1667 results about "Motor vehicle part" patented technology

An in-vehicle device data communicates with global network based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-commerce and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the global network based data processing resources can effectuate a wide variety of e-commerce and e-business including accessing auto part databases, warranty, customer, and other remote databases. In addition, e-commerce and e-business transactions can include vehicle security and vehicle service management, data communicating Internet based radio, audio, MP3, MPEG, video, and other types of data. Furthermore, e-commerce and e-business transactions can include interactive advertising, promotional offers, coupons, and supporting other remote data communications.

Furthermore, the in-vehicle device can also effectuate remote monitoring of vehicle performance, data communicating and accessing remote global network based content and data, and effectuating adjustments and control of vehicle operation. Remote monitoring and control of vehicle operation can be by way of a global network based data processing resources.

An in-vehicle device data communicates with Internet based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the Internet based data processing resources can effectuate a wide variety of e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business including accessing auto part databases, warranty, customer, and other remote databases. In addition, e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business transactions can include vehicle security and vehicle service management, data communicating Internet based radio, audio, MP3, MPEG, video, and other types of data. Furthermore, e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business transactions can include interactive advertising, promotional offers, coupons, and supporting other remote data communications.

The in-vehicle device can also include functionality for remote monitoring of vehicle performance, data communicating and accessing remote Internet based content and data, and effectuating adjustments and control of vehicle operation. Remote monitoring and control of vehicle operation can be by way of an Internet based data processing resource and can include engine control system programming and setting adjustment, vehicle monitoring, and transmission of vehicle telemetry and metric data. Vehicle telemetry and metric data can include global positioning system (GPS) data, vehicle operational data, engine performance data, and other vehicle data.

The in-vehicle device can also wirelessly data communicate with a communication interface device (COM device) or an Internet appliance. Such COM devices or Internet appliances can data communicate wirelessly with an in-vehicle device and simultaneously data communicate in a wired or wireless mode of operation to Internet based data processing resources, and to other data processing resources.

An in-vehicle device data communicates with Internet based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the Internet based data processing resources can effectuate a wide variety of e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business including accessing auto part databases, warranty, customer, and other remote databases. In addition, e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business transactions can include vehicle security and vehicle service management, data communicating Internet based radio, audio, MP3, MPEG, video, and other types of data. Furthermore, e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business transactions can include interactive advertising, promotional offers, coupons, and supporting other remote data communications.

The in-vehicle device can also include functionality for remote monitoring of vehicle performance, data communicating and accessing remote Internet based content and data, and effectuating adjustments and control of vehicle operation. Remote monitoring and control of vehicle operation can be by way of an Internet based data processing resource and can include engine control system programming and setting adjustment, vehicle monitoring, and transmission of vehicle telemetry and metric data. Vehicle telemetry and metric data can include global positioning system (GPS) data, vehicle operational data, engine performance data, and other vehicle data.

The in-vehicle device can also wirelessly data communicate with a communication interface device (COM device) or an Internet appliance. Such COM devices or Internet appliances can data communicate wirelessly with an in-vehicle device and simultaneously data communicate in a wired or wireless mode of operation to Internet based data processing resources, and to other data processing resources.

A system and method assists the driver of a motor vehicle in preventing accidents or minimizing the effects of same. In one form, a television camera or other ranging device is mounted on a vehicle and scans the roadway ahead of the vehicle as the vehicle travels. Continuously generated video picture signals output by the camera are electronically processed and analyzed by a fuzzy-logic-based image analyzing computer mounted in the controlled vehicle, which generates control signals and applies them to control the operation of the accelerator, brake, and steering system of the vehicle in a coordinated way to attempt to avoid or lessen the effects of a collision. In a particular form, the decision computer may select the evasive action taken from a number of choices, depending on whether and where the detection device senses other vehicles and obstacles. Warning signals may also be generated.

A method for influencing the load on a driver while driving a motor vehicle, in which a workload is determined from physiological driver data detected by sensors, and to an apparatus for carrying out the method. The load or the workload on the driver is kept in an optimum workload range and brought back to this optimum range if there is any discrepancy, thus ensuring an optimum driver performance level and attention level. For this purpose, vehicle systems are driven as a function of the detected workload value in such a way that the driver is influenced via his visual, auditory or tactile sense channels in such a way that his workload value returns to a value in the optimum workload range.

A motor vehicle roof with a control for comfortable operation of at least one motor vehicle component by a passenger of the vehicle, the control having a sensor surface arrangement (12g) for detecting the presence and/or movement of the hand or part of the hand of the passenger in a detection area of the sensor surface arrangement (12g). The sensor surface arrangement (12g) provides an electrical trigger signal based on detection of the presence and/or movement of at least part of the hand for triggering the vehicle component(s).

The disclosure presents various embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, of a presence detection technique and system used in motor vehicles. Exemplary embodiments recognize the presence of a motor vehicle driver in, or near, a motor vehicle. Based on the recognized presence of a driver, embodiments of an automated presence detector for motor vehicles may inhibit, block or otherwise restrict access to services or applications associated with the driver's mobile device. To recognize the presence of a motor vehicle driver, embodiments may employ wireless radio frequency standards, such as Bluetooth, position indication technologies, such as GPS, or any other means suitable for correlating the physical presence of a driver with a motor vehicle.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger arrangement for heating of air, with a heat exchanger (8) which is integrated into a refrigerant circuit (60), configured to be able to have refrigerant flow through it and able to be impinged on by air. The heat is transferred from the refrigerant to the air. The heat exchanger (8) exhibits two components (8a, 8b) configured to be segregated from each other. The first component (8a) is configured with a condensation surface and a heat-removal surface. The second component (8b) exhibits a supercooling surface. Between the components (8a, 8b) on the refrigerant side, a refrigerant phase separation element is placed. The heat exchanger is configured as a tubular heat exchanger with tubes situated in rows, wherein the first component (8a) is configured with at least two rows and the second component (8b) with at least one row.

A wiper apparatus is proposed that is used to clean windows of motor vehicles. The wiper apparatus has a wiper arm (18), guided on the motor vehicle and driven in pendulum motion, on whose free end, remote from the pendulum shaft (88), a wiper blade (10), elongated transversely to the pendulum direction (double arrow 86) and capable of being pressed against the window (28), is separably hinged via a connection device (14) that has coupling elements (22 and 16) associated with the wiper arm and the wiper blade, respectively, wherein the pivot axis (54) extends substantially in the pendulum direction, and the wiper apparatus has at least one support shoulder (44, 46 and 68), solidly connected to the wiper arm and pointing toward the pendulum shaft (88), which shoulder is located opposite an associated interception shoulder (62), solidly connected to the wiper blade and pointing away from the pendulum shaft (88). To assure problem-free mounting of the wiper blade on the wiper arm and problem-free removal of the wiper blade from the wiper arm, even if for structural reasons the wiper arm cannot be raised in a plane that is vertical to the window, transverse to the wiping direction, at least one of the two shoulders (44, 46, 68; 62) can be moved counter to a restoring force all the way out of the opposed position relative to the other shoulder (62; 44, 46, 68).

A vehicle seat (1) having an active headrest mechanism (20) actuated by a lower lumbar mechanism (30). A seat back frame (10) mounts the active headrest mechanism (20) and the lower lumbar mechanism (30).

A steering system applied to motor vehicles comprising a body (10) arranged on the dashboard (200) of the vehicle, wherein the internal portion of the body (10) has a guide rail (1121) that guides the upward and downward movement of a trigger (112) pushed by a counter spring (1122) when the driver pushes or pulls the control portion (101) of the steering wheel (100) for braking or accelerating, respectively, wherein a first electronic sensor (401) is arranged on the upper portion of said trigger (112), and a second electronic sensor (402) is arranged on the upper portion of the guide rail (1121), wherein said sensors (401) and (402) are interconnected with the acceleration system of the vehicle, and a steering wheel (100) arranged in the internal portion of the body (10), wherein said steering wheel (100) has a bearing in the lower portion of an axle (111) which is interconnected with the steering shaft (300) or an electronic control unit (500), and has a control portion (101) arranged on the front and a pressing area on the rear in order to move a trigger (112) of the accelerator.

A spindle gear unit (10), for an adjusting mechanism in a motor vehicle seat, includes a housing (20, 22), a spindle nut (40, 140, 240) cooperating with a spindle (30). The spindle nut (40, 140, 240) has external toothing (44, 144, 244) and has at least one bearing surface (46, 146, 246) for rotatably mounting the spindle nut (40, 140, 240) in the housing (20, 22). A thrust washer (50, 150, 250) is put on and encompasses the bearing surface (46, 146, 246). A screw (70) is rotatably mounted in the housing (20, 22) and has a worm gear (72) which is in engagement with the external toothing (44, 144, 244). The thrust washer (50, 150, 250) is pressed onto the spindle nut (40, 140, 240). A vehicle seat is also provided with the spindle gear unit for driving a seat rail of a length adjuster of the vehicle seat.

The present invention relates to a wiper blade for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle, and more particularly, to a so-called flat blade wiper which can be connected to a wiper arm without a primary and a secondary yokes. The wiper blade assembly comprises a flexible elongated wiper strip that includes opposite longitudinal grooves and comes into close contact with a windshield of the vehicle; a rail spring including rail portions disposed in the opposite grooves of the wiper strip; an elastic support member that extends along a longitudinal direction of the wiper strip and includes a plurality of openings; and a connection member which includes an inserting portion inserted in the opening of the elastic support member for connection with the elastic support member and a claw for holding both the wiper strip and the rail spring.

The invention is based on a system for controlling the braking action in a motor vehicle by means for adjusting the braking action independently of the driver's actuation. Upon recognition of a preselectable operating mode, for which at least the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle is found to be zero, a certain braking action is exerted. An operating mode of the type in question can be present when, for example, the above-mentioned creep suppression or the above-mentioned hillholding is desired. The core of the invention consists in that, upon determination of a preselectable longitudinal vehicle velocity during this operating mode, the braking action is increased independently of the driver. As a result of the monitoring of the longitudinal vehicle velocity according to the invention during the operating mode (creep suppression mode or hillholder mode), any motion of the vehicle unwanted by the driver is reliably prevented.

The invention relates to a manufacturing method of a rotationally-forged aluminum alloy hub and belongs to the technical field of manufacturing of automobile parts. Aiming to solve the problems of complicated process, low production efficiency and high energy consumption in the prior art, the manufacturing method of the rotationally-forged aluminum alloy hub is provided and includes blanking a thick aluminum alloy hot-rolling plate into a cake blank according to the size of the hub; heating and preheating at the temperature of 430 DEG C to 470 DEG C; placing the preheated blank into a die and forging in a forge press to obtain a forged aluminum alloy hub blank; finally placing the forged aluminum alloy hub blank into the forge press for rotary forging and forming, then performing heat treatment and machining to obtain the rotationally-forged aluminum alloy hub. By the method without need of upsetting and with low preheating temperature before forging and forming, process is greatly simplified, production efficiency is improved, and energy consumption is reduced. Besides, the obtained hub has good mechanical property.

Metal-clad polymer articles containing structural fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings/layers optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight articles, precision molds, sporting goods, automotive parts and components exposed to thermal cycling although the coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) of the metallic layer and the substrate are mismatched. The interface between the metallic layer and the polymer is suitably pretreated to withstand thermal cycling without failure.

A cleaning device for a window/headlamp cover (5) of a motor vehicle has two washer nozzles (3, 4) which are manufactured as ajoint component (2) and in each case produce strip-shaped spraying regions (8, 9) on the window/headlamp cover (5). The spraying regions (8, 9) are arranged one above the other and thus complement one another. This means that a large region of the window/headlamp cover (5) is wetted with washing fluid without washing fluid falling alongside the window/headlamp cover (5).

A system and method in combination with a nationwide alliance of professional car care enterprises for remarketing privately owned motor vehicles. Consumers register with the system. Successfully registered consumers present their motor vehicles at a participating professional car care enterprise for processing into the system. The computer-implemented system employs a method based on three-dimensional facial image technology in combination with personal relational identifiers to monitor, identify, isolate, ban, and enforce the express prohibition of used car dealer, used car broker, and curbstoner participation within the system, in any fashion. The service is national in its reach while local in its execution, and provides a national platform for green-marketing the benefits of professional car care versus individual car care alternatives.

A door locking system for a motor vehicle includes a striker fixed to one of a car body and a car door, a base plate fixed to the other of the car body and the car door, the base plate having a striker leading slot in which the striker is removably insertable, a latch for latching the striker, the latch being pivoted on the base plate on one side of the striker leading slot, a pawl for locking and unlocking the latch, the pawl being pivoted on the base plate on the other side of the striker leading slot, a rotary pressing member driven to rotate the pawl to disengage the latch from the striker, and a rotatable opening lever which is manually rotated to disengage the latch. The rotary pressing member and the rotatable opening lever are pivoted about a common rotational shaft.

A wiper blade for cleaning motor vehicles is proposed, which is provided with a band-like, elongated, spring-elastic support element (12). The lower band surface (13) of the support element (12) oriented toward the window (22) has an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip (14), which can be placed against the window (22), disposed on it so that the longitudinal axes of these two parts are parallel and the upper band surface (11) of the support element (12) has a wind deflection strip (42) disposed on it, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the support element, is provided with an attack surface (54) oriented toward the main flow of the relative wind, and is comprised of an elastic material. A considerable weight savings for the wiper blade is achieved if the wind deflection strip (42, 142, or 242) has two diverging legs (44, 46), viewed in cross section, which are connected to each other at a common base (48) and whose free ends (50, 52) oriented toward the window (22) are supported on the wiper blade (10), and the attack surface (54) is embodied on the outside of the one leg (44).

The invention relates to a brake system for motor vehicles, comprising a master brake cylinder (2), to each of the two pressure chambers of which a brake circuit (I, II) with wheel brakes (8, 9, 10, 11) can be connected or is connected, an electrically actuatable block valve (23a, 23b) for each brake circuit (I, II) for separating the pressure chamber (17, 18) from the brake circuit, a first electrically controllable pressure supply unit (5), an electrically actuatable sequence valve (26a, 26b) for each brake circuit (I, II) for hydraulically connecting the first pressure supply unit (5) to the brake circuit, and a simulation unit (3) which can be hydraulically connected to at least one pressure chamber (17) of the master brake cylinder (2) by means of a simulator release valve (32), wherein a second electrically controllable pressure supply unit (49, 149) having at least one intake port and a pressure port is provided, the intake port of which is connected or can be connected to one of the pressure chambers (17, 18) and the pressure port of which can be connected or is connected to the brake circuit (I, II) associated with the pressure chamber. The invention further relates to a method for operating a brake system.

The invention relates to a device for a motor vehicle, comprising a rotatably mount ed camera unit (10) which can be brought into an inactive position and into an active position by means of a motor, and a protective element (20) that can be rotatably guided about a first axis (21) into a closed position and into an open position, the camera unit (10), in the closed position, being in its inactive position behind the protective element (20) and inaccessible from the exterior, and, in the open position of the protective element (20), the camera unit (10) assuming the active position for recording images. The invention is characterized in that the camera unit (10) can be displaced from the inactive position into the active position about a second axis (11), arranged at a distance to the first axis (21), the protective element (20) is connected to the first axis (21) via a swivel arm (22), and the motor drives a mechanism (30), mounted on the motor vehicle, which is mechanically connected both to the protective element (20) and to the camera unit (10). The mechanism (30) is configured in such a manner that the camera unit (10) is decoupled from the mechanism when it is in the operating state and that the protective element (20) can be displaced from the closed position to the open position, the camera unit (10) remaining in the inactive position.

The invention discloses a polyolefin wood-plastic composite and a preparation method thereof. Polyolefin and plant fiber modified by EVOH (ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer) are taken as main raw materials, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, a lubricating agent and the like are added, and the environment-friendly wood-plastic composite with excellent mechanical property is prepared with a melt blending method commonly used during plastic processing. The wood-plastic composite can be used in conventional fields such as building materials, decorative materials, foam materials, boards, packaging materials, toys, automobile parts and the like, and the application range of the EVOH is enlarged.

The invention relates to a brake system with a pedal travel simulator that, during the braking mode brake-by-wire , conveys a comfortable pedal feel to the vehicle driver. In order to boost the actuation force even in the event of a breakdown of the control electronics or loss of electric power supply, the invention provides that a fourth piston (8) is mounted between the first (2) and the third piston (5), and this fourth piston, while interacting with the third piston (5), delimits a hydraulic chamber (9) having a hydraulic connection to a pressure medium reservoir (31), said connection being able to be blocked by an actuation of the brake pedal, and pressure can be built up in the chamber by the actuation forces. The invention also provides that a valve assembly (10) can be controlled by the hydraulic pressure built-up inside the chamber (9), and the pressure built-up in the intermediate space (11) can be changed by this valve assembly.

In a method of operating a turn signal lighting system, in a flashing cycle a first group of a plurality of LED groups arranged in a row is initially activated, with each of the LED groups including at least one light emitting diode. Thereafter, the other groups of the plurality of LED groups are successively activated until the plurality of LED groups are all in an ON state. The plurality of LED groups is then maintained in the ON state for a predetermined time period before being deactivated. The overall time period from activating the first group of the plurality of LED groups up until reaching the ON state of the plurality of LED groups ranges hereby from 100 ms to 200 ms.

The present invention includes a laminate and formation of a laminate having at least one layer of an ionomer and at least one layer of an acid polymer or blend of acid polymer and a thermoplastic polyolefin that can be thermoformed to form a shaped laminate. The shaped laminate can then be contacted with a plastic substrate such as a thermoplastic polyolefin to form a composite article by such means as, for example, injection molding. The laminate can be pigmented to eliminate the need to paint the surface of the plastic substrate. Impact and scratch resistant articles can be formed from the laminated substrate such as automotive parts, appliance body parts and sporting equipment.

The invention relates to a driver's knee airbag (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, with a gas generator (2), a plurality of chambers (5, 6, 7) and catch straps (3, 4). So that it deploys better and provides better protection for a vehicle occupant, in particular the driver, in the event of a crash, it comprises a first catch strap (3) dividing the airbag essentially horizontally, and two catch straps (4) extending essentially vertically from the first catch strap (3). The space between the steering column and the knees of the driver is therefore rapidly filled by the airbag in the event of a crash.

The invention is an intelligent safe driving system. It is made up of forward vision radar, side-glance radar and antenna, it can detect if there has obstacle in í‹safe rangeíŒ, the distance is decided by the speed, weight, road condition and car lengthwise incline, the received reflected wave signal is identified by the comparator. The obstacle signal is reformed with filter, and it is amplified to execution circuit, actualizes deceleration or brake, in order to upgrades the reliability of signal transmission, the microchip processes the signal received by radar synchronously, the microchip also reads the speed, weight, weather conditions, and other parameters table or works out the í‹safe distanceíŒ.

In a method for detecting contact between a driver's hands and the steering wheel (12) of a vehicle, an actuator (14) for selectively applying a steering force and sensors (22) for measuring the instantaneous steering force and/or the steering angle being associated with the steering wheel (12), the actuator (14) impresses (32) a test force pulse pattern on the steering wheel (12). The steering force sensor and/or the steering angle sensor (22) measure(s) the reaction of the steering wheel movement to the test pulse pattern, and the reaction of the steering wheel movement is used to decide whether or not at least one of the driver's hands is in contact with the steering wheel (12).

Hydrogen tanks 21 are located in the vicinity of a front axle of a left front wheel FWL and a right front wheel FWR in a front space 61 of a motor vehicle and are arranged to have their longitudinal axis along a width of the vehicle. The hydrogen tanks 21 are positioned at a height substantially the same as a mounting height of a front bumper 64. This layout desirably ensures sufficient spaces in a trunk room 62 on the rear side of the vehicle and in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. This layout also enables the load of the hydrogen tanks 21 to be directly applied to the left and right front wheels FWL and FWR, while ensuring the good weight balance over the width of the vehicle. The positioning of the hydrogen tanks 21 at substantially the same height as the mounting height of the front bumper 64 effectively reduces a potential shock to the hydrogen tanks 21 in the event of a vehicle collision.