1159 results about "Glovebox" patented technology

An inflatable rigid knee airbag system for assisting in positioning and decelerating a vehicle occupant is disclosed. The system includes an inflatable knee airbag having a front panel, an annular, accordion-folded bellows panel, and a rear panel having an inflation orifice and mounting brackets; and a pyrotechnic inflator. The system helps to improve the kinematics of a vehicle occupant in relation to a primary airbag cushion by bolstering the knees of the occupant. The system of the invention may be mounted in a vehicle in a panel under the steering column, in the door of a glove box, or in the lower section of the instrument panel of the vehicle directly in front of the occupant's lower legs.

A lid lock apparatus for a glove box is attached to inside of a lid to engage hook portions with the glove box. The lid lock apparatus includes a swing member a swing axis of which is rotatably supported by a lid of the glove box; a pair of lock arms, which are disposed in a symmetrical manner with respect to the swing axis, extend in a horizontal direction, and each includes the hook portion at a tip end thereof; and a subassembly member for bringing the lock arms close to each other and forming the lock arms and the swing member in a subassembly. The swing member is disposed in a symmetrical manner with respect to the swing axis and includes a pair of cam grooves extending with slanting. The lock arms include cam pins for engaging with the cam grooves to move the lock arms in opposite directions.

A disposable glove dispense and shipping container has a first box and a second box both having dispense apertures disposed therein for dispensing a right hand disposable glove and a left hand disposable glove respectively. The first and second boxes are hingably attached along the first box top and inner surface junction and the second box top and inner surface junction. In the open or dispense position the inner sides of the first box and the second box are both parallel and touching with the top surfaces having the dispense apertures lying flat and side by side for dispensing purposes. In the closed or ship position, the top surface of the first box and the top surface of the second box fold onto one another creating a third box suitable for distribution and shipping.

A locking canceling operation is made to be performed using as a driving force a restoring force produced when a deformable canceling member made of a shape memory alloy is heated to restore its memorized shape.

A glove compartment assembly incorporates a compact airbag module with a cushion constructed at least partially of a rigid material. The cushion may be sandwiched between front and rear door covers so that inflation of the cushion moves the front door cover toward the knees of a vehicle user to provide antisubmarining protection. The cushion may incorporate the front door cover as a portion of its inflation gas-containing membrane. The glove compartment assembly may utilize a uniquely designed latching system, such as an electric latching assembly, a latching assembly disposed generally off the door, or a break-away latching assembly disposed generally on the front door cover, to permit motion of the front door cover away from the instrument panel without interfering with the airbag module.

The invention discloses a rapid forming process of an iron phosphate lithium battery. The rapid forming process comprises the following steps: vacuumizing after the battery is assembled, and injecting electrolyte by several times, and sealing the battery; putting the battery into a thermostat, standing for 8-12 hours at 45-50 DEGC, turning or rotating the battery in a standing process so as to putting each face of the battery downwards for a certain time; after the standing, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the battery for 10-20 minutes; putting the battery on a cabinet, and carrying out low-current step type charging excitation and intermittent pulse discharge on the battery; after the charging is finished, carrying out deflation and one time of vacuumizing on the battery in a glove box, and carrying out sealing, ageing and capacity grading. According to the rapid forming process, firstly a diaphragm, an anode piece and a cathode piece of the battery are adequately infiltrated by virtue of the electrolyte, and then the battery is simultaneously subjected to high-current step type charging and intermittent pulse discharge, so that the time of the forming procedure is substantially shortened, the equipment loss is reduced, the performance of the formed battery is excellent, and the formed battery has no difference from a battery formed by virtue of a traditional forming process.

A glove box airbag system is disclosed that may be used to protect the knees and/or legs of a vehicle occupant during a crash. The airbag assembly includes a glove box and a housing that encases a knee airbag. The housing is positioned below the glove box. The entirety of the housing may be positioned below the entirety of the glove box. The airbag assembly also has a front member that covers the glove box and the housing. The front member may include a glove box door that covers the glove box and an airbag door that covers the housing. Alternatively, the front member may be a glove box door that covers both the housing and the glove box. Further, the front member may include a glove box door that covers the glove box and an aperture that is positioned in front of the housing. A hinge and/or a latch mechanism that allow the glove box door to move between a closed position and an open position may also be added.

A glove box for handling harmful material is formed to be lightweight and modular in design, allowing for use in the field and various remote locations where a full laboratory is not available. The tank portion of the glove box is formed of a rigid, lightweight plastic and includes a number of standard-sized passageways for connecting other components (intake filter, exhaust filter, input/output containers, gasketed gloves, etc), allowing for modularity in its configuration. The top portion of the glove box may include a transparent window for viewing the material within the glove box. Filter components utilize HEPA filter elements and a separate, portable power supply is used to control a vacuum fan included in an exhaust filter. The power supply can also be used to perform diagnostic tests on the glove and may include a battery back-up.

A remote control device for controlling a reduced operational mode of a vehicle includes a portable communication device operable to communicate with the vehicle. A detachable component is selectively coupled to the communication device. The communication device is operable to initiate a reduced operational mode for the vehicle upon detachment of the detachable component from the communication device. The portable communication device detects the input in the attached position and initiates a normal operational mode upon the detection. Detachment of the detachable component cause an input voltage to change on the portable device. The reduced operational mode includes inhibiting access to predetermined storage compartments in the vehicle such as a vehicle trunk or glove box. Vehicle speed and RPM are limited in the reduced operational mode.

A latch assembly is re-configurable for plural orientations. A slide lock plate engages a claw-typed pawl. A rotating activation mechanism links an operator handle to the slide plate. The handle causes the activation mechanism to rotate, thereby retracting the sliding lock plate form the pawl. A cam follower, activated by a pocket cam, is rotated with handle operation. A first pinion gear on the sliding lock plate and a friction clutch dampen movement. A rotating paddle/blade cam, substituted for the paddle/blade, has a projecting arm. The second pinion gear engages teeth on the edge of the slide lock plate. A dog leg-shaped projection, added to the handle end of the slide plate, accommodates second teeth facing opposite the first teeth.

An instrument panel subassembly for use in an instrument panel assembly in a motor vehicle is provided. The subassembly includes first and second generally C-shaped energy absorption brackets. The brackets have an aft facing C-section and upper and lower mounting ends. The brackets include attachment means for attaching the brackets to a vehicle structural member. The subassembly further includes a glove box door having an aft surface and a forward surface, and a bin. The glove box door includes hinge means for providing hinged movement of the glove box door relative to the first and second brackets between open and closed positions. The bin is within the C-section of the brackets when the glove box door is in a hingedly closed position.

The invention provides a preparation method of high-purity micro-fine low-oxygen titanium powder, which belongs to the technical field of powder preparation in the powder metallurgy process. The preparation method is characterized by combining hydrogenation and dehydrogenation with a jet milling process, firstly carrying out hydrogenation treatment on a titanium sponge to prepare titanium hydride powder, then utilizing a jet mill to break the titanium hydride, then carrying out vacuum dehydrogenation, and finally utilizing the jet mill to carry out breaking gradation and vacuum package and obtaining a titanium powder product. Compared with the traditional ball milling process, the jet milling process causes no pollution, and iron impurities caused by collision of steel balls in the ball milling process can be avoided; due to jet milling and high-vacuum dehydrogenation treatment, the content of oxygen can be controlled to be lowest, and the powder taking and packaging operations are respectively carried out in a glove box, so that the powder and the air are isolated in the whole process, and further, the prepared high-purity micro-fine low-oxygen titanium powder is prepared.

An automotive glove box assembly. The glove box assembly includes a storage bin and a door disposed in hinging relation to the storage bin. The door includes an expansible body having a face portion facing towards a vehicle occupant and a back portion in opposing relation to the face portion. The expansible body is operatively connected to at least one gas emitting unit such that upon discharge of gas from the gas emitting unit, the expansible body is pressurized and the face portion is projected outwardly to an extended position so as to intercept lower extremities of the occupant.

The invention discloses lithium ion battery gel polymer electrolyte of supported doped nano particles, a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method of the electrolyte comprises the following steps: firstly, nano particles are doped in a mixture PEO and P (VDF-HPF) and are dissolved by using a solvent to obtain gel; then, a supporter membrane which is not activated and has good mechanical strength is soaked in the gel, taken out and aired to obtain a polymer membrane; and finally, after being dried, the membrane is soaked in electrolyte in a glove box so as to obtain the electrolyte. The polymer electrolyte has higher ionic conductivity and mechanical strength; simultaneously, the preparation time is short, the production efficiency is high, the invention is compatible to the existing equipment for preparing liquid state lithium ion batteries, and the production cost required by industrialization is greatly reduced.

A knee bolster mounting structure for a glove box having a housing having a predetermined space defined therein, a cover coupled to a front side of the housing to form an outer appearance of the glove box, and a knee bolster interposed between the housing and the cover to absorb impact in case of collision includes a plurality of fuse ribs protruded from front and rear surfaces of the knee bolster and fused thereto by vibration fusion, respectively, and round portions formed on each end of the fuse ribs.

The invention relates to a preparation method and application of a black phosphorus quantum dot and titanium carbide nanosheet composite material. The preparation method comprises the following steps:mixing a single layer or a few layers of Ti3C2 nanosheets with black phosphorus quantum dots dispersed uniformly inside an organic solution, and carrying out simple technologies such as ultrasonic treatment, stirring and drying to obtain the black phosphorus quantum dot and titanium carbide (BPQDs/Ti3C2) nanosheet composite material. The BPQDs/Ti3C2 nanosheet composite material coated on a coppersheet is taken as a working electrode of an energy battery, metal foils are taken as a counter electrode and a reference electrode, a glass microfiber filter membrane is taken as a diaphragm, an organic solution is taken as an electrolyte, and a button battery is assembled inside a glove box filled with high-purity argon. The product can serve as a two-dimensional electrode material, is widely applied to the energy field such as lithium ion batteries, and has excellent charge/discharge performance and cycling stability.

A damper unit includes a gear having a core member projecting at a shaft core portion thereof and rotatably housed in a case, a string wound around the core member, a rotary damper engaging the gear for damping a rotational force of the gear, and a spring. One end of the spring is fixed to the case and the other end thereof is fixed to the core member so that an elastic force is accumulated when the string is pulled out.

The invention relates to a lock that can be used with a flap, comprising a rotary unit that is made up of a rotary spagnolet that interacts with a closing element (10) and a rotating latch (22). In order to improve operational performance, the rotary unit is provided with a rigid catch (23) that preferably has two counter shoulders running in opposite directions. The output member (35) of a motor (40)-driven gear mechanism is also provided with two corresponding counter shoulders. This enables the motor to provide assistance with closing and, optionally, opening, whereby the rotary unit can be guided in a closing, tilting direction or an opening, tilting direction until the flap is fully closed or opened. The motor (40) comprises a gear mechanism with a group of gears that can be displaced between an engaged position and a separated position. The detent pawl (16) which interacts with the rotating latch (22) is disabled in the separated position, should an emergency arise. When the flap is in a closed or open position, a free area exists between the shoulders and counter shoulders, enabling the flap to be moved manually.

The invention discloses a formation method for a power lithium ion battery. With the method, lithium titanate is adopted as a cathode, lithium iron phosphate is adopted as an anode, and a sealed formation method is adopted. The method comprises the following concrete steps: adopting a three-stage charging treatment to carry out constant current charging for a battery; then carrying out constant voltage charging for the battery; placing the battery in a liquid injecting glove box after the voltage of the battery is the cut-off voltage during the constant voltage charging; opening a liquid injecting port, vacuum pumping the gas generated by the battery, and then sealing the liquid injection port. With the method provided by embodiments of the present invention, a compact and stable SEI film can be effectively formed on the cathode surface; the sealed formation method is adopted during the formation process, such that the influence on the battery performance due to the reaction generated between the moisture and the electrolyte is avoided, wherein the reaction is generated due to water absorbing inside the battery; after the voltage of the battery is the cut-off voltage during the constant voltage charging, the gas generated from the battery is removed through vacuum pumping, then the liquid injecting port is sealed, such that the environment inside the battery shell is effectively improved, the battery bulging during the using process is avoided, the performance degradation of the battery is delayed, the electrical property and the safety performance of the battery are improved.