Patent classifications
B60Q3/40
Vehicle Having Pantograph End Adaptor and an Auto-Steering Guidance System
A pantograph assembly for a vehicle includes a linkage configured to be mounted to the vehicle and movable relative to the vehicle between a stowed position and a deployed position. A current-collecting rail is supported by the linkage. The current-collecting rail includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a top surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a bottom surface. The current-collecting rail is configured to slidingly contact an overhead wire when the linkage is in the deployed position, and wherein the current-collecting rail is spaced apart from the overhead wire when the linkage is in the stowed position. An end adapter is attached to one of the first end and the second end of the current-collecting rail. A sensor assembly is mounted to the end adapter and configured to detect a distance from the overhead wire.
Vehicle Having Auto-Steering Guidance System
A trolley auto-guided steering is provided to maintain pantographs centered under the power lines, allowing it to achieve higher speeds on grade and reduce wear on a pantograph shoe and/or a carbon brush by moving the contact area within the acceptable constraint limits. The pantograph includes a linkage configured to be mounted to the vehicle and movable relative to the vehicle between a stowed position and a deployed position. A current-collecting rail is supported by the linkage. A sensor assembly is mounted to the pantograph assembly and configured to detect a distance from the overhead wire. Data from the sensor assembly allows for continuous dynamic variable steering toward an aim point determined based on vehicle speed. This helps maintain the work vehicle's position underneath the overhead trolley lines and reduces operator fatigue.
Lamp housing mounting for front trunk-type hood
A front trunk (frunk) hood assembly is provided. The front trunk (frunk) hood assembly may comprise a hood component, comprising an outer hood panel and an inner hood panel, a lamp, a lamp bracket configured to secure the lamp. The lamp bracket may be configured to form a bridge between the outer hood panel and the inner hood panel. In preferred aspects, the front trunk hood assembly may further comprise i) a striker and ii) an extension panel coupled to the hood component and the striker. The front trunk hood assembly may be coupled to and/or a component of a vehicle.
Lamp housing mounting for front trunk-type hood
A front trunk (frunk) hood assembly is provided. The front trunk (frunk) hood assembly may comprise a hood component, comprising an outer hood panel and an inner hood panel, a lamp, a lamp bracket configured to secure the lamp. The lamp bracket may be configured to form a bridge between the outer hood panel and the inner hood panel. In preferred aspects, the front trunk hood assembly may further comprise i) a striker and ii) an extension panel coupled to the hood component and the striker. The front trunk hood assembly may be coupled to and/or a component of a vehicle.
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, non-transitory storage medium
In a vehicle capable of executing overtake assistance control including a first lane change control to move a vehicle traveling in a cruising lane to a target lane and a second lane change control to return the vehicle from the target lane to the cruising lane, the overtake assistance control is interrupted when an interrupt condition is established while the overtake assistance control is being executed and a display device extinguishes a first image and displays a second image.
Audible cue system for a vehicle
An audible cue system for a vehicle includes data processing hardware and memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware. The memory hardware stores instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations including receiving, at a first electronic control unit (ECU), one or more vehicle data points, executing, by the first ECU, an audible cue application configured with a positive cue and cue characteristics, and comparing the one or more vehicle data points with a cue range. The operations also include outputting, based on the comparison of the one or more vehicle data points with the cue range, the positive cue of the audible cue application via a speaker system of the vehicle, monitoring the one or more vehicle data points, and modifying the positive cue based on the monitored one or more vehicle data points.