Track assistant
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11745756B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17162964

    申请日:2021-01-29

    IPC分类号: B60W50/16 B60W50/14

    摘要: A system and method for assisting a driver in controlling a vehicle, the vehicle comprising one or more driver controls, the method comprising determining an optimal path for the vehicle; determining, based on the current motion of the vehicle and a current setting of one or more driver controls, a predicted path of the vehicle; determining if there is a difference between the optimal path for the vehicle and the predicted path of the vehicle; and if it is determined that there is a difference between the optimal path and the predicted path, delivering haptic and non-haptic feedback to the driver of the vehicle, the feedback comprising an indication that the driver should alter the current setting of one or more driver controls, wherein alteration of the setting of one or more driver controls modifies the motion of the vehicle to reduce the difference.

    SOUND BYPASS
    33.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230039045A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17880437

    申请日:2022-08-03

    摘要: A sound bypass device configured to transmit engine-generated sound pulses from an engine to a sound outlet whilst preventing flow of gases to the sound outlet, the sound bypass device comprising: an input tube configured to conduct the engine-generated sound pulses from the engine; and a sound transmission device connected to the input tube at a first end and to the sound outlet at a second end, the sound transmission device comprising: a first volume connected to the first end, a second volume connected to the second end, and a flexible diaphragm separating the first volume from the second volume and configured to transfer variations in pressure in the first volume to the second volume; wherein the first volume has a cross-sectional area that is greater at the diaphragm than at the first end and the second volume has a cross-sectional area that is greater at the diaphragm than at the second end.

    COOLING A VEHICLE HEAT EXCHANGER
    34.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220258596A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17670208

    申请日:2022-02-11

    发明人: Michael Judge

    IPC分类号: B60K11/08

    摘要: A vehicle comprising: a wheel arch; an occupant door rearward of the wheel arch; a heat exchanger rearward of the occupant door; and an airflow passage configured such that, when the vehicle is in forward motion, the airflow passage directs a first rearward airflow from the wheel arch to the heat exchanger, the airflow passage comprising: a channel delimited by at least one surface of the occupant door and being at least partially open to a running surface of the vehicle; and a first inlet duct to the heat exchanger.

    Variable aerodynamic device
    36.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11338868B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16869444

    申请日:2020-05-07

    IPC分类号: B62D35/00

    摘要: A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body having a rear; and a variable aerodynamic device positioned at the rear of the vehicle body and being moveable between a lowered configuration and a raised configuration, the variable aerodynamic device comprising: a wing divided along its length into a middle region and outer regions to either side of the middle region, the wing having a reduced width within the middle region relative to the outer regions, and the wing forming part of an outer surface of the vehicle body when the variable aerodynamic device is in the lowered configuration and raised from the vehicle body when the variable aerodynamic device is in the raised configuration.

    Roof cover ducts
    37.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11267324B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16460345

    申请日:2019-07-02

    发明人: Andrew Kay

    IPC分类号: B60J7/22 B60J7/20 B62D35/00

    摘要: A vehicle comprising: an occupant cabin; a retractable roof configured to move between a deployed configuration where the roof covers the occupant cabin and a retracted configuration; a housing configured to house the retractable roof when the roof is in the retracted configuration; and a moveable cover configured to close the housing, the moveable cover comprising: a cover body; and two fins each extending from the cover body, the fins being located on either side of a longitudinal centreline of the vehicle, and the fins each comprising a channel running through the fin from a first side of the fin facing away from the longitudinal centreline to a second side of the fin facing towards the longitudinal centreline.

    Luggage storage
    38.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11230174B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16678130

    申请日:2019-11-08

    发明人: Andrew Kay

    摘要: A vehicle comprising: a passenger compartment; a roof moveable between a first, closed position in which it covers at least part of the passenger compartment and a second, stowed position in which it does not cover the passenger compartment; and a floor located so as to face the underside of the roof when the roof is in the stowed position, the floor being adapted to define a luggage space between it and the roof when the roof is in the stowed position.

    Motor Control Unit
    39.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210226573A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17154819

    申请日:2021-01-21

    摘要: A motor control unit for a vehicle comprising an electric drive motor, the motor control unit comprising a first processor, a second processor and a third processor, in which: the third processor is configured to: receive an actuation demand for the vehicle; calculate a torque for the motor in dependence on the actuation demand; and provide the calculated torque to the first processor; the first processor is configured to: receive the calculated torque and a control input of the vehicle; and determine a first control output for the electric drive motor in dependence on the calculated torque and the control input; and the second processor is configured to: receive the first control output from the first processor and the control input of the vehicle; calculate a second control output for the motor in dependence on the control input; and validate the first control output by comparison to the second control output.