Patents Issued in May 28, 2024
  • Patent number: 11993185
    Abstract: The vehicle seat includes an integral child carrier that deploys and unfolds for use as either a child seat or an infant cradle for safely transporting infants while being conveniently stowed when not in use. The child carrier includes a folding seat/cradle that in certain embodiments doubles as both an upright child seat and reclined infant cradle. The folding seat/cradle rides on its own carrier sub-frame that is mounted to the main seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame allows the seat/cradle movement between a stowed position where the folded seat/cradle lies flat within or against the seat back frame and a deployed position where the unfolded seat/cradle extends outward from the seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame includes one or more slide rails, slide blocks, a linkage member and a latch assembly. The seat/cradle includes a seat panel hinged to a back panel that unfold to form a secure seat or cradle from a flat stowed package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: E.V.S. Ltd.
    Inventors: Stewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: 11993186
    Abstract: A side wing adjustment mechanism and an adjustable sitting device, the side wing adjustment mechanism includes: a pin arranged on the headrest; and an inclined grooves arranged on the side wing, a distance between a portion of the inclined grooves and the longitudinal center axis gradually decreases in a direction extending from bottom to top toward the headrest along a longitudinal center axis of the backrest, and the pin is slidable along the inclined grooves. According to the application, the side wing can be folded and opened at will, and the structure of the application is more inclusive. During the opening and folding process, puling of the headrest or pushing of the side wing can be performed more smoothly and labor-savingly, and the phenomenon of deflection and jamming can be avoided, such that the opening and folding process of the side wings is smoother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zujian Liu
  • Patent number: 11993187
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: left and right side members extending up and down; a lower cross member extending laterally and joined to the left and right side members, a cross member extending laterally above the lower cross member and joined to the left and right side members; at least one wire member extending up and down and joined to the lower cross member and the cross member; and at least one shoulder support member supported on an upper portion of the wire member. The shoulder support member includes: a first plate part facing in a front-rear direction and joined to the upper portion of the wire member; and a second plate part facing in the front-rear direction and connected to the first plate part via a flexible part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yamaguchi, Heehyeok Park
  • Patent number: 11993188
    Abstract: An adjustable bed assembly for a vehicle includes a contoured bed frame, a foundation disposed in the bed frame and coupled to an articulated frame having a support platform with a plurality of sectional support members. A linkage mechanism couples the support platform to the foundation and a drive mechanism operably coupled to the linkage assembly adjusts the position of at least one sectional support member. A mattress is disposed on the support platform and configured to conform with the plurality of sectional support members. A monitor mounted on the bed frame is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A control device has a first preset for concurrently adjusting the articulated frame and moving the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy O'Hara, Kevin Sethapun, Salvador Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11993189
    Abstract: A grab bar mount is provided. The grab bar mount includes an upper member having a first channeled recess and a lower member having a second channeled recess. The first channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of an upper portion of a grab bar post of an off road vehicle. The second channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of a lower portion of the grab bar post of the off road vehicle. The upper member and the lower member are releasably coupled together around the grab bar post with the grab bar post extending through the first and second channeled recesses. The grab bar mount geometry of the channeled recesses operate to engage the outer surfaces of the grab bar post and inhibits movement of the grab bar mount with respect to the grab bar post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Gary Andrew Myers
  • Patent number: 11993190
    Abstract: A storage device for a vehicle has a housing, a drawer, which in normal use can be moved relative to the housing in a vehicle longitudinal direction between a closed state and an open state, a movable wall, and a movement mechanism, which is designed to change the position of the movable wall from the closed state of the drawer, in which closed state the movable wall is in a retracted position, at least into a first extended position in the open state of the drawer. In the retracted position, the movable wall is arranged in a cavity of a wall of the drawer. In the first extended position, the movable wall is at least partially arranged in an interior of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manuel Baur, Andreas Beck, Markus Riess, Nicolas Rojek
  • Patent number: 11993191
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Daewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11993192
    Abstract: Several aspects of this disclosure relate to a translocatable hopper that is mounted for example at the forward part of a front-end loader vehicle. The hopper receives, re-positions and delivers a slurry to a jobsite and preferably is detachably attached to a vehicle. In several embodiments, the hopper is translocatable from a resting position to a delivery position through one or more intermediate positions. Preferably, a front wall has an outlet gate and a chute extending therefrom. The chute is configured to direct slurry into the jobsite, A rising and falling sluice gate is associated with the chute. The slurry moves outwardly from the chute when the sluice gate is at least partially opened as the hopper is placed at or near or above the delivery position above the jobsite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Holman, David Masar
  • Patent number: 11993193
    Abstract: A structure for transporting ready-made meals and various kinds of foodstuffs includes a supporting framework, at least one shelf adapted to support the foodstuffs, the at least one shelf (being constrained to a central top portion of the framework with a pendulum suspension device, so that the at least one shelf always maintains a substantially horizontal position regardless of the configuration of the external supporting framework, the symmetry axis of the structure coinciding with the symmetry axis of the pendulum device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Simona Nicoletta Camilla Spriano
  • Patent number: 11993194
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first opening that is provided at the vehicle body and that places a cabin interior and a cabin exterior in communication with each other, a second opening that is provided at the vehicle body at a different position from the first opening, and that places the cabin interior and the cabin exterior in communication with each other, a housing unit that is configured to accommodate a package in the cabin interior, that has one end disposed at a side corresponding to the first opening, and that has another end positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the one end such that the housing unit is inclined in a vehicle downward direction from the one end toward the other end, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the package between the housing unit and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kiyokami
  • Patent number: 11993195
    Abstract: A mobility for storing a personal transportation includes a first storage unit formed on a side of the mobility and configured for storing the personal transportation therein without folding thereof; a second storage unit formed on a side of the mobility and configured for storing the personal transportation therein after the personal transportation is folded; a controller configured to control the first storage unit and the second storage unit in response to a mobility user's request; and a server configured to receive information related to whether the first storage unit and the second storage unit are used, and a remaining battery capacity, use time, and movable distance of the stored personal transportation from the controller, and to communicate with the mobility user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11993196
    Abstract: A shelf system may have a framework with several support members. The support members may support at least one movable shelf. The system may have an upper bracket connected to one of the support members and a rail adapted to permit selective sliding movement of the upper bracket with respect to the rail. The rail may be connected to one of the support members. The rail may extend toward another support member, but it may terminate before it reaches the support member leaving a gap between the rail and support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Adrian Steel Company
    Inventor: Zachary John Push
  • Patent number: 11993197
    Abstract: A goods vehicle has a chassis with at least one load deck, a plurality of steerable carriages underneath the load deck and an attachment and support assembly for the load, to be transported, supported by the chassis; the attachment and support assembly being provided with an attachment head for the load to be transported, a multiple-bar kinematic system for coupling the support head to the chassis and an actuator for moving the support head with respect to the chassis with a roto-translational motion; the support head being coupled to the kinematic system by means of a hinge having a movable hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FAYMONVILLE DISTRIBUTION AG
    Inventor: Fabrizio Lippi
  • Patent number: 11993198
    Abstract: A rear seat latch release device is easily installed to a portion of a rear seat holding mechanism so the rear seat can be released and more effectively folded down. The rear seat latch release device is specifically designed to surround the factory latch, and allow a pull strap to be added, which can more easily and effectively operate the rear seat latch. Components of the rear seat latch release device are designed to easily cooperate with several variations in the factory latch, thereby allowing installation in many different situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BuiltRight Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Matt Beenen
  • Patent number: 11993199
    Abstract: A tension monitoring device that attaches or clamps onto to a tensioned cargo load securing strap and wirelessly communicates the tension level to the driver via a remote device, such as a mobile smartphone. One or more devices may be installed on a vehicle or trailer to be simultaneously monitoring the tension conditions during transit. The tension signal from the device is received and processed by the mobile smartphone application to display the real-time tension relative to unsafe levels and transmit alerts to the driver when an unsafe or undesired condition occurs. The tension monitoring device includes an electromechanical sensor and microprocessor, powered by a battery, and packaged inside two hinged weatherproof housings for the ability to clamp onto a tensioned cargo strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: John Andrew Schultz
  • Patent number: 11993200
    Abstract: A locking latch assembly for an adjustable-height twistlock assembly includes a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a housing base of the twistlock assembly, a latch having a forked portion configured to engage with a shaft rigidly connected to a locking pin of the twistlock assembly, an axle passing through the mounting bracket, and a latch pin secured on the mounting bracket. The latch is secured around the axle to allow the latch to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. The latch pin engages a first surface of the latch when the latch is in a locked position, and engages a second surface of the latch when the latch is in an unlocked position. The forked portion of the latch is configured to engage with the shaft, in the locked position of the latch, so that the shaft is substantially restricted from rotational movement. The locking pin has a head and a stem, and the shaft is secured to the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BUFFERS USA, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Elseser
  • Patent number: 11993201
    Abstract: Method for controlling modules for projecting pixelated light beams of a host vehicle. The host vehicle includes a step of determining, using a control device and according to the collected data, a polynomial function which models the profile of the edge and the centre of the road, such that the road profile is modelled based on a polynomial function, the degree of which depends on the curvature of the road. Also included is a step of determining, by means of the control device, a starting point (Pd) and an arrival point (Pa) of an area for projection (ZPd, ZPg, ZP) of patterns, and a step of determining, by means of the control device, a distance (De) between an axis (Ac) of a data/image acquisition means and the patterns, respectively for a right projection area ZPd and a left projection area ZPg. The control device is used to determine the width (Lm) of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Hafid El Idrissi
  • Patent number: 11993202
    Abstract: A vehicle light distribution control apparatus includes a first surrounding environment recognition device configured to recognize a surrounding environment around a vehicle and detect first object information in the recognized surrounding environment, and a second surrounding environment recognition device configured to acquire map information in a predetermined range based on the positional information of the vehicle, and second object information included in the acquired map information, and an illumination device configured to radiate illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuramochi, Masashi Okano, Satoshi Nakano, Shuhei Dairokuno, Motohiro Hidaka, Katsuyuki Umezawa, Tatsuro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11993203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicular lighting device, the vehicular lighting device including a duct provided in a front bumper in such a manner as to be positioned in front of a front wheel, an opening and closing unit rotatably coupled to the front bumper in such a manner as to open and close the duct, a lamp installed inside the duct in such a manner as to be positioned behind the opening and closing unit, and a reflector installed inside the duct and reflecting light, emitted by the lamp, toward the opening and closing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Soon Mo Lee, Chan Ho Joo
  • Patent number: 11993204
    Abstract: A vehicle alert system and method are provided. The vehicle alert system and method provide for a non-audible alert upon actuation of an actuation area, such as a car horn. The non-audible alert may include operating or actuating one or more lights. A mobile application may be provided for providing an alert in response to the actuation of the actuation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald E. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11993205
    Abstract: A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available. Management information includes use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information. Further, the remote driving taxi system puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Nishitani, Rio Suda, Hiroshi Yonenaga, Hidekazu Sasaki, Tatsushi Takenaka, Shun Ota, Akihiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11993206
    Abstract: A driver curtesy including a frame which stores an electronic system and an electric system allowing to display a message to other vehicles. The frame consists of a front and back portion wherein the front portion is configured to be exposed to the outside of a vehicle and the back portion is configured to be attached to the exterior surface of the vehicle by an attachment adapter. The electronic system allows a display to show emergencies, informative and preventive messages when activating the frame by the electric system which provides power to the frame when displaying the messages. The frame can be customized to any shape and include an attachment which can be adapted thereof capable of being attached to any vehicle or trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Minh Quang Diep
  • Patent number: 11993207
    Abstract: A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle, the steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel frame and a tactile notification device coupled to the steering wheel frame. The tactile notification device includes a mounting frame, a first set of disks arranged around and coupled to the first mounting frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the first set of disks. The actuator is configured to rotate the set of disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Mikio David
  • Patent number: 11993208
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an image processing system for processing image data received from first and second imaging devices provided on a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle connected by an articulated coupling. The image processing system includes one or more controller. The image processing system has an input configured to receive first image data from a first imaging device disposed on the towed vehicle and second image data from a second imaging device disposed on the towing vehicle. The first imaging device has a first field of view and the first image data represents a first scene behind the towed vehicle. The second imaging device has a second field of view and the second image data represents a second scene behind the towing vehicle. The image processing system includes a processor configured to determine an obscuration region in the second field of view which is obscured by the towed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Aaron Freeman-Powell
  • Patent number: 11993209
    Abstract: A multi-camera vision system is utilized onboard a work vehicle having an operator cabin and an apparatus associated with performance of a work task. The system includes: one or more display devices defining a plurality of display areas and a plurality of cameras carried by the work vehicle and coupled to display feeds at the display areas. A first camera of the cameras is oriented to selectively provide a first selected feed of at least a portion of the apparatus during performance of the work task. A controller is configured to display the first selected feed of the selected feeds with an insert, overlay, or icon that indicates the origin and orientation of the first camera as the first selected feed depicts performance of the work task by the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian M. Huenink, Jeremy B. Shuler, Jake Flanders, Christopher M. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11993210
    Abstract: An in-vehicle camera fixing structure includes a casing that supports an in-vehicle camera, and a bracket that holds the casing below. The casing includes a fulcrum rod protruding forward, and a left shaft and a right shaft supported above the casing and extending in a lateral direction. The bracket includes a fulcrum support structure that swingably supports the fulcrum rod, left and right temporary shaft placement pieces, and left and right shaft fixing structures that fix the left shaft and the right shaft in front of the left and right temporary shaft placement pieces, respectively. When the casing is directed forward and the casing is attached to the bracket, the left and right temporary shaft placement pieces guide the left shaft and the right shaft forward, and guide the left shaft and the right shaft toward the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Maeda, Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Keiichiro Ito, Keiji Onodera, Satoshi Hasegawa, Kouki Tsukui, Keirai Jyou, Daisuke Kanou
  • Patent number: 11993211
    Abstract: A door-trim panel for a vehicle includes an armrest and a top roll extending upwardly from the armrest to an upper end. The upper end has an inboard portion and an outboard portion and the upper end is elongated along a longitudinal axis. The top roll includes pairs of ribs spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis. The pairs of ribs include an inboard rib extending from the inboard portion toward the outboard portion to an outboard end. The pairs of ribs include an outboard rib adjacent to and spaced from the inboard rib of that pair. The outboard rib extends from the outboard portion toward the inboard portion to an inboard end of the outboard rib. The inboard ribs and outboard ribs are elongated transverse to the longitudinal axis. The inboard end and the outboard end are spaced from the inboard portion of the top roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Muhsin M. Hamdoon, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Humberto Memetla Martinez, Jeffery Howell, Israel Hiram Loza, Robin Burnett
  • Patent number: 11993212
    Abstract: A system includes a first portion comprising: a bowl to receive liquid body waste and a receptacle to receive a tube, a base having at least one anti-slip surface on a bottom of the base, a leveling device incorporated into the base and configured to allow the bowl to be angled at an angle of zero to fifteen degrees, the leveling device having at least one rod in a leveling rod slot of the base, each rod having a corresponding pin and a first handle on a right side of the bowl and a second handle on a left side of the bowl, and a second portion comprising: a hose that connects from the tube on a first end to a container on a second end to transport the liquid body waste from the bowl to the container, the container storing the liquid body waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Flow-N-Go Company LLC
    Inventor: Shana Kaye Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11993213
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a wiring member includes a plate-like member provided in a vehicle, a wiring member disposed on a main surface of the plate-like member, and a fixing member fixing the wiring member to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes a housing part inserted into the plate-like member, a locking protrusion provided to extend outward from the housing part, and a protrusion extension part housed in the housing part and spreading the locking protrusion outside to lock the locking protrusion inside the plate-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Ryuta Takakura, Syo Shiratori, Satoshi Ujita, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11993214
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a data and/or command device, in particular for vehicles, having at least one communication unit for receiving at least item of non-charging-related object information from at least one electrical unit, in particular a hand-held power tool, and/or at least one item of vehicle information from at least one vehicle in which the electrical unit is situated. According to the disclosure, the data and/or command device comprises at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit which is designed to output at least one signal and/or to control the electrical unit in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner depending on an evaluation of the non-charging-related item of object information and/or the item of vehicle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 11993215
    Abstract: A drive device includes: a control storage unit of a current value of a control signal indicating a drive state of each of loads; a drive unit of the switches according to the current value; an acquisition unit of a current drive state of each load; a determination storage unit of a transition determination value; and a determination unit that compares a correlated drive state of each load correlated with the current value with the transition determination value, and determines that the current value is abnormal when the correlated drive state and the transition determination value satisfy a predetermined corresponding relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Takahashi, Akito Ito, Kotaro Tanaka, Keisuke Atsumi
  • Patent number: 11993216
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag arranged in a region of a vehicle seat, that inflates from this region, and is allocated to an occupant in the vehicle seat. The airbag inflates upwards in the direction of a vehicle vertical axis, has a balloon-shaped section and adjacent thereto a further section and is positioned, in its operative position, in such a manner that the airbag encloses legs and a lower body of the occupant and this enclosing region forms an impact and support region for a head and an upper body of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Claus Geisler, Juergen Warwel, Abdulkadir Oeztuerk
  • Patent number: 11993217
    Abstract: A side airbag device with a base member for an inflator to be easily fixed thereto, and a method for manufacturing same is provided. The side airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas; a base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator, and to be fixed to a vehicle body; an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface; and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes an inflator fixing portion to which the inflator is fixed and a base member fixing portion which is located in a position different from a position of the inflator fixing portion and fixed to the base member. The base member includes, at a left or right side portion thereof, a bracket fixing portion to which the mounting bracket is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamabe, Daisuke Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11993218
    Abstract: An occupant protecting device provided inside or below a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, comprising an airbag cushion capable of expanding and deploying a seat surface of the seat cushion; and an inflator. The airbag cushion includes a lower panel, an upper panel longer than the lower panel in the front-rear direction of the vehicle seat, and mutually opposing side panels joined to the lower panel and the upper panel. The airbag cushion has a first mounting point attached to the vehicle seat side and a second mounting point attached to the vehicle seat side on the rear side of the first mounting point in the front-rear direction of the vehicle seat. The lower panel and the upper panel are mutually joined to a first mounting point and a second mounting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Ryota Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 11993219
    Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag configured to be deployed from a roof of the vehicle. The airbag includes a front panel configured to face the occupant and a rear panel configured to face away from the occupant. An external tether has ends connected to the rear panel on an exterior of the airbag. The external tether has a length measured between the ends that is shorter than the length of the rear panel extending between the connections of the external tether to the rear panel so as to cause the airbag to have a curved portion when inflated and deployed, the curved portion facing convexly toward the occupant. In one example configuration, the curved portion can be configured to receive the occupants head and to unbend in response to receiving the occupants head, wherein the unbending causes the front panel to crumple and form creases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Douglas M. Gould, Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar, Gabriela Diaz
  • Patent number: 11993220
    Abstract: A driver seat airbag device includes an airbag cushion installed at a center portion 108 of a steering wheel of a vehicle which is configured to expand and deploy toward an occupant in a driver seat; and an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a steering side panel provided on the steering wheel side and an occupant side panel joined to the occupant side of the steering side panel. The shape of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion is such that the portion, which is the largest area of the cross section orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the steering wheel, is formed further toward the front side of the vehicle than the center portion between the frontmost portion of the steering side panel and the rearmost portion of the occupant side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Ryota Ishigaki, Yutaka Hirota, Christopher Banatin
  • Patent number: 11993221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle, in which a raw cushion fabric 210 provided in the form of a single flat panel is coupled by sewing to an inner cushion part 110 provided in the form of a flat panel, and a front cushion 200 is formed by using the raw cushion fabric 210 provided in the form of a flat panel. Therefore, the sewing coupling may be easily and smoothly performed, and particularly the tolerance in respect to the sewing coupling may be reduced, thereby improving quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Dong Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11993222
    Abstract: A technique of improving pressure resistance performance of an igniter assembly is provided. The igniter assembly includes an igniter body including an ignition portion filled with an igniting charge and an electro-conductive portion extending from the ignition portion, an igniter collar including a tubular peripheral wall portion that surrounds at least the electro-conductive portion of the igniter body, and a resin molded article that is interposed between the igniter body and the igniter collar and integrates the igniter body and the igniter collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Mitsunabe, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11993223
    Abstract: A vehicle seat connector assembly comprising a first connector coupled to the seat of the vehicle and including a first inductive coil. A second connector is coupled to the vehicle and includes a second inductive coil. The first and second connectors are positioned relative to each other into a first relationship with the first and second connectors coupled to each other and the first and second inductive coils positioned opposite each other to define a closed inductive coil circuit and a second relationship with the first and second connectors and the first and second inductive coils separated from each other to define an open inductive coil circuit. A third inductive coil is located on the vehicle seat belt buckle and a coil cable extends between the first inductive coil of the first connector and the third inductive coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Moore, Gregory Bunin, Xiaofeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11993224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety belt retractor, including a bracket, a spool, a locking device, a vehicle sensing device (20) and a vehicle sensing suppression device, wherein the vehicle sensing suppression device includes a driven part and a suppression part. The driven part can be driven by the spool. The suppression part can be held on the driven part by an adhesive force, wherein the driven part has a sliding track, and the suppression part has a sliding portion that can slide on the sliding track against the adhesive force. The suppression part can be limited in a first end position, in which it can suppress the vehicle sensing function of the vehicle sensing device, and it can release the vehicle sensing function of the vehicle sensing device when leaving away from the first end position. Here, the mechanism for achieving the function of suppressing the vehicle sensing noise is simple in structure and low in cost, and can effectively reduce the vehicle sensing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: YANFENG AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lijun Zhang, Fei Wang
  • Patent number: 11993225
    Abstract: A system for operating a handleless door of an automobile having an outer surface includes a remotely-controlled door latch, a sensor disposed at at least one of: disposed behind a window seal; assembled on the window seal; and overmolded in the window seal, and configured to sense an input from a user to open the door, the window seal being configured to transmit an input force to the sensor, and an antenna configured to receive a radio signal from a key fob in vicinity of the antenna. The system also includes a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system coupled to the antenna to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile and a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicating the user provided input to open the door, receive an authentication signal from the PEPS system to authenticate the key fob, and cause the remotely-controlled door latch to release based on receiving the signal from the sensor and the authentication signal from PEPS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: INTEVA FRANCE
    Inventors: Michael Maddelein, Jean-Marc Belmond, Pascal Philippe, Pascal Bonduel
  • Patent number: 11993226
    Abstract: An on-vehicle control device includes a transmission unit transmitting to a mobile device a response request signal requesting a response in response to operation of instructing a start of a driving source causing a vehicle to drive. An authentication unit authenticates the mobile device and performs start control of the driving source depending on success or failure of authentication by the authentication unit. A determination unit determines a presence or an absence of unauthorized authentication for the authentication unit. A detection unit detects an authorized occupant for the vehicle. A start prohibition unit prohibits the start of the driving source when the determination unit determines that unauthorized authentication is present for the authentication unit. A start permission unit permits the start of the driving source regardless of determination by the determination unit when the detection unit detects the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Furuta, Akira Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11993227
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a controller (20) for controlling operation of an access control device (2) for a vehicle (3). The access control device (2) is selectively operable in a first operating mode (P1) and a second operating mode (P2). The access control device (2) is in a limited response mode when operating in the first operating mode (P1). The controller (20) includes a processor (24) and a memory means (23). The processor (24) is configured to determine a position of the access control device (2) and to generate a control signal for activating the first operating mode (P1). The control signal is generated in dependence on the determined position of the access control device (2). The controller (20) may be provided in the access control device (2). The present disclosure also relates to a method of controlling operation of an access control device (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Howard Siswick, Mohammed Khan, John Davies
  • Patent number: 11993228
    Abstract: A sensor is configured to receive connection information from a portable device via a communication gateway in a vehicle and to communicate with a portable device using impulse radio (IR) ultra-wide band (UWB) communication based on the connection information. A location of the portable device is determined based on ranging using IR UWB communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Golsch, Steven Sute
  • Patent number: 11993229
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier contains: a fixing device, a rotation device, a control device, and a holder. The fixing device includes a connection rod and a positioning seat. The positioning seat has a longitudinal receiving orifice and a lateral receiving orifice. The rotation device includes a casing, a grip, and a grasp space. The control device includes an actuation post, a pull lever, a spring, and an insertion portion. The pull lever has a joining portion and an extension. When the extension is pulled by an external force, the insertion portion removes from the longitudinal receiving orifice and the lateral receiving orifice so that the rotation device is forced to rotate between a horizontal fixing position and a horizontal fixing position reciprocately. When the external force to the extension disappears, the rotation device is located on the vertical fixing position, and the insertion portion is received in the vertical receiving orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Che-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 11993230
    Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system that includes a single pump and a plurality of cleaners which are connected to the single pump and clean different cleaning target objects with a cleaning medium is disclosed. The cleaning target objects include a sensor which detects information on outside of a vehicle and a cleaner control unit which operates the plurality of cleaners in accordance with input of a signal. The cleaner control unit is capable of operating the plurality of cleaners such that cleaning methods of the plurality of cleaners are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Masayuki Kondo, Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota
  • Patent number: 11993231
    Abstract: A control unit for at least one vehicle deceleration device of a vehicle. The control unit includes an electronics unit including a memory unit in which a characteristic curve is stored which specifies a relation between a first input variable specified by an operation of a brake actuation element of the vehicle, and a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint vehicle deceleration exerted on the vehicle using the at least one vehicle deceleration device. The electronics device newly specifies at least one characteristic curve value of the characteristic curve under consideration of a second input variable specified by the driver by an operation of an accelerator of the vehicle, a current traffic and/or environment situation, and/or an ascertained position of the vehicle and a position-specific item of traffic and/or environment information, and the correspondingly modified characteristic curve is stored in the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Greiner
  • Patent number: 11993232
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic brake system including: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; an integrated master cylinder including a simulation chamber, a simulation piston provided in the simulation chamber to be displaceable by a brake pedal, a master chamber, a master piston provided in the master chamber to be displaceable by a displacement of the simulation piton or a hydraulic pressure of the simulation chamber, an elastic member provided between the simulation piston and the master piston, a piston spring elastically supporting the master piston, a simulation flow path connecting the simulation chamber to the reservoir, and a simulator valve provided in the simulation flow path to control a flow of a pressurized medium; a hydraulic pressure providing unit provided to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure control unit including a first hydraulic circuit prov
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Seok Kim, Seong Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11993233
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Seok Kim, Seong Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11993234
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an axle structure for a motor vehicle, preferably a utility vehicle, for installing a first wheel and a second wheel. The axle structure has a longitudinal axis and defines a vertical reference plane which extends along the longitudinal axis, and the axle structure comprises a first brake cylinder, which preferably has a first central line and is preferably used to brake the first wheel, and a second brake cylinder, which preferably has a second central line and is preferably used to brake the second wheel. The axle structure is characterized in particular in that the first brake cylinder is arranged on one side of the reference plane, and the second brake cylinder is arranged on the other side of the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Man Truck & Bus SE
    Inventors: Steve Sattler, Jürgen Hintereder, Robert Hörmann