Patents Issued in September 17, 2024
  • Patent number: 12090859
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a flow of electrical power between an electrical energy source and at least two electric machines of a working vehicle. In one step, an electrical power which can be drawn from the energy source is determined. In a further step, at least two electrical powers which are required for the at least two electric machines are determined. In yet another step, the electrical power which can be drawn is distributed to the at least two electric machines in the ratio of the at least two required electrical powers, such a distribution being carried out if the sum of the at least two required electrical powers is greater than the electrical power which can be drawn. The disclosure also relates to a controller for carrying out the described method and to a working vehicle having such a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Migen Bebeti, Rico Glöckner, Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 12090860
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle. The vehicle includes an axle assembly and a one-pedal driving system. The axle assembly may be operatively connected to an electrical machine that is configured to provide torque to a vehicle wheel. The one-pedal driving system that has a pedal that controls torque provided by the electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar, Frank Falcone, Ameya Jathar
  • Patent number: 12090861
    Abstract: The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Nishimine, Yoichiro Isami, Yoshio Itou, Hiroyuki Amano, Tatsuya Imamura, Hiroaki Ebuchi, Hiroaki Kodera
  • Patent number: 12090862
    Abstract: Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for thermal event mitigation during vehicle towing, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such intelligent control systems. A method of operating a host vehicle includes a resident or remote vehicle controller verifying the host vehicle is an incapacitated state. Responsive to the incapacitation of the host vehicle, the controller detects the host vehicle being towed by a tow vehicle and identifies a wireless-enabled portable computing device (PCD) within a predefined range of the host vehicle. Responsive to the host vehicle being towed, the controller determines if the wireless-enabled PCD is on the tow vehicle while towing the host vehicle. Upon detection of a thermal event in at least one battery cell in the host vehicle's battery system while the host vehicle is being towed, the controller responsively commands a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation to mitigate the thermal event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Eric T. Hosey, Matthew Neely, Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres, Russell A Patenaude
  • Patent number: 12090863
    Abstract: A discharge apparatus for an electrical drive arrangement of a vehicle, having an input interface, having an output interface, having a main switching device, wherein the main switching device is connected to the input interface, having a first discharge branch, wherein a first input of the first discharge branch is connected to the main switching device, having a second discharge branch, and having a control device, wherein the control device is designed to connect the first discharge branch in a first discharge state of the discharge apparatus and to connect the second discharge branch in a second discharge state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Aurel-Vasile Neic, Christian Spindelberger, Marcus Woegerer, Gyula Huszar
  • Patent number: 12090864
    Abstract: A control device includes a limit value calculation unit that, when a rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, subtracts a power consumption value from a discharge power limit value of a power storage device to calculate an input limit value, and a control unit that, when the rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, controls the inverter so that a power consumption value of the rotary electric machine is equal to or less than the input limit value. In response to an abnormality occurring wherein a normal power consumption value cannot be achieved when the rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, the limit value calculation unit sets the power consumption value of the electrical device for calculating the input limit value on an upper limit side of a range in which the power consumption value takes when the electrical device is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Suzuki, Yasuhisa Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 12090865
    Abstract: The storage module for an energy store of a motor vehicle includes multiple storage cells. The multiple storage cells are wired together according to a circuit topology and are electrically connected together for storing electric energy. Each storage cell has at least one electric heating element for heating the each storage cell. The heating elements are electrically connected to one another according to the same circuit topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Bauer, Thomas Hammerschmidt, Simon Nuernberger, Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12090866
    Abstract: A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a traction battery, an electric machine, an electrical harness assembly, a protrusion adjacent the electrical harness assembly. The protrusion is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a loading event. When the protrusion is in the first position, the electric machine is electrically coupled to the traction battery through the electrical harness assembly. When the protrusion is in the second position, the electric machine is electrically decoupled from the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, John Marshall, Vijay Pachore, Micah Smith, Brian D. Bishop
  • Patent number: 12090867
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for wireless charging of an electric vehicle, the system comprising: an electric vehicle having at least a wireless power transfer module and a wireless communication device; the wireless power transfer module being coupled to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a charging station having a wireless communication module and being coupled to a power source, the power source being a domestic power grid; the charging station being configured to charge the battery by wirelessly transmitting power to the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication device being configured to send signals to the environment for detecting the charging station, waking-up the charging station or activating the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication module being configured to switch from a standby-mode into an active mode in response to a signal from the wireless communication device; and the wireless power transfer module being configured to switch from a standby-m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kostas Chatziioannou
  • Patent number: 12090868
    Abstract: The operation of a mechatronic system with a power converter is advantageously and flexibly improved with regard to electromagnetic interference emission and acoustics. A regulation of the instantaneous switching frequency is proposed, with the natural variation of the switching frequency of the delta-sigma PWM in the cycle of the fundamental voltage being taken into account, which can achieve advantages in terms of EMC, acoustics and switching losses. The regulation of the instantaneous switching frequency in particular creates a possibility of generating a specific, calibratable noise with the underlying drive. It can be used to generate a brand-specific, recognizable noise of a vehicle and also to meet normative requirements for the acoustic perceptibility of purely electric vehicles (BEV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
    Inventors: Hannes Ramm, Michael Homann, Alexander Joos
  • Patent number: 12090869
    Abstract: A charging system is a charging system comprising a charger for charging an electric vehicle, in which the charger comprises: a base; a charger provided with a contact-type charging terminal that is in contact with or separated from a charging terminal disposed on a lower surface of the electric vehicle; a main cylinder connected to the base and supplying hydraulic pressure; a hydraulic regulator connected to the main cylinder and provided with an inner flow path formed therein; a first hydraulic cylinder respectively connected to the hydraulic regulator and the charger and communicating with the inner flow path; and a second hydraulic cylinder each connected to the hydraulic regulator and the base and communicating with an inner flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiho Lee, Hoon Hur, Hwankuk Yuh, Kangsuk Lee, Jungyoun Rue, Heemin Yun, Byungsoo An
  • Patent number: 12090870
    Abstract: A charging arrangement includes an electrical vehicle and a charging device configured for charging the electrical vehicle with electrical energy, where the electrical vehicle includes a first charging connector, and the charging device includes a second charging connector configured for connecting with the first charging connector, a bi-stable mechanics to which the second charging connector is attached and which is configured for holding the second charging connector in two stable equilibrium positions, whereby in one stable equilibrium position the second charging connector is connected to the first charging connector and the other stable equilibrium position the second charging connector is unconnected to the first charging connector and an actuation device configured for moving the second charging connector between the two stable equilibrium positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Ali Ugur, Octavian Craciun
  • Patent number: 12090871
    Abstract: A device for opening and closing a charging socket includes a flap element. Using a shaft, the flap element is movably disposed on a housing of the charging socket, and the shaft comprises a first notch and a second notch. The device further includes a retaining element. The retaining element is mechanically attached to the flap element and comprises a bolt. Using the shaft, the flap element is transferrable from a closed position to an opened position. In the closed position of the flap element, the bolt of the retaining element is latched in the first notch of the shaft. In the opened position of the flap element, the bolt of the retaining element is latched in the second notch of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Wimmer, Veronika Gielhammer, Uros Livk, Benjamin Reil, Daniel Will
  • Patent number: 12090872
    Abstract: A system for managing storage or delivery of electrical energy. The system includes a plurality of stackable energy storage devices, one or more connectors, a plurality of switches, and a controller. The stackable energy storage devices receive the electrical energy from at least one external device or provide the electrical energy to the at least one external device. Each connector connects to a plug of a cable extending from an external device and provides a connection between an energy storage device and the external device. The switches are disposed between the energy storage devices and the one or more connectors and open or close the connection between the energy storage device and the external device. The controller controls the switches to open or close the connection. The system includes a user interface for receiving user input, and the controller controls the switch based on the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Brian Woods, Hideki Hada
  • Patent number: 12090874
    Abstract: An embodiment charging device includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit including first, second and third inductors and first, second and third switch legs connected to the first, second and third inductors, respectively, a relay network configured to control connection between the first, second and third inductors and first, second and third input terminals according to a phase of a power grid connected to the first, second and third input terminals, wherein the relay network includes a first relay connected between a neutral point and the third inductor, and a capacitor having a first end connected to the neutral point with respect to the first, second and third input terminals and a second end connected to ground, wherein the first end of the capacitor is positioned closer to the neutral point than the first relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changhan Jun, Junho Park, Seunghyun Han, Semin Woo
  • Patent number: 12090875
    Abstract: A multi-input charging system and method use a motor driving device. The system includes: a motor having a plurality of windings; a first inverter including first switching elements and having one end connected to a power input terminal and an opposite end connected to a first terminal of each of the plurality of windings; a second inverter including second switching elements and having one end connected to a battery and an opposite end connected to a second terminal of each of the plurality of windings, the battery connected to the power input terminal or the one end of the second inverter; and a controller configured to charge the battery directly via the power input terminal or with a voltage of the charging power that is stepped down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Ho Rim Choi, Tae Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 12090876
    Abstract: A mobile electronic vehicle (EV) charging station is provided. The charging station may include one or more charging bays for charging electric vehicles (EVs). The charging station includes a plurality of batteries within an interior compartment to supply power for charging the EVs. There is a power delivery subsystem to control supply of electrical power from the batteries to the charging bays. The charging station self-driving to move between a first position to a second position. In some cases, the charging station includes a drive subsystem that controls speed and/or steering based on wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Shyft Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric R. Fisher
  • Patent number: 12090877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle charging connector, in which a heat sink is provided to effectively cool the electric vehicle charging connector during charging of an electric vehicle, heat generated in an interface between an electric vehicle cable and a conductor of a connector connection unit is quickly absorbed by the heat sink, and a cooling fluid flows in the heat sink to cool an electric vehicle charging cable and is collected in an electric vehicle charger after cooling of the heat sink, and an electric vehicle charging assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LS EV KOREA LTD.
    Inventor: Uk Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 12090878
    Abstract: A system for emergency shutdown of an electric aircraft port in response to a disconnection is presented. The system includes a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a sensor datum from a sensor, determine a disruption element between a charging connector and an electric aircraft port as a function of the sensor datum, and initiate a disconnection protocol as a function of the disruption element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 12090879
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a computer-based process that optimizes vehicle fleet charging systems. Failed chargers are detected and optimal paths are determined between these failed chargers and available chargers. Upon determining the optimal path, instructions to route the vehicle from the failed chargers to available chargers via these shortest paths are then communicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Adam J. Mandel-Senft, John Michael Joseph Chaykowsky, Marinus Jacobus Adrianus Kerstens, William D. Vreeland
  • Patent number: 12090880
    Abstract: A method includes utilizing a detection device comprising a detection mat having a plurality of detection coils, and at least one pair of groups of detection coils having a first group of detection coils and a second group of detection coils, and where the first group of detection coils includes a first impedance value, and a second group of detection coils includes a second impedance value. The method further includes determining alignment parameters representative of electromagnetic coupling between at least one pair of groups of detection coils of the detection mat and an electromagnetic field generated by an apparatus coil, and comparing the alignment parameters with a reference. The method also includes generating a control signal indicative of an alignment position of the apparatus coil with respect to the detection mat based on the compared alignment parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GE Intellectual Property Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Deepak Aravind, Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori
  • Patent number: 12090881
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coordinating and controlling power flow during in-flight bidirectional energy transfer events between an electrified vehicle, one or more charging trailers, and optionally, one or more electrified recreational vehicles. The systems and methods may prioritize energy transfers between each connected energy unit based on various parameters, including but not limited to in-transit travel logistics, environmental information, time of day, etc. Charge energy may be transferred to the appropriate power source to meet customer needs with varying levels of priority according to an energy transfer prioritization control strategy that is derived from the various inputs that are considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Baumbick, Ryan O'Gorman, Peter Phung, Michael J. Kipley, Katherine Howard-Cone
  • Patent number: 12090882
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modular charging of vehicles are described. For example, a method may include connecting a vehicle to a charger using a charging plug interface that includes a first pair of conductors connected to alternating current terminals of an on-board alternating current-to-direct current converter of the vehicle and a second pair of conductors connected to terminals of a battery of the vehicle; and charging the battery of the vehicle via direct current flowing through the second pair of conductors concurrent with charging of the battery via alternating current flowing through the first pair of conductors to power the on-board alternating current to direct current converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Alves, Peteris K. Augenbergs
  • Patent number: 12090883
    Abstract: Embodiments of a methods and systems for charging one or more electric vehicles are described. A method can include: determining a collective power output aggregated from individual power outputs of each of the set of EVSEs; determining an adjusted power output of an EVSE unit of the set of EVSEs based upon the collective power output and an output constraint; and executing instructions for delivering the adjusted power output through the EVSE unit, for charging a vehicle of the set of vehicles. The set of vehicles can include fleet vehicles, and output constraints can be based upon demand response events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: AMPUP, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Shaofeng Sun
  • Patent number: 12090884
    Abstract: Battery exchange system for an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery unit; a battery receiving unit adapted for being fixed at or near a bottom surface of an electric vehicle and comprising a housing with an opening at a bottom side of housing for at least partially receiving the battery unit in the housing through the opening, wherein the battery receiving unit has a central axis which extends through the opening; wherein the battery receiving unit is adapted for allowing movement of the battery unit along its central axis between an unmounted position below the battery receiving unit and a mounted position at least partially within the battery receiving unit, wherein the battery unit comprises first engagement elements and the battery receiving unit comprises second engagement elements, each of the first and second engagement elements being adapted for engaging each other while moving relative to each other along an associated sloping path in order to lift the battery unit from the unmounted position to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: R U Engineering & Detachering B.V.
    Inventor: Robbert Maria Uiterloo
  • Patent number: 12090885
    Abstract: Battery swapping methods, apparatus, systems, devices and media are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a battery swapping request of a vehicle; determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station; and sending a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhanliang Li, Zhimin Dan, Miaomiao Zhang, Yu Yan
  • Patent number: 12090886
    Abstract: A method for predictive charging control for an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle, wherein an energy exchange between the energy store and an electrical energy source is controlled by a charging device. This provides that a future time profile of a non-energy requirement resulting from a respective parking phase of the motor vehicle is predicted and, independently of an availability of a charging power of the energy source, a state of charge of the energy store is kept below a limit value by the charging device if the predicted time profile of the non-energy requirement satisfies a predetermined rest criterion for a predetermined next time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Grubwinkler
  • Patent number: 12090887
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment, an electric energy system configured to store power and supply power to at least one of the chassis or the body assembly, and a power control system. The power control system is configured to measure one or more electrical attributes of at least one of the chassis and the body assembly and determine a power profile for at least one of the chassis and the body assembly, the power profile describing, based on a remaining power of the electric energy system, at least one of a length of time the refuse vehicle can continue to operate or a distance that the refuse vehicle can traverse. the power control system is further configured to control a function of a non-essential component of the refuse vehicle based on the power profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua D. Rocholl, Derek A. Wente, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Skylar A. Wachter
  • Patent number: 12090888
    Abstract: An example operation includes determining a portion of a group of vehicles, the portion comprising at least one vehicle in the group with a battery capacity below a first threshold, where the first threshold is a battery capacity of one or more vehicles in a remaining portion of the group of vehicles; and halting a use of the portion of the group of vehicles until the battery capacity of the at least one vehicle in the halted portion of the group is around the battery capacity of the one or more vehicles in the remaining portion of the group of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norman Lu, Maximilian Parness
  • Patent number: 12090889
    Abstract: In one aspect, computer-implemented method may include receiving, at a cloud-based computing system, a set of measurements over a certain period of time. The set of measurements are received from a set of vehicles and pertain to voltages and temperatures of a set of battery packs associated with the set of vehicles. The method may include training, using the set of measurements, one or more machine learning models to predict a battery pack fault condition. The one or more machine learning models include a set of parameters that are modified during the training. The method may include transmitting the set of parameters to the set of vehicles to enable the set of vehicles to update, based on the set of parameters, one or more respective in-vehicle machine learning models configured to predict the battery pack fault condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Eatron Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Can Kurtulus, Muharrem Ugur Yavas, Resul Dagdanov
  • Patent number: 12090890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) of controlling a vehicle electrical energy storage system having a plurality of battery units connectable to form a battery unit assembly for providing traction power to a vehicle electric propulsion system. The method comprises the steps of selecting (105) a plurality of sub-sets of battery units from the plurality of battery units, determining (120) an alternative operational power (AOPn) of the electrical energy storage system for each sub-set of the plurality of selected sub-sets of battery units, and for the plurality of selected sub-sets of battery units, identify (140) the sub-set having the highest alternative operational power for providing power to the electric propulsion system among the plurality of sub-sets of battery units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fredrik Lagerlöf, Hanna Bryngelsson
  • Patent number: 12090891
    Abstract: The present disclosure in some embodiments provides an apparatus for controlling a plurality of EMBs configured to control, using a motor, braking of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of WCUs configured to control the motor to cause the plurality of EMBs to generate a plurality of braking forces corresponding to a plurality of braking signals, respectively; a center ECU configured to transmit the plurality of braking signals to the plurality of WCUs; and a plurality of bus lines comprising first and second bus lines and extending between the center ECU and the plurality of WCUs, wherein the center ECU is further configured to: transmit, via the first bus line, at least one of the plurality of braking signals to at least one of the plurality of WCUs; and transmit, via the second bus line, the other braking signal or signals to the other WCU or WCUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 12090892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brake apparatus capable of minimizing the stress of valves. The brake apparatus comprises: a first wheel cylinder provided in a first wheel; a second wheel cylinder provided in a second wheel; a first outlet valve for controlling discharge of brake oil from the first wheel cylinder; a second outlet valve for controlling discharge of the brake oil from the second wheel cylinder; and a controller which opens and then closes one of the first and second outlet valves in response to a first braking command generated when a brake pedal deviates from a standard position, and opens and then closes the other outlet valve of the first and second outlet valves in response to a first brake suspending command generated when the brake pedal is restored to the standard position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nam Ju Jeon
  • Patent number: 12090893
    Abstract: A braking system includes a service braking system having friction brakes actuatable by a pressure medium, an endurance braking system realized as a hydrodynamic or electrodynamic retarder, an electric machine connected to the wheels on an axle and operatable as a generator, and a foot-brake valve actuatable via a brake pedal. The braking-force demand signaled via a displacement of the pedal is satisfied, in order of priority, by the electric machine in generator operating mode, the retarder, and the service braking system. The distribution of the braking force to the components is communicated to a driver. To inform the driver about the distribution of the braking force, without this requiring the driver to look away from the traffic area ahead, in the case of a change in distribution of braking force, a haptically perceptible signal force is briefly superimposed, via the actuator, on a restoring force acting upon the pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Heseding
  • Patent number: 12090894
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis. a body coupled to the chassis, and a seating unit. The body includes a partition and a floor. The partition separates an interior of the body into a cab area and a cargo area. The floor defines a first interface within the cab area and a second interface within the cargo area. The first interface and the second interface are discrete and not connected. The seating unit includes a frame assembly having a pair of legs that engage with the first interface and the second interface such that the seating unit is selectively repositionable between (a) a first position forward of the partition and within the cab area and (b) a second position rearward of the partition and within the cargo area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Winter
  • Patent number: 12090895
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a cushion motor linked to a pinion gear for providing concentric rotation of a linkage through rotational engagement of the pinion gear with a sector gear. The seat assembly includes a seat back pivotally coupled to a seat cushion and a seat base adapted for mounting the seat assembly within an automotive vehicle. The linkage includes a front link and a rear link extending between the seat cushion and the seat base, wherein pivoting of the linkage moves the seat assembly between a plurality of positions. A recliner mechanism is operatively coupled to the front link for selectively allowing pivoting thereof, and the sector gear is fixed to the front link. Actuation of the cushion motor when the recliner mechanism is unlocked rotates the pinion gear, causing the sector gear to rotate for pivoting the linkage to move the seat assembly between the plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Seating Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kapusky, David M Runde, Ronald A Zimmerman, II
  • Patent number: 12090896
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat may have a first rail and a second rail. The rails may engage about one another to form an inner channel. A spindle nut may be connected to the second rail and a spindle operationally connected to the spindle nut may be arranged in the inner channel. On one end of the first rail, a transmission may be driven by a motor, which may interact with the spindle. The spindle may be screwed into an internal thread of a worm gear of the transmission, and the spindle may be conjointly connected by a fixing element to the worm gear. The fixing element may be arranged coaxially to a spindle axle of the spindle and may be pressed between a front end portion of the spindle and the worm gear. A vehicle seat having the longitudinal adjustment mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Gregor, Thorsten Schuermann, Erik Sprenger, Juergen Stemmer, Andrej Sulak
  • Patent number: 12090897
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have an angle detection device configured to detect a reclining angle of a seatback, an angle detection reference member configured to serve as a reference for the angle detection device, and a rotation limiting guide unit configured to connect a seat fixing structure to the angle detection reference member and to limit rotation of the angle detection reference member by guiding upward-and-downward and forward-and-rearward movements of the angle detection reference member during tilting of a seat cushion around a hinge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Wooshin Safety Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Yong Ik Kim
  • Patent number: 12090898
    Abstract: A child seat for a vehicle is configured for holding a child within an interior compartment of the vehicle. The child seat includes a climate arrangement adapted for effecting a climate for the child when positioned in the child seat. The climate arrangement includes a power connection interface connectable to a power source. The climate arrangement further includes a data connection interface connectable to a vehicle climate control module and adapted for receiving climate control information from the vehicle climate control module for effecting the climate for the child when positioned in the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Magnus Nilsson, Johan Setterberg
  • Patent number: 12090899
    Abstract: A safety belt fastening device includes a fastening arm. One end of the fastening arm is pivotally connected to a seat body of a child safety seat. The safety belt fastening device further includes an engaging structure connected to the fastening arm and for engaging with the seat body of the child safety seat, and a driving structure for driving the engaging structure to engage with the seat body in a locking status or to disengage from the seat body in a releasing status. The safety belt fastening device and the child safety seat therewith have advantages of easy operation, simple structure, high fastening strength for a safety belt, that the safety belt is not easy to fall off, that the safety belt is easy to release, and capability of meeting needs of different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: China Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guanghui Zhao
  • Patent number: 12090900
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp and a latching mechanism. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a belt anchoring region including a first surface and a second surface. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell, and is operable to clamp a first belt portion and a second belt portion respectively adjacent to the first surface and the second surface. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott Anderson, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers
  • Patent number: 12090901
    Abstract: An adjustable suspended seat apparatus having a tuned frequency-tailored damping through stratified seat structure is described. The damping seat structure includes: a first material of a plurality of materials having a first characteristic to provide a first damping effect in a first layer. A second material of the plurality of materials based on a second characteristic to provide a second damping effect in a second layer, the first material or the second material having an adjustable damping characteristic. The suspended seat apparatus includes a seat base configured to have the seat coupled thereto; a suspension system coupled to the seat base, the suspension system comprising: an adjustment feature configured to adjust operation of the suspension system; and a chassis mount coupled to the suspension system, the chassis mount configured to be coupled to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wittenschlaeger, Timothy King, Mason Powers, Jeffrey Hermann
  • Patent number: 12090902
    Abstract: A mesh integrated seat pad assembly delivers vibration output from a massage module to the entire seat pad to prevent the vibration from being reduced by the pad. The mesh integrated seat pad assembly includes a pad provided in a seatback supporting the back of a passenger or a seat cushion supporting the hip and the thigh of the passenger to provide additional comfort to the passenger, a mesh mounted on one side surface of the pad, and a massage module installed to be in contact with the mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Patent number: 12090903
    Abstract: A seat support element has a body that includes at least one portion having a plurality of discrete structural elements and a plurality of connecting fibers, the discrete structural elements being joined together via the connecting fibers to form the portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Anne Sophie Cabouillet, Benoit Scheer, Anthony Maire
  • Patent number: 12090904
    Abstract: A seat provided in a moving body includes: at least one piezoelectric sensor including a first surface located on a side of a body of a sitter and a second surface located opposite the first surface, the piezoelectric sensor configured to sense heartbeat-induced body vibrations of the sitter through the first surface; and at least one supporting member disposed inside a recess which is formed in at least one of a seating surface of the seat and a back surface of the seat, the supporting member supporting the piezoelectric sensor under the second surface of the piezoelectric sensor. A gap is provided in at least part of an area between a surface of the supporting member and an inner wall of the recess so that the surface of the supporting member and the inner wall of the recess do not come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Tsukada, Wataru Hayashi, Koji Kaneda
  • Patent number: 12090905
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat, a front leg, a seatback, and a lower leg support. The seat includes a forward end and a rearward end. The seat is configured to be coupled to a support surface. The front leg engages with the support surface. The seatback is rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the rearward end. The lower leg support is directly and rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the forward end. The lower leg support is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The vehicle seating assembly is movable between a seated position and a reclined-and-raised position. Moving from the seated position toward the reclined-and-raised position includes increasing a first distance between the front leg and the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Maloney, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin VanNieulande, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Joseph Michael Kish
  • Patent number: 12090906
    Abstract: A portable table system for mounting within a vehicle to provide a workspace within the vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has a passenger side and a driver's side, and the system is mounted on the passenger side of the vehicle. The portable table system includes a base plate, a lower portion of a support post attached to the base plate, a bracket attached to an upper portion the support post, and a pair of parallel rails attached to the bracket offset from the support post. The portable tables system further includes a table attached on top of the pair of parallel extension slide rails and a drawer including a first portion having a second table and a second portion having a compartment. The drawer is slidably attached beneath the table such the elongated drawer moves between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Claude M. Coache
  • Patent number: 12090907
    Abstract: A method for operating a storage system of a motor vehicle for a product includes outputting a piece of product information for the product from a service provider external to the motor vehicle on an output device of the storage system. The method further includes transferring a selection of the product by a user of the storage system to the service provider by a transmission device of the storage system and adjusting a shape of a storage device of the storage system for the product by a shifting actuating mechanism of the storage device depending on the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Momme Rakow
  • Patent number: 12090908
    Abstract: An embodiment mobile object includes a frame part having an internal space, a wheel part coupled to a first side of the frame part and comprising a wheel, movable modules coupled to a second side of the frame part and configured to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame part, and a door module coupled to a first side of the movable modules, the door part being rotatable relative to the movable modules in a direction toward the internal space or a direction away from the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Mobinn Inc.
    Inventors: Sun Myoung Jo, Jin Choi, Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 12090909
    Abstract: A transport trailer includes a chassis, a deck, a lifting assembly, and a stabilizer assembly. The lifting assembly is mechanically coupled to the deck and the chassis and selectively raises and lowers the deck relative to the chassis. The stabilizer assembly includes a support post and a slide member. The support post is laterally disposed between first and second edges of the deck and extends from the chassis to a top end of the support post. The slide member is coupled to the deck and translates along a length of the support post as the deck is raised and lowered to stabilize the deck. An upper surface of the deck is above the top end of the support post when the deck is in a raised position and is below the top end of the support post when the deck is in a lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BCL ROADRUNNER LLC
    Inventors: James Bradford Martin, Kurt Warren Hankins