Heater and method of operating
    11.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10113403B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US14914707

    申请日:2013-08-29

    Abstract: A plurality of heaters is provided where each of the plurality of heaters includes a fuel cell stack assembly having a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel into heat and electricity through a chemical reaction with an oxidizing agent. Each of the plurality of fuel cells also includes a conductor electrically connecting the fuel cell stack assembly to an electronic controller which monitors and controls electric current produced by the fuel cell stack assembly. The conductor of one of the plurality of heaters allows electric current produced by the fuel cell stack assembly of the one of the plurality of heaters to be monitored and controlled by the electronic controller independently of the fuel cell stack assembly of at least another one of the plurality of heaters.

    Metallic/carbon nanotube composite wire

    公开(公告)号:US10109391B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US15436898

    申请日:2017-02-20

    Abstract: A multi-strand composite electrical conductor assembly includes a strand formed of carbon nanotubes and an elongated metallic strand having substantially the same length as the carbon nanotube strand. The assembly may further include a plurality of metallic strands that have substantially the same length as the carbon nanotube strand. The carbon nanotube strand may be located as a central strand and the plurality of metallic strands surround the carbon nanotube strand. The metallic strand may be formed of a material such as copper, silver, gold, or aluminum and may be plated with a material such as nickel, tin, copper, silver, and/or gold. Alternatively or additionally, the metallic strand may be clad with a material such as nickel, tin, copper, silver, and/or gold.

    ROUTE-PLANNING SYSTEM
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180299897A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15490315

    申请日:2017-04-18

    Abstract: A route-planning system includes a digital-map and a controller. The digital-map is used to define a travel-route of a host-vehicle traveling to a destination. The digital-map identifies a plurality of fueling-stations along the travel-route. The controller is in communication with the digital-map. The controller determines a fuel-range of the host-vehicle. When an operator of the host-vehicle causes the host-vehicle to deviate from the travel-route and the fuel-range is less than a fuel-range-threshold, the controller notifies the operator of the host-vehicle of a fueling-station available to refuel the host-vehicle. The available fueling-station is based on the fuel-range and a distance to the fueling-station when the distance is less than a route-deviation-threshold. The controller then drives the host-vehicle to the fueling-station when the operator selects the fueling-station.

    Electrical connector having sealed snap-in locking cavity plugs

    公开(公告)号:US10090614B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15296321

    申请日:2016-10-18

    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes male and female connector bodies formed with a plurality of terminal cavities in which electrical cables are disposed with the terminals secured against removal from the cavities by flexible lances engaging walls within the terminal cavities. A seal on the cables closes and seals the cavities in which they are installed. At least one of the cavities is unoccupied by a cable and is closed by a non-electrically conductive locking cavity plug. The locking cavity plug has a flexible lance that engages a wall within the unoccupied cavity in which it is installed to secure the plug against removal and carries a seal which engages and seals the unoccupied cavity.

    Electrical connector with cam actuated terminal lock

    公开(公告)号:US10079446B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US15817366

    申请日:2017-11-20

    CPC classification number: H01R13/4364 H01R13/4362

    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first-housing, a second-housing, a slideable-skirt, and a terminal-lock. The second-housing is configured to mate with the first-housing along a longitudinal-mating-axis. The second-housing defines a slot in a top-side of the second-housing extending along a lateral-axis orthogonal to the longitudinal-mating-axis. The slideable-skirt is mounted to the second-housing and is moveable from a pre-stage position to a seated-position along the longitudinal-mating-axis. The slideable-skirt overlays a portion of a perimeter of the second-housing and defines cam-slots on a first-side and a second-side of the slideable-skirt. The terminal-lock is disposed within the slot and is moveable from a terminal insertion position to a locking position. The terminal-lock includes cam-posts extending from a first-end and a second-end of the terminal-lock disposed within the cam-slots. The terminal-lock moves from the terminal insertion position to the locking position as the slideable-skirt is moved from the pre-stage position to the seated-position.

    LANE-CHANGING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180259961A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-13

    申请号:US15451558

    申请日:2017-03-07

    Abstract: A lane-changing system suitable for use on an automated host-vehicle includes a camera, an inertial-measurement-unit, and a controller. The camera detects a lane-marking of a roadway traveled by a host-host-vehicle. The inertial-measurement-unit determines relative-motion of the host-host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the camera and the inertial-measurement-unit. While the lane-marking is detected the controller steers the host-host-vehicle towards a centerline of an adjacent-lane of the roadway based on a last-position and a current-vector, and determines an offset-vector indicative of motion of the host-host-vehicle relative to the current-vector. While the lane-marking is not detected the controller determines an offset-position relative to the last-position based on information from the inertial-measurement-unit, determines a correction-vector used to steer the host-host-vehicle from the offset-position towards the centerline of the adjacent-lane of the roadway based on the last-position and the offset-vector, and steers the host-host-vehicle according to the correction-vector towards the centerline of the adjacent-lane.

    PARKING-ASSIST SYSTEM
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180215375A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15420158

    申请日:2017-01-31

    Abstract: A parking-assist system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a radar sensor and a controller. The radar-sensor detects a first-vehicle and a second-vehicle adjacent to a travel-path of a host-vehicle. A distance between the first-vehicle and the second-vehicle defines a parking-space. The controller is in communication with the radar-sensor. The controller determines the distance before the host-vehicle enters a zone of the travel-path adjacent to the parking-space. The zone has a length determined by the distance, and the controller determines when the parking-space is large enough to accommodate the host-vehicle based on the distance.

    OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180203124A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15407419

    申请日:2017-01-17

    CPC classification number: G01S17/936 G01S13/865 G01S17/42 G01S17/89

    Abstract: An object detection system includes a lidar-unit and a controller. The controller defines an occupancy-grid that segregates the field-of-view into columns, determine a first-occupancy-status of a column based on first-cloud-points detected by the lidar-unit in the column by a first-scan, determine a second-occupancy-status of the column based second-cloud-points detected in the column by a second-scan, determine a first-number of the first-cloud-points and a second-number of the second-cloud-points, and determine a dynamic-status of the column only if the column is classified as occupied by either the first-occupancy-status or the second-occupancy-status. The dynamic-status of the column is determined to be moving when a count-difference between the first-number and the second-number is greater than a difference-threshold, and the dynamic-status of the column is determined to be static when the count-difference is not greater than the difference-threshold and a registration-factor that aligns the first-cloud-points to the second-cloud-points is less than a registration-threshold.

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