The present invention relates to a front structure assembly for a motor vehicle, the assembly comprising: a firewall (84) separating a passenger compartment (85) from an engine compartment (14) and two rails (16) extending from the firewall (84) and through the engine compartment (14); a cradle (20) extending substantially transversely in line with the firewall (84); two extensions (18) respectively extending in line with the two rails (16) from the cradle (20) to a connecting end (22), each of the extensions comprising, on the one hand, a rigid rear portion (24) connected to the cradle (20) and a deformable front portion (26) extending up to the connecting end (22) and, on the other hand, at least one anchor point (28) located at a distance from the cradle, the two extensions being respectively suspended from the rails by two suspending members (30), each suspending member being connected to the at least one anchor point. The at least one anchor point (28) is located on the connecting end (22) of the extensions (18).
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
B60R 19/12 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section vertically spaced
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
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MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN OIL FILTER WITH SIMPLIFIED GEOMETRY
The invention relates to a vehicle (1) comprising an internal combustion engine and a lubrication circuit (3) for lubricating moving parts of the engine, said engine comprising a lower oil sump (2) and said lubrication circuit (3) being provided with an oil filter (4) mounted in said sump (2). According to the invention, the oil filter (4) comprises a non-metal rigid body (7), a filter cartridge (9) housed in the rigid body and a non-metal cover (8), and the rigid body (7) has a lower end region (11) which is capped by the cover (8), and an upper end region (16) provided with a first end-piece (17) and a second end-piece (18).
The invention relates to a power unit comprising an internal combustion engine and a reservoir of pressurized gas used to boost said internal combustion engine, said power unit comprising an upstream distribution rail (1) for distributing gas to the combustion chambers of the engine, said rail (1) being inserted in a gas supply circuit connecting the gas reservoir and said combustion chambers. According to the invention, a pipe (10) through which a heat-transport fluid circulates, is in contact with the rail (1) in such a way as to vary the temperature of the gas flowing through said rail (1) before said gas is injected into the combustion chambers.
F02M 53/02 - Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by having heating, cooling, or thermally-insulating means with fuel-heating means, e.g. for vaporising
F02M 21/02 - Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
F02M 55/02 - Conduits between injection pumps and injectors
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APPARATUS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF THE STRUCTURE OF A WELDED AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT
The invention relates to a testing apparatus (1) intended for verifying the structure of a part (100) by means of X-rays, characterised in that it comprises: - a measuring structure (3) comprising an X-ray generator (9) and a digital detector (11), said measuring structure (3) being attached to a six-axis robot (2); - a support unit (4) attached to a motorised rail (24) and to which the part (100) to be inspected is secured, said support (4) being able to be moved along said motorised rail (24); and - an electronic device (5) capable of processing an image of the part (100) to be inspected obtained by the digital detector (11) and of assessing the quality of the structure of the part (100) to be inspected.
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
5.
FLYING CAPACITOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRELOADING THE CAPACITORS OF SUCH A DEVICE
The invention relates to a flying capacitor device (1, 1'), such as an inverter arm (1) or a boost DC-DC converter (1'), comprising a plurality of N switching cells (2, 2') nested in each other and a balancing circuit (50) adapted to have a resonance frequency equal to the switching frequency of the transistors, said balancing circuit (50) being mounted on the one hand to said midpoint (70) and to said terminal (71) of the capacitor of the last cell (2').
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
H02M 7/483 - Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltage levels
H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 1/12 - Arrangements for reducing harmonics from ac input or output
H02M 3/07 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using resistors or capacitors, e.g. potential divider using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
H03K 17/0814 - Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit
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COOLING SYSTEM FOR A BRAKE DISK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SYSTEM
The invention relates to a cooling system (5) for the controlled cooling of a braking system (3), in particular of a brake disk (31) of a motor vehicle, the system comprising a duct (6) for an air flow, and a deflector (10), the duct (6) comprising an inlet opening (7) and an outlet opening (8), the deflector (10) being arranged upstream in a longitudinal direction (X) of the inlet opening (8) of the duct (6), the deflector being moveable between an unfolded position close to the inlet opening (7) of the duct, in particular an unfolded position for reducing the aerodynamic drag of the motor vehicle, and a folded position at a distance from the inlet opening (7) of the duct.
An electric-power conversion device (100) has a class-E electric-power conversion circuit (20). The class-E electric-power conversion circuit (20) has a class-E inverter circuit (30), and a rectifying circuit (40) that is connected to the class-E inverter circuit (30) and that rectifies high-frequency alternating current generated in the class-E inverter circuit (30) into DC or low-frequency AC voltage. The class-E inverter circuit (30) is provided with: an AC-voltage input section (10) into which AC voltage is inputted; a switch (32) that turns current on/off; an input choke inductor (31) connected to at least one end of the switch (32) and to the AC voltage input section (10); and an LC resonant circuit (34) connected to the rectifying circuit (40). The control unit (50) sets the duty-cycle "on time" of the switch (32) on the basis of output current or output power outputted from the class-E electric-power conversion circuit (20).
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
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METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for controlling a device of a motor vehicle (1), comprising: in a first time step,- receiving data characterizing a state of said vehicle and the environment,- determining an initial vector on the basis of said data,- selecting a first control profile on the basis of the initial vector,- transmitting said first profile so as to control said device, and then, in a second time step,- updating the data,- determining an updated vector,- selecting a second control profile on the basis of the updated vector, and if said second profile is different from said first profile,- transmitting said second profile so as to update the control of said device of the vehicle.
B60W 30/00 - Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
B60K 37/06 - Arrangement of fittings on dashboard of controls, e.g. control knobs
9.
TEXTURED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS
The invention relates to a composite material comprising a metal matrix (3) made of an iron-based or copper-based alloy, fillers (4) made of a material having a hardness greater than the hardness of the metal matrix (3), and a surface texture comprising protuberances (5) formed by said fillers (4) raised over all or part of the surface of the composite material.
B22F 3/115 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor by spraying molten metal, i.e. spray sintering, spray casting
B22F 7/04 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite layers with one or more layers not made from powder, e.g. made from solid metal
C22C 33/02 - Making ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
B22F 3/24 - After-treatment of workpieces or articles
C22C 1/04 - Making non-ferrous alloys by powder metallurgy
C23C 4/04 - Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge characterised by the coating material
targetnOCVOCV as a function of the open circuit voltage; (f) a step of determining an initial discharge capacity QiOCVOCV; and (g) a step of estimating the state of health SOH of the battery from the total capacity discharged by the battery during step (c) and from Qi.
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
G01R 31/374 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC] with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
G01R 31/00 - Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
11.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CIRCUIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for producing a fluid circuit (1) comprising at least one tube (2, 20), the tube having a free end (3, 30) for attachment of a pipe, in particular a deformable pipe, the method comprising a preliminary step of producing and supplying at least one tube (2, 20), a step of selecting the predetermined design standard to be applied in order to define a fitting distance (C) between the free end (3, 30) of the tube (2, 20) and an axial stop means (4), and a step of forming said axial stop means (4) relative to the at least one tube (2, 20) such that one of the transverse edges (41) of said axial stop means (4) is positioned at the distance (C) from the free end (3, 30) of the tube.
F16L 33/30 - Arrangements for connecting hoses to rigid members; Rigid hose-connectors, i.e. single members engaging both hoses comprising parts inside the hoses only
This cooling device comprises: a heat sink having multiple fins; and plasma actuators provided in flowpaths between the fins. Electrodes of the plasma actuators are offset from each other in the flowpath direction and the flows induced thereby are more intense toward the flowpath center than near the fins so that large amounts of air are introduced in the flowpaths and cooling efficiency is improved.
H01L 23/467 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation involving the transfer of heat by flowing fluids by flowing gases, e.g. air
13.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a rotor (1) for an electric machine comprising a body (10) and at least one magnet (20), which is carried by the body and which comprises at least one first unitary magnet (21) and at least one second unitary magnet (22), the method comprising the following steps: - forming the first unitary magnet by depositing a magnetic material on a support (30) distinct from the body; - fixing the support with respect to the body.
H02K 15/03 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies having permanent magnets
14.
ARRANGEMENT OF AN EXPANSION TANK IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT
The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for an electric motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises an electronic power controller (2), which is configured to supply an electric charging current to a battery of the vehicle, and an expansion tank (3) intended to contain cooling liquid, the expansion tank being fixed to a housing (4) of said electronic power controller.
The invention relates to a method for guiding a motor vehicle (100) equipped with a lateral-motion control module and with a steering system, the steering system (8) limiting an absolute value of a yaw rate of the motor vehicle to a maximum yaw rate, a degree of variation of the yaw rate being comprised between a minimum value and a maximum value, the method being characterized in that it involves iteration of the following steps: - a step (E1) of selecting a degree of variation of the yaw rate, - a step (E2) of maximizing a virtual reference yaw rate as a function of the degree of variation of the yaw rate and of the maximum yaw rate, - a step (E3) of transmitting the virtual reference yaw rate to the lateral-motion control module.
A travel assistance device (1) assists with travel of a first vehicle (3a) traveling autonomously, by detecting the environment around the first vehicle by means of an onboard sensor (31) of the first vehicle. The travel assistance device (1) comprises at least one computer (22, 36) that executes: a process for, in accordance with the recognition state of the onboard sensor or the vehicle state of the first vehicle, setting an allowed travel speed (Va), which is a speed at which the first vehicle is allowed to travel by autonomous driving control, to a speed lower than a set speed (Vs), which is a legal speed limit or a speed set by a user; and a process for generating, as a target travel route of the first vehicle, an alternative route which includes a road having a speed limit not greater than the allowed travel speed, on the basis of the current position of the first vehicle, the destination of the first vehicle, and the allowed travel speed.
The invention relates to a method for creating an artificial horizon for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: - receiving input data relating to the motor vehicle and to its surroundings; - determining different paths; and - generating messages characterising the artificial horizon, including long messages for characterising events, each long message having multiple fields including at least a first field relating to a type of attribute characterising the event and a second field indicating the value of said attribute. According to the invention, the first field can have at least two distinct values associated with a corresponding number of temporary event categories, the categories being separated according to their speeds and/or their positions relative to the motor vehicle.
G08G 1/01 - Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
B60W 30/00 - Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
The present invention is a secondary battery comprising a positive electrode active material layer (15) disposed on the surface of a positive electrode current collector (11"), a negative electrode active material layer (13) disposed on the surface of a negative electrode current collector (11'), and a solid electrolyte layer (17) interposed between the positive electrode active material layer (15) and the negative electrode active material layer (13), wherein: the positive electrode active material layer (15), the solid electrolyte layer (17), or the negative electrode active material layer (13) contains a phosphorus-containing solid electrolyte that includes elemental Li, elemental P, and elemental S; and the secondary battery is configured such that particles of the phosphorus-containing solid electrolyte are bonded to other phosphorus-containing solid electrolyte particles or the like via bonds including one or more selected from the group consisting of -P-O- bonds, -P-S- bonds, and -P-N- bonds, as a result of which the internal resistance of the battery can be reduced.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
19.
OIL DEFLECTOR COMPRISING A MEANS FOR CAPTURING METAL PARTICLES
The invention relates to an arrangement (4) comprising a casing (5) comprising a wall (6), a ring gear (50) comprising teeth (51) which are partially immersed in oil, and a space (8) which is provided between the wall (6) and the ring gear (50), the arrangement (4) comprising a means (40) for capturing metal material, and an oil deflector (10) which at least partly fills the space (8) between the wall (6) of the casing (5) and the ring gear (50), the oil deflector (10) comprising a lower portion (20) which is intended to be immersed in the oil at the teeth (51) of the ring gear (50), the lower portion (20) comprising a means (21) for receiving the means (40) for capturing metal material.
In this voice recognition method for acquiring speech content from a user of a vehicle and estimating an object mentioned in the speech content, at least one of a control signal for a device mounted to the vehicle and an output signal from a sensor mounted to the vehicle is acquired (S1) as an input signal, an expression representing a state or position is recognized (S3) from the speech content, the state or position of a candidate for an object is detected (S5) on the basis of the input signal, and a candidate for the object matching the state or position recognized from the speech content is estimated (S6) to be the object mentioned in the speech content.
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
The invention relates to a method for adapting information communicated by a human-machine interface (4) of a vehicle (1) following a route to a driver of the vehicle (1), the method comprising the following steps: - determining at least one index chosen from an index representing a mental load of the driver, an index relating to the driver's knowledge of the route taken by the vehicle 1, an index relating to the driver's experience with the human-machine interface 4, an index relating to the driver's driving experience and an index representing a level of risk relating to the environment; and - adapting an amount of information and/or the content of this information to be communicated to the driver on the basis of the at least one index determined.
B60K 35/00 - Arrangement or adaptations of instruments
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
22.
VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD AND VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE
In a voice recognition method for acquiring an utterance content of a user of a vehicle, and estimating an object constituent that is a constituent mentioned in the utterance content among a plurality of constituents constituting the vehicle, a mentioned position that is a position mentioned in the utterance content is specified on the basis of the utterance content (S4), and with reference to a storage device storing constituent positions that are positions at which the plurality of constituents are respectively provided or a learning model that has learned the constituent positions, a constituent provided at a constituent position that matches the specified mentioned position is estimated as the object constituent (S5).
A battery module 1A comprises a battery cell 10, a plurality of temperature detection parts 41, 42, and a cell-state monitoring circuit 50, the temperature detection part 41 being provided at a first installation point on a tab 11, 13 or on a busbar 20, and the temperature detection part 42 being provided at a second installation point on the outer surface of the battery cell 10. The second installation point is at the farthest position from the tabs 11, 13 on the outer surface of the battery cell 10. The cell-state monitoring circuit 50 calculates the temperature of the battery cell 10 on the basis of the output of the plurality of temperature detection parts 41, 42.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 50/507 - Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteries; Interconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing comprising an arrangement of two or more busbars within a container structure, e.g. busbar modules
H01M 50/569 - Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals
H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage
H02J 7/10 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices using semiconductor devices only
24.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE TORQUE DELIVERED DURING A CHANGE IN GEAR RATIO FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM
The invention relates to a method (40) for controlling the torque delivered during a change in gear ratio by a motor vehicle internal combustion engine provided with at least one exhaust gas partial recirculation system at the engine intake. The method comprises the following steps: - determining a target torque value (T_target) required for the change in gear ratio (step 41); - determining a first value for torque that the engine can produce from its current operating point by carrying out ignition retardation (step 42); - determining a second torque value that is lower than the current torque of the engine and from which it is possible to produce the target torque value (T_target) solely by carrying out ignition retardation of the engine (step 45).
F02D 37/02 - Non-electrical conjoint control of two or more functions of engines, not otherwise provided for one of the functions being ignition
F02D 41/00 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
F02D 41/02 - Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
F02P 5/04 - Advancing or retarding electric ignition spark; Control therefor automatically, as a function of the working conditions of the engine or vehicle or of the atmospheric conditions
25.
PART COATED WITH A COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING A METAL MATRIX, AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH A PART
The invention relates to a part comprising a coating made of a composite material comprising a metal matrix and metal reinforcements, the reinforcements having a hardness greater than or equal to 550 Hv.
C23C 24/08 - Coating starting from inorganic powder by application of heat or pressure and heat
C23C 24/10 - Coating starting from inorganic powder by application of heat or pressure and heat with intermediate formation of a liquid phase in the layer
C23C 30/00 - Coating with metallic material characterised only by the composition of the metallic material, i.e. not characterised by the coating process
F16C 33/00 - Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
The invention relates to a system for viewing a context of a motor vehicle (1), said context of the vehicle forming a scene, the system comprising: - at least one camera (3, 4, 5, 6) configured to film at least one portion of the scene and intended to be placed in the vehicle (1), - selecting means (8) configured to select the camera, - control means (9) configured to activate the camera in order to capture a plurality of images of said scene, and - transmitting means (10) intended to be placed in the vehicle and configured to transmit, in real time, indicative data of the plurality of images. The system further comprises classifying means (11) intended to be placed in the vehicle (1) and configured to classify a sequence among predetermined sequence categories, the sequence comprising the scene and the indicative data further comprising the category of the classified sequence.
This assembly (10) of accessories for a motor vehicle passenger compartment is characterised in that the accessories comprise removable fixing means designed to cooperate with complementary removable fixing means provided on another accessory, said accessories being configured to be fixed to one another in a removable manner, so as to constitute a modular assembly of accessories.
The present invention provides a means for further suppressing a short circuit of a secondary battery. The present invention provides a method for charging a secondary battery that sequentially comprises a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a negative electrode collector in this order and utilizes a precipitation-dissolution reaction of lithium metal as the reaction at the negative electrode, the method comprising at least: a first charging step in which lithium metal is precipitated on the solid electrolyte layer-side surface of the negative electrode collector by charging the secondary battery at a first current density I1, thereby forming a precipitated Li layer which is formed of the lithium metal and forms a part of a negative electrode active material layer; and a second charging step in which the secondary battery is charged at a second current density I2, which is higher than the first current density I1, after the first charging step, thereby increasing the thickness of the precipitated Li layer. With respect to this method for charging a secondary battery, the first charging step comprises a multiple-stage charging step which includes at least one suspension or at least one discharging, and in which the secondary battery is charged at the first current density I1 such that the SOC does not exceed 4.5%.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRIC BATTERY DEVICE OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a system and method for managing a battery device for preemptively limiting a maximum allowable charge level based on the context outside the vehicle, in order to optimise the durability of the battery device.
B60L 53/00 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
B60L 58/16 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
The present invention provides a plate-like heat transfer member 1 wherein: one main surface which is disposed facing a flow channel C of cooling fluid is provided with ridge sections 2 that extends in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction F of the cooling fluid; the other main surface is flat; the ridge sections 2 each form a wave shape in a planar view; and the angle θt of the vertices of wave-shaped protruding sections 2A that are opposite from each other in the flow direction F of the cooling fluid is greater than 105 degrees but less than 180 degrees. Thus, the present invention achieves a reduction in manufacturing costs and an improvement in heat transfer performance.
H01M 10/6551 - Surfaces specially adapted for heat dissipation or radiation, e.g. fins or coatings
F28F 3/06 - Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being attachable to the element
H01M 10/617 - Types of temperature control for achieving uniformity or desired distribution of temperature
H01M 10/651 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by parameters specified by a numeric value or mathematical formula, e.g. ratios, sizes or concentrations
H01M 10/653 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
H01M 10/6556 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange
31.
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO COMMUNICATE WITH VEHICLES OF A SET OF VEHICLES
The invention relates to a communication system (100) comprising: - a unit (1) for recording and storing a plurality of information items (300a,..., 300n) transmitted by a plurality of vehicles (2) of a set of vehicles (200), - an element (3) for identifying and classifying signatures (30a,..., 30n) representative of malfunctions with applications (20a,..., 20n) on board the vehicles (2), - a parameterization unit (5) that compares an occurrence parameter (31a,..., 31n) of signatures representative of malfunctions with an application with a first predetermined threshold (51), and/or for comparing a stability parameter (32a,..., 32n, 320a,..., 320n) of this application with a second predetermined threshold (52), - a communication element (8) configured to transmit, to at least one vehicle of the set of vehicles, an order to deactivate an application (20i,..., 20k) based on the result of the comparisons carried out by the parameterization unit (5).
H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
B60W 50/04 - Monitoring the functioning of the control system
B60W 50/029 - Adapting to failures or work around with other constraints, e.g. circumvention by avoiding use of failed parts
32.
METHOD FOR REGULATING A PRESSURE OF A DIELECTRIC LIQUID CIRCULATING WITHIN A COOLING SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a method for regulating a pressure of a dielectric liquid circulating within a cooling system of at least one battery cell of an at least in part electrically propelled vehicle, the cooling system comprising a circuit in which the dielectric liquid circulates, the battery cell being immersed in the dielectric liquid, the cooling system comprising a means for pressurizing the dielectric liquid within the circuit.
H01M 50/204 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
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METHOD FOR DELITHIATING AT LEAST ONE LITHIUM AND TRANSITION-METAL NITRIDE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France)
UNIVERSITE PARIS EST CRETEIL VAL DE MARNE (France)
Inventor
Emery, Nicolas
Nguyen, Olivier
Pereira-Ramos, Jean-Pierre
Zhou, Yanlong
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for delithiating at least one lithium and transition-metal nitride, comprising the following steps: a) mixing at least one oxidising agent with said lithium and transition-metal nitride; and b) recovering the material obtained at the end of step a).
H01M 4/13 - Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof
H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France)
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (France)
INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX (France)
Inventor
Aymonier, Cyril
Courbaron, Gwennaelle
Croguennec, Laurence
Delpuech, Nathalie
Petit, Emmanuel
Abstract
The invention relates to a electrode material ME comprising a first electrode material MN, the surface of which is covered by an aluminum oxide layer or an aluminum oxyhydroxide layer.
The invention relates to a method for displaying a graphical representation (10) for an arrangement comprising a vehicle body (1), a device (2) for displaying the graphical representation (10) comprising a means (4) for storing digital data, and a control unit (5) for controlling displaying means (3), at least one displaying means (3) being integrated into a front segment of the vehicle, and/or a rear segment of the vehicle, the displaying means (3) comprising a face intended for readout of the graphical representation and oriented toward the exterior. The method comprises a step in which the control unit (5) selects an animation script and image stored beforehand in said storage means (3), the image especially being a three-dimensional representation of an object, especially a logo. The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising means for implementing the method.
The invention relates to a device (10) for managing a powertrain of a hybrid vehicle (1), the device comprising a control unit (12) configured to define an operating parameter of the powertrain according to instantaneous input data associated with the vehicle, the control unit (12) comprising at least one consumption management module (16) in which at least one database of the combustion engine determining the operating parameters of the powertrain in respect of the consumption values of the vehicle is implemented, characterised in that the control unit (12) further comprises an acoustics management module (18) in which at least one map determining the operating parameters of the powertrain in respect of the given acoustic values is implemented, the control unit (12) being configured to define an operating parameter of the powertrain by considering the data from the map of the acoustics management module combined with the data from the database of the consumption management module.
B60W 10/02 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of driveline clutches
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
B60W 10/10 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of change-speed gearings
B60W 10/26 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of energy storage means for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
B60W 20/10 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand
B60W 20/13 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion
B60W 20/20 - Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration
B60W 30/188 - Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power
B60W 20/15 - Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
B60K 6/26 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the motors or the generators
37.
BATTERY MODULE COMPRISING A FLUID APPLYING PRESSURE TO A CELL
The invention relates to a module (1) for a battery comprising an enclosure (30), cells (8) arranged within the enclosure (30), a space (31) provided between the first main face (8A) of a cell (8) and the second main face (8B) of an adjacent cell (8), the fluid occupying the space(s) (31) so as to cool the first main faces (8A) and/or the second main faces (8B), the module (1) comprising flexible walls (13) each extending opposite and in contact with the first main face (8A) or the second main face (8B) of a cell (8) and the flow rate of the fluid being controlled so as to make it possible to vary a pressure of the fluid applied to the flexible walls (13).
The invention relates to a fixed window module (4) for a motor vehicle, characterised in that it comprises a first sub-assembly (21) and a second sub-assembly (22) attached to the first sub-assembly, the first sub-assembly (21) comprising: - a fixed window (5), - a first portion (6A) of a door seal (6), and - a first mating surface (23), the second sub-assembly (22) comprising - a wing mirror base (11), - a second portion (6B) of the door seal (6), and - a second mating surface (24), an outer surface of said second portion (6B) being adjacent to an outer surface of said first portion (6A), the second mating surface (24) engaging with the first mating surface (23) to define the position of the second sub-assembly relative to the first sub-assembly.
The present invention relates to a selection lever (50) arranged in a manual gearbox (1) of a vehicle, the selection lever (50) comprising at least one engagement finger (54) for engaging at least one speed of the manual gearbox (1), the engagement finger (54) assuming at least a first position (64) configured to allow electric propulsion of the vehicle and a plurality of other positions (68, 70, 72, 74) configured to control a speed of the manual gearbox (1), the selection lever (50) comprising a means preventing the control of a speed of the manual gearbox (1) when the engagement finger (54) is in the first position (64).
F16H 61/34 - Generation or transmission of movements for final actuating mechanisms comprising two mechanisms, one for the preselection movement, and one for the shifting movement
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHEREIN THE DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTS AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
The main subject matter of the present invention is a device (100) for assessing a driver assistance system (200) for a motor vehicle, wherein the driver assistance system (200) implements an artificial neural network (201) so as to generate a driving action (Y, Y1) on a control member (300) of the vehicle according to a set of instantaneous driving data (X). The driver assistance system (200) acts, in particular, by defining, via the artificial neural network (201), a characteristic vector (Z) representative of the set of instantaneous driving data (X). The assessment device (100) is configured so as to identify at least one characteristic critical vector (Z1) for which it is impossible to define a driving action (Y, Y1) or for which the driving action (Y, Y1) is erroneous.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France)
UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE (UTC) (France)
Inventor
Armand, Alexandre
Bonnifait, Philippe
Sanchez, Corentin
Xu, Philippe
Abstract
A method for modelling a tactical environment of a first motor vehicle, the first motor vehicle comprising: - a set of perception means, - a decision module, and - a module for geometric modeling of a set of traffic lanes (ENS_VOIES) to be taken into account by the decision module (3), the set of traffic lanes (ENS_VOIES) comprising first-order lanes (V11) interacting directly with a lane where the first motor vehicle (100) is travelling, and second-order lanes (V21, V22) interacting with the first-order lanes (V11), said modeling method comprising: - a first step (E1) of constructing, using the geometric modeling module (4), a geometric model (LGM) of a set of traffic lanes (ENS_VOIES) of the first order (V11) and of the second order (V21, V22), and of breaking the traffic lanes down into a set of cells (ENS_C) of identical length.
UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE (UTC) (France)
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France)
Inventor
Armand, Alexandre
Bonnifait, Philippe
Sanchez, Corentin
Xu, Philippe
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for modelling a tactical environment of a motor vehicle, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: − a first step of determining a set of possible paths, − a second step involving determining, for each given path of the set of possible paths, a first set of traffic lanes interacting directly with the given path, and determining a second set of traffic lanes interacting directly, according to a mode of interaction defined in the predefined set of modes of interaction, with at least one of the lanes of the first set of traffic lanes, and − a third step of breaking down, into continuous, contiguous and fixed-length segments, the traffic lanes of the first set and the traffic lanes of the second set.
The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising a backrest structure (3), a base squab structure (2) and an airbag (4) having two components (5, 6) placed on the sides (10, 11) of the seat (1) on either side of an individual seated thereon, each component (5, 6) having a main airbag (7) and two straps (8, 9) stitched to the main airbag (7). According to the invention, the seat comprises, for each component (5, 6) of the airbag (4), at least one secondary airbag (20) intended to inflate simultaneously with the main airbag (7) in the event of an accidental impact of the vehicle, in order to create an additional boss on the main airbag (7), around which boss the at least one strap (8, 9) is intended to pass.
B60R 21/207 - Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in vehicle seats
B60R 21/231 - Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
B60R 21/233 - Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other
B60N 2/42 - Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
B60R 21/16 - Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
44.
POWERTRAIN COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC PUMP FOR HEATING A GEARBOX
The invention relates to a powertrain (2) comprising a heat-producing component (3), a first circuit (10) comprising a coolant, an electric pump (11) arranged in the first circuit (10) and being intended to circulate the coolant for cooling the component (3), at least one member of the component (3) through which the coolant is able to circulate, an element (4) operating with oil, a second circuit (20) comprising the oil, the powertrain (2) comprising hardware and/or software means (5) for managing the operation of the electric pump (11) that take account of the coolant flow requirement of each of the members according to the measured temperature of the coolant, in order to heat the element (4).
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A BATTERY DEVICE OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE CONTAINING A VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT OF THE CELLS CONNECTED TO AN INTERCONNECTION BAR
The invention relates to a management system and method enabling a more suitable estimation of the voltage of the cells connected to an interconnection bar so as to optimize the durability and operation of the performance of the processing device.
In a method for charging an all-solid-state battery provided with a solid electrolyte layer and a negative electrode containing lithium metal, an impedance measurement device for measuring impedance in all-solid-state batteries is used to measure the impedance value at the interface between the negative electrode and the solid electrolyte layer, a determination is made as to whether or not the measured impedance value is within an allowable impedance range, and charging of the all-solid-state battery is allowed if the measured impedance value is within the allowable impedance range. The allowable impedance range is determined by using: an allowable impedance map in which charging current densities are associated with the allowable impedance values at which charging is allowed; and the charging current density for charging the all-solid-state battery.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
47.
CASING FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC MACHINE, COOLING CIRCUIT, VEHICLE AND COOLING METHOD
The invention relates to a casing (8) for an electric machine (7), comprising an oil pan (27) arranged in a lower portion (28) of the casing opposite an upper portion (29) of the casing. An oil pump (9) is arranged between the oil pan and the lower portion, the oil pan comprising a funnel-shaped cross-section oriented so that the smallest part of the cross-section is connected to a suction inlet of the oil pump and the largest part of the crosssection is configured to collect run-off oil in the casing.
The invention relates to a system (1) for applying a variable pressure to an electric battery (2) comprising at least one electrochemical cell inserted between a first end plate (4) and a second end plate (5) which are parallel to one another. According to the invention, the system comprises a first assembly (7) comprising a first actuating wall (8), at least a first spring (10) inserted between the first actuating wall (8) and the first end plate (4), a link (11) extending parallel to the first actuating wall (8) and moved by an actuator (12), said link (11) being connected to said first actuating wall (8) by at least one cam (9), a first end (16) of which is rotatably mounted on the link (11), and a second end (17) of which is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation rigidly connected to a stationary wall (19), said second end (17) bearing against the first actuating wall (8).
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France)
RENAULT SAS (France)
Inventor
Roux, Guilhem
Bouvier, Michaël
Chancerelle, Jean-Baptiste
Pellat, Michel
Petitjean, Basile
Abstract
The invention relates to a motor element of an internal combustion engine, the motor element (18) comprising a monolithic housing incorporating a rigid structure (24) and a heat exchanger (32) for the transfer of heat between a first fluid and a second fluid.
[Problem] To provide a lithium deposition-type lithium secondary battery, wherein there is a means for more reliably suppressing dendrite growth. [Solution] Provided is a lithium secondary battery provided with a lithium deposition-type power generation element, wherein: an ionic conductivity reaction-suppressing layer, which has lithium ion conductivity and suppresses a reaction between lithium metal and a solid electrolyte, is provided in a region which is on a negative electrode current collector side of a face where a solid electrolyte layer faces a negative electrode current collector and in which a positive electrode active material layer faces the negative electrode current collector; and an ion permeation-suppressing layer for suppressing the permeation of lithium ions is provided so as to be adjacent to at least part of the outer periphery of the solid electrolyte layer.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
The invention relates to a display system intended to be mounted in a dashboard of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a source screen, an optical device in the form of a translucent panel suited to forming a remote image of the source screen, the source screen and the optical device being inclined relative to one another and the remote image being formed on the opposite side of the optical device from the source screen.
Opening panel (2) for a motor vehicle (1) comprising at least one support (3) and an at least partially elastically deformable sealing means (6), the sealing means (6) comprising a notch (19) configured to evacuate a liquid, in a space situated between the opening panel (2) and at least a part of a bodyshell structure (7) of the vehicle (1), towards an environment outside the vehicle (1) when the sealing means (6) is in a "compressed" configuration in which it is deformed.
The invention relates to a method for supervising the operation of a motor vehicle comprising an ordered set of at least two automated systems, characterised in that it comprises: - a first step of activating the supervision of the ordered set of automated systems; - iterations of a second step of supervising an automated system, each iteration being applied successively, according to the order of the ordered set, to one of the automated systems, the second step comprising: • a sub-step of measuring a performance of the automated system being supervised, and optionally • a sub-step of assigning a positive, negative or zero score to the automated system being supervised on the basis of the measured performance; and - a third step of updating at least one automated system of the ordered set on the basis of the score assigned to the at least one automated system.
This management system (1) for managing a battery of accumulator cells (2) of an electric vehicle comprises a plurality of secondary controllers (7) coupled respectively to a plurality of accumulator cells (10) of the battery (2) and a primary controller (6) configured to determine the terms for equalizing the charge of the accumulator cells (10) when the management system (1) is in an active mode, the management system (1) comprising an inactive mode in which the terms by which the charges are equalized are determined only by the secondary controllers (7).
B60L 58/22 - Balancing the charge of battery modules
B60L 58/16 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
Sound filtering element (2) for a motor vehicle (1), characterized in that it comprises a foam body (20) in which a circulation channel (21) for a liquid is formed.
This vehicle control device acquires an attribute of a user (70) and an attribute of baggage (80), partitions a space in a vehicle into multiple spaces before at least one of the user (70) and the baggage (80) rides the vehicle (40), and performs an air-conditioning control in accordance with the attribute of a subject riding in at least one of the partitioned multiple spaces.
This vehicle control device acquires an attribute of a user (70) and an attribute of baggage (80), determines whether the user (70) and the baggage (80) are on a vehicle (40), and, upon determining that the user (70) and the baggage (80) are on the vehicle (40), performs air-conditioning control according to the attributes of the user (70) and the baggage (80).
A battery control system (1) comprises a discharge mechanism (14) that discharges batteries that have a greater residual discharge capacity than other batteries and thereby performs balancing of the residual discharge capacities of the batteries of a battery group (2) that includes a plurality of secondary batteries (21) that have a greater open-circuit voltage when charging than when discharging. The battery control system comprises a controller (10) that, before the balancing, performs advance discharge that discharges the batteries at least the amount of power that the open-circuit voltage switches from the open-circuit voltage during charging to the open-circuit voltage during discharging. The discharge mechanism (14) performs the balancing on the basis of the voltage of the batteries after the advance discharge has been performed by the controller (10).
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
59.
SUPPORT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CHARGING SOCKET OF A VEHICLE
The invention relates to a support (10) for a hinge (4) of an opening flap, in particular of a bonnet (9) of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle which can be recharged via a charging socket, the support (10) comprising a means for fixing such a charging socket with respect to the support (10).
The invention relates to a method for determining and resetting the state of charge of at least one battery of a hybrid vehicle comprising a first battery, a second battery and a heat engine. The method comprises, during a standby phase of the vehicle, a first step of charging the first battery by means of the second battery, during which: (i) the first battery is charged; (ii) the value of its voltage V1mes is measured; (iii) V1mes is compared with a threshold voltage value V1seuilmax corresponding to a maximum state of charge SOC1max of the first battery; and (iv) if V1mes reaches said threshold voltage value V1seuilmax, stopping the charging of the first battery, determining that it is in a maximum state of charge SOC1max and setting a value of its state of charge SOC1 to SOC1max, and otherwise continuing to charge.
G01R 31/367 - Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
G01R 31/3835 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC involving only voltage measurements
G01R 31/388 - Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC involving voltage measurements
B60L 58/20 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries of two or more battery modules having different nominal voltages
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
The invention relates to a method for detecting the route (10) taken by a motor vehicle (100) in a particular zone (15) within which the number of lanes (17, 18, 19) increases or decreases, comprising the steps of: - recording position data (pos_L, pos_R) characterising the position of the motor vehicle in relation to the lane separation lines (11, 12, 13) marked on the road; and - calculating, by means of a recurrent neural network, at least one parameter for the detection of the particular zone, the recorded position data being supplied as input to the recurrent neural network.
The invention relates to an actuator (100) for a combustion engine that is able to control the rotational coupling/decoupling of three elements of the engine, in particular a starter-alternator (40) which has a rotating shaft (41) and a drive wheel (42) which rotates conjointly with the shaft of the starter-alternator, an air compressor (70) which has a drive shaft (71) and a drive wheel (72) which rotates conjointly with the shaft of the compressor, and a drive wheel (16) which rotates conjointly with a crankshaft (11), these shafts being parallel to one another, characterized in that the actuator (100) comprises a rotational coupling ring (106) that rotates conjointly with the starter-alternator, is slidably movable along its shaft and is able to engage with a means (110) for the quick-coupling of the ring to the air compressor in order to quickly rotate the air compressor.
Provided is a skin material having an exceptional feel. A skin material having at least a top coat layer, the arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of the surface of the top coat layer being 12 μm or less, the average spacing S between bumps being 250-450 μm, and the top coat layer containing resin beads having an average particle diameter of 5-20 μm.
B32B 27/20 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives using fillers, pigments, thixotroping agents
D06N 3/00 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof
D06N 7/00 - Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material
64.
ACTIVE COMPENSATION DEVICE, CONVERTER, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
Active current overload compensation device for an input filter (15) of a power converter (12), the input filter being of order at least equal to two and comprising a capacitor (21), the device being intended to be connected in parallel with the capacitor and comprising detection means (24) configured to detect a current overload in the input filter at the or close to the resonant frequency of the filter based on the comparison of an estimate of the current flowing in the capacitor of the input filter with a first predetermined threshold. The device furthermore comprises an active compensation current source (25) configured to: - inject a compensation current (Icomp) into the input filter upon detecting a current overload in order to reduce the current overload, and - stop injecting the compensation current when the current estimate is lower than or equal to a second predetermined threshold, the second threshold being lower than the first threshold.
The invention relates to a method for determining visibility of a point of interest (POI), said method being embedded in an ego motor vehicle (1) and comprising the following steps: - positioning the point of interest (POI), the remaining scheduled itinerary and the current location coordinates of the vehicle in a three-dimensional map, - representing the point of interest (POI) with a polygon comprising at least three vertices with coordinates given in three dimensions, - using a broken line to represent the remaining scheduled itinerary by way of orientation interruption points of the remaining scheduled itinerary that are connected to one another, - plotting straight segments having points of the broken line as a first end and points of the polygon as a second end, - determining the visibility of the point of interest (POI) from the first end of the segment, - determining a window of optimum visibility.
This secondary battery is formed by staking multiple battery cells, each containing a lithium metal or a lithium-containing alloy in a negative electrode layer as a negative-electrode active material. The battery cell has a positive electrode tab which is connected to a positive-electrode current collector and exposed to the outside and a negative electrode tab which is connected to a negative-electrode current collector and exposed to the outside. The positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are disposed on the opposite sides across a centerline in the thickness direction of the battery cell, and the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab of adjoining battery cells are arranged to face each other and connected together.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 50/262 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks
H01M 50/296 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by terminals of battery packs
H01M 50/548 - Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on opposite sides of the cell
H01M 50/55 - Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on the same side of the cell
67.
DEVICE FOR GRIPPING AT LEAST ONE TOOTH OF A STATOR
The invention relates to a device (1) for gripping at least one tooth of a stator for an axial flow electric machine, the device being suitable for positioning the tooth in a casing and comprising: - a means (30) for centring the device relative to the casing; - at least one suction cup (40) designed to adhere to an upper face of the tooth.
H02K 15/02 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
The invention relates to a method for defogging a vehicle glazing unit, comprising the following steps: calculating the dew point (T r); measuring the outside temperature (T e x t) using a temperature sensor (4); determining an initial power setpoint (P i n i) for the power to be dissipated into the glazing unit (2) that is required to heat the glazing unit (2) from an initial temperature (T i n i), which is considered to be equal to the previously measured outside temperature (T e x t), to a target temperature (T c i b l e) that is higher than the dew point (T r); and engaging electric heating means (3) in order to reach the initial power setpoint (P i n i). Figure for the abstract: Fig 1
B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
B60S 1/02 - Cleaning windscreens, windows, or optical devices
H05B 3/84 - Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields
This motor vehicle axle comprises a drive shaft (3) on which at least one input pinion (15) is fixed, an intermediate shaft (5) on which there are fixed a main intermediate pinion (17) meshing with the at least one input pinion (15) and a first intermediate pinion (23), a secondary shaft (7) comprising an output pinion (19), the secondary shaft (7) comprising an idler pinion (27) placed freely in translation on the secondary shaft (7) between an engagement position, in which the idler pinion (27) meshes with the first intermediate pinion (23), and a disengagement position, in which the idler pinion (27) is disengaged mechanically from the first intermediate pinion (23), and a coupling member (35) mounted on the secondary shaft (7) and designed to drive the idler pinion (27) in translation between its engagement and disengagement positions.
F16H 3/089 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously- meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts characterised by the disposition of the gears all of the meshing gears being supported by a pair of parallel shafts, one being the input shaft and the other the output shaft, there being no countershaft involved
B60K 1/00 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
B60K 6/52 - Driving a plurality of drive axles, e.g. four-wheel drive
F16H 3/091 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously- meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts characterised by the disposition of the gears including a single countershaft
70.
METHOD FOR LOW-FREQUENCY ESTIMATION OF A RECIRCULATED EXHAUST GAS FLOW RATE AT THE INTAKE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
The invention relates to a method for calculating the exhaust gas recirculation flow rate at the intake of an internal combustion engine, which comprises: measuring the minimum value Πmin and maximum value Πmax of an expansion ratio Π; measuring the average value Πmoy of the expansion ratio; calculating the Saint-Venant's function applied to the average value of the expansion ratio; calculating the second derivative of the Saint-Venant's function; and calculating the exhaust gas recirculation flow rate.
F02D 41/00 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
F02M 26/47 - Sensors specially adapted for EGR systems for determining the characteristics of gases, e.g. composition the characteristics being temperatures, pressures or flow rates
71.
MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE MODULE AND METHOD
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The present invention relates to a locking system (1) for a sliding movable panel of a motor vehicle, comprising a support (2) for connecting the sliding movable panel to a body structure of the vehicle and a hook (4) able to adopt a position for holding the movable panel and a position for releasing the movable panel. According to the invention, the locking system (1) comprises a plate (3) pivotably mounted on the support (2) so as to adopt at least two configurations, the hook (4) being rotatably mounted on the plate (3).
E05B 83/40 - Locks for passenger or like doors for sliding doors
E05C 17/60 - Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith holding sliding wings open
73.
METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF INSULATION FAULTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
Disclosed is a method (1) for detecting an insulation fault of an electric battery, the method being suitable for acquiring an insulation resistance value (Ri) from a detection device, and the method (1) involving a series of steps of optimizing the switching period (T) of the switch (S1) of the device for detecting the insulation resistance value (Ri).
G01R 27/02 - Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant
G01R 31/52 - Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
G01R 31/36 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC]
74.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PURGING A CANISTER OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION CIRCUIT
The invention relates to a method for purging a canister of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle that is equipped with at least one exhaust gas recirculation system at the intake, which method comprises the following steps: - detecting the need to purge; - calculating a purge flow rate setpoint Qp and a pressure setpoint Pp enabling the flow rate Qp to be purged; - calculating the minimum pressure Pcol_mini in the intake manifold to ensure the engine torque setpoint C; - adjusting the engine to lower the pressure in the manifold to the level of the setpoint Pp, within the limit of the minimum pressure Pcol_mini that ensures the engine torque C is reached.
F02M 25/08 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture adding fuel vapours drawn from engine fuel reservoir
F02D 19/12 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with non-fuel substances or with anti-knock agents, e.g. with anti-knock fuel
F02M 26/00 - Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
F02D 21/08 - Controlling engines characterised by their being supplied with non-airborne oxygen or other non-fuel gas peculiar to engines having other non-fuel gas added to combustion-air the other gas being the exhaust gas of engine
75.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND CONTROLLING THE ENGINE SPEED OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method (100) for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising a fresh air intake manifold, an exhaust manifold and a depollution system comprising at least one first depollution device and a particulate filter disposed in the exhaust line downstream of an oxidation catalyst, the depollution system further comprising a differential pressure sensor installed upstream and downstream of the particulate filter and a temperature sensor disposed upstream of said particulate filter. The state of the consumers of electrical energy within a recommended driving engine operating mode during an autonomous regeneration phase of the particulate filter is monitored to detect the failure of any consumer of electrical energy capable of drawing torque from the engine, and the engine speed is controlled on the basis of the detection of the failure of any consumer of electrical energy.
The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle comprising, when the motor vehicle is moving at a speed that is automatically regulated and the lateral position of the motor vehicle in its traffic lane is being controlled automatically, a operation of looped acquisition of a level of vigilance of the driver of the motor vehicle, then, if the level of vigilance is insufficient, steps of:- triggering a visual and/or audio alert, then, if the level of vigilance remains insufficient after a first determined time, - generating a series of at least one braking jerks, then, if the level of vigilance remains insufficient after a second determined time, - braking the motor vehicle until it stops if the level of vigilance remains insufficient.
B60K 28/02 - Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the driver
B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
B60K 28/06 - Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the driver responsive to incapacity of driver
B60W 10/18 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems
77.
SYSTEM FOR COOLING A TRACTION BATTERY IN THE EVENT OF THERMAL RUNAWAY
This system for cooling a traction battery of a motor vehicle has a charging port (12), a traction battery having at least one power connector fixed to a surface, and at least one electric cable connecting the charging port to the power connector. It further comprises a first plurality of cells (20) arranged around the charging port (12); a conduit arranged around the electric cable and in fluidic communication with the first plurality of cells (20); a second plurality of cells arranged in the aforementioned surface, around the power connector, and in fluidic communication with the conduit. The first and second pluralities of cells and the conduit are intended to receive a cooling fluid in the event of thermal runaway of the traction battery.
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A62C 3/07 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles
A62C 3/16 - Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 50/296 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by terminals of battery packs
The invention relates to an expansion vessel (150) for a cooling circuit of an axial-flux electric motor, comprising: - a receptacle (151) suitable for containing a cooling liquid; - a deformable membrane (152) which delimits two compartments (158, 159) in the receptacle and which is suitable for matching the shape of the surface of the cooling liquid contained in a first of said compartments; and - means (153) for regulating the pressure in a second of said compartments.
Deflector system for an electric battery (1) and a cylinder (3) of a brake booster (2) for a motor vehicle, comprising a first protective device (5) comprising means for connecting to the cylinder (3) of the brake booster (2), a second protective device (6), independent of the first protective device (5), comprising means for connecting to the electric battery (1), and means (10, 11) for deflecting the first protective device (5) from its initial path directed toward the second protective device (6) when there is a collision between the cylinder (3) of a brake booster (2) and the electric battery (1).
When controlling a power module connected to one of a plurality of power systems, a charging/discharging control method and a charging/discharging control device receive a signal broadcasted to each power system via a receiver provided in the power module, calculate the degree of association between the acquired signal and the input voltage inputted to the power module for each power system, and control the power module on the basis of the signal related to the power system having a degree of association equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
81.
METHOD FOR CONNECTING A HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY TO A HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM IN A DRIVETRAIN OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE
A method for connecting a high-voltage battery (2) to a high-voltage system (3) using at least one relay (5) in a drivetrain of an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising: precharging the high-voltage system (3) on the basis of a preestablished precharge setpoint; connecting the high-voltage battery (2) and the high-voltage system (3) by closing the relay; measuring the difference between the voltage of the high-voltage battery (2) and the voltage of the high-voltage system (3) when the high-voltage battery (2) and the high-voltage system (3) are connected and the current of the high-voltage battery (2) is zero; and establishing a corrected precharge setpoint on the basis of the measured difference between the high-voltage battery (2) and the high-voltage system (3) for a future connection.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02H 9/00 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
82.
VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING LEGS FROM TOUCHING AN ONBOARD COMPUTER
The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a front row (1) of seats comprising a driver's seat (2) and a passenger seat (3), and an onboard computer (5) placed behind a dashboard (4), said computer (5) being composed of a screen (6) and a keyboard (7) placed below said screen (6). According to the invention, the vehicle comprises a deflector (10) that is located below the keyboard (7) of the computer (5) and is designed to deflect a leg of the driver and/or passenger so as to prevent if from touching the keyboard (7) and then the screen (6) of the computer (5) in the event of the vehicle accidentally impacting against an exterior obstacle.
B60R 11/02 - Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
B60R 16/03 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems
B60R 7/06 - Stowing or holding appliances inside of vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space mounted on or below dashboards
B60R 21/02 - Occupant safety arrangements or fittings
B60R 21/055 - Padded fittings, e.g. head rests, sun visors
83.
HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
The invention relates to a high-pressure pump for a liquid fuel direct injection system for a motor vehicle, said high-pressure pump comprising a pump body comprising a low-pressure liquid fuel inlet, a high-pressure liquid fuel outlet and a compression chamber provided with a plunger that can translate inside the pump body, said compression chamber connecting the low-pressure liquid fuel inlet to the high-pressure liquid fuel outlet, characterised in that the high-pressure pump comprises at least one intermediate piston which delimits, with the plunger, a variable-volume intermediate chamber.
F02M 59/10 - Pumps specially adapted for fuel-injection and not provided for in groups of reciprocating-piston type characterised by the piston drive
F02M 59/44 - Pumps specially adapted for fuel-injection and not provided for in groups - Details, component parts, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups
84.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC MACHINES OF A HYBRID VEHICLE WITH FOUR DRIVE WHEELS
The invention relates to a method for controlling electric machines of a hybrid vehicle with four drive wheels, of the type comprising a combustion engine and at least three electric machines supplied by a traction battery, comprising: - a step of managing electrical power setpoints during which maximum limits of electrical power able to be used by each electric machine are determined, - a step of distributing, to each machine, a torque setpoint taking the maximum limits into account. These maximum limits are determined by taking into account the maximum electrical power available at the traction battery, a target electrical power setpoint which is a function of the position of at least one vehicle control member, an intrinsic maximum power setpoint of the electric machine and a current value of the electrical power provided by the electric machine.
B60K 6/52 - Driving a plurality of drive axles, e.g. four-wheel drive
B60K 1/00 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
B60K 1/02 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units comprising more than one electric motor
B60W 10/02 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of driveline clutches
B60W 10/06 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines
B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
B60W 10/26 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of energy storage means for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
B60W 20/11 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand using model predictive control [MPC] strategies, i.e. control methods based on models predicting performance
B60W 20/14 - Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion in conjunction with braking regeneration
B60W 20/20 - Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration
B60W 20/40 - Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers
B60W 30/184 - Preventing damage resulting from overload or excessive wear of the driveline
The invention relates to a stator (1) body (10) for an electric machine, the body comprising a disc-shaped plate (101) centred on a longitudinal axis (A1) and teeth (110) distributed on a face of the plate about the longitudinal axis, the plate comprising at least one opening, at least one of the teeth comprising a protruding relief engaged in the opening. The invention then proposes a method for assembling such a stator body, which method comprises a step of inserting the relief in the opening, and a step of metallization by cold spraying of a metal material onto at least part of a junction zone between the relief and the edge of the opening.
H02K 15/02 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines of stator or rotor bodies
H02K 1/18 - Means for mounting or fastening magnetic stationary parts on to, or to, the stator structures
H02K 21/24 - Synchronous motors having permanent magnets; Synchronous generators having permanent magnets with stationary armatures and rotating magnets with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos
H02K 1/20 - Stationary parts of the magnetic circuit with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium
86.
DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE OVERALL LATENCY IN A DATA NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, DATA NETWORK AND VEHICLE
The device (20) for estimating the overall latency in a data network comprising at least one first processing unit connected to a data bus comprises: - first modelling means (21) configured to model a first latency (LT91, LT101, LT121); - second modelling means (22) configured to model a second latency (LT92, LT102); - third modelling means (23) configured to model a third latency (LT93, LT103); and - estimating means (26) which are configured to estimate the overall latency (LT) based on the first, second and third latencies. The second latency is modelled by a predetermined fixed value (V92, V102), and the first latency and the third latency are each modelled by a probability distribution (F1(X), F2(X), F3(X)), the overall latency being modelled by a probability density function (P1(X)).
Provided is a storage battery pressurization structure in which the following are pressurized from the thickness direction: a structural body comprising a storage battery cell 3 including an electrode 31 which is packaged by an outer packaging material 33; or a structural body comprising a layered body in which a plurality of the storage battery cells 3 are layered. The storage battery pressurization structure comprises: a pair of end plates 1U, 1L disposed at both ends in the thickness direction of the structural body; and a fastening bolt 21 and a nut 22 that fasten the pair of end plates 1U, 1L to each other. An elastic body 5 is disposed at at least one position which is sandwiched between the end plate 1U, 1L and the structural body, and a rigid body 4 is disposed at a position sandwiched between the elastic body 5 and the structural body. A deformation suppression means (e.g., a recess 41), which is capable of suppressing deformation of the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, is further included in one of the end plate 1U, 1L, the elastic body 5, and the rigid body 4.
H01M 50/262 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 50/202 - Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery
H01M 50/211 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for pouch cells
88.
VEHICLE OPENING PANEL COMPRISING A MEANS FOR BLOCKING THE LOCK IN THE EVENT OF AN IMPACT
The invention relates to an opening panel (2) for a motor vehicle, comprising an external panel (21), an internal panel, an external opening control member for the opening panel (2), and a lock (24) having an external opening lever (25) that can move such as to allow the opening panel (2) to be opened, said opening panel (2) further comprising a means (3) for blocking the movement of the external opening lever (25).
The invention relates to a device (10) for adjusting the stiffness of a suspension spring (20), comprising: - a locking sleeve (100) which defines a helical slot (110) for accepting one end (21) of the suspension spring, and - an adjusting ring (200) mounted with the ability to rotate relative to the locking sleeve about a main axis (A1). According to the invention, the adjusting ring has a finger (220) which emerges into the helical slot and is able to form an end stop for the end of the suspension spring, and means are provided for locking the rotational mobility of the adjusting ring relative to the locking sleeve.
B60G 15/06 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or type of combined spring and vibration- damper, e.g. telescopic type having mechanical spring and fluid damper
90.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE HEAT TREATMENT OF AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVE TRAIN OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a management system and method for the heat treatment of at least one element of a drive train of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle so as to optimize the performance of the vehicle for intensive use being carried out or planned.
B60L 58/24 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries
H02P 29/60 - Controlling or determining the temperature of the motor or of the drive
The invention relates to a method for controlling the automatic emergency braking of a vehicle (1), the method comprising the following steps: - initialising a braking reserve level; initialising a time counter to zero; - receiving an automatic braking request; - activating an automatic braking action; - decrementing the reserve level for as long as the automatic braking action is active; - deactivating the automatic braking action as soon as the request ceases to be received or the reserve level reaches zero; - incrementing a time counter from the moment the automatic braking action is deactivated and as long as no automatic braking action has been reactivated; - resetting the time counter to zero when a predetermined threshold is reached by the counter or when the automatic braking action is reactivated before reaching the threshold; - reinitialising the reserve when the time counter exceeds the threshold.
B60T 7/22 - Brake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an external object, e.g. another vehicle
B60W 30/095 - Predicting travel path or likelihood of collision
B60W 30/16 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
92.
METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TORQUE OF A WOUND-ROTOR SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE
A method (1) for estimating the electromagnetic torque of a wound-rotor synchronous machine, said method comprising: - a step (10) of measuring the stator and rotor currents of said machine; - a step (11) of defining a flux-current model of said machine according to said measured currents and state variables comprising magnetic uncertainty parameters which are themselves a function of stator inductances, rotor inductances and mutual inductances between the stator and the rotor; - a step (12) of estimating said state variables of the model using a state observer; - a step (13) of calculating the stator flux based on the state variables estimated by the state observer; and - a step (14) of estimating the electromagnetic torque according to the calculated stator flux.
The invention relates to an attachment assembly (1) for attaching an element (2) to be attached to a support wall (3), comprising a blade (4) that can cooperate with at least one hole in a support wall (3), a support housing (5) that can essentially receive the blade (4), and a means (6) for moving the blade (4) relative to the housing (5), in particular a screw or a clip.
F16B 5/06 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
F16B 5/07 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils
UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE (UTC) (France)
Inventor
Camarda, Federico
Cherfaoui, Veronique
Davoine, Franck
Durand, Bruno
Abstract
Disclosed is a method (P1) for detecting a boundary (L1, L2, L3) of a traffic lane (VC1, VC2) for a motor vehicle (1), characterized in that the method involves: - a step (E1) of detecting said boundary by a vehicle environment detection means (3), the boundary being defined by a function, in particular a polynomial function, - a step (E4) of determining a plurality of first vectors (MXi) characterizing the boundary on the basis of map data and on the basis of data on the current position and orientation of the vehicle, - a step (E6) of determining a plurality of second vectors (Fj) characterizing the boundary, each second vector being determined by an orthogonal projection of a first vector onto said function, - a step (E8) of calculating Mahalanobis distances between each first vector and each second vector.
G06V 20/56 - Context or environment of the image exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level
95.
METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A SNAPSHOT CAPTURED IN A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
A method for authenticating a candidate snapshot (C1, C2, C3, C4) taken by an image sensor (2) installed in a passenger compartment (1) of a motor vehicle (100), characterized in that it comprises at least one of the following steps:• a step (E2) of recognizing, in the candidate snapshot (C1, C2, C3, C4), elements of the passenger compartment (11, 12, 13, 14) that are located at the edge of a face or of a body of a driver of the motor vehicle (100),• a step (E3) of monitoring, by analysing multiple images from the sensor (2), the continuity of an identity of a driver of the motor vehicle (100) over the total duration of an uninterrupted journey between a time when a driver gets into the motor vehicle (100) and an end time of a first time interval (DT2, DT5) of snapshots including the candidate snapshot (C1, C2, C3, C4).
The invention relates to a method (1) for estimating the rotor position and speed of a permanent-magnet rotor synchronous electric motor, comprising: - a step of measuring (10) the three-phase currents of said electric motor; a step of transforming (11) said measured three-phase currents into a two-phase rotating reference frame, comprising a direct component and a quadrature component; a step of defining (13) two intermediate variables of the estimation error of the rotor position as a function of the values of the transformed current in said two-phase reference frame; and a step of defining (14) an observer for determining said rotor position and speed as a function of the two intermediate variables of the estimation error and the value of the transformed currents, and the sign of the quadrature component of the two-phase current.
G01P 3/48 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage
97.
OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD AND OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE
This object recognition method comprises generating clusters at a fixed cycle by clustering distance measurement points acquired from an object detection sensor, correlating the clusters on an image captured by an imaging means, setting a region on an image to which a cluster corresponds as a processing region, extracting a feature point from the image in the set processing region, calculating the movement speed of the extracted feature point, and determining whether a cluster from a different time point is a cluster of the same object on the basis of the difference in position between two feature points corresponding to the cluster from the different time and the difference in movement speed between the two feature points corresponding to the cluster from the different time.
A repair site transmission device comprising: a movement plan acquisition unit (30) for acquiring a movement plan for a user to move to a destination using a vehicle; a position acquisition unit (20) for acquiring the current position of the vehicle; an abnormality assessment unit (40) for assessing whether an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle; a travel route extraction unit (50) for extracting, from the movement plan, a travel route from the current position to the destination; a repair site extraction unit (60) for extracting a plurality of repair sites for repairing the vehicle, within a prescribed range from the travel route, when it is assessed that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle; a degree-of-effect calculation unit (70) for calculating a degree of effect for each repair site, the degree of effect indicating the extent to which repairing the vehicle at the repair site will affect the movement plan; and a transmission unit (100) for transmitting a control signal to output repair site data pertaining to a repair site for which the degree of effect is low preferentially over repair site data pertaining to a repair site for which the degree of effect is high.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an all-solid-state battery and a method for manufacturing an all-solid-state battery, both of which enable suppression of damage during in manufacturing steps. Provided is an all-solid-state battery comprising: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer provided on the surface of the positive electrode current collector; a first elastic member that covers the periphery of the positive electrode active material layer and that has an elastic modulus equal to or less than the elastic modulus of the positive electrode active material layer; a solid electrolyte layer opposing the positive electrode current collector with the first elastic member and the positive electrode active material layer interposed therebetween; a negative electrode current collector opposing the positive electrode current collector with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween; and a negative electrode active material layer that is provided between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer and that is disposed inside relative to the periphery of the solid electrolyte layer.
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 4/134 - Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
A processor 10 of a driving control device 100 according to the present invention: determines whether or not an intersection T is present to the downstream side of a host vehicle 1, and, if the intersection T is present, sets a deceleration rate switching position Pk which obtains the prescribed switching determination distance Xa to the upstream side from a prescribed object in the intersection T, acquires a stop position Ps to the upstream side of the intersection T and to the downstream side of the deceleration rate switching position Pk, and generates a vehicle speed profile such that the host vehicle 1 decelerates at a primary deceleration rate Acoast between a deceleration start position P0 and the deceleration rate switching position Pk and decelerates at a secondary deceleration rate Ath, which is higher than the primary deceleration rate Acoast, between the deceleration rate switching position Pk and the stop position Ps, and, if the state of the object satisfies a stop condition, the host vehicle 1 stops at the stop position Ps.
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