Abstract: A motor controller is described that is coupled to a drive motor and a battery pack of a vehicle. The motor controller is configured to determine a maximum discharge current of the battery pack and a rotational velocity of the drive motor. Based on the determined rotational velocity of the drive motor, the motor controller is configured to identify a curve that defines a relationship between the maximum discharge current of the battery pack and a drive current limit of the motor controller. Based on the identified curve and the determined maximum discharge current of the battery pack, the motor controller is configured to determine the drive current limit of the motor controller. The motor controller is further configured to convert a discharge current from the battery pack to a drive current subject to the determined drive current limit and supply the drive current to the drive motor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle battery charging system and a battery charging method thereof. The present disclosure provides a battery charging method of a battery charging system including an on-board charger to convert an AC voltage from an outside into a DC voltage, a first battery, and a second battery having a lower rated voltage than that of the first battery, the battery charging method including: operating a first charging mode of turning on a first switch between the on-board charger and the first battery and turning off a second switch between the on-board charger and the second battery when a voltage of the second battery exceeds a first threshold value; and operating a second charging mode of turning off the first switch and turning on the second switch when the voltage of the second battery does not exceed the first threshold value.

Abstract: An on-board switching device includes: a switching circuit; a first conduction path through which a current flows in a series connection state and no current flows in a parallel connection state; a second conduction path through which a current flows in the parallel connection state and no current flows in the series connection state; a third conduction path that forms a path between a negative electrode of a first battery and a positive electrode of a second battery in the series connection state and forms a path between both positive electrodes or between both negative electrodes of the first battery and the second battery in the parallel connection state; and a current detection unit that detects a current flowing through the third conduction path.

Abstract: A vehicle seat bracket, with at least one lower rail which is fixed to the vehicle, and with at least one upper rail arrangement which is coupled to a vehicle seat and interacts with the at least one lower rail for the relative longitudinal displaceability in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail, is characterized in that the at least one upper rail arrangement has a first upper rail module, which is coupled to the vehicle seat, and a second upper rail module, which is connected by a connecting element to the first upper rail module. The two upper rail modules are movable along the lower rail. The first upper rail module is provided with an electromechanical drive arrangement for the longitudinal displaceability relative to the lower rail. The second upper rail module has a releasable mechanical locking device which is designed to couple the upper rail arrangement and the lower rail to one another in a locked state and to decouple them from one another in a decoupled state.

Abstract: It is provided an adjustment device for a vehicle subassembly comprises a guide rail which extends along a longitudinal direction, an adjustment assembly which is guided on the guide rail so as to be displaceable along the longitudinal direction and which is assigned to the vehicle subassembly, a spindle which is arranged on the guide rail, and an adjustment mechanism which is operatively connected to the spindle, is arranged on the adjustment assembly and has a mechanism housing and is able to be driven so that the adjustment mechanism can be displaced, together with the adjustment assembly, along the longitudinal direction relative to the guide rail. On the adjustment assembly there is arranged at least one retaining element, which has an opening which is delimited by an edge and through which the spindle extends.

Abstract: A seat adjustment mechanism includes a first component and a second component movable relative to the first component. A drive mechanism is drivingly connected to the second component for moving the second component relative to the first component. The drive mechanism includes a drive motor drivingly connected to a first gear member having conical involute teeth. A second gear member includes conical involute teeth in meshing engagement with the conical involute teeth of the first gear member. The conical involute teeth have a tapered tooth thickness, a tapered root and a tapered outside diameter.

Abstract: It is provided an adjustment device for a vehicle seat, comprising an output element to which a drive torque can be transferred, and a brake assembly for locking the output element and absorbing, via at least two brake elements adjustably mounted in a brake housing of the brake assembly, forces applied to the output element on the output side, wherein locking, provided via the brake assembly, of the output element can be released in order to rotate the output element in a direction of rotation when a drive torque is applied on the drive side, and, in order to lock the output element, the brake elements are in a locking position in which, when forces are applied on the output side via the output element and are acting in a direction of rotation, at least one of the brake elements bears frictionally against a brake surface of the brake housing.

Abstract: Described is a child holding device, more particularly a stroller and/or child seat, comprising a setting device for setting a state of the child holding device, a locking mechanism comprising a first locking device and at least one second locking device for locking the state, and a manual, actuation device for actuating the first locking device and the at least one second locking device, wherein the actuation device is connected by means of a common force transmission device to the first locking device and the at least one second locking device.

Abstract: It is provided a vehicle seat comprising a seat base, a seat part which is arranged on the seat base and can be adjusted relative to the seat base, a backrest which is mounted on the seat base so as to be pivotable between an upright use position and a non-use position which is pivoted towards the seat part, and a coupling mechanism for coupling an adjustment movement of the seat part to a pivot movement of the backrest. In this case, a locking lever is provided which can be pivoted between a locking position and an unlocking position by means of the coupling mechanism, is in its locking position in the use position of the backrest and locks the backrest from pivoting into the non-use position, and can be pivoted from its locking position into its unlocking position.

Abstract: A kinetic seat cushion assembly that rotates based on a force applied on an occupant seated therein is provided. The kinetic seat cushion assembly includes a primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame, a seat cushion tilt mechanism coupling the secondary seat cushion frame to the primary seat cushion frame such that the secondary seat cushion frame is movable with respect to the primary seat cushion frame, and a front pivot mechanism that pivotally couples a front portion of the primary seat cushion frame to a front portion of the secondary seat cushion frame.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a headrest air-conditioning device for vehicles, wherein a heater plate with planar heating elements on both sides thereof is installed inside a casing, and the heater plate divides the interior space of the casing to form an inflow passage and an outflow passage. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively heat air with low power and to reduce flow resistance and thus power consumption.

Abstract: The vehicle cabin temperature control device comprises an air conditioning device based on a refrigeration cycle including a compressor driven by an electric motor, and including an air blowing port for blowing conditioned air into a cabin of a vehicle, and an air blowing device configured to blow conditioned air to an occupant seated on a seat and consuming less electric power than the air conditioning device, and a control unit that activates the air blowing device for a predetermined time period upon startup of the air conditioning device.

Abstract: A draw-in bar for holding a cover of a vehicle seat on at least one latching receiving element, the draw-in bar having a profile body. The profile body has at least one first profile section with a basic cross section that is constant along a direction of longitudinal extent of the profile body and at least one second profile section with a safety cross section. The safety cross section projects beyond the basic cross section of the profile body in at least one transverse direction in the second profile section. A cover fastening system for a vehicle seat may have the latching receiving element and the draw-in bar where the draw-in bar is connectable to the latching receiving element by a latching connection.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a method (500) of fabricating a cover for an interior trim component or an exterior trim component for a vehicle. The method comprising forming a 3D knitted structure (510) by knitting together at least one heat activated yarn and at least one non-heat activated yarn. The structure may be arranged whereby, during a subsequent heat treatment process (520) in which the cover is heated to a temperature at or above an activation temperature, the heat-activated yarn is activated thereby to form an automotive cover having a knitted structure of increased stiffness once cooled.

Abstract: A system for electrically powering a semi-trailer dump system includes a DC-to-DC voltage converter configured to receive input DC voltage from a battery bank and output increased DC voltage, an energy storage element configured to receive the increased DC voltage from the DC-to-DC voltage converter, a controller configured to receive DC power from the energy storage element and convert the DC power into AC power, and a motor configured to receive AC power from the controller, the motor being mechanically connectable to a pump for controlling the dumping system.

Abstract: A deployable structure includes a reconfigurable member formed from a plurality of elements defining a first end, a second end that is opposite the first end, a first side extending between the first end and the second end, and a second side, opposite the first side, extending between the first end and the second end. A first inflatable rigidizing member extends along the first side across each of the plurality of elements and a second inflatable rigidizing member extends along the second side across each of the plurality of elements.

Abstract: Provided is a universal accessory surface mount that allows a broad range of accessories to be attached to the ceilings, walls, and/or flat surfaces of vehicles or campers, or surfaces. The surface mount may have a flange having two sides. The flange may comprise a central insert that is open and recessed on one of the two sides and closed on the other of the two sides. The central insert may be threaded internally and configured to be threaded by a screw.

Abstract: The pickup truck fastening anchor comprises a fixing portion and a stretching portion, wherein the fixing portion comprises an iron bracket and an aluminum block; the stretching portion comprises an aluminum U-ring and an aluminum cover; the iron bracket is fitted on a top surface of the aluminum block; the aluminum cover is located above the iron bracket; the aluminum cover is fixed on the iron bracket; two through holes are provided in each of the iron brackets, the aluminum block and the aluminum cover; the positions of the through holes in the iron bracket, the aluminum block and the aluminum cover are correspondingly arranged; the aluminum U-ring successively penetrates the through holes in the aluminum cover, the iron bracket and the aluminum block; and two ends of the aluminum U-ring are provided with external threads.

Abstract: A chain binder to connect and apply tension to chains, straps, or the like used to secure cargo on any type of platform or vehicle. The chain binder includes a lever body; a first side portion; a second side portion; and gears that effectuate two modes of operation. Namely, a power driven mode of operation or a manual lever mode of operation. Rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, toward each other to place tension in the chains or strap. Opposite rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, away from each other to relax the chains or strap. If components are damages during use, they may be replaced on an as-needed basis to reduce operational cost of the chain binder since the entire binder does not need replaced when only one component fails or is damaged.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least one illumination device, by means of which at least one light signal can be generated which is visible from outside the motor vehicle, and comprising at least one acoustic device, by means of which at least one acoustic signal can be generated which is audible from outside the motor vehicle. The at least one control device of the motor vehicle is configured to check whether at least one output condition is satisfied and, if the at least one output condition is satisfied, to control the at least one illumination device and the at least one acoustic device in such a way that the light signal and the acoustic signal are generated simultaneously.

Abstract: A method for operating a light-based driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, wherein via at least one headlight of the motor vehicle, a light distribution is projected onto the roadway in front of the motor vehicle. The light distribution produces a lane marking, the width of which is essentially equal to the vehicle width of the motor vehicle and the course of which corresponds to a predicted lane course when the motor vehicle is driving. The method steps are carried out continuously when driving through a curve: predicting the lane course when driving through the curve, determining the point of intersection of the inner lane boundary with the light field limitation of a light field projectable onto the roadway when driving through the curve, setting a distal boundary of the lane marking, and projecting a light distribution onto the roadway in front of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, and in particular to a concealed rooflight and a vehicle. The concealed rooflight comprises a light box assembly and a lifting assembly; the light box assembly comprises a box body, and the box body is provided with a connecting part; the lifting assembly comprises a driving device, the driving device comprises an acting part and a fixing part, the acting part is connected to the connecting part, and the fixing part is used for fixing the lifting assembly on a vehicle body; the lifting assembly further comprises a lifting controller, and the lifting controller is used for controlling, according to a rooflight concealing instruction, the driving device to drive the light box assembly to be concealed in a concealing space of the vehicle body.

Abstract: An exterior trim element for a motor vehicle, including a glass cover disposed on a support member, the glass cover having an outer face and an inner face. A display system for projecting an image is integrated to a cover part on the inner face of the glass cover glass.

Abstract: Provided are methods for turn signal assignment in complex maneuvers, which can include receiving position information associated with a position of a vehicle. Some methods described also include determining, hierarchically and based at least on the position information, whether to activate a turn signal of a vehicle prior to activation of the turn signal based on a turn of the vehicle at a roadway intersection. Some methods described also include determining a time to activate the turn signal prior to the turn of the vehicle at the roadway intersection. Some methods described also include transmitting a control signal to activate the turn signal at the determined time. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a central light control unit and a plurality of interior light modules, each of which includes a single light source or a plurality of light sources. The motor vehicle also includes a data bus via which the central light control unit and the interior light modules are coupled to one another. The central light control unit is configured to transmit control commands to the interior light modules in order to trigger motor vehicle interior lighting effects, wherein control information, which is included in the control commands and includes at least one color value and one brightness value for the interior light modules, is created based on runtime-variable input data. The runtime-variable input data is based on current ambient conditions of the motor vehicle and/or variable data sources of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing method by an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle designated as a delivery destination of a package, the information processing method includes receiving vehicle information from the vehicle upon detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event regarding a delivery person of the package, determining, based on the vehicle information, whether to operate hazard lamps or a horn of the vehicle, and upon determining to operate the hazard lamps or the horn, transmitting, to the vehicle, a control signal that operates the hazard lamps or the horn.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected to enter the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area behind the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein the system is configured to delay generating the judgment until a specified period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the target object is detected to enter a detectable area included in a field of view of a sensor, wherein the detectable area overlaps with only a part of the detection area.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a rear view mirror steering structure.

Abstract: A display control device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire information of a moving body in surroundings of a vehicle; and display a specific image on a display area provided to the vehicle according to a position of the moving body based on the acquired information of the moving body, the specific image being displayed either overlaid on or adjacent to the moving body; and in a case in which the moving body inside the display area has exited from the display area, continue to display the specific image until a specific period of time has elapsed.

Abstract: A vehicle display system includes: a camera provided on a vehicle body so as to capture a real-time image of surroundings of the vehicle body, wherein the camera is oriented toward a direction of interest; a monitor configured to display the real-time image captured by the camera, wherein the monitor is oriented toward an opposite direction to the direction of interest; and circuitry configured to: cause the monitor to display an additional image in a first stop period in which the vehicle body stops in accordance with a road condition, wherein a display of the additional image changes in accordance with a position of the vehicle body; and diminish, compared to the first stop period in which the vehicle body stops in accordance with the road condition, the display of the additional image in a second stop period in which the vehicle body stops for boarding or alighting of a passenger.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for displaying a scene for a vehicle towing a trailer. A method includes: determining, by the processor, an angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle; determining, by the processor, a simulated trailer based on the angle of the trailer; determining, by the processor, a projection matrix based on the simulated trailer; generating, by the processor, scene data based on image data from a camera of the vehicle and image data from a camera of the trailer using the projection matrix; and generating, by the processor, display data to display the scene to an occupant of the vehicle based on the scene data.

Abstract: A cargo-module arrangement for a vehicle having a body-in-white (BIW) portion and a load floor secured to the BIW portion may include a cargo platform disposed above the load floor and having a front edge and a back edge. The cargo platform may be selectively movable along a track arrangement in forward and rearward directions and include a cargo gate disposed proximate to the back edge. The cargo gate may include a forward edge and a rearward edge and may be pivotable upward about at least one of the forward edge or the rearward edge.

Abstract: A collapsible vehicle interior console includes a plurality of walls and is changeable between a deployed configuration in which the walls are vertical and a stowed configuration in which the walls are horizontal. The walls change length between the two configurations such that a console body has a height that is greater than its width when deployed.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle assembly, including: a roof including a recess; a rail, wherein the rail is moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein the rail is at least partially within a recess of the roof in the retracted position, wherein the rail is able to connect to an accessory arranged above the roof in the deployed position; and a joint assembly, wherein the joint assembly is configured to guide movement of the rail between the retracted position and the deployed position, wherein the joint assembly includes a first foot, a second foot, and a slotted track, and wherein the first foot and the second foot are arranged at least partially within the slotted track.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-purpose storage container having various configurations. For example, multi-purpose storage container may be transformed to a cargo box, portable storage unit, tent or other shelter, sled, boat, and the like by configuring one or more components. The multi-purpose storage container may be mounted to a vehicle. Once mounted, the interior of the multi-purpose storage container may be accessed from inside the vehicle through a moveable section of the platform that aligns with a sunroof of the vehicle.

Abstract: A clamping assembly and a kit therefor are provided. The clamping assembly has a clamping component configured for selective attachment to a member of a vehicle, and a separate toolless fastener configured to selectively fasten an accessory to the clamping component.

Abstract: A display switching device (1) includes: a lens array (40); a display part (10), comprising pixel regions (31) disposed to include regions in which light in which respective light emitted from light sources (50) is condensed by respective lenses (41) of the lens array (40) passes through. A transmittance of each pixel region (31) is set corresponding to a predetermined stationary pattern. Display of the display part (10) performed through irradiation of the light of the light sources (50) exhibits directivity, and a first averaged oriented direction (D1) averaging, among the light sources (50), oriented directions as directions of the directivity is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a normal direction of a display surface (11) of the display part (10).

Abstract: A steering-wheel computer bracket includes two foldable support assemblies. Each foldable support assembly comprises a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a support element. An end of the movable portion is hinged to a side of the fixed portion and can be flipped to have an angle with respect to or to attach to the side of the fixed portion, the other side of the fixed portion serves as a mounting surface; an end of the support element is rotatably connected to the other end of the movable portion, the support element is capable of being flipped, along with the movable portion being flipped, to attach to a side of the fixed portion or to have an angle relative to the side of the fixed portion.

Abstract: A tool organizer for a vehicle, comprising a frame, the frame comprising a first U-shaped member and a second U-shaped member facing and fixedly secured to the first U-shaped member, the second U-shaped member arranged to engage headrest posts in the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a floor covering insulation for a motor vehicle with a multi-layer, preferably flocked, fibre insulation which, by a soft/smooth coupling layer to the wear surface, realises a sound insulation floor covering with improved acoustic and mechanical-physical properties, with a simultaneous reduction in weight if possible. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the sound insulation.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of suppressing torsional deformation in an attachment portion, even if a torsional moment is applied from an electric cable to a grommet. This grommet is provided with a tubular main body portion through which an electric cable is inserted, and an attachment portion used for attachment to an attachment target. The main body portion includes a holding portion used to hold the electric cable, and a linking portion joining the holding portion and the attachment portion. A recessed/protruding portion in which protruding portions and recessed portions are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction about an axis parallel to the insertion direction of the electric cable is provided in the linking portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle-mounted audio playing method and apparatus, a multimedia host, and a storage medium. The vehicle-mounted audio playing method includes: obtaining, by the multimedia host through a receiver, a first voice signal collected by a mobile microphone; and when the vehicle-mounted audio playing apparatus is in an out-of-vehicle karaoke mode, fusing, by the multimedia host, the first voice signal and an accompaniment signal, and outputting a fused signal to an out-of-vehicle speaker after performing amplification processing through a power amplifier, to drive the out-of-vehicle speaker to produce sound.

Abstract: A vehicular electronic control unit (ECU) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a housing that accommodates the PCB. The PCB includes an electronic component that, when electrically operated, generates heat within the housing. Heat dissipating fins extend along an exterior side of the housing. Heat generated within the housing is dissipated via the heat dissipating fins. A shroud extends along the exterior side and covers the plurality of heat dissipating fins. A passageway extends through the shroud. An airflow source is electrically operated to draw air from within a cavity between the shroud and the exterior side of the housing and along and through the passageway and the drawn air flows between the exterior side and the shroud and along and between the heat dissipating fins to dissipate heat from the plurality of heat dissipating fins.

Abstract: Described is an on-board electrical system for a vehicle. The on-board electrical system includes a first sub-network having a first energy source and one or more first electrical consumers, a second sub-network having a second energy source and one or more second electrical consumers, and an isolating switching element which is designed to isolate the first sub-network from the second sub-network. The on-board electrical system also includes at least one event-relevant electrical consumer and a changeover switching element which is designed to selectively couple the event-relevant consumer to the first sub-network or to the second sub-network bypassing the isolating switching element.

Abstract: A shock absorbing device according to one embodiment includes an elastic member and an attenuation device. The elastic member is compressed by a force transmitted from the exterior of a vehicle through a front grill which is a vehicle exterior component, and returns the front grill to the vehicle exterior by means of the restoration force against the compression. The attenuation device attenuates the speed of the front grill when the front grill is being returned by the restoration force of the elastic member.

Abstract: A first shock absorption member between a frame forming a framework of a vehicle and an outer structure positioned outside of the frame in the vehicle, the first shock absorption member being installed in a manner that the outer structure is deformed preferentially over the frame in a shock-receiving situation in which the outer structure is displaced or deformed toward the frame side due to a shock load against the outer structure, a second shock absorption member between the frame and the outer structure, and a switching unit to switch an installation state of the second shock absorption member between a first installation state in which the second shock absorption member avoids the shock load in the shock-receiving situation and a second installation state in which the second shock absorption member receives the shock load and deforms together with the first shock absorption member in the shock-receiving situation are provided.

Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle, having a deformation element which is coupled to a cross member of the bumper assembly. In a mounted position of the bumper assembly in the motor vehicle, the deformation element is arranged between a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle and the cross member. The bumper assembly has a connecting device with a first hollow profile region, in which an end region of the deformation element is received. The connecting device has a second hollow profile region, in which a partial region of the cross member is received.

Abstract: A bumper with a charging port which is closable by a cover that is, by way of a combined drive-and-guide device arranged in the bumper, movable between a closed position in which the charging port is covered by the cover and an open position in which the charging port is exposed by the cover. In order to simplify the manufacture of bumpers, the combined drive-and-guide device is fastened on the bumper to a unit fastening point of an individually customized adapter frame facing the combined drive-and-guide device.

Abstract: A joining connection for an airbag igniter includes an electrically insulating component including a glass and at least two joining partners, the at least two joining partners being kept electrically insulated from one another by the electrically insulating component.

Abstract: Disclosed are airbag integrated moving display and a control method where the airbag-integrated display includes a display movable to a forward or rearward position according to a driving mode of a vehicle, and an airbag mounted to the rear of the display and being configured to move along with a movement of the display, vary a level of inflation of the airbag based on at least one of a position of the display or a distance from a driver of the vehicle.