1174results about "Hand wheels" patented technology

The invention relates to the crossing field of biothermodynamics and dynamic environment control, and discloses a space thermal microclimate multi-target regulation and control method, device and system, a medium and a product. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring physiological parameters (including effective dressing thermal resistance and local sweat gland density of posture correction) of a passenger, environment space-time parameters and light environment parameters through a biological characteristic sensor, an environment sensor and an optical sensor; constructing a dynamic human body thermal comfort model library, and adopting a feature coding-parameter decoding mechanism to match a target thermal comfort model; generating a hierarchical regulation strategy based on the difference between the local comfortable temperature and humidity interval and the real-time thermal environment sensing parameter; and the refrigerant circulation system, the fluid circulation system and the optical radiation system are cooperatively controlled to realize local microclimate regulation and control. According to the method, the problems of inaccurate thermal comfort modeling and low multi-system cooperation efficiency in a transient environment are solved, the energy efficiency ratio is improved, and the comfort of passengers in a cabin is remarkably improved.

Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for selecting and performing a function selectable by a custom button by a user in a vehicle, utilizing an on-board system controller, the on-board system controller comprising a processor and a memory. The method includes the operations of: identifying a pressing of a custom button; receiving a selection of a function from a display panel; linking the function to the custom button; and automatically performing the function when the custom button is subsequently pressed.

The utility model relates to a cab, a chassis and a light truck, the cab comprises a driving compartment and a steering mechanism, the driving compartment is provided with a cab, the driving compartment comprises a front portion and side portions located on the two sides of the front portion, wheel openings are formed in the side portions, the wheel openings are used for being matched with front wheels, the wheel openings and the front wheels are concentrically arranged, and the steering mechanism comprises a steering wheel arranged in the cab. In the X direction, the value range of the maximum size L4 of the driving compartment is larger than or equal to 1550 mm and smaller than or equal to 1950 mm, the distance between the center point of the steering wheel and the center point of the wheel opening is L11, and the value range of L11 is larger than or equal to-65 mm and smaller than or equal to 335 mm. Wherein L11 is a negative value when the center point of the steering wheel is located on the side, close to the front portion, of the center point of the wheel opening, and L11 is a positive value when the center point of the steering wheel is located on the side, away from the front portion, of the center point of the wheel opening. According to the cab in the embodiment of the invention, the layout of the cab can be reconstructed, a design space is reserved for forming a streamline structure at the front part of the cab in a limited space, and the design of the low-wind-resistance cab is conveniently realized.

To provide a small mobility in which the risk of runaway caused by switching of a traveling mode is effectively suppressed.SOLUTION: Provided is a small-sized mobility 1 having a first mode and a second mode as travel modes, the second mode having a higher maximum speed than the first mode, the small-sized mobility 1 including a first sensor 11 configured to detect that a driver is in the small-sized mobility 1 and a second sensor 12 configured to detect that the driver is holding a steering wheel, the small-sized mobility 1 being capable of switching the travel mode from the first mode to the second mode on condition that the first sensor 11 and the second sensor 12 are in a detection state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A steering device includes: a plurality of proximity sensors having different installation positions of electrodes on the steering wheel; and a grip determination device which determines the presence / absence of gripping of the steering wheel based on filter values Ch_R_f(n), Ch_L_f(n) of measurement values from the plurality of proximity sensors. The grip determination device includes: a capacitance threshold setter which sets a reference value Ch_0 relative to the electrostatic capacitance of the electrode; and a determiner which determines the presence / absence of gripping based on the difference between the measurement values Ch_R_d(n), Ch_L_d(n) and the reference value Ch_0. The capacitance threshold setter determines the necessity for correction of the reference value Ch_0 based on a degree of similarity in change trends of the filter values Ch_R_f(n), Ch_L_f(n) of the plurality of proximity sensors.

The application discloses a vehicle fence vehicle preparation control method, a vehicle, a system, equipment, a medium and a program, and belongs to the field of automobile intelligent technologies. The method comprises the following steps: when it is identified that a signal enters a fence vehicle preparation activation area, a request instruction is sent to a controller system; an opening instruction is sent to a regional control system according to the request execution state feedback of the controller system, so as to adjust the environment in the vehicle; and the opening execution state is sent to a cabin domain control system by the regional control system and feedback is performed. The application can timely adjust the environment in the vehicle in an emergency or when a user is inattentive by identifying a user vehicle use scene, and improve the vehicle use experience of the user.

The utility model relates to a steering device of a vehicle and the vehicle, the steering device of the vehicle comprises a steering wheel, the steering device comprises a first state and a second state, in the first state, the steering wheel is located behind an instrument desk, and in the second state, at least part of the steering wheel is located below the instrument desk. According to the steering device of the vehicle, the steering wheel can be folded below the instrument desk, the occupied space of a driving position is reduced, and the activity space of a driver is larger and more comfortable.

Disclosed is a vehicle steering device. The vehicle steering device includes: a steering wheel; a shroud coupled with the steering wheel and including, in an upper portion thereof, a mounting groove configured to mount a user terminal; and a mounting cover hingedly coupled to the upper portion of the shroud. In response that the mounting cover is rotated, the mounting groove is exposed to allow the user terminal to be mounted via the mounting groove and the mounting cover.

The invention relates to a steering wheel which comprises a first rim, a second rim and a steering wheel folding mechanism matched with the corresponding rim, and the corresponding steering wheel folding mechanism comprises a driving shaft and a driven shaft which are coaxially arranged along the rotation axis of the corresponding rim and fixedly connected with the corresponding rim. A coupling mechanism is correspondingly arranged between the driving shaft of the first wheel rim and the driven shaft of the second wheel rim and / or between the driving shaft of the second wheel rim and the driven shaft of the first wheel rim. By means of the respective coupling mechanism, a locking coupling can be established between the respective drive shaft and the respective output shaft, on the basis of which the respective output shaft can be locked by locking the drive side.

The invention relates to the technical field of automotive electronics, and provides a capacitive single-electrode-based steering wheel hand separation detection implementation device which comprises a main control unit, a capacitive sensor and a heating control circuit. Wherein the heating control circuit comprises a steering wheel heating wire, the steering wheel heating wire is reused as an induction electrode of the capacitive sensor, and the main control unit is electrically connected with the heating control circuit and controls the current of the steering wheel heating wire; the main control unit is electrically connected with the capacitive sensor and receives a capacitance change signal of an induction electrode of the capacitive sensor; and judging whether capacitance drift exists or not according to the capacitance change signal at a first moment when the hand-leaving detection is started, adjusting a judgment threshold value of the hand-leaving detection, and turning off the heating control circuit, and at the second moment when the hand-off detection is closed and the heating instruction exists, whether the real-time temperature reaches a preset temperature threshold value or not is judged according to the capacitance change signal, and the heating control circuit is controlled to be switched on to execute heating and turn-off of the hand-off detection.

The invention relates to the technical field of steering wheel control, and provides a path obstacle detection method and system for a folding steering wheel and a vehicle terminal. According to the invention, obstacle detection is carried out on the folding motion path of the folding steering wheel by executing one or more obstacle detection strategies to form the first detection basis, and the second detection basis is formed based on the index change trend of the trend-type index; according to the first detection basis and the second detection basis, whether an obstacle exists in the folding motion path or not is judged, the first detection basis can be formed through obstacle detection strategies of different judgment dimensions under the condition that multiple obstacle detection strategies exist, and the limitation of single motor torque detection is broken through; and a second detection basis is formed according to the index change trend of the trend type index, the time dimension is introduced for obstacle detection, and the obstacle detection accuracy for the folding steering wheel is improved through a cross validation mode of the judgment dimension and the time dimension.

A system for communicating with components on a steering member has a first electrically conductive coil affixed to a stationary component around a steering shaft of the vehicle. A second electrically conductive coil is coupled to and rotating with the steering member. The second transceiver is wirelessly operatively coupled the first transceiver. The first transceiver coupled to the first electrically conductive coil. A second transceiver is coupled to the second electrically conductive coil. The first electrically conductive coil induces current in the second electrically conductive coil to power a first component of the components. The first electrically conductive coil is spaced apart from the second electrically conductive coil. The first transceiver and the second transceiver bi-directionally wirelessly communicate through the first electrically conductive coil and the second electrically conductive coil.

To provide a steering device capable of curbing a deterioration in assemblability of a heating element while using a carbon nano-tube as the heating element.SOLUTION: A steering wheel 10 comprises: a gripping part 1 for being gripped by a driver M during steering; a heating element which is provided within the gripping part 1 and which is energized to generate heat, that is, a heating element which is made of a carbon nano-tube 22 supported by a knitted material 20 formed by knitting a fiber; and an electrode part 20b which energizes the heating element.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

The invention discloses a vehicle control method, a controller and a vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of vehicles. An instrument panel of the vehicle is provided with a movable mechanism used for opening and closing an opening of the instrument panel, and the control method of the vehicle comprises the steps that when vehicle state information meets a first condition, first operation is executed, and the first operation comprises the step of controlling a steering wheel of the vehicle to rotate to a target folding position, and the controller is used for controlling the movable mechanism to act so as to close the instrument panel opening, so that the steering wheel is accommodated in the inner side of the instrument panel. According to the control method of the vehicle, rigid occupation of the steering wheel on the space of the main driving position when a traditional vehicle is parked is avoided, so that the getting-on and getting-off actions get rid of space constraint, and the comfort and the use experience of a user are improved.

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic driving steering systems, and discloses a drive-by-wire telescopic mechanical redundancy type steering column which comprises a transmission shaft, a coupler is fixedly connected to the middle of the top end of the transmission shaft, a hollow sleeve is arranged in the coupler, and an outer gear sleeve is fixedly connected to the bottom of the hollow sleeve. The outer gear sleeve is clamped with the coupler, the bottom of the inner wall of the hollow sleeve is fixedly connected with a telescopic rod, the top of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with a telescopic column, the telescopic column is slidably connected with the hollow sleeve, and the top of the inner wall of the hollow sleeve is fixedly connected with a first inner gear sleeve. According to the utility model, the connection and separation of the rotating seat and the transmission shaft are realized through the movement of the telescopic column, so that the rotating seat is in a static state during automatic driving, the steering motor drives the steering wheel to rotate the steering wheel to a storage space during automatic driving, the space of a driving position is increased, and a driver can get on and off the vehicle conveniently.

A steering wheel damping apparatus, comprising an elastic member and a sleeve (2). The sleeve has a sleeve portion (21) extending in a main extension direction and an annular supporting portion (22) located at one end of the sleeve portion and extending in a direction perpendicular to the main extension direction. The elastic member is molded on the sleeve, the part covering the annular supporting portion forms an elastic supporting portion (3), and the part covering the sleeve portion to form an elastic insertion portion (1); the elastic insertion portion is configured to pass, in an interference fit manner, through an opening of a member to be mounted; the elastic insertion portion comprises a plurality of inner ribs (11) recessed inwards from the outer surface of the elastic insertion portion and outer ribs (12) protruding outwards from the inner surface of the elastic insertion portion; and the inner ribs and the outer ribs are arranged in a staggered manner in the circumferential direction of the elastic insertion portion. According to the damping apparatus, by providing the inner ribs and the outer ribs arranged in a staggered manner, the entire elastic insertion portion is made to deform by means of simultaneous damping by the inner ribs and the outer ribs, large deformation of the elastic insertion portion can be avoided, and good deformation capacity is achieved, thereby avoiding collisions between a bolt and a steel plate in the steering wheel.

The present invention relates to a hub (30) arranged to be connected to a steering element of a vehicle; at least one branch (20) attached to a hub (30); a rim (10) attached to said at least one branch (20), said rim (10) comprising: at least one electrical device (14) comprising a substrate (141) covering at least a portion of the core of the rim (10) and supporting at least one electrical conductor (142); At least one trim piece, such as an outer sheath (15), defining an outer surface of the rim (10); at least one layer of a water-based adhesive arranged to attach the trim piece to the rim (10); The present invention relates to a vehicle steering wheel, characterized in that the rim (10) comprises at least one film (13) comprising a polymer, disposed between an electric device (14) and a layer of a water-based adhesive.

The steering apparatus includes a sensor unit having sensors configured to detect contact or proximity of a human body in a plurality of detection target regions provided on a steering wheel, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform a determination of whether or not the steering wheel is being gripped by comparing output values of the sensor unit with a determination threshold value. The electrodes of the sensors include a pair of electrodes arranged such that their detection target regions overlap each other and have different surface areas. The microprocessor is configured to calculate a moving average of the detection value of each of the pair of electrodes, and further compare a total value of the moving averages of the pair of electrodes with the determination threshold value as the output value of the sensor unit.

motor vehicle, - a steering wheel; - a contact unit (6) which is designed to be at least partially rotatable in order to establish an electrical connection between steering wheel-side components and stationary vehicle components, - the steering wheel features: - a gasbag module; - at least one functional element and / or at least one actuating element; - at least one central electronic unit interacting with the functional element and / or the actuating element; - at least one central unit carrier (1) on which the central unit is arranged; and - a connecting device (3) arranged at least partially on the central unit carrier (1), via which the gas bag module can be electrically connected to the vehicle-side contact unit (6), characterized by the fact that the connecting device (3) comprises at least one contact unit coupling element (33) arranged on the central unit carrier (1) and electrically coupling with the contact unit (6) in the form of a plug that can be coupled to a socket of the contact unit (6) or a socket that can be coupled to a plug of the contact unit (6); and the connecting device (3) comprises a carrier in the form of a circuit board (8) arranged in a housing (810), which is different from the central unit carrier (1) and fixed to the gas bag module, wherein a first contact element (81) of the connecting device (3) is arranged on the circuit board (8), which is detachably connected to a second contact element (82) of the connecting device (3) arranged on the central unit carrier (1), wherein at least one module coupling element (310, 311) coupled to the gas bag module is arranged on the circuit board (8).

A vehicle steering system includes a steering operation member configured to receive a steering operation, a capacitive sensor provided in the steering operation member, a controller configured to determine that a driver is gripping the steering operation member in a case where capacitance of the capacitive sensor is equal to or more than a first threshold and determine that the driver is not gripping the steering operation member in a case where the capacitance of the capacitive sensor is less than the first threshold, and a notification device configured to give a notification in a case where the controller determines that the driver is not gripping the steering operation member. The notification device is configured to give the notification in a case where the capacitance of the capacitive sensor decreases after increasing to exceed the first threshold and then remains at the first threshold or more.

This utility model discloses an electronically controlled steering wheel for an unmanned agricultural vehicle, including a steering wheel body and a steering wheel shaft. A transmission gear is mounted on the steering wheel shaft, which is connected to a driven gear and a driving gear. A mechanism housing is also provided on the outside of the steering wheel shaft at positions corresponding to the driven gear, driving gear, and transmission gear. A partition is provided inside the mechanism housing, with the driving gear and driven gear located on one side of the partition and the driving gear on the other side. When the steering wheel shaft rotates, the transmission gear drives the driven gear to rotate, allowing the steering angle information to be monitored by an angular displacement sensor at all times. A switching push rod can engage or disengage the driving gear with the transmission gear, thereby realizing automatic steering by a stepper motor driving the steering wheel shaft to rotate or manual steering by manually rotating the steering wheel body. The two modes can be switched. The overall transmission structure is simple, facilitating production and subsequent maintenance.

The application belongs to the technical field of golf courses, and discloses a steering mechanism applied to a golf cart, which comprises a mounting cylinder and a mounting sleeve, the inside of the mounting cylinder is movably sleeved with a control shaft, and the outer surface of the control shaft is fixedly sleeved with a gear sleeve. The application is characterized in that the two ends of the arc groove are arranged in a lower-upper mode, one end of the reverse rotation is moved upward and communicated with the corresponding pipeline, the sliding oil in the storage cylinder is extruded by the foot sole stepping and pushing mechanism, the sliding oil enters the control disc under pressure and is communicated into the mounting sleeve along the opposite direction of the steering direction, and the inner shaft in the mounting sleeve is rapidly moved along the moving direction of the rotation direction, so that the power assistance during rotation is realized. When the steering operation is performed on the complex road surface, the hydraulic power assistance is realized by the leg force, the hand control is matched, the actual steering convenience is greatly improved, the steering is labor-saving and reliable, and the actual driving safety is greatly improved.

The invention relates to a circuit unit for controlling load currents of an electrical load, comprising a circuit logic, at least n switch elements with n≥2, resistance elements with m≥1, wherein the resistance elements can be bridged by means of the switch elements, wherein the circuit logic is designed such that it increases the load current in steps to a final value by means of an activation sequence of the switch elements, and a method for controlling load currents of an electrical load.

A sensing and heating device for capacitive detection of an object in a motor vehicle includes a heater element having a first terminal and a second terminal, a heater circuit including a heating power source and a heater electronic control unit (HCU), the heater circuit configured to supply a heating current to the first and second terminals of the heater element, an AC decoupling element connected between the first and second terminals of the heater element and the heater circuit; and a capacitive sensing unit configured to use the heater element as a first antenna electrode, the capacitive sensing unit comprising a sensing circuit and a signal sensing circuit, the sensing circuit comprising a signal generating unit configured to apply an AC measurement signal to one of the first and second terminals of the heater element, the signal sensing circuit includes a current measurement device configured to sense a current flowing into the heater element in response to an applied AC measurement signal. The AC decoupling element includes a vehicle clock spring mounted between a steering wheel and a steering column of the vehicle.

A method of controlling a damping characteristic of an adjustable shock absorber of a vehicle includes the steps of electronically controlling (352), with at least one controller, the damping characteristic of the adjustable shock absorber at a first time based on a plurality of inputs from a plurality of sensors supported by the vehicle; receiving (354), at a second time after the first time, a driver-initiated request to change the damping characteristic of the adjustable shock absorber by a driver-actuatable input; changing (360), with the at least one controller, the damping characteristic of the adjustable shock absorber at a third time after the second time based on the received driver-initiated request; and automatically changing (356), with the at least one controller, the damping characteristic of the adjustable shock absorber at a fourth time after the third time based on the plurality of inputs from the plurality of sensors.

The present invention provides an information notification device that clarifies and makes easily recognizable information that should be communicated to the driver. [Solution] The information notification devices 1 and 1a are information notification devices 1 and 1a that notify the driver of information via the steering wheel 10, and include a first vibrator 21 positioned on the right side of the steering wheel 10 when the steering wheel 10 is in the neutral position, a second vibrator 22 positioned on the left side of the steering wheel 10 when the steering wheel 10 is in the neutral position, and a control unit 33 that controls the first vibrator 21 and the second vibrator 22, wherein the control unit 33 vibrates the second vibrator 22 to suppress vibration on the left side of the steering wheel 10 when the first vibrator 21 is vibrated, and vibrates the first vibrator 21 to suppress vibration on the right side of the steering wheel 10 when the second vibrator 22 is vibrated.

Method for manufacturing a covered steering wheel (100) for a vehicle, comprising the steps: - Providing a steering wheel to be covered, which has a steering wheel rim (13) to be covered with an outer circumferential length (Ua) to be covered and an inner circumferential length (Ui) to be covered and with a cross-sectional circumference (Q) to be covered, - Cutting a cladding material (20) according to a cutting specification (30), - Applying the cut-to-size trim material (20) to the steering wheel rim (13) to be trimmed, so that its non-visible side faces the steering wheel rim (13), and - Joining longitudinal edges (24) of the cladding material (20) together; characterized in that the cutting specification (30) has a cutting length (L) which corresponds to 85 to 95% of the mean circumferential length (Um) of the steering wheel rim (13) to be covered, where the mean circumferential length (Um) is the mean of the outer and inner circumferential lengths (Ua, Ui) to be covered, and the cutting specification (30) has a cutting width (B) which corresponds to 104 to 110 % of the cross-sectional circumference (Q) of the steering wheel rim (13) to be covered.

A lighting device (40) for a vehicle steering wheel rim (10), comprising: - a plurality of light sources (42) arranged so as to emit light towards an external display wall of the rim (10), - a holding body (41) comprising an internal wall (412) with an elongate opening (411) having a predetermined passage width to allow the light emitted towards the external display wall to pass through, characterized in that the lighting device (40) comprises at least one bridging element (48) engaged with the holding body (41) and at least partially arranged on an opposite side of the internal wall (412) from the external display wall, in order to limit any increase in the predetermined passage width.

The application provides a steering wheel and a vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle control. The steering wheel comprises a framework, a foam covering, a cover, a ring cover and a third spoke. The framework comprises a center part, a ring, a first spoke and a second spoke. One end of the first spoke and one end of the second spoke are fixedly connected with the center part, and the other end of the first spoke and the other end of the second spoke are fixedly connected with the ring. The foam covering comprises a ring covering part, a first spoke covering part and a second spoke covering part. The ring covering part is sleeved outside the ring, the first spoke covering part is sleeved outside the first spoke, and the second spoke covering part is sleeved outside the second spoke. The cover is sleeved outside the ring covering part. The ring cover is connected with the framework and surrounds the center part. One end of the third spoke is connected with one side of the ring cover, and the other end of the third spoke is connected with the ring covering part.

A vehicle, having a steering wheel. The steering wheel comprises an airbag module and a horn support. The airbag module is connected to the horn support, and surfaces of the airbag module and the horn support facing each other at least partially abut against each other, so as to limit movement of the airbag module and the horn support relative to each other.