Abrégé

A cargo net assembly for a vehicle includes a first pillar having a lower end connected to a seatback of a seat assembly and an upper end configured with a headrest post connector for connecting to a headrest post on an upper end of the seatback. A second pillar having a lower end is configured to connect to the seatback and a second headrest post connector at an upper end for connecting to a headrest post. The second pillar is movable relative to the first pillar. Netting extending from the first pillar to the second pillar is configured for holding cargo.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 7/00 - Accessoires de rangement ou fixation, intérieurs aux véhicules, essentiellement destinés aux objets personnels de dimension plus petite qu'une valise, p. ex. articles de voyage ou cartes

Abrégé

A housing for a vibration unit which can be arranged on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat and is intended to generate a haptically detectable signal at the vehicle seat. In order to enhance the driving experience of an occupant, in particular a driver, of a vehicle, the housing has an edge-free surface and at least one housing opening, which is permeable to sound waves.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/90 - Détails ou éléments non prévus ailleurs
• A61M 21/00 - Autres dispositifs ou méthodes pour amener un changement dans l'état de conscienceDispositifs pour provoquer ou arrêter le sommeil par des moyens mécaniques, optiques ou acoustiques, p. ex. pour mettre en état d'hypnose

Abrégé

A vehicle system includes one or more computing devices configured to generate a drive characteristic probability distribution (CPD) using one or more aggregated vehicle signals, where the drive CPD associates one or more drive scenarios with one or more driver behaviors. The one or more computing devices is further configured to transmit, to a usage-based insurance (UBI) server, a drive CPD information including data indicative of a subsequent drive CPD in response to the subsequent drive CPD varying from a nominal CPD by a CPD threshold to cause an update of a UBI rate for a UBI policy associated with the vehicle.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/08 - Assurance
• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules
• G07C 5/02 - Enregistrement ou indication du temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente uniquement

Abrégé

A method for identifying belt slip in a starting system for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The starting system has a belt-driven integrated starter-generator (BISG) and an active tensioner that can actuate a belt between a position for low tension and a position for high tension. The method includes defining a first threshold value of the belt-driven integrated starter-generator, determining a torque value of the BISG, switching the active tensioner from the position for low tension to the position for high tension for a first predetermined period of time if the determined torque value is above the first threshold value, and reducing the first threshold value to a second threshold value for a second predetermined period of time following the first predetermined period of time.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16H 7/10 - Moyens pour faire varier la tension des courroies, des câbles ou des chaînes par réglage de la position de l'axe d'une poulie
• F16H 7/08 - Moyens pour faire varier la tension des courroies, des câbles ou des chaînes

Abrégé

A retractable sun visor for a vehicle has a visor body and a visor support arm coupled to the visor body. A visor mount assembly is configured to be mounted proximate to a headliner on the vehicle. The visor mount assembly is operatively coupled to the visor arm. The visor mount assembly has a bias spring operatively coupled to a locking feature that prevents rotation of the visor arm in a first upper position and that is moveable downward against the bias spring to a second lower position to allow the visor arm and user body to rotate to multiple use positions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60J 3/02 - Équipement anti-éblouissant combiné avec les fenêtres ou pare-brisePare-soleil pour véhicules réglable en position

Abrégé

A vehicle having a vehicle power system is disclosed. The vehicle may include a battery and the vehicle power system configured to transfer power from the battery to an external accessory connected to the vehicle power system. The vehicle may further include a vehicle sensor configured to detect an actual energy usage of the vehicle power system. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to determine a type of external accessory connected to the vehicle power system and determine an expected energy usage associated with the external accessory based on the type. The processor may determine the actual energy usage of the vehicle power system or the external accessory based on inputs obtained from the vehicle sensor or an external accessory sensor. The processor may compare the actual energy usage with the expected energy usage, and perform an action based on the comparison.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 16/033 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique caractérisé par l'utilisation de cellules électriques ou de batteries
• H02J 4/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, la nature alternative ou continue du courant n'étant pas précisée

Abrégé

A lug nut of a wheel assembly of a vehicle may include a base portion including a receiving orifice disposed at a first end of the lug nut and configured to receive a lug of a hub of the wheel assembly, and a secure lug wrench interface disposed at a second end opposite the base portion. The secure lug wrench interface may include a central portion centered along a vertical axis of the lug nut, and a plurality of columns surrounding the central portion. First outer edges of the plurality of columns disposed at the second end may define at least vertices of a first hexagonal pattern. The plurality of columns may be spaced apart from the central portion at the second end. The first outer edges of the plurality of columns may be separated by gaps between each individual column of the plurality of columns.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16B 39/12 - Blocage des vis, boulons ou écrous dans lequel le verrouillage s'effectue après vissage par écrous de blocage, c.-à-d. contre-écrous

Abrégé

Systems and methods for supplying air to fuel ratio patterns to an engine are disclosed. In one example, the air to fuel patterns may be configured to evaluate cylinders for imbalance that are at least one hundred and eighty crankshaft degrees apart according to a combustion order of the engine so that interference between cylinders being evaluated for imbalance may be reduced.

Classes IPC  ?

• F02D 41/26 - Commande électrique de l'alimentation en mélange combustible ou en ses constituants caractérisée par l'utilisation de moyens numériques utilisant des calculateurs, p. ex. microprocesseurs
• F02D 41/00 - Commande électrique de l'alimentation en mélange combustible ou en ses constituants

Abrégé

A method of identifying parametric outliers associated with vehicle pull/drift compensation may include receiving fleet data from a plurality of vehicles, the fleet data including pull/drift steering data associated with the plurality of vehicles, processing the pull/drift steering data to generate cleaned pull/drift steering data, and employing a machine learning module to define, for each of a plurality of respective different vehicle classifications, an outlier threshold for comparison to the cleaned pull/drift steering data to identify parametric outliers, and to identify the parametric outliers within each vehicle classification based on the comparison.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente
• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules

Abrégé

An assembly may include a body side bracket configured to be mounted to a body of a motor vehicle. The assembly may include a hinge arm rotatably mounted to the body side bracket, wherein the hinge arm is rotatable between a closed position and a fully open position. The assembly may further include a detent arm rotatably mounted to the body side bracket. Further, the assembly may include a cam mounted to the hinge arm and configured to travel along the detent arm with movement of the hinge arm. The cam and detent arm are configured to stop and hold the hinge arm in at least one intermediate position between the closed position and the fully open position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B62D 33/027 - Structure des panneaux latéraux ou des portes arrière mobiles
• B60J 5/10 - Portes disposées à l'arrière du véhicule
• E05D 5/06 - Abattants coudés
• E05D 11/10 - Dispositifs empêchant le mouvement entre éléments de charnières ou de gonds relativement mobiles

Abrégé

A rollout table assembly having a housing secured to a vehicle, the housing having an opening and a rollout table coupled to the housing. The rollout table is operable between an extended position and a retracted position along a deployment axis, the rollout table having a plurality of slats running perpendicular to the deployment axis. The rollout table assembly also has a support mechanism having a first arm with a first end and a second end, where the first end is coupled to the rollout table and the second end is coupled to the housing. The rollout table is rolled up within the housing in the retracted position, and the rollout table is at least partially extended from the opening of the housing in the extended position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 3/00 - Aménagements ou adaptations d'autres accessoires pour passagers, non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A method of purging oil from an evaporator of a refrigerant system. The refrigerant system includes a primary (first) evaporator and at least one auxiliary (second) evaporator. Both evaporators receive refrigerant from a compressor. The method includes adjusting an expansion valve to increase refrigerant flow through the auxiliary evaporator if oil or other liquid is likely to be trapped in the auxiliary evaporator to thereby purge oil from the auxiliary evaporator.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60H 1/32 - Dispositifs de refroidissement

Abrégé

A vehicle camera assembly has lens and a curved wiper that is rotatable back-and-forth between a retracted position and a deployed position. The curved wiper directly contacts the lens when the curved wiper is rotated from the retracted position to the deployed position. The curved wiper can move along an arcuate path that mimics a curvature of the lens.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60S 1/56 - Nettoyage des pare-brise, fenêtres ou dispositifs optiques spécialement adaptés pour nettoyer d'autres parties ou dispositifs que les fenêtres avant ou les pare-brise
• B60S 1/38 - Balais d'essuie-glaces

Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicles, and provides an in-vehicle infotainment system, a control method thereof, and a corresponding vehicle. The in-vehicle infotainment system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor, that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising: in response to a system desktop of the in-vehicle infotainment system being activated, presenting a first state of a first resource; and in response to an application being launched, presenting a second state of the first resource and at least partially overlaying it on an interface of the application. The in-vehicle infotainment system, the control method thereof, and the corresponding vehicle of the present disclosure can provide diversified interaction modes for the in-vehicle infotainment system, improve user experience, and narrow the distance with users, thereby improving user satisfaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/451 - Dispositions d’exécution pour interfaces utilisateur
• B60K 35/28 - Dispositions de sortie, c.-à-d. du véhicule à l'utilisateur, associées aux fonctions du véhicule ou spécialement adaptées à celles-ci caractérisées par le type d’informations de sortie, p. ex. divertissement vidéo ou informations sur la dynamique du véhiculeDispositions de sortie, c.-à-d. du véhicule à l'utilisateur, associées aux fonctions du véhicule ou spécialement adaptées à celles-ci caractérisées par la finalité des informations de sortie, p. ex. pour attirer l'attention du conducteur
• B60K 35/29 - Instruments caractérisés par la manière dont les informations sont traitées, p. ex. présentant des informations sur plusieurs dispositifs d’affichage ou hiérarchisant les informations en fonction des conditions de conduite

Abrégé

A motor vehicle may include a roof including a roof opening. The motor vehicle may include a panel manually configurable between a fully closed position in which the panel fully covers the roof opening and a plurality of open positions in which at least a portion of the roof opening is uncovered by the panel. Further, the panel may be moveable from the fully closed position to a first open position by movement of the panel in a first direction, and the panel may also be moveable from the fully closed position to a second open position by movement of the panel in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60J 7/06 - Toits amoviblesToits avec panneaux mobiles du type coulissant avec un ou des éléments non rigides

Abrégé

A battery fabrication system and method include stacking a plurality of unit battery cells, which each have an electrolyte, to provide a cell stack having a plurality of edges, installing at least one edge guard to cover at least one edge of the plurality of edges, and enclosing the cell stack and the edge guard within a pouch. The pouch is then shrunk around the cell stack and the edge guard.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 50/244 - Boîtiers secondairesBâtisDispositifs de suspensionDispositifs de manutentionSupports caractérisés par leur procédé de montage
• H01M 50/227 - Matériau organique
• H01M 50/238 - Flexibilité ou capacité à être plié
• H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains

Abrégé

A vehicle includes an electric machine, a battery, and a controller. The battery is configured deliver power to the electric machine to propel the vehicle. The controller is programmed to, in response to a voltage of the battery decreasing to less than a first threshold while the battery is discharging and a rate of change of the voltage of the battery increasing to greater than a second threshold during the discharging, reduce a discharging power of the battery based on a proportion of a difference between the first threshold and the voltage and a proportion of a difference between the rate and the second threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 58/14 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction de l'état de charge [SoC] empêchant les décharges excessives

Abrégé

A motor vehicle may include a roof including a roof opening. The motor vehicle may also include a panel manually configurable between a fully closed position, an intermediate position, and at least one open position. The panel may be coupled to a link, and the link may be configured to rotate relative to the roof opening to move the panel between the intermediate and fully closed positions. The link may further be configured to slide relative to the roof opening to move the panel to the at least one open position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60J 7/04 - Toits amoviblesToits avec panneaux mobiles du type coulissant avec un ou des éléments rigides en forme de panneaux
• B60J 7/057 - Aménagements d'entraînement ou de manœuvre

Abrégé

A vehicle including a sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may detect a presence of a user and predetermined items in the vehicle. The processor may determine that the user has entered the vehicle based on inputs obtained from the sensor unit. Responsive to determining that the user has entered the vehicle, the processor may determine that a predefined condition is met based on the inputs obtained from the sensor unit. The processor may determine that the predefined condition is met when one or more first items present in the vehicle do not match a user's predefined authorized item list or one or more second items that are preferred by the user are absent from the vehicle. The processor may further disable the vehicle from being shifted out of a park mode responsive to determining that the predefined condition is met.

Classes IPC  ?

• F16H 61/16 - Fonctions internes aux unités de commande pour changements de vitesse ou pour mécanismes d'inversion des transmissions transmettant un mouvement rotatif empêchant un changement du rapport en cas de conditions défavorables

Abrégé

A vehicle may output ultrasonic sound from a speaker that is supported by a moveable surface mounted in an interior of a vehicle, detect an object within a threshold distance of the vehicle, determine a trajectory of the object, and based on the trajectory of the object actuate the moveable surface to direct the ultrasonic audio based on the trajectory of the object.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04R 1/32 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique directionnelle désirée uniquement
• B60R 1/23 - Dispositions de visualisation en temps réel pour les conducteurs ou les passagers utilisant des systèmes de capture d'images optiques, p. ex. des caméras ou des systèmes vidéo spécialement adaptés pour être utilisés dans ou sur des véhicules pour visualiser une zone extérieure au véhicule, p. ex. l’extérieur du véhicule avec un champ de vision prédéterminé
• B60R 11/02 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets pour postes radio, de télévision, téléphones, ou objets similairesDisposition de leur commande
• G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p. ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétonsParties du corps, p. ex. mains
• H04R 1/22 - Dispositions pour obtenir la fréquence désirée ou les caractéristiques directionnelles pour obtenir la caractéristique de fréquence désirée uniquement

Abrégé

A device may include a first heat exchanger of a vehicle. A device may include a second heat exchanger of the vehicle, the second heat exchanger aft the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger extending vertically above the first heat exchanger. A device may include a trim panel having a pocket that opens vertically upward, the pocket having a floor and at least one sidewall that extends vertically upward from the floor, the at least one sidewall configured to guide a flow of air to at least the second heat exchanger.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60K 11/08 - Prises d'air pour refroidissementVolets ou écrans pour ces prises d'air
• B60R 13/06 - Bandes d'étanchéité

Abrégé

A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base having an underside. The seat base is operably coupled to a vehicle floor and includes a forward portion and rearward portion. A lift assembly is operably coupled to the seat base. The lift assembly operates the seat base between a stowed position and a deployed position. The lift assembly includes a support bracket coupled to the rearward portion of the seat base. A lift bracket operably coupled to the support bracket, wherein the lift bracket engages with the forward portion of the seat base. A biasing member is operably coupled to the lift bracket. The biasing member is configured to selectively bias the first and second lift brackets as the seat base adjusts between the stowed position and the deployed position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/30 - Sièges indémontables susceptibles d'être gardés dans une position de non-utilisation, p. ex. strapontins

Abrégé

A traction battery pack immersion thermal management system includes an enclosure assembly and cylindrical battery cells housed within a cell compartment of the enclosure. The cylindrical battery cells contact each other to establish a perimeter of a liquid coolant channel within the enclosure. The perimeter of the liquid coolant channel can be provided, in some examples, by no more than three cylindrical battery cells.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 10/643 - Éléments cylindriques
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
• H01M 50/213 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules ayant une section transversale courbée, p. ex. ronde ou elliptique
• H01M 50/367 - Passages internes d’évacuation des gaz dans le couvercle ou le boîtier de la batterieSystèmes d’évent à double couvercle

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for a perforated jellyroll battery. In one example, the perforated jellyroll battery may include a perforated anode including an anode active material layer, an anode current collector and anode perforations, a perforated cathode including a cathode active material layer, a cathode current collector and cathode perforations, and a separator positioned between the perforated anode and the perforated cathode. The anode perforations are axially and radially aligned with the cathode perforations, with respect to the jellyroll battery.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 10/04 - Structure ou fabrication en général
• H01M 4/70 - Supports ou collecteurs caractérisés par la forme ou la configuration
• H01M 50/103 - Boîtiers primairesFourreaux ou enveloppes caractérisés par leur forme ou leur structure physique prismatique ou rectangulaire
• H01M 50/55 - Bornes caractérisées par la position des terminaux sur les cellules sur le même côté de la cellule

Abrégé

Systems and methods for charging a battery cell of a battery are described. The stopping voltage for a charging rate of the battery cell may be adjusted so that a possibility of plating lithium to an anode of the battery cell may be reduced. The charging rate of the battery cell may be adjusted according to a reference voltage that may remove material phase-change voltage fluctuation.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
• B60L 53/10 - Procédés de chargement de batteries spécialement adaptées aux véhicules électriquesStations de charge ou équipements de charge embarqués pour ces batteriesÉchange d'éléments d’emmagasinage d'énergie dans les véhicules électriques caractérisés par le transfert d’énergie entre la station de charge et le véhicule
• B60L 53/20 - Procédés de chargement de batteries spécialement adaptées aux véhicules électriquesStations de charge ou équipements de charge embarqués pour ces batteriesÉchange d'éléments d’emmagasinage d'énergie dans les véhicules électriques caractérisés par des convertisseurs situés dans le véhicule
• B60L 53/62 - Surveillance et commande des stations de charge en réponse à des paramètres de charge, p. ex. courant, tension ou charge électrique
• B60L 58/24 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries
• H01M 10/0525 - Batteries du type "rocking chair" ou "fauteuil à bascule", p. ex. batteries à insertion ou intercalation de lithium dans les deux électrodesBatteries à l'ion lithium
• H01M 10/44 - Méthodes pour charger ou décharger
• H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte
• H01M 10/633 - Systèmes de commande caractérisés par des algorithmes, des diagrammes, des détails de logiciel ou similaires

Abrégé

A cutting and scrap ejector system for a panel includes a lower post, a main pad, a cutting member and a plunger. The main pad is configured to cooperate with the lower post to grip the panel. The cutting member is movable between a non-cutting position in which the cutting member is configured to be spaced apart from the panel and a cutting position in which the cutting member is configured to trim the panel. The plunger is movably coupled to the main pad between a first position in which the plunger is configured to be spaced apart from the panel and a second position in which the plunger is configured to contact a portion of the panel to eject the portion of the panel from the system. The plunger is inhibited from contacting the portion of the panel prior to the cutting member being moved to the cutting position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B23D 33/08 - Contre-piècesSommiers inférieursDispositifs de retenue
• B23D 33/02 - Agencements pour tenir, guider ou faire avancer les pièces pendant le travail

Abrégé

A debondable adhesive assembly for use in a battery pack includes a UV-curable release layer configured to be disposed between a first battery pack component and a second battery pack component, and an adhesive configured to bond the battery pack component to the second component. The UV-curable release layer is activatable by ultraviolet radiation to reduce an adhesion strength of the adhesive and to facilitate debonding of the battery pack component from the second component.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 50/264 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports avec des moyens de fixation, p. ex. des serrures pour des cellules ou des batteries, p. ex. cadres périphériques, courroies ou tiges
• C09J 7/20 - Adhésifs sous forme de films ou de pellicules caractérisés par leur support
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/6554 - Barres ou plaques
• H01M 10/6556 - Composants solides comprenant des canaux d'écoulement ou des tubes pour un échange de chaleur
• H01M 50/244 - Boîtiers secondairesBâtisDispositifs de suspensionDispositifs de manutentionSupports caractérisés par leur procédé de montage
• H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains

Abrégé

A suspension system of a vehicle may include an electric beam axle operably coupled to a frame of the vehicle, an electric motor operably coupled to the electric beam axle to propel the vehicle, a wheel assembly including a wheel operably coupled to the electric beam axle, a leaf spring assembly and an anti-windup bar. The leaf spring assembly may be operably coupled to a first portion of the frame at a first end of the leaf spring assembly, operably coupled to a second portion of the frame at a second end of the leaf spring assembly, and operably coupled to the electric beam axle between the first and second ends of the leaf spring assembly. The anti-windup bar may be operably coupled to the first portion of the frame at a first end of the anti-windup bar, and operably coupled to the electric beam axle at a second end of the anti-windup bar.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60G 9/00 - Suspensions élastiques d’un essieu rigide ou d’un carter d’essieux pour plusieurs roues
• B60G 11/04 - Suspensions élastiques caractérisées par la disposition, l'emplacement ou le type des ressorts ayant des ressorts à lames uniquement disposés sensiblement parallèles à l'axe longitudinal du véhicule

Abrégé

A protection system for an open-air vehicle includes a left track, a right track, a front carrier, and a front plate. The tracks are fixed relative to a frame longitudinally forward of a cabin of the open-air vehicle. The tracks are elongated longitudinally and parallel. The front carrier is engaged with the tracks. The front carrier is slidable along the tracks between a front position and a rear position. The front plate is rotatable about the front carrier at a lower edge of the front plate. The front plate is movable with the front carrier between an undeployed position when the front carrier is in the front position and a deployed position when the front carrier is in the rear position. The front plate in the undeployed position is more horizontal and in the deployed position slopes upward from the front carrier in front of the cabin.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 21/13 - Arceaux de sécurité

Abrégé

An assembly includes a collimator having one end associated with a light source, a pillow lens associated with the collimator, and at least one surface that is non-coplanar with the pillow lens. The assembly further includes at least one light pipe, wherein a first portion of light is directed through the pillow lens and a second portion of light exits the pillow lens and is directed by the at least one surface into the at least one light pipe.

Classes IPC  ?

• F21S 43/247 - Guides de lumière ayant une seule source lumineuse couplée au guide de lumière
• F21S 43/20 - Dispositifs de signalisation spécialement adaptés à l’extérieur des véhicules, p. ex. feux de freinage, feux clignotants indicateurs de direction ou feux de recul caractérisés par des réfracteurs, des glaces de fermeture transparentes, des guides ou des filtres de lumière
• F21S 43/237 - Guides de lumière caractérisés par la forme du guide de lumière en forme de tige
• F21S 43/31 - Leur conception optique
• F21W 103/35 - Feux de freinage
• F21Y 115/10 - Diodes électroluminescentes [LED]

Abrégé

The disclosure generally relates to a steer-by-wire steering system for vehicles and, more particularly to, methods and apparatus for the cooperative control of a steer-by-wire steering system. An example steer-by-wire (SBW) steering system for a vehicle includes machine readable instructions, and a control device to execute the machine readable instructions to determine a steering wheel angle of the steering wheel, cause a steering wheel actuator to apply a first feedback torque to the steering wheel based on the steering wheel angle and a target steering wheel angle, based on a user applied torque that is greater than the first feedback torque, cause the steering wheel actuator to apply a second feedback torque to the steering wheel based on the steering wheel angle, the target steering wheel angle, and the user applied torque, and cause the road wheel actuator to steer a vehicle based on the steering wheel angle.

Classes IPC  ?

• B62D 6/00 - Dispositions pour la commande automatique de la direction en fonction des conditions de conduite, qui sont détectées et pour lesquelles une réaction est appliquée, p. ex. circuits de commande

Abrégé

Systems and methods for a portable spare wheel and tire inductive charging device are provided. A portable spare wheel and tire inductive charging device includes a receiving coil that can be coupled to a transmitting coil of an inductive charging source to receive power from the inductive charging source and transfer that power to a vehicle. The spare wheel and tire inductive charging device may be connected to a vehicle via a power cable. The portable spare wheel and tire inductive charging device can be used by multiple vehicles to receive charge from a stationary inductive power source. The spare wheel and tire inductive charging device may also include a transmitter coil that couples to a receiver coil of the vehicle to transmit power to the vehicle.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 53/38 - Moyens pour l’ajustement automatique ou assisté de la position relative des dispositifs de charge et des véhicules spécialement adaptés au chargement en utilisant le transfert d'énergie par induction
• B60L 53/12 - Transfert d'énergie par induction
• B60L 53/16 - Connecteurs, p. ex. fiches ou prises, spécialement adaptés pour recharger des véhicules électriques

Abrégé

A computer has a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: detect a position of an occupant in a vehicle; identify a set of target positions of a shoulder-belt anchor of a seatbelt assembly based on the position of the occupant; and periodically move the shoulder-belt anchor between various ones of the target positions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 22/20 - Dispositifs d'ancrage réglables en position, p. ex. en hauteur
• B60R 22/48 - Systèmes de commande, alarmes, ou systèmes d'inter-verrouillage, pour assurer une utilisation correcte de la ceinture ou du harnais

Abrégé

A vehicle including a battery, a memory and a processor is disclosed. The battery may provide power to the vehicle, and the memory may store historical vehicle information. The processor may determine that a software update may be available for the vehicle. Responsive to determining that the software update may be available, the processor may determine an optimal time to initiate a software update installation in the vehicle to optimize a battery usage, based on the historical vehicle information. The processor may further transmit an installation initiation notification to a server to install the software update at the optimal time.

Classes IPC  ?

• F02N 11/08 - Circuits spécialement adaptés pour le démarrage des moteurs
• B60R 16/033 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique caractérisé par l'utilisation de cellules électriques ou de batteries
• G06F 8/65 - Mises à jour
• G07C 5/10 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente en utilisant des moyens de comptage ou des compteurs à horloge
• H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires

Abrégé

An adapter structure for a first opening in a frame includes a stem and a plurality of flexible wings. The stem is configured to be received in the first opening of the frame and defines a longitudinal axis. The stem includes a second opening extending at least partially therethrough along the longitudinal axis and configured to receive a fastener. The plurality of flexible wings extend radially outward from the stem.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 16/02 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques
• H02G 3/32 - Installations de câbles ou de lignes sur les murs, les sols ou les plafonds utilisant des colliers de fixation

Abrégé

A method includes receiving one or more vehicle marshalling messages from an automated vehicle as the automated vehicle moves through a marshalling environment and identifying one or more vehicle items associated with the automated vehicle to validate. The method further includes performing a quality validation of one the identified one or more vehicle items based on data from the received one or more vehicle marshalling messages, wherein the data received from one or more vehicle marshalling messages is used to determine a vehicle health associated with the one or more vehicle items.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules
• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente

Produits et services

(1) Motor vehicles, namely, gasoline and electric automobiles, pick-up trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles and their structural parts.

Abrégé

A vehicle including a spare wheel and tire assembly is disclosed. The wheel and tire assembly may include a tire and a wheel. The vehicle may further include a battery cell mounted in the wheel and tire assembly. The battery cell may store and provide power. In some aspects, the battery cell may be removably mounted in the spare wheel and tire assembly. In other aspects, the battery cell may be integrated with the spare wheel and tire assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60K 1/04 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques des dispositifs d'emmagasinage de l'énergie électrique pour la propulsion
• B62D 43/02 - Logement, fixation ou montage de la roue de secours à l'extérieur de la caisse

Abrégé

A method includes the identification of a current trajectory of an automated vehicle based on a movement of the automated vehicle through a marshaling environment, the calculation of a distance-based differential between the current trajectory of the automated vehicle and an expected trajectory of the automated vehicle, the determination of whether the distance-based differential exceeds a variation threshold, and the recalibration of one or more sensors of an infrastructure system in response to the distance-based differential exceeding the variation threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01C 25/00 - Fabrication, étalonnage, nettoyage ou réparation des instruments ou des dispositifs mentionnés dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
• B62D 65/18 - Systèmes de transport, de convoyage ou de traction spécialement adaptés aux lignes d'assemblage des véhicules à moteurs ou des remorques
• G01C 21/28 - NavigationInstruments de navigation non prévus dans les groupes spécialement adaptés pour la navigation dans un réseau routier avec corrélation de données de plusieurs instruments de navigation

Abrégé

A vehicle includes a vehicle frame having a frame-rail end. The frame-rail end has a vehicle-forward face and a vehicle-rearward face. The vehicle includes a bumper vehicle-forward of the frame-rail end. A rod supports the bumper on the frame-rail end. The rod is fixed to the bumper and slidably extends through the vehicle-forward face and the vehicle-rearward face of the frame-rail end. A head is fixed to the rod and is retained vehicle-rearward of the vehicle-rearward face by the frame-rail end. A spring is on the rod. The spring has a non-linear spring rate.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 19/28 - Ressorts métalliques

Abrégé

Systems and methods for attaching a snowplow to a vehicle are provided. Due to the size of the snowplow and the mounting bracket being located in front of the vehicle and closer to the ground, it is difficult for a user of the vehicle to correctly orient the vehicle with respect to the snowplow. The techniques described in this disclosure use virtual alignment features that are either programmed into the vehicle or learned by the vehicle to correctly align the vehicle to the snowplow. The virtual alignment features correspond to the attachment points of the snowplow mounting bracket of the vehicle. In some instances, the vehicle may autonomously detect a snowplow and orient itself to align with the snowplow using the virtual alignment markers and other alignment features of the snowplow. This makes the snowplow attachment process seamless and easy.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 1/24 - Dispositions de visualisation en temps réel pour les conducteurs ou les passagers utilisant des systèmes de capture d'images optiques, p. ex. des caméras ou des systèmes vidéo spécialement adaptés pour être utilisés dans ou sur des véhicules pour visualiser une zone extérieure au véhicule, p. ex. l’extérieur du véhicule avec un champ de vision prédéterminé à l’avant du véhicule
• E01H 5/06 - Enlèvement de la neige ou de la glace des routes ou surfaces analoguesAménagement de la pente ou de la rugosité de la neige ou de la glace par traction animale ou mécaniqueEnlèvement de la neige ou de la glace des routes ou surfaces analoguesAménagement de la pente ou de la rugosité de la neige ou de la glace par traction à bras et entraînement des éléments de détachage ou de transport, p. ex. de transport au moyen d'air comprimé le détachage étant essentiellement effectué par éléments non entraînés, p. ex. lames racleuses

Abrégé

A lamp assembly includes an outer lens that is attachable to a vehicle structure and at least one heat inducing member that mounted to selected portions of the outer lens.

Classes IPC  ?

• F21S 45/60 - Chauffage des dispositifs d’éclairage, p. ex. pour le désembuage
• F21S 45/20 - Amélioration de la circulation de gaz dans les dispositifs d’éclairage, p. ex. en dirigeant le flux de gaz vers la glace de fermeture pour désembuage

Abrégé

The disclosure relates generally to a method for operating a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle in accordance with a calibration mode, to a subassembly, and to a motor vehicle. An example method for operating a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle in accordance with a calibration mode includes applying an actuating signal to a steering wheel actuator to rotate a steering wheel at a predetermined constant speed, capturing an angle of rotation of the steering wheel during the rotation of the steering wheel at the predetermined constant speed, and determining a rotation-angle-dependent motor torque of an electric motor of the steering wheel actuator that produced the rotation of the steering wheel at the predetermined constant speed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B62D 5/00 - Direction assistée ou à relais de puissance
• B62D 6/00 - Dispositions pour la commande automatique de la direction en fonction des conditions de conduite, qui sont détectées et pour lesquelles une réaction est appliquée, p. ex. circuits de commande
• B62D 15/02 - Indicateurs de direction ou aides de direction

Abrégé

The disclosure relates generally to a method and apparatus for operating a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle and to a steer-by-wire steering system. An example method includes identifying a normal angle input for a road wheel angle of steerable wheels based on a steering command, identifying an adapted angle input characteristic curve for the road wheel angle based on the normal angle input overlaid with an overlay angle characteristic curve, communicating an actuating signal based on the adapted angle input characteristic curve to a road wheel actuator, detecting at least one operating parameter influenced by the road wheel actuator during the tracking of the road wheel angle of the steerable wheels, determining an updated friction value of the road wheel actuator based on the detected at least one operating parameter, and adjusting a current friction value of the road wheel actuator based on the updated friction value.

Classes IPC  ?

• B62D 6/00 - Dispositions pour la commande automatique de la direction en fonction des conditions de conduite, qui sont détectées et pour lesquelles une réaction est appliquée, p. ex. circuits de commande
• B62D 5/04 - Direction assistée ou à relais de puissance électrique, p. ex. au moyen d'un servomoteur relié au boîtier de direction ou faisant partie de celui-ci

Produits et services

Motor vehicles, namely, gasoline and electric automobiles, pick-up trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles and their structural parts

Produits et services

Administration of a certified repair network; Business management of approved service providers; Promoting the services of approved repair centers; Customer referral and locator services. Vehicle collision repair services; Body shop repair and maintenance services; Automotive repair consultation; Installation and replacement of vehicle parts.

Abrégé

A spring arrangement for suspending a wheel suspension element relative to a vehicle body includes a spring element extending along a torsion axis and having a multiplicity of torsion portions arranged one around another in radial succession. Adjacent torsion portions are predominantly separate from one another in each case, but connected in a rotationally fixed manner in certain regions by a connecting portion. An innermost torsion portion and an outermost torsion portion each have an attachment region and one attachment region is connected to the vehicle body and the other attachment region is connected to the wheel suspension element. A controllable actuator may act on different torsion portions of the spring element relative to the vehicle body and to set the characteristics of the spring arrangement.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60G 17/02 - Suspensions élastiques permettant d'ajuster les caractéristiques des ressorts ou des amortisseurs de vibrations, de réguler la distance entre la surface porteuse et la partie suspendue du véhicule ou de bloquer la suspension pendant l'utilisation pour s'adapter aux conditions variables du véhicule ou du terrain, p. ex. en fonction de la vitesse ou de la charge les caractéristiques des ressorts
• B60G 11/18 - Suspensions élastiques caractérisées par la disposition, l'emplacement ou le type des ressorts ayant des ressorts à barre de torsion uniquement
• B60G 17/015 - Suspensions élastiques permettant d'ajuster les caractéristiques des ressorts ou des amortisseurs de vibrations, de réguler la distance entre la surface porteuse et la partie suspendue du véhicule ou de bloquer la suspension pendant l'utilisation pour s'adapter aux conditions variables du véhicule ou du terrain, p. ex. en fonction de la vitesse ou de la charge les moyens de régulation comportant des éléments électriques ou électroniques

Abrégé

A method is disclosed for training and utilizing massively parallel neural networks. A distributed computing system may be configured to perform various operations. The distributed computing system may divide a directed acyclic graph (“DAG”) that comprises a plurality of vertices linked in pairwise relationships via a plurality of edges among a plurality of nodes. Each node may comprise a computing device. The distributed computing system may provide a map of the DAG that described a flow of data through the vertices to each of the vertices of the DAG. The distributed computing system may perform a topological sort of the vertices of the DAG and may traverse the DAG.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06N 3/045 - Combinaisons de réseaux
• G06N 3/08 - Méthodes d'apprentissage

Abrégé

A method includes the determination of a current status associated with a vehicle and the output of an indication corresponding to the current status associated with the vehicle via a lighting element of the vehicle. The method also includes the receipt of one or more marshaling commands based on the indication and the initiation of one or more actions in response to the receipt of the one or more marshaling commands.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente
• B60S 5/00 - Maintenance, entretien, réparation ou révision des véhicules
• B62D 65/18 - Systèmes de transport, de convoyage ou de traction spécialement adaptés aux lignes d'assemblage des véhicules à moteurs ou des remorques

Abrégé

A diagnostic for heat pumps may include causing heated coolant in a coolant loop to circulate through a heat exchanger that is thermally coupled to a refrigerant loop. The temperature and pressure of the refrigerant may be measured while the heated coolant is circulated through the heat exchanger, and the measured pressure and temperature may be compared to pressures and temperatures for systems that are properly charged with refrigerant to determine if the heat pump system is properly charged.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60H 1/00 - Dispositifs de chauffage, de refroidissement ou de ventilation

Abrégé

A method includes receiving detection data and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data from a vehicle as the vehicle traverses a testing lane, wherein the detection data corresponds to lidar detections, camera detections, and radar detections, by one or more sensors of the vehicle, and the IMU data corresponds to a determination of one or more motion constraints from the one or more sensors and an IMU and a determination of one or more constraints between the IMU and the vehicle to generate. A plurality of targets are arranged with respect to the testing lane and have a plurality of calibration elements configured to allow detection by the one or more sensors of the vehicle. The method further includes processing the received detection data and IMU data using a calibration algorithm, and generating one or more calibration parameters for the one or more sensors of the vehicle based on the processing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60W 50/00 - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier
• B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes

Abrégé

A battery pack assembly includes an enclosure assembly that provides an interior area. Battery cells are disposed along an array axis and are positioned within the interior area. Each of the battery cells includes at least one tab terminal that projects outward from the array axis. A shield assembly includes a foam secured to a support rod. The shield assembly is alongside the battery cells within the interior area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 50/293 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par des éléments d’espacement ou des moyens de positionnement dans les racks, les cadres ou les blocs caractérisés par le matériau
• H01M 10/658 - Moyens de commande de la température associés de façon structurelle avec les éléments par isolation ou protection thermique
• H01M 50/233 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par les propriétés physiques des boîtiers ou des bâtis, p. ex. dimensions
• H01M 50/291 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par des éléments d’espacement ou des moyens de positionnement dans les racks, les cadres ou les blocs caractérisés par leur forme
• H01M 50/507 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant un arrangement de plusieurs barres omnibus réunies dans une structure de conteneur, p. ex. modules de barres omnibus

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for cooling rotor assemblies, particularly rotor assemblies that include a shaftless rotor. In one example, a rotor assembly and cooling system includes cooling channels formed into parts of the rotor assembly, including a rotor core, an end cap, and a cup. In this way, coolant fluid flows axially through the rotor assembly to increase temperature reduction.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02K 1/32 - Parties tournantes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement

Abrégé

Systems and methods cooling battery cells of a battery are described. The system may include a plurality of spool valves to create a plurality of coolant flow paths through a battery pack so that a temperature differential between battery cells may be reduced. A controller adjusts positions of the spool valves according to battery cell temperature.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 58/26 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries par refroidissement
• B60K 11/02 - Dispositions des ensembles de propulsion relatives au refroidissement avec liquide de refroidissement
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/63 - Systèmes de commande
• H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments

Abrégé

A bicycle mounting assembly can include a mounting bracket, a fork mount held by the mounting bracket, and a clamping knob transitionable back-and-forth between an adjustment position and a clamping position. The fork mount is rotatable relative to the mounting bracket when the clamping knob is in the adjustment position. The fork mount is held in a mounting position when the clamping knob is in the clamping position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 9/10 - Accessoires supplémentaires extérieurs au véhicule, pour recevoir des charges, p. ex. des bagages, des engins de sport ou des objets similaires spécialement adaptés pour des engins de sport pour cycles

Abrégé

A vehicle has a body, a plurality of audio devices supported on or within the body, a motor and a plurality of electronic modules including an audio control module, a display control module, a lock control module, a brake control module and a modem control module. One or more batteries power the plurality of audio devices and the plurality of electronic modules. A controller is configured to control electrical power supplied to the plurality of electronic modules and configured to operate in a tailgate audio mode to control electric power supplied by the one or more batteries to the electronic modules in the tailgate audio mode. The controller determines available battery energy and expected energy and derates the power supplied to one or more of the plurality of electronic modules based on power supply of the one or more batteries in the tailgate audio mode.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 16/033 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique caractérisé par l'utilisation de cellules électriques ou de batteries
• B60W 10/18 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des systèmes de freinage
• B60W 10/26 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des moyens de stockage d'énergie pour l'énergie électrique, p. ex. des batteries ou des condensateurs
• B60W 10/30 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande d'équipements auxiliaires, p. ex. des compresseurs pour la climatisation ou des pompes à huile

Abrégé

An assembly may include a drive rod projecting from a powered tailgate. The assembly may also include a drive rod support mounted to a vehicle body structure. Further, an outer surface of the drive rod may be configured to mate with an inner surface of the drive rod support in a manner that will not result in rotational motion being transferred between the drive rod and the drive rod support.

Classes IPC  ?

• E05F 15/611 - Mécanismes pour battants mus par une force motrice utilisant des actionneurs électriques utilisant des électromoteurs rotatifs pour battants pivotants
• B62D 33/027 - Structure des panneaux latéraux ou des portes arrière mobiles

Abrégé

A method includes the generation of an inspection-related checklist based on one or more functions of a vehicle, the receipt of one or more commands to perform a vehicle function of the one or more vehicle functions, the performance of the vehicle function wherein one or more additional vehicles is configured to perform an inspection of the vehicle function while the vehicle is performing the vehicle function, and the transmission of an alert in response to the vehicle not passing the inspection.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules
• G06T 7/00 - Analyse d'image
• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente

Abrégé

A vehicle tailgate seat assembly has a base defining a first seat base, a second seat base and a central portion between the first seat base and the second seat base. A support structure is configured to connect the base onto a tailgate of a vehicle. A first seat back is pivotally connected to the base to provide a first seat back for the first seat when the seat back is in an open position. A second seat back is coupled to the base and configured to provide a second seat back for the second seat.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/005 - Agencement ou montage des sièges dans les véhicules
• B60N 2/30 - Sièges indémontables susceptibles d'être gardés dans une position de non-utilisation, p. ex. strapontins
• B60N 3/10 - Aménagements ou adaptations d'autres accessoires pour passagers, non prévus ailleurs de réceptacles pour nourriture ou boissons, p. ex. réfrigérés
• B60R 9/06 - Accessoires supplémentaires extérieurs au véhicule, pour recevoir des charges, p. ex. des bagages, des engins de sport ou des objets similaires à l'avant ou à l'arrière du véhicule
• B62D 33/023 - Structure des panneaux latéraux ou des portes arrière

Abrégé

An assembly for use in mounting electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) may include a bracket configured to be mounted to a wall. The bracket may be configured to establish a connection with a charging unit, and the bracket may include a charging cable holder.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 53/30 - Détails de construction des stations de charge
• H02G 3/04 - Tubes ou conduits de protection, p. ex. échelles à câbles ou goulottes de câblage
• H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
• B60L 53/18 - Câbles spécialement adaptés pour recharger des véhicules électriques

Abrégé

A traction battery pack immersion thermal management system includes a coolant delivery system that communicates a coolant from a coolant supply to an enclosure assembly that houses a plurality of battery cells. The coolant delivery system includes a plurality of inlet apertures to the enclosure assembly. A coolant return system communicates the coolant from the enclosure assembly back to the coolant supply. The coolant return system including at least one outlet aperture from the enclosure assembly.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
• B60L 50/64 - Détails de construction des batteries spécialement adaptées aux véhicules électriques
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/643 - Éléments cylindriques
• H01M 50/213 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules ayant une section transversale courbée, p. ex. ronde ou elliptique
• H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains
• H01M 50/358 - Passages externes d’évacuation des gaz sur le couvercle ou sur le boîtier de batterie
• H01M 50/367 - Passages internes d’évacuation des gaz dans le couvercle ou le boîtier de la batterieSystèmes d’évent à double couvercle

Abrégé

A traction battery pack venting system includes one or more battery cells and a venting chamber adjacent the one or more battery cells. The one or more battery cells are configured to vent to the venting chamber. The venting chamber has an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall can include outer wall vent openings. Each of the outer wall vent openings is configured to receive vent byproducts discharged from one of the one or more battery cells. The inner wall can include inner wall inlets each configured to receive vent byproducts discharged from one of the one or more battery cells.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 50/358 - Passages externes d’évacuation des gaz sur le couvercle ou sur le boîtier de batterie
• B60L 50/64 - Détails de construction des batteries spécialement adaptées aux véhicules électriques
• B60L 58/26 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries par refroidissement
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/6567 - Liquides
• H01M 50/213 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules ayant une section transversale courbée, p. ex. ronde ou elliptique

Abrégé

A method includes the calculation of a first checksum value, the transmission of one or more infrastructure marshaling messages that includes a second checksum value based on the first checksum value, the receipt of one or more vehicle marshaling messages, and the verification of the one or more vehicle marshaling messages.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 9/08 - Répartition de clés

Abrégé

A vehicle console includes a housing having sidewalls defining a storage compartment having a top access opening of a first size having a first length and a lid coupled to the housing and moveable between an open position and a closed position. The lid has a second size with a second length that is less than the first length so as to expose a portion of the top access opening when the lid is in the closed position. A first tray is disposed within the storage compartment and configured with a cup holder located below the exposed open top such that a container when placed in the cup holder is exposed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/75 - Accoudoirs
• B60N 3/10 - Aménagements ou adaptations d'autres accessoires pour passagers, non prévus ailleurs de réceptacles pour nourriture ou boissons, p. ex. réfrigérés

Abrégé

A cooling manifold for an electric machine is proposed with a hollow bolt feed solution that takes advantage of an existing bolt structure and interface to a housing of the electric machine to create a fluid passage for routing coolant to internal portions of a stator of the electric machine. The hollow bolt creates a sealed fluid interface without the need to add an additional seal, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity of the electric machine. In-slot cooling with the manifold, or with a plurality of the manifolds, may eliminate a reliance on slot liners and varnish for limiting relative motion of end windings of the stator and providing electrical isolation, while also cooling the hottest part of the electric machine, significantly influencing the machine's thermally limited capability.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02K 1/20 - Parties fixes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
• H02K 1/18 - Moyens de montage ou de fixation des parties magnétiques fixes sur ou aux structures constituant le stator

Abrégé

A position of a mobile device relative to a vehicle is determined. Time-of-flight (TOF) messages exchanged between ultra-wideband (UWB) anchors and a mobile device are detected via UWB anchors of a vehicle. Responsive to a lack of receipt of TOF messages from a quantity of the UWB anchors necessary for performing trilateration for at least a plurality of consecutive ranging rounds, the vehicle switches on a radar mode to detect angle of arrival and distance information between the UWB anchors and the mobile device. Responsive to switching on a radar mode, the vehicles receive channel impulse response (CIR) data from the UWB anchors. A position of the mobile device is determined based on the CIR data and the TOF messages. The position of the mobile device it utilized for one or more vehicle application.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01S 13/46 - Détermination indirecte des données relatives à la position

Abrégé

A method includes the detection of an object in a marshaling environment, a determination of whether one or more conditions is satisfied in response to the detection of the object, a transmission of a request for data originating from one or more sensors of each automated vehicle of one or more automated vehicles, a receipt of the requested data from the one or more automated vehicles, and a performance of one or more corrective actions based on an analysis of the requested data.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes
• G08G 1/00 - Systèmes de commande du trafic pour véhicules routiers
• G08G 1/01 - Détection du mouvement du trafic pour le comptage ou la commande

Abrégé

Rotor lock prevention systems and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electric motor having an output shaft, a drive shaft to drive one or more wheels of a vehicle, a fluid torque converter to operatively couple the output shaft of the electric motor and the drive shaft, and a clutch movable between an open position and a closed position. The clutch is to fluidly couple the output shaft of the electric motor and the drive shaft when the clutch is in the open position. The clutch to enable the electric motor to bypass the fluid torque converter to mechanically couple the output shaft of the electric motor and the drive shaft when the clutch is in the closed position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 15/20 - Procédés, circuits ou dispositifs pour commander la propulsion des véhicules à traction électrique, p. ex. commande de la vitesse des moteurs de traction en vue de réaliser des performances désiréesAdaptation sur les véhicules à traction électrique de l'installation de commande à distance à partir d'un endroit fixe, de différents endroits du véhicule ou de différents véhicules d'un même train pour la commande du véhicule ou de son moteur en vue de réaliser des performances désirées, p. ex. vitesse, couple, variation programmée de la vitesse
• B60L 3/00 - Dispositifs électriques de sécurité sur véhicules propulsés électriquementContrôle des paramètres de fonctionnement, p. ex. de la vitesse, de la décélération ou de la consommation d’énergie

Abrégé

A battery includes, in one example, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, where the negative electrode includes active material flakes with hydroxylated edges surrounding non-hydroxylated planes. Hydroxylated metal oxide nanoparticles are chemisorbed to the hydroxylated edges, selectively coating these regions. The metal oxide nanoparticles may be tungsten, niobium, or aluminum.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 4/36 - Emploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs
• C01B 32/21 - Post-traitement
• H01M 4/02 - Électrodes composées d'un ou comprenant un matériau actif
• H01M 4/48 - Emploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs d'oxydes ou d'hydroxydes inorganiques
• H01M 4/587 - Matériau carboné, p. ex. composés au graphite d'intercalation ou CFx pour insérer ou intercaler des métaux légers

Abrégé

The disclosure relates in general to a method and a system for identifying a vehicle via a system. The system comprises at least one sensor, a system control device coupled to the sensor and the vehicle having a vehicle control device. A vehicle having at least one component is detected. The component is movable, can be detected by the sensor and is coupled to the vehicle control device. The system control device is coupled to the vehicle control device. An identifier is forwarded by the system control device to the vehicle control device. A movement pattern is executed by the at least one component of the vehicle based on the identifier. A movement pattern executed by the component of the vehicle is detected by the sensor. The vehicle is identified by the system control device (16) based on the detected movement pattern.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06V 20/50 - Contexte ou environnement de l’image
• B60S 1/06 - Essuie-glaces ou analogues, p. ex. grattoirs caractérisés par l'entraînement
• E05F 15/70 - Mécanismes pour battants mus par une force motrice avec déclenchement automatique
• G06T 7/246 - Analyse du mouvement utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques, p. ex. le suivi des coins ou des segments

Abrégé

An assembly includes a dash, an inflator supported by the dash, and an airbag supported by the dash. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position is selectively deployable to one of a first position or a second position spaced away from the dash relative to the first position. An inflation tube fluidly connects the inflator and the airbag. An airbag tether connects the airbag to the dash in the first position and the second position. The airbag tether is selectively extendable from a first length when the airbag is in the first position and a second length longer than the first length when the airbag is in the second position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 21/205 - Dispositions pour ranger les éléments gonflables non utilisés ou à l'état dégonfléAgencement ou montage des composants ou modules des coussins gonflables dans le tableau de bord
• B60R 21/015 - Circuits électriques pour déclencher le fonctionnement des dispositions de sécurité en cas d'accident, ou d'accident imminent, de véhicule comportant des moyens pour détecter la présence ou la position des passagers, des sièges des passagers ou des sièges pour enfants, p. ex. pour mettre hors service le déclenchement
• B60R 21/2338 - Attaches
• B60R 21/00 - Dispositions ou équipements sur les véhicules pour protéger les occupants ou les piétons ou pour leur éviter des blessures en cas d'accidents ou d'autres incidents dus à la circulation
• B60R 21/16 - Moyens gonflables de retenue ou d'immobilisation des occupants prévus pour se gonfler lors d'un choc ou en cas de choc imminent, p. ex. sacs gonflables

Abrégé

A blanking machine and method for separating at least one blank from a main body of an electrical sheet include an electrically conductive punch and die controlled to contact opposite surfaces of the electrical sheet with the punch and die coupled to an energy storage arrangement, such as one or more capacitors, controlled to rapidly discharge energy between the punch and die through the electrical sheet rapidly heating the electrical sheet within a limited region of a blanking edge between the punch and the die. The punch and die may be electrically insulated except for an uninsulated region in proximity to the blanking edge. The punch may move within the die after discharging the energy storage arrangement to separate the blank from the electrical sheet.

Classes IPC  ?

• B21D 28/14 - Matrices

Abrégé

A vehicle includes a traction battery and one or more controllers configured to manage charging based on capacity changes independent of open circuit voltage. The controllers determine an updated state of charge when capacity varies and prevent charging when the state of charge exceeds a threshold. In some embodiments, the controllers output a state of certified energy value or adjust displayed charge and range indicators.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60L 58/15 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction de l'état de charge [SoC] empêchant les surcharges
• B60L 7/18 - Freinage dynamo-électrique par récupération commandant l'effet de freinage

Abrégé

Collecting and processing vehicle data with differential privacy is provided. A set of differential privacy settings are received by a telematics control unit (TCU) of a vehicle, corresponding to a user, the differential privacy settings defining which sets of one or more vehicle signals to be sent to a cloud server. The TCU captures a plurality of vehicle signals from a plurality of controllers and/or sensors of the vehicle. The TCU applies a filter to the vehicle signals according to the differential privacy settings to generate filtered signals. The filtered signals are encoded into sparse signals. The sparse signals are transmitted from the vehicle to the cloud server for processing by an analysis model to determine metrics for the vehicle according to the differential privacy settings of the user.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 21/62 - Protection de l’accès à des données via une plate-forme, p. ex. par clés ou règles de contrôle de l’accès
• G06N 3/0455 - Réseaux auto-encodeursRéseaux encodeurs-décodeurs
• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules
• G07C 5/08 - Enregistrement ou indication de données de marche autres que le temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente, avec ou sans enregistrement des temps de circulation, de fonctionnement, d'arrêt ou d'attente

Abrégé

A method for forming magnets includes compacting particles of a metallic powder to form a magnet with homogeneous coercivity. The method further includes thermal gradient annealing the magnet to selectively promote grain growth within the magnet such that grain size of the magnet decreases in a direction of a temperature gradient corresponding to regions of lower temperature.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01F 41/02 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou à l'assemblage des aimants, des inductances ou des transformateursAppareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication des matériaux caractérisés par leurs propriétés magnétiques pour la fabrication de noyaux, bobines ou aimants
• H01F 1/03 - Aimants ou corps magnétiques, caractérisés par les matériaux magnétiques appropriésEmploi de matériaux spécifiés pour leurs propriétés magnétiques en matériaux inorganiques caractérisés par leur coercivité
• H01F 7/02 - Aimants permanents
• H01F 13/00 - Appareils ou procédés pour l'aimantation ou pour la désaimantation

Abrégé

A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a vehicle seat mounted to the vehicle floor. The vehicle seat includes a seat bottom rotatable about a rotational axis between a deployed position and a raised position. The seat includes two legs fixed to the seat bottom and spaced from each other along the cross-seat axis. The legs are moveable with the seat bottom between the deployed position and the raised position. The vehicle seat includes a beam fixed directly to the legs and extending along the cross-seat axis from one leg to the other leg. The beam moves with the seat bottom between the deployed position and the raised position. During certain vehicle impacts, the beam counteracts downward force of the pelvis of the occupant to control the kinematics of the occupant, including controlling the kinematics of the occupant relative to a lap belt of a seatbelt.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/02 - Sièges spécialement adaptés aux véhiculesAgencement ou montage des sièges dans les véhicules le siège ou l'une de ses parties étant mobile, p. ex. réglable

Abrégé

A motor vehicle may include a body including an opening. The motor vehicle may also include a step including a deck. The motor vehicle may further include a linkage assembly configured to guide movement of the step between a stowed position and at least one deployed position. When the step is in the at least one deployed position, the step may be spaced-apart from a groundscape adjacent the motor vehicle. Further, the linkage assembly may include a first link configured such that at least a portion of the first link moves away from the opening as the step moves to the deployed position, and such that the first link is configured to provide a handhold when the step is in the at least one deployed position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 3/02 - Marches escamotables
• B60N 3/02 - Aménagements ou adaptations d'autres accessoires pour passagers, non prévus ailleurs de poignées de retenue

Abrégé

A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a rotor. The rotor is formed by sliding rotor plates and end plates onto a rotor shaft. At least one of the end plates is secured axially to the rotor shaft by rotating it such that a key engages a circumferential keyway in the shaft. An axial keyway allows the end plate to slide to the circumferential keyway. The axial keyway may also function to rotationally fix the rotor plates to the shaft. The second end plate may be axially secured in a similar fashion or may be axially secured by a shoulder.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02K 1/28 - Moyens de montage ou de fixation des parties magnétiques tournantes sur ou aux structures constituant le rotor
• H02K 15/02 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation des machines dynamo-électriques des corps statoriques ou rotoriques

Abrégé

A vehicle interior device mount system includes a bracket mount configured to extend from a vehicle component in a cabin interior of a vehicle. The bracket mount has opposing first and second sidewalls with a plurality of connecting features located on the first and second sidewalls. The system further includes an electronic device and a device holder having a frame configured to hold the electronic device. The frame has first and second levers on opposite sides. The first lever has a first retention feature configured to matingly engage a first connecting feature on the first sidewall, and the second lever has a second retention feature configured to matingly engage a second connecting feature on the second sidewall. The first and second levers may be actuated to disengage the retention features from the connecting features to remove the device holder and electronic device from the bracket mount.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 1/12 - Ensembles de miroirs combinés avec d'autres objets, p. ex. pendules

Abrégé

A method includes the assignment of one or more vehicles to a zone within one or more geofenced locations, the assignment of a target orientation within the zone to each vehicle of the one or more vehicles, and causing each vehicle of the one or more vehicles to move to a target location within the zone and to be positioned in the target orientation within the target location.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60W 30/06 - Manœuvre automatique de stationnement
• G05D 1/69 - Commande coordonnée de la position ou du cap de plusieurs véhicules
• G05D 109/10 - Véhicules terrestres
• H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p. ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères

Abrégé

A method includes the generation of a service-based list associated with a vehicle, a determination of one or more service-based operations, a transmission to a management system of a service request, a receipt of one or more instructions indicative of a location of a parking zone based on a complexity rating associated with each operation of the one or more service-based operations, and movement of the vehicle to the parking zone in response to receiving the one or more instructions.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/20 - Administration de la réparation ou de la maintenance des produits
• B60W 30/06 - Manœuvre automatique de stationnement
• G07C 5/00 - Enregistrement ou indication du fonctionnement de véhicules

Abrégé

Systems and methods for generating content summaries with minimal hallucinations are provided. Particularly, the systems and methods may be applicable to EV charging stations. One or more natural language processing models (NLP models), such as an aspect-based sentiment analysis model (ABSA) and a summarization model, may be used to generate summaries of information associated with the charging stations. A mechanism may also be used to ensure that the summaries that are generated are accurate and do not include hallucinations.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/0282 - Notation ou évaluation d’opérateurs commerciaux ou de produits
• G06F 16/34 - NavigationVisualisation à cet effet
• G06F 40/30 - Analyse sémantique

Abrégé

A vehicle cushion component is comprised of a lattice cell structure comprising a plurality of rods and a plurality of nodes that cooperate to define a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells includes a plurality of dimensions, defined by a plurality of dimensions provided by the plurality of rods. The plurality of dimensions of the plurality of rods is modified in accordance with a scaling factor to adjust the plurality of dimensions of the plurality of cells to provide the lattice cell structure with a scaled stiffness gradient. The scaled stiffness gradient provides the vehicle cushion component with a touch surface for contact with a user of the vehicle cushion component wherein the touch surface has a variable degree of stiffness unique to the user. The scaling factor is derived from pressure map data reflecting a pressure applied to the lattice cell structure.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/64 - Dossiers

Abrégé

A vehicle console has a housing with an upper storage compartment, a top access opening, and a hidden lower storage compartment. An upper panel defines a bottom floor of the upper storage compartment. A lower floor is located below the upper panel. A hidden lower extends storage compartment between the upper panel and the lower floor. A radio frequency blocker is provided in the upper panel to block the transmission of radio frequency signals through the upper panel.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60R 11/02 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets pour postes radio, de télévision, téléphones, ou objets similairesDisposition de leur commande
• B60R 11/00 - Autres aménagements pour tenir ou monter des objets

Abrégé

Methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a staggered introduction multilayer pouch wherein the staggered introduction multilayer pouch is configured to release chemicals into a pouch cell battery on demand during formation, aging and testing (FA&T). In one example, a system may include a main pouch and one or more chemical pouches adjacent to the main pouch. The main pouch may include an electrode stack and include a cathode tab and an anode tab and the chemical pouches may be configured to add chemicals to the main pouch on demand. In some examples, the chemical pouches may contain electrolytes or other additives that can be added to the main pouch on demand according to the FA&T process and the chemical properties of each chemical.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 50/673 - Récipients pour stockage de liquidesConduits de refoulement à cet effet
• H01M 10/04 - Structure ou fabrication en général
• H01M 50/105 - Poches ou sacs souples
• H01M 50/618 - Contrôle de la pression
• H01M 50/636 - Fermeture ou scellement des ouvertures de remplissage

Abrégé

A drive assembly for a motor vehicle may include a wheel shaft for non-rotatable connection to a vehicle wheel, a bearing unit for arrangement on a vehicle body, a first electric motor having a primary stator element and a primary rotor element, and a second electric motor having a secondary stator element and a secondary rotor element. The stator element and the rotor element of each electric motor are rotatable relative to one another. The rotor elements are coupled in a movement-transmitting manner to the wheel shaft. The stator elements are mounted so as to be individually rotatable relative to the bearing unit and are connected via a coupling gear. The secondary stator element is coupled in a movement-transmitting manner to a spring element for the suspension of the vehicle wheel.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60K 1/02 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques comprenant plus d'un moteur électrique
• B60G 17/015 - Suspensions élastiques permettant d'ajuster les caractéristiques des ressorts ou des amortisseurs de vibrations, de réguler la distance entre la surface porteuse et la partie suspendue du véhicule ou de bloquer la suspension pendant l'utilisation pour s'adapter aux conditions variables du véhicule ou du terrain, p. ex. en fonction de la vitesse ou de la charge les moyens de régulation comportant des éléments électriques ou électroniques
• B60K 17/08 - Agencement ou montage des transmissions sur les véhicules caractérisées par la disposition, l'emplacement ou le type de mécanisme de transmission du changement de vitesse du type mécanique
• H02K 7/116 - Association structurelle avec des embrayages, des freins, des engrenages, des poulies ou des démarreurs mécaniques avec des engrenages

Abrégé

A first toll advertisement message (TAM) is broadcast from a roadside unit (RSU), the first TAM indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and payment information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received from a first priority vehicle in receipt of the first TAM, the TUM including a request to reallocate one or more of the lanes of the roadway for use by the first priority vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the TUM, the RSU sends a TUM acknowledgment to the first priority vehicle indicating a lane allocation for use by the first priority vehicle and broadcasts a second TAM indicating the geographic locations of lanes of the roadway for which the tolls are due, the payment information for traversing the lanes of the roadway, and the lane allocation.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07B 15/06 - Dispositions pour la tarification routière modulable ou la taxation de congestion de véhicules ou d’utilisateurs de véhicules, p. ex. systèmes de péage automatiques
• G06Q 30/0251 - Publicités ciblées
• G08G 1/01 - Détection du mouvement du trafic pour le comptage ou la commande
• G08G 1/0967 - Systèmes impliquant la transmission d'informations pour les grands axes de circulation, p. ex. conditions météorologiques, limites de vitesse
• H04W 4/06 - Répartition sélective de services de diffusion, p. ex. service de diffusion/multidiffusion multimédiaServices à des groupes d’utilisateursServices d’appel sélectif unidirectionnel
• H04W 4/44 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p. ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication entre véhicules et infrastructures, p. ex. véhicule à nuage ou véhicule à domicile

Abrégé

A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a primary circuit through which a refrigerant flows, the primary circuit including an evaporator and a condenser. The system may further include a secondary circuit through which a coolant flows. The system may further include a pump to drive the flow of coolant in the secondary circuit. The system may further include a plurality of control valves to regulate the flow of coolant in the secondary circuit, the control valves being activated by a control device to switch flow connections within the secondary circuit. The control valve may include at least one multi-way valve having multiple openings, the connections between the openings established by a slide arranged to rotate within the valve.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 10/663 - Relations d'échange de chaleur entre les éléments et d'autres systèmes, p. ex. chauffage central ou piles à combustibles le système étant un climatiseur ou un moteur
• B60L 58/26 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries par refroidissement
• B60L 58/27 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries pour la commande de la température des batteries par chauffage
• H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
• H01M 10/615 - Chauffage ou maintien de la chaleur
• H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
• H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
• H01M 10/6569 - Fluides qui subissent un changement ou une transition de phase liquide-gaz, p. ex. évaporation ou condensation