1063results about "Vehicle body stabilisation" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to an air flap apparatus for a vehicle, which is improved to prevent an air flap from being rotated by a traveling wind generated when the vehicle travels at a high speed. The air flap apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame disposed behind a grill of a vehicle, an air flap that opens or closes an air inlet formed in the frame, a power transmission unit that is connected to the air flap and rotates the air flap, and a driving unit that is disposed outside the frame and generates power, wherein the power transmission unit includes a link that is connected to the air flap and rotates the air flap, and a loader that is connected to the driving unit, is rotated by the power generate by the driving unit, and stops movement of the link when the air flap closes the air inlet.

A system for providing an interactive inspection map of an inspection surface inspected by an inspection robot includes an inspection circuit structured to interpret inspection data of the inspection surface from the inspection robot and a user interaction circuit structured to interpret a user focus value from a user device. The user focus value includes an activation state value. The system further includes an inspection visualization circuit structured to provide the interactive inspection map to the user device in response to the user focus value. The interactive inspection map is based on the inspection data. Also, the system includes an inspection data validation circuit that determines an inspection data validity description of the inspection data. The inspection data validity description is provided as a display layer on the interactive inspection map to indicate whether the inspection data is valid.

A motor vehicle comprising a rear wheel and a body having a floor arranged to face a ground during use is disclosed, the floor having a rear end portion defining a diffuser to expand an underlying aerodynamic flow, thereby generating downforce, and a rear wheel arch defining an underlying wheel well housing the rear wheel. The motor vehicle further comprises a duct extending through the body from an inlet to an end section having an opening discharging onto the wheel well between the rear wheel and an intermediate portion of the diffuser according to a pitch axis of the motor vehicle.

Narrow vehicles have multiple advantages but tend to have a limited application because they are roll unstable. The use of flywheels to increase their stability is a known method but the operation range, complexity, performance and cost usually limit the application of these vehicles. Stability and agility enhancement system and method enabling the application of stabilizing forces from flywheels and the steering of the trajectory concurrently and cooperatively with the driver's steering and assistance enable the benefit of reduced cost and complexity while providing enhanced performances, intuitive control, safety and operation range.

Diversified opening and closing operations of a grille such as sequential or simultaneous operations enhance the sophistication of the opening and closing operations of the grille, contribute to the diversification of external design, and secure the airflow rate through the optimized structural arrangements. Furthermore, an external variable opening and closing apparatus that prevents jams and malfunctions of portions during the opening and closing operations of the grille to improve the reliability of the grille opening and closing operation is disclosed.

An adjustable ride height vehicle aerodynamic system comprises an aerodynamic element ride actuator and an aerodynamic element angle actuator connected in series and mounted in a vehicle. An aerodynamic element is adapted to rest in an inactive stowed position and to move from the stowed position to at least one active deployed position at an angle in relation to a vehicle underbody under the control of the aerodynamic element angle actuator to alter vehicle aerodynamic characteristics. The aerodynamic element ride actuator is adapted to extend and retract synchronously with a respective vehicle ride height increase and decrease, and the aerodynamic element angle actuator is adapted to extend and retract respectively to deploy and to stow the aerodynamic element.

An aerodynamics control system for a vehicle may include a repositionable aerodynamic device disposed at a portion of the vehicle, a controller operably coupled to components or sensors of the vehicle to receive information including vehicle performance data and position information for the aerodynamic device, and a vehicle location sensor determining location information for the vehicle. The controller stores the vehicle performance data and the position information in association with the location information for each of a plurality of locations. Responsive to detecting an approach of the vehicle to one of the locations, the controller provides a control instruction to position the aerodynamic device based on recorded vehicle performance data and recorded position information associated with the one of the locations.

A system for controlling an overtake maneuver of a control vehicle includes a controller. The controller is structured to: receive at least one overtake parameter associated with a control vehicle for overtaking a front vehicle in a vehicle lane; receive an indication of a direction of traffic in an overtake lane that is adjacent to the vehicle lane; receive an indication that the at least one overtake parameter satisfies at least one condition according to the direction of the traffic in the overtake lane; and in response to the at least one overtake parameter satisfying the at least one condition according to the direction of traffic in the overtake lane, execute an overtake maneuver by adjusting at least one parameter of the control vehicle or providing a command to an operator of the control vehicle to execute the overtake maneuver.

The utility model discloses an automobile suspension front cross beam mass block which comprises a suspension shaft body, a limiting ring is arranged on the side wall of the middle of the suspension shaft body, and a mass block assembly is fixedly installed on the outer side wall of the suspension shaft body. The mass block assembly comprises a fixed clamping mechanism, and a mass assembling assembly is arranged below the fixed clamping mechanism. Through the arrangement of the limiting ring and the fixed clamping mechanism, when the mass block assembly is assembled on the suspension shaft body, the fixed clamping mechanism and the limiting ring are matched for limiting to clamp and fix the suspension shaft body, the stability and compactness of installation are guaranteed, and assembly is convenient and firm; through the arranged mass assembling assembly, the balancing weight can be disassembled and assembled according to requirements to adjust the weight, the balancing weight is clamped in the middle, a stable installation environment is provided for the balancing weight, the gravity center of the mass is kept in the middle, and it is guaranteed that the gravity center of a vehicle body is stable.

A downforce control system of a host vehicle includes: at least one module configured to generate a first bias lower bound and a first bias upper bound; a parameter module configured to determine a current understeering angle of the host vehicle; an adaptive bias bounding module configured to generate an understeer and oversteer multiplier based on the current understeering angle; a fusion module configured, based on the first bias lower bound, the first bias upper bound, and the understeer and oversteer multiplier, to generate a second bias lower bound and a second bias upper bound; and a downforce tracking module configured, based on the second bias lower bound and the second bias upper bound, to adjust position of one or more downforce devices of the host vehicle.

The present invention relates to a spoiler for a vehicle and a vehicle equipped with the same. The spoiler comprises a spoiler; a linkage mechanism connected to the spoiler to drive its movement; a base adapted to be fixed to the vehicle's tailgate, the base having a linkage mounting groove formed therein for accommodating the linkage mechanism; and a connecting bracket fixed to the bottom of the linkage mounting groove, securing the linkage mechanism to the tailgate via the connecting bracket. The spoiler of the present invention optimizes the load transfer path and prevents deformation and damage to the tailgate.

The invention relates to a mobile device communication method and device, a mobile device, a readable storage medium and a program product. The mobile device comprises an empennage which is provided with an antenna array and is adjustable in pitching angle; the method comprises the following steps: determining a target pitch angle of an empennage required by the mobile device for satellite communication; according to the moving information of the moving device in the moving process, the acting moment borne by the empennage in the moving process is determined; adjusting the pitch angle of the empennage to a target pitch angle according to the acting moment; and under the condition that the empennage is at the target pitch angle, adjusting the phase difference between communication signals of each antenna unit in the antenna array so as to perform satellite communication for the mobile device through the antenna array. The method can improve the communication efficiency of the mobile device.

A deflector device having a deflector body that is configured to be deployed in front of a front wheel of a vehicle by being rotated in a deploy direction and to suppress airflow onto the front wheel, and that is configured to be stowed in a body of the vehicle by being rotated in a stow direction; a rotation shaft that is configured to rotate the deflector body by rotation of the rotation shaft; and a transmission member that is configured to transmit drive force to the rotation shaft to rotate the rotation shaft, and to be moved, when an external force has acted on the deflector body such that the deflector body is rotated in the stow direction from a stowed position, by movement of the rotation shaft in an axial direction being limited.

A passive jet system for disrupting an airflow at a surface of a front wheel for a vehicle includes a duct including an inlet exposed to an airflow, an outlet fluidically directed toward a forward surface of the front wheel, and a passage having a flow-accelerating profile operable to increase a velocity of the airflow passing from the inlet toward the outlet.

A method for drift detection and control for a vehicle may include determining an intentional drift probability of the vehicle based at least in part on one or more occupant inputs. The method further may include determining an initial aero bias upper bound using a first control system. The method further may include determining an initial aero bias command using a second control system. The method further may include determining a final aero bias upper bound based at least in part on the intentional drift probability, the initial aero bias upper bound, and the initial aero bias command. The method further may include controlling one or more aerodynamic actuators of the vehicle based at least in part on the final aero bias upper bound and the initial aero bias command.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, in particular to a rotary gravity center regulating crawler platform for hills and mountains, which sequentially comprises a crawler chassis assembly, a gravity center regulating assembly and a functional module mounting platform from bottom to top, the gravity center adjusting layer is installed on the chassis rack and located in the space between the crawler belts on the two sides, the gravity center adjusting layer is composed of a supporting base, a slewing bearing module, a linear lead screw module, a battery balancing weight and a machine shell, and the balancing weight is preferably a power battery pack; and the functional module mounting platform is fixed at the upper end of the gravity center adjusting assembly. By adjusting the angular and radial distribution of the counterweights, the center-of-gravity position of the whole machine under the working conditions of cross slopes, longitudinal slopes and obstacle crossing is changed, the stability and driving safety of the crawler belt platform in complex terrains of hills and mountains are improved, and the crawler belt platform can be provided with different functional modules according to operation objects. The method is suitable for various hilly and mountainous region agriculture and engineering application scenes.

To improve an aerodynamic characteristic in a front portion of a vehicle in the vehicle.MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM: A front structure of a vehicle 1 including front exterior members 10, 40 provided in a front surface of a vehicle body 2 includes a front surface suction port 43 formed in the front exterior members 10, 40 for sucking an air flow in front of the front exterior members 10, 40. A funnel part 42 is formed around the front surface suction port 43. A special processing surface including a plurality of recesses 53 arrayed is formed in an inner surface of the funnel part 42.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

A method of producing a desired driving performance for a vehicle includes regulating a pressure inside a bladder, which defines an outer surface of the vehicle. A change in the bladder pressure changes the shape of the bladder, and thereby changes a shape of the outer surface of the vehicle, thus affecting the aerodynamics of the vehicle. The bladder pressure is regulated to be at a target bladder pressure based on the driving condition of the vehicle, which target bladder pressure can be derived from real-time machine learning or based on previous testing of a prototype of the vehicle, and thus affects aerodynamics of the vehicle so as to produce the desired driving performance for the vehicle in the driving condition.

The present invention is a minimum size, maneuverable, comfortable, safe, and inexpensive compact vehicle, having a higher level of cornering / turning stability than the current state of the art. The inventive design may be applied to two-, three-, and four- (or more) wheeled vehicles. The invention may be utilized in the design of the main components of vehicles providing an increased stability during turning, even at high speeds, based on fixed and moveable chassis portions which swing in relation to one another and novel linking mechanisms connected with large and / or wide wheel portions.

A vehicle with vehicle traction enhancement system providing increased tractive force is disclosed. The traction enhancement system includes a thruster. The thruster includes a prime mover and an air pressure generator. The traction enhancement system further includes an energy storage to provide energy for the prime mover. The thruster is mounted on vehicle chassis structure, body, and / or suspension, substantially vertical to the vehicle to provide an upward thrust to the vehicle to increase the reactive downward normal force to provide the enhanced tractive force.

The invention relates to an empennage control method and assembly, a medium, a controller, a program product and a vehicle, and the empennage control method comprises the steps that information of the environment where the vehicle is located is obtained; and the empennage is controlled to be opened or closed according to the environment information. Intelligent opening and closing of the empennage based on the external environment are achieved by obtaining the information of the environment where the vehicle is located and automatically controlling opening or closing of the empennage according to the information. According to the intelligent regulation and control mechanism, the manual regulation requirement of a driver is reduced, it is ensured that the empennage state is matched with the environmental condition, the vehicle energy consumption and performance are optimized, and the driving experience and the vehicle efficiency are improved.

A movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a vehicle body of a vehicle; a movable plate arranged to be movable between a storing position and an unfolding position closer to the rear than the storing position; a link mechanism provided with one end pivotally supported on the fixed plate and the other end pivotally supported on the movable plate; an electrical component arranged in the vicinity of the movable plate; and a wire harness configured for connecting the electrical component to a battery arranged on the vehicle body. A first portion of the wire harness is fixed at the other end of the link mechanism corresponding to the movable plate, and a second portion of the wire harness is bent on the one end of the link mechanism corresponding to the fixed plate.

A method for determining a desired lateral acceleration of a vehicle is provided. The method may include determining a first raw lateral acceleration request based at least in part on a steering wheel angle of the vehicle. The method may also include determining a maximum allowable lateral acceleration based at least in part on the tire slip model. The method may also include determining a desired lateral acceleration based at least in part on the first raw lateral acceleration request and the maximum allowable lateral acceleration. The method may also include adjusting operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the desired lateral acceleration.

The invention provides a garage self-adaptive dragging chassis which comprises a garage, a lifting supporting plate and a chassis body, the chassis body is of a foldable and twistable three-section structure composed of a main chassis frame and side chassis frames symmetrically and rotationally connected to the two ends of the main chassis frame, and a front air cylinder set and a rear air cylinder set are symmetrically arranged in the chassis body along the transverse central axis; each air cylinder set is symmetrically provided with two parallel telescopic air cylinders along the longitudinal central axis of the chassis, the tail ends of cylinder bodies are rotationally connected with the middle of the main chassis frame through rotating shafts, the ends of piston rods of the cylinder bodies are rotationally connected with the two ends of the front axle and the two ends of the rear axle respectively, and the garage is installed on the lifting supporting plate and detachably connected with the chassis through a plurality of supporting discs. A counterweight adjusting module is further arranged on the longitudinal central axis of the chassis; the dynamic control method comprises the steps of tail swinging suppression control, turning radius self-adaptive adjustment and folding mode control. The problems that a garage hauling chassis is poor in structural flexibility, insufficient in dynamic adjusting capacity and poor in driving stability are solved.

A vehicle rear structure includes a spoiler device at a rear bumper of a vehicle; a floor panel; left and right side frames at two sides of the floor panel and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and an impact beam extending along a left-right direction of the vehicle and connected to rear ends of the left and right side frames through a connecting portion. The spoiler device includes a movable portion movable between a storage position connected to the rear bumper and an expansion position protruding from the rear bumper toward a rear side of the vehicle; and at least one fixed portion including a driving component for driving the movable portion to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, at a further rear side of the floor panel, and at the connecting portion connected between the left and right side frames and the impact beam.

The invention relates to an air guiding arrangement (10) for a vehicle, comprising an at least two-part upper shell (12), wherein adjacent parts (12A, 12B) of the upper shell (12) are separated from one another by a free space (18) and connected to one another via a flexible cover layer (16) which is designed to form a seamless contour of the upper shell (12), wherein at least one connecting section (16A) of the flexible cover layer (16) bridging the free space (18) between the adjacent parts (12A, 12B) forms a hinge, so that at least one of the parts (12A) of the upper shell (12) is movably mounted on the corresponding hinge between an upright position and a middle position and a lowered position, wherein the contour of the upper shell (12) is variable depending on the position of the at least one movable part (12A) of the upper shell (12),and a method for producing an upper shell (12) for such an air guiding arrangement (10).,

A vehicle with a bodywork having a plurality of panels; wherein one or more of said panels are morphing panels having an external covering made of elastically deformable material.

A car spoiler may include a spoiler, and the spoiler has two arms, a main body, and two lateral portions. The two arms secured on a vehicle are connected to the main body, and each of two lateral ends of the main body is connected to one lateral portion. A rear side of the main body has at least a spoiler piece, and the spoiler piece is assembled with the main body through any number of connecting member, so that the different shapes, sizes, angles and curvatures of spoiler piece is detached, replaced, and reassembled with the main body to improve the stability of the vehicle.

A vehicle includes a battery module compartment, a sensor network, a vehicle battery and an electronic controller. The sensor network is provided on the vehicle and including at least one weight sensor to detect weight distribution information regarding the vehicle. The sensor network further includes at least one environmental sensor configured to detect information regarding the vehicle's vicinity. The vehicle battery is movably mounted on a battery mounting device provided in the battery module compartment. The electronic controller is in electronic communication with the sensor network to receive the detected weight distribution information. The electronic controller is electronically controlling the battery mounting device to adjust a mounting position of the vehicle battery based on at least one of the weight distribution information and the information regarding the vehicle's vicinity.