Patents Issued in April 30, 2024
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Patent number: 11970049Abstract: A system is described for controlling dust in a cabin, such as a cabin or cabinet in a piece of mobile plant equipment. The system includes an air circulation unit comprising an air flow passageway extending from a return air intake in communication with the cabin interior to one or more conduits in communication with the cabin interior and a circulation fan in communication with the air flow passageway, wherein the circulation fan can cause air from the cabin interior to pass through a filter and to be redelivered to the cabin interior. A control system is in communication with the air circulation unit. The control system includes a controller and a detector, wherein the controller receives a input signal from the detector related to a condition in the cabin and wherein the controller generates an output signal in response to the input signal, the output signal being delivered to the air circulation unit to control the operation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BREATHESAFE PTY LTDInventor: Nicholas Johnstone
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Patent number: 11970050Abstract: Protective cover with an apron that provides a ground surface seal. In an embodiment, the protective cover comprises an apron and a plurality of straps. The apron may comprise an apron wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, and a hollow sealing tube along the entire bottom edge of the apron wall. The sealing tube may comprise at least one inlet for inserting a substance into the sealing tube. Each of the plurality of straps may have two ends that are both attached to the top edge of the apron wall on opposing sides of the apron wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Kenneth J. Huening
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Patent number: 11970051Abstract: A retractable vehicle top system includes a frame including a pair of front looped chains rotatably positioned along a left side and a right side of the frame, respectively, a front header configured to be positioned adjacent to a front windshield of a vehicle, the front header having a first spool and a pair of first brackets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively, a second spool having a pair of second sprockets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively, and a front motor having a front drive shaft and a pair of third sprockets operably coupled to the front looped chains, respectively. The front header is configured to linearly travel along a bi-directional travel path as the third sprockets rotatably drive the second sprockets and the front looped chains.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Daniel Romein
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Patent number: 11970052Abstract: A drive device for a vehicle axle of a two-track vehicle having a drive unit having in particular an electric machine, which outputs on the output side on at least one driveshaft leading to a vehicle wheel, which driveshaft is divided into a wheel-side shaft section and an axle-side shaft section which can be coupled to one another or decoupled from one another in a driving manner by means of a formfitting clutch, in order to avoid drag losses in the deactivated drive unit in driving operation with deactivated drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Christian Holzapfel
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Patent number: 11970053Abstract: An electric axle assembly includes a suspension frame and drive assemblies coupled to opposing sides of the suspension frame. The electric axle assembly engages with wheels of a vehicle for rotating the wheels to move the vehicle along a round surface. A drive unit transfers motive force to the wheels through one or more gearsets and axle shafts.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.Inventor: Shaun Mepham
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Patent number: 11970054Abstract: The power storage module is housed in the first housing. The electronic device is housed in the second housing. The protection unit protects the second housing. The protection unit is disposed to overlap with the second housing in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the first housing and the second housing are arranged side by side. The protection unit includes a load receiving member, a pair of load transmitting members, and a reinforcing member. The pair of load transmitting members is disposed to face each other in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction in such a manner that a distance between the pair of load transmitting members increases from the load receiving member toward the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naohito Ogawa
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Patent number: 11970055Abstract: A blocking device for a front end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one stop, a support frame, at least one flap arranged inside the support frame. The at least one flap comprises a first end and a second end. The second end of the at least one flap comprises a release device. The release device comprises a first part and a second part which are connected by a male/female device. The first part of the release device is configured to come into contact with said at least one stop such that the first part and the second part move apart from one another by the rotation of the second part.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Frédéric Vacca, Karim Arab, Laura Marion
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Patent number: 11970056Abstract: A plastic tank for a motor vehicle. The plastic tank includes a container wall composed of plastic, an opening arranged in the container wall, a removable cover member operable to close and open the opening, and a stiffening ring member, composed of an injection-moulded plastic, embedded into an edge of the container wall that surrounds the opening, the stiffening ring member being operable to directly or indirectly support the cover member when the opening is closed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GesmbHInventors: Rainer Puchleitner, Manuel Bauer, Gregor Stiendl, Harald Humenberger
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Patent number: 11970057Abstract: A closing system is provided which includes a frame adapted to be mounted on a vehicle supply system, the frame being shaped as a spherical segment and extending between a first circular section and a second circular section. The frame has a plurality of first and second guides, arranged on a radially outer surface. The closing system has a plurality of curved panels, each curved panel being shaped as a spherical cap portion and constrained at a first end and a second end thereof to slide, respectively, along a first guide and a second guide between a first position, in which the curved panels jointly define an opening that allows access to the vehicle supply system, and a second position, in which the curved panels prevent access to the supply system. Control means control movement of the curved panels between the first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A.Inventors: Davide Converso, Fabrizio Giacometti, Alberto Caviolo
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Patent number: 11970058Abstract: A three-speed gearbox assembly for an electric drive vehicle includes four planetary gear sets connected to an electric motor output. A first clutch is configured to selectively couple the motor output to the first planetary gear set. A second clutch is configured to selectively ground a first portion of the first planetary gear set and a portion of the second planetary gear set to a housing. A selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) is configured to selectively ground a second portion of the first planetary gear set. The gearbox assembly is selectively switchable between (i) a first gear where the SOWC is engaged and the first and second clutches are disengaged, (ii) a second gear where the second clutch is engaged and the first clutch and the SOWC are disengaged, and (iii) a third gear where the first clutch is engaged and the second clutch and the SOWC are disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FCA US LLCInventor: Gregory Mordukhovich
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Patent number: 11970059Abstract: The invention relates to a system for interacting with an occupant of a motor vehicle comprising: a. a measuring device comprising at least one sensor arranged to acquire at least one parameter associated with the occupant of said vehicle; b. an on-board processing unit arranged to receive said parameter and to define a data item representing the emotional state of said occupant by means of said model, said representative data item being a comfort index score (CISn) of said occupant; c. the representative data item corresponding to a point in a two-dimensional space (anvn) for characterising the emotional state of the occupant; d. characterised in that an emotional comfort index is computed on the basis of the representative data item; e. and in that at least one actuator is configured to activate at least one multi-sensory stimulus for interacting with the occupant, said stimulus allowing the emotional state of said occupant to be changed.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Antoine Boilevin, Hamid Bessaa
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Patent number: 11970060Abstract: A head-up display for a transportation vehicle. The head-up display includes an imaging unit for generating an image, and an optical system for projecting the image onto a projection surface. The optical system includes at least a first mirror, a curved second mirror arranged adjacent to the first mirror, and a selectively reflective element configured in an optical path between the first mirror and the second mirror. The optical system is configured such that light emitted from the imaging unit is directed to pass through the selectively reflective element, reflected off the first mirror towards the selectively reflective element, reflected by the selectively reflective element towards the second mirror, and reflected by the second mirror towards the selectively reflective element, and passed through to be directed to the projection surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventor: Steffen Zozgornik
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Patent number: 11970061Abstract: The invention relates to an input assembly, comprising a carrier, an input part, which is mounted on the carrier in a manner capable of vibrating along at least one direction of movement) by means of mounting means, with an input surface intended to be touched by an operator and with a touch-detection device for detecting a touch upon the input surface by the operator, an electromagnetic actuator for exciting a movement of the input part along the direction of movement by means of an electric control signal in order to generate a haptic feedback for the operator in the case of a touch by the operator, wherein the actuator has a resiliently mounted additional mass and the actuator is attached to the input part via a vibration isolator.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: PREH GMBHInventors: Tobias Bodenstein, Andreas Kramlich
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Patent number: 11970062Abstract: Systems and method for an electrical system on an aircraft are provided. In example embodiments, the electrical system can be for an aircraft having a turbine engine. The turbine engine having a high pressure (HP) spool and a low pressure (LP) spool. The HP spool can be configured to drive a first generator to provide a first electrical output. The LP spool can be configured to drive a second generator to provide a second electrical output. The first generator and the second generator can be coupled to an electrical power distribution bus that provides electrical power to a load. A hybrid electric propulsion system and a secondary aircraft systems bus can both be coupled to the electrical power distribution bus. The electrical system can further include a control system configured to allocate power among the first generator, the second generator, and the hybrid electric propulsion system, and the secondary aircraft systems bus.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventor: Manish Ashvinkumar Dalal
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Patent number: 11970063Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes calculating, by a processing device, a motor acceleration error based at least in part on a motor torque and a motor speed. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a regression fit line based at least in part on the motor acceleration error. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device, a zero point using the regression fit line. The method further includes comparing, by the processing device, the zero point to a datum reference to determine a difference. The method further includes integrating, by the processing device, the difference to determine the lash angle. The method further includes controlling, by the processing device, the motor based at least in part on the lash angle.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Noah Jon Lovins-Wilusz, Robert L. Morris
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Patent number: 11970064Abstract: A multi-motor switching system and method for obtaining a global optimization of performance criteria that takes into account variables and conditions across an entire driving cycle. The controller of the system is adapted to conduct a global optimization in that it determines the most optimal distribution of motor loads over an entire trip or driving cycle, as opposed to sequentially determining the optimized solution for a given point of time and localized set of current condition. In one embodiment where the control system provides for global optimization, the controller receives trip information through a trip planning tool. The controller utilizes the trip information to generate a driving cycle and further incorporates this information into the optimization process performed by the controller to determine the optimal solution for the entire trip.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: System73 LtdInventors: William Erbey, Doron Paz, Duo Zhang, Mattias Bergstrom
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Patent number: 11970065Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control system and a vehicle are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle control device includes a first resistor circuit, a comparator, a control switch, and a second resistor circuit; the comparator is configured to receive a first voltage from the air bag module and output a high level signal to the control switch to enable the control switch to be switched on according to the high level signal, enable a battery management system to be grounded after the control switch is switched on, and enable the battery management system to be powered off after the battery management system is grounded, where the first voltage is sent out by the air bag module when a vehicle collision event is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Great Wall Motor Company LimitedInventors: Tengfei Guo, Zelin Gao, Wei Meng, Pengfei Xing, Chao Zhao
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Patent number: 11970066Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle comprising a chassis, a front axle and a rear axle spaced apart and coupled to the chassis, and a battery frame assembly coupled to the chassis between the front axle and the rear axle. The battery frame assembly comprises a plurality of transversely extending members and a plurality of longitudinally extending members, wherein the plurality of transversely extending members and the plurality of longitudinally extending members define a matrix of battery pack receptacles configured to receive at least one battery pack. The battery frame assembly is configured to deflect torsionally in response to torsional deflection of the front axle relative to the rear axle.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Nikola CorporationInventors: Cory Borghi, Saeid Emami, Umran Ashraf, Philipp Konold, Matthias Morath, Cihan Dere, Christian Krug
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Patent number: 11970067Abstract: A switching circuit for controlling charging input from a DC source to at least one inverter circuit, each inverter circuit corresponding to at least one respective battery, the switching circuit is provided with a switching device which when positioned in series with the inverter circuit and the DC source, the switching device configured to control the charging input provided to the at least one respective battery, the switching device controllable in conjunction with switches in the at least one inverter circuit based on at least one voltage of the at least one respective battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ELEAPPOWER LTD.Inventors: Peter Waldemar Lehn, Ruoyun Shi, Theodore Soong
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Patent number: 11970068Abstract: A base station for a power transmission system the base station including a generator for generating power having a duty ratio and frequency, a circuit having a coil, a measuring device for measuring real power and/or apparent power in the circuit, and a control device, wherein the circuit is connected to the generator and the measuring device, wherein the control device is connected to the measuring device and the generator, wherein the control device is configured to keep the duty ratio constant while varying the frequency from a starting frequency, use the measuring device to measure the real power and/or the apparent power while varying the frequency, keep the frequency constant and vary the duty ratio when a real power limit value and/or apparent power limit value is/are exceeded, and exclude a combination of values for the frequency and the duty ratio when varying the frequency and/or the duty ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BRUSA Elektronik AGInventors: Lukas Böhler, Marc Bosch
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Patent number: 11970069Abstract: A device tests the function of an antenna system. The antenna system has a plurality of antennas that are interconnected with an assigned input of a selection unit. The antennas of a first antenna group are interconnected with the inputs of a first multiplexer. The antennas of a second antenna group are interconnected with the inputs of a second multiplexer. The antennas of the first and second antenna groups are arranged adjacently and/or overlap in pairs. A computing unit provides control signals for the selection unit to feed an AC signal into a selected antenna of the first antenna group and to capture the antenna signal present on each antenna of the second antenna group for the selected antenna at an output of the selection unit. A fault is inferred from the comparison of the determined antenna signals for the selected antenna and associated expected antenna signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbHInventor: Christoph Haggenmiller
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Patent number: 11970070Abstract: An ECU performs processing including: a step of obtaining a pilot signal CPLT and a connector connection signal PISW; a step of determining, when a connector is attached, a type of the connector; a step of controlling, when there is a function corresponding to the type of the attached connector, the connector to be set to a lock state; a step of performing control corresponding to the attached connector; and a step of maintaining, when there is no function corresponding to the type of the attached connector, an unlock state of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Ando, Yoshiyuki Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11970071Abstract: The present invention presents a method providing an additional service during electric vehicle charging by (a) the electric vehicle charger (200) detecting connection with an electric vehicle (100) via a charging cable; (b) the electric vehicle charger (200) exchanging charging messages through a charging port in a PLC modem, when the connection is detected in step (a); and (c) the electric vehicle charger (200) providing an additional service for the electric vehicle once the charging begins, and therefore, providing additional services such as software updates, vehicle contents updates requested by a driver during the charging of the electric vehicle, and thus providing convenience for the car owners without visiting car diagnostic service center.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAEYOUNG CHAEVI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Soo Bae, Sang Ho Kim
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Patent number: 11970072Abstract: An example of a vehicle electrical system includes a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) having a first voltage and a power inverter electrically connected to the RESS. The system further includes an electric motor having a plurality of machine windings with each of the machine windings including a polyphase terminal electrically connected to the power inverter. The electric motor further includes a neutral terminal separate from the polyphase terminals. The system further includes an accessory load electrically connected to the power inverter and the neutral terminal of the electric motor, with the accessory load requiring a second voltage that is below the first voltage. A current flows through the machine windings to step down the first voltage to the second voltage. The power inverter is configured to cycle between first and second operational states, such that the power inverter steps down the first voltage to the second voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Rashmi Prasad, Chandra S. Namuduri
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Patent number: 11970073Abstract: A system for generating energy on board a vehicle can comprise a flywheel, a bearing, an energy generation unit, and a stabilization bracket. The flywheel can rotate based on at least a kinetic energy of a driven mass selectively coupled to the flywheel via the bearing. The energy generation unit can convert a mechanical energy received from the flywheel to an electrical energy and provide at least a portion of the electrical energy to a motor of the vehicle to power the vehicle. The stabilization bracket can support the flywheel and reduce vibrations of the flywheel or energy generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
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Patent number: 11970074Abstract: A battery charging and swapping system includes a plurality of charging seats, a first charging station, a first charging rail and a first conveying unit. The charging seats are operable to enter a first conveying space defined by the first charging station so as to be stored. The first charging rail is disposed at the first charging station, and supplies electrical energy to the charging seats. Via the first conveying unit, when one of the charging seats entering the first conveying space is carried and moved by the first conveying unit, at least one of the rest of the charging seats in the first conveying space is pushed by the one of the charging seats to move along the first conveying space.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventor: Kuo-Chen Yu
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Patent number: 11970075Abstract: Techniques are presented for scheduling the charging of electric vehicles (EVs) that protect the resources of local low voltage distribution networks. From utilities, data on local low voltage distribution networks, such as the rating of a distribution transformer through which a group of EVs are supplied, is provided to a load manager application. Telematics information on vehicle usage is provided from the EVs, such as by way of the original equipment manufacturer. From these data, the load manager application determines schedules for charging the group of EVs through a shared low voltage distribution network so that the capabilities of the local low voltage distribution network are not exceeded while meeting the needs of the EV user. Charging schedules are then transmitted to the on-board control systems of the EVs for implementation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Weave Grid, Inc.Inventors: Apoorv Bhargava, John Marshall Taggart
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Patent number: 11970076Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium for operating an electrical energy store is provided. The electrical energy store includes a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit. State variables of the electrical energy store are detected. The state variables are transmitted to a computation unit outside of the electrical energy store. The electrical energy store is operated based on operating parameters provided by the computation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christel Sarfert, Christoph Kroener, Jens Becker, Joerg Poehler
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Patent number: 11970077Abstract: A method for determining a cell voltage of a battery cell of a traction battery of a vehicle includes filtering the cell voltage of the battery cell by a filtering device, sampling the filtered cell voltage by an analogue to digital converter, transferring the filtered and sampled cell voltage as a cell voltage signal to a computing device, evaluating the cell voltage signal by the computing device, determining a ripple value which describes a ripple of the cell voltage, and evaluating the cell voltage signal depending on the ripple value.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Daimler AGInventor: Andreas Maier
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Patent number: 11970078Abstract: A system in a vehicle includes memory to store values obtained for a battery that supplies current to one or more loads. The values include battery state of charge. A processor obtains a measured battery current from a battery current sensor and a measured total current from a current sensor at a battery center that supplies the current directly to the one or more loads, obtain a generator current or a direct current-to-direct current (DC-DC) converter current from the measured total current and the battery current, determine a maximum available current as a sum of a maximum available battery current and either the generator current or the DC-DC converter current, and stop a supply of the current to one or more of the one or more loads based on a result of a comparison of the maximum available current with current draw by the one or more loads.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Chandra S. Namuduri, Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Lyall Kenneth Winger
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Patent number: 11970079Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for investigating an ageing condition of a battery (10) which is provided for power supply to an electric motor (20), comprising the steps of: determining at least one graphical progression of at least one operating parameter of the battery (10), checking the at least one graphical progression on at least one sinusoidal curve portion, if at least one sinusoidal curve portion is recognised, extracting the at least one sinusoidal curve portion, calculating an impedance of the battery (10) by means of impedance spectroscopy with reference to the at least one sinusoidal curve portion, and determining the ageing condition of the battery (10) with reference to the calculated impedance. The invention further relates to a computer program (30), a memory means, a control device (40) and a vehicle (100).Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Fabian Kai-Dietrich Noering, Martin Wünsch, Konstantin Jonas, Rainer Füssler
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Patent number: 11970080Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus distributed in a member configured to be removable in a mobile object, the information processing apparatus including: a type information obtaining unit, configured to obtain type information to distinguish at least one of a type and an application of the mobile object, when the member is installed in the mobile object; and a mobile object determination unit, configured to determine at least one of a type and an application of the mobile object installed by the member, based on the type information obtained by the type information obtaining unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kodaira, Yasuhiro Iwaki, Syouji Inose
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Patent number: 11970081Abstract: A battery charging apparatus and method for a vehicle are provided. The charging apparatus for the vehicle includes a third switching element provided between a first battery and a second battery, configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first battery and the second battery; a first switching element configured to supply or cut off a charging current supplied from outside to the first battery; a second switching element configured to supply or cut off the charging current supplied from the outside to the second battery; and a controller configured to control the first switching element, the second switching element, and the third switching element in order to selectively charge at least one of the first battery or the second battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sangkyu Lee, Young Chan Byun
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Patent number: 11970082Abstract: A system for mitigating thermal runaway in a battery-powered electric vehicle (EV). The system includes a gas sensor configured to measure a level of at least one type of gas in a vicinity of a battery of the EV, a thermal event detector configured to determine, based on the measured level of the at least one type of gas, that the battery is experiencing out-gassing, and a communications interface configured to transmit an alert to a fleet management system regarding the out-gassing of the battery. The fleet management system alters an assignment of the EV in response to the out-gassing of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman
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Patent number: 11970083Abstract: A method for controlling the braking operation of a motor vehicle including at least one electric drive machine, which is switchable into a generator mode effectuating a deceleration of the motor vehicle, as well as a friction braking device having multiple friction brakes, each assigned to a wheel, having brake elements, which are movable toward a brake disc via an actuator. A first braking is performed using the drive machine switched into the generator mode until a first threshold value of the regenerative power or deceleration is reached, after which additionally required braking power is provided by the friction braking device, which is also actuated upon reaching the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Roman Straßer
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Patent number: 11970084Abstract: A vehicle drive device and a control method therefor are provided. The vehicle drive device includes: a power source including a first rotating electrical machine; a second rotating electrical machine; a differential unit including three rotating elements to which a first output shaft, a second output shaft, and the second rotating electrical machine are connected; and an electronic control device. The electronic control device regeneratively controls the first rotating electrical machine and the second rotating electrical machine in such a manner that negative torque is applied to the first output shaft and the second output shaft, when performing regenerative control by the second rotating electrical machine in a drive mode in which torque from the power source is distributed to the first output shaft and the second output shaft by controlling torque of the second rotating electrical machine during deceleration of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Koji Takaira, Yuki Makino, Akinori Homan, Yosuke Akiyama, Akira Ijichi, Kunihiko Usui
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Patent number: 11970085Abstract: In a physical state sharable seat, a sensor is configured to acquire a measurement value specific to a physical state of an occupant seated on the seat body; and a controller connected to the sensor and thereby allowed to acquire the measurement value from the sensor is configured to be capable of communicating with other equipment. The controller includes: an evaluation unit configured to compute an evaluation value on the physical state, based on the measurement value; an evaluation value presentation unit configured to present the evaluation value at a terminal to be used by the occupant; a shared data acquisition unit configured to acquire an other-occupant evaluation value that is an evaluation value on a physical state of another person, acquired either by the evaluation unit or from another physical state sharable seat; and a shared data presentation unit configured to present the other-occupant evaluation value at the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
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Patent number: 11970086Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body and a driver seat. The vehicle body defines a driver compartment having a first door with a first window and a second door with a second window. The driver seat is disposed within the driver compartment. When the driver seat is in a position that accommodates an operator being in a 95th male height percentile, the operator within the driver seat can see out of (i) the first window at a first angle relative to a forward looking direction that is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body and (ii) the second window at a second angle relative to the forward looking direction. Each of the first angle and the second angle is at least 95 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Benjamin Andrews, Robert Wesley Holliday, Dan Nett, Annette Rantanen, Paul Schmidt, Nick Winter, Mitchell Wolfrath
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Patent number: 11970087Abstract: A method for operating a seat system, where the seat system includes a vehicle seat having a plurality of controllable moveable elements integrated into a seat cushion that forms a seat surface and/or into a seat back, includes prompting, during an activated muscle training program, a user on the vehicle seat to exert a pressure with a specific body region of the user on a predetermined region of the vehicle seat in which at least one of the plurality of controllable moveable element is arranged and determining a local and a temporal deviation between a pressure exerted by the user as an input signal and a specification as an output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Dario Wassili Lampe, Gudrun Schoenherr
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Patent number: 11970088Abstract: A seat control system for a vehicle includes a seat, a seat position changer, a door sensor, and a controller. When an occupant performs registration operation after an ignition switch is turned on, the controller is configured to: if the door sensor senses a closed state, store a current seat position of the seat as a driving position, in association with the information of the occupant; and, if the door sensor senses an open state, store the current seat position as a get-out position at a time when the occupant gets off the vehicle, in association with the information. After the registration operation is performed, the controller is configured to: change the seat position to the driving position by controlling the seat position changer before the vehicle travels; and change the seat position to the get-out position by controlling the seat position changer when the occupant gets off the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Otsuka, Osamu Okada
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Patent number: 11970089Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling an interior configuration of a vehicle following a collision. Sensor data that includes, or is derived from data that includes, data collected by one or more sensors is received, and a vehicle accident condition indicative of an accident having occurred is detected by processing the sensor data. After detecting the vehicle accident condition, an actuator component is caused to prevent a passenger from adjusting an interior vehicle component outside a predetermined range of physical configurations, while allowing the passenger to adjust the interior vehicle component within the predetermined range of physical configurations.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Scott T. Christensen, Brian M. Fields, Stephen R. Prevatt, Steve Roberson
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Patent number: 11970090Abstract: A railess variable seatback type rear seat includes: a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement; a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and a reclining angle change device configured to convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, Daechang Seat Co.,LTD-Dongtan, Hyundai Transys Inc.Inventors: Seung-Hyun Kim, Sang-Hyun Lee, Min-Ju Lee, Byung-Yong Choi, Chan-Ho Jung, Seon-Chae Na, Young-Woon Choi, Jae-Jin Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim, In-Chang Hwang
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Patent number: 11970091Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat in which the rotation device is disposed without compromising the passenger comfort in the cabin, a vehicle seat includes: a floor panel which has a sheet shape, constitutes a floor surface of a cabin, and has an elongated hole extending linearly; a slide device provided below the floor panel to be slidable along the elongated hole; a rotation device provided on the slide device to be rotatable about a rotation axis below the floor panel, the rotation axis extending vertically and overlapping with the elongated hole; a support leg which is columnar in shape, is provided on the rotation device along the rotation axis, and extends to above the floor panel by passing through the elongated hole; and a seat main body which is joined to an upper end of the support leg and on which an occupant can be seated.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Numajiri, Nobuyuki Tezuka, Akihito Kobayashi, Tadashi So, Akira Miyoshi, Tomoyuki Kurimoto
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Patent number: 11970092Abstract: An in-vehicle control apparatus is to be mounted in a vehicle having a self-driving function and a driver's seat that can be turned backward, and includes a direction determination unit configured to determine a direction of the driver's seat, and a control unit configured to control an operation of a device mounted in the vehicle in accordance with the direction that is determined by the direction determination unit. In addition, an in-vehicle control apparatus according to the present embodiment is to be mounted in a vehicle having a self-driving function, and includes a self-driving determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is self-driving, and a control unit configured to perform control for restricting an operation of a device mounted in the vehicle in accordance with a determination result of the self-driving determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Shota Ushiro
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Patent number: 11970093Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat that allows detection of forgetting to mount a bracket for centering in a recliner with a limited space along a seat-width direction. One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a recliner mounted to a back frame. The recliner includes a recliner plate, a recliner main body configured to pivot the back frame relative to the recliner plate, a bracket fixed to the recliner plate, and a hinge pin penetrating the recliner main body, the recliner plate, and the bracket. The recliner plate includes a confirmation hole not overlapping the recliner main body. The bracket includes a body portion having a first through hole, and a detection target portion extending from the body portion to the confirmation hole and overlapping the confirmation hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Kawabata, Yoshihiro Murase
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Patent number: 11970094Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base for a safety seat, which includes a base body and a support mechanism mounted with the base body for supporting the seat on a vehicle seat. The support mechanism includes a support member extending out of the base body and movable back and forth with respect to the base body, and an adjustment assembly configured to adjust a position of the support member with respect to the base body.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AGInventor: Yingzhong Chen
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Patent number: 11970095Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell, a headrest and a side protection part. The seat shell has a seat portion, a backrest portion and a sidewall, the sidewall protruding forward from the backrest portion. The headrest is connected with the backrest portion and is movable along the backrest portion, the headrest having a side support portion protruding forward. The side protection part is disposed adjacent to the sidewall at an inner side thereof, the side protection part extending along the inner side of the sidewall from a location adjacent to the seat portion toward a top of the backrest portion, a portion of the side protection part being located between the sidewall and the side support portion of the headrest.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AGInventor: Xiao Long Mo
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Patent number: 11970096Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base, a split seatback having a seatback frame and pivotally coupled to the seat base, the split seatback having a first seatback and a second seatback, a first pivot mechanism coupled to the seatback frame allowing the split seatback to pivot between an upright position and a folded position, and a motor for moving the split seatback to pivot to the folded position. The assembly also includes a second pivot mechanism comprising a pair of locking pivot mechanisms coupled to the second seatback for releasably holding the second seatback in an upright position, a dump spring operatively coupled to the second seatback to spring bias the second seatback towards the folded position, and a second mechanism comprising a pull mechanism for releasing the second pair of pivot mechanisms to allow the second seatback to move to the folded position.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jaspinder S. Sahi, Matthew T. Jensen, Rabindranath Persad, Christopher Rumaczyk, Kurt Leon Kormos
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Patent number: 11970097Abstract: A vehicle seat having a panel arranged as a trim part on a structure of the vehicle seat by means of a panel holder so as to be fixed to the seat structure. Provision is made that the panel holder includes, in addition to a primary frame, a crash-modified auxiliary frame, which frames are made of formed wires, wherein the auxiliary frame, in the assembled state of the panel holder and the panel, is arranged in a critical region of the panel where a high crash force acts on the panel in the event of a crash.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Steffen Maciej, Marcel Reps
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Patent number: 11970098Abstract: The center console structure for a vehicle includes a console body; an armrest; and a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to the mobile terminal via a placement surface on which the mobile terminal is placed. The console body includes a top plate section serving as an upper surface; a terminal accommodation section having the placement surface and arranged on a vehicle rear side of the top plate section and on a vehicle lower side of the armrest; and a right and left pair of console side surface sections arranged to oppose each other in a vehicle width direction with the terminal accommodation section being interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naohiro Sera, Osamu Ueda, Narumi Nahara, Kouji Furukawa, Shohei Kuroda, Hiroshi Ohno