Vehicle steering wheel
    51.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11136057B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US15774473

    申请日:2016-11-11

    摘要: A vehicle steering wheel includes a hoop, a plurality of presence sensors and an outer sheath. Each of the presence sensors is arranged so as to detect a proximity and/or contact between a user's limb and the hoop. The outer sheath covers the plurality of presence sensors and is stitched with at least one seam that extends around at least part of the hoop. The plurality of presence sensors is mounted on the same support, and at least one of the presence sensors is arranged facing at least part of the seam of the outer sheath.

    VEHICLE MICROCLIMATE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210276394A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17327868

    申请日:2021-05-24

    IPC分类号: B60H1/00 B60N2/56 B62D1/06

    摘要: A HVAC thermal conditioning system provides a macroclimate environment. An auxiliary thermal conditioning system has multiple microclimate devices in close proximity to a region of the occupant. The microclimate devices are arranged within an interior space that provides the macroclimate environment to an occupant. A controller communicates with the microclimate devices and calculates an occupant personal comfort based upon a thermal energy experienced by the occupant from thermal radiation sources, thermal convection sources, and thermal conduction sources, and to automatically command the microclimate devices in response to the calculated occupant personal comfort to achieve a desired occupant personal comfort. The automatic command adjusts and apportions the thermal conduction sources and/or thermal radiation sources to achieve the desired occupant personal comfort. A power management module adjusts the HVAC thermal conditioning system while adjusting and apportioning the thermal conduction sources and/or thermal radiation sources to achieve the desired occupant personal comfort.

    Universal steering wheel cover
    54.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11084517B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US17088935

    申请日:2020-11-04

    IPC分类号: B62D1/06

    摘要: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a tubular body portion and a pair of spaced-apart spines. The tubular body portion and spines together define an open-ended hollow channel that can be placed over a vehicle steering wheel via a gap between the spines. The inner core also has a plurality of crush ribs extending inwardly from an inner surface of the body portion. The crush ribs allow the inner core to be easily placed over multiple different sized steering wheels without slipping or otherwise moving on the steering wheel.

    Control yoke for steering a motor vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10933901B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16325607

    申请日:2017-08-16

    发明人: Daniel Kreutz

    摘要: A control yoke for steering a motor vehicle, with a hub attached to a steering shaft, is connected to two steering handles protruding laterally in opposite directions, and has a motor-driven adjustment device by means of which the steering handles are displaceable from a usage position at a greater distance from the hub into a standby position at a smaller distance from the hub and vice versa. In an automatic steering mode of the motor vehicle the steering handles are rotatable by means of the adjustment device towards the driver in the usage position and away from the driver in the standby position about a transverse axis which connects the two steering handles and is arranged transversely to the rotation axis of the steering shaft.

    FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE HEATERS OF HIGH ROBUSTNESS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210024116A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US17043438

    申请日:2019-03-28

    IPC分类号: B62D1/06

    摘要: A flexible electric heating device includes a planar flexible carrier foil, at least two electrically conductive bus lines attached to a surface of the carrier foil, and at least one electric heating member, including first and second electrically conductive electrodes, electrically connected to one of the bus lines. Each electrode has at least one curved edge, wherein the curved edges are located at a distance and are facing each other. The heating member further includes a resistive heater layer, at least partially overlapping the curved edges of the electrodes to form a resistive connecting region. The curved edges are arranged such that locations of the resistive connecting region are facing the first electrode or the second electrode in directions parallel to at least three mutually orthogonal directions that lie in the carrier foil, wherein one of the orthogonal directions is aligned parallel to an edge of the carrier foil.

    Capacitive sensor and grip sensor
    60.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10895656B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16480393

    申请日:2018-02-01

    摘要: Capacitive sensor includes sensor electrode, sensor circuit that is electrically connected to sensor electrode measures capacitance of sensor electrode, first impedance element, noise detection circuit that is electrically connected to sensor electrode through first impedance element and measures noise, and control circuit that switches between on and off of each of sensor circuit and noise detection circuit. Control circuit causes sensor circuit to measure the capacitance of sensor electrode by turning on sensor circuit and by turning off noise detection circuit and control circuit causes noise detection circuit to measure the noise by turning off sensor circuit and by turning on noise detection circuit.