Patents Issued in March 28, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240100971
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes travel devices, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel devices, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view, and below a floor of the operation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Nozomu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240100972
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of EV-DWPT (electric vehicle dynamic wireless power transfer), and specifically discloses a double solenoid EV-DWPT system and a parameter optimization method thereof. The system is provided with a magnetic coupling mechanism, comprising a transmitting structure and a receiving structure. The transmitting structure includes a plurality of double solenoid transmitting rails arranged equidistantly along a road direction. Each double solenoid transmitting rail includes a square tubular magnetic core perpendicular to the road surface, and transmitting solenoids wound spirally using one and the same Litz wire wound in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: ELECTRIC POWER SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGXI POWER GRID CO., LTD., CHONGQING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaorui Wu, Yue Sun, Xiaofei Li, Jing Xiao, Shaonan Chen, Yue Zuo, Yuhong Mo, Ning Wu, Wenlan Gong, Shuai Han, Weidong Chen, Min Guo, Xiaoxuan Guo, Chunsen Tang
  • Publication number: 20240100973
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; an electricity supply unit configured to be capable of supplying electric power from the battery to an external load; a charge port unit including a charge inlet that a charge connector is attached to and detached from, the charge connector being used for charging the battery with an external electricity source; and a control unit configured to control operation of a movable portion that is included in the charge port unit. When an external electricity supply process of supplying electric power from the electricity supply unit to the external load is executed, the control unit controls the movable portion of the charge port unit, to physically prohibit the charge connector from being connected to the charge inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Shiraishi, Kentaro Munemoto
  • Publication number: 20240100974
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electric battery and an electric socket for supplying electricity to the battery. The socket is positioned in a bodywork element defining the vehicle so as to be accessible from outside the vehicle. The socket includes a guide for routing a tip of a power supply gun opposite the socket such that the head can penetrate into a receiving area of the socket in order to ensure that the battery is electrically charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Mayeul BONNET, Thierry HODIESNE, Philippe LABREVOIS
  • Publication number: 20240100975
    Abstract: A contactor for a vehicle, includes: a first wiring terminal, a second wiring terminal, a conducting bar, and a driving assembly. A first conduction section and a second conduction section of the conducting bar are connected to each other and are configured to rotate with respect to each other. The first conduction section is fixed on the first wiring terminal, and the second conduction section is electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the second wiring terminal. The driving assembly is configured to drive the second conduction section to move toward or away from the second wiring terminal. The first wiring terminal and the second wiring terminal are disposed opposite to the conducting bar in a first direction, the driving assembly is disposed opposite to the conducting bar, or the first wiring terminal, or the second wiring terminal in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tuodi HUANG, Xuechao WANG, Lei SHI, Dengyan YAN, Qing LIU
  • Publication number: 20240100976
    Abstract: A system and method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle. The method includes removing a coolant from the electrical cable that provides energy to the electric vehicle prior to handling of the electrical cable by a user. Removing the coolant from the electrical cable decreases a weight of the cable and increases the flexibility of the cable thereby enabling the user to more easily manipulate the electrical cable to connect the electrical cable to and disconnect the electrical cable from the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NXU Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Atlasman, Rosten Sweeting, Levi Clayton
  • Publication number: 20240100977
    Abstract: An electric vehicle system includes a delivery charger including a mounting assembly and an electrical energy source. The electrical energy source is configured to provide electricity to charge a battery of an electric vehicle. The mounting assembly is configured to facilitate releasably coupling the delivery charger (i) to a first interface of a chassis of the electric vehicle prior to a body assembly of the electric vehicle being installed onto the chassis and (ii) to a second interface of the body assembly when the body assembly is coupled to the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Moore, Jon Branson, Greg Steffens, Jeff Verhagen
  • Publication number: 20240100978
    Abstract: A charger includes multiple rails, each rail having a power factor correction (PFC) module, a direct current (DC) link capacitor, and a DC-to-DC voltage converter. The charger also includes a controller that deactivates a subset of the rails in response to an electrical load having a power consumption less than a threshold power, where deactivation of the subset of rails includes deactivation of the PFC module and the DC-to-DC voltage converter of each rail of the subset of rails. For each rail of the deactivated subset of the plurality of rails, the controller activates the PFC module when a voltage of the DC link capacitor equals a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Jordi BATLLE PORTO, Adria MARCOS PASTOR, Sergio MARTINEZ PORRAS
  • Publication number: 20240100979
    Abstract: A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a galvanic interface configured to separate a high voltage area from a low voltage area, the galvanic interface including a command channel and a message channel; a low voltage controller in the low voltage area, the low voltage controller configured to receive a PWM signal from a PWM controller; and a high voltage controller in the high voltage area, the high voltage controller configured to receive a control signal from the low voltage controller using the command channel of the galvanic interface, and send a switch state signal to the low voltage controller using the command channel of the galvanic interface, wherein the low voltage controller is configured to control the control signal based on the PWM signal and the switch state signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Delphi Technologies IP Limited
    Inventor: Jack Lavern Glenn
  • Publication number: 20240100980
    Abstract: A mobile charging station for transporting and recharging multiple UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), typically small UAVs, with the charging station, itself, being in the form of a carrier UAV. By transporting smaller passenger UAVs in, or on, the larger carrier UAV: (i) the smaller UAVs effectively have a longer range because they can be taken part, or even most, of the way to a target destination by riding in, or on, the larger carrier UAV; (ii) the passenger UAVs can have their electrical batteries re-charged; (ii) the passenger UAVs can have their batteries replaced; and/or (iv) the passenger UAVs can have their hydrogen fuel cells recharged with hydrogen (for examples, by replacement of the fuel cell or by pumping hydrogen into the existing fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Akash U. Dhoot, Bhavya Pochiraju
  • Publication number: 20240100981
    Abstract: A system for harnessing wind energy while an electric vehicle is in motion and converting the wind energy into electricity to charge a battery of the electric vehicle. The system includes a turbocharger for funneling air from the air intake of the electric vehicle to power a turbine that is housed within the turbocharger. The turbine is configured to rotate a drive shaft that drives the electric generator of the invention. The electric generator is then used to deliver a voltage to an external circuit of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Nicholas Sarno
  • Publication number: 20240100982
    Abstract: A method for charging an energy storage device of a vehicle. A charging process of the energy storage device is carried out with a charging device of the vehicle. In a first phase of the charging process, the energy storage device is charged with a first DC voltage of the charging source in dependence on a charging current of the charging source. A battery voltage of the energy storage device is determined during the charging process and is compared with the charging voltage of the charging source. A voltage transformer is operated in dependence on the comparison. In a second phase of the charging process, the energy storage device is charged with a second DC voltage of the voltage transformer in dependence on a choke current of the voltage transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander ASPACHER, Juergen BENECKE, Urs BOEHME
  • Publication number: 20240100983
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for electrically charging vehicle batteries for a group of member vehicles. The method may include: predicting a total energy requirement for charging batteries for the group in a future time period; predicting a temporal distribution of the charging power requirement for the group over the future time period; calculating a total charging power profile optimized in respect of one or more optimization criteria according to the predicted total energy requirement and the predicted temporal distribution of the charging power requirement; purchasing an amount of energy in accordance with the optimized total charging power profile on a relevant energy market; and chronometrically controlling the charging processes of each member vehicle with a respective charging profile so the sum of the respective charging profiles of the individual member vehicles corresponds to the optimized total profile of the charging power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20240100984
    Abstract: An energy facility, such as a charge station operable for charging electrified vehicles, includes a controller. The controller selects from a group of energy management solutions which achieve favorable energy management activities with a same price of operation of the energy facility, an energy management solution resulting in favorable energy management results soonest. The controller controls the energy facility according to the selected energy management solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lan Yu, Michael W. Degner
  • Publication number: 20240100985
    Abstract: The power processing system includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is configured to communicate with both the facility and the management device. The processing device determines first power consumption, which is power consumption consumed in the facility during the aggregation period, among the power generation amounts of the renewable energy generated by the renewable energy power generation device during the predetermined aggregation period, and determines second power consumption, which is power consumption consumed in the facility, using normal power different from the renewable energy power. When the communication device receives the allocation request, the processing device executes the certificate issuance process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240100986
    Abstract: A battery swapping station and a battery charging method using the same according to embodiments of the present invention may charge at least one battery accommodated in a battery charger according to a standard charge mode, a fast charge mode, and a discharge mode, thereby rapidly charging a target battery using allocated power provided from a grid and a charged battery without any additional power reinforcement work and preventing battery lifespan degradation caused from long-term persistence of fully charged state by adjusting a drain current of a battery that has been charged using the discharge mode, and thus, provide a high-efficiency and low-cost battery swapping station and a battery charging method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Sunggun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240100987
    Abstract: A method for controlling automatic battery swapping of a rail vehicle, includes: receiving vehicle information sent by the rail vehicle; determining whether the rail vehicle has a battery swapping need based on the vehicle information of the rail vehicle; in response to determining that the rail vehicle has the battery swapping need, determining a target battery swapping station according to the battery swapping need; and sending a battery swapping notification signal and a vehicle control signal to the rail vehicle, and sending a battery swapping request signal to the target battery swapping station, where the battery swapping notification signal includes position information of the target battery swapping station, the vehicle control signal controls the rail vehicle to travel to the target battery swapping station, and the battery swapping request signal includes identification information of the rail vehicle and requests the target battery swapping station to swap a battery pack for the rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhicheng TAN, Hongtao SHE, Mingyang GUO, Keqi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240100988
    Abstract: A management system includes a controller that selects a power transmission vehicle from an electrified vehicle group. A storage amount of an electricity storage device loaded in each electrified vehicle increases or decreases between maximum and minimum storage amounts. When the maximum storage amount and a current storage amount currently stored in the electricity storage device are a first storage amount and a second storage amount, a reference storage amount set between the maximum and minimum storage amounts is a third storage amount, a surplus storage amount obtained by subtracting the third storage amount from the second storage amount is a fourth storage amount, and a ratio of the fourth storage amount to the first storage amount is a surplus storage amount ratio, the controller determines a rank of each electrified vehicle in descending order of the surplus storage amount ratio and selects the power transmission vehicle based on the rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuki MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20240100989
    Abstract: A micromobility transit vehicle may include a wheel, a dynamo, a control module, and a battery. The dynamo may be associated with the wheel and configured to transmit a first signal based at least on a detection of one or more movements of the wheel that meets or exceeds a threshold movement of the wheel. The control module may be configured to receive the first signal transmitted by the dynamo. The control module may be configured to transmit a second signal upon receiving the first signal from the dynamo. The battery may be configured to receive the second signal transmitted by the control module. The second signal may cause the battery to wake from a battery-off state to a battery-on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Cerundolo, Gary Shambat, Alison Thurber
  • Publication number: 20240100990
    Abstract: A method, system, and motor vehicle for controlling a direct-current fast-charging process of a battery system are provided that significantly improves performance of the direct-current fast-charging process and minimizes condensation issues by utilizing lower coolant temperature for a short duration when a rechargeable energy storage system cell temperature is greater than a specific temperature threshold. The rechargeable energy storage system cell temperature, a rechargeable energy storage system state of charge a rechargeable energy storage system voltage, and a rechargeable energy storage system direct-current fast-charging current are utilized to determine when to utilize the lower coolant temperature when the rechargeable energy storage system cell temperature is greater than a specific temperature threshold instead of using a lower coolant temperature from the beginning of the direct-current fast-charging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sangam Rawat, Davis H. Rossman, Yanyan Zhang, Kris Sevel, Chetan Powar
  • Publication number: 20240100991
    Abstract: A battery system for a vehicle includes: first and second positive terminals and a negative terminal; switches; at least three strings of battery cells, each of the strings configured to, at different times be: connected to the first positive terminal via first ones of the switches; connected to the second positive terminal via second ones of the switches; and disconnected from both of the first and second positive terminals; and a switch control module configured to: identify one of a short circuit and an over voltage condition in a first voltage bus; when the one of the short circuit and the over voltage condition is identified, identify N of the strings of battery cells with the N lowest state of health values; and control switching of the switches and connect the identified N strings of battery cells to the first voltage bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron B. Bloom, Dave G. Rich, Dewen Kong, Jingyuan Liu, Wing-Fai Ha
  • Publication number: 20240100992
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes an electric motor operable to, when powered, drive one or more wheels of a vehicle, a primary battery operable to provide electric power to the electric motor, and a backup battery operable to provide electric power to the electric motor. When a switch is operating in a first state, the primary battery provides electric power to the electric motor and the backup battery does not provide electric power to the electric motor. When the switch is operating in a second state, the backup battery provides power to the electric motor and the primary battery does not provide electric power to the electric motor. The system, via processing of the battery status information of the primary battery, determines a failure of the primary battery. The system, responsive to determining the failure of the primary battery, adjusts the switch from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Suresh Boddi, Helmut A. H. Wodrich
  • Publication number: 20240100993
    Abstract: A method of power source control for the electrified vehicle includes: learning travel data in consideration of whether or not a swap battery is mounted in a vehicle in which a main battery is mounted at all times; determining a travel distance according to a currently mounted battery based on the travel data and a current driving point of the vehicle; and outputting information on swap or detachment of the swap battery based on the determined travel distance when the swap battery is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Won Jae LEE, Gi Young KWON
  • Publication number: 20240100994
    Abstract: A battery system of an electric vehicle includes a first group module configured by connecting a plurality of battery modules in series, a second group module configured by connecting a plurality of battery modules in series, a voltage switching circuit unit configured between the first group module and the second group module to switch and vary a circuit connection state between the first group module and the second group module between a series connection state and a parallel connection state, and a controller configured to control an operation of the voltage switching circuit unit based on information of a charger connected to the vehicle and battery state information when a battery of the vehicle is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Jung Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240100995
    Abstract: A method of controlling a drive axle system of a vehicle. The temperature of a first electric power source that is configured to store electrical energy and provide electrical energy to an electric motor to provide propulsion torque may be reduced when an upper temperature limit is exceeded. The temperature of the first electric power source may be increased when the temperature is below a lower temperature limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Frank J. Falcone, Ameya S. Jathar, Aakash Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20240100996
    Abstract: A cooling control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a cooler. The cooler is configured to cool a battery that is configured to supply electric power to a traveling motor of the electric vehicle. The processor is configured to limit an operation of the cooler when: an outside air temperature outside the electric vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; and the electric power of the battery is expected to be equal to or less than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Masakazu TAIRA, Tomoya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240100997
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle control system and method includes a map storage configured to store a plurality of fuel cell maps regarding power generation of fuel cells of a vehicle, a monitoring unit configured to determine a degree of a charging load and a degree of a discharging load of a battery of the vehicle, and a controller configured to select a fuel cell map from among the fuel cell maps stored in the map storage depending on the degree of the charging load and the degree of the discharging load of the battery of the vehicle, determined by the monitoring unit, and to control power generation of the fuel cells depending on the selected fuel cell map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Wook Hyun Han
  • Publication number: 20240100998
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is capable of taking a stowed position in which a seat back is folded onto a seat cushion and the seat cushion together with the folded seat back is rotatably lifted away from a floor, and the vehicle seat is configured to include a support member coupled to the floor; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled at an end to the rotating member so as to be extend literally offset relative to the support shaft; an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion; a coupling device provided at a second end of the lower rail on a side toward the support shaft and capable of selectably connecting to the floor; and an urging device extending the front-rear direction and having one end coupled to the support member and a second end coupled to the lower rail on the side toward the support shaft side, wherein the urging device is configured
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yasutaka Abe, Yuta Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20240100999
    Abstract: A seat sliding device includes a lever member, a lock member, a rear biasing member, an operation member, and a front biasing member. A cylindrical portion of the operation member is inserted inside the lever member. At a front end of the front biasing member inserted into the cylindrical portion of the operation member, a retaining portion and a release portion are formed, the retaining portion preventing the operation member from moving forward, and the release portion extending forward from the retaining portion. A through-hole that penetrates into an interior of the cylindrical portion of the operation member is formed in an upper surface or a lower surface of a part that is forward of a part inserted into the lever member, of the cylindrical portion of the operation member at a position facing the release portion or at a position on a front side from the release portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20240101000
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement has at least two seats, which are arranged next to one another in a transverse direction of the seat on a common seat bench, and a common seat backrest that can be inclined about a transverse axis. The common seat backrest is adjustable from an upright seating position into a resting or reclined position which is inclined towards the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sylvia KLEINDL, Joerg KUTZSCHBACH, Dieter STRASSER, Bernhard WEILER
  • Publication number: 20240101001
    Abstract: A seat harness system having a harness plate lockable to a seat to form a five-point harness system for the seat. The harness plate is operatively associated with harness strapping, which is associated with a harness positioning system, which in turn is associated with an actuator to form a singular system that requires only a single action to release all five-points harness system by way of the actuator and the harness positioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Tzvi Greenberg
  • Publication number: 20240101002
    Abstract: A joining structure including a fixed seat connected to a first object, the fixed seat has a side wall, and the side wall has an open end and an accommodating end disposed opposite each other; a socket connected to a second object and having a side wall, the socket insertable into the fixed seat side wall through the open end along an insertion direction to join the second object to the first object; a hole closing part disposed inside the fixed seat side wall, between the accommodating end and the socket of the fixed seat, and movable between the open end and the accommodating end, the hole closing part has a hole closing surface at the open end, and the hole closing surface has a shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the fixed seat side wall at the open end; and an elastic hole closing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Guanghui ZHAO, Daliang ZHANG, Ganqing FANG
  • Publication number: 20240101003
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a backrest configured to extend upwardly from the seat bottom and a headrest coupled to the backrest for supporting a head of a child. The headrest includes a rear section arranged along the backrest, a first side section extending outwardly away from the rear section, and a second side section extending outwardly away from the rear section and away from the first side section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen B. OLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20240101004
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a backrest configured to extend upwardly from the seat bottom and a headrest coupled to the backrest for supporting a head of a child. The headrest includes a rear headrest wall, a first headrest side wall extending outwardly away from the rear headrest wall, and a second headrest side wall extending outwardly away from the rear headrest wall and away from the first headrest side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen B. OLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20240101005
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes an ISOFIX assembly and a base. The ISOFIX assembly includes a support foot, a connecting portion, and a sliding rail portion between the support foot and the connecting portion. The connecting portion connects to a car seat. The sliding rail portion includes a first sliding rail portion and a second sliding rail portion connected to the first sliding rail portion. A width of the second sliding rail portion is larger than a width of the first sliding rail portion. The base has a frame assembly which has a sleeve portion slidably sleeved on the sliding rail portion. The sleeve portion includes first and second sleeve portions slidably sleeved on corresponding first and second sliding rail portions. The base is operable to be adjusted telescopically with respect to the ISOFIX assembly through a sliding cooperation between the sliding rail portion and the sleeve portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Yingzhong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240101006
    Abstract: A space-saving suspension apparatus comprising a coarse suspension device, a mechanical assembly, and a fine suspension device coupling a supported frame to a base frame at a neutral height such that forces and/or displacements of either the base frame or the supported frame result in oppositely directed forces and/or displacements of the other of the base frame and the supported frame. In some embodiments, the neutral height is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Peter Wallace Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240101007
    Abstract: An arm pad for a vehicle door sill is described. The arm pad includes a first layer of oblong material including a support material, the support material having a bend providing an angle or arcuate curve. The arm pad further includes second and third layers of oblong material including cushioning material disposed on either side of the support material, and covering material stitched together to cover the first, second, and third layers of oblong material. The bend of the support material runs longitudinally and off-center to provide a wide arm and a narrow arm on either side of the bend. The bend, wide arm, and narrow arm are dimensioned to fit over a door sill of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Donald Weed, Suzanne Weed
  • Publication number: 20240101008
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker assembly including a first loudspeaker and a first acoustic lens is provided. The first loudspeaker is positioned on a first side of a headrest of a first vehicle seat for transmitting a first audio output toward one of a side pillar and a door of a vehicle. The first acoustic lens is coupled to the first loudspeaker and defining a first opening to enable the first audio output to pass from the first opening at a first predetermined angle. The first acoustic lens is positioned between the first loudspeaker and the one of the side pillar and the door of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chris LUDWIG, Riley WINTON, Christopher Michael TRESTAIN, David MOSSINGTON
  • Publication number: 20240101009
    Abstract: A head restraint for a vehicle seat may have a head restraint support, a first loudspeaker unit, and at least one second loudspeaker unit. The head restraint may also have a lining element and a cover. The lining element covers the head restraint support, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in the direction of a contact surface. The cover covers the head restraint support, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in a direction opposite to the contact surface. The lining element, the head restraint support and the cover are designed in such a way that a sound generated by the first loudspeaker unit can be emitted from the head restraint to an external environment of the head restraint in a largely unattenuated manner. A vehicle seat having a backrest and the head restraint is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Thomas DILLINGER
  • Publication number: 20240101010
    Abstract: A seat component includes: a diaphragm; an exciter that is attached to the diaphragm and causes the diaphragm to vibrate based on an electrical signal that is inputted; and a sound absorbing body that is disposed to cover a back side and a periphery of the exciter and the diaphragm, and functions as a cushion for a seated person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumiyasu KONNO
  • Publication number: 20240101011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gap prevention structure of a seat rail for a vehicle. The gap prevention structure includes: a lower rail configured to be fixed to a bottom of a vehicle body and to have a receiving space formed therein; an upper rail configured to have at least a portion thereof received in the receiving space and to slide in a longitudinal direction of the lower rail; a rolling bearing configured to be rotatably coupled to the upper rail and to roll and move in the receiving space in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail; and a gap prevention unit configured to limit rotation of the rolling bearing by pressing the rolling bearing while being inserted between the lower rail and the rolling bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Gu Park, Jae Chul Jung, Hyun Gyu Jo
  • Publication number: 20240101012
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, having at least one storage trough which extends over at least a predominant part of a length of the center console. In order to provide a center console that is of simplified construction and is optimized in terms of its characteristics, the center console has at least one functional unit which is connected to an elevated rearward end portion of the storage trough and which, proceeding from the rearward end portion, extends forwardly in an overhanging manner at least over a part of a length of the storage trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20240101013
    Abstract: Container receiving apparatus for a vehicle interior having a carrier structure mounted so as to be secured to a vehicle, and a container receiving frame displaceable in height relative to the carrier structure and bordering at least one container receiving member and guided for linear displacement by a linear guiding device in a vertical direction. The apparatus also includes a cover supported on the carrier structure for pivoting movement between a closed position to cover the container receiving frame and an open position to release the container receiving frame for a linear displacement in a vertical direction. For linear displacement of the container receiving frame in a vertical direction between a rest position and a functional position, a rotationally effective, mechanical forced control apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Andreas GĂ–BBELS
  • Publication number: 20240101014
    Abstract: A load-carrier vehicle includes a load container; and a visual sensor device arranged at an upper part of the load container, wherein the visual sensor device is arranged to monitor an upper load level of the load container and detect an object present at the upper load level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB
    Inventor: Oskar NORESSON
  • Publication number: 20240101015
    Abstract: Fuel delivery vessels and vehicles are described. Some embodiments include nozzles for access by an operator. Some embodiments include optimized size and material characteristics. Some embodiments include various dispensing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Abe Wruck, Jeremy Kellen, Mike Hennen, Milt Swenson
  • Publication number: 20240101016
    Abstract: A fixture for a recreational vehicle includes a bed arrangement with a main face of a first wall providing an upwardly facing bed surface and a table arrangement with a main face of a second wall providing an upwardly facing table surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan Mason
  • Publication number: 20240101017
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight system comprises a headlight that irradiates light in front of a host vehicle, a target detection section that is configured to detect a target present in front of the host vehicle, a display that is provided inside a vehicle cabin of the host vehicle, a first memory, a first processor that is coupled to the first memory, a second memory, and a second processor that is coupled to the second memory. The first processor includes a light irradiation control function that is configured to control light distribution of the headlight, based on a detection result by the target detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukimi MURASE, Sho Masuda, Tetsuya Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20240101018
    Abstract: In an aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) device onboard a vehicle includes receiving one or more V2X safety messages indicating a potential safety condition related to illumination of an object; determining, in response to the one or more V2X safety messages, that the object is within or approaching a target area in which illumination of the object by headlights of the vehicle can be adjusted; and controlling an illumination intensity and/or an illumination pattern of the headlights of the vehicle in response to determining that the object is within the target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Sumant PARANJPE, Jonathan PETIT, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Cong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240101019
    Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system of a motor vehicle, the lighting system with a plurality of elementary light sources each selectively controllable in order to emit an elementary light beam, the method includes detecting a road sign by a sensor system of the motor vehicle; estimating a passing duration between the instant the road sign is detected and a future instant at which the motor vehicle will pass the detected road sign; controlling the elementary light sources of the lighting system of the host vehicle in order to emit a pixelated light beam, with a portion of the elementary light sources being controlled, as a function of the passing duration, in order to generate a lower intensity zone extending in the vicinity of the road sign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Fatima BENAMAR
  • Publication number: 20240101020
    Abstract: A light path processing element, comprising an element main body having a cut-off portion, wherein the element main body is a double-sided reflecting plate, or has a protrusion on one side and a reflecting surface on the other side. A headlamp module, comprising a low-beam illumination unit, a high-beam illumination unit, a collimating optical device, and the light path processing element, wherein light rays emitted by the low-beam illumination unit and the high-beam illumination unit can form low-beam and high-beam light patterns under the action of the light path processing element, and the low-beam and high-beam light patterns can be quickly and noiselessly switched between without needing to move the light path processing element. Further disclosed are a vehicle lamp including the headlamp module, and a vehicle including the vehicle lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Zhang