing external illumination to a charging inlet includes a first frame having a plurality of locking devices securing the spotlight modular assembly to the charging inlet, a second frame, and a circuit carrier and an illumination source electrically connected to the circuit carrier. The circuit carrier and the illumination source are encapsulated within the first frame and the second frame. A light of the illumination source comes out through the second frame. The spotlight modular assembly is removably attached to the charging inlet with the light of the illumination source directed toward the charging inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l.
    Inventors: Demis Spincich, Arianna Spolverato
  • Patent number: 11858410
    Abstract: A front left lamp includes a housing, an outer cover which covers an opening of the housing, a lighting unit disposed in a space formed by the housing and the outer cover, and a corner cube reflector, which is configured to increase radar radio wave reflectance and is disposed to face the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11858411
    Abstract: A vehicular rear window assembly includes a window panel having an inner glass panel and an outer glass panel laminated together. A lighting device includes a plurality of light sources arranged on a circuit element. The vehicular rear window assembly is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a vehicle. The lighting device is disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel. The light sources, when electrically powered, emit light that is visible through the outer glass panel of the window panel so as to be viewable by a person viewing the vehicular rear window assembly from exterior and rearward of the vehicle. At least some of the light sources of the lighting device are electrically powered responsive to actuation of a brake of the vehicle to provide a center high mounting stop lamp feature that is integrated within the window panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Darin J. Snider
  • Patent number: 11858412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grill lighting lamp system and includes a grill part provided in a vehicle and an optical device configured to irradiate light to the grill part. The grill part includes a plurality of reflection portions configured to reflect the light irradiated from the optical device toward the outside of the vehicle and an invalid portion provided in a stepped shape between the plurality of reflection portions and configured to absorb glare light not reflected forward among light incident on the reflection portion from the optical device. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to minimize damage to the optical device in the event of a front collision of the vehicle and suppress a glare phenomenon from occurring upon grill lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seung-Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11858413
    Abstract: A system may have system controls that are used in controlling the system. The system may have sensors that gather information on speed, orientation, and position. The sensors may also gather information on relative speed, information on risks of a collision, and other status information and operating environment information. Control circuitry may use light-based devices to display, information on speed, relative speed, status information, custom light information or other user-selected information, or other information on status and the operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Arthur Y. Zhang, Albert J. Golko, Bivin J. Varghese, Christopher P. Child, Collin J. Palmer, Daniel E. Potter, Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner
  • Patent number: 11858414
    Abstract: An attention calling device includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: acquire information regarding obstacles around a moving object detected by a sensor included in the moving object; calculate a potential risk that is a degree to which attention needs to be paid for each of the obstacles around the moving object, based on the acquired information regarding the obstacles and a moving state of the moving object; and present, to an occupant of the moving object, information for calling attention to an obstacle having a potential risk exceeding a predetermined value, based on a calculated potential risk of each of the obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Tanimura, Akito Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11858415
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same. A lamp for a vehicle includes a lamp housing, a light source unit mounted on the lamp housing and that irradiates light, a bezel installed in the lamp housing, an optical fiber fixed to the bezel, coupled to the light source part, and that outputs the light irradiated from the light source part, and a tension unit provided in the bezel, and that applies a tension to the optical fiber in a state, in which the optical fiber is fixed to the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Ryong Song, Seok Huyn Kim
  • Patent number: 11858416
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include equipment and process schemes for using a plastic decorative light guide of a vehicle as a high-speed optical interconnect. An exemplary method can include forming a decorative light guide from a transparent material. The decorative light guide includes a first insert and a second insert. A light characteristic for optical communication through the decorative light guide is selected based on a current color of the decorative light guide. Light having the light characteristic is injected by a light emitter into the first insert and the light is received by a light receiver from the second insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Thiago Laserra Lima
  • Patent number: 11858417
    Abstract: A sun visor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a magnetic switch, and a vanity including a light. The light is configured to turn on and off when the magnetic switch is activated and deactivated. The sun visor further includes a vanity cover moveable between an open position and a closed position. Further, movement of the vanity cover relative to the vanity is configured to activate and deactivate the magnetic switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Daimay North America Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Yintai Jiang, Jianhua Wang
  • Patent number: 11858418
    Abstract: A pseudo driving sound playback system includes a server and an in-vehicle device. The server includes a database of pseudo sound data sets in which sound elements of engine sound are associated with each of a plurality of predefined driving states for each of a plurality of passenger gasoline vehicle models. The in-vehicle device determines one of a plurality of vehicle models based on received input of a user, downloads a pseudo sound data set of the vehicle model from the server, selects a sound element according to the detected driving state from the pseudo sound data set, and sequentially outputs the sound element as sound from a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFTS & MEISTER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sudo, Yoshinori Matsumoto, Taklam Li
  • Patent number: 11858419
    Abstract: Fatigue driving monitoring, reminding and early-warning method and system based on computer vision are provided. The system includes: a fatigue real-time monitoring system for identifying fatigue characteristic postures of a driver and obtaining a fatigue level according to frequencies of the fatigue characteristic postures and a driving time; a fatigue automatic reminding system for receiving the fatigue level, obtaining a vehicle real-time position information and providing the driver with a corresponding grade of reminder according to the fatigue level; and a fatigue information early-warning system for receiving the fatigue level and the vehicle real-time position information to obtain a fatigue safety index, so that a cloud map of fatigue road conditions is obtained according to the fatigue safety index and shared with traffic management departments and drivers for early-warning. It reduces the situation of fatigue driving on freeway and the hazard of traffic safety accidents caused by fatigue driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY, XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Dacheng Jin, Pengju Liu, Yuyao Guo, Xiaogang Cheng, Angui Li
  • Patent number: 11858420
    Abstract: A technique for rendering an under-vehicle view including obtaining a first location of a vehicle, the vehicle having a set of cameras disposed about the vehicle, capturing a set of images; storing images of the set of images in a memory, wherein the images are associated with a time the images were captured, moving the vehicle to a second location, obtaining the second location of the vehicle, determining an amount of time for moving the vehicle from the first location to the second location, generating a set of motion data, the motion data indicating a relationship between the second location of the vehicle and the first location of the vehicle, obtaining one or more stored images from the memory based on the determined amount of time, rendering a view under the vehicle based on the one or more stored images and set of motion data, and outputting the rendered view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hemant Vijay Kumar Hariyani, Aishwarya Dubey, Mihir Narendra Mody
  • Patent number: 11858421
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing; an imaging device including an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state; a light projection device including an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in the left-and-right direction; and a plate-like attachment member including a surface on which the imaging device and the light projection device are mounted, and attached to the housing to hold the imaging device and the light projection device between the attachment member and the housing, the imaging device and the light projection device being fastened to the attachment member with screw members in a first direction. The attachment member is configured such that the imaging device and the light projection device are mountable thereon in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Misato Industries Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joichi Kawanishi, Yuto Watanabe, Takashi Nakatani, Takuro Yuyama, Ryosuke Iba, Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11858422
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head mounted at a mounting structure. An electro-optic reflective element is attached at an attachment element that attaches at an electrically powered actuator accommodated by the mirror head. The reflective element has a front glass substrate having a first thickness less than 2.3 mm and a rear glass substrate having a second thickness less than or equal to 1.6 mm. The first and second perimeter edges of the glass substrates combine to provide a curved transition from a first surface of the front glass substrate and an outer surface of the mirror head. The mirror head includes a protruding portion that is at least partially received at a notched region of the rear glass substrate. An outer surface of the protruding portion corresponds with the second perimeter edge of the rear glass substrate at the notched region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Baur
  • Patent number: 11858423
    Abstract: A vehicular dual-state interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head including an electrochromic mirror reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector. A video display device occupies at least 75 percent of the viewable reflective region of the mirror reflective element. With the mirror assembly operating in a first state, the video display device does not display video images and the driver views rearward via reflection at the viewable reflective region and, with the mirror assembly operating in a second state, the video display device displays video images for viewing at the viewable reflective region by the driver. When operating in a daytime mode, the display screen utilizes red pixels, green pixels, blue pixels and clear pixels of the display screen, and when operating in a nighttime mode, the display screen utilizes red pixels, green pixels and blue pixels and does not utilize clear pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark L Larson, John T. Uken, Christopher R. Koetje
  • Patent number: 11858424
    Abstract: A method, performed by an electronic device installed in a vehicle, of switching a view of an image displayed on a camera monitoring system (CMS) side display, and an electronic device are provided. The disclosure includes an electronic device for displaying, on a camera monitoring system (CMS) side display, a first image representing a surrounding environment image, detecting a lane change signal of the vehicle, and, in response to the detected lane change signal, switching the first image displayed on the CMS side display to a second image representing a top view image showing locations of the vehicle and a surrounding vehicle in a virtual image as looking down from above the vehicle, and displaying the second image, and displaying a lane change user interface (UI) indicating information about whether a lane change is possible on the second image, and an operation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Shin, Hyewon Kim, Sanggun Lee, Yoonji Cho, Kyunglim Choi, Wooseok Hwang
  • Patent number: 11858425
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of kinds of external sensors for detecting an external condition of a vehicle is attached on a roof of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor attaching structure including: a common sensor unit that is fixed to the roof of the vehicle and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached; and an option sensor unit that is attachable to the common sensor unit in at least two directions of a vehicle left side, a vehicle right side, a vehicle upper side, a vehicle front side, and a vehicle rear side, that is detachably attached to the common sensor unit, and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Higashimachi, Taro Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Izuhara
  • Patent number: 11858426
    Abstract: A luggage board apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper board and a lower board. The upper board and the lower board are capable of moving together in a vertical direction, and the upper board is capable of moving in a front-rear direction with respect to the lower board. A shopping cart may be seated, loaded and stored on the luggage board by using a slide rail provided on the luggage board and a slide roller coupled to the slide rail on the luggage board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SEGOS, KBI Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Sung Joon Kang, In Chan Jeong
  • Patent number: 11858427
    Abstract: Described is a passenger seat having a supporting device for holding a portable electronic device coupled to a seat back of the passenger seat. The support includes at least one arm having a first position and a second position, and a base coupled to the arm, having a stowed position and a deployed position. In the first position, the arm may be oriented along the seat back and in the second position the arm may extend away from the seat back such that the base is spaced away from the seat back. In the deployed position, the base may extend from an end of the arm such that the base is positioned at a non-zero angle with respect to the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Juan Lopez, David Morales, Kristyan Escobar
  • Patent number: 11858428
    Abstract: A mounting kit for installing a soundbar in a vehicle includes a tube having an elongated body and at least one chamber having a window. The mounting kit includes at least one bolt having a head and a shank, the head arranged to be coupled to the soundbar and the shank arranged to be received in the at least one chamber and accessible through the window to secure the soundbar to the tube. A first bracket is arranged to be secured to a cross member and first pillar of the vehicle, and a second bracket is arranged to be secured to the cross member and a second pillar of the vehicle, each of the first and second brackets having a cradle arranged to receive an end portion of the tube for installing the tube and attached soundbar in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffery Fay, Kai Meng, Linghua Jiang
  • Patent number: 11858429
    Abstract: A structural unit for provision in the front end or in the tail end of a motor vehicle, wherein the structural unit comprises a support body and at least two environment sensing systems, wherein the environment sensing systems are received on the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias Drueppel, Susanne Koehler, Werner Koesters, Christian Smarslik
  • Patent number: 11858430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar decorative material (11) comprising perforations (12), for interior fittings, in particular for the automobile industry, which decorative material serves to be illuminated on the rearward face (13) thereof, by an illumination means (18), and allows a portion of the light from the illumination means (18) to pass from the rear face (13) of the decorative material (11), through the perforations (12), to the visible side (14) of the decorative material (11), wherein a film (20) is adhesively bonded to the rear face (13) of the decorative material (11) and the perforations (12) extend from the rear face (13) of the decorative material (11) as far as the visible side (14) thereof, but not through the film (20). The present invention also relates to a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Eissmann Automotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Topp, Norman Eitel
  • Patent number: 11858431
    Abstract: A three-dimensional vacuum thermal insulation element having a compressed three-dimensional porous structure and a shell closed in an airtight manner. The shell includes a thermoformable barrier wall and encloses the porous structure arranged between two major surfaces of said barrier wall. The porous structure has a pressure of between less than 105 Pa and more than 10-2 Pa at ambient external temperature and pressure. The barrier wall is thermoformed at the site of said two major surfaces, between which the porous structure has a curved shape and/or reliefs and/or depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Fabrice Chopard, Cedric Huillet
  • Patent number: 11858432
    Abstract: The identification display bag with camera system comprises a document pouch and a camera. The document pouch may be detachably coupled to the outside of a vehicle and may be adapted to hold one or more identification documents for inspection by a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop. The camera may record video and/or audio during the traffic stop. The identification display bag with camera system may be adapted to allow a driver to keep the driver's hands visible on a steering wheel to establish a safe environment for both the driver and the law enforcement officer. The law enforcement officer may observe that the driver is not reaching for a weapon and the law enforcement officer may be less likely to react to a perceived threat. The video and/or the audio may be available for review after the traffic stop, if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: David Lee
  • Patent number: 11858433
    Abstract: A clearance adjusting device for a cable includes a wire having a first side connected to a drive mechanism and a second side connected to an operation mechanism to enable the drive mechanism to be operated in conjunction with the operation mechanism when the wire is moved in an other direction by operation of the operation mechanism, an elastic part having a first end portion connected to the wire and formed to be elastically compressible, and a clearance elimination mechanism fixed to a base, with the wire and the elastic part embedded therein while the wire passes therethrough, in a state where a second end portion of the elastic part is connected to and supported by the clearance elimination mechanism, such that the wire receives an elastic force provided in the other direction toward the operation mechanism by the elastic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Ju Kang
  • Patent number: 11858434
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle includes a base portion of which an upper portion is open, a cover portion covering the upper portion of the base portion and on which a matching connector electrically connected to an electronic element is seated, and a fixing member passing between the base portion and the cover portion and vertically fixedly coupling the matching connector, the cover portion, and the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Gwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11858435
    Abstract: An energy transmission device for wirelessly transmitting electric energy includes a first capacitance device which has a first and a second capacitance element and a second capacitance device which has a third and a fourth capacitance element. The electric energy can be transmitted from the first capacitance element to the second capacitance element and from the third capacitance element to the fourth capacitance element by way of a capacitive coupling. The motor vehicle component is designed as a motor vehicle windshield, the first capacitance element and the third capacitance element are designed as a motor vehicle windshield guide of the motor vehicle, and the second capacitance element and the fourth capacitance element are formed on a motor vehicle windshield region of the motor vehicle windshield corresponding to the motor vehicle windshield guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Juergen Bruegl
  • Patent number: 11858436
    Abstract: A method for predicting immanent damage to a connecting point between two electrical conductors in a motor vehicle electrical system is disclosed, wherein a value of an electrical variable is ascertained that is at least related to an electrical resistance of the connecting point, and wherein the prediction of the immanent damage is made depending on the value of the electric variable. The value of the electrical variable is repeatedly determined while the motor vehicle electrical system is in operation while an operating current of specified operating current strength flows through the connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Nima Eslami, Alexander Harms, Daniel Keil
  • Patent number: 11858437
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include a bus bar assembly, a sensor assembly, including a circuit board connected to the bus bar assembly, and a sensor, a bracket connected to the bus bar assembly, and a cooling member connected to the bracket. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include connecting a shunt resistor with a bus bar assembly, connecting a circuit board with the bus bar assembly, connecting the bus bar assembly with the bracket, disposing the cooling member on or about the bracket, and/or connecting the cooling member with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Aric Anglin, Ajmal Ansari, Greg Dickerhoof, Robert M. Schmidt, Rutunj Rai, Hongen Tu
  • Patent number: 11858438
    Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit, a correction unit, and a sensor configured to detect an angular velocity or acceleration applied to a vehicle. The first power supply circuit is configured to perform a first power supply with a first minimum operating voltage. The second power supply circuit is configured to perform a second power supply with a second minimum operating voltage set to be lower than the first minimum operating voltage. The second power supply circuit is enabled to start the second power supply before an engine of a vehicle is started. The correction unit is configured to perform a process related to a zero point correction of the sensor. Herein, the sensor and the correction unit are configured to receive the second power supply from the second power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Shiomi
  • Patent number: 11858439
    Abstract: A circuit and method for providing multi-mode power to a vehicle load may include first and second voltage sources, main positive and main negative relays, and first, second, and third relays. The main positive relay may have a second side connected to a first side of the load, and the main negative relay may have a second side connected to a second side of the load. A first side of the second relay may be connected to a positive side of the first voltage source, and a second side of the second relay to a positive side of the second voltage source and a first side of the main positive relay. A first side of the third relay may be connected to a negative side of the second voltage source, and a second side of the third relay to a first side of the main negative relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wang Xie, Xuebei Ren, Diwei Fang
  • Patent number: 11858440
    Abstract: A bumper hitch that houses a sewer hose, the bumper hitch attaches to a recreational vehicle. The bumper hitch comprises of a rectangular housing that has an open upper section. A central hitch that extends perpendicularly outward from a central rear section of the rectangular housing. The rectangular housing has a drain. A rectangular door is pivotally attached to the open upper section of the rectangular housing. And, a drain plug is removably attached to the drain. The bumper hitch can further comprise of a solar panel light system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Eduardo M Cantelar
  • Patent number: 11858441
    Abstract: A control unit for activating a personal protection device of a vehicle. The control unit includes a compute module, which is in one-piece and which includes a first area including a permanently wired processing structure and a second area including a programmable processing structure, the compute module being designed to carry out a processing instruction for activating the personal protection device in at least the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Hartmut Schumacher, Carsten List, Ruediger Karner
  • Patent number: 11858442
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a passenger in a vehicle and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes a collision detection unit that detects a predicted collision state and a collision state of a vehicle; a seat belt driving unit that adjusts tension of a seat belt according to an operation mode; an airbag driving unit that deploys each of a plurality of airbags according to a driving signal; a capturing unit that captures images of an interior of the vehicle; an image processing unit that extracts passenger information by processing images inputted from the capturing unit; and a control unit that recognizes a passenger type and a seating position based on the passenger information, operates the seat belt driving unit by setting the operation mode, adjusts deployment time points of the plurality of airbags, and outputs the driving signal to the airbag driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Woo Lee, Byung Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11858443
    Abstract: A method of detecting normality of a PWM signal, wherein an error in a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal is detected using four different self-test logics, and information obtained by categorizing results of detection into failure modes is transmitted to a vehicle component controller, so that the consistency of the PWM signal is determined, a signal safety means is secured, and further, safety standard requirements of the automobile field are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung Hoon Cho
  • Patent number: 11858444
    Abstract: The occupant protection device that protects an occupant boarding on a vehicle and includes: a base portion fixed to the vehicle; an operation portion connected to the base portion and configured to move back and forth between a first position serving as an initial position and a second position used to suppress movement of the occupant when inertial force acts on the occupant; and a control unit configured to perform movement control to move the operation portion from the first position to the second position. The operation portion is movable repeatedly from the first position to the second position through the movement control by returning to the first position after having moved from the first position to the second position. The occupant protection device includes an buffering means configured to buffer a collision impact on the occupant against the operation portion when the operation portion moves to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Daicel Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11858445
    Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for connecting a steering wheel and an airbag module. The airbag module is mounted on a front portion of the steering wheel. A coupling hole extends through the steering wheel in a front-rear direction. A hook extends from the airbag module through the coupling hole to protrude from a rear surface of the steering wheel. A bend on a distal end of the hook is bent in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the hook. A fixing clip blocks the movement of the hook in a forward direction of the steering wheel, with first end being fixed to the steering wheel, and the second end being caught by the bend of the hook. A fixing recess is indented into the steering wheel, thereby allowing the second end of the fixing clip to move in the forward direction of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11858446
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a dash. The assembly includes a seat having a seatback and a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seatback. The airbag is inflatable from the seatback toward the dash in a seat-rearward direction to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion adjacent the head restraint and a pair of lobes extending from the upper portion along the head restraint in a seat-forward direction in the inflated position. The head restraint is between the lobes in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ming Shen, Huipeng Chen, Agnes S. Kim, Robert William McCoy, James Chih Cheng, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
  • Patent number: 11858447
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system (30) comprises a seat (14), at least one airbag integrated in the seat (14) and an airbag control device. The seat (14) is adjustable at least between a first seating position and a second seating position, the seat (14) in the second seating position having an orientation (A) that is rotated vis-à-vis the first seating position about an angle of rotation (?) from 170° to 190°. The airbag has a first inflated state and a second inflated state in which the airbag has an external geometry different from the one in the first inflated state. Accordingly, the airbag control device is arranged so that, in the case of need, the airbag adopts the first inflated state when the seat (14) is in the first seating position, and the airbag adopts the second inflated state when the seat (14) is in the second seating position. Further, a vehicle (10) comprising such an occupant restraint system (30) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Gerd Zischka
  • Patent number: 11858448
    Abstract: An airbag device equipped in a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a structure in which a seat frame is arranged with left and right sides inside the seat back. The airbag device according to the present invention includes: an inflator that is secured to the side of the seat frame of the vehicle seat and an airbag that is stowed inside the seat back in an elongated and compressed state and is expanded and deployed by the expansion gas discharged from the inflator. The airbag in the stowed state is arranged along the seat frame, and includes a lower portion area lower than the inflator and an upper portion area above the inflator. The lower portion area is arranged inside the seat frame, and the upper portion area is arranged outside the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Atsushi Nakashima