Method of driving a component of a vehicle, system, computer program product and computer-readable medium

    公开(公告)号:US11328547B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16866180

    申请日:2020-05-04

    摘要: Driving a component of a vehicle by using a portable user identification device for the vehicle and an user identification unit of the vehicle, whereat a controller evaluates an identifying signal sent by a transmitter of the portable user identification device to a receiver of the user identification unit and the controller drives the component of the vehicle according to the evaluation of the identifying signal. In order to provide a higher level of security by driving a component of a vehicle by using a portable user identification device for a vehicle, to a point of time tn a position of the portable user identification device relative to a position of the portable user identification device to a point of time tn=tl, to which the portable user identification device is departing from the vehicle, is determined and stored in a memory on a regular basis.

    DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A STEERING TORQUE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220128421A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17647668

    申请日:2022-01-11

    IPC分类号: G01L3/10 G01L5/22

    摘要: A device is provided for determining a steering torque in a motor vehicle. The device includes a first shaft a second shaft, a twistable means of connection, a stator means, a multi-pole magnetic means, and a first sensor means and a second sensor means. The first shaft is connected to the second shaft via the twistable means of connection, and the magnetic means is fixed to the first shaft. The stator means is fixed to the second shaft, and the first sensor means is designed for measuring, in the case of a relative rotary movement of the magnetic means relative to the stator means, a first magnetic flux density in a first direction. The second sensor means is designed for measuring, in the case of the relative rotary movement of the magnetic means relative to the stator means, a second magnetic flux density in a second direction. The second direction is opposite to the first direction, and the second sensor means is arranged to be rotationally offset by more than 90° relative to the first sensor means.

    Pedal emulator for a motor vehicle
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11292338B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16490631

    申请日:2018-02-28

    摘要: A pedal emulator (20, 100) is provided. The pedal emulator includes an emulator piston (28, 102) coupled to a damper (46, D1) that is contained within a housing (22, 104). The damper is surrounded by first (34, S1) and second (38, S2) springs that are carried by a lower spring seat (114), the lower spring seat being upwardly biased by a third spring (S3), for example a wave spring. The first and second springs and the third spring cooperate to provide a counter-force that is tailored to the desired feel of the pedal. First and second sensors measure travel (72, 74) and force in response to downward compression of the emulator piston, and the damper provides hysteresis upon return travel of the emulator piston. A method comprising: providing a brake pedal emulator (100) including an emulator piston (102), the emulator piston (102) being operatively coupled to a brake pedal, wherein the brake pedal emulator (100) is adapted to provide a first force response during a first portion of travel of the emulator piston (102) and a second force response during a second portion of travel of the emulator piston (102); detecting a sequence of actuations of the brake pedal using the brake pedal emulator (100) for conversion into a selected driver input command; and providing vibratory feedback to the brake pedal using a haptic actuator, the vibratory feedback being in response to the selection of a driver input command.

    LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220055524A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17520351

    申请日:2021-11-05

    发明人: Markus GIEHL

    摘要: A lighting device for a vehicle, in particular a headlamp for a vehicle, having at least one light source, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, a diffractive optical unit, including a plurality of gratings, which form a grating cell array, the light passing through the grating cell array during the operation of the lighting device in such a way that a light distribution is created in the outer area of the vehicle, at least one of the gratings of the grating cell array being designed as a volume hologram.

    PROJECTION HEADLIGHT FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220034468A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17278863

    申请日:2018-09-25

    发明人: Stefan Gröne

    摘要: A projection headlight for a vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source, a projection lens, a condenser lens arranged between the at least one light source and the projection lens, and at least one printed graphic arranged between the condenser lens and the projection lens. The condenser lens has a flat side and a curved side. The at least one printed graphic is printed on the flat side of the condenser lens. Further, a vehicle is provided having at least one such projection headlight.

    COMMUNICATION LIGHT DEVICE FOR VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220017009A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17487806

    申请日:2021-09-28

    摘要: A communication light device for vehicles having a number of light sources, having an elongated optical unit for generating a light signature, having a control unit for controlling the number of light sources such that a locally and/or temporally variable light emission and/or illuminated area is generated in the longitudinal extent of the elongated optical unit, wherein the communication light device is designed as a body styling part that is arranged on an exterior of the vehicle body and extends in the horizontal direction all the way along a front end and/or all the way along a rear end of the vehicle and/or all the way or partially along a longitudinal side of the vehicle.

    Vehicle flap cover system and a method for automatically actuating the flap cover

    公开(公告)号:US11215005B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16440519

    申请日:2019-06-13

    发明人: Henning Irle

    摘要: A system having a cover for a motor vehicle, in particular a fuel cap or a charging port cover, an electromotive actuator with an output and an electric motor, and an electric motor controller, wherein the electric motor of the actuator can be controlled via the motor controller as a function of an electric actuation signal such that the output of the actuator transfers the cover to an open position or a closed position. In order to realize the automatic opening or closing of a cover for a motor vehicle using simple circuit technology, it is proposed that the actuation signal can be generated by an external movement of the output. Furthermore, a method for automatically actuating a cover is provided.

    HALF-BRIDGE WITH VARIABLE DEAD BAND CONTROL AND ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING

    公开(公告)号:US20210391784A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17287422

    申请日:2019-10-23

    摘要: An improved method for zero-voltage switching (ZVS) of a voltage-fed half-bridge using a variable dead band is provided. The duration of the dead band is determined dynamically and is precisely long enough to ensure the absence of shoot-through events while also minimizing or eliminating switching losses and reverse conduction losses. The method generally includes: (a) calculating the equivalent capacitance as seen by the current source charging the midpoint of the half-bridge; (b) calculating the ZVS charge requirement based on the link voltage and the equivalent capacitance; (c) calculating the charge delivered by the current source over time during a dead band vector, equating the result to the ZVS charge requirement, and solving for the ZVS time requirement at each commutation point over the switching cycle; and (d) updating the dead bands for each commutation of each half-bridge in the switched-mode power converter.