Abstract: A charge control system includes: a charging apparatus including a first processor to cause the charging apparatus to store electric power to be supplied to at least one preset facility; a facility server provided in the facility; and a charge control device including a second processor to acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of the facility from the facility server, calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information, and perform charging control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of electric power.

Abstract: A dual motor powered compact drive comprises two electrical motors powering the planetary gear mechanism. The dual drive can provide variable speed and torque. A single electric motor operated braking system with a screw-driven wedged brake pads is described using a compact test set-up. The system comprises at least one motor and a screw shaft connected to transmit the power to a sliding plunger, and braking pads located on a braking disc, and a force sensor applied to measure the braking force, and a device to measure the parameters of the braking motor and the parameters are used as the inputs to establish a control strategy. Systems and methods for monitoring a battery pack including multiple cells are provided. The battery management system further comprises a control strategy for implementing a balancing algorithm. A balancing strategy comprises a determination of battery cells to be balanced, and a calculated balancing current.

Abstract: Controlling a charging current while transferring energy from a source battery to a target battery in an electric vehicle (EV) includes operating, by control circuitry, a buck converter at a fixed switching frequency to transfer power from the source battery to the target battery, in a first operational mode; in response to detecting a first trigger event, transitioning from the first operational mode to a second operational mode to operate the buck converter at a variable switching frequency; and in response to detecting a second trigger event, transitioning to a third operational mode to activate a boost converter coupled to the source battery and the target battery.

Abstract: An electric drive system for an electric vehicle is provided. The electric drive system includes a first electric drive, a second electric drive, and a switchable battery including at least two battery packs that are selectively arranged in one of a series configuration and a parallel configuration. The electric drive system also includes a first half-bridge buck converter connecting the first electric drive to a first battery back of the at least two battery packs of the switchable battery and a second half-bridge buck converter connecting the second electric drive to a second battery back of the at least two battery packs of the switchable battery. The electric drive system further includes a controller configured to control the configuration of the switchable battery, an operation of the first half-bridge buck converter, and the second half-bridge buck converter.

Abstract: A method of preconditioning a battery of a vehicle includes determining a baseline preconditioning start time relative to an estimated time of arrival at a charging station. The method further includes analyzing a route of the vehicle to the charging station to determine a route characteristic. The method further includes modifying the baseline preconditioning start time based on the route characteristic to determine a route-based preconditioning start time.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, a motor, and one or more controllers. The controllers, responsive to data indicative of an internal cell temperature of one or more cells of the battery exceeding a threshold, decrease power output from the battery to the motor. The data is based on a surface temperature of at least one of the cells and a cell heating power parameter derived from a plurality of parameters and via a delay timer and a filter.

Abstract: A braking control system includes a regenerative brake controller, a friction brake controller, and a master controller. The regenerative brake controller, in response to absence of expected communication between the master controller and regenerative brake controller, decreases regenerative braking. The master controller, in response to detecting the decrease in regenerative braking, commands the friction brake controller to increase friction braking.

Abstract: A flyback electric charge regenerative brake system, including a transmission shaft connected to and can be drive by the recycled kinetic energy, several pieces of rotating discs and fixed plates are stacked staggered and strung by the transmission shaft perpendicularly; on the plane of all rotating discs, staggered arrangement several pieces of the conductive films that can be charged with positive and negative charges. On the plane of all fixed plates, arrangement several pieces of neutral conductive films been paired and connected by a transformer; when the transmission shaft rotates the rotating discs via the recycled kinetic energy, the positive conductive films and the negative conductive films on the plan of the rotating discs will passing above each pair of the neutral conductive films on the plan of the fixed plates.

Abstract: A vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a brake device and an electronic control unit. The brake device is configured to change a front-rear distribution ratio of braking force with respect to front and rear wheels. The electronic control unit is configured to: control the brake device such that the front-rear distribution ratio is in accordance with a fixed distribution characteristic in which the front-rear distribution ratio is constant regardless of deceleration of the vehicle in at least a part of a first range being a required deceleration range lower than a lower limit value of the deceleration perceivable by a person in the vehicle; and control the brake device such that the front-rear distribution ratio is biased toward the rear wheel than that in the fixed distribution characteristic in a second range in which the deceleration is higher than that in the first range.

Abstract: A seat comprising a backrest; a seating portion connected to the backrest; and at least one measurement area defined on the backrest and/or on the seating portion, the at least one measurement area comprising at least one interdigital capacitive sensor capable of measuring a distance or a movement of a user occupying the seat.

Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle includes a first seat including a first seat base coupled with a backrest. A second seat includes a seat back and a second seat base pivotably coupled with the seat back and moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A locking feature between the second seat base and the seat back is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking feature engages the second seat base in the locked position. The locking feature is disengaged from the second seat base in the unlocked position. A connection interface between the backrest and the seat back includes an engaging member and a receiving member. The engaging member selectively engages the receiving member to secure the second seat to the first seat in an attached configuration.

Abstract: A seat rail assembly capable of stably holding a position of one or more vehicle seats relative to the vehicle floor. The seat rail assembly includes an upper rail on which the seat is provided and a lower rail which is mounted to the vehicle floor. The upper rail is slidably provided within the lower rail, and incorporates an engagement assembly with a dual wedge engagement assembly to ensure constant contact between the lower and upper rails. A gearbox configured to remove lash may be provided on the upper rail for moving the upper rail relative to the lower rail.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat rail locking device for a vehicle, which may apply a method of moving a lock pin in an upward direction to lock a seat rail by moving away from a conventional seat rail locking method of moving the lock pin in a directly downward direction to pass through a floor panel, thereby not causing the interference with the floor panel at all to flexibly apply a battery mounting structure to the floor panel, improving an assembling property as an operator may easily assemble a lock pin guide configured to guide the lock pin to move in upward and downward directions to a movable rail in only an insertion and rotation operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a seat frame for a vehicle, the seat frame including a back frame provided on a vehicle seat and including a rotary spring disposed at a lower end thereof, the rotary spring is configured to fold the vehicle seat forward when a lever operates, and a flat spring disposed at the lower end of the back frame and including a slider provided on a lower surface of the back frame and configured to fix the back frame so as to prevent the vehicle seat from being restored rearward when the vehicle seat is folded forward.

Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle having a vehicle body includes a seat bench adapted to be arranged inside the vehicle body and defines a passenger compartment and a service compartment inside the vehicle body. The seat bench includes a seat bottom to facilitate a seating of a one or more passengers, and a back support. The back support has a first support panel adapted to move between an upright position and a folded position relative to the seat bottom, and a second support panel arranged proximate to the seat bottom and removably coupled to the first support panel and the seat bottom. The first support panel is moved to the folded position from the upright position upon a disengagement of the second support panel from the first support panel and the seat bottom to provide an access of the service compartment.

Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle includes a backrest extending between a first surface and a second surface. The second surface opposes the first surface. A first seat base operably couples with the backrest to form a first seat of the seating assembly. The backrest is pivotable between a first use position and a second use position. A second seat base is operably coupled via a connection interface with the backrest. The second seat base and the backrest form a second seat of the seating assembly in the second use position. The second seat faces away from the first seat in the second use position. A cross-sectional plane intersecting each of the first surface and the second surface defines a cross-sectional area of the backrest that remains constant between the first use position and the second use position of the backrest.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first seat. A seat base is selectively coupled to the first seat via an engaging member extending from a proximal end of the seat base. The seat base has an attached configuration and a detached configuration. The seat base couples with the first seat and forms a second seat facing away from the first seat in the attached configuration. The seat base is decoupled from the first seat in the detached configuration. A backrest is common to the first and second seats in the attached configuration. A frame structure operably couples the first seat with the vehicle. The frame structure includes a receiving member interfacing with the seat base. The engaging member engages the receiving member to couple the seat base with the backrest.

Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure a car seat release mechanism is provided. The car seat release mechanism comprises a shell; a first base connection mechanism coupled to the shell and configured to secure the shell to a car seat base, the first base connection mechanism having an open position and a closed position; a first stroller connection mechanism coupled to the shell and configured to secure the shell to a stroller, the first stroller connection mechanism having an open position and a closed position, the first stroller connection mechanism including a hook, a latch configured to receive a hook, a stroller securing portion, and a spring configured to bias the stroller securing portion in the closed position; and a handle coupled to an underside of the shell and configured to operate both the first base connection mechanism and the first stroller connection mechanism.

Abstract: A child restraint spin lock is adapted to be installed in a safety seat that includes a base member and a mid base being rotatable relative to the base member about an axis. The child restraint spin lock includes two locking components and a pivot component. The locking components are adapted to be co-rotatably connected to the mid base, are spaced apart from each other, and are adapted to be movable relative to the base member between a locked position and an unlocked position. The pivot component is adapted to be rotatable relative to the mid base about the axis, and is pivotally connected between the locking components such that movements of the locking components are synchronized by rotation of the pivot component.

Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a support element defining a through opening, a padding element attached at least in part to the support element, and a ventilation system assembled to the support element in fluidic communication with the through opening. An inner surface of the support element and/or an inner surface of the padding element define at least one groove. An inner surface of the groove, the inner surface of the support element, and an inner surface of the padding element define an internal volume there between in fluidic communication with the through opening.

Abstract: A comfort assembly for a vehicle seat cushion, the comfort system includes a carrier having a thermal device; a spacer layer attached to the B-side of the carrier; and an effector device attached to the spacer layer so that the spacer layer is between the effector device and the B-side of the carrier; the effector device is attached to the carrier before the comfort assembly is installed onto an A-surface of the cushion of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat, to reduce the driving force for making the seat expand and contract, a vehicle seat includes a first frame, a second frame supported to be movable relative to the first frame toward a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and an actuator for causing the second frame relative to the first frame toward the first side and the second side. The actuator includes a first actuator that urges the second frame toward the first side, a second actuator that urges the second frame toward the second side, and a control device that controls an urging force generated by each of the first actuator and the second actuator. Preferably, each of the first actuator and the second actuator includes a fluid bag to and from which compressed air is supplied and discharged by the control device.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including at least one outer frame on which an outer part of a seating surface is supported, and at least one inner frame on which an inner part of the seating surface is supported and which is movable relative to the outer frame.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle body includes a base and a chassis integrally molded with the base, the chassis including a plurality of ribs that extend downward from the base. The recreational vehicle body includes one or more layers that are molded to integrally form the base and chassis.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to light output that can include light that is outside the visible spectrum to enhance a driver's awareness of the environment. Such light can be output, and reflections thereof can be captured to perform object detection. Outputs can be provided by a display or other output device of the vehicle to supplement and enhance the view of the environment. Such light output and detection can be provided with or in the absence of light that is within the visible spectrum, thereby allowing the driver and/or an autonomous system to avoid excessive reflection of visible light. Aspects of the disclosure can help to improve illumination by a vehicle and provide additional outputs to help a driver and/or an autonomous system safely operate the vehicle.

Abstract: A variable light distribution light source includes an array-type light-emitting device. The array-type light-emitting device includes a power supply terminal and multiple pixel circuits electrically coupled and spatially arranged in a matrix. A power supply circuit includes a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the array-type light-emitting device. An output of a DC/DC converter is coupled to the power supply terminal VDD of the array-type light-emitting device via an output terminal. A voltage setting circuit generates a controllable correction voltage. A feedback circuit generates a feedback voltage based on the correction voltage and the control target voltage that corresponds to the output voltage of the DC/DC converter, and supplies the feedback voltage to a feedback pin of a converter controller.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes an image processor and a camera that views through the windshield of the vehicle. The camera captures image data as the vehicle travels along a road, and the image processor processes image data captured by the camera. The vehicular vision system, responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines when the vehicle is at a construction zone. Responsive to determining that the vehicle is at the construction zone, the vehicular vision system adjusts a vehicular driver assistance system of the vehicle. The vehicular vision system determines that the vehicle exits the construction zone based at least in part on processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera.

Abstract: A method for adapting a setpoint for a digital lighting unit, which is intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit of a motor vehicle, which includes a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of anticipating geometric aberrations induced by said optical system when projecting a digital setpoint.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting system (2) for emitting position-limited ground projections (B4a, B4c) for a motor vehicle (1) with a stepped height-adjustable chassis (3), wherein at least two pre-defined chassis height levels (S0, S1) are provided, namely a zero level (S0) and at least one higher operating level (S1), wherein the motor vehicle lighting system (2) includes at least two projection devices (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), and a control unit (5) connected to each projection device (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) for individually controlling each projection device (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d).

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling an exterior and dashboard lights of an autonomous vehicle are described. One example of a method for controlling one or more exterior lights includes receiving, from an autonomous driving system (ADS) of the vehicle, an input to control one or more exterior lights that are part of a lighting system of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the input, a message to a controller area network (CAN) bus of the lighting system, the message being further based on a driver command upon a determination that a driver-initiated message is received. In an example, the lighting system of the vehicle further comprises a plurality of dashboard lights.

Abstract: A vehicular drawing device is installed in the vehicle and draws, using light, an indication display with a predetermined shape on a road surface in a direction of travel of the vehicle. The indication display includes a start-traveling display drawn at a time of starting traveling and a turn indication display drawn when a turn indicator switch is turned on and the direction of travel is changed. The turn indication display is drawn with priority over the start-traveling display when the turn indicator switch is on at the time of starting traveling.

Abstract: A method for generating the light function of a direction indicator in a motor vehicle. The light function of the direction indicator is activated when the motor vehicle is in an operational state and an actuating element is actuated in the motor vehicle. In addition to the generation of the light function of the direction indicator, a ground light projection can be generated in the immediate vicinity of the motor vehicle. The ground light projection can be generated, for example, only when an ambient brightness of the motor vehicle falls below a certain limit value.

Abstract: A lighting display device for a vehicle includes a tube assembly wall, a plurality of light sources, and a lighting controller. In the tube assembly wall, a plurality of tubes directed in a lighting display direction at the front or rear of a vehicle are arrayed in a vertical direction and a vehicle width direction. The light sources are disposed facing the inside of at least some tubes in the tube assembly wall. The lighting controller controls lighting of the light sources such that information such as figures and characters is displayed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method defining a driver-assistance procedure implemented by a driver-assistance system of a vehicle, the procedure including performing an environment analysis around the vehicle, identifying a potential risk around the vehicle based on the performed environment analysis, identifying a field of view of a driver, determining whether or not the identified potential risk is located in the field of view of the driver and is hidden in a blind spot area of the vehicle, when the identified potential risk is located in the field of view of the driver and the identified potential risk is hidden in the blind spot area of the vehicle, informing the driver to change a driver's position in order to be able to see the identified potential risk.

Abstract: A collision warning system and method are provided. The system includes an image capturing apparatus, a sensing apparatus, and a computing apparatus. The computing apparatus analyzes a vehicle side image to generate a plurality of objects and an object coordinate corresponding to each of the objects. The computing apparatus calculates an aerial view coordinate corresponding to each of the objects based on the object coordinates and a pitch angle corresponding to the image capturing apparatus. The computing apparatus calculates a predicted collision time between the vehicle and each of the objects based on a vehicle speed, a turning angle, and the aerial view coordinates. The computing apparatus generates a plurality of warning regions and determines a warning scope corresponding to each of the warning regions based on the predicted collision times.

Abstract: A vehicular warning system control system can include a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory can include a warning system control module having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect, using sensor data having information about a gaze of each eye of a driver of a vehicle, an abnormality of a gaze of the driver. The instructions further cause the processor to modify, using the sensor data, a signal emitted by the vehicle when the abnormality is detected.

Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for providing rearview displays for vehicles are provided. An exemplary system is provided for a vehicle having a gate moveable between closed configuration and opened configurations. The system includes a camera mounted to the gate and configured to collect dynamic pixel images of an area behind the vehicle; a display screen configured to display the collected dynamic pixel images; and memory configured to include executable instructions and a processor configured to execute executable instructions that enable the processor to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display a lower portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the closed configuration, and to crop the collected dynamic pixel images to display an upper portion of the collected dynamic pixel images on the display screen when the gate is in the opened configuration.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for providing a desired camera view of interest for a vehicle occupant. The method includes obtaining, by the least a first interior view camera, at least a first interior view of the face and/or the head of the vehicle occupant determining, based on the at least first interior view, at least any of a gaze direction and a head direction of the vehicle occupant for understanding where the vehicle occupant is looking, determining, that the view of interest for the vehicle occupant is, at least partly, within the at least first exterior view of the at least first exterior view camera, and displaying the at least first exterior view to the vehicle occupant via the at least first display.

Abstract: A protective warning system for a vehicle is provided. A device comprises: a long-range camera and a stereoscopic camera positioned in a housing to image external objects in a rear-facing direction when the housing is mounted to a vehicle. A controller detects, using images from the long-range camera, an external object in the rear-facing direction and processes stereoscopic images from the stereoscopic camera to determine when the external object is located within a first zone or a second zone extending in the rear-facing direction, the second zone being closer to the stereoscopic camera than the first zone. In response to determining that the external object is located within the first zone or the second zone, the controller controls the one or more notification devices to provide one or more first or second notifications associated with a first or second urgency level.

Abstract: A vehicular camera includes an imager, a housing having front and rear housing members, a lens member, and a circuit board. A female electrical connector assembly is disposed at the circuit board and includes a set of female electrical connectors. The rear housing member includes a male electrical connector having a set of electrically conductive pins. Each electrically conductive pin includes an inward-extending pin portion and an outward-extending pin portion. The outward-extending pin portions pass outward through a wall portion of the rear housing member into a socket connection portion of the rear housing member and the inward-extending pin portions extend inward from an inner surface of the wall portion of the rear housing member and plug into and electrically connect with respective female electrical connectors of the set of female electrical connectors when the rear housing member is mated with the front housing member.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cavity defined by a vehicle door, with the cavity being configured to stow and charge an accessory device. The apparatus may also include an accessory cradle movable within the cavity and configured to retain the vehicle accessory. Examples of a method may include providing a cavity in an end portion of a vehicle door, with the cavity being configured to stow and charge an accessory device. The method may further include installing an accessory cradle within the cavity, with the accessory cradle being movable within the cavity and configured to retain the vehicle accessory.

Abstract: An exterior component of a vehicle includes a substrate and a multilayer coating film covering a surface of the substrate, the multilayer coating film includes a first coating film closest to the substrate, a second coating film that is in contact with the first coating film and covers a part of the surface of the first coating film, and a third coating film that is transparent and covers the first coating film and the second coating film so as to be in contact with the second coating film and a portion of the first coating film that is not covered with the second coating film, and the third coating film has a refractive index of 1.5210 or more.

Abstract: A pipe harness including an electric wire; a pipe through which the electric wire is inserted; a seal through which the electric wire is inserted, the seal being configured to ensure sealing of an interior of the pipe by being attached inside the pipe; and a position fixing portion that is provided on at least a pipe opening side of the seal out of two sides of the seal in a thickness direction of the seal when the seal is attached in the pipe, the position fixing portion being configured to fix the seal at an attachment position.

Abstract: A communication error diagnosis apparatus for a vehicle, a system including the same and a method thereof may provide a communication error diagnosis apparatus including: a processor configured to transmit a request message including diagnostic identifiers for diagnosing a plurality of controllers that perform vehicle functions and sequence identifiers of the controllers to the controllers depending on a sequence to receive response messages, and configured to analyze vehicle communication errors based on the response messages received from the controllers; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.

Abstract: An assembly of an adjustment device of a motor vehicle includes a support plate, on which at least one guide rail is disposed. A driver is movably guided on the guide rail, for a functionalized windowpane, in particular an electrically switchable or controllable windowpane. A flexible component is provided for guiding a cable which is connected or can be connected to the functionalized windowpane, in particular for conducting a current and/or for controlling the functionalized windowpane. A window opener of a motor vehicle having the assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A fluid management module, e.g., for a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The fluid management module includes at least two function components and at least one electrical control/regulating device. The control/regulating device includes a circuit board with electrical connectors. The electrical connectors include a plurality of analogue signal input connectors and at least one component field bus connector, each for electrically connecting to a respective function component via a component field bus, and a vehicle field bus connector for electrically connecting to a CAN bus or LIN bus of a motor vehicle. At least the vehicle field bus connector, the component field bus connector and the analogue signal input connectors are electrically connected to a micro-controller of the control/regulating device provided on the circuit board. At least one of the at least two function components is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical connectors.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle power management apparatus includes a memory configured to store a threshold state of charge (SOC) and a processing device functionally connected with the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to set a power management mode to a camping mode, identify a battery SOC, identify whether the battery SOC is greater than or equal to the threshold SOC, and enter the camping mode to allow an operation of a first vehicle function and limit an operation of a second vehicle function in response to the battery SOC being greater than or equal to the threshold SOC.

Abstract: A crash impact attenuator is adapted for deployment on a vehicle, and includes a cartridge portion having at least one energy absorbing module, as well as a backup system having a backup frame, which is adapted to attach the cartridge portion to the vehicle. The backup system includes an actuator configured to pivot the cartridge portion between a deployed orientation and a stored orientation about a pivot axis disposed on a lower half of the backup system. The backup system further includes a lockout frame member having a contact surface on one end thereof, the lockout frame member being actuatable between a deployed orientation wherein the contact surface engages a portion of the backup frame to support the backup frame against vehicular impact forces and a stowed orientation wherein the contact surface is not engaged with the backup frame.

Abstract: A bumper-face support member extending in a vehicle width direction in front of a vehicle-body member provided at a vehicle-body front portion and having an attachment portion where a bumper face is attached, plural brackets fixedly connecting the vehicle-body member and the bumper-face support member, a bumper beam extending in the vehicle width direction below the bumper-face support member, and a stay connecting the bumper-face support member and the bumper beam in a vertical direction are provide. The stay has a deformation promotion portion configured to be bent so as to promote deformation of the stay when a collision load is downwardly inputted to the bumper-face support member.

Abstract: Vehicle bumper assembly including a bumper body, a pair of lamp modules and one or more controllers. The bumper body is configured to be arranged at least partially across one of a front and rear end of the vehicle (not illustrated). The body defines opposed sides. The pair of lamp modules are mounted to the bumper body to be spaced from each other and towards one of the sides. Each lamp module includes one or more light emitting units arranged to extend at least partially across the lamp module. The, or each, controller is configured to operate one or both of the lamp modules to cause the one or more light emitting units to sequentially illuminate to indicate a turn direction of the vehicle.