Patents Issued in April 18, 2024
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Publication number: 20240123785Abstract: A joint assembly couples a linear actuator to a body. The joint assembly includes a first body having a first surface and a second body having a second surface. The first body is coupled with the second body. The first surface and the second surface have arcuate configurations that are complementary to facilitate rotation of the first body relative to the second body about a first axis, a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, and a third axis, orthogonal to both the first axis and the second axis. The joint assembly also includes a damper disposed between the first body and the second body and configured to dampen translational motion of the first body toward the second body in response to movement of the linear actuator relative to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Troy A. Carter, Daniel Thomas Harsh, Joshua Edward Cook
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Publication number: 20240123786Abstract: A device includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, at least one bearing disposed between the caps and at least one annular seal. The seal provides a claw secured by mechanical connection to the upper support cap, a sealing lip extending obliquely from the claw in the direction of the upper bearing cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Baptiste Vidil, Thomas Lepine, Christophe Houdayer
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Publication number: 20240123787Abstract: An adjustable shock absorber system includes: a coil over shock absorber with a spring and a lockable adjustment ring; a protective cover assembly, optionally including top and bottom cover portions; a shock adjuster tool with a lever arm and a tool grip portion, including a band assembly, and a tool attachment assembly, including a connector member and a tool member; such that the tool grip portion detachably connects to the peripheral mounting surface of the lockable adjustment ring; whereby the shock adjuster tool can be used to adjust a preload of the coil-over shock absorber. Alternatively, an adjustable shock absorber system includes: a coil-over shock absorber with a spring and an adjustment ring; an adjustment ring assembly, which detachably interlocks with the adjustment ring; and a shock adjuster tool with a lever arm and a tool grip portion, which detachably connects with the adjustment ring assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Bernard J. Carr
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Publication number: 20240123788Abstract: An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a heater loop, a battery loop, a radiator loop, and a power electronics loop operating within a glycol system. A first valve is in fluid communication with one or more of the heater loop, the battery loop, the radiator loop, and the power electronics loop. A second valve is in fluid communication with one or more of the heater loop, the battery loop, the radiator loop, and the power electronics loop. A refrigerant system cooperates with the glycol system under at least one operational condition to actively chill power electronics in the power electronics loop and a battery in the battery loop while actively heating a cabin area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael Joseph Giunta, Christian Brent Schoeneman, Todd Louis Wenzel
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Publication number: 20240123789Abstract: A vehicle heating control method and apparatus, a device, a medium, and a program product are provided, when a heating requirement exists in both a passenger compartment and a battery of a target vehicle is detected, turning on a passenger compartment heating mode which is used to perform heating process on air in the passenger compartment by using a heat exchanger of a heat pump system and/or a coolant circulation system in an air handling unit; then monitoring in real time whether air temperature at an air outlet or operating time of the passenger compartment heating mode meets a first preset requirement; if yes, turning on a diversion mode and sending a preset control instruction to a target device which is used to heat coolant in a warm air circuit by using the heat pump system, and divert the coolant to a battery circuit to heat the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., LTD., GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NINGBO) CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuangqi LI, Hao CHANG
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Publication number: 20240123790Abstract: A thermal management system, a method of controlling the same, a compressor included in the same in which the thermal management system and the method of controlling the thermal management system determine whether the current state is a low-refrigerant state in which a refrigerant amount is smaller than a reference refrigerant amount on the basis of a degree of superheat or a degree of supercooling detected from a pressure and temperature of a refrigerant when a battery thermal management mode is operated and operations of cooling and heating a vehicle interior do not operate. The compressor is included in the thermal management system and configured as an electric compressor configured to be controlled by the control method. Therefore, it is possible to easily recognize whether the current state is the low-refrigerant state in which the refrigerant amount is smaller than the reference refrigerant amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jung Myung Kwak, Yong Hee Kim
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Publication number: 20240123791Abstract: A thermal conditioning system for conditioning a seat surface of a vehicle or other surface. The system includes a thermoelectric Peltier device with a main side and a waste side. A flap adjusts a proportion of an airflow between a main side airflow path and a waste side airflow path based on whether the surface is occupied, the power provided the thermoelectric Peltier device, the flow rates along the airflow paths, the power provided to a blower, and/or other factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kenneth Turner, Amey Pise, Chad Vincent Pacilli
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Publication number: 20240123792Abstract: Provided is a vehicle tank provided in a temperature control system configured to control a temperature of a temperature control target installed in a vehicle by using a temperature control liquid. The vehicle tank includes a container having a bottomed cylindrical shape including an open end opening upward and storing the temperature control liquid, a lid portion fixed to the open end and covering an opening of the open end, the lid portion including a refill port for refilling the container with the temperature control liquid from the outside, a heat storage layer made of a heat storage material and surrounding the container, and a heat insulation layer made of a heat insulation material and surrounding the container outside of the heat storage layer. A pump for sending the temperature control liquid in the container to a flow path and a temperature control unit configured to control the temperature of the temperature control liquid flowing through the flow path are fixed to the lid portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kazutoshi MIYAKE, Kenichiro KANEKO
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Publication number: 20240123793Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes a compressor configured to compress a gaseous refrigerant to have a high temperature and a high pressure while an output rotation speed thereof is variably controlled according to a cooling load in a vehicle interior, and a compressor performance deterioration determination part configured to determine whether or not the performance of the compressor has deteriorated according to the magnitude of a difference between an amount of work (W) of the compressor and an amount of power consumption (kW) of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jun Min LEE, Yong Sik KIM, Chan Young LEE, Joong Man HAN
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Publication number: 20240123794Abstract: An electronic control device of a vehicle including an engine, a motor rotationally driven by the engine, and an air conditioner includes: (a) limiting a power consumption of a motor compressor that drives the air conditioner to be less than a predetermined amount when a state-of-charge value SOC of a main battery that is charged by electric power generated by the motor is less than a determination value SOC in a case where the engine is running in an engine using the engine as a power source and the vehicle is in a predetermined high-altitude environment; (b) the operation of the air conditioner is stopped when the state-of-charge value SOC is less than a determination value SOC that is lower than a determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki HAYASHIMA, Yoshiaki TSURUTA, Yoshio HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20240123795Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system is provided. The vehicle air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning unit, including a blower and a temperature control module; and a dehumidification device, disposed between the blower and an evaporator of the temperature control module, enabling a part of air conditioning air flowing in from the blower to flow into the dehumidification device, and including an air volume adjusting mechanism for forming an air inflow channel of the dehumidification device; an air path switching mechanism for forming an air discharge channel of the dehumidification device; and a dehumidification element disposed on a flow path of the part of the air conditioning air flowing in from the blower between the air volume adjusting mechanism and the air path switching mechanism. The air volume adjusting mechanism and the air path switching mechanism both include a damper structure configured to adjust a degree of opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Subaru Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20240123796Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual cooling water heater including a main body on which a substrate is seated, a flow path forming part connected to the main body and having first and second flow paths provided on one surface thereof, a first heating element disposed on the other surface of the flow path forming part and configured to heat the first flow path, a second heating element disposed on the other surface of the flow path forming part and configured to heat the second flow path, and a control unit configured to control a temperature and a flow rate of cooling water moving through the first flow path and a temperature and a flow rate of cooling water moving through the second flow path by controlling a temperature of the first heating element and a temperature of the second heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Hyun Seok JUNG, Cha You LIM
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Publication number: 20240123797Abstract: A vehicle refrigeration control method and apparatus, a device, a medium and a program product. A temperature and a change rate of the temperature of a battery in a target vehicle are monitored in real time; then a refrigeration requirement level of the battery is determined according to the temperature and the change rate; a refrigeration mode to be entered is determined according to a current refrigeration requirement level of the battery, when it is detected that a passenger compartment and the battery of the target vehicle both have refrigeration requirements at the same time; and control instructions of respective target control objects are determined according to the refrigeration mode, the refrigeration mode includes: a single-mode phase and a dual-mode phase, the single-mode phase is used for refrigerating the passenger compartment or the battery alone, the dual-mode phase is used for simultaneously refrigerating the passenger compartment and the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., LTD., GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NINGBO) CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuangqi LI
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Publication number: 20240123798Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system, having a simple structure and preferable reliability, and capable of suppressing increases in energy consumption and cost, is provided. The vehicle air conditioning system includes: an air conditioning unit, configured to adjust a temperature in a vehicle compartment and including a blower and a temperature control module; and a dehumidification device, configured to adjust a humidity in the vehicle compartment, disposed between the blower and an evaporator of the temperature control module, and enabling a part of air conditioning air flowing in from the blower to flow into the dehumidification device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Subaru MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240123799Abstract: An apparatus can include a door. The door can be configured to couple with a side of a vehicle. The door can include a step. The door can move the step.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ruey-Khan Kenneth Tsang, Austin Simpson, William Thomas Wanstall, Kevin Dean Kline
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Publication number: 20240123800Abstract: A rear door assembly includes a vehicle body structure, a rear door and a four-bar linkage assembly. The vehicle body structure has a roof structure and a side wall defining a rear door opening. The four-bar linkage assembly supports the rear door for movement between open and closed orientations. The four-bar linkage includes a rearward member, a support bracket and a forward member. A first end of the rearward member is pivotally attached to an upright portion of the side wall and a second end attached to the rear door. A rearward end of the support bracket is fixed to the roof structure and is cantilevered therefrom. The forward member has a first end attached to the rearward end of the support bracket and a second end attached to the rear door inboard of the rearward member. The first end of the rearward member is outboard of the support bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: David KOVIE, James HAUPT, Christopher HERRALA, Edward ORCSIK, John ZAKOFF, James Filipowski
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Publication number: 20240123801Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a corner cover, comprising a first elongated section; a second elongated section, joined to the first elongated section in a connection area, wherein the first elongated section and the second elongated section extending away from each other in different directions; a flip section; and an attachment section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jason CACKLEY, Raymond YOUNG, Kevin CASEY, Leon BOGUCKI, Scott KOPPEN
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Publication number: 20240123802Abstract: A window pane assembly for a vehicle includes a window pane that moves in a receiving gap of a receiving shaft between a closed position and an open position. The window pane completely covers a window opening in the closed position and at least partially exposes the window opening in the open position. The window pane includes a first edge region facing the vehicle roof and a second edge region located opposite the first edge region and received in the receiving gap of the receiving shaft. The window pane has a wedge-shaped thickened section on an outer face of the window pane at the second edge region. The thickened section engages an outer seal element when the window is set in the closed position and the vehicle is driving. The thickened section is spatially separated from the outer seal element when the vehicle is parked.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Markus PETER
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Publication number: 20240123803Abstract: An encapsulated fixed window module for a motor vehicle includes a fixed window pane, a first division post profile defining a longitudinal groove configured to receive a guide carried by a movable window pane, and having an exterior wall facing a fixed pane interior surface. An over-molded material secures the first division post profile to the fixed window pane, the over-molded material includes a first over-molded portion extending between the division post exterior wall and the fixed pane interior surface and a second over-molded portion extending between the lateral wall and the interior surface. The first over-molded portion has a first thickness which is constant along a major portion of the first over-molded portion. The second over-molded portion has a second thickness which is constant along a major portion of the second portion due to a co-extruded feature on the first division post profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: André GUELLEC
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Publication number: 20240123804Abstract: A vehicle snow removal system for preventing snow and ice from accumulating upon a windshield includes a vehicle having a windshield and a cover being removably secured to the windshield of the vehicle to prevent snow and ice from accumulating upon the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Donovan Silas
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Publication number: 20240123805Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a case accommodating a rotating electric machine; a mount supporting the case to a vehicle body; and a power control unit controlling the rotary electric machine. Further, the mount includes a bracket which is fixed to the vehicle body, a mount member which is fixed to the case, and an elastic member provided between the bracket and the mount member, the power control unit is fixed to the mount member, the mount member has a horizontal surface on a top thereof as a mounting surface on which the power control unit is attached, and the power control unit and the case are integrated via the mount member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yongjoo RYOO, Naoki MARUKAWA
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Publication number: 20240123806Abstract: The electric all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a motor, a gearbox, a cargo compartment, a battery pack, a handle assembly and a walking wheel. The motor is arranged on the vehicle frame and located at a rear end of the vehicle frame. The gearbox is arranged on the vehicle frame and located on a first side of the motor, and the gearbox is connected with the motor. The cargo compartment is arranged on the vehicle frame and located above the motor and the gearbox. The battery pack is mounted on a bracket to provide power for the electric all-terrain vehicle. The handle assembly is arranged on the cargo compartment and allows an adjustment of the handle assembly to lock or unlock the cargo compartment from the vehicle frame. The walking wheel is arranged on the vehicle frame and includes a rear wheel connected with the gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qunli WEI, Fei ZHU, Jiafu XUE, Mi DING, Shiyuan DING, Baogui WU, Yueyue XU
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Publication number: 20240123807Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a battery structure, a pair of mounting structures, and a plurality of fasteners. The vehicle frame includes opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure is disposed between the opposed longitudinal rails and includes a battery housing configured to house power storage units. Each mounting structure is secured to a respective side of the battery housing and supports a corresponding longitudinal rail. The plurality of fasteners extend through a corresponding mounting structure of the pair of mounting structures and a corresponding longitudinal rail of the opposed longitudinal rails to secure the vehicle frame and the battery structure to each other. An outer periphery of the corresponding mounting structure is substantially flush with an outer periphery of the corresponding longitudinal rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Henry W. Hausler, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Scott J. Bell, Conor Daniel Hennessey
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Publication number: 20240123808Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a battery structure. The vehicle frame is distinct from a vehicle body and includes a front section, a rear section and a mid-section disposed between the front and rear sections. The mid-section includes opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units and is disposed between the opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure includes a battery housing secured to the opposed longitudinal rails of the mid-section. The mid-section and the battery housing are combined into a unitized structure that is removably secured to the front and rear sections of the vehicle frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Henry W. Hausler, Conor Daniel Hennessey, Scott J. Bell, Patrick Daniel Maguire
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Publication number: 20240123809Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface is located downward of the bottom portion; the flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable; and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20240123810Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery holder for receiving a plurality of battery cells or battery modules in an electrically driven vehicle, with a one-piece, uniform-material receiving tray for receiving the plurality of battery cells or battery modules, the receiving tray having a base plate and an outer wall which is arranged circumferentially around the base plate, the outer wall delimiting a tray interior of the receiving tray, an outer reinforcement, the outer reinforcement having a first reinforcement region, which is arranged on a lateral side of the outer wall facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the outer wall, and wherein the outer reinforcement having a second reinforcing region, which is arranged on a side of the first reinforcing region facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the first reinforcing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Christian HANDING, Kai MICHEL, Konstantin TATARINOV, Stefan SCHMITZ
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Publication number: 20240123811Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery core; a cover plate, the battery core connected with the cover plate; a side frame, the cover plate connected with the side frame; and a cooling plate connected with the side frame, where the battery core is disposed in an accommodating space formed among the cover plate, the cooling plate, and the side frame. A vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame having a notch, and the battery pack. The side frame of the battery pack is connected with the vehicle body frame, and the cover plate of the battery pack seals the notch as a vehicle body floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Bengang YI, Junfei YAN, Yiwei DIAO, Yubo LIAN, Heping LING
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Publication number: 20240123812Abstract: A motor mount includes an attachment member that can be attached to a first element, a framework that can be attached to a second element, and an elastomer body attached to the attachment member and forming at least two elastomer legs, with each of the elastomer legs having at least one groove. The framework includes a recess into which the attachment member is inserted extending along a first orientation. The framework further includes a first tongue, a second tongue, at least a first surface, and at least a second surface. The elastomer legs may be retained in a form-fit and press-fit manner in the framework, which may be ensured by engaging of the tongues into the grooves and compressing of the elastomer legs between respectively the tongues and the surfaces. A motor mount assembly may include a first element and/or a second element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Stefen Praud, Franck Trimoreau, Arnaud Gattepaille
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Publication number: 20240123813Abstract: A generator module for a vehicle includes a housing arranged for fixing to an engine block of a combustion engine, a stator, fixed in the housing, a rotor, rotatable relative to the stator, a hub fixed to the rotor and arranged for fixing to a crankshaft of the combustion engine, a ring gear carrier fixed to the hub, a intermediate plate connected to the ring gear carrier by a first flexible element, a rotor carrier plate fixed to the rotor and connected to the intermediate plate by a second flexible element, and a first friction material segment disposed axially between the intermediate plate and the rotor carrier plate. In an example embodiment, the first friction material segment is a first friction material ring. In an example embodiment, the generator module also includes a ring gear fixed to the ring gear carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Jordan Geiser, Peter Burke, Michael Hodge, Patrick Lindemann
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Publication number: 20240123814Abstract: A control valve includes a valve housing, a first inlet port and a second inlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which a coolant is drawn, a first outlet port and a second outlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which the coolant is discharged, and a ball valve rotatably disposed within the valve housing, and configured to fluidically communicate the first inlet port and the first outlet port and fluidically communicate the second inlet port and the second outlet port, or fluidically communicate the first inlet port and the second outlet port and fluidically communicate the second inlet port and the first outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yeon Man Jeong, Kyung-Hwan Kim
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Publication number: 20240123815Abstract: The vehicle front end assembly includes a grille, a front end module, an upper grille panel and a hood lock assembly. The front end module has a radiator unit positioned rearwardly with respect to the grille. The front end module further has a support frame that is positioned rearwardly with respect to the radiator unit. The upper grille panel has a hood lock access area. The hood lock assembly is positioned in the hood lock access area of the upper grille panel. The hood lock assembly has a hood lock that is movable with respect to the upper grille panel. The hood lock assembly further has an airflow barrier that is fixedly supported with respect to the hood lock assembly. The airflow barrier has a front wall that is positioned forward of the hood lock to deflect air flow received through the grille.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Stephen PFINGSTEN, David COAKLEY, Tony TOGNETTI
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Publication number: 20240123816Abstract: An air guidance control unit having a frame, which surrounds at least one air opening for air flowing along an air flow direction to flow through, a closing device including adjustable flaps, which closing device can be adjusted by means of an adjusting element between an open position in which the air opening is exposed and a closed position in which the air opening is at least partly closed. The invention devises various solutions for especially compact and reliable flap arrangements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Andreas PÜTZ, Andreas EWERT, Sebastian SCHWEGMANN, Johannes MÜLLER, Frank MIKA
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Publication number: 20240123817Abstract: A variable grille apparatus controls a flow rate of air circulated through the grille. Commercial properties are improved through an advanced opening and closing operation during adjustment of the air flow rate. The opening and closing operation of the grille is diversified, such as by sequential or simultaneous operation, so that the sense of operation is enhanced, an exterior design is diversified, and the air flow is secured through an optimization of the structural arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20240123818Abstract: A fuel tank including a built-in component is provided. The built-in component includes: a carrier part being a rigid body including a plurality of engaging parts, and a plurality of struts each including an engageable part to be engaged with one of the engaging parts. The engageable part of the strut includes an upper contact surface and a lower contact surface, which are formed spaced apart from each other in a height direction. The engaging parts of the carrier part each includes a biasing part that, when the strut is engaged with the engaging part, enters a space between the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface and generates biasing forces in directions to move the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface away from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kazunari Nakaya, Masaki Aono
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Publication number: 20240123819Abstract: An adapter is provided for securing a filling tube of a fuel container to a body of a motor vehicle. The adapter has a contact region for placement on the body and a first securing point for securing a first holder for the filling tube. This allows for it to be easily adapted to different vehicle body shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Markus PRIEN, Andre WAGNER
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Publication number: 20240123820Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a front pillar, a charging inlet, and a guide member. The front pillar extends in the vehicle up-down direction in a vehicle front. The charging inlet is disposed in front of the front pillar in the vehicle front-rear direction. An outlet cable is connectable to the charging inlet from the lateral side of a vehicle. The guide member is mounted to the front pillar and disposed between the front pillar and the charging inlet. The guide member includes an inclined surface that is inclined outward in the vehicle width direction from the vehicle front side toward the vehicle rear side, in a plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiyuki RYUNO
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Publication number: 20240123821Abstract: A powertrain system and an electric vehicle to reduce a structure size of the powertrain system. The powertrain system includes two subsystems. The two subsystems are disposed side by side in a first direction and are symmetrical to each other. Each of the subsystems includes a motor, a deceleration mechanism, and an output shaft. A rotation shaft of the motor is disposed in a second direction. The deceleration mechanism includes a cylindrical gear pair and a bevel gear pair. The cylindrical gear pair includes an active cylindrical gear and a driven cylindrical gear, and the active cylindrical gear is connected to the rotation shaft of the motor. The driven cylindrical gear is located on a side that is of the active cylindrical gear and that is away or distal from the other subsystem. The bevel gear pair includes an active bevel gear and a driven bevel gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhengyi TANG, Wenwu MA, Jingzhou WEI, Yi CAO
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Publication number: 20240123822Abstract: Provided are methods for controlling the operation of an autonomous vehicle based on detect passenger behavior, which can include receiving, by one or more processors, sensor data from one or more sensors regarding a passenger compartment of a vehicle; determining, by the one or more processors, and based on the sensor data, that an object entered a zone of the passenger compartment while the vehicle is in motion; and causing, by the one or more processors, a modification to an operation to the vehicle based on the determination that the object entered the zone of the passenger compartment while the vehicle is in motion. Systems and computer program products are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jihoon Kim, Jinsu Jeong, Hyeongjin Ham, Dongho Shin
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Publication number: 20240123823Abstract: A display system includes an image display part displaying an image indicating a mode selected in a driving device of a vehicle having a plurality of modes. The image display part displays all images indicating each of the plurality of modes, and displays the image indicating the selected mode to be different in at least one of color, brightness, character format, and size from an image indicating a non-selected mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masayuki SHINOHARA, Yutaka OKAYASU, Gouo KURATA, Yuto MORI, Masao MISHINA, Norikazu KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20240123824Abstract: An information display on the outside of a vehicle, comprised of at least one illumination element or a display, which is overpainted with paint layers, wherein one of the paint layers has the car colour, and wherein a pattern in the form of holes or areas is produced in all the paint layers by ablation by means of a laser.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael WURSTER, Thomas PAULE
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Publication number: 20240123825Abstract: The present disclosure relates to in-vehicle display control methods and apparatuses. In a first transmission state, for example, when reception of first image data is normal, obtaining the first image data, and sending third image data corresponding to the first image data to a display. In a second transmission state, for example, when reception of the first image data is abnormal, obtaining second image data, for example, pre-stored image data corresponding to a vehicle status, and sending fourth image data corresponding to the second image data to the display. The first image data and the second image data indicate vehicle status data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Zhikai CHEN
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Publication number: 20240123826Abstract: Disclosed is a crash handling system for an aircraft, comprising an altitude surveillance system adapted to receive altitude data from an altitude sensor and issue an altitude warning signal when a predetermined altitude condition is fulfilled, a crash detection unit, comprising an acceleration detector and issues a crash detection signal when a predetermined acceleration condition is fulfilled, a control unit operatively coupled to the altitude surveillance system and the crash detection unit to receive respective altitude warning signals and crash detection signals; and an energy storage system isolation means operatively coupled to the control unit to electrically isolate an energy storage system of the aircraft upon reception of an activation signal, wherein the control unit transitions from a disabled operation state to an enabled operation state when the altitude warning signal is received; and to issue the activation signal upon reception of the crash detection signal when in enabled state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Thalles Hermes Reis GOMES, Julian CARL, Pedro Manuel DE LA CAMARA CRUZ
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Publication number: 20240123827Abstract: A high-voltage battery control apparatus includes a plurality of high-voltage battery controllers configured to respectively monitor states of a plurality of high-voltage batteries included in one high-voltage battery pack depending on a predetermined period for monitoring the high-voltage battery pack, wherein the high-voltage battery controllers are configured to transition state of the plurality of high-voltage battery controllers together to an end state when a high-voltage battery controller among the high-voltage battery controllers, which has completed a monitoring operation, first waits until all monitoring operations of the high-voltage battery controllers that have not yet completed monitoring operations are completed and then all the monitoring operations of the high-voltage battery controllers are completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Geon Woo Park, Young Tae Ko, Hyeon Jun Kim, Byung Mo Kang, Jong Seo Yoon
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Publication number: 20240123828Abstract: An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second resistance value, and a controller that detects an overheated battery module based on a total resistance value of the first and second temperature fuses, which are connected in parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Jong Hu Yoon
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Publication number: 20240123829Abstract: A method of controlling an electric power system, the method comprising determining, by a processor device of a computer system, a change in power consumption of a power consumer from a first power level to a second power level; and controlling, in response to determining the change in power consumption, an energy dissipater to receive electric power from an electric power source at a third power level, the third power level being a difference between the first power level and the second power level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Fredrik Rahm, Fredrik Larsson
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Publication number: 20240123830Abstract: A vehicle may include at least one battery and an input device configured to receive a user input for cutting off power supplied from the at least one battery. The vehicle may also include at least one first load configured to receive a first power from the at least one battery and at least one second load configured to receive a second power smaller than the first power from the at least one battery. The vehicle may further include a controller configured to cut off power supplied to the at least one first load or the at least one second load based on the user input received through the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Channy Park
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Publication number: 20240123831Abstract: A switching device for a multi-pole high-voltage vehicle power supply of an electrically operable motor vehicle is provided. The switching device includes at least one first electromechanical switch assigned to a first pole of at least one high-voltage accumulator, and having at least one second electromechanical switch assigned to a second pole of at least one high-voltage accumulator, wherein a first switch and a second switch have a different design and are designed to meet a first defined requirement together, and wherein at least one of the two switch types—here referred to as the first switch—is designed so as meet at least a second defined requirement on its own.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Florian PRITSCHER, Christian SCHARDAX, Bjoern WAHL
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Publication number: 20240123832Abstract: A wheel module arranged to generate torque to accelerate and to decelerate a heavy-duty vehicle. The wheel module comprises at least one electric machine arranged for regenerative braking, an eddy current braking device, and an electronic control unit, ECU. The wheel module further comprises a communications port arranged for communication with an external control unit and a power distribution network arranged to connect the electric machine to the eddy current braking device and to a power port arranged to input and to output electrical power to and from the wheel module. The ECU is arranged to obtain configuration data via the communications port indicative of a maximum output power of the power port, and to control the power distribution network to maintain the output power of the power port below the maximum output power by distributing power from the at least one electric machine between the eddy current braking device and the power port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Hamid YHR, Leo LAINE, Ulf STENBRATT, Mats RYDSTRÖM
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Publication number: 20240123833Abstract: A computer-implemented method of controlling future braking capacity of a vehicle travelling along a road, the vehicle having onboard batteries that are configured to absorb energy from regenerative braking. The method comprises acquiring prediction data indicative of how much braking capacity will be needed for the vehicle in an upcoming downhill slope in which a regenerative braking event is anticipated; controlling, based on the acquired prediction data, the application of resistor brakes of the vehicle before said upcoming downhill slope, thereby increasing the propulsion power needed to propel the vehicle at maintained speed, and controlling a traction motor of the vehicle so that the vehicle is propelled at maintained speed while the resistor brakes are applied, thereby reducing the state of charge (SOC) of the onboard batteries and enabling the onboard batteries to subsequently absorb energy from said anticipated regenerative braking event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Oscar STJERNBERG, Martin WILHELMSSON
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Publication number: 20240123834Abstract: A control device includes a switching control unit, an information acquisition unit, and a difference acquisition unit. The switching control unit performs switching control that increases braking torque of the braking device while decreasing braking torque of the rotating electrical machine, when a vehicle is decelerated. The information acquisition unit acquires information on a state of the vehicle. The difference acquisition unit acquires a braking torque difference indicating a difference between braking torque required for keeping a stopped state of the vehicle and braking torque of the braking device, when the vehicle is stopped. After the information acquisition unit detects the stopped state of the vehicle, the switching control unit corrects output torque of the rotating electrical machine based on the braking torque difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Haibo LIU, Keisuke Kawai, Akira Sakamoto, Shigeru Kamio, Tatsuya Takagi