Abstract: Provided is a driving support device (1) including a control device configured to enter, in a first situation that is a situation in which an own vehicle travels in a predetermined region (X) before an intersection and an adjacent traveling lane is absent on a first direction side in a crossing direction of a traveling lane (L0) on which the own vehicle is traveling, a state in which start of driving support for changing a traveling direction of the own vehicle to the first direction at the intersection is possible, and enter, in a second situation that is a situation in which the own vehicle travels in the predetermined region (X) and an adjacent traveling lane is present on the first direction side in the crossing direction of the traveling lane (L0), a state in which the start of the driving support is impossible.

Abstract: In some examples, a network computer system can monitor a plurality of mobile computing devices to determine a current location of a corresponding freight operator of a plurality of freight operators. The network computer system can record the current location of each of the plurality of freight operators in a data store of the set of memory resources. Additionally, the network computer system can repeatedly query the data store to determine when at least two freight operators of the plurality of freight operators that satisfy a set of drafting conditions. The set of drafting conditions including a proximity condition as between the at least two freight operators and a candidate commencement location. In response to the determination, the network computer system can implement a drafting arrangement between the at least two freight operators.

Abstract: A motion manager is configured to request at least one of a plurality of actuators provided in a vehicle to move the vehicle in accordance with a kinematic plan. The actuators includes a second holding device having the holding function and being configured to execute backup control. The motion manager includes one or more processors configured to: receive information indicating the kinematic plan from a setting device; distribute, to at least one of the actuators, a motion request for the vehicle calculated by using the kinematic plan; and transmit, to the setting device, predetermined information including information indicating whether an abnormality has occurred in the holding function of the second holding device and information indicating a control status of the second holding device, and not including information for identifying a category of the second holding device.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to lane adjustment techniques for slow lead agents. A vehicle computing system may use sensor data depicting the surrounding environment to detect when another vehicle is traveling in front of the vehicle at a speed that is less than a threshold minimum speed. If the other vehicle fails to increase speed above the minimum speed, the computing system may determine whether to change lanes to avoid the other vehicle based on speed data for other lanes. In some implementations, the computing system assigns penalties to lane segments surrounding the vehicle based on speed data for the different lane segments. For instance, the path finding system for the vehicle can use penalties and speed data to determine efficient routes that safely circumvent slow agents.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine and a transmission assembly having a variator, a gear arrangement, and an electric machine operably connected to provide rotational power to the variator. The transmission assembly selectively transfers power from one or both of the engine and the electric machine to an output shaft to drive ground engaging elements of the work vehicle. A traction control unit controls a speed or torque output of the electric machine to provide traction control, with the traction control unit operating to receive inputs on a predicted ground engaging element speed and an actual ground engaging element speed, compare the predicted ground engaging element speed to the actual ground engaging element speed and, when the predicted ground engaging element speed is less than the actual ground engaging element speed by a threshold amount, reduce the speed or torque output of the electric machine, thereby providing traction control.

Abstract: An example electronic device may include a wireless communication circuit, a positioning circuit, a sensor circuit, a touch screen display, and a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, the positioning circuit, the sensor circuit, and the touch screen display. The processor may be configured to identify an activity state of a user of the electronic device based on sensor information received for a predetermined time through an external electronic device connected through the wireless communication circuit and the sensor circuit, update the weather information corresponding to position information of the electronic device received through the positioning circuit when an update period of the weather information corresponding to the identified activity state of the user arrives, and display at least one graphic object related to at least one of the position information, the weather information, or the activity state of the user on the touch screen display.

Abstract: A method for identifying vehicle load distribution includes the steps of: detecting a speed and longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; when the longitudinal acceleration is less than an acceleration threshold, acquiring a driving force of the vehicle; obtaining, by a processor, a pitch angle of the vehicle according to the driving force and the vehicle speed; and obtaining, by the processor, load distribution of the vehicle according to the pitch angle.

Abstract: A system monitors a child accidentally left in a car, comprising a microprocessor, a plurality of sensing device including optical image sensors, Infrared sensors, sounds sensors, motion sensors, and weight sensors. The system automatically turns on and connects to the car battery when the car is turned off. When the system detects a child or a pet is left in the car, it will monitor temperatures inside the car. The system detects whether the temperature inside the car changes quickly, above or below a threshold, before taking actions to protect the child. Such actions include lowering the windows, unlocking the doors, or turning on the air conditioning system to maintain the temperature inside the car. The system will send out warning signals to a connected smart phone to alert the parents of the child. The system will also send such signals to a nearby police or an emergency service.

Abstract: System, methods, and computer-readable media for a calibration check process of sensors on an autonomous vehicle (AV) via a drive-through environment mapped with a series of targets. The targets are used to check the calibration of the sensors on the AV as a quality check before the AV is determined fit to drive autonomously. Supervising a calibration process that collects data from the sensors on the AV based on exposure to a series of targets or augmented camera targets. The collected data may be used for extrinsic calibration aimed to determine that extrinsic parameters that define the rigid relationship between sensors are in set checker bounds.

Abstract: A notification apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in a mounting apparatus with the notification apparatus mounted therein, and a notification unit configured to notify an external notification destination decided in accordance with the abnormality detected by the detection unit of the abnormality.

Abstract: A method for determination of state information, especially describing a tribological state of a drive train of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive train comprises an electric machine as a first drive machine and a second drive machine, wherein upon fulfillment of a diagnostic condition the first drive machine is operated in an electrical idling mode, in which it is electrically separated from all current sources and current sinks and coupled to at least one of the wheels of the motor vehicle, and during the operation of the first drive machine in the electrical idling mode a performance measure is acquired for the performance of the second drive machine, while at least one of the wheels of the motor vehicle is driven by the second drive machine, after which the state information is determined in dependence on the performance measure and given reference information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating an operating system (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) of a motor vehicle, in which a control command (M1) for controlling the motor vehicle is specified via a control element (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), the control command (M1) specified via the control element (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) is sensorially acquired and passed on from an electronic control unit (4) to an electromechanical actuator unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) as a control signal, wherein the actuator unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) implements the control command (M1) according to the control signal. The operating system (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) is monitored here for an occurrence of a deviation from a target behaviour of the actuator unit (5.1, 5.2, 5.3), wherein tactile feedback is applied to the control element (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) if a deviation is detected.

Abstract: A vehicle outside risk visual recognition guiding apparatus includes an output unit, a vehicle inside detection device, and a processor. The processor acquires the sight-line direction of the driver from the detected information acquired from the vehicle inside detection device. The processor calculates sight-line movement amounts based on the acquired sight-line direction of the driver as a reference. The sight-line movement amounts are each an amount by which the sight line is caused to move to visually recognize any one of warning targets that are risks outside the vehicle. The processor determines a warning order related to the risks outside the vehicle at least based on the sight-line movement amounts. The processor causes the output unit to output the warnings that allow the warning targets that are the risks outside the vehicle to be visually recognized in accordance with the determined warning order.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is for a vehicle. The vehicle has a user-involvement mode and an automated driving mode as driving modes. The user-involvement mode is a driving mode in which a user sitting in a driver's seat is required to monitor a front of the vehicle. The automated driving mode being a driving mode in which the user is not required to monitor the front of the vehicle. A processor acquires information of a current driving mode, and acquires a residual amount of energy for driving. The processor may perform a notification related to a decrease in the residual amount of energy based on a fact that the residual amount of energy becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method for providing proactive driving alerts includes determining a road segment of interest, receiving GPS data and contextual data, and identifying a triggering condition in a vicinity of the segment of interest. The method also includes determining an applicability of the triggering condition to the segment of interest, retrieving an alert threshold corresponding to the triggering condition, and obtaining an action factor correlating to a user's driving behavior. The method further includes determining whether the action factor exceeds the alert threshold and providing a proactive alert related to the triggering condition to the user.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling an autonomous vehicle. For example, a set of potential stopping locations may be identified based on a current location of an autonomous vehicle. A set of potential states may be identified for the autonomous vehicle. A fallback cost for each potential state of the set of potential states to reach each potential stopping location of the set of potential stopping locations may be determined. A trajectory for an autonomous vehicle may be planned based on a route to a destination and the determined fallback costs. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled according to at least a portion of the trajectory.

Abstract: A Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR)-based object detection apparatus comprising a LiDAR sensor configured to obtain a point cloud, and a processor configured to detect at least one object of interest from the point cloud, wherein the processor is configured to perform determining representative points from LiDAR points corresponding to the object among the point cloud, determining outer points among the representative points, the outer points defining an outline of the object, and determining a confidence score for each of segments connecting at least two of the outer points.

Abstract: The technology enables an in-vehicle control computer located in an autonomous vehicle to control an output of a propulsion apparatus based on an estimate of the electrical load of one or more devices on or in the autonomous vehicle. An example method of autonomous driving operation includes determining, at a first time, by a computer located in the vehicle, a second energy or power consumption value of a plurality of devices that are expected to operate at a second time later than the first time, where the second energy or power consumption value is a different than a first energy or power consumption value of the plurality of devices at the first time; and sending, by the computer, the second energy or power consumption value to control an engine or a motor located in the vehicle.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide controlling an autonomous vehicle. For example, a first trajectory generated by a first planning system may be received. A portion of the first trajectory may be input into a second planning system. A second trajectory generated by the second planning system based on the portion of the first trajectory may be received. The second trajectory may be used to determine whether to validate the first trajectory, and when the second trajectory is determined to be validated, the autonomous vehicle may be enabled to be controlled based on the first trajectory.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic control device and a vehicle control system capable of coping with an increase in communication load, caused by an increase in the number of objects to be monitored, and an increase in processing load at the time of acquiring surrounding monitoring information. An electronic control device 110 according to the present disclosure is mounted on a vehicle V and includes a scene prediction unit 111 and a filtering unit 112. The scene prediction unit 111 predicts driving scenes to be encountered by the vehicle V based on position information of the vehicle V, map information around the vehicle V, and a travel route of the vehicle V. The filtering unit 112 derives a risk index for each of recognition results of a plurality of objects around the vehicle V based on the driving scenes, the recognition results of the objects, and risk information in which the risk index is defined for each of the driving scenes and each of types of the recognition results of the objects.

Abstract: In various examples, cost probability distributions corresponding to predicted locations of an object in an environment and potential locations for a machine in the environment and may be evaluated using corresponding observed costs corresponding to the machine and the object. The cost probability distributions may be evaluated based on comparing the observed costs to threshold values, which may be determined based on sampling a predicted cost function. A threshold value may be selected to provide false-positive rate and/or false-negative rate guarantees for anomaly detection. Control operations may be performed based on results of the evaluation of the cost probability distributions. For example, based on the results, a motion planner may reuse a planned trajectory for a future planning cycle (e.g., thereby avoiding re-planning computations) or generate and/or select a new planned trajectory (e.g., based at least on one or more anomalies being detected).

Abstract: This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for operational weather management. For example, the method includes operating a fleet of autonomous vehicles within a geographical region, the fleet of autonomous vehicles performing one or more missions. The method further includes receiving a weather alert including a prediction of inclement weather, the weather alert including a predicted onset time and a predicted duration of the inclement weather. The method further includes analyzing the weather alert to determine actions for vehicles of the fleet to perform, wherein the actions include parking in a nearby location in the geographical region or returning to a base of operations. The method further includes, in response to the analysis, transmitting, to the vehicles of the fleet, a weather advisory, causing each of the vehicles to perform at least one of the actions.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate trajectory data for moving objects. In at least one embodiment, adversarial trajectories are generated to evaluate a trajectory prediction model and are based, at least in part, on a differentiable dynamic model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle (AV). The methods comprise: generating candidate intentions of an actor based on a detected action of the actor and a classification associated with the actor; determining an overall probability for each candidate intention based on at least a persistence of the candidate intention over a non-interrupted sequence of cycles (where each cycle represents a time period over which the actor was sensed by a sensor); selecting candidate intention(s) based on the overall probabilities; forecasting a subsequent future intention that the actor may have after reaching a goal defined by the candidate intention(s) which was(were) selected; obtaining an actor trajectory that is consistent with the candidate intention(s) which was(were) selected and the subsequent future intention; and using the actor trajectory to influence a selected trajectory for AV.

Abstract: A method for generating a simulation scenario includes: receiving raw data, wherein the raw data comprises a plurality of successive LIDAR point clouds, a plurality of successive camera images, and successive velocity and/or acceleration data; merging the plurality of LIDAR point clouds from a determined region into a common coordinate system to produce a composite point cloud; locating and classifying one or more static objects within the composite point cloud; generating road information based on the composite point cloud, one or more static objects and at least one camera image; locating and classifying one or more dynamic road users within the plurality of successive LIDAR point clouds and generating trajectories for the one or more dynamic road users; creating a simulation scenario based on the one or more static objects, the road information, and the generated trajectories for the one or more dynamic road users; and exporting the simulation scenario.

Abstract: A device for lane determination includes a processor configured to detect a vehicle region representing a target vehicle traveling in an area around a host vehicle from an image of the area around the host vehicle generated by a camera mounted on the host vehicle, and determine that the target vehicle is traveling on an adjacent lane next to a lane on which the host vehicle is traveling, in the case where the vehicle region touches a left or right edge of the image and where a bottom position of the vehicle region is within a predetermined vertical range of the image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle which supports a minimal risk maneuver. The vehicle performs driving, perform the minimal risk maneuver when a specific event occurs during the driving, eliminates the risk of the vehicle in accordance with the initiation of the minimal risk maneuver, ends the minimal risk maneuver when the risk of the vehicle is eliminated, and performs the driving again after ending the minimal risk maneuver.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus for transitioning control authority of an autonomous vehicle and a method thereof may include a processor provided in the autonomous vehicle configured to determine whether a predetermined condition required to transition to a manual driving mode while the autonomous vehicle may be traveling in an autonomous driving mode is met, determine a speed limit of the autonomous vehicle, and/or output a transition demand (TD) to a driver of the autonomous vehicle, and control autonomous driving such that a speed of the autonomous vehicle may not be greater than the speed limit while the TD is output. The autonomous driving control apparatus may be configured to include a time taken to transition control authority to the driver, thus improving safety.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is a high-speed suspended monorail transport system, characterized by an elevated rail system with a circular rail flange profile, aerodynamic passenger or cargo cars, a computer control system, and electric hub motors. The system utilizes a unique bogie-like wheel assembly that allows the wheels to roll along different areas of the circular rail flange, accommodating bends and curves at varying speeds without the need for conventional suspension systems. The invention also includes an associated computer process for controlling system functions. The transport system offers significant improvements in privacy, comfort, speed, and cost-effectiveness compared to existing solutions. An alternate embodiment and several optional features for enhanced functionality are also disclosed.

Abstract: A transport vehicle system includes a transport vehicle to travel along a track, a controller to control the transport vehicle, and a power supply provided at each of a plurality of sections of the track. Each of the power supplies includes a sensor to monitor a state of the power supply and a communicator to transmit the monitoring result by the monitor to the controller. The controller is configured or programmed to control the transport vehicle in accordance with the monitoring result.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a train control system are disclosed, and are based on virtualization of train control logic and the use of cloud computing resources. A train control system is configured into two main parts. The first part includes physical elements of the train control system, and the second part includes a virtual train control system that provides the computing resources for the required train control application platforms. The disclosed architecture can be used with various train control technologies, including communications based train control, cab-signaling and fixed block, wayside signal technology. Further, the disclosure describes methodologies to convert cab-signaling and manual operations into distance to go operation.

Abstract: A pet assistance step device for assisting a pet in ascending to a destination surface includes a hand truck having a base frame, a handle frame extending perpendicularly from the base frame, and a pair of wheels rotationally coupled to one of the handle frame or the base frame. The hand truck is constructed of a rigid material and is configured for positioning a bottom surface of the base frame on a support surface. A platform is coupled to the base frame which has a top surface facing away from the base frame configured for supporting a pet at a height lower than the height of a destination surface.

Abstract: A collapsible shopping cart including a collapsible wheeled chassis and a cargo basket mounted thereto. The chassis has a pair of right and left side front and rear beams pivotably attached to a cargo basket floor panel and provided with rolling wheels, the entire assembly being collapsible under the shopping cart. The shopping cart/basket being formed of four collapsible panels and including a handle that can be collapsed unto the four collapsed panels of the shopping basket.

Abstract: An improved material transport system comprising a pallet with an integrated conveyor belt and a powered handtruck operative to move and configure the pallet for loading, transport and unloading. A lift bar on the handtruck has a lower position, wherein the handtruck is used to transport the pallet on a ground surface, and an upper position wherein the rear end of the pallet is lifted to unload material from the conveyor belt to the ground surface. The weight of material on the conveyor belt may cause the material to be unloaded due to gravity, or the belt may be electrically powered. Alternatively, the pallet may include a drive wheel that contacts the ground surface. The drive wheel is mechanically coupled to the front roller of the conveyor belt, causing the belt to move and unload the material onto a ground surface when the handtruck and pallet are moved rearwardly.

Abstract: A motorized wagon system according to the present disclosure includes a frame, a base coupled to the frame, a first wheel set and a second wheel set connected to the base, a handle connected to the frame, and a control system. The control system includes a first sensor and a second sensor configured to measure two forces applied on different portions of the handle. The control system further includes a controller that controls the first wheel set based on measurements of the first sensor and the second wheel set based on measurements of the second sensor.

Abstract: Provided are a stroller frame and a stroller. A first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft are provided at intervals on a stroller folding mechanism of the stroller frame, which is hinged to a handle assembly through the first rotating shaft, and is hinged to one end of a handrail assembly through the second rotating shaft; the handle assembly is hinged to a rear foot assembly through a third rotating shaft, the rear foot assembly is provided with a fourth rotating shaft, and one end of the handrail assembly and one end of a front foot assembly are both hinged to the rear foot assembly through the fourth rotating shaft; and the seat assembly has one side hinged to the handle assembly through a fifth rotating shaft and the other side hinged to the front foot assembly through a sixth rotating shaft.

Abstract: In one example, a carriage for pushing a child carrier has a wheeled frame that transitions between expanded and folded configurations. The frame has first and second leg assemblies and first and second linkages. The first leg assembly has a first front leg and a first rear leg that are pivotably coupled to one another. The second leg assembly has a second front leg and a second rear leg that are pivotably coupled to one another. The first linkage is attached to the first front leg and the first rear leg, and the second linkage is attached to the second front leg and the second rear leg so as to guide movement of the front and rear legs as the frame is transitioned between the expanded and folded configurations. The first and second linkages each define a support surface that supports an underside of the child carrier.

Abstract: A baby stroller is provided and includes a stroller frame and a child carrier. The stroller frame includes two supports, a first fixing component, a second fixing component and a locking component. The first fixing component and the second fixing component are fixed on one and the other one of the two supports, respectively, and pivotally connected to each other. The locking component is movably disposed on the first fixing component and configured to engage with the second fixing component for restraining a folding action of the stroller frame. The child carrier is disposed on the stroller frame and pivotable relative to the stroller frame. The child carrier is for providing a releasing force to the locking component for disengaging the locking component from the second fixing component to allow the folding action of the stroller frame during a pivotal movement of the child carrier relative to the stroller frame.

Abstract: A device for attaching to a ski of a snowmobile includes first and second spaced apart legs. Each leg has a ski engaging portion proximate a second end that is configured to engage a bottom surface of the ski proximate outer edges thereof. The device includes at least one wheel attached to the first and second legs between the first end and the second end and a cross bar that attaches the first and second legs proximate first ends thereof. The device includes a lever arm extending from the cross bar between the first and second legs wherein the lever arm is configured to be angularly positionable relative to the first and second spaced apart legs. A handle is attached to a distal end of the lever arm and has a surface configured to engage a tip end or a ski handle of the ski.

Abstract: An axially adjustable steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket, wherein the upper jacket is received within the lower jacket and is telescopingly adjustable therein, the lower jacket defining a pair of slots extending in an axial direction of the lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes a column mounting bracket, wherein the lower jacket translates and rotates relative to the column mounting bracket. The steering column assembly yet further includes a pair of bushings positioned within the pair of slots. The steering column assembly also includes a geared rack operatively coupled to one of the pair of bushings, the geared rack correspondingly rotatable with the lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes a sensor in operative contact with the geared rack to detect the axial position of the axially adjustable steering column assembly.

Abstract: A clutch device, includes: a first transmission member and a second transmission member, the first transmission member is configured to move between a jointed position and a disjointed position, when the first transmission member is in the jointed position, the first transmission member is jointed with the second transmission member to transfer torque, and when the first transmission member is in the disjointed position, the first transmission member is disjointed from the second transmission member to stop transferring the torque; and a driving mechanism, including a driving device and a driven member and connected with the driving device and the first transmission member in transmission, the driving device drives the driven member to move to drive the first transmission member to move between the jointed position and the disjointed position, and a direction of movement of the driven member is parallel to a direction of movement of the first transmission member.

Abstract: A hydraulic steering device having a steering actuator (10), which can be actuated by a steering unit (12), and having a flow-regulating valve arrangement (14), which is also used to actuate the steering actuator (10), is disclosed, which is characterized in that the flow-regulating valve arrangement (14) has a discharge valve (V2), which is designed as a proportional servo valve (16), and a directional valve (V3), which, in its unactuated position, blocks the fluid-conveying connection between the discharge valve (V2) and the steering actuator (10) and, in its actuated position, actuates the steering actuator (10) in one or the other steering direction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a steering system of a vehicle having a front-axle steering assembly, a rear-axle steering assembly and a steering wheel. The method involves detecting a failure of the front-axle steering assembly, steering the vehicle exclusively via the rear-axle steering assembly based on a steering command issued by a driver via the steering wheel, comparing at least one detected physical value of the steering command with a limit value associated with the rear-axle steering assembly and, provided the at least one associated limit value is reached or exceeded by the at least one detected physical value of the steering command, applying a torque acting on the steering wheel via the electric motor coupled to the steering wheel, which torque counteracts the steering command.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for adjusting the steering geometry of a vehicle by using reinforcement learning in series with a neural network to determine when and how to adjust the steering geometry of the vehicle. A system can do this by receiving vehicle information associated with ongoing movement of the vehicle, and executing a reinforcement learning model using that vehicle information. The outputs of the reinforcement learning model can include a current driving cycle of the vehicle and a current application of the vehicle. The system then executes a machine learning model, where inputs to the machine learning model can include the outputs of the reinforcement learning model and the vehicle information. The outputs of the machine learning model can then include a wheel alignment signal.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes a pair of rear side members extending in a vehicle-body front-rear direction, a suspension member including a pair of side beams and a cross beam, and a brace linked to the cross beam via a second rubber bushing and linked to each of the rear side members. The side beams extend in the vehicle-body front-rear direction and are each linked to a corresponding one of the rear side members via a first rubber bushing. The cross beam is linked to each of the side beams.

Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes a rear wheel, a rear side frame, and a collapsing member. The rear wheel is disposed on a vehicle side portion. The rear side frame is disposed substantially along a vehicle forward/rearward direction and extends to a vehicle-rear-side than a rear wheel. The collapsing member is disposed at the vehicle-rear-side of the rear wheel so that at least a part of the collapsing member overlaps the rear wheel in the forward/rearward direction. The collapsing member is fixed to the rear side frame.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes: a front transverse beam, a first front longitudinal beam, and a second front longitudinal beam. The first front longitudinal beam and the second front longitudinal beam are disposed at an interval along a left-and-right direction, each of the first front longitudinal beam and the second front longitudinal beam includes a longitudinal-beam rear-section front portion and a longitudinal-beam rear-section rear portion connected to each other, the longitudinal-beam rear-section front portion is connected to the front transverse beam, and an upper surface of the longitudinal-beam rear-section front portion and an upper surface of the front transverse beam are located in a same plane.

Abstract: A side sill reinforcement structure includes a battery unit for drive, a side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the battery unit, and a reinforcing member that connects the battery unit and the side sill. The reinforcing member includes a closed cross-sectional portion group having a first closed cross-sectional portion disposed on the innermost side in the vehicle width direction and a second closed cross-sectional portion disposed adjacent to the first closed cross-sectional portion. The first closed cross-sectional portion includes a first upper wall and a first lower wall. The second closed cross-sectional portion includes a second upper wall and a second lower wall. The thickness of the first upper wall is larger than the thickness of the second upper wall, and the thickness of the first lower wall is larger than the thickness of the second lower wall.

Abstract: A corner part for a wiper panel assembly for a ground vehicle, the corner part comprising an outside panel, having an outside face and an inside face both extending substantially parallel to an upward direction of the corner part; and a drain, having an outlet opening at the outside face, an inlet located at the inside face and opening at the inside face in the upward direction, and a channel, connecting the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: a rear panel having a rear panel center member extending in a vehicle width direction and a rearward connection portion extending upward from the rear panel center member; a forward connection portion located forward of the rear panel; and a rear panel support member extending in a front rear direction above the rear panel center member and bridging between the rearward connection portion and the forward connection portion.