Patents Issued in April 18, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240124035
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BNSF Railway Company
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240124036
    Abstract: A system for automatic wheel diameter measurement and calibration comprises one or more sensing device(s) configured to sense rotation of a wheel and provide rotation data of the wheel, a positioning system configured to provide positioning data of a vehicle, a database including milepost and distance data, and a controller configured to automatically calculate a wheel diameter and a wheel diameter inaccuracy based on the rotation data, the positioning data, and a distance between a start point and an end point extracted from the database, during operation of the vehicle. Further, an associated method and non-transitory computer readable medium are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: James R. Krietemeyer, Ervin Vakufac
  • Publication number: 20240124037
    Abstract: An authentication system includes: an electronic key that transmits a signal including authority information indicating authority given to an owner and an authentication key; a plurality of on-board stations installed on a train to receive the signal from the electronic key; and an authentication device that determines a position of the electronic key from a reception status of the signal including the same authentication key in the plurality of on-board stations, and determines, on the basis of the position of the electronic key and the authority information, whether to permit departure of the train and whether to permit operation of a control console of the train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke KOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20240124038
    Abstract: A service cart device to transport goods and services which may include a main body member, storage members, top member, attachment member, and computation interface. The device may also include wheel members, one or more of a drive unit, and sensor devices. The storage members may be carried by the main body member. The top member may be positioned above and carried by the main body member. The attachment member may be attached to an upper portion of the top member. The wheel members may be rotatably attached to a lower surface of the main body member. The drive units may selectively rotatably move at one or more of the wheel members. The sensor devices may be configured to detect adjacent objects and surfaces. The sensor devices may emit a detection signal relating to adjacent to object(s) and surface(s) detected. The top member may comprise a buoyant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Docktail Service, LLC
    Inventors: Diane Kiely, Kyle Jensen
  • Publication number: 20240124039
    Abstract: A novel outdoor camping cart, comprising a cart body, the cart body comprises a body frame and a cloth bag mounted on the body frame, and the body frame comprises frame flat tubes, which are connected by flat tube connectors. The support tube is pressed into the middle connector through the riveting shaft, so that the bottom support structure is easy to assemble and disassemble. The two side walls of the bump damping connector in contact with the wheel assembly are provided with bump structures, so that the bump damping connector has a damping effect when rotating on the wheel assembly, the bump damping connector is integrally formed with plastic, and the structure is simple. The bump damping connector is connected to the wheel assembly, and it is actively steered through the left and right pull rods during steering. Especially on soft ground and grass, the steering is more labor-saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: LEYING ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240124040
    Abstract: A wagon is adjustable between a collapsed configuration, an intermediate configuration, and an expanded configuration. The frame has a vertical pole assembly arranged at each of the four corners of the frame. Each of the vertical pole assemblies comprises an extension member telescopically arranged with a fixed member and a slider operatively slidingly connected with the fixed member. When the frame is altered from the expanded configuration to the intermediate configuration, the slider of each vertical pole assembly moves away from the distal end of the fixed member toward the proximal end of the fixed member and the extension member moves from the raised position to the lowered position. When the frame is altered from the intermediate configuration to the collapsed configuration, the extension member moves from the lowered position to the raised position with the slider at or adjacent to the proximal end of the fixed member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Colton Todd Conn
  • Publication number: 20240124041
    Abstract: Cart bumpers and carts including cart bumpers are described. In one example, a cart bumper can include an outer contact wall, an inner rim that defines an inner surface, where the inner surface comprises recesses, a number of spokes extending between the inner rim and the outer contact wall, a mounting ring that defines an outer surface, where the outer surface is in contact with the inner surface, and a number of protruding ribs configured to engage respective recesses on the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hillary A. Pullen, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Earle Cramer
  • Publication number: 20240124042
    Abstract: A traction transmission device including a traction bar for transmitting a traction force of a traction device, such as a traction harness for a running person or a trailer coupling of a vehicle, to a child trailer, comprising a first portion having a first end and a second end, a second section having a first end and a second end, wherein one of the first ends is connected or connectable to the child trailer and another of the first ends is connected or connectable to the traction device, wherein the second ends are connected via a connecting means, such as a joint, in such a way that a relative movement, such as a relative pivoting movement, is enabled between the second ends in a state of use of the traction transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes ZURWESTEN, Andreas SCHERGUN
  • Publication number: 20240124043
    Abstract: A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a frame structure including a standing frame, a wheel mount carrying a wheel and pivotally connected with the standing frame, the wheel being rotatable relative to the first wheel mount about a wheel axis, a locking assembly including a wheel mount latch movably connected with the standing frame, the wheel mount latch being engaged with the wheel mount to rotationally lock the first wheel mount with respect to the standing frame, and disengaged from the wheel mount to unlock the wheel mount for rotation of the wheel mount to change an orientation of the wheel axis, an actuating assembly coupled to the wheel mount latch and including one or more linking part, and a release mechanism including an operating part provided on the frame structure that is operable to cause the actuating assembly to pull the wheel mount latch to disengage from the wheel mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Leilei ZHENG, Zheng-Wen GUO, Er Xue WANG, Mingxing SUN, Shoufeng HU, Wanquan ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240124044
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a canopy device (1) and a child carrier having the canopy device (1). The canopy device (1) includes: a shielding portion (13); an accommodating portion (18) disposed on a surface of the shielding portion (13) and forming a pocket shape with an opening; and another shielding portion (19) connected to the shielding portion (13) and received in the accommodating portion (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Jennifer E. SHELDRICK
  • Publication number: 20240124045
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for converting wheeled carriers into sliding carriers include at least one sliding member positioned under at least one wheel of a wheeled carrier such as a wagon. The sliding member includes an abutment against which the wheel rests such that when the wheeled carrier is in motion, namely pushed or pulled, the abutment is likewise pushed or pulled, thereby retaining the sliding member(s) under the wheel(s) and transporting the wheeled carrier without significant wheel rotation. In this manner a wheeled carrier can slide on loose terrain such as sand. The device can also be used to slide objects other than wheeled carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher WALSH
  • Publication number: 20240124046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a steering shaft which is mounted so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis (L) relative to a carrying unit, a rotation limiter having an end stop for limiting the rotation of the steering shaft, and a rotary sensor coupled to the steering shaft by means of a torque-locked connection. In order to permit a greater operational reliability, the invention proposes that the rotation limiter has a threshold torque and, if said threshold torque is exceeded, the rotation of the steering shaft beyond the end stop is permitted, wherein the threshold torque is less than a maximum transmission torque of the connection between the steering shaft and rotary sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Sebastian FORTE, Imre SZEPESSY
  • Publication number: 20240124047
    Abstract: A steering control device configured to control a steering device, the steering device including a steering shaft to which a handle is detachably coupled and a motor configured to generate torque that is given to the steering shaft. The steering control device includes a processing circuit configured to execute a process for controlling driving of the motor. The process for controlling the driving of the motor includes a lock process of driving the motor such that a rotation position of the steering shaft is fixed at a specific position, in a state where the handle has been detached from the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki MATSUMOTO, Kenichi ABE, Yuuta KAJISAWA, Yugo NAGASHIMA, Kazuma HASEGAWA, Takashi KOUDAI, Yosuke YAMASHITA, Shintaro TAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Masaharu YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240124048
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric independent steering apparatus comprising: a first knuckle having one end coupled to the lower end of a strut part, and including an upper support part extending and protruding outwardly from the one end and a lower support part extending and protruding from the other end so as to face the upper support part; a second knuckle which is rotatably disposed on the lower support part inside the first knuckle, has a motor installed therein, and has a driving wheel coupled to the outside thereof; and a harmonic gear which is disposed so as to be rotatable from the upper support part and relatively rotates from the first knuckle together with the second knuckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Seohan Innobility Co., Ltd., Korea Movenex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki OH, Jae Geun BANG
  • Publication number: 20240124049
    Abstract: A steering transmission for an electro-mechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an electric motor, a servo transmission, and an angle transmission for connecting a steering column of the steering system to a control stalk of the steering system. The angle transmission is a mechanically driven recirculating-ball transmission with a ball nut, which is engaged with a segment shaft of the steering transmission that is/can be connected to the steering stalk. A spindle of the recirculating-ball transmission is continuous. The spindle is connected to an output shaft of the servo transmission on one side. The servo transmission is/can be driven by the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Huba NEMETH, Bernd-Robert HOEHN, Franz-Thomas MITTERER, Janos TOTH, Sven KRUEGER, Ahmed SALEME, Stephan KRINKE
  • Publication number: 20240124050
    Abstract: An auxiliary power supply unit includes an auxiliary power supply device and a downstream power supply line group connecting the auxiliary power supply device to motor units. The auxiliary power supply device includes: an auxiliary power supply provided on a power supply path; and a switching circuit configured to switch the connection state of the auxiliary power supply to the power supply path. The connection state of the auxiliary power supply includes a boost state in which the auxiliary power supply is connected in series with the external power supply. The downstream power supply line group includes branch first downstream drive lines and branch second downstream drive lines. Each of the upstream ends of the branch first downstream drive lines and the branch second downstream drive lines is connected to the power supply path at a position downstream of the auxiliary power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori TOTOUMI, Takumi MIO, Fumihiko SATO, Satoshi SHINODA, Hiroki NITTA, Kouhei OTA
  • Publication number: 20240124051
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a steering control device and method. A steering control device may include a communication device configured to receive a steering angle sensing signal from a steering angle sensor installed at a lower part of a rack-pinion gear, a detector configured to detect whether of an inflow of moisture into a steering device based on the steering angle sensing signal and generate moisture detection information if the inflow of moisture is detected, and a controller configured to perform a risk prevention control to prevent risk due to the inflow of moisture based on the moisture detection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Eulgo JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240124052
    Abstract: A pump device for a steering device of a vehicle includes a pump for pumping a working medium to a first outlet connection or alternatively to a second outlet connection, an electric motor for driving the pump, and a housing, through which the first outlet connection and the second outlet connection are guided. The housing is arranged about the pump and the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Bernhard MILLER
  • Publication number: 20240124053
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic power steering device for a vehicle includes a hydraulic pump, a drive, a first working line, a second working line, and a heat exchanger. The hydraulic pump is designed, in a first rotation direction, to pump a hydraulic oil to a first pump output of the hydraulic pump and, in a second rotation direction, to pump said oil to a second pump output of the hydraulic pump. The drive is coupled to the hydraulic pump and is designed to drive the hydraulic pump selectively in the first rotation direction or second rotation direction. The first working line is shaped to connect the first pump output fluidically to a first working chamber, the first working chamber being suitable for moving a piston, which is couplable to a steering bar of a steering system, in a first direction. The heat exchanger is designed to transfer heat that is generated during operation of the drive to at least one of the working lines in order to heat the hydraulic oil flowing through the working line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christian KALTENBACH, Rainer LANG, Klaus PETERREINS, Benjamin BARTOLE, Jonas RINK
  • Publication number: 20240124054
    Abstract: A valve device for a steering device of a vehicle includes a pump device with a pump for pumping a working medium to a first discharge connection or a second discharge connection of the pump device and a motor for driving the pump. The valve device further has a valve and/or a storage container, wherein the valve and/or the storage container are switched between the first discharge connection of the pump device and the second discharge connection of the pump device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Bernhard MILLER
  • Publication number: 20240124055
    Abstract: A method automatically controls a motor vehicle with wheels including at least two steered wheels. The method includes the following steps: the motor vehicle acquiring parameters relating to an obstacle avoidance trajectory, and a computer computing a provisional control instruction for an actuator for braking the steered wheels, based on the parameters and by way of a closed-loop controller. The method also includes the following steps: acquiring a lateral acceleration or a roll angle to which the motor vehicle is subject, and computing, in open-loop mode, a correction term or the provisional control instruction, based on the acquired lateral acceleration or roll angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: RENAULT S.A.S., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Anh-Lam DO
  • Publication number: 20240124056
    Abstract: A control unit is provided for operating a driver assistance system for automated lateral guidance of a motor vehicle. The control unit is configured, in a first operating state of the driver assistance system, to determine a target position of a steering wheel of the motor vehicle on the basis of the target steering angle of the motor vehicle which is stipulated by the driver assistance system in the first operating state, and to determine a quotient from the target steering angle which is stipulated by the driver assistance system in the first operating state, and from the target position which is determined therefrom, in order to determine a conversion factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander GOETZ, Sebastian RASS
  • Publication number: 20240124057
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle and with a steering device, the steering device having a manual steering handle, a steering sensor system and a feedback actuator, and with a wheel positioning device, the wheel positioning device having a positioning actuator for steering at least one wheel, and with at least one control device, the control device electrically connecting the steering device and the wheel positioning device to one another, and with at least one acceleration sensor, the feedback actuator and the acceleration data acquired by the acceleration sensor being used to provide haptic feedback at the steering handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Rene Michels, Thomas Schubert
  • Publication number: 20240124058
    Abstract: A corner module apparatus may include: a drive unit configured to provide driving power to a wheel, a knuckle unit connected to the drive unit, a steering drive unit configured to generate a steering force while extending or contracting in a longitudinal direction, a steering angle adjustment unit connected to the knuckle unit, disposed so that a longitudinal direction thereof is different from the longitudinal direction of the steering drive unit, and configured to adjust a steering angle of the wheel in conjunction with the steering force generated from the steering drive unit, and a crank member disposed to be spaced apart from the steering drive unit in a height direction of the vehicle body and configured to convert a transmission direction of the steering force, which is generated from the steering drive unit, into the longitudinal direction of the steering angle adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Woong JEON, Jin Wook JOO
  • Publication number: 20240124059
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four-wheel independent steering apparatus. The apparatus includes a load estimator configured to receive, from a sensor disposed in a steering system, a value corresponding to a sensing by the sensor, and calculate an amount of load based on the value received from the sensor. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to receive, from an autonomous driving controller that is an upper-level controller, a steering angle reference, calculate an output value for allowing an actual steering angle to track the steering angle reference, based on the steering angle reference, the value from the sensor, and the amount of the load from the load estimator, and output the output value to the steering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Hong KIM
  • Publication number: 20240124060
    Abstract: A method for determining whether an automatic collision avoidance steering maneuver for a vehicle equipped with an automated driving system should be executed is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Giuseppe GIORDANO, Lars JOHANNESSON MÃ…RDH
  • Publication number: 20240124061
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement with a roof-frame structure of a vehicle and a roof module, the roof-module carrier of which, in the assembled state, is adhesively bonded to an adhesive flange of the roof-frame structure with an interposed adhesive. The roof-module carrier is additionally connected to the adhesive flange of the roof-frame structure by a screw connection in which the roof-module carrier is firmly clamped to the adhesive flange of the roof-frame structure by at least one fastening screw. To avoid contact corrosion and/or to reduce the component weight, the fastening screw is made from plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Wojciech BRYMERSKI
  • Publication number: 20240124062
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a roof side assembly connecting upper ends of pillars of a vehicle body along the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly constituting an A-pillar of the vehicle body; and an outer garnish coupled to the outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes: a pipe having a closed cross-section shape and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body so as to form a closed section; an upper reinforcement member coupled to the upper side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; a lower reinforcement member coupled to the lower side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; and an inner reinforcement member coupled to the vehicle body inner side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Sun Ho SONG, Jae Young LIM, Sea Cheoul SONG, Kang Chul LEE, Tae Ou PARK, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240124063
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body, and an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section, and a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Jong Woo SHIM, You Jin PARK, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240124064
    Abstract: A truck body includes a rigid aluminum frame, the frame comprising: a load floor and underbody comprising structural extrusions oriented longitudinally; subassemblies comprising aluminum extrusions formed into frames defining the body walls; and, at least one subassembly comprising aluminum extrusions formed into a frame defining the body roof, and wherein the load floor, wall subassemblies, and roof subassembly are fastened together to form a rigid final assembly. Roll formed steel tubular members may be substituted for the aluminum extrusions. The invention may further be adapted to make modular trailers that can be customized by choosing among different wall and roof modules. Related assembly methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Henrik Bonutti, Robert J. Eickholt, Marc Kruse
  • Publication number: 20240124065
    Abstract: An embodiment roof structure of a vehicle is provided. The roof structure is coupled to side structures disposed along a vehicle width direction and is configured to mount a roof module. The roof structure includes a side upper reinforce assembly coupled to an upper interior of the side structures along a vehicle length direction and a plurality of roof rail assemblies arranged along the vehicle length direction, each of the plurality of roof rail assemblies being coupled to the side upper reinforce assembly by extending along the vehicle width direction into a cross-sectional interior of an upper portion of each of the side structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chan Woong Jeon, Youngrock Kim, HaeHoon Lee, Chang Hak Kang, Sang Kyoung Han, Kwangok Han
  • Publication number: 20240124066
    Abstract: An embodiment swing door mounting structure for a vehicle includes a roof side reinforcement member coupled to an inner side of a cross section of a roof side of a side structure in a vehicle body front and rear direction and a door mounting member coupled to the roof side reinforcement member to define an open cross section for mounting a swing door on the roof side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chan Woong Jeon, Youngrock Kim, Jaeseung Lee, Gookhyun Jeon, Chang Hak Kang, Sang Kyoung Han, HaeHoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240124067
    Abstract: A vehicle front end assembly includes a grille, a front end module, an upper grille panel and a bell crank assembly. The front end module has a radiator positioned rearwardly with respect to the grille. The upper grille panel extends rearwardly with respect to the grille and overlies the front end module. The upper grille panel has a bell crank access area. The bell crank assembly is positioned in the bell crank access area of the upper grille panel. The bell crank assembly has a bell crank that is movable with respect to the upper grille panel. The bell crank assembly further has an airflow barrier that is fixedly supported with respect to the bell crank assembly. The airflow barrier has a front wall that is positioned forward of the bell crank to deflect air flow received through the grille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen PFINGSTEN, David COAKLEY, Tony TOGNETTI
  • Publication number: 20240124068
    Abstract: An automobile panel 1 has a sheet-shaped outer panel 2 and a sheet-shaped inner panel 3, and an interior member 30 arranged in a space S between the inner panel 3 and the outer panel 2. The interior member 30 is an elongated member that extends in a first direction D1 along the outer panel 2, and includes a first end 41 that is one end in the first direction D1, and a second end 42 that is another end. The first end 41 has a first connecting portion 45 which is connected to the inner panel 3. The interior member 30 has a second connecting portion 46 that is connected to the outer panel 2, at a position that is separated from the first end 41 along the first direction D1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SAWA, Ryuichi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240124069
    Abstract: A curved hinge apparatus includes a curved hinge on which a luggage compartment cover of a vehicle is mountable, where, in an installed position of the curved hinge apparatus in the vehicle, the curved hinge is movable between an open position and a closed position through an opening in a luggage compartment trim of the vehicle which is delimited by a wall. The curved hinge is surrounded by a curved hinge cover. An outer side of the curved hinge cover has, facing away from the luggage compartment cover in the installed position, a portion which expands in a longitudinal direction of the curved hinge cover and which closes the opening in the open position. An inner side of the curved hinge cover has a support portion which abuts against an outer side of the curved hinge and which is spaced apart from the portion of the curved hinge cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Roberto GUSMINI
  • Publication number: 20240124070
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body structure includes a floor panel, a front mounting member on an upper side of the floor panel, wherein the front mounting member protrudes and extends in a lateral direction of a vehicle body so as to fix a front lower side of a seat, and a partition member at a rear of the front mounting member, wherein the partition member protrudes and extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle body so as to fix a rear lower side of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hyo Seop Cha
  • Publication number: 20240124071
    Abstract: A rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle includes: a rear floor panel provided below a rear seat; a rear cross member to which a rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled; a tunnel-shaped raised part that is provided by bending the rear floor panel at a center region in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and extends in a forward-rearward direction of a vehicle's body; and a flange that is provided by bending the rear cross member at a center region in the vehicle width direction, and protrudes toward a forward side of the vehicle body from a front wall of the rear cross member. The rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled to the rear cross member, in a state where left and right side walls on a rear end side of the raised part are abutted on the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hikaru MIURA
  • Publication number: 20240124072
    Abstract: At a floor drain, a groove extending in an up-down direction is located at a peripheral edge of a drain opening, and a cap has a circular columnar body extending in the up-down direction, a flange disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the body and mounted on the peripheral edge, and a claw disposed lower than the flange at the outer peripheral surface of the body and having an upper surface inclined upward toward one side in a circumferential direction of the body. The upper surface of the claw and a lower surface of the peripheral edge contact each other to close the drain opening in such a manner that the body is rotated to the other side in the circumferential direction with the claw inserted downward into the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20240124073
    Abstract: A refuse body adapter includes a sub-frame assembly, a sub-frame adapter, and a spacer. The sub-frame assembly is configured to be coupled to a cargo body. The sub-frame adapter is configured to be coupled to a chassis of a vehicle. The spacer is coupled to both the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter. The spacer is disposed in a gap formed between the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter. A thickness of the spacer may be adjusted to accommodate different gap sizes between the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Leslie Schwartz, Robert Ryan, Matthew Deinema, John Kellander, Emily Davis, Rob Messina
  • Publication number: 20240124074
    Abstract: A fastening device for mobility and a mobility including the same includes a first fastening unit provided in a first module of the mobility, and a second fastening unit disposed in a second module of the mobility, the second fastening unit coupled or decoupled to the first fastening unit for attachment or detachment between the first module and the second module, wherein the first fastening unit and the second fastening unit include a first fastening member and a second fastening member selectively screw-coupled together, respectively, the second fastening unit further includes a support member configured to support rotatably the second fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danghee PARK, Sukmin CHOI, Sunwook KIM, Hongmin KIM, Sangwoo HWANG, Sehyun CHANG, Injae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240124075
    Abstract: An inwardly disposed trailer skirt panel assembly disposed laterally inset toward the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The trailer skirt panel assembly is suspended underneath a rearward body component of a truck or semitrailer, extending forwards in front of a rearward wheel assembly. The trailer skirt panel assembly stabilizes the generally static air passing under the central portion of the moving vehicle, further increasing the effective air pressure being developed immediately behind the vehicle to reduce drag thereon. An inner wheel skirt panel centrally located under the body of a vehicle reduces overall vehicle drag by inhibiting air from otherwise being displaced laterally inward by the passing wheels of the moving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: GARTH L. MAGEE
  • Publication number: 20240124076
    Abstract: In an elastic crawler with core metals having a configuration in which rollers arranged along a ground roll on a top surface of a guide protrusion, roller disengagement preventing protrusions respectively protrude in opposite directions of a crawler circumferential direction from a pair of guide protrusion bases of a core metal main body; the roller disengagement preventing protrusions protruding in the crawler circumferential direction to protrude to each other toward opposed core metal main bodies of adjacent core metals mesh each other in a crawler width direction; and ribs are formed that connect the roller disengagement preventing protrusions on a side of a core metal blade part among the roller disengagement preventing protrusions meshing each other in the crawler width direction and core metal blade parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi MIZUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240124077
    Abstract: A vehicle configured for container-swapping, includes: a main frame including a pair of drive modules spaced in a forward/backward direction of the vehicle, and a connecting portion extending in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle to connect the pair of drive modules so that a coupling space is formed therebetween; a container module selectively inserted into the coupling space of the main frame; and a coupling portion configured to couple the main frame and the container to each other while the container module is inserted into the coupling space of the main frame, wherein a driving portion operates and moves the main frame so that the container module is inserted into the coupling space of the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Han Sam KIM, Tae Kyung LEE, Dae Hee LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Jun Gu LEE, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20240124078
    Abstract: A trailer for loading, unloading and transporting a vehicle is disclosed herein. Particularly, the vehicle may be a small vehicle, such as a motorcycle or an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The trailer includes a trailer frame, a trailer base, a set of locking pins, a pair of movement pins, a pair of movement restricting pins and a trailer base moving assembly. The trailer base is movable relative to the trailer frame such that a rearward end thereof can be pivoted downward to form a ramp. Further, in some examples, the trailer base can be completely removed from the trailer frame. The trailer is preferably easy to use, scalable and makes the process of loading and unloading a vehicle safer with minimal risk of damage to the vehicle or injury to a loading person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Jason S. Mallette
  • Publication number: 20240124079
    Abstract: A method of directing a vehicle body through a paint process includes obtaining, by a vehicle manufacturing system, process operation data from a vehicle body process. The process operation data is indicative of an operation state of an identified machine performing a selected body operation as part of the vehicle body process. The method includes determining, by the vehicle manufacturing system, whether a recognized fault has occurred based on the process operation data, identifying a potential vehicle body imperfection based on a paint process model and the recognized fault, and providing, by the vehicle manufacturing system, a notification to the paint process of the potential vehicle body imperfection for the vehicle body, where the notification includes location information of the potential vehicle body imperfection, a remedial action for addressing the potential vehicle body imperfection, a recommended resource allocation, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Gary David Farquhar, Marc Tornero Soria, Brian Lucatch, Mitchell Goepel
  • Publication number: 20240124080
    Abstract: Provided is a rack for a bicycle or a kick scooter that is a single device allowing either of a bicycle or a kick scooter to be parked. The rack includes a pair of support members formed to extend upward from the ground and disposed to be parallel with and spaced apart from each other, a rotating shaft coupled to the support members, a parking member interposed between the pair of support members and axially coupled to the rotating shaft so as to be rotatable, and a protruding member disposed to be spaced apart from a front of the parking member that faces the bicycle or the kick scooter and having both ends bent toward the parking member to be fixed to the parking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Joon-myung CHOI, Soung-bin GWAK, Min-jung KWON
  • Publication number: 20240124081
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a locking arm of a carrier connecting rod includes four steps to press a metal sheet via a first stamping die and a second stamping die to form the metal sheet to include a front section, a bent middle section and a rear section. A stopper is formed to the front section, and a recessed area is formed to one side of the bent middle section. A positioning hole is defined through a center of the recessed area. A guide surface is formed to the bent middle section opposite to the recessed area. The locking arm is pivotably connected to the extendable tube of the carrier connecting rod, and the protrusion of the spring member in the extendable tube is guided by the guide surface to be retractably engaged with the positioning hole. The locking arm is manufactured at low cost and has better structural strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Chiu Kuei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240124082
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a pin that is pushed in between two spokes of a wheel to lock the vehicle and removed from between the spokes of the wheel to unlock the vehicle. In one embodiment, a single-sided lock may include a pin holster for securing the pin while the vehicle is unlocked. In some embodiments, a single-sided lock mechanism may be permanently affixed to and/or built in to a vehicle, increasing the ease of use of the single-sided lock by preventing users from misplacing the lock. In one embodiment, a single-sided lock may include a mechanism for preventing accidental re-locking of a lock that has just been unlocked, further improving the user experience. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Rex Luedtke, Andrew Paul Rosenkranz
  • Publication number: 20240124083
    Abstract: There is provided a straddle-type seat capable of improving the comfort of a seated occupant by blowing air to a region of buttocks of the seated occupant. A motorcycle seat on which a seated occupant is seated in a straddling state includes a blower and an air blowing port through which air blown from the blower passes. The air blowing port is provided at a position facing buttocks of the seated occupant. Specifically, the motorcycle seat includes a front seating portion and a non-seating portion provided at a rear end of the front seating portion. The air blowing port is provided at a lower portion of the non-seating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Yoich TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240124084
    Abstract: Fixed-beam headlights reduce a rider's intended visual field by pointing away from a corner during turning. A system is presented for improving visibility in dark conditions on a motorcycle. It relates to adaptively controlling headlight orientation. Based on sensor data, the headlight beam is rotated independently in three degrees of freedom, in real time. This maintains illumination of the road ahead, even when cornering, and reduces the blinding of oncoming traffic. High beam and low beam operation is accommodated, including dimmable high beams. The beam is directed with three independent motors in one embodiment, by the switching of light-emitting diodes in an array in another embodiment, or using a hybrid motorized and solid-state system. The adaptive headlights are suitable for craft other than motorcycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Dominique Kwong, Julia Zhuravleva