Patents Issued in October 31, 2024
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Publication number: 20240359499Abstract: A printing method capable of appropriately drying a printing medium is provided. The printing method includes an ink application step and a drying step of drying a printing medium to which ink has been applied at the ink application step. In a case where a printing medium is a first type, at the drying step, the printing medium is dried by using a first drying method so that the water content of the printing medium is included within a predetermined range. In a case where a printing medium is a second type whose tendency to contain water is stronger than that of the first type, at the drying step, the printing medium is dried by using a second drying method whose drying effect is higher than that of the first drying method so that the water content of the printing medium is included within the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: TAKUTO MORIGUCHI, TSUKASA SANO, OSAMU YOSHITAKE
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Publication number: 20240359500Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and an image-recording layer on the support. The image-recording layer contains a polymerization initiator, an infrared absorber, a color forming substance precursor, and an auxiliary capable of donating an electron to the infrared absorber. A polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a water-soluble monofunctional monomer are present on a surface of the support on an image-recording layer side, a layer in contact with the support on the image-recording layer side contains the polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and the water-soluble monofunctional monomer, or a layer in contact with the support on the image-recording layer side, other than the image-recording layer, contains the polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and the image-recording layer contains the water-soluble monofunctional monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yusuke NAMBA
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Publication number: 20240359501Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a reusable writing surface comprising: providing a sheet substrate having first and second surfaces; providing a water-based film disposed upon at least one of the first and second surfaces, wherein the water-based film has a satin finish; and providing a first UV film over the water based film, wherein the first UV film has a gloss finish, thereby resulting in a surface suitable for writing with a dry erasable pen and allowing erasure of the writing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Wipebook Corp.Inventor: Francois BOUCHARD
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Publication number: 20240359502Abstract: A wheel lock device including a stopper member configured as one of a disc member, a conical frustum member, and a clamp member, is provided. The stopper member encloses an axle cover and together therewith, attaches to an axle hub of an automobile. The stopper member secures and precludes a wheel rim from dislodging from the automobile, when fasteners that attach the wheel rim to the automobile are unfastened accidentally. An outer diameter of the stopper member is larger than a central opening defined in the wheel rim, thereby restricting and precluding the wheel rim from dislodging from the automobile. The stopper member includes openings annularly disposed about a central opening of the stopper member for receiving bolts extending from an outer end of the axle hub. The stopper member is secured to the bolts extending from the outer end of the axle hub using bolt nuts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Jacky Rae Lane
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Publication number: 20240359503Abstract: A wheel that deforms to absorb force is provided. The wheel includes one or more deformable spokes that extend from a central portion of the wheel to an outer portion of the wheel. The spokes are configured to interface against neighboring spokes after a spoke is sufficiently deformed. The neighboring spoke provides some support to the deformed spoke, thereby requiring an increased marginal force to further deform the first spoke. In one embodiment the wheel includes a plurality of pairs of spokes that are configured to interface against each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: George Barton
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Publication number: 20240359504Abstract: A hub-bearing assembly includes a stationary radially outer ring, a flanged hub extending into an interior of the radially outer ring and configured to rotate relative to the radially outer ring, and a radially inner ring mounted on the flanged hub and axially abutting a portion of the flanged hub. A toothed sleeve is mounted to the hub axially inward of and adjacent to the radially inner ring and is rotationally fixed relative to the flanged hub. An auxiliary ring is mounted on the flanged hub in contact with the toothed sleeve. The flanged hub includes an axially inner rolled edge in contact with the auxiliary ring and configured to maintain a preload on the radially inner ring, and the auxiliary ring is configured to accommodate deformations induced by the formation of the rolled edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Giancarlo BRANCA, Marco ROMANETTO, Fulvio Carlo NICASTRI
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Publication number: 20240359505Abstract: A caster whose overall height can be reduced. A caster includes a wheel, a wheel support portion having a plate shape provided with an opening where the wheel is disposed and rotatably supporting the wheel, and a swivel mechanism portion that holds an outer peripheral portion of the opening in the wheel support portion in a horizontally swivelable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: NAKAMURA CO. LTD.Inventor: Akira NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240359506Abstract: Tyre (1) particularly suitable for applications for commercial vehicles, comprising a tread band (2) which has a plurality of blocks (7, 8) facing each other in pairs and delimited in a circumferential and/or axial direction by a first plurality of main grooves (10, 20) which extend continuously up to the opposite shoulder regions (4, 5) starting from the central region (6), where they are connected to each other and by a second plurality of main grooves (30, 40), also extending from the central region (6) towards the shoulder regions (4, 5), connected to the first main grooves (10, 20) by means of a portion (30b, 40b) preferably tapered in width until it becomes a thin connecting sipe (30c, 40c).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.Inventors: Stefano MONTESELLO, Carlo Raffaele Elvio RAVIZZA, Diego Ettore SPEZIARI
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Publication number: 20240359507Abstract: A tire (1) for a heavy goods vehicle having a tread (2) with low road noise. Two consecutive rows of blocks are in the form of a chevron (6) of the tread (2) and are separated by a transverse cut-out in the form of a chevron (52) which extends continuously from one edge of the tread to the other so that the leading or trailing edges (41) of the blocks (4) are positioned in the same line (L) and any transverse cut-out in the form of a chevron (52) has a mean line (Lt) which is constituted by two branches (Lt1, Lt2) which each form, with the axial direction (YY?), a mean angle (B1, B2) at a minimum of 15° and at a maximum of 55°.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Xavier NEAU, Benjamin QUANTINET, Romain BERTHIER
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Publication number: 20240359508Abstract: A method includes: monitoring sensor data including one or more representations of a treaded surface captured by a device; detecting, based on the sensor data, that the device has traversed a boundary of the treaded surface; in response to detecting that the device has traversed the boundary, determining a scan trigger point within the one or more representations; and generating a profile of the treaded surface from the one or more representations based on the scan trigger point.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Raghavendra Tenkasi Shankar, David S. Koch
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Publication number: 20240359509Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread, a belt assembly, a radial carcass, and having sidewalls which in each case in their radially outer region have at least two rows of parallelogram-shaped elevations with a height of 0.80 mm to 1.50 mm, determined in relation to the remaining level of the sidewall, said rows running so as to be concentric with the annular shape of the sidewall, wherein in which intermediate spaces are present between the elevations within one row and between mutually adjacent rows. The rows of elevations are mutually offset in the circumferential direction of the sidewall, with the elevations overlapping one another, wherein the intermediate spaces between the elevations are also mutually offset in the circumferential direction from row to row, so as not to be co-aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Ahmet Özüduru, Eugen Henze, Lubos Kuniak
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Publication number: 20240359510Abstract: A pressure management system for a tire assembly on a vehicle including: a housing unit, a pump, and a power interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Aperia Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brandon Richardson
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Publication number: 20240359511Abstract: A scale including a frame configured to mount a caravan or trailer at a very similar height and location as a trailer hitch, to provide the trailer with weighing geometry similar to real towing conditions. There is also described a scale which mounts on a prime mover hitch, having a weighing station adjacent the hitch, disposed at the same level as the hitch. Also, there is described a tow ball load scale including: a frame including: a mount for mounting the frame to a coupler, towball or hitch of a prime mover; a towball or coupler receiver spaced along the frame from the mount, the towball or coupler mount being configured to cooperate with a trailer coupler for measuring a vertical towball load, and further including one or more load cells disposed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Garo AFARIAN, Shojaeddin MIRFENDERESKI
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Publication number: 20240359512Abstract: A self-resetting coupler is provided for capturing a hitch ball. The coupler includes a pocket to receive the hitch ball and a lever to capture the hitch ball in the pocket. When the hitch ball enters the pocket, it moves the lever from a release position to a captured position. A locking pin is biased towards a locked position. Once moved to the captured position, the locking pin moves to a locked position, locking the lever in the captured position. To release the coupler, the user pulls the locking pin clear of the lever, where it is held clear. As the hitch ball is removed, the lever moves the locking pin to be in biased contact therewith so that when the hitch ball is re-inserted, the locking pin moves to the locked position once the hitch ball is located in the pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Gen-Y Creations, LLCInventor: Carl J. Borkholder
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Publication number: 20240359513Abstract: Many agricultural vehicles utilize a drawbar to pull an implement. Generally, drawbars are mounted to the vehicle at one end and mounted to a drawbar hanger at another end. A drawbar hanger is commonly coupled to a frame rear end of a vehicle with a set of brackets. During towing operations, the implement may exert varying amounts of force on the drawbar. As such, the drawbar may exert varying amounts of force on the drawbar hanger, which may exert varying amounts of force on the frame rear end of the vehicle. As such, the brackets coupling the drawbar hanger to the frame rear end may experience deformation and/or stress, which, in turn, may cause deformation and overloading of the frame rear end of the vehicle. As such, a vehicle for providing improved load distribution while towing an implement would be useful.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Carter Weiser, Chad Sietsema, John Rasset
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Publication number: 20240359514Abstract: A trailer hitch assembly is configured for coupling a trailed vehicle with a motor vehicle. The trailer hitch assembly includes a hitch body at least partially defining an interior cavity configured for selectively receiving a hitch ball. A scale assembly is at least partially provided within the interior cavity and has a movable position indicator with an indicator pin extending exteriorly of the interior cavity. A sensor assembly is provided with the hitch body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Eric Joseph Schuh, Ruben Gonzalez Sanchez, Samuel Neil Lievore, Jason R. Harper, Matthew D. Barnes, Jed K. Anderson
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Publication number: 20240359515Abstract: A cable system for a truck trailer for reducing the number and/or size of wiring in a commercial trailer cable system from seven to four, three, or two, while also facilitating bidirectional communication with all connected electronic devices in the trailer. The cable system has a ground cable, a power cable, and zero, one or two additional communication cables that may carry analog and/or digital communications between the control circuit and components of the trailer such as turn signal lamps, brake lamps, backup cameras, environmental sensors, and the like. A transformer for increasing the voltage on the power cable is disclosed, allowing the power and ground cables to be smaller without reducing power delivered to the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: GROTE INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: ADAM SLADE, SANKALP PAMPATTIWAR, CESAR PEREZ-BOLIVAR
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Publication number: 20240359516Abstract: Vehicle suspensions and methods involving the same may implement an H-frame device. An H-frame device may include a first sideleaf, a second sideleaf, and a crossleaf. The crossleaf may extend between the first sideleaf and the second sideleaf. The sideleaves may be configured to attach to frame hangers and axle brackets of a vehicle's suspension/wheel assembly. H-frame devices may provide both wheel/axle movement control and anti-roll functionality for a vehicle's suspension system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Nitin Purohit, Leo Delelis, Gabriel Iosif
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Publication number: 20240359517Abstract: A vehicular torsion beam axle includes a torsion beam, a pair of trailing arms connected to both ends, respectively, of the torsion beam; a pair of mounting pipes connected to the pair of trailing arms, respectively, each of the mounting pipes including a separation prevention protrusion, and a bushing press-inserted into each of the mounting pipes. Each of the bushings has a separation prevention groove in which the separation prevention protrusion of one of the mounting pipes is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ka Ram MOON
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Publication number: 20240359518Abstract: A suspension assembly includes a shock absorber arranged to damp linear motion of a piston portion relative to a surrounding cylinder portion. A lead screw is disposed within the shock absorber for conversion between linear kinetic energy and rotational kinetic energy. The suspension assembly also includes an electric motor displaced externally from the shock absorber, for conversion between rotational kinetic energy and electricity, and a transmission arrangement disposed outside the shock absorber, mediating between the shock absorber and the motor, and configured to transfer a resistance torque from the motor to the lead screw so as to modulate the damping of the linear motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Eran STARIK
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Publication number: 20240359519Abstract: An agricultural vehicle includes a frame, a body assembly coupled with the frame, a suspension system and a control system. The suspension system includes a pair of dampers positioned at opposite lateral ends of an axle. The suspension system includes a hydraulic system having a hydraulic line fluidly coupling the pair of dampers with each other through a valve. The valve is actuatable between an open position wherein the pair of dampers are fluidly coupled with each other, and a closed position in which the pair of dampers are hydraulically isolated from each other. The control system circuitry configured to obtain sensor feedback indicating a steering operation of the agricultural vehicle, and responsive to the steering operation of the agricultural vehicle, operate the valve into the closed position to hydraulically isolate the pair of dampers from each other to reduce a roll of the body assembly of the agricultural vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Andrew Dwinal, Jerry Brinkley, Richard Kerner
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Publication number: 20240359520Abstract: This invention pertains to shock absorbers, and a method of controlling their operation. Specifically, this invention relates to use of a user interface allowing to control the sensitivity of various parameters used by a programmed electronic control unit. When in operation, said electronic control unit automatically send calculated and user-adjusted electronic signals to electronic control devices which proportionally regulate flow of fluid within each shock absorbers of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Daniel J. WORLEY, Clement J. FIORE
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Publication number: 20240359521Abstract: A vehicle vibration damping system includes a suspension; an actuator; and a control device configured to calculate a damping force to be applied to the sprung structure based on a theory of skyhook control, and control the actuator. The control device calculates the damping force based on a correction control parameter obtained by multiplying a control parameter of a denominator of a transfer function of the sprung structure with respect to a road surface displacement of a vibration model having a virtual skyhook damper by a function for canceling a coefficient of a control parameter term. The control parameter is a product of an attenuation coefficient of the skyhook damper and a Laplace operator. The function is a function having a coefficient of the control parameter term of the transfer function as a denominator, and includes at least a quadratic term of the Laplace operator in a numerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yanqing Liu
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Publication number: 20240359522Abstract: An adjustable shock adapter for converting a non-adjustable shock into a shock with full spring and ride height adjustment is provided. The adjustable shock adapter may include a tubular component adapted for engagement with a shaft of the non-adjustable shock. The tubular component may include a rim extending radially outward from an outer surface of the tubular component, located towards the bottom of the tubular component, and positioned against a fixed component of the shock absorber to prevent the tubular component from sliding past the component. The adjustable shock adapter may also include a collar mounted to the outer surface of the tube-shaped component and moveable upwards or downwards along the tubular component and locked into place. The collar may include a second rim positioned against a spring of the non-adjustable shock, acting as a stopper to limit how low the height of the UTV can be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Justin Smith
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Publication number: 20240359523Abstract: A dual rate torsion bar suspension system is connected to a control arm and includes a first rate torsion bar and a second rate torsion bar connected to one another in order to provide the suspension system with a dual rate torque resistance. A cam mechanism is employed for isolating the second rate torsion bar from the first rate torsion bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Anderson LES, Jeffery L. VOGT
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Publication number: 20240359524Abstract: A travel spacer is disclosed herein. The travel spacer includes a first separable portion and a second separable portion. The first separable portion and the second separable portion can be combined to form the travel spacer. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are configured to be combined about a shaft of a shock assembly without requiring removal of the shaft from the shock assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Damon GILBERT, Andrew LAIRD, Bryan Wesley ANDERSON, William M. BECKER, William O. BROWN, IV, Samuel Shaffer
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Publication number: 20240359525Abstract: A torsion axle assembly for supporting of a vehicle body on an undercarriage, including an elongated inner member having an inner member longitudinal axis; a torsion arm interconnected with the elongated inner member and the undercarriage; an elongated enclosure interconnected with the vehicle body and having an interior space; and resilient material residing within the interior space to support the elongated inner member within the interior space, such that the inner member longitudinal axis resides at an unloaded camber angle to an elongated enclosure longitudinal axis when none of the weight of the vehicle body is borne by the torsion axle assembly and at a loaded camber angle when the weight of the vehicle body is borne by the torsion axle assembly, such that the unloaded camber angle is greater than the loaded camber angle. A vehicle having such a torsion axle assembly and a method are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Alex Potter, William Allan Wake, Cary Safe, Daniel K. Gilbert
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Publication number: 20240359526Abstract: The heat exchanger can include one or more Helmholtz resonator having a cavity internal to the skin of the vehicle, the cavity delimited by a wall, the Helmholtz resonator having an aperture formed across the skin and fluidly connecting the cavity to the atmosphere, the cavity extending in the forward orientation of motion relative the aperture, an open cell structure filling at least a portion of the cavity; and a fluid passage internal to the skin, the fluid passage in thermal communication with the cavity via the wall of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Daniel ALECU
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Publication number: 20240359527Abstract: A parking cooler which is capable of battery powered operation during engine off operation. The parking cooler or air conditioning system may vary in cooling capacities to maximize cooling or maximize battery life. The parking cooler includes one or more additional cooling mechanicals within either of two housings to accommodate variation of cooling capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Daniel Fedor Westendarp, Thorsten Wichert, Michael Dunkel
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Publication number: 20240359528Abstract: An air conditioning control device that controls an air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes a controller that controls a display screen of a touch panel display and controls the air conditioner based on a touch operation on the display screen. The display screen includes a seat image representing a seat and a reference area image representing a reference area. The controller, in a case where the touch operation has a direction from the reference area image to the seat image, outputs a control command to increase airflow of air coming out from the air conditioner. The controller, in a case where the touch operation has a direction from the seat image to the reference area image, outputs a control command to decrease the airflow of the air coming out from the air conditioner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasutomo Sasanuma, Jun Ueda
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Publication number: 20240359529Abstract: For example, an apparatus may include an input to receive input information including a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) input including HVAC configuration information corresponding to a configuration of an operation of an HVAC system of a vehicle; a plurality of noise inputs representing acoustic noise at a plurality of noise sensing locations; and a plurality of residual-noise inputs representing acoustic residual-noise at a plurality of residual-noise sensing locations within at least one sound control zone in the vehicle; a controller configured to determine a sound control pattern to control sound within the at least one sound control zone in the vehicle, the controller configured to determine the sound control pattern based on the HVAC input, the plurality of noise inputs and the plurality of residual-noise inputs; and an output to output the sound control pattern to a plurality of acoustic transducers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: SILENTIUM LTD.Inventors: Tzvi Fridman, Ziv Hermon, Omer Aziza, Gal Cope
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Publication number: 20240359530Abstract: A vehicle climate control system is provided, including: a vehicle controller; a memory configured to store one or more temperature set points for the inside of a vehicle; a plurality of vehicular sensors including one or more thermal sensors configured to collect temperature data; and a plurality of climate circuits configured to control a climate inside the vehicle. The one or more thermal sensors are each configured to measure a body temperature of an occupant and an internal temperature of an interior of the vehicle. The vehicle controller is configured to control the plurality of climate circuits based on the body temperature of the occupant, at least one of the one or more temperature set points, and the internal temperature of an interior of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Michael Deen HORANI, Sana JAFRI, Hirotaka MINATO
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Publication number: 20240359531Abstract: A method of developing a control strategy for a thermal management system. The method includes decomposing a thermal management circuit defined by a plurality of secondary circuits that are each in fluid communication with each other into a plurality of sub-loops, the fluid communication between each of the secondary circuits and thermal management of the thermal management circuit being controlled by a plurality of actuators; determining at least one global thermal function associated with the thermal management circuit; after determining the at least one global thermal function associated with the thermal management circuit, determining an actuator mode capable of achieving the at least one global thermal function wherein the actuator mode is a collection of states of each of the plurality of actuators in the thermal management circuit; and forming at least one control algorithm for the thermal management circuit based on the actuator mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Vivek Jairazbhoy, Drushan Mavalankar
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Publication number: 20240359532Abstract: A vehicle is configured to provide a security function using an electronic key. A method includes receiving a vehicle control signal through an antenna device of the vehicle, extracting a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) field in the vehicle control signal, dividing the extracted STS field into sub-fields, each of which has a predefined certain length, performing cross-correlation calculation of the divided sub-fields and sub-templates previously stored in storage of the vehicle, extracting times of arrival of the vehicle control signal from the results of performing the cross-correlation calculation, and determining the vehicle control signal as a normal signal when consistency of distribution locations of the times of arrival in the results of performing the cross-correlation calculation is greater than or equal to a predefined reference value and determining the vehicle control signal as an abnormal signal when the consistency is less than the predefined reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: A Ram Cho, Won Suk Choi, Se Young Lee, Dong Hoon Lee, Kyung Ho Joo, Yeon Seon Jeong, Gyung Eun Yun
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Publication number: 20240359533Abstract: A thermal management system for at least one module of an electrically powered vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management system comprises at least one cooling channel defined within the at least one module and receives a refrigerant therein for cooling the at least one module. A compressor is in flow communication with an outlet of the at least one cooling channel and compresses the refrigerant received from the at least one cooling channel. A condenser is in flow communication with an outlet of the compressor and discharges heat from the refrigerant received from the compressor. An expansion valve is in flow communication with an outlet of the condenser at its inlet and in flow communication with an inlet of the at least one cooling channel at its outlet. The expansion valve controls a flow of refrigerant from the condenser to the at least one cooling channel is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Girish Mandakolathur Krishnamurthi
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Publication number: 20240359534Abstract: An air intake structure for a vehicle sunroof is provided. The air intake structure for a vehicle sunroof includes a base, an outer cover, and a grille shutter, where a front end of the base is hinged with a front end of the outer cover; a ventilation duct is formed in the base in a penetrating manner; the grille shutter is provided below a rear end of the outer cover; the grille shutter is detachably connected to the outer cover; the grille shutter is located outside an air intake of the ventilation duct. The grille shutter of the air intake structure is detachably connected to the outer cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: JIANGSU SANJO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Heping XIAO, Qingqing HU
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Publication number: 20240359535Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle parts, in particular to a toggle structure of a vehicle air conditioning vent. The toggle structure includes: an air outlet front blade including a first vane portion and a second vane portion; and a toggle assembly including a toggle bracket and a toggle, wherein the toggle bracket is configured to be mounted in a cavity between the first vane portion and the second vane portion, and the toggle button extends out of the joint portion of the first vane portion and the second vane portion. The toggle structure of the present disclosure can be suitable for longer and thicker air outlet blades, and has a suspended visual effect, so that the appearance of the vent is more attractive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Yaoxian SHI, Jie YU
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Publication number: 20240359536Abstract: A replaceable cartridge for a scent dispensing system includes a scent medium having at least one scent carrier and a body surrounding a chamber for housing the scent medium. A surface area of the scent medium is configured to control a diffusion rate of a scent from the scent medium, and a shape of the scent medium remains constant in different environmental conditions. At least a portion of the body is transparent or translucent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Etienne ILIFFE-MOON
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Publication number: 20240359537Abstract: A high shock environment resistant electronic air purification system positioned within a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a public transit vehicle effective to remove particulate pollutants therefrom. The air purification system comprises a central power box affixed to at least the interior surface of the public transit vehicle and at least one ion emitter positioned remotely from the central power box. The at least one ion emitter is configured to disperse ions into the interior space of the public transit vehicle affixed at least one interior surface of at least at one of in a return air plenum, at an entrance to an evaporator blower motor, or within a passenger air duct of the HVAC system of the public transit vehicle without blocking or substantially restricting an airflow of the HVAC system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Climate Comfort Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John Imamura
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Publication number: 20240359538Abstract: A vehicle sunlight shading device, a method for controlling the same, and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing the method are disclosed. The vehicle sunlight shading device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a sunlight shading member installed in a vehicle and having an adjustable transmittance; an illuminance sensor that measures an illuminance around the vehicle; and a controller that adjusts the transmittance of the sunlight shading member based on the illuminance measured by the illuminance sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Eun Jung NO, Bum Rae CHO
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Publication number: 20240359539Abstract: By forming hooks on a sunroof bracket to allow a headliner portion wrapping an opening to be fixedly caught thereon, it is possible to prevent a portion subjected to a wrapping process from being easily peeled or detached, thereby improving the quality of the headliner. In particular, by forming the hooks one-to-one on at least corner portions of the opening to allow portions on which it is difficult to perform the wrapping process due to the occurrence of overlapping when the wrapping process is performed and which are easily peeled or separated even after the process to be caught thereon, it is possible to further improve the quality of the headliner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: DAEHAN SOLUTION CO., LTDInventors: Choong Ho KWON, Hang Sik CHOI
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Publication number: 20240359540Abstract: A vehicle cover assembly comprising; a flexible cover; one or more side rails; and a fastener assembly that is secured to a vehicle bed comprising; a cover fastener that is on one or more edge regions of the flexible cover; and a side rail fastener with one or more rows of fasteners comprising; a plurality of dual hooks on the base that releasably connect with the cover fastener of the flexible cover; and a plurality of spacers between the plurality of dual hooks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Michael R. Spencer
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Publication number: 20240359541Abstract: A vehicle including a body, a first roof support and a second roof support spaced from the first roof support, a roof panel releasably coupled to at least one of the first roof support and the second roof support, and a first panel support surface adjacent to the first roof support and a second panel support surface adjacent to the second roof support. The roof panel is adapted to be released from the first roof support and the second roof support and received between the panel support surfaces and the roof supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Jason E Schultz
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Publication number: 20240359542Abstract: A tonneau cover for use on a cargo box of a pick-up truck is provided. The tonneau cover may include at least one panel and a latching assembly located on the at least one panel. The latching assembly selectively secures and releases the at least one panel. The latching assembly includes at least one shoe. The at least one shoe is configured for moving at least a portion of the latching assembly to release the at least one panel. The at least one shoe is movable between an extended use position and a retracted stowed position with respect to the at least one panel. And the at least one shoe is spring biased to its extended use position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Christopher David Mattison
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Publication number: 20240359543Abstract: An integrated bed optimization system comprises a dynamic frame which is integrated into the front and sides of a pickup truck bed. The frame can be raised and lowered to expand the bed's usable volume and to optimize cargo storage options. The frame comprises T-Track beams which permit the user to customize the bed by allowing the user to secure one or more attachments to the frame. The attachments can include tiedown points, storage racks, tonneau covers, camper shells, and other modular accessories.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Oliver S. SCAMMELL
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Publication number: 20240359544Abstract: A replacement roof top and bracketry for use with a vehicle includes a transparent panel having a generally flat middle portion and curved outer portion(s). The panel comprises one or more attachment mechanisms to facilitate attachment of the assembly to a vehicle. The assembly provides UV protection and is insulated such that the heat from the sun is minimized. The assembly is durable and can withstand temperatures ranging from ?200 degrees Fahrenheit to 150 degrees Fahrenheit as well as withstand hurricane-like wind speeds. The panel is configured to fit snugly with the vehicle such that the assembly is weather-resistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Evan Steig, Nicholas Niemeyer
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Publication number: 20240359545Abstract: The current invention is a double hard top hinge and System. It allows for the easy of moving sliding and storing a hard top on a vehicle like an SUV or a Jeep®. The system will have a double hinge that will allow the roof panel to be moved on top of a accessory such as a luggage rack this is on top of a vehicle. The panels can be stacked and stored at the same level as the top of the cab.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Brian Goldwitz
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Publication number: 20240359546Abstract: A flow guiding device for being installed on a panel component of a motor vehicle, the flow guiding device may have at least one flow guiding element configured to deflect headwind in a predetermined manner, and a driving mechanism configured to move the at least one flow guiding element between a retracted position and at least one deployed position. The at least one flow guiding element may have at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting a vehicle environment and to be moved between the retracted position and the at least one deployed position together with the at least one flow guiding element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Magnus SVIBERG
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Publication number: 20240359547Abstract: A drive unit has a first electric machine with a first rotor mounted to rotate about a rotation axis. A first stator is coaxially arranged and has a stator core lamination packet with a first coil end forming a first switching side and a second coil end forming a first counter-switching side. A second electric machine is mounted axially close to the first electric machine and has a rotatably mounted second rotor that extends in the axial direction around the rotation axis. A second stator is mounted coaxially with the second rotor and has a second stator core lamination packet with second stator coils having a third coil end forming a second counter-switching side and a fourth coil end forming a second switching side. A housing accommodates the first and second machines, where the first counter-switching side and the second counter-switching side face one another in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Rayk Gersten, Stefan Renner, Karlheinz Hoher
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Publication number: 20240359548Abstract: A shear panel construction includes a patterned upper sheet metal panel including a planar section and having a plurality of upwardly protruding portions defining first strengthening crossbar sections extending upward from the planar section, the planar section of the patterned upper sheet metal panel extends to an edge of the patterned upper sheet metal panel. A patterned lower sheet metal panel is secured to a bottom surface of the patterned upper sheet metal panel, the patterned lower sheet metal panel having a plurality of protruding portions defining second strengthening crossbar sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Andrew Clay BOBEL, Rajan R. CHAKRAVARTY, Amanda HYDE, Varun AGARWAL, Santosh K. SWAMY, Jong-Eun Kim, Manoj MARELLA, Diptak BHATTACHARYA, Chandra Mohan Reddy GAVIREDDY