121 |
SHORE POWER CORD SET |
US14513609 |
2014-10-14 |
US20150031235A1 |
2015-01-29 |
David L. Wiesemann; Timothy J. Kent; Jason W. Anderson; Vitaly Kapelevich; Patrick J. Radle; Christopher L. Peterson; David J. Prince; Scott A. Olson |
A shore power cord includes a power supply connector electrically connected to a vehicle connector. In some cases, the vehicle connector includes features to selectively secure the vehicle connector to a vehicle power receptacle inlet. In some cases, the shore power cord includes a test module that evaluates the condition of the cord set and a power supply when the cord set is connected to the power supply. |
122 |
Method for Controlling an Electrical System |
US14459605 |
2014-08-14 |
US20140350740A1 |
2014-11-27 |
Joachim FROESCHL |
A method is provided for controlling an electrical system. A first characteristic value of the electrical system is determined. For the first characteristic value, a suitable first group of optimizing variables is determined. A first group of command variables suitable for the first group of optimizing variables is determined. For the first group of command variables, a first group of current boundary values is determined. For each boundary value of the first group of current boundary values, a prediction is made to obtain a first group of predicted boundary values. A probability is assigned to each predicted boundary value of the first group of predicted boundary values to obtain a first group of predicted, probability-related boundary values. All boundary values of the first group of current boundary values and of the first group of predicted, probability-related boundary values are prioritized in order to obtain prioritized boundary values. The prioritized boundary values are used to calculate at least one control value with which the system may be controlled. |
123 |
Shore power cord set |
US13228242 |
2011-09-08 |
US08884773B2 |
2014-11-11 |
David L. Wiesemann; Timothy J. Kent; Jason W. Anderson; Vitaly Kapelevich; Patrick J. Radle; Christopher L. Peterson; David J. Prince; Scott A. Olson |
A shore power cord includes a power supply connector electrically connected to a vehicle connector. In some cases, the vehicle connector includes features to selectively secure the vehicle connector to a vehicle power receptacle inlet. In some cases, the shore power cord includes a test module that evaluates the condition of the cord set and a power supply when the cord set is connected to the power supply. |
124 |
Communication Device for a Motor Vehicle |
US14298281 |
2014-06-06 |
US20140288786A1 |
2014-09-25 |
Christoph MAYSER; Andreas PFEIFFER |
A communication device for a motor vehicle includes a first control unit (BDC), a second control unit (SAS), a control unit arrangement (SGA), a first data bus (SB), to which the first control unit (BDC) and the control unit arrangement (SGA) are connected for the exchange of data, as well as a second data bus (AB), to which the second control unit (SAS) and the control unit arrangement (SGA) are connected for the exchange of data. The control unit arrangement includes at least a first sensor control unit (SSG1) for controlling a first sensor and a second sensor control unit (SSG2) for controlling a second sensor. The first and the second sensor have mutually overlapping sensor acquisition ranges. The first and the second sensor control unit can exchange at least preprocessed sensor data by way of a third data bus (PB). The first and the second sensor control unit are constructed to be operated in a master-slave operation with respect to at least one functionality. By way of the first sensor control unit as the master of a first functionality (F1), first data (DFC), which are provided by the first control unit at the first data bus, are processed for the control unit arrangement. By way of the second sensor control unit as the master of a second functionality (F2), first application data (AD1) for the second control unit are provided at the second data bus. |
125 |
WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME |
US14237198 |
2012-06-07 |
US20140246230A1 |
2014-09-04 |
Yuten Takahashi |
An object is to readily fixate a wire to a nonwoven member at low cost and to reduce waste when the nonwoven member is wound around the wire. A wire harness includes a wire bundle and a nonwoven fabric extending in a longitudinal direction of the wire bundle and being wound and wrapped around the wire bundle. In the wire harness, the nonwoven fabric is fixated to the wire bundle by welding at least one of a start-edge portion and an end-edge portion in a winding direction of the nonwoven fabric. |
126 |
BATTERY CONTROLLER OF VEHICLE |
US13989658 |
2012-08-17 |
US20140176085A1 |
2014-06-26 |
Naoki Maruno; Satoru Komoda |
This battery controller of a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a generator; a battery; a battery state detector that detects a battery state including the remaining capacity of the battery; a degree-of-deterioration determination unit that determines the degree of deterioration of the battery based on the battery state; a neglect state detector; a monitoring time setting unit that sets a monitoring time to monitor the remaining capacity based on the degree of deterioration and the current remaining capacity of the battery when the neglect state of the vehicle is detected by the neglect state detector; and a charging necessity determination unit that determines whether or not the battery needs to be charged after the monitoring time set by the monitoring time setting unit passes. Charging of the battery by the generator is started when the charging necessity determination unit determines that the battery needs to be charged. |
127 |
Electrical storage element control system for a vehicle |
US12534008 |
2009-07-31 |
US08643216B2 |
2014-02-04 |
Robert M. Lattin |
An electrical storage element control system for a vehicle. The control system includes electrical storage elements electrically coupled to each other in parallel, switch devices, and a controller. Each of the electrical storage elements defines a total storage capacity and having a state of charge cooperatively defining a total stored charge, and is adapted to be in electrical communication with an electrical load and a power source. The switch devices are electrically coupled to the electrical storage elements such that each switch device is associated with a corresponding electrical storage element and is operable between connected and disconnected states. The controller is in electrical communication with the switch devices to selectively vary each of the switch devices between the connected state and the disconnected state to connect and disconnect one or more of the electrical storage elements relative to the load based on the total stored charges and relative to the power source based on the total storage capacities of the electrical storage elements. |
128 |
Wireless electric power feeding equipment |
US13580518 |
2010-12-01 |
US08581445B2 |
2013-11-12 |
Shinji Ichikawa |
An electric power supply device generates electric power having a prescribed frequency. An electric power transfer unit receives electric power from the electric power supply device, and transfers electric power to an electric power receiving unit in a contactless manner by resonating with the electric power receiving unit via an electromagnetic field. An electric power sensor senses power reflected to the electric power supply device. A discharging coil unit externally discharges electric power output from the electric power supply device. A relay electrically connects the discharging coil unit between the electric power supply device and the electric power transfer unit when the reflected power detected has a value exceeding a predetermined value. |
129 |
VEHICLE ON-BOARD UNIT |
US13897146 |
2013-05-17 |
US20130253777A1 |
2013-09-26 |
Steve TENGLER; Ronald HEFT |
A vehicle on-board unit communicates with vehicles to increase the accuracy of lane centerline determination. The on-board unit includes a communication system and a controller. The controller has a vehicle path history generating component, a lane centerline determining component, and a message processing component. The vehicle path history generating section generates a host vehicle path history data. The lane centerline determining section receives a preceding vehicle message including at least a preceding vehicle centerline data from the communication system and determines a host vehicle lane centerline data indicative of a centerline of the lane based on the host vehicle path history data and the preceding vehicle centerline data. The message processing component produces a host vehicle message including the host vehicle lane centerline data, the communication system being configured to broadcast the host vehicle message. |
130 |
SWITCH |
US13743126 |
2013-01-16 |
US20130186737A1 |
2013-07-25 |
Tetsuya Inotsuka; Takeshi Okuhara; Naoto Ogasawara; Hiroshi Yamada; Munetaka Torii; Teruo Kato |
The concave streak portion 26, in which the welding inclination surface 27 is formed, is provided on the side wall 12; the projecting portion 40, which is fitted into the concave streak portion 26 when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 overlap to form the switch case 3, is provided on the lid body 36; when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are overlapped, the switch case 3 is sealed by contacting the seal ring 31 with the flange portion 38 and the welding shoulder portion 41 interferes with the welding inclination surface 27; the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are jointed by melting the interference portion by high-frequency welding; the release region K, which keep the communicating state of the inside of the switch case 3 with the outside is designed by notching the projecting portion 40 from the root thereof. |
131 |
Vehicle on-board unit |
US11516696 |
2006-09-07 |
US08483903B2 |
2013-07-09 |
Steve Tengler; Ronald Heft |
A vehicle on-board unit is configured to communicate with other vehicles to increase an accuracy of a lane centerline determination of a road that the vehicle is traveling. The vehicle on-board unit basically has a vehicle path history generating section, a two-way wireless communications section and a lane centerline determining section. The vehicle path history generating section generates a host vehicle path history data indicative of a travel path of the host vehicle. The two-way wireless communications section receives a preceding vehicle message that at least includes a preceding vehicle path history data indicative of a travel path of the preceding vehicle along a lane that the host vehicle is currently traveling. The lane centerline determining section determines a lane centerline of the lane that the host vehicle is currently traveling based on the host vehicle path history data and the preceding vehicle path history data. |
132 |
ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS |
US13716254 |
2012-12-17 |
US20130161094A1 |
2013-06-27 |
Paul BROUGHTON; Richard PEACE; Gary Alan SKINNER; Michael Christopher WILLMOT; Robin Charles KENNEA |
An electrical raft 200 comprising electrical conductors 252 embedded in a rigid material are provided to a gas turbine engine. The raft 200 is used to transport electrical signals (which may be, for example power and/or control signals) around a gas turbine engine. The electrical raft 200 has an electrical connector 700 embedded therein which is used to connect the electrical raft to an electrical unit, such as an EEC of a gas turbine engine The electrical connector 700 is resiliently biased so as to ensure a reliable electrical connection. |
133 |
ELECTRICAL RAFT ASSEMBLY |
US13716808 |
2012-12-17 |
US20130160458A1 |
2013-06-27 |
Michael Christopher WILLMOT; Paul BROUGHTON; Richard PEACE; Gary Alan SKINNER; Robin Charles KENNEA |
An electrical raft assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The raft assembly comprises a rigid electrical raft formed of a rigid material that includes an electrical system comprising electrical conductors embedded in the rigid material. The raft assembly further comprises an engine component that is mounted to the electrical raft. The electrical raft includes one or more integral cooling passages which guide a coolant fluid through the raft to cool the engine component |
134 |
ENGINE IDLE PROTECTION SYSTEM |
US13430460 |
2012-03-26 |
US20130079952A1 |
2013-03-28 |
Peter Fazi |
An automated vehicle shutdown and user notification method and device for shutting down an engine in a vehicle having a passive keyless entry and start ignition system where the engine has unintentionally been left running by the user is disclosed. In one aftermarket embodiment, the method is implemented in an aftermarket remote start interface module. The module comprises a micro-controller, a memory, a vehicle data bus connector that provides for interface through the vehicles onboard diagnostic (OBDII) port to the vehicle data bus. The system includes a remote start module having a radio frequency transceiver and a cellular telephone transceiver, and provides audible, visual and electronic notifications that the vehicle has been left running and that the engine will be shut off unless the shutdown sequence is deactivated. If the shutdown fails by any malfunction, the system will go into an alternative notice mode. |
135 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPERATE AN EXTENDED RANGE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE A KEYLESS ENTRY TRANSMITTER |
US13238378 |
2011-09-21 |
US20130069761A1 |
2013-03-21 |
CRAIG A. TIEMAN |
A communication system, an in-vehicle communication module, and a method for operating a keyless entry receiver in a vehicle to recognize a keyless entry transmitter. An internet server is used to store programming data for operating the keyless entry receiver to recognize the keyless entry transmitter. An in-vehicle communication module is used to communicate with a diagnostic bus of the vehicle to determine a vehicle identity, communicate with the internet server to download programming data corresponding to the vehicle identity, operate the keyless entry receiver into a learn mode via the diagnostic bus and in accordance with the programming data, and operate a keyless entry transmitter to transmit a keyless entry signal effective for the keyless entry receiver to recognize the keyless entry transmitter. |
136 |
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE |
US13697131 |
2011-04-13 |
US20130066507A1 |
2013-03-14 |
Katsuyasu Yamane; Kentaro Yoshimura; Suguru Asakura |
When predetermined conditions in a vehicle are met, the control means of the disclosed vehicle control device prohibits control of the state of power-source supply to vehicle-mounted equipment or the operating state of a drive source resulting from a pressing operation of a push switch. When it is detected that an abnormal state has arisen in the vehicle, the control means allows control by the pressing operation of the push switch even if the aforementioned predetermined conditions are met. |
137 |
INTERIOR TRIM PART AND EXTERIOR FACING PART OF A VEHICLE HAVING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR |
US13580428 |
2011-02-18 |
US20130061679A1 |
2013-03-14 |
Michael Steckel |
The invention relates to an interior trim part of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a composite having a carrier (30) and a decorative element (10) on one side of the carrier, the decorative element comprising a viewing side (11) visible to an observer from the interior (100) of the vehicle comprising a substantially continuously closed surface at least in a partial region (B1), characterized in that the composite is thinner within the partial region (B1) facing away from the viewing side perpendicular to the viewing side, and is capable of ultrasonic vibration in the thinned region (B1), and by an ultrasonic sensor having an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is connected to the side of the composite facing away from the viewing side (11) over the entire surface of the thinned area (B1). |
138 |
VEHICLE COUNTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE COUNTING METHOD |
US13596535 |
2012-08-28 |
US20120323532A1 |
2012-12-20 |
Mototaka Yoshioka; Shinichi Yoshizawa |
A vehicle counting device including: a frequency analysis unit that analyzes a frequency of a surrounding sound detected by a vehicle sound detection microphone; a vehicle sound candidate selection unit that selects, as one or more vehicle sound candidates, one or more sounds included in the surrounding sound, based on the analysis by the frequency analysis unit, each of the one or more sounds being in a frequency band where a sound pressure is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; a phase curve calculation unit that calculates, for each of the one or more vehicle sound candidates, a phase curve; and a vehicle count determination unit that classifies the one or more phase curves into at least one group, based on shapes of the one or more phase curves, and determines a total number of the at least one group as the number of the nearby vehicles. |
139 |
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE |
US13009054 |
2011-01-19 |
US20110211311A1 |
2011-09-01 |
Takuya Shinoda |
An electronic apparatus for a vehicle, includes an electronic device, a waterproof housing that receives the electronic device, and a filter. The housing has a ventilation hole that penetrates through a housing wall of the housing. The filter is attached to a filter attachment portion of the housing wall to cover the ventilation hole. A wall surface of the ventilation hole includes a slope surface section that has an increasing cross-sectional area, which progressively increases from an inner end to an outer end of the slope surface section toward an outer surface of the housing wall in a penetrating direction of the ventilation hole. Furthermore, a distance between the filter attachment portion and the outer surface is larger than that between the inner end of the slope surface section and the outer surface in the penetrating direction. |
140 |
Vehicle on-board unit |
US11516696 |
2006-09-07 |
US20080082261A1 |
2008-04-03 |
Steve Tengler; Ronald Heft |
A vehicle on-board unit is configured to communicate with other vehicles to increase an accuracy of a lane centerline determination of a road that the vehicle is traveling. The vehicle on-board unit basically has a vehicle path history generating section, a two-way wireless communications section and a lane centerline determining section. The vehicle path history generating section generates a host vehicle path history data indicative of a travel path of the host vehicle. The two-way wireless communications section receives a preceding vehicle message that at least includes a preceding vehicle path history data indicative of a travel path of the preceding vehicle along a lane that the host vehicle is currently traveling. The lane centerline determining section determines a lane centerline of the lane that the host vehicle is currently traveling based on the host vehicle path history data and the preceding vehicle path history data. |