Patents Issued in January 25, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240025320
    Abstract: To improve the seated feeling of an occupant in a seat having partially different hardness, a vehicle seat includes a seat frame, an S spring which is installed on the seat frame and receives a load of an occupant, and a seat back pad which has a plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials and is disposed between a skin material of the seat and the S spring. The S spring is disposed at a position facing a boundary portion which is provided in the seat back pad and is the plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Kazunori HOJO
  • Publication number: 20240025321
    Abstract: An embodiment rear seat for a vehicle includes a center seat and side seats located on a left side and a right side of the center seat, respectively, wherein the center seat is configured to be movable forward and rearward with respect to the side seats, and when the center seat is moved forward, the center seat protrudes forward from the side seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Sang You, Myung Hoe Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Han Su Yoo, Eun Sue Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Kwang Shin, Min Ki Jeon, Hyuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20240025322
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a dashboard located in the cabin interior, and a desk supported on the dashboard and movable between a stowed position on the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, the desk comprising a plurality of interconnected panels having arms configured to engage a track to bend around at least a portion of the dashboard, and wherein the desk operably moves along the track when moved between the stowed position and the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah Jones, Ryan Welch
  • Publication number: 20240025323
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, at least one seat located in the cabin interior, a support structure located near the at least one seat, and a workstation coupled to the support structure. The workstation includes a desk having a first desk panel and a second desk panel that moves relative to the first desk panel, a display screen, and a pivot mechanism coupled to the desk and the display screen and configured to allow the desk and the display screen to pivot relative to the support structure, wherein the desk and the display screen are configured to pivot to a vehicle downward position folded together and upward deployed use positions such that the desk may extend substantially horizontal in the use position and the display screen may extend upward relative to the desk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Johnathan Andrew Line, Annette Lynn Huebner, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman
  • Publication number: 20240025324
    Abstract: A support assembly includes a bracket coupled to a structural portion. The bracket is configured to prevent relative motion between the end portion and the bracket when a first load is applied in a first direction, and the bracket is configured to allow relative motion between the end portion and the bracket when a second load is applied in a second direction that is different than the first direction. In some implementations, relative motion may be allowed when the second load exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Pranay Kumar Reddy Valluru, Trent Storm, Lukas Hornung, Arturo Llamazares Domper, Matthew I. Woods
  • Publication number: 20240025325
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly (1) for providing a fastening possibility for a vehicle component (2), in particular an interior component, on a body component, wherein the assembly includes a connecting element (3), a retaining element (4) and a locking and/or blocking element (13). The locking and/or blocking element (13) includes a land region (31) extending in the insertion direction, wherein the land region (31) preferably includes two opposing finger and/or wing elements (32) that are radially projecting from the land region (31). A base body (5) of the retaining element (4) includes a passage (16) extending in the longitudinal direction of the base body (5), wherein the land region (31) of the locking and/or blocking element (13) is receivable with the finger or wing elements (32) projecting from the land region (31), at least partially or some areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas RUDOLF, Zsolt WILKE
  • Publication number: 20240025326
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure may be a vehicle that may include: a vehicle body including a floor surface; a front seat base protruded from the floor surface and including an upper surface thereof on which a front seat bottom is attached; a rear seat base protruded from the floor surface and located on a rear side of the front seat base across an aisle, wherein a rear seat bottom is attached to the rear seat base; and a drink holder fixed to a portion of the upper surface of the front seat base on a rear side of the front seat bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Bradley KATHOL, Naoki HASHIMOTO, Akira KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20240025327
    Abstract: A hoist for raising and mounting an interchangeable vehicle body onto a vehicle chassis. The hoist includes a hoist frame having a pivot end and an elevated end for slidably supporting the interchangeable body. A subframe with a bolt-on assembly is provided for fixedly connecting to the vehicle chassis. A linkage connects the hoist frame to the subframe. The linkage also includes a hinge joint member for raising the elevated end of the hoist frame. A hinge assembly pivotally connects to the pivot end of the hoist frame. The hinge assembly has a bolt-on mounting bracket for fixedly connecting to the vehicle chassis. A winch assembly is retained in the elevated end of the hoist frame and extending beyond the pivot end for raising the interchangeable body onto the hoist frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Deist Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Jarrett, Andrew J. Schumacher, Jeffrey M. Burns
  • Publication number: 20240025328
    Abstract: A vehicle for unloading solar panels from a shipping container includes tractive elements, a boom assembly, and an implement assembly. The tractive elements are coupled with a base of the vehicle. The boom assembly is coupled with the base of the vehicle. The implement assembly is coupled with an end of the boom assembly. The implement assembly includes a carriage, forks, and a sensor. The carriage is pivotally coupled with the end of the boom assembly at a first pivotal location along the carriage. The pair of forks are configured to be inserted into and lift a pallet of solar panels positioned within the shipping container. The pair of forks are pivotally coupled with the carriage at a second pivotal location along the carriage. The sensor is positioned on the carriage and configured to measure a position of the implement assembly relative to an interior of the shipping container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory Brulo
  • Publication number: 20240025329
    Abstract: A transport frame for use with a container with top mounting blocks and bottom mounting blocks, and a vehicle with a tow ball, is disclosed. The frame is V-shaped and connects to the top mounting blocks and bottom mounting blocks using novel connections. These connections may be pivotally connected to the frame, reducing the stresses on the frame during transport. The frame may also include a winch that facilitates the connection of the frame to the container. A novel cam lug is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel B. Goetsch
  • Publication number: 20240025330
    Abstract: A ratchet spool (59) for use in a winding assembly (16) is disclosed. The ratchet spool (59) is rotatable about a principal axis (61). The ratchet spool (59) comprises a main part (20) and a plurality of ratchet teeth (60) arranged circumferentially around the main part (20). The ratchet teeth (60) are engageable by a ratchet arrangement (18) for driving the ratchet spool (59) in a driving direction about said principal axis (61). The ratchet spool (59) also has a drive formation (21) for driving the ratchet spool (59) in said driving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Baker, Luke Davis
  • Publication number: 20240025331
    Abstract: A slotted tie down protector assembly according to the invention is provided and is generally constructed to include a securing plate, a webbing and a tension buckle. The securing plate is an elongated rectangular member and further includes a set of dual elongated oval shaped receiving passages in the central region. The webbing includes a set of end pieces at each end and are threaded through each of the oval shaped receiving passages. The securing plate is placed on the corner or side of a cargo container and the end pieces of the webbing are pulled in order to create tension. The tension buckle is fastened to the body of the webbing and engaged in order to tighten the webbing to create a greater level of tension within the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Complete Packaging Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Darren Burden
  • Publication number: 20240025332
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture comprising a housing, an outer lens attached to the housing and forming a first space between the outer lens and the housing, and a lighting-fixture unit arranged in the first space, wherein the outer lens includes a light-transmitting part through which light emitted from the lighting-fixture unit passes and a recess arranged below the light-transmitting part, wherein the vehicle lighting fixture further comprising: a radar cover arranged in a state of covering the recess and forming a second space between the radar cover and the recess; a bracket arranged in the second space; a radar unit arranged in the second space in a state of detachably being fixed to the bracket; a first fixing part fixing one end of the bracket to the outer lens, and a second fixing part fixing the other end of the bracket to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuri MITOMO, Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Takahiko TOKIWA, Keiichi HIRATA, Minoru YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi ITO, Keishi SHIOMI, Hideaki AIZAWA, Shunichi NAKANO, Takato WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240025333
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp body apparatus including a light source, a wall portion disposed closer to an outer surface side of a vehicle than the light source, a radar unit mounted on the outer surface side of the vehicle of the wall portion, and a cover covering a surface of the radar unit so that an electromagnetic wave irradiated from the radar unit passes through. A first optical path is provided in an area other than a mounted area of the radar unit in the wall portion so that a light emitted from the light source passes through, and a second optical path is provided in the cover so that a light passing through the first optical path passes through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Yoshiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240025334
    Abstract: A vehicle deceleration notification system includes a deceleration sensor installed in a vehicle. The deceleration sensor measures a magnitude of vehicle deceleration. The vehicle deceleration notification system further includes a vehicle display unit installed at a rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle display unit is a linearly oriented and double mirrored display unit having a plurality of light sources. The vehicle deceleration notification system further includes a processor that obtains the magnitude of vehicle deceleration from the deceleration sensor and determines a preset deceleration range, of a plurality of preset deceleration ranges, associated with the magnitude of vehicle deceleration. The processor further selects a display mode of the vehicle display unit based on the determination of the associated preset deceleration range and actuates the selected display mode of the vehicle display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: GyroStop LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Kerlin, Dalton Ray Willis
  • Publication number: 20240025335
    Abstract: A school bus stop arm and drive unit therefor are disclosed. The stop arm includes a stop sign and a drive unit for moving the stop sign between a retracted position and a deployed position. In some embodiments the stop sign is illuminated. In some embodiments the drive unit includes a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SMARTREND MANUFACTURING GROUP (SMG), INC.
    Inventors: Michael YUDELEVICH, Kevin Peter SMITH, Bradley Dale BROWN, Andrew Allan Clark MCKAY, Cam FORMAN, David BEERNAERT
  • Publication number: 20240025336
    Abstract: A system for creating vehicle lighting atmosphere of a vehicle is provided. The system includes ambient lighting including a plurality of lights configured for illuminating an interior of the vehicle or an exterior of the vehicle with a selectable light color. The system further includes a computerized vehicle lighting controller, including programming to monitor an input useful to select an ambient lighting theme, select an ambient lighting theme based upon the input, and generate a command to control the ambient lighting based upon the ambient lighting theme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Srinath Pendikatla, Gary J. Rushton, Luke J. Popiel, Gaurav Talwar, Anthony J. Sumcad
  • Publication number: 20240025337
    Abstract: A warning indicator system for an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor pod, a connecting assembly, and a warning indicator. The sensor pod has a sensor and a sensor pod housing. The connecting assembly is configured to couple the sensor pod to the autonomous vehicle. The warning indicator is associated with the sensor pod and the connecting assembly. The warning indicator is configured to alert other vehicles and persons to a stopped condition of the autonomous vehicle. An autonomous vehicle includes the warning indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240025338
    Abstract: A method for warning approaching vehicles of an autonomous vehicle includes sensing a stopped condition of the autonomous vehicle, activating a warning indicator of the autonomous vehicle based on the stopped condition, sensing a start condition of the autonomous vehicle, and deactivating the warning indicator of the autonomous vehicle based on the start condition. The warning indicator includes a plurality of LEDs or an LED panel coupled to or formed within a sensor pod coupled to the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240025339
    Abstract: A digital license plate includes a display system capable of showing a license number readable by camera systems even under poor external lighting conditions. A light redistribution element is positioned near the display system and a lighting system is positioned to direct light from the light redistribution element and toward the display system. In some embodiments the lighting system includes a narrowband lighting element such as can be provided by a narrowband light source, and the display system includes an electrophoretic or LCD display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ReviverMx, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Spall, Matthias Thomas Peter Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20240025340
    Abstract: A system (100) and method (900) for illuminating the interior space (90) of a trailer (84). The system (100) can utilize a power box (200) to draw and store electricity from a tractor (82) and use that electricity to activate LED assemblies (300) within the trailer (84) is untethered from the tractor (82). The lights (310) can be activated by a motion sensor (340) associated with the location of the lights (310) being activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Daryl Grady, Scott Grady
  • Publication number: 20240025341
    Abstract: Vehicle-bodywork part including a bodywork aperture and a wing-mirror arrangement with a carriage unit, or a wing-mirror arrangement for a vehicle-bodywork part including such a carriage unit. The carriage unit carries an optical detection device and is displaceable between a rest position, in which the carriage unit is recessed in a flush state in the bodywork aperture, and an operating position, in which the carriage unit extends out of the bodywork aperture. A drive system is coupled to the carriage unit to displace same between the rest and the operating positions. The drive system has a cable-pull arrangement deflected around at least one deflecting roller. An elastically compliant securing device is provided, the securing device being tensioned between opposite cable strands of the cable-pull arrangement in the region of the deflecting roller, in order to avoid disengagement of a cable strand from the deflecting roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Jan LEKAR
  • Publication number: 20240025342
    Abstract: A vehicle vision system comprises first and second vehicle headlights configured to project first and second light structures into a travel path of the vehicle to illuminate an object in the travel path. The system includes a camera disposed in the vehicle between the first and second headlights to capture images of the object in response to capture signals. The first and second vehicle headlights alternately project the first and second light structures. A system controller synchronizes the capture signals so that images of the object captured by the camera include reflections of the first and second light structures. An image processor can reconstruct a surface geometry of the object based on the reflected first and second light structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Benno Spinger, Dirk Vanderhaeghen, Ronald Johannes Bonne, Wouter Schrama, Norbert Lesch, Patrick van den Akker
  • Publication number: 20240025343
    Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for providing rearview displays for vehicles are provided. An exemplary system is provided for a vehicle having a gate moveable between closed configuration and opened configurations. The system includes a camera mounted to the gate and configured to collect dynamic pixel images of an area behind the vehicle; a display screen configured to display the collected dynamic pixel images; and memory configured to include executable instructions and a processor configured to execute executable instructions that enable the processor to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display a lower portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the closed configuration, and to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display an upper portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the opened configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Du, Xiaofeng F Song, Joshua Michael Martin
  • Publication number: 20240025344
    Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly configured for attaching at an interior portion of an equipped vehicle and having a having a mirror head accommodating a driver monitoring camera and first and second near infrared light emitters. When the equipped vehicle is a left hand drive vehicle, a beam of light emitted by the first near infrared light emitters is directed toward a driver-side front seating location of the left hand drive vehicle when the first near infrared light emitter emits near infrared light for a driver monitoring function. When the equipped vehicle is a right hand drive vehicle, a beam of light emitted by the second light emitting element is directed toward a driver-side front seating location of the right hand drive vehicle when the second near infrared light emitter emits near infrared light for the driver monitoring function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Justin E. Sobecki, Austen C. Peterson, Gregory A. Huizen, James A. Ruse, Yuesheng Lu, Martin Solar
  • Publication number: 20240025345
    Abstract: A vehicle step device includes: a step portion that is attached to a side of a vehicle and is deployed from a retracted position to a getting-on/off position when an occupant gets on and off the vehicle; and a drive unit configured to drive the step portion between the retracted position and the getting-on/off position. The drive unit deploys the step portion to a traveling position located outward of the retracted position in a vehicle width direction when a predetermined condition is satisfied in a vehicle traveling state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiro SEKINE, Masashi MIWA, Ryota TACHI
  • Publication number: 20240025346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting device for integrating into a hatchback of a motor vehicle, comprising an electric motor-operated traction cable system consisting of at least one load cable, at least one electric motor-driven receiving roller for winding and unwinding the load cable, and a cable guide, by means of which at least two parallel cable sections can be guided out of the hatchback in the direction of the base, wherein the parallel running cable sections are connected at the end face by means of a support rod in the form of a load receiving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel BENTA
  • Publication number: 20240025347
    Abstract: A device and system to hold cargo when rear vehicle seats do not lay flat to assist a person with storing and safely securing cargo. The device is made of a flat shelf to hold cargo, connected to a middle crosswise brace and longitudinal braces for support. A compartment area is created by the crosswise brace and longitudinal braces to store or hide small items. Using the device will protect the seats and give stability to the cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: John Robert-Winfred Nelson, Jack Winfred Nelson
  • Publication number: 20240025348
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof rail for a motor vehicle, having at least one gallery bar and at least one fastening device for fastening the gallery bar at the end to a roof of the motor vehicle, the fastening device comprising a fastening element, which is in the form of an extruded part, and a cover which receives the fastening element at least in regions. It is provided that the fastening element rests against the cover on its side facing away from the gallery bar. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle with a roof and a roof rail mounted to the roof, as well as a method for mounting a roof rail on a roof of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan SIRRENBERG, Rolf VETTER
  • Publication number: 20240025349
    Abstract: A structural object mounting structure of the disclosure is a structural object mounting structure for mounting a structural object on an instrument panel on a front passenger seat side of a vehicle. The structural object mounting structure includes a moving mechanism that moves the structural object in such a manner as not to prevent an airbag of a front passenger seat airbag device that has been inflated and deployed from being deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Toshimitsu NEGISHI
  • Publication number: 20240025350
    Abstract: Speaker systems are provided, particularly for mounting in vehicles, such as off-road vehicles, ATVs, UTVs, watercraft and motorcycles. The speaker systems include a linear array of speakers, a housing encasing a backside thereof, and a mounting clamp for coupling to the housing. In some configurations, a speaker system may include a sliding track for receiving a mounting. In some cases, a speaker system may be coupled to a main battery of a vehicle, but is operationally independent from the vehicle. In addition or alternatively, a speaker system may be coupled to a roll over cage and/or a windshield frame of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy J. White, Brett A. Triola
  • Publication number: 20240025351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding apparatus for a mobile device, in particular for a smartphone, in a vehicle interior. The holding apparatus includes a support element having a receiving space for receiving the mobile device, a covering skin having a visible side and a rear side, the rear side of the covering skin being arranged on the support element, a supporting element arranged in the receiving space on the rear side of the covering skin, for supporting the mobile device in a receiving position, and a holding element arranged on the rear side of the covering skin, for reversibly holding and unblocking the mobile device. The holding element can be moved between a holding position and an unblocking position and vice versa and is designed such that, in the holding position, it engages behind a mobile device arranged in the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christophe Wagner, Christoph Wittig, Sabine Lindemann
  • Publication number: 20240025352
    Abstract: An occupant monitoring system includes a camera unit provided in a vehicle compartment and captures an image of a face of an occupant in a vehicle as an imaging target. The camera unit includes a camera and a light source on a substrate. The camera forms a light path in which light from the light source is transmitted through a design surface to irradiate the imaging target and light reflected from the imaging target is transmitted through the design surface to be input to the camera. The camera unit includes a path prevention structure which prevents light from entering the camera through a path other than the light path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Kiyotaka TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240025353
    Abstract: A trim assembly of a vehicle includes a first trim piece, a second trim piece, and a clip extending from the first trim piece. The clip has a base portion located at the first trim piece and a tip portion. A clip opening is located at the second trim piece. The clip opening has a complimentary shape into which the clip is installed. The clip opening includes a plurality of opening tabs, each opening tab of the plurality of opening tabs is engaged with a retention feature of the clip to retain the clip in the clip opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jesus Edgar Dominguez, Leon Alfonso Alvarez, Alejandro Barrera
  • Publication number: 20240025354
    Abstract: Vehicle interior material includes interior material main body portion and attachment section protruding from interior material main body portion and inserted into an opening portion of an attached section and is attached thereto by locking attachment section to the opening portion. Attachment section includes plate-like portion extending in a predetermined direction from interior material main body portion, a pair of slits formed in plate-like portion along a predetermined direction, and locking base positioned between slits, extending in the predetermined direction, and elastically deformable in a thickness direction of plate-like portion. Locking base has protrusion that is raised in the thickness direction of plate-like portion and locked to and held by the opening portion by interference of a proximal end portion side of locking base with the opening portion and includes a portion having different cross-sectional areas on the proximal and a distal end portion sides with respect to protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Takayuki Nakatake
  • Publication number: 20240025355
    Abstract: Provided is a heat shielding film that is free from release or the like even where the heat shielding film is formed on a top surface of a piston and used in a severe environment such as the inside of an engine combustion chamber, and a vehicular heat shielding component on which the heat shielding film is formed. The vehicular heat shielding component of the present invention is one in which a heat shielding film (1) is formed on at least a part of the surface of a heat shielding target component (2) such as a piston of an engine to be given heat shielding properties. The heat shielding film (1) contains at least an inorganic compound layer (10) having a Vickers hardness (HV) of 50 to 100 in which one or a plurality of types of scale-like inorganic particles (12) selected from a group comprising mica, talc, and wollastonite are dispersed in an inorganic compound (11) formed of an alkoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ryoko Yamanoi, Keisuke Miyamoto, Yosuke Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20240025356
    Abstract: A license plate holder device for temporarily securing a plate, for example a vehicle dealer license plate, to a vehicle, in particular to existing license plate hardware such as bolts or screws having heads. The license plate holder device temporary attachment mechanism is two-fold, providing both a magnetic connection to the existing license plate hardware and a physical contact with the existing hardware that supports against a shearing force substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Tyler S. Roush
  • Publication number: 20240025357
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a wire harness and a wire harness integrated module that enable simplification of attachment work. A wire included in the wire harness according to an aspect of the present disclosure is attached and fixed to an attachment target via a plurality of fixing portions. The fixing portions fix the wire to the attachment target in a state of being arranged in such a manner that a second length that is a distance between adjacent fixing portions after the wire is attached to the attachment target is shorter than a first length that is a distance between the adjacent fixing portions before the wire is attached to the attachment target. A path regulating portion regulates a path of the wire in such a manner that the wire has a warped shape when attached to the attachment target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Satoshi TAKAKI
  • Publication number: 20240025358
    Abstract: A wire harness including: at least one electric wire; and a braided member that has a plurality of conductive strands that are braided together and surrounds an outer circumference of the at least one electric wire, wherein: the braided member includes an intersection where the strands intersect, and the intersection has a braid where the intersecting strands are double-braided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIMIZU, Daisuke HASHIMOTO, Jisung KIM
  • Publication number: 20240025359
    Abstract: A system for decoding an unknown automotive controller area network (“CAN”) message definitions. CAN data vehicle signal mappings are typically held in secret and varied by automotive model and year. Without knowledge of the mappings, the wealth of real-time vehicle data hidden in the automotive CAN packets is uninterpretable—impeding research, after-market tuning, efficiency and performance monitoring, fault diagnosis, and privacy-related technologies. This system can ascertain the CAN signals' boundaries (start bit and length), endianness (byte ordering), signedness (binary-to-integer encoding) from raw CAN data. This allows conversion of CAN data to time series. Interpreting the translated CAN data's physical meaning and finding a linear mapping to standard units (e.g., knowing the signal is speed and scaling values to represent units of miles per hour) can be achieved for many signals by leveraging diagnostic standards to obtain real-time measurements of in-vehicle systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kiren E. Verma, Robert A. Bridges, Samuel C. Hollifield
  • Publication number: 20240025360
    Abstract: An electrical power supply for a hybrid or electric motor vehicle includes a first power source to supply a voltage network of the vehicle, a second power source to supply the voltage network of the vehicle and/or to recharge the first power source, and a control module to control a safety structure of the first power source and of the second power source. The electrical power supply includes a metal casing containing the first power source, the second power source, the control module and the safety structure. The safety structure is common to the two power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S
    Inventors: David GERARD, Christophe RIPOLL
  • Publication number: 20240025361
    Abstract: Remote power supply systems are disclosed for use on motor vehicles The remote power supply systems may power auxiliary devices separate from the vehicle. Exemplary remote power supply systems may include one or more removable power outlet boxes that include electrical power outlets for connecting the auxiliary devices. The electrical power outlets may be powered by a generator system of the vehicle. The removable power outlet box may be removed from the vehicle for repositioning the electrical power outlets at a distance away from the vehicle. A control module may command the vehicle to move toward the removable power outlet box when the box is removed from the vehicle and a predefined length of a cord has been unwound from a reel of the removable power outlet box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Michael John Harmon, David Brian Glickman, Deborah M. Bjorge, Hussain Z. Tajmahal
  • Publication number: 20240025362
    Abstract: A power distribution system supplies electrical power to various parts of a vehicle. The system includes a power distribution board and ancillary expansion boards that regulate power distribution in the system. With this system, power can be routed to multiple high-current and low-current devices positioned in a variety of ways within the vehicle. The system includes high-current and low-current terminals that can be positioned in a variety of ways in the housing. The number of ancillary expansion boards in the system can be adjusted to supply power to a desired amount of low-current, ancillary devices on the vehicle. Further, one or more high-current terminals are configured to connect to a charger that sends power to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Samanta, Kostas Doratis, Xavier Jurdieu, Maciej Pater
  • Publication number: 20240025363
    Abstract: An occupant-dependent setting system for a vehicle includes a setting processor, a server apparatus, and first and second authentication processors. The server apparatus includes a server memory that holds personalized setting data regarding an occupant to be on board the vehicle. The first authentication processor authenticates multiple occupants on board the vehicle. The second authentication processor authenticates a combination of the occupants authenticated by the first authentication processor and the vehicle. The setting processor acquires the personalized setting data regarding the occupants authenticated by the second authentication processor, from the server memory of the server apparatus, and provide the vehicle with setting, in accordance with authentication results by the first and second authentication processors with respect to the occupants on board the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240025364
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag module (18) that is disposed in a roof area (16) of a vehicle and is assigned to a front seat (14). The airbag module (18) comprises an airbag (20) that is disposed so that it deploys in the vehicle longitudinal direction (L) in front of a vehicle occupant (12) seated in the front seat (14), wherein a baffle (24) of the airbag (20) in the filled state is aligned transversely to the vehicle longitudinal direction (L) and faces the vehicle occupant (12). In a situation of restraint, it can be decided whether the airbag (20) is filled depending on whether the vehicle occupant (12) is touching a steering wheel (38) of the vehicle, wherein a steering wheel airbag is exclusively filled when a contact with the steering wheel (38) is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chaochao QIAN, Emiliano CORE ALMARZA, Andrés CASANOVA MATEO, Adrían GUTIÉRREZ GARCIA, Ramon MIRONES GOMEZ, Antonio NAVARRO ARRANZ, Alfonso BUSTOS GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20240025365
    Abstract: There is provided an interior component for a vehicle including an impact absorbing member that is lightweight and compact while improving energy absorption efficiency in the event of a side collision. A side door component includes a door panel; a door trim attached to the door panel; and a protector disposed between the door panel and the door trim and attached to one of the door panel and the door trim. The protector has a bottom surface on which fixing portions attached to the one of the door panel and the door trim are formed, and a facing surface facing the other of the door panel and the door trim, and is attached to the one of the door panel and the door trim in a cantilever manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki KUBO, Yuta OGIWARA, Kento KOBAYASHI, Atsushi YASUKAWA, Koji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240025366
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein include an amusement park attraction having a guest restraint device configured to restrain a guest of the amusement park attraction. The amusement park attraction also includes a lower leg restraint system configured to restrain portions of one or more lower legs of the guest relative to the guest restraint device while the guest is restrained by the guest restraint device of the amusement park attraction. The lower leg restraint system may partially or fully surround the one or more lower legs of the guest. In addition, in certain embodiments, a control system is configured to actuate one or more actuators of the lower leg restraint system to cause one or more restraining features of the lower leg restraint system to restrain the portions of the one or more lower legs of the guest relative to the guest restraint device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Steven C. Blum
  • Publication number: 20240025367
    Abstract: An outdoor power equipment having sitting configuration and standing configuration is presented herein. The outdoor power equipment can be transformed from the sitting configuration to the standing configuration and vice versa, allowing an operator to use the outdoor power equipment in either a sitting position or standing position. Transformation of the outdoor power equipment can comprise transition of one or more components from associated sitting position(s) to associated standing position(s), such as operator controls, a rollover protection (ROP) bar, power equipment controls, seat back, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse Wershing, Carl Musat
  • Publication number: 20240025368
    Abstract: An airbag device installed in a steering wheel of a vehicle and includes: a gas generator that is secured to the steering wheel and generates expansion gas; and an airbag cushion that is expanded and deployed by the expansion gas toward the occupant side. The airbag cushion includes an occupant side panel that faces an occupant when expanded and deployed, a steering side panel that is opposite the occupant side panel, and a side panel that connects both panels at the outer edge of the occupant side panel and the steering side panel. A recessed part is formed near the center of the occupant side panel with the airbag cushion in an expanded and deployed state. A substantially flat part that comes into contact with the face of the occupant is formed in an area above the recessed part of the occupant side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ABE, Hiroyoshi SHIMONO
  • Publication number: 20240025369
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chute panel of an airbag assembly. The method comprises forming a substrate from a material with the substrate comprising a plurality of projections projecting from a first surface of the substrate. A living hinge including a plurality of apertures is secured to the substrate with at least portion of the apertures mating with a portion of the projections of the substrate to secure the hinge to the substrate. A chute door is formed onto the substrate and onto the hinge secured to the substrate. A chute is formed onto the substrate with a portion of the chute interacting with a portion of the plurality of projections of the substrate, thereby forming a chute panel of an airbag assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bradley W. Harris, Michael J. Aittama