B60R22/00

SIDE-BY-SIDE VEHICLE
20220169326 · 2022-06-02 · ·

The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.

SIDE-BY-SIDE VEHICLE
20220169326 · 2022-06-02 · ·

The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.

Vehicle occupant restraint device

A vehicle occupant restraint device includes: a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated; a seat back that is provided on a seat rear side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat front-rear direction and that supports a back of the occupant; an ottoman provided on a seat front side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat up-down direction; and a fabric restraint member that is extended in a width direction of the ottoman to restrain a lower limb including a knee of the occupant when at least the ottoman is set in a raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture.

Battery power management apparatus and method
11312322 · 2022-04-26 ·

An apparatus, including a first circuit containing an ignition system and first load which first load does not draw current when the ignition system is not operating; a second circuit containing a second load which draws current when the ignition system is not operating; a first switch capable of disconnecting a first battery from the first circuit; a second switch capable of connecting the first battery to the first circuit, wherein the first switch or second switch disconnects the ignition system from the first battery when the first switch or second switch in an opened position, and the first switch and second switch connect the first battery to the ignition system in a closed position; and a recharger capable of recharging the first battery and second battery. The apparatus is capable of providing electrical power to the second load when the recharger ceases to operate.

Light emitting device
11220211 · 2022-01-11 · ·

A light emitting device includes a light emitter, a holding portion that slidably holds the light emitter inside a slide rail for a vehicle, and a light transmissive cover that covers the light emitter. According to a configuration, the cover of the light emitting device prevents a decrease in a communication performance of a signal transmission and reception device in which information on an electronic device is transmitted using an LED, as compared with a related art in which the communication performance decreases due to influence of scattering or shielding a light of the LED, the influence being caused by a grease which is heavily applied inside a slide rail of a vehicle and adheres to the LED.

Battery power management apparatus and method
11760227 · 2023-09-19 ·

An apparatus, including a first circuit which contains a first load which does not draw current from a first battery when not operating, and includes an electric motor of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle; a second circuit which contains a second load which draws current from a second battery when the first load is not operating or is non-operational; a first switch which is capable of disconnecting the first battery from the first circuit; a second switch which is capable of connecting the first battery to the first circuit; and at least one recharger which is capable of recharging the first battery and the second battery when the first load is operating. The apparatus is capable of providing electrical power to the second load when the at least one recharger ceases to operate or becomes non-operational. The first load is an eaxle.

Device having sliding switch for operating power seat of vehicle

A device for operating a power seat of a vehicle, the device being able to show exact operation directions of a power seat by operation of switches to a user, and enabling the user to recognize the exact selection state and operation direction of desired switches so that the user can more conveniently use the switches by displaying one arrow showing the operation direction of the seat when each of a plurality of touch sensors, which is disposed in each of the switches of a switch module for operating the seat to show operation direction of the seat, senses a touch.

Sleeping bedsheet crash protection system for lie-flat sleeping passenger

A sleeping occupant crash protection system includes an occupant sleeping compartment positioned within an autonomous vehicle. A substantially flat platform of the occupant sleeping compartment supports an occupant reclining in a horizontal sleep position. An elastic bedsheet is positioned in direct contact with an upper surface of the platform positioned between the occupant and the platform. A sensing system is in communication with the occupant sleeping compartment and triggers deployment of a bedsheet displacement system during a vehicle rapid deceleration event.

Vision-based airbag enablement

Vision-based airbag enablement may include capturing two-dimensional images of a passenger, segmenting the image, classifying the image, and determining seated height of the passenger from the image. Enabling or disabling deployment of the airbag may be controlled based at least in part upon the determined seated height.

Pre-crash seat actuator system and method

A pre-crash seat actuator system for moving a vehicle seat includes an occupant protection control system that determines a collision is imminent and provides a trigger signal and an enable signal. A vehicle seat controller receives the trigger signal and determines a moving the vehicle seat to a desired position to mitigate severity of a collision. In response to the trigger signal, the vehicle seat controller provides a fast mode voltage for moving the vehicle seat in a fast mode. A smart control adapter determines whether the fast mode voltage and the enable signal are both received, to provide the fast mode voltage to a vehicle seat electric drive. In another embodiment, the vehicle seat controller receives the trigger signal and a collision signal to provide fast mode voltage, and the seat is returned to an original position when a crash does not occur.