2647results about "Vehicle sub-unit features" patented technology

A battery assembly mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to internally form a communication space in up and down directions; a fastening bolt installed to penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing in the up and down directions; and a swappable assembly. The swappable assembly is elastically coupled to the mounting bushing and elastically supports the mounting bushing and the fastening bolt between the mounting bushing and the fastening bolt while elastically allowing the fastening bolt to move in a lengthwise direction.

A vehicle mounting structure for an electric motor unit includes: a drive unit with a drive motor; and a power generation unit with a power generation motor, wherein: the drive unit and the power generation unit are individually mounted on a vehicle body, the drive unit is fixed to a suspension member of the vehicle body, and the power generation unit is fixed to a side member of the vehicle body, the drive unit is provided behind the power generation unit, the drive unit and the power generation unit include an interference portion lower than a rotation shaft center of the drive motor and a rotation shaft center of the power generation motor, and a clearance between the drive unit and the power generation unit is narrower in the interference portion than in a portion other than the interference portion.

A suspension system (400) for supporting a chassis (200) of a vehicle (100). The suspension system (400) comprises a suspension unit (442). The suspension unit (442) comprises a wheel arm assembly (444) comprising a first wheel arm (402) having a chassis mount end (410) and a wheel mount end (412). The chassis mount end (410) of the first wheel arm (402) are provided with a chassis mounting member (414), the chassis mount end (410) of the first wheel arm (402) and chassis mounting member (414) being pivotable relative to one another around a chassis mount pivoting axis (230). The chassis mounting member (414) is configured to support the chassis mount end (410) of the first wheel arm (402) so that the first wheel arm (402) and chassis mounting member (414) are operable to pivot 180 degrees relative to one another about the chassis mount pivoting axis (230).

A generator module for a vehicle includes a housing arranged for fixing to a combustion engine, a stator fixed in the housing, a rotor, rotatable within the stator and arranged for driving connection with the combustion engine, and a damper arranged in a torque path between the combustion engine and the rotor for damping torsional vibrations from the combustion engine.

A battery for a motor vehicle has a battery housing including at least one busbar and at least two battery cells arranged in the housing and held by a holder. The busbar electrically conductively connects connection points of at least two of the battery cells. In order to achieve an increased power, heat-conducting paths for cooling are provided by virtue of the busbar and / or the holder being thermally conductively connected to the battery housing by a thermal adhesive.

A hybrid system for use with utility vehicles includes an electric motor including an output shaft and a conductor configured to alternatively receive power from or send power to an electrical power source. The hybrid system includes an internal combustion engine, a first pulley connected to and rotated by the internal combustion engine, and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a ratchet connected to the output shaft of the electric motor to rotate at a first rotational speed, a pawl carrier driven by the internal combustion engine to rotate at a second rotational speed, and one or pawls coupled to and configured to rotate with the pawl carrier. The one or more pawls are configured to be disengaged from the ratchet when the first and second rotational speeds differ and engaged with the ratchet when the first and second rotational speeds are equal.

An air guiding device of a motor vehicle body of a motor vehicle includes a slat assembly. The slat assembly possesses at least two slats which are arranged in a frame of the air guiding device in a manner which permits them to rotate around their rotational axis. To avoid deformation of the slat assembly, the slat assembly includes at least one support element, which extends along the rotational axis.

An embodiment floor structure for an electric vehicle includes a floor panel connected to a pair of side sills respectively disposed along a front-to-back direction of a vehicle body on a left side and a right side of the vehicle body, each of the side sills including a sill inner member and a sill outer member connected together, a pair of reinforcement members disposed on an inside of each side sill along the front-to-back direction of the vehicle body, and a fastening device engaged to the sill inner member of one of the side sills and to the reinforcement member on a same side of the vehicle body as the one of the side sills.

A drive module assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing defining a housing interior, and an electric machine including a rotor and a stator. The drive module assembly also includes a differential rotatably coupled to the rotor, a first input shaft rotatably coupled to the differential, a second input shaft rotatably coupled to the differential, a first counter shaft rotatably coupled to the first input shaft, a second counter shaft rotatably coupled to the second input shaft, a first output shaft rotatably coupled to the first counter shaft, and a second output shaft rotatably coupled to the second counter shaft. The differential is configured to receive rotational torque from the electric machine and configured to transmit rotational torque from the electric machine to the first and second input shafts.

The invention refers to an active aero shutter for a motor vehicle, comprising a frame with openings through which air can flow, at least one closing plate in each opening, which closes the opening and stops the air flow when closed, and the frame is formed by several struts, each connected to at least one other strut, wherein each closing plate is pivoted with a hinge on a basic strut. As the active aero shutter according to the invention has counterrotating closing plates which are rotating in several angles it is possible to explore new design concepts and ensure driving performance.

The present disclosure relates a display device and a vehicle equipped with the display device. The display device may include a display driver moving a display, a display winder winding and unwinding the display according to the movement of the display, and a display support unit supporting the display. The display support unit may include a housing supporting the display, a door provided in the housing and movable to enable the display to move into and out of the housing, and a door driver moving the door.

A cover assembly for the truck bed of a pick-up type vehicle, said assembly comprising a motorised rollable curtain (1) formed by a plurality of adjacent transverse panels (2), which are continuously connected along their transverse length by hinge joints (3), and an end slat (4), said curtain (1) coupled at one end to a transverse rotatable shaft to allow winding and unwinding thereon, wherein the end slat (4) comprises one or more electric elements (16, 17, 18, 19) connected to a stationary electric element, i.e., a smart-AI control circuit board (9) mounted on the housing box (7), in such a manner that the electric elements (16, 17, 18, 19) are continuously powered during operation of the cover assembly.

A caster assembly that includes a caster wheel, a lock member, a pedal, and a position sensor. The lock member can engage the caster wheel. Movement of the pedal towards a depressed position can cause engagement of the lock member against the caster wheel to resist or prevent rotation of the caster wheel. Movement of the pedal towards a released position can separate the lock member from the caster wheel to permit rotation of the caster wheel. The position sensor can detect a position of the pedal.

The present disclosure relates to a brake system and a method of controlling the same, the brake system including first and second wheel speed sensors respectively installed in wheels of a vehicle, electrohydraulic brakes respectively installed in front wheels of the vehicle, electromechanical brakes (EMBs) respectively installed in rear wheels of the vehicle, and a first controller configured to perform braking control on the electrohydraulic brakes and the electromechanical brakes based on a first front wheel speed signals outputted from the first wheel speed sensors installed in the front wheels, in which when a failure of the first wheel speed sensors installed in the front wheels are identified, the first controller performs the braking control on the electrohydraulic brakes and the electromechanical brakes based on the first rear wheel speed signals outputted from the first wheel speed sensors installed in the rear wheels.

A fail-safe control method of an electromechanical brake apparatus comprising a plurality of wheel controllers, a main controller, and an auxiliary controller that control electromechanical brakes disposed on each wheel of a vehicle, the method comprising: deciding a self-status of each of the plurality of wheel controllers, the main controller, and the auxiliary controller based on pre-classified status information; sharing self-status decided by each of the plurality of wheel controllers, the main controller, and the auxiliary controller; determining a status of one another based on the shared self-status among the plurality of wheel controllers, the main controller, and the auxiliary controller; activating a pre-designated fail-safe mode based on status information of each of the plurality of wheel controllers, the main controller, and the auxiliary controller; and performing emergency braking of the vehicle based on the pre-designated fail-safe mode or maintaining the vehicle in a drivable status.

The invention relates to an electrically powered vehicle with a battery system installed in the vehicle floor (3), in whose battery housing (5) battery cells (7) are arranged, wherein the battery housing (5) has an underride guard (11) on its underside, which protects the battery cells (7) from an impact event in which a foreign object strikes the underride guard (11) during driving, or from a bottoming-out event in which the vehicle comes into contact with a road-side obstacle. Exceeding a critical load during an impact or bottoming-out event causes pre-damage to the battery system, leading to long-term damage to the battery system. According to the invention, a detection unit (33) is provided for the unambiguous detection of the pre-damage resulting from the impact or bottoming-out event, by means of which the pre-damage can be detected.

A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that has a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The housing includes a concave shell extending from an upper portion of the housing toward a bottom portion of the housing. The concave shell is disposed around an internal space. A cover is coupled with an edge of the concave shell. The one or more battery units are disposed within the internal space of the housing. The mounting system is for connecting the battery assembly to a vehicle frame.

A fixing device for a vehicle configured to connect the vehicle's cabin unit and loading unit of loading cargo at the rear of the cabin unit includes a coil transmitting an electromagnetic force to a drive pulley, an assembly module including a drive pulley and mechanically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together through a driving force of the drive pulley via the coil when the loading unit moves and aligns with the cabin unit, and a magnetic module enclosing the assembly module on an external side of the assembly module and magnetically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together by changing a magnetic circuit through a rotation force of a magnetic body while the cabin unit and the loading unit are mechanically connected to each other.

A powertrain assembly including a powertrain unit with a drive shaft, at least a first mount and at least a first coupling arm, arranged to direct the drive shaft substantially perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle. The first mount is arranged substantially perpendicular to the drive shaft. The first coupling arm is arranged between a first end side of the powertrain unit and the first mount and is connected to the powertrain unit by at least a first fixing element to hold the powertrain unit in an initial position. The first coupling arm is configured to clash into the first mount in case of a vehicle collision. The first fixing element is configured to be sheared off from the first coupling arm to at least partially disconnect the powertrain unit from the first coupling arms after the clash of the first coupling arm into the first mount.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control method, a vehicle control device, and a vehicle control system including same. Specifically, a vehicle control device according to the present disclosure includes: a vehicle travel route estimation unit which estimates a first travel route of a vehicle on the basis of the turn radius and traveled distance of the vehicle, when the speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a preset speed; a target travel route predicter which confirms a target from periphery detection information about the periphery of the vehicle, and predicts a second travel route of the target; a collision determiner which determines whether there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target; and a vehicle control unit which controls to perform at least one among an alert control, a brake control, and an avoidance control, when there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target.

An embodiment is a control method for cooling a battery, the control method including in response to a destination being input to a navigation, determining estimated high-load driving timing of the battery based on estimated driving information of a vehicle, and in response to a determination that a temperature difference between the actual temperature of the battery and a reference temperature before the estimated high-load driving timing is lower than or equal to a precooling operating value, precooling the battery until an actual temperature of the battery reaches a target temperature by controlling an operation of each component of a battery cooling system.

A torque control system for a drive system of an electric vehicle includes a controller that generates a front-wheel torque command and a rear-wheel torque command having torque values distributed from required torque for vehicle driving, a front-wheel motor, wherein operation of the front-wheel motor is controlled according to the front-wheel torque command, and a rear-wheel motor, wherein operation of the rear-wheel motor is controlled according to the rear-wheel torque command. The controller determines whether there is a change request of a direction of the required torque, and determines, in a case where there is the change request of the direction of the required torque, the front-wheel torque command and the rear-wheel torque command determined from the required torque as values for sequential zero-crossing while the required torque determined in real time changes while performing zero-crossing of passing through 0 torque for direction change.

Systems and methods for predicting windshield wiper wear are provided. The system may comprise a vehicle comprising a windshield wiper. The windshield wiper may comprise a windshield wiper blade. The system may comprise one or more environmental sensors configured to generate environmental data of an environment of the vehicle, and a computing device. The computing device may comprise a processor and a memory. The memory may be configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the processor to receive the environmental data from the one or more environmental sensors and calculate wear of the windshield wiper blade based on the environmental data.

A suspension system includes: a variable damper configured to use a damping force variable actuator to adjust communication of working fluid generated in a passage by a relative movement between a vehicle body and a wheel, to thereby adjust a damping force over a range of a soft characteristic to a hard characteristic; and a controller configured to control the damping force variable actuator. The variable damper further includes a frequency response unit configured to reduce the damping force for vibration at a specific frequency. The controller is configured to increase a change rate from a soft side to a hard side at a time of controlling the damping force to reach a target damping force when a frequency of the relative movement between the vehicle body and the wheel is lower than a first frequency set to the frequency response unit.

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.

Disclosed are a reservoir tank and an electronic brake system including the same. A reservoir tank according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an upper casing including an upper flange provided at a lower side thereof, and upper reinforcement ribs provided along an outer peripheral surface of the upper flange, and a lower casing including a lower flange provided at an upper side thereof, and lower reinforcement ribs provided along an outer peripheral surface of the lower flange, the lower casing being coupled to the lower side of the upper casing to form an internal space in which brake oil is stored, in which the upper reinforcement rib and the lower reinforcement rib are disposed on a straight line.