A step motor that drives a rotary body to rotate includes: an output shaft that outputs a rotational driving force to the rotary body, the output shaft having an insertion hole in which the rotary body is arranged so as to be integrally rotatable on an inner circumference side of a top portion of a tip end of the output shaft; a radial bearing radially supporting the output shaft from an outer circumference side; and a cover protruding from the radial bearing radially inward. The cover opposing the top portion through an axial gap at an outer circumference side of the insertion hole. The output shaft has an inner tapered portion which decreases in diameter as approaching the insertion hole radially inward from the top portion. The cover opposes the top portion through the axial gap at an outer circumference side of the inner tapered portion.

The present invention relates to a display gauge, particularly used in a cab of a motor vehicle. The display gauge comprises a display unit and a control unit, the display unit having a stationary warning zone, the control unit being connectable with different types of sensors to receive sensor signals, wherein the display gauge further comprises a coded selector that can be operated by a user, the selector being electrically connected to the control unit to transmit to the control unit a signal indicative of a type of a current sensor signal selected by the user, and the control unit controls display of the display unit according to a value of the current sensor signal, so that a state in which the value of the current sensor signal reaches a warning value range can be displayed through the warning zone regardless of the type of the sensor. The present invention allows to display multiple types of sensor signals by a single display gauge, and to exhibit different functions or sensor signal types with different symbols or icons.

A human-machine interface device includes a touch panel having a front surface intended to be visible to a user and a rear surface, the touch panel being configured to detect an interaction of the user with the touch panel and being resiliently deformable, and a plurality of actuators arranged behind the touch panel, each actuator being controllable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration wherein the actuator deforms an area of the touch panel located opposite the actuator by forming a bump protruding from the front surface of the touch panel. The human-machine interface device has at least one configuration wherein several actuators in the extended position together define a single control element protruding from the front surface of the touch panel.

A vehicle control system for controlling braking in a vehicle may include a braking system operably coupled to one or more wheels of the vehicle to provide brake inputs to the one or more wheels responsive to a torque request generated based on pedal position. The system may further include a pedal position sensor operably coupled to a brake pedal to determine the pedal position responsive to actuation of the brake pedal by a driver of the vehicle, a pedal feel simulator operably coupled to the brake pedal to provide tactile feedback to the driver via a pedal force applied to the brake pedal, an accelerometer for determining a rate of velocity reduction of the vehicle during the actuation of the brake pedal, and a feedback augmenter operably coupled to the pedal feel simulator to provide a pedal force offset to increase the pedal force provided to the brake pedal based on the rate of velocity reduction.

A spread assist device for assisting spreading by a spreader apparatus according to an embodiment includes a position detector configured to detect a position of the spreader apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain spread width information indicating a spread width of the spreading object to be spread by the spreader apparatus, obtain tracking information of the detected position of the spreader apparatus detected by the position detector, and generate a virtual overhead view image including a spread path based on the obtained spread width information and tracking information.

The present application discloses systems and methods to present information to recreational vehicle riders and to provide customizable visual information to recreational vehicle riders. The present application further discloses systems and methods to connect and transmit audio information between a driver portable communication device and a driver audio interface device through the recreational vehicle and audio information between a passenger portable communication device and a passenger audio interface device.

A virtual 3D display for a motor vehicle includes a substrate and a flexible display positioned on the substrate. The flexible display is rollable and bendable within a cabin of the motor vehicle.

Disclosed are a display apparatus and an in-vehicle display device. The display apparatus includes at least two display modules. The display modules are arranged in sequence along a first direction and includes at least one user front-view display module and at least one user side-view display module. A difference between a luminous angle of each user side-view display module and a viewing angle of the user side-view display module is within a preset difference range. The viewing angle is formed by a second direction and a normal direction of a corresponding display module, the second direction being from a point on the corresponding display module toward the user position; the luminous angle is formed by an emission direction and a normal direction of the corresponding display module; for each user side-view display module, an angle formed by the second direction and the emission direction is within a preset angle range.

The present invention relates to a system and method for recognizing a position of an automotive display. The system for recognizing a position of an automotive display according to the present invention includes an automotive display having a touch sensor disposed on one side thereof, conductors that are disposed inside a vehicle cockpit to generate a change in capacitance for the touch sensor, and a control unit that obtains touch data according to the change in capacitance, analyzes a touch input pattern, and calculates position coordinate data and touch coordinate data of the automotive display.

A cleaning device for a surface, such as a windshield of a vehicle, includes an active positioning system and a cleaning head. The active positioning system is configured to deploy from a storage position hidden from view within a covered storage space and to position the cleaning head upon the windshield. The active positioning system includes a first extension member and a second extension member that move relative to one another to position the cleaning head, and also move the cleaning head across the windshield along a path. The cleaning head can have a brush portion configured to agitate debris from the window, and a drying portion configured to dry the window after cleaning. The cleaning device can be controlled via a touch-screen display in the vehicle, enabling a user to direct that specific portions of the windshield be cleaned as desired.